Fu*%face Von Clownstick

[Serf Life]

Third, there should be some sort of recall mechanism within government. I know that is voting, but I'm talking between votes. Four years is a long time and some governments can go really off the rails (Trudeau up here for example). I don't know what that mechanism is or how it would be triggered. I just feel there should be something.

I like the idea of accountability as to what an entity promises and if that is realized in X time. Would mean they have to be much more specific in a plan before and early after election, and people keeping track of results vs beliefs and speeches.

 

[Matias]

I like the idea of accountability as to what an entity promises and if that is realized in X time. Would mean they have to be much more specific in a plan before and early after election, and people keeping track of results vs beliefs and speeches.

Oh man, I would love it if they had to provide accurate bids with timetables for their plans. Automatic dismissal after the second missed deadline!

 

[Stumpsprouts]

Third, there should be some sort of recall mechanism within government.

Not within the same government, maybe. From the Declaration of Independence-

“But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security.”

Swipe left, swipe right? New tinder match?

 

[evo]

We can do better. The richest man in the world, hopped up on ketamine cheering on the neo nazi party? And the 22 year old manbabies that make up his ace team of experts? Give me a fkin break. That crew probably doesn’t even know how to make a box of Annie’s noodles

That’s only because the instructions on the box are not efficient

 

[evo]

less bad is a start. a lame start, but I'll concede that it is something. I am getting pretty sick of less bad though. We need real change in the right direction, and I worry that the existing system is too big for it's own good. Maybe this admin will finally destroy enough of it that we have no choice but to deal with the growing pains and start making those bigger changes. I am not looking forward to that idea, as I wanted to be better prepared in my personal infrastructure, but my neighbors have all told me that they have my back if it goes to shit.

Agreed, sick of the downward decline of ‘less bad’ this complacency is a large part of how we got here today. The less bad slid so far they shot everyone in the foot.

 

[XTREEC]

The electorate is pathetically disengaged as well. I volunteered registering voters this past election. Registration required declaring a party. I was shocked at the number of first time voters that asked “Which one is Trump?” “Which one is red?”

 

[Matias]

That's why I linked the article about plastic in the brain. Americans just aren't thinking clearly. I live in the most educated zip code in the USA and the general population here is confused about really basic shit, it's concerning. I'm a far cry from the brightest bulb in the box but I still try the keep my ear to the ground. As a group we seem to have outsourced our brain function to smartphones.

Dead on.

 

[Matias]

The electorate is pathetically disengaged as well. I volunteered registering voters this past election. Registration required declaring a party. I was shocked at the number of first time voters that asked “Which one is Trump?” “Which one is red?”

They get more and more disengaged as it becomes increasingly clear that none of the politicians they have heard of give even a squirt of shit about them. The ones that do get shut down by the DNC and RNC, and with the way the game is set up atm, if they don't let you play, you aren't in the game.

 

[evo]

They get more and more disengaged as it becomes increasingly clear that none of the politicians they have heard of give even a squirt of shit about them. The ones that do get shut down by the DNC and RNC, and with the way the game is set up atm, if they don't let you play, you aren't in the game.

Honestly you have more faith in people. I see maybe 10% more voting if it was a true representation

 

[Matias]

Honestly you have more faith in people. I see maybe 10% more voting if it was a true representation

At first, for sure. It'll take a long time to build the momentum I believe is possible.

 

[rico]

Their best vid yet, and scary as f*****ck

 

[evo]

Well it seems the leader of Canada is sufficiently concerned about Trump's rhetoric.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-trump-economy-summit-1.7452748

It’s equally control of the NW Passage… as much as minerals, control, and oil sands

 

[DSMc]

Their best vid yet, and scary as f*****ck

Is that really how you like your propaganda, LOL!

Doesn't this kind of fly in the face of those pushing the "dictator" card?

 

[Tuebor]

I hope he ran this by Elon first.

 

[rico]

Is that really how you like your propaganda, LOL!

Doesn't this kind of fly in the face of those pushing the "dictator" card?

Nice try Dave, but I believe its referred to as NEWS, and its actually happening..

Elon Musk’s 19- to 24-year-old aides take control of $6 trillion in government payments: 'Extraordinarily dangerous,' warns Elizabeth Warren | Fortune

The world's richest person is leading Trump's federal cost-cutting efforts under the so-called "Department of Government Efficiency" (DOGE).

fortune.com

13 states to sue over DOGE access to government payment systems containing personal data

Democratic attorneys general in several states are vowing to file a lawsuit to stop Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing federal payment systems containing Americans’ sensitive personal information.

apnews.com

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/08/elon-musk-doge-federal-agencies-cuts-employees/

Elon Musk's Henchmen Feeding Sensitive Government Data Into AI

AI Appetite While making a show of feeding one agency into the woodchipper, Elon Musk's lackeys have secretly been feeding another's sensitive data into AI software, The Washington Post reports. Repre...

uk.news.yahoo.com

Elon Musk will decide the fate of Social Security and Medicare. Time to panic. | Opinion

If you rely on Social Security or Medicare or Medicaid, it's time to panic. If you care about your personal data, it's also time to panic.

www.yahoo.com

And I find it rather amazing that the man (Musk) who has been feeding off the government tit for decades and currently has nearly $20 billion in government contracts (federal & taxpayer funds) is now in charge of slashing government spending..

 

[rico]

Fascism! Coming to a neighborhood near yousoon!

Democratic members of Congress are denied entry to the Department of Education

Democratic members of Congress hold a news conference outside the Department of Education and oppose President Donald Trump's plan to abolish it.

apnews.com

 

[rico]

Is that really how you like your propaganda, LOL!

Doesn't this kind of fly in the face of those pushing the "dictator" card?

Looks like a federal judge had to put a stop to the so-called "propaganda"...

https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-judge-temporarily-blocks-musks-doge-accessing-payment-systems-2025-02-08/

 

[DSMc]

Nice try Dave, but I believe its referred to as NEWS, and its actually happening..

Elon Musk’s 19- to 24-year-old aides take control of $6 trillion in government payments: 'Extraordinarily dangerous,' warns Elizabeth Warren | Fortune

The world's richest person is leading Trump's federal cost-cutting efforts under the so-called "Department of Government Efficiency" (DOGE).

fortune.com

13 states to sue over DOGE access to government payment systems containing personal data

Democratic attorneys general in several states are vowing to file a lawsuit to stop Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing federal payment systems containing Americans’ sensitive personal information.

apnews.com

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/08/elon-musk-doge-federal-agencies-cuts-employees/

Elon Musk's Henchmen Feeding Sensitive Government Data Into AI

AI Appetite While making a show of feeding one agency into the woodchipper, Elon Musk's lackeys have secretly been feeding another's sensitive data into AI software, The Washington Post reports. Repre...

uk.news.yahoo.com

Elon Musk will decide the fate of Social Security and Medicare. Time to panic. | Opinion

If you rely on Social Security or Medicare or Medicaid, it's time to panic. If you care about your personal data, it's also time to panic.

www.yahoo.com

And I find it rather amazing that the man (Musk) who has been feeding off the government tit for decades and currently has nearly $20 billion in government contracts (federal & taxpayer funds) is now in charge of slashing government spending..

No he's not. He has been tasked with auditing government spending which is under the directive of ; look but don't touch. I see a lot wringing of hands and people flat flipping out on things that 'could' happen, but not any talk from those
same people, about all the shit that this audit has already uncovered in just this one small branch of government. Why is that?

 

[DSMc]

Levi, tell me, why is the news media the opposition? I actually remember when most news was simply stating the facts of something that happened. Today, everything is an editorial with direction, no matter how small or large the reported happening.

I believe people have become to dependent on expert advice and have lost their ability to self analyze anything at all.

 

[DSMc]

What has been uncovered?

Yes, thank you.