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Devil's Panties<p>07/30/2025<br>Government Efficiency<br><a href="https://thedevilspanties.com/archives/16711" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thedevilspanties.com/archives/</span><span class="invisible">16711</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a>,<a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/GovernmentCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentCuts</span></a>,<a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/GovernmentWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentWaste</span></a>,<a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a>,<a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicaid</span></a>,<a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a>,<a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a></p>
Fan of Shared Truth & Empathy<p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/TrumpBrand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpBrand</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/GovernmentWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentWaste</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@axios/114873730835670305" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@axios/1148737</span><span class="invisible">30835670305</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> to make <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GoldenDome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoldenDome</span></a> announcement on Tues</p><p>The Golden Dome is estimated to cost tens of billions of dollars &amp; take years to implement, as the controversial program faces both political scrutiny &amp; funding uncertainty.</p><p>Democratic lawmakers have voiced concern about the procurement process &amp; the involvement of Trump ally <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>'s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceX</span></a>, which has emerged as a frontrunner to build key components of the system.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GovernmentWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentWaste</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fraud</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-make-golden-dome-announcement-tuesday-us-official-says-2025-05-20/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/us/trump-mak</span><span class="invisible">e-golden-dome-announcement-tuesday-us-official-says-2025-05-20/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…Andrew Hunter, who until January served as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AirForce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AirForce</span></a> asst secy supervising the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AirForceOne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AirForceOne</span></a> effort, said that once the plane was acquired—by gift or purchase—it would represent a major new <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cost</span></a> for the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalGovernment</span></a>.</p><p>Paying for the crew alone of an Air Force One jet costs &gt;$37M a year, &amp; the total annual operating cost is $134M a year…</p><p>“No one other than a nation-state—or an airline—could afford to operate this plane,” Hunter said. “It’s wildly <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/expensive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>expensive</span></a>.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GovernmentWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentWaste</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Foulkrod said preparing the new plane for use would take years—pushing any chance for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> to use it out past 2027.</p><p>“It is ridiculous,” Foulkrod said of the idea that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Qatar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Qatar</span></a>’s plane could be a quick fix, adding that the existing Boeing projects could probably be accelerated more. “That’s a better dollar value than trying to take an airplane from somebody else &amp;…make it into a presidential plane. It makes no sense.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GovernmentWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentWaste</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emoluments</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Qatar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Qatar</span></a>’s plane has a luxurious interior, but considerable work would be needed to prep the plane to serve as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AirForceOne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AirForceOne</span></a> —including ridding the jet of any hidden electronic listening devices &amp; adding advanced communications equipment &amp; specialized systems to protect the plane from a missile attack or other threats. And even if the plane is donated, the cost of those retrofits would be enormous, acc/to current &amp; fmr <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pentagon</span></a> ofcls: at least $1 billion.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GovernmentWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentWaste</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>Day 15 💥🚂</p><p>“As Price got into full flight, Dutton’s team tried to end the press conference.</p><p>But Price kept talking.”</p><p>“When the press conference’s final question turned to Price’s plans for cutting <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/GovernmentWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentWaste</span></a> in a potential <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Coalition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coalition</span></a> cabinet, the senator seized her moment. In 11 minutes, she traversed everything from the indoctrination of students to “silly ideas around ideological things like colonising breastfeeding”.</p><p>There had been no plan for Dutton’s spokeswoman for <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/IndigenousAffairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousAffairs</span></a> and government efficiency to take centre stage. Half an hour earlier, Price had led a rallying cry to “make Australia great again”.</p><p>Discipline, focus, strategy? </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Perth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Perth</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/leadership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leadership</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PeterDutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeterDutton</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://archive.md/4IhID" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.md/4IhID</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>&gt; / &lt;<a href="https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/dutton-had-a-decision-to-make-on-saturday-he-chose-jacinta-price-20250412-p5lr8q.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">smh.com.au/politics/federal/du</span><span class="invisible">tton-had-a-decision-to-make-on-saturday-he-chose-jacinta-price-20250412-p5lr8q.html</span></a>&gt; (paywall)</p>
Megaphone :verified:Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), known for his staunch fiscal conservatism, is making it clear: he’s a firm <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/NO?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NO</a> on the <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/Republican?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Republican</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/debt?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#debt</a> plan.<br> <br> In a C-SPAN interview, <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/Massie?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Massie</a> dismantles the party’s own talking points, revealing that even under the most optimistic assumptions, the proposal adds hundreds of billions to the <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/deficit?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#deficit</a> in the coming years. According to Massie, leadership’s numbers show a $328 billion increase in 2025 alone—with no real plan to control spending beyond vague promises of future restraint.<br> <br> Having served in <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/Congress?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Congress</a> for 12 years, Massie has seen multiple so-called “10-year plans” under <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/Boehner?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Boehner</a> and <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/Ryan?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ryan</a>—none of which ever played out as promised. He remains skeptical that this time will be any different.<br> <br> With the deficit skyrocketing and fiscal responsibility on the line, Massie’s message is clear: empty promises won’t fix <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/America?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#America</a>’s <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/economic?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#economic</a> future.<br> <br> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/ThomasMassie?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ThomasMassie</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/FiscalResponsibility?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FiscalResponsibility</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/DeficitSpending?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DeficitSpending</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/DebtCrisis?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DebtCrisis</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/NoMoreDebt?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NoMoreDebt</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/GOP?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GOP</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/RepublicanParty?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RepublicanParty</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/Congress?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Congress</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/StopSpending?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StopSpending</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/CSPAN?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CSPAN</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/PoliticalAccountability?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PoliticalAccountability</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/GovernmentWaste?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GovernmentWaste</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/NationalDebt?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NationalDebt</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/DebtCeiling?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DebtCeiling</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/BudgetBattle?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BudgetBattle</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/DCPolitics?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DCPolitics</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/TruthMatters?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TruthMatters</a> <a href="https://lgbt.earth/discover/tags/PoliticsUnfiltered?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PoliticsUnfiltered</a>
DoomsdaysCW<p>The only <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GovernmentWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentWaste</span></a> is <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GovermentHandouts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovermentHandouts</span></a> for the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Rich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rich</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corporations</span></a>!!! </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DOGECityFalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGECityFalls</span></a></p>
Johnny D: ( moved to @purrperl@mastodon.social )<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/@luckytran" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>luckytran</span></a></span> </p><p>If American people could make the national budget together, hands-on, without conniving politicians to distract us and siphon money, would we still choose to send money abroad? To play goody two shoes? When we are not all fed, housed, educated? When healthcare is too expensive?</p><p>Charity begins at home. Sending aid abroad is a view held by the privileged class, who have no idea what hunger and poverty in America is like. They just like the glow of largesse and magnanimity from giving away "Other People's Money" ( to quote Margaret Thatcher *cringe* ) while ignoring homeless people here in America.</p><p>No. You want the slick bullshit of "foreign" people, acting all happy for the camera.</p><p>Warms your heart, makes you feel all superior, like YOU had anything to do with it.<br>Hey, it's the American people's money.<br>You are either astro-turfing for some party that siphons USAID money, or belong to a privileged class.</p><p>I am homeless. How about some aid for me?</p><p>I am a former Democrat voter, who was made homeless by the Biden administration in 2023, as a VA programmer with Federal clearance, who turned whistle-blower and called out egregious government waste.</p><p>This is my first-hand experience, not some slick commercial I saw in the media.</p><p>Your ad is pure propaganda! Like Musk, or hate him, he is right on this one.</p><p><a href="https://chaotic.fun/tags/CancelUSAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CancelUSAID</span></a> <a href="https://chaotic.fun/tags/JailForBiden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JailForBiden</span></a> <a href="https://chaotic.fun/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a> <a href="https://chaotic.fun/tags/USVeteran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USVeteran</span></a> <a href="https://chaotic.fun/tags/astroturf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astroturf</span></a> <a href="https://chaotic.fun/tags/astroturfing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astroturfing</span></a> <a href="https://chaotic.fun/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://chaotic.fun/tags/Lies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lies</span></a> <a href="https://chaotic.fun/tags/GovernmentWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentWaste</span></a> <a href="https://chaotic.fun/tags/GovernmentSpending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentSpending</span></a> <a href="https://chaotic.fun/tags/Accenture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Accenture</span></a> <a href="https://chaotic.fun/tags/AccentureFederalServices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AccentureFederalServices</span></a> <a href="https://chaotic.fun/tags/AFS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AFS</span></a> <a href="https://chaotic.fun/tags/VA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VA</span></a> <a href="https://chaotic.fun/tags/Veterans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Veterans</span></a></p>
RonSupportsYou<p>How to save half a million dollars: "Faced with fierce criticism over her chief wildfire recovery officer’s planned salary of $500,000 for 90 days of work, Mayor Karen Bass reversed course Saturday evening and said Steve Soboroff would receive no compensation" via Los Angeles Times. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GovernmentWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentWaste</span></a></p>
Carolannie<p>Yeah, but the super rich oligarchs won't like it! We, The People would really see our lives improve. Every billionaire is a policy failure.</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/GovernmentWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentWaste</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/PolicyFailure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PolicyFailure</span></a></p><p><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/27/beltway-bandits/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pluralistic.net/2025/01/27/bel</span><span class="invisible">tway-bandits/</span></a></p>
Johnny D: ( moved to @purrperl@mastodon.social )<p>Perl versus Java: A Comparison</p><p><a href="https://paper.wf/zi-0/perl-versus-java" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">paper.wf/zi-0/perl-versus-java</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>🤠 </p><p>@perl <a href="https://chaotic.fun/tags/perl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>perl</span></a> <a href="https://chaotic.fun/tags/java" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>java</span></a> <a href="https://chaotic.fun/tags/fsf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fsf</span></a> <a href="https://chaotic.fun/tags/gnu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gnu</span></a> <a href="https://chaotic.fun/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a> <a href="https://chaotic.fun/tags/afs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>afs</span></a> <a href="https://chaotic.fun/tags/accenture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>accenture</span></a> <a href="https://chaotic.fun/tags/whistleblower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>whistleblower</span></a> <a href="https://chaotic.fun/tags/governmentwaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>governmentwaste</span></a> <a href="https://chaotic.fun/tags/governmentcorruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>governmentcorruption</span></a> <a href="https://chaotic.fun/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a> @gnu @fsf</p>
C.<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://realsocial.life/@TerryHancock" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>TerryHancock</span></a></span> </p><p>My favourite <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/debunking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>debunking</span></a> of the "government paid $EXCESSIVE for $THING" kind of story was by Jerry <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Pournelle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pournelle</span></a>. It's currently offline, and archive.org is still recovering, so I can't link it. Actual numbers below are made up because I don't remember the exact figures, but the gist is correct.</p><p>It was the "<a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pentagon</span></a> paid $17,000 for a <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/toilet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toilet</span></a> seat" one. What actually happened was that the Pentagon needed to procure more toilet seats for the B-52 bomber - the planes were (and still are!) old and stuff wears out or gets damaged. There was no remaining stock of parts.</p><p>The problem was that the <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/manufacturer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>manufacturer</span></a> had long ago junked the tooling used to make the parts (they were metal, requiring tool &amp; die etc). Making that tooling is quite expensive - it's difficult, skilled work. Other costs involved in getting a <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/manufacturing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>manufacturing</span></a> line set up are also expensive. And they couldn't justify buying and storing tons of extra toilet seats.</p><p>So what you get is a high fixed <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/cost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cost</span></a> to rebuild a line, divided by a relatively small number of finished articles, giving an apparently absurd price per unit. Say, a million dollars to make 60 replacement toilet seats to original spec.</p><p>And that gives... $16,667 per seat. And a great, totally <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/misleading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>misleading</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/headline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>headline</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/B52" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>B52</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/B52Bomber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>B52Bomber</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/ToiletSeat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToiletSeat</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/GovernmentWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentWaste</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/waste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>waste</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/procurement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>procurement</span></a></p>
Brie<p>So the state OCIO bought a $6,000 phone booth (room.com) and it's already damaged. Great use of public funds by <a href="https://lincolnite.net/tags/Pillen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pillen</span></a> and <a href="https://lincolnite.net/tags/MattMcCarville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MattMcCarville</span></a>. Be a shame if this hit the press as a waste of tax payer dollars right before an election. <a href="https://lincolnite.net/tags/nebraska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nebraska</span></a> <a href="https://lincolnite.net/tags/ne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ne</span></a> <a href="https://lincolnite.net/tags/governmentwaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>governmentwaste</span></a></p>
b3thv3<p>DeSantis’ election police questioned people who signed abortion petitions<br>...The officer’s visit appears to be part of a broad effort by DeSantis’ admin to inspect thousands of already verified and validated petitions for Amendment 4 before Election Day. The amendment would overturn FL's six-week abortion ban by proposing to protect abortion access in FL until viability.<br><a href="https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/elections/2024/09/06/florida-abortion-amendment-petition-signature-fraud-voters/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tampabay.com/news/florida-poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/elections/2024/09/06/florida-abortion-amendment-petition-signature-fraud-voters/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prochoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prochoice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mybodymychoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mybodymychoice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/policestate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policestate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOPintimidation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOPintimidation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/abortionrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abortionrights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/governmentwaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>governmentwaste</span></a></p>
Democracy Matters :verified:<p>Unbelievable. Ohio: What's wrong with you?</p><p>Jim Jordan To Waste Taxpayer Money Investigating Kamala Harris<br><a href="https://www.politicususa.com/2024/08/30/jim-jordan-to-waste-taxpayer-money-investigating-kamala-harris.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politicususa.com/2024/08/30/ji</span><span class="invisible">m-jordan-to-waste-taxpayer-money-investigating-kamala-harris.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOPTraitors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOPTraitors</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GymJordan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GymJordan</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOPLiars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOPLiars</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOPCowards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOPCowards</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Ohio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ohio</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JimJordan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JimJordan</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GovernmentWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentWaste</span></a></p>
˜”*°• Papigoe 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>taxes</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/governmentwaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>governmentwaste</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/beaches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>beaches</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> Uses 59% tax dollars yet you STILL havtae pay at the public access!!! <br><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/beach-nourishment/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">cbsnews.com/beach-nourishment/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Gregory P. Smith (he/him) :python: 🚲🦝 :donor:<p>Such a waste of humanity. <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-u-s-s-plans-to-modernize-nuclear-weapons-are-dangerous-and-unnecessary/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scientificamerican.com/article</span><span class="invisible">/the-u-s-s-plans-to-modernize-nuclear-weapons-are-dangerous-and-unnecessary/</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/NuclearProliferation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearProliferation</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/GovernmentWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentWaste</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Inhumane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Inhumane</span></a></p>
U.S. Politics in Real Time<p>The Pentagon doesn’t need $886bn. I oppose this bloated defense budget | Bernie Sanders</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/24/the-pentagon-doesnt-need-886bn-i-oppose-this-bloated-defense-budget" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2023/jul/24/the-pentagon-doesnt-need-886bn-i-oppose-this-bloated-defense-budget</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/PentagonBudget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PentagonBudget</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/DefenseSpending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefenseSpending</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BloatedBudget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BloatedBudget</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BernieSanders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BernieSanders</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/MilitaryFunding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MilitaryFunding</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/GovernmentWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentWaste</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a></p>