SydBarrett

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  Dodge has found 4.7 Trillion Dollars in Untraceable money

  by liam in

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  elon was looking at the way they audit within the government agencies.

  he found there are no links to payments made.

  250 million payment………..to………………..consultant……..name ………..unknown.

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  @Syd: If you have worked for enough large companies you know that there is plenty of waste going around and that is with a profit motive.
  
  Absolutely. I'm not questioning that. I just don't think a proper audit and cut could be done in 4 weeks by an outsider unfamiliar with the company. It would take some time interviewing people in various departments, getting a grasp of the company's processes before you could identify redundant jobs and inefficient methods.
  
  Musk cut the staff of Twitter by 80% and it seems to be doing OK.
  
  

  True. But an internet app was more in line with what was already his expertise. It seems to me that cutting waste in something like twitter is much more straightforward than say a hospital system or an auto manufacturing plant, as an example.

  
  With web companies, they all seem to have an army of people whose only purpose is to break perfectly functioning
  apps with unwanted and un-asked for 'updates'.
  
  
  
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  Dodge has found 4.7 Trillion Dollars in Untraceable money

  by liam in

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  elon was looking at the way they audit within the government agencies.

  he found there are no links to payments made.

  250 million payment………..to………………..consultant……..name ………..unknown.

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  "Dodge". Hah! What an appropriate typo!

  While I can appreciate there's government waste that can be cut - there always is, in most countries - it's clear that DOGE and Musk are only there on an agenda of their own (which, to be fair is also usually true of any incoming party in most countries).
  
  Yes, I dont even have a problem with an audit in itself. But the idea that this is being done in a thorough and accurate way in the 4 weeks since the inauguration, on a bureaucracy as large as the Federal Government is nonsense.
  
  I work for a large company. I suppose the CEO could decide to fire a huge percentage of employees tomorrow without regard or understanding of their actual job duties and in the very very short term brag about all the money saved since they no longer have to meet that payroll. But in a few months the wheels are gonna start to fall off.
  
  
  
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  I want a marriage mate that’s a brother

  by Lace83 in

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  hi, my name is leacy and i am 41 years old.

  i live in california.

  i attend the rancho santa margarita congregation.

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  If you're seeking an unmarried, early middle aged man, brain dead enough to still be a JW, the only box you can realistically expect to be checked is "has a pulse".
  
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  Ukraine - Nato - US crisis

  by mikeflood in

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  don't understand....but this crisis in ukraine seems to be getting out of control....i mean, everybody knows how to start a war..... by the way, as always, people at the borg are having a field day.....

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  SydBarrett

  Also what's the Daily Mail got to do with it ? More like Fox News l would have thought .
  
  
  If it's the latest nonsense that Fox News is outraged about, it'll be a Daily Mail headline and vice versa.
  
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  Ukraine - Nato - US crisis

  by mikeflood in

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  don't understand....but this crisis in ukraine seems to be getting out of control....i mean, everybody knows how to start a war..... by the way, as always, people at the borg are having a field day.....

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  SydBarrett

  "Oh god Simon , just post the link from whatever right wing algorithm and cesspool of social media you Muppet all your thoughts and ideas from and save yourself the trouble of having to type it all out."

  What??? Simon is an insufferable MAGAt Brit living in Canada whose opinions are a repeat of the latest copy of Daily Mail? I'm shocked. I thought everyone left this forum for some other reason...
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  Trump 'spiritual advisor' says Jesus never broke immigration laws

  by SydBarrett in

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  2. friends

  paula white said, “yes, jesus did live in egypt for three-and-a-half years.

  but he was not an illegal immigrant.

  if he had broken the law then he would have been sinful and he would not have been our messiah.” well, there you go.

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  Trump 'spiritual advisor' says Jesus never broke immigration laws

  by SydBarrett in

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  paula white said, “yes, jesus did live in egypt for three-and-a-half years.

  but he was not an illegal immigrant.

  if he had broken the law then he would have been sinful and he would not have been our messiah.” well, there you go.

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  Paula White said, “Yes, Jesus did live in Egypt for three-and-a-half years. But he was not an illegal immigrant. If He had broken the law then He would have been sinful and He would not have been our Messiah.”
  
  Well, there you go. Makes perfect sense.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Lines you would never hear from a Jehovah's Witness

  by Ron.W. in

  1. watchtower
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  a slightly tongue in cheek, but also serious roundup of jw speak and why trying to reason with them is like trying to chip through concrete with a plastic spoon.. how many can you think of??.

  elder: 'yes.

  i read through the material you asked me to at your judicial meeting - you're right we're both in a cult!

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  "This cheap suit jacket is too large and droops unattractively off my shoulders. I should have it tailored."
  
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  Does Jehovah have a sense of humour

  by moomanchu in

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  we are created in his image so he has to have a perfect sense of humour.

  .. the comedy started first thing:.

  hey you two dummies.

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  SydBarrett

  "You have created me a cherub. Immortal with immense power. What is my duty in this Universe that would take 90 billion years for a beam of light to traverse?"
  
  You are to watch over some microbes flashing in and out of existence who live on a speck of dust circling another speck of dust. I dont want them growing beards or having sexual relations without a legal contract. And I need them to attend mind numbing lectures 3 times a week in a square uninspiring structure built with the lowest cost materials. My embassy on this mote of dust shall be in a place called New York in a corner of this dust called America.
  
  This is why I have created the Universe.
  
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  YouTube advice on “Types of People to Avoid”

  by LongHairGal in

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  i was doing some heavy duty binge watching on youtube.. there are lots of helpful topics including ‘how to declutter your home’, ‘things you shouldn’t tell people’ and several videos on ‘types of people you shouldn’t have in your life as well as types of behavior you shouldn’t tolerate’ (especially after a certain age).. what i got out of it (most i already knew but was nice to see it mentioned):.. first, you should live life authentically, especially at an older age.

  you should be free of other people’s opinions, judgments and expectations of you.

  you should be free of this as you have accumulated enough wisdom in life to know what serves you and that other people’s opinions do not define you; you should not be guilt tripped into doing favors or being exploited (financially or time wise) by anybody manipulative or irresponsible, etc… walking away is not ‘selfishness’ but ‘self care’.. it was mentioned in all of them to remove people from your life who are critical and fall into these negative categories whether they be family or other.. (the name of jehovah’s witnesses was nowhere mentioned - but i was struck by the fact that all these negative things appear in spades in the jw religion (and probably in some other religions as well).. watching all of this just reinforced what i knew for many years: ..the best thing i did was to ‘fade’ from the religion and get out of that environment!.

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  SydBarrett

  You should write without overuse of italics and unnecessary capitalization.