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Elon Musk's CEO-Dictator Playbook

I'm gonna be a buzzkill and say I'm not for burning Teslas. But because of the pollutants that puts out.
 
ZiprHead said:
Several Tesla vehicles on dealer lots have been torched in several places around the country. Pam Bondi wants such actions to be prosecuted as terrorism.
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Terrorism requires, first and foremost, the use of fear or violence for the sake of making someone feel a threat of future fear.

The people who have their cars burned are the victims of vandalism and property destruction. Once the vehicles are gone, the vehicles are gone, and there is no further threat of violence.

The fact is, it's not terrorism, it's property damage.
 
robnisch said:
DOGE
The "E" stands for efficiency, right?
I have heard claims that admin is 1% of the SSA budget.
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It's even less: 0.5%. Or only 0.4% when restricted to OASI.

So it is nonsensical to view the personnel cuts as an attempt at Efficiency.
Those cuts are accompanied with office closures and rule-changes that will turn phone-only interactions into mandatory office visits.
Serious backlogs will become inevitable. Retirees will NOT be able to get their payments started.
The QOPAnon liars will say "See? We proved that Biden et al are incompetent. The solution is to privatize SocSec."

In practice "Privatization of SocSec" means that Trump's cronies will be able to invest the trillions in SSA trust funds as they choose. They will operate pump-and-dump schemes on a hitherto-unimagined scale.

Other DOGE cuts are done with similar criminal intent.
 
Those poor senators and congressmen....they were 'out of the loop'. They were quick to dismiss disruptions at the townhalls that they held as being "paid democrat protesters". It turns out - they were trying to give you a heads up.

www.yahoo.com

Top Republicans say they're out of the loop as DOGE downsizes Social Security Administration

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is moving to downsize the Social Security Administration with office closures, cutbacks on phone services and new rules requiring in-person visits for some prospective beneficiaries to register.
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To go to Social Security in person you have to make an appointment by phone. Yet getting through on the phone is nearly impossible because there aren't enough people answering the phones.
 
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Social Security administrative expenses are 0.5% of the total program, so this does nothing to bring down spending.
 
A lab in Maryland with 7 people that pay for their own coffee may be out of a job.
If you have ever had one of those things they clip on your finger at the clinic, you have benefited from their research.
Article 1, sec 8 of the constitution says that the government "fix the Standards of Weights and Measures".
www.nist.gov

Atomic Spectroscopy Group

The mission of the Atomic Spectroscopy Group is to measure, calculate, critically compile, and disseminate reference data on atomic properties and fundamental constants in support of basic research, commercial development, and national priorities
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robnisch said:
A lab in Maryland with 7 people that pay for their own coffee may be out of a job.
If you have ever had one of those things they clip on your finger at the clinic, you have benefited from their research.
Article 1, sec 8 of the constitution says that the government "fix the Standards of Weights and Measures".
www.nist.gov

Atomic Spectroscopy Group

The mission of the Atomic Spectroscopy Group is to measure, calculate, critically compile, and disseminate reference data on atomic properties and fundamental constants in support of basic research, commercial development, and national priorities
www.nist.gov www.nist.gov
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From a Facebook group I frequent:

Dear colleagues,

Over the last 120 years, atomic and plasma spectroscopy was one of the most successful and visible directions of research at NIST. As a matter of fact, the very first scientific paper from the National Bureau of Standards (original NIST's name) back in 1904 was on spectra of mixed gases. Since then, the critically evaluated datasets and databases provided unique benchmarks to researchers across numerous fields of science and industry -- astronomy and astrophysics, medicine and Martian geology, lithography and nonproliferation. The advanced collisional-radiative codes allowed fast and accurate calculations of light emission from the hot matter of magnetic and inertial confinement fusion, laser-produced plasmas, solar corona, industrial plasmas. The precise measurements of spectra from neutral atoms to extremely charged ions helped discover many new exoplanets, accurately measure nuclear radii, develop new powerful diagnostic techniques.

Unfortunately, the story of atomic spectroscopy at NIST is coming to an end. We were recently informed that unless there is a major change in the Federal Government reorganization plans, the whole Atomic Spectroscopy Group will be laid off in a few weeks, in particular, since our work is not considered to be statutorily essential for the NIST mission. In anticipation of this likely outcome, our primary goal at this moment is to preserve as much of the accumulated scientific knowledge as possible. We are currently discussing mirroring our atomic spectroscopy databases and online tools at other institutions and/or universities so that they will not become a slowly dying burden but rather continue to evolve and improve. Some of the unique laboratory equipment and spectroscopic instruments may be loaned and thus saved as well. An exceptional collection of photographic plates with many still unexplored spectra will hopefully find a new home, too.

Obviously, the most painful side of this development is the layoff of our extraordinary scientific and technical staff. Some of us plan to retire, others will hit the job market. Regardless of future developments, it is more than clear that the continuity and quality of the atomic spectroscopy research in the country will suffer tremendously.

With that said, we thank you all for collaboration, support, and encouragement over many years. It was our honor and privilege to work with you.

Yuri Ralchenko
Alexander Kramida
Joseph N. Tan
Karen Olsen
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Note the phrase “not considered to be statutorily essential for the NIST mission.”. This is the tack that the government is taking in dismantling parts of agencies. I know from personal contacts that NASA is also undergoing review and NASA managers are needing to come up with justification that any given programs and grants are “statutorily essential”.
 
www.mediaite.com

Musk Calls Tim Walz ‘A Huge Jerk’ for Celebrating Tesla Stock Plunge: ‘What an Evil Thing to Do’

Musk also said Walz's comments about downloading an app to watch Tesla's stock slide in real time made the 2024 Democratic vice presidential nominee a "creep."
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I dunno I think cancelling aid for impoverished people around the world and for fighting hunger is a far bigger jerk move than, getting joy from a stock plunge. Dipshit. Always amusing how these anti-woke assholes are the biggest snowflakes too. Unfortunately millions of idiots somehow believe they're "tough" or "strong".
 
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