_lost_username_ Posted February 22 Posted February 22 1 hour ago, tsar4 said: Apparently there were a bunch of articles about him and the KGB that went out today or yesterday and then suddenly disappeared. I tried to view one at the Daily Beast and only got the 401 page. 2 Quote
tsar4 Posted February 22 Posted February 22 15 minutes ago, _lost_username_ said: Apparently there were a bunch of articles about him and the KGB that went out today or yesterday and then suddenly disappeared. I tried to view one at the Daily Beast and only got the 401 page. Check my previous post (link - "makes sense") a Politico article from years ago. 2 Quote
tsar4 Posted February 22 Posted February 22 https://abc7chicago.com/post/dei-judge-blocks-president-donald-trumps-executive-order-ending-federal-support-diversity-equity-inclusion-programs/15943426/ 4 Quote
Dark_Cloud_Overhead Posted February 22 Posted February 22 (edited) 2 hours ago, tsar4 said: https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/4572790-trumps-nato-hostility-and-russia-relations-trace-back-to-1987/ There's another interesting read that goes pretty deeply into all of this. I don't know if I buy that they officially recruited him and gave him a codename, but sometimes if it walks like a duck and talks like a duck... Could have simply started out with them acquiring some type of kompromat on him, or perhaps they just lured him in with the promise of business opportunities and economic assistance in exchange for him doing some small things for them at first. The more he did then, the deeper in he got with them until it became more or less a symbiotic relationship. Or no, on second thought, more like two parasites feeding off one another would be a better way of describing it probably, heh. He's always seemed genuinely scared of crossing Putin though, so I think it's pretty reasonable to believe he's got stuff on him he's worried about being brought to light if he doesn't give him what he wants. Regardless of what's motivating his anti-Ukraine and anti-NATO behavior though, whether it's from simple admiration for Putin and wanting to be on team dictator, or whether it's actual fear of what could happen if he doesn't obey the guy who's got him by the balls, the end result is still the same. If it's the latter though, gonna be pretty impossible to make him break from backing Russia, no matter who or how many speak out against what he's doing. It's still a relief to see there's at least a small amount of resistance forming on the right against his most recent lies regarding Ukraine. Edited February 22 by Dark_Cloud_Overhead 2 Quote
tsar4 Posted February 22 Posted February 22 3 minutes ago, Dark_Cloud_Overhead said: https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/4572790-trumps-nato-hostility-and-russia-relations-trace-back-to-1987/ There's another interesting read that goes pretty deeply into all of this. I don't know if I buy that they officially recruited him and gave him a codename, but sometimes if it walks like a duck and talks like a duck... Could have simply started out with them acquiring some type of kompromat on him, or perhaps they just lured him in with the promise of business opportunities and economic assistance in exchange for him doing some small things for them at first. The more he did then, the deeper in he got with them until it became more or less a symbiotic relationship. Or no, on second thought, more like two parasites feeding off one another would be a better way of describing it probably, heh. He's always seemed genuinely scared of crossing Putin though, so I think it's pretty reasonable to believe he's got stuff on him he's worried about being brought to light if he doesn't give him what he wants. Regardless of what's motivating his anti-Ukraine and anti-NATO behavior though, whether it's from simple admiration for Putin and wanting to be on team dictator, or whether it's actual fear of what could happen if he doesn't obey the guy who's got him by the balls, the end result is still the same. If it's the latter though, gonna be pretty impossible to make him break from backing Russia, no matter who or how many speak out against what he's doing. It's still a relief to see there's at least a small amount of resistance forming on the right against his most recent lies regarding Ukraine. Yeah, I'm thinking Putin got his hands on incriminating Epstein stuff involving Trump. 4 Quote
naraku360 Posted February 22 Posted February 22 10 minutes ago, Dark_Cloud_Overhead said: He's always seemed genuinely scared of crossing Putin though, so I think it's pretty reasonable to believe he's got stuff on him he's worried about being brought to light if he doesn't give him what he wants. Pee tapes. I'm joking, those probably don't exist. They're allegedly with consenting adults. 4 Quote
tsar4 Posted February 22 Posted February 22 https://abc7chicago.com/post/pentagon-military-leaders-president-donald-trump-fires-general-charles-brown-jr-chairman-joint-chiefs-staff/15943479/ 1 Quote
discolé monade Posted February 22 Posted February 22 The removal of the second Black man to serve as America’s most senior general and the first woman to serve on the Joint Chiefs of Staff appears to send a strong signal from an administration that has outlawed diversity and inclusion efforts across the military and wider government. 1 1 Quote
discolé monade Posted February 22 Posted February 22 At last year’s CPAC, Trump again shared a story about Caine—this time stating that general told him: “I love you, sir. I think you’re great, sir. I’ll kill for you, sir.” But what really seemed to seal the deal for Trump was that Caine then allegedly put on a MAGA hat, despite military protocol prohibiting active-duty troops from donning any clothing with a political message. = shitbird. 5 Quote
1pooh4u Posted February 22 Posted February 22 Hegseth is gonna turn the military into a white supremacist hell hole. Firing someone just because they’re black or female is way worse than hiring someone for those reasons. These people misunderstand DEI. They aren’t allowing people into positions they aren’t qualified for. DEI just makes sure that qualified females and poc get jobs too. It’s not like in college where some people have the grades but not necessarily the test scores so they get a chance despite the scores. 2 4 Quote
discolé monade Posted February 22 Posted February 22 i do believe the word you're looking for is gestapo. 3 Quote
tsar4 Posted February 22 Posted February 22 https://bsky.app/profile/markhamillofficial.bsky.social/post/3liqgnbkw7s22 1 Quote
tsar4 Posted February 22 Posted February 22 Republicans: "Lip Service is all you ever get from me..." 1 Quote
Jman Posted February 22 Author Posted February 22 8 minutes ago, tsar4 said: Republicans: "Lip Service is all you ever get from me..." They’re still leaving the door open for the mineral agreement. If they agree to that blackmail, I could see more weapons being sent to them. 1 Quote
1pooh4u Posted February 22 Posted February 22 2 hours ago, discolé monade said: i do believe the word you're looking for is gestapo. Yes I do believe that’s it. Although wouldn’t the FBI be the Gestapo and the military the Wehrmacht? No matter, it’s the same thing regardless 2 2 Quote
1pooh4u Posted February 22 Posted February 22 At least now we know that Trump definitely quid pro quoed Zelensky during his first term. He’s doing it now for all to see because he’s a king now. 4 Quote
André Toulon Posted February 22 Posted February 22 Lmfao, the Pardon CZAR?....Is that an actual thing Got that nasty old token negro thing out of the way. 2 2 Quote
tsar4 Posted February 22 Posted February 22 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/kennedy-center-reeling-from-stunning-ticket-sales-collapse-after-trump-takeover-report/ar-AA1zzYd1 5 Quote
Raptorpat Posted February 23 Posted February 23 stupid https://www.thedrive.com/news/trump-is-turning-off-all-8000-ev-chargers-at-all-federal-government-buildings 1 1 Quote
Dark_Cloud_Overhead Posted February 23 Posted February 23 https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/22/musk-federal-employees-explanation-dismissal-00205613 Musk says all federal employees need to explain their work immediately — or be let go Federal employees received an email Saturday afternoon, and gave them a deadline of Monday night. All federal government employees will have to share what they’ve been working on in the last week or face dismissal, Elon Musk said Saturday. Musk posted on X that employees will be receiving an email “shortly” requesting to “understand what they got done last week.” A lack of response, Musk said, “will be taken as a resignation.” “It is cruel and disrespectful to hundreds of thousands of veterans who are wearing their second uniform in the civil service to be forced to justify their job duties to the this out-of-touch, privileged, unelected billionaire who has never performed one single hour of honest public service in his life,” AFGE National President Everett Kelley said in a statement. And federal employees across the government reacted with fury about the dictate from Musk. A Department of Justice official, granted anonymity to avoid retribution, noted that the email was labeled as coming from an “external,” server, adding they “cannot legally respond to this” because they handle classified material. “This email looks exactly like all of the phishing email examples that federal employees see in training over and over again,” a Commerce Department employee, similarly granted anonymity, said. “I’m not responding to it.” The cruelty is the point. That and just general asshattery. There's around 3 million federal employees, so even if half of folks were to respond, anyone think they're going to bother reading through and checking each of those over a million messages? They just want people to shit their pants and laugh about it before they do what they were always going to do: fire anyone they feel like firing because they simply can and don't think anyone can stop them. Anyway, hope they yuck it up while they can, cuz sooner or later they will piss off enough people that it will come back to bite them somehow eventually. At least that's what I'll keep on trying to believe. 4 Quote
discolé monade Posted February 23 Posted February 23 8 hours ago, André Toulon said: Lmfao, the Pardon CZAR?....Is that an actual thing Got that nasty old token negro thing out of the way. what does kudasi say? something about biscuits buttered basterds bitching blightly 2 Quote
rpgamer Posted February 23 Posted February 23 1 hour ago, Dark_Cloud_Overhead said: There's around 3 million federal employees, so even if half of folks were to respond, anyone think they're going to bother reading through and checking each of those over a million messages? I'd sooner expect it all to be run through some shitty AI to find "wasteful" responses so they can prioritize firing those and publicly announce saving trillions of dollars in the process. 5 Quote
1pooh4u Posted February 23 Posted February 23 2 hours ago, Raptorpat said: stupid https://www.thedrive.com/news/trump-is-turning-off-all-8000-ev-chargers-at-all-federal-government-buildings Will they replace them with Tesla charging stations? Unless this is Trump’s way of telling Musk he’s wearing the pants in the relationship? 1 3 Quote
Top Gun Posted February 23 Posted February 23 "I spent the entire week telling you to go fuck yourself." 2 3 Quote
André Toulon Posted February 23 Posted February 23 1 hour ago, 1pooh4u said: Will they replace them with Tesla charging stations? Unless this is Trump’s way of telling Musk he’s wearing the pants in the relationship? I'm holding fast to the idea that two snot nosed brats can't play well with each other for too long 3 2 Quote
André Toulon Posted February 23 Posted February 23 Smooth move pardoning him last term, Donnie.... He'll definitely shuck and jive for ya. 2 Quote
Raptorpat Posted February 23 Posted February 23 11 hours ago, 1pooh4u said: Will they replace them with Tesla charging stations? Unless this is Trump’s way of telling Musk he’s wearing the pants in the relationship? My understanding is that all the EV companies actually agreed to standardize chargers using Tesla tech. 1 Quote
Dark_Cloud_Overhead Posted February 23 Posted February 23 10 hours ago, Top Gun said: "I spent the entire week telling you to go fuck yourself." I'm really hoping all of the responses they get are along those lines, or just nobody responds. That mean the entire federal work force is fired then? Promise Elon? Like to see how the American public would react to that. It wouldn't be Mike Pence they'd be calling out for this time I betcha. If it wasn't so obvious anyway this letter is just him trolling everyone, it'd be just a complete admission on his part that DOGE isn't capable of evaluating anyone's ability to do their job and that the firings have absolutely nothing to do with anyone's performance; otherwise, they wouldn't be asking everyone to do their job for them and essentially evaluate themselves. I mean what kind of idiot is gonna say, "Oh yeah, I did an awful job and just right fucked everything up last week. You should totally can me." Or "I spent the whole week playing Fortnite and doing some of that fine ass cocaine the White House doc is handing out like candy. You got to try some man. Ha ha." 2 Quote
1pooh4u Posted February 23 Posted February 23 25 minutes ago, Raptorpat said: My understanding is that all the EV companies actually agreed to standardize chargers using Tesla tech. That’s some fuckin bullshit right there 2 Quote
Raptorpat Posted February 23 Posted February 23 1 minute ago, 1pooh4u said: That’s some fuckin bullshit right there Basically iirc, every company had it's own plug/tech which made rolling out public-access charging stations impossible. So they all got together a few years back and hashed out a compromise to make Tesla's charging port/tech the EV standard. Which would make the only silver lining that he'd be shutting down 8,000 Elon musk ports. 3 Quote
1pooh4u Posted February 23 Posted February 23 8 minutes ago, Raptorpat said: Basically iirc, every company had it's own plug/tech which made rolling out public-access charging stations impossible. So they all got together a few years back and hashed out a compromise to make Tesla's charging port/tech the EV standard. Which would make the only silver lining that he'd be shutting down 8,000 Elon musk ports. Still bullshit. Is his tech the best tech? His EVs, from my understanding, are now overpriced and overhyped. The things that used to make the Tesla the only viable option (if you wanted an EV as an only car) because of the mileage it gets has been met by or surpassed by the bigger companies at a better price point. So when does Trump pretend to be an environmentalist and bring back EVs to federal agencies provided that they’re Teslas? 1 Quote
Raptorpat Posted February 23 Posted February 23 34 minutes ago, 1pooh4u said: Still bullshit. Is his tech the best tech? His EVs, from my understanding, are now overpriced and overhyped. idk if their charging tech was the best, but they had the largest charger footprint so the other car companies decided it was easier to fall back on that rather than build their own charger networks, like imagine if every gas station brand had a different-shaped nozzle. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/08/gm-says-tesla-charging-deal-will-save-the-automaker-up-to-400-million.html 2 Quote
tsar4 Posted February 23 Posted February 23 https://www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-sanders-donald-trump 5 Quote
1pooh4u Posted February 23 Posted February 23 46 minutes ago, Raptorpat said: idk if their charging tech was the best, but they had the largest charger footprint so the other car companies decided it was easier to fall back on that rather than build their own charger networks, like imagine if every gas station brand had a different-shaped nozzle. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/08/gm-says-tesla-charging-deal-will-save-the-automaker-up-to-400-million.html That makes sense but there can be more than one. We have two types of nozzles for gas. One for regular gas and another for diesel. Sure that makes sense so no one accidentally the wrong gas, but still two different wouldn’t be so bad. This is somehow going to be a win for Musk. And fuck. That. Guy. Right in his douche bag mother fuckin eye. 1 Quote
tsar4 Posted February 23 Posted February 23 When angry constituents raised their heads, MTG bravely turned tail & fled... 4 Quote
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