US US Politics General 2: Hope Edition - Discussion of President Trump and other politicians

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Focken Kiwi dijo:
Wait a minute. I very vaguely remember Nick Rekieta encouraging people to take out PPP loans and even took one out for himself because it was 'free money.' Unfortunately, the stream where he talked about the loans is now privated so I can't go back and get the entire context. What are the chances of the loan he took biting him in the ass?
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Probably pretty good. Even shitbird was suggested to fleece the government so it would not be surprising. Honestly to god some of the IRS people that were fired should have been given the task and if they hit a (secret) quota on finding PPP loan fraud they would get to keep their jobs.
 
Focken Kiwi dijo:
Wait a minute. I very vaguely remember Nick Rekieta encouraging people to take out PPP loans and even took one out for himself because it was 'free money.' Unfortunately, the stream where he talked about the loans is now privated so I can't go back and get the entire context. What are the chances of the loan he took biting him in the ass?
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Rekieta has the Chris Chan esq Lolcow tard armor, the odd of him facing actual consequences for his actions are less than zero.
 
Jace on ice dijo:
It's so funny how Germany is autisticlly obsessed with muh holocaust and muh never again and muh remember the six gorillatrillion but they don't see the irony of sending armed police to arrest people for speech violations or criticizing politicians.
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It’s because Germany never really changed.

Germany doesn’t really talk about the Jews in the Holocaust much. If you go to the state-sanctioned museums, you’ll realize they talk more about Poles than Jews. But it isn’t really about being sorry for Nazism or whatever. It’s about control. They want to control their power, and that means throwing the Jews a bone to get the Allies to think they’re ‘reformed’, but these laws are a dress up for keeping the people in power in power. Most of the politicians who took over both East and West Germany were Nazis. They never stopped being Nazis. They changed the face of the parties but they didn’t change the techniques.
 
GunCar Gary dijo:
i was looking for any specifics about the webinar her team put together and wasn't able to find any. the information she tweeted is solid advice for anyone dealing with the police, but she was careful in the wording she used in her tweet. if her webinar was aimed at illegals then that's directly aiding and abetting people who are committing a crime

i have a feeling there is language in the webinar that confirms it was aimed at illegal immigrants and that's why i haven't been able to find any solid information. sounds like a perfect thing for the DOJ to look into
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The whole thing is on AOC's facebook, if you didn't see. I couldn't get it with yt-dlp or find it anywhere else. Seems like a thing worth archiving but I dunno how, short of watching and OBS'ing the entire thing.
 
Breadbassket dijo:
DENVER: "No human is illegal." Protesters advocating for illegal immigrants. Denver is a “sanctuary city” and has been a target of President Trump’s efforts to arrest and deport illegal immigrants who have committed serious crimes.

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The rage and excitement is palpable this doesn't at all feel like the protest equivalent of "we are Walmart"
 
Mullet Man dijo:
A Delta commercial flight landed upside down after crashing at Toronto Pearson International Airport, only a couple hours after the FAA staff layoffs.
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Are all the recent air incidents simply an illusion caused by heightened interest or is there actually something going on?
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I think at this point something could be happening more so than it being an illusion
 
marvlouslie dijo:
Staples is still a thing? I thought they went out of business years ago.
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I genuinely don't understand how Staples, OfficeMax and Office Depot have held on as long as they have. Their prices are ridiculous for a lot of things (even compared to non-Amazon retailers like Sam's, Costco, Walmart, Target, etc.). Then again, about a year ago I did see a big Office Depot close down and a fuckin' Dollar Tree moved into the vacated retail space. That must have been a bruise to the company's ego. :story:
 
TarragonRespecter dijo:
I think at this point something could be happening more so than it being an illusion
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There could be a fatal plane crash every day and it would still be safer than driving. I'd have to see the numbers but I would wager that nothing ever happens and that air travel isn't any more dangerous on average right now.
 
moocow dijo:
I genuinely don't understand how Staples, OfficeMax and Office Depot have held on as long as they have. Their prices are ridiculous for a lot of things (even compared to non-Amazon retailers like Sam's, Costco, Walmart, Target, etc.). Then again, about a year ago I did see a big Office Depot close down and a fuckin' Dollar Tree moved into the vacated retail space. That must have been a bruise to the company's ego. :story:
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They're the "I need it now" stores, much like Grainger is online (I need it tomorrow, technically) so people put up with the price to get the thing they need today.
 
moocow dijo:
I genuinely don't understand how Staples, OfficeMax and Office Depot have held on as long as they have. Their prices are ridiculous for a lot of things (even compared to non-Amazon retailers like Sam's, Costco, Walmart, Target, etc.). Then again, about a year ago I did see a big Office Depot close down and a fuckin' Dollar Tree moved into the vacated retail space. That must have been a bruise to the company's ego. :story:
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afaik part of it is dumbass boomber execs are more likely to sign off on expenses that have OfficeCorp as the name
 
indomitable snowman dijo:
Post from Elon:
These are the age brackets for people alive and eligible for social security
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1891350795452654076/ | https://archive.ph/wmi8P

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Someone being listed in the social security database does not mean they get a paycheck. This just means they have an active SSN. You're a real retard if you think they're actually sending checks to millions of 150+ year olds. Elon is just hyping up his DOGE shit to seem more effective at uncovering 'waste' than it is, as usual. This is the same as him saying USAID sent condoms to Gaza (next to Isreal).

For more context, this DATA COLLECTION PROBLEM is not new and has been known since at least 2015.
Here's an article from 2015: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/death-stop-social-security-payments
Social Security records show that 6.5 million people in the U.S. have reached the ripe old age of 112.
In reality, only few could possibly be alive. As of last fall, there were only 42 people known to be that old in the entire world.
But Social Security does not have death records for millions of these people, with the oldest born in 1869, according to a report by the agency’s inspector general.
Only 13 of the people are still getting Social Security benefits, the report said. But for others, their Social Security numbers are still active, so a number could be used to report wages, open bank accounts, obtain credit cards or claim fraudulent tax refunds.
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Emphasis mine.

The OIG (Office of Inspector General) has produced reports highlighting this exact issue, for example in 2015: https://oig-files.ssa.gov/audits/full/A-02-16-50118_0.pdf
In addition, recent audit work determined that over 6 million numberholders age
112 or older had no death information on their Numident records. The accuracy and
completeness of death information is critical because Federal benefit paying entities, the
Department of Homeland Security, the Internal Revenue Service, State and local governments,
and private industry customers rely on the Death Master File to detect unreported deaths and
prevent fraud.
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And here's an audit report from the OIG produced in 2023 which reports on this exact issue: https://oig.ssa.gov/assets/uploads/a-06-21-51022.pdf
Results
SSA has not established controls to annotate death information on
the Numident records of numberholders who exceeded maximum
reasonable life expectancies. SSA added death information to the
Numident records of approximately 1.5 of the 6.5 million
numberholders age 112 or older discussed in our 2015 report.
However, at the time of our review, although the Census Bureau
estimated approximately 86,000 individuals residing in the United
States were age 100 or older, SSA’s Numident included
approximately 18.9 million numberholders who were born in 1920
or earlier but had no death information on their Numident record.
Death information missing from the Numident and the DMF
hampers both SSA and Government-wide efforts to prevent and
detect fraud and misuse.
In Tax Years 2016 through 2020, employers and individuals
reported approximately $8.5 billion in wages, tips, and self-
employment income using 139,211 SSNs assigned to individuals
age 100 or older. SSA transferred these earnings to the Earnings
Suspense File, primarily because personally identifiable
information provided on the workers’ earnings reports did not
match information in SSA enumeration records. Resolving these
discrepancies will help improve the accuracy and completeness of
the DMF and prevent future misuse of these SSNs.
The Department of the Treasury operates the Do Not Pay portal as
part of a Government-wide initiative to prevent and detect improper
payments. SSA will begin sharing its full DMF with the Do Not Pay
initiative in December 2023. Taking action to include death
information for the millions of numberholders omitted from the DMF
would enhance Government-wide improper payment prevention
and detection.
Recommendations
We recommended SSA (1) use death information already in its
records to input death information on 2.5 million numberholders’
Numident records, (2) use death information in Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services and various state death data files to
input death information on approximately 498,000 Numident
records, and (3) develop a methodology to add death information
to the Numident records of the approximately 15.8 million
remaining non-current payment status beneficiary numberholders
identified by our audit. SSA disagreed with our recommendations.
 
gagabobo1997 dijo:
There could be a fatal plane crash every day and it would still be safer than driving. I'd have to see the numbers but I would wager that nothing ever happens and that air travel isn't any more dangerous on average right now.
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Yea, earlier someone quoted the average number of plane crashes annually is around 1000. Any increase or decrease of 5% or less is statistically insignificant.

It'd be funny if after the firings there was a >5% decrease. I'll get back to you in a year.
 
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