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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: February 18, 2025, 02:19:53 PM »
From the NBC article I posted:

    "NBC News reviewed the termination notification, which included the subject line: 'Notification of Termination During Probationary/Trial Period.'"

    "In an email sent to employees at NNSA and obtained by NBC News, officials wrote, 'The termination letters for some NNSA probationary employees are being rescinded, but we do not have a good way to get in touch with those personnel.'"

They were probationary employees, give it a rest. You guys are going to have to put a lot more effort into your bawwing to explain why firing probationary employees is so super dangerous. If "some" of them were rehired because of priority shifting due to a separate international incident, or whatever other reason, it is irrelevant until demonstrated otherwise.

Also, Trump isn't doing this independently. Trump has been telling us that he would clean house for years, and that was his mandate when entering office. The people voted for it. It's called democracy.

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/13/nx-s1-5296928/layoffs-trump-doge-education-energy
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Probationary periods vary by federal agency but typically last one or two years.
Imagine being on the job for 23 months then getting fired for no reason.  Not sure they'd be a recent hire that didn't have much work or responsibilities.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: February 16, 2025, 07:24:00 AM »
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Of course it wasn't really the Department of Energy that suddenly, independently decided to fire a large number of employees at the exact same time that Musk and Trump have begun their promised purge of the federal workforce. That's obviously just how they're dressing it up. They gave the orders, and everyone fired is told "(insert agency/department name here) has determined that your position is now redundant," blah blah blah. That's obvious. And of course career officials at the Department of Energy would know that nuclear weapons would fall under their own purview. They wouldn't make that mistake. The two famously arrogant and not particularly bright businessmen now running this country, both of whom have spent their whole lives thinking they know better than everyone else? They would.

Correct. There are many justly layoffs occurring in the federal government right now. The DOE gave the orders, and they likely know what the NNSA is, so they should know if they are actually putting the nuclear stockpile at risk with the layoffs.

NBC says that the NNSA does more than manage American nuclear stockpiles, and seems to suggest that a recent international incident might have had something to do with the reversal in layoffs:

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/trump-administration-wants-un-fire-nuclear-safety-workers-cant-figure-rcna192345

    "The termination notices, which read “effective today,” came within hours of a Russian drone striking the Chernobyl power plant in Ukraine. NNSA tracks nuclear risks in Ukraine, including through sensor systems."

Okay, so if this incident coincidentally involves them, the NNSA appears to be doing a lot more in the world than managing America's nuclear stockpiles. It is lunacy to conclude that the DOE firing 50 newhires actually put the nuclear stockpile in danger.
Do you know what a disgruntled employee is?  Because I don't think ya do.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: February 15, 2025, 07:47:54 PM »
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/14/climate/nuclear-nnsa-firings-trump/index.html

Even if we take it for granted that the federal budget is in urgent need of cutting, and even if we take it for granted that this cutting needs to take the form of mass firings (despite the salaries of federal employees making up only a tiny part of the federal budget), this is ample evidence that Elon Musk and his team of broccoli-headed kids aren't the ones who should be doing it. They're morons.

I don't see "DOGE" or "Elon" mentioned anywhere in that article. It says "Congress is freaking out because it appears DOE didn’t really realize NNSA oversees the nuclear stockpile". Why wouldn't the Department of Energy know that the National Nuclear Security Administration maintains the nuclear stockpile? This article cites anonymous sources "with knowledge on the matter". That is code that they interviewed random liberal nitwits.

Read the article, DOGE or Elon are not mentioned. It accusing the Department of Energy of not knowing that the NNSA is, which is questionable. The article is also trying really hard to conflate Department of Energy officials with "Trump administration officials":

    Trump administration officials fired more than 300 staffers Thursday night at the National Nuclear Security Administration — the agency tasked with managing the nation’s nuclear stockpile — as part of broader Energy Department layoffs, according to four people with knowledge of the matter.

    Sources told CNN the officials did not seem to know this agency oversees America’s nuclear weapons.

    An Energy Department spokesperson disputed the number of personnel affected, telling CNN that “less than 50 people” were “dismissed” from NNSA, and that the dismissed staffers “held primarily administrative and clerical roles.”

The DOE spokesperson says that it is false alarmism. If you keep reading it turns out that the DOE only terminated new probationary employees, and then brought them back. If they fired them and brought them back it could be for a number of reasons, such as budget or priority revision, and it is a stretch to imply that there was ever a direct danger of nuclear accident without these people. The article heavily suggests that everyone in the NNSA is an incredibly important and critical part of nuclear safety, and that job losses undoubtedly put us all in grave danger, which is blatantly false. This is just fear mongering and yellow journalism.

Trump didn't do this in his first term but Elon did this shit when he took over Twitter.
So it fits Elon's pattern. 
Elon is Trump's biggest political doner and very important advisor.

It's not a stretch to say that Elon suggested this to Trump.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: February 15, 2025, 08:35:25 AM »

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: February 15, 2025, 06:16:52 AM »
Know what's a waste?
The money Trump got from the Secret Service budget during his term.
Also Superbowl visit.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: February 14, 2025, 06:37:21 PM »
I do not think sharing a potential hack of a .gov website is a good idea.
Potential?
No no no.  This IS a hack.  And, from what I read, a very easy one to do.

It's quite simple: Musk skimped on security and anyone with basic SQL injection scripts can insert anything they want.
Why would you share an actual hack of a government website on the forum?

How do you know this isn't a spoof?

Uhhh... A spoof?
Of the government website.
>_>
You can read the url yourself.  Or type it yourself.

As for sharing.
I'm sharing a government website.
It's not my fault the data the website uses has been easily compromised.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: February 14, 2025, 06:01:40 PM »
I do not think sharing a potential hack of a .gov website is a good idea.
Potential?
No no no.  This IS a hack.  And, from what I read, a very easy one to do.

It's quite simple: Musk skimped on security and anyone with basic SQL injection scripts can insert anything they want.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: February 14, 2025, 04:37:29 PM »
https://doge.gov/workforce?orgId=7cd300eb-cf3f-47f5-90f1-9e66a8bc8d07&ref=404media.co

Yep, the people in charge of the nation's payment system have their website database wide open.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: February 14, 2025, 01:18:39 PM »
Ooh, you got me.

Well played.

Take two cannolis from the kitty.

Just make sure you leave a receipt for their removal, so Musk can keep accurate track.

So what you SHOULD write is...

"I only follow their recommendations for  the things I want to follow."

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: February 14, 2025, 11:32:35 AM »
My parents taught me to wash my hands and neither have ever worked for the CDC or the NIH in their entire lives.

These organizations have only existed (officially) since 1946 and 1930, respectively.

The practice of hand washing for the mitigation of disease dates to the mid-19th century, but has been around since ancient times.
Yes, but they recommend hand washing.  And you said you wouldn't do anything they recommend.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: February 14, 2025, 08:50:59 AM »
I have not and will not until changes are made.

So you don't even wash your hands?  Eeewwww.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: February 14, 2025, 05:12:50 AM »
I think the NIH and the CDC have both been proven to be frauds in their handling of issues relating to health.

Then I request that you not utilize anything they've approved or any recommendations they've made.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: February 13, 2025, 10:43:55 PM »
Sure, I'm willing to sacrifice hypothetical lives who are saved from a hypothetical working future drug to get fraud out of government. Some of them may die, but it is a sacrifice I am willing to make.

Has any fraud been found?

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: February 13, 2025, 04:41:25 PM »
Yes, gary, continue your quite evident concern for people dying! [/sarcasm]

The NIH is a complete waste of taxpayer dollars in its current form, as are most other government agencies.

The audits will continue, the bureaucrats responsible for fraud will be removed and held responsible, and order will be the goal.

You are better off taking this shitshow of posts to AR or CN.
Has anyone found fraud?  Or is it just a list of things the right doesn't like?

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: February 12, 2025, 09:43:13 PM »
Conflict of interest?

Where? Out in left field? Out of the park?

Come on, man!

Nobody gives a fuck about whataboutism.

I will write that Musk provides regular updates about his activities on X. He was also responsible for filing the appropriate documents covering issues relating to conflict of interest and reports all of his activities directly to the president.

Hunter was too busy grifting for Hairy Legs and misplacing his coke in the White House.
SpaceX does alot of business with the government and who owns SpaceX?


Yes, I am aware.  Musk is performing an audit with a gotcha by gotcha on social media.  Certainly not for likes or publicity. >_>


Yes, reporting all his activities to his "friend" and the person he spent alot of money on.  He financed Trump's campaign, ya know.  Kinda like he bought Trump....and oh hey, now he has full access to the department computer systems to do with as he pleases.  And has thus far used $7 million on a database query which seems to only find things during Biden's administration.  Or things that sound bad until you realize it's normal shit like coffee or NYT subscriptions for resale.  But the details, somehow, are never mentioned.
He didn't even say that Sesame Street in Iraq cost $1.5 million over 3 years. Just the $1.5 million.  Why?


And for fun here's the link to the project page from Sesame Workshop
https://sesameworkshop.org/our-work/middle-east-and-north-africa/

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: February 12, 2025, 02:35:13 PM »
Why not?

If I was a newly appointed director and somebody had cleaned a bunch of shit out of the operations of the agency prior to my arrival, I would be grateful.

Political bias and conflict of interest.


Let's put it this way:
What if Biden asked Hunter to do this back in 2021.  Would you have trusted the results?

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: February 12, 2025, 12:45:12 PM »
NIH says cuts to 'administrative overhead' will save taxpayers billions
“Government work is inherently not mission-focused,” Early said. “There are cases where it is, but it is inherently not. So, that's like a big strategic change. And associated with that, the budgeting needs to change, too. There's some 28 different agencies within NIH, and each of them has their own little budget. And each of them has their little justifications for it. ... There are a couple cases where we've got strategic objectives. One’s around reducing cancer, and the other is around reducing AIDS. But the one on cancer in particular is very poorly articulated. And they have absolutely no plans for how they're going to execute it, because they are just going to do research, and it will happen. There is no strategic plan on how to get there. And the plans that are there are totally misdirected, because they're invested in such things as diversity, inclusion and that sort of nonsense that doesn't actually contribute to the outcomes.”

I have applied for grants.

I always had to justify why I needed the money, what I was going to do with the money, how long it would be before anything tangible was accomplished, and file documentation concerning steps taken along the way.

I think the NIH has failed these steps numerous times.

And Trump needed Elon musk to find this out, why?
This is shit the director, who Trump appointed should be doing.  Just removing things that don't fit Trump's adgenda.  And that's fine.  That's normal.  But why have Musk do it?

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: February 12, 2025, 08:40:56 AM »
So the reason it didn't give out grants is because it's not suppose to.  It wasn't made to give out grants.

I understand that they have a disclaimer that they don't actually use the money for cancer research, but this is at odds with their mission statement:

Quote from: NY Post
The Biden Cancer Initiative was founded in 2017 by the former vice president and his wife, Jill Biden, to “develop and drive implementation of solutions to accelerate progress in cancer prevention, detection, diagnosis, research and care and to reduce disparities in cancer outcomes,” according to its IRS mission statement. But it gave out no grants in its first two years, and spent millions on the salaries of former Washington, DC, aides it hired.

Apparently "develop and drive implementation of solutions to accelerate progress in cancer prevention, detection, diagnosis, research and care" means paying themselves and their friends hundreds of thousands of dollars each to hold some conferences and suggest that other organizations do better.

The organization was open for about two years and then siddenly closed to avoid the appearance of impropriety.

https://fortune.com/2019/07/15/joe-biden-cancer-initiative/

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The Vermont-based institute said it would stop accepting donations and suspend all operations by the end of May “so there could not even be an appearance of impropriety,” Jane Sanders said.

It is rather odd that a totally legitimate organization would just close its doors like that and interrupt such important progress.

What's so confusing?
It's goal is to organize with other groups so they can work better, together. 

As for closing: makes sense.  Don't want your president to have his name on a business or charity while president.  Right?

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: February 12, 2025, 04:14:50 AM »
I'm not sure why you think that everyone should unquestioningly agree with all medical research. Big Pharma is not interested in treating or even investigating the root of the issue, only treating the symptoms, meaning that you pay tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars for an extra few years of suffering instead of doing something that actually fixes the root issue.

But aside from that major concern, I don't see a problem with cancer organizations being shuttered if they are defrauding the public. See this one, for instance.

https://nypost.com/2020/11/14/biden-cancer-initiative-spent-millions-on-payroll-zero-on-research-report/



https://cancerletter.com/news-analysis/20201116_1/

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“The initiative will focus on improving data standards, and giving patients some mechanism to share their data so they can help many other patients going through the same fight, so researchers can use data to find new patterns and new answers, working with community care organizations help improve access to quality care so outcomes aren’t wholly dictated by the patient’s ZIP code, convening a national conversation with the pharmaceutical companies, insurers, biotech companies and others to ensure patients can actually access the treatments that become available and as are needed,” Biden said at the time (The Cancer Letter, April 7, 2017).

So the reason it didn't give out grants is because it's not suppose to.  It wasn't made to give out grants.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump
« on: February 09, 2025, 06:47:03 PM »
The Hur report is available and people can read it, you know.

As usual, your characterization of the events is bullshit.

Why in the fuck the OMB outrage of speculation regarding, "OMG, what upgrades could be taking place!?!?!?"

Jesus F christ, if you are really concerned (you're not) write and ask if they'll let you know.

LMMFAO!!!

Haven't seen age related disease in the Executive summary detailing why they aren't charging him.  Maybe you should read it?

The summary was that the evidence didn't show beyond a reasonable doubt and that his memory wasnm severely limited in 2017 and 2023.

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In addition. Mr. Biden's memory was significantly limited, both during his recorded interviews with the ghostwriter in 2017, and in his interview with our office in 2023. And his cooperation with our investigation, including by reporting to the government that the Afghanistan documents were in his Delaware garage, will likely convince some jurors that he made an innocent mistake, rather than acting willfully-that is, with intent to break the law-as the statute requires.

That's about the closest passage to age related disease.  So... Yeah.


And you know, I think I will!

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