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5 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

You think that stuffed suit from Fox weekends has a best mind? OMG!

I'm talking about Hegseth hiring "some of the best minds." Some people just can't wait to jump to the wrong conclusion.  OMG!

38 minutes ago, Walker88 said:

Just makes one prouder and prouder every day!  /sarc

 

----A drunk and alleged wife beater, alleged rapist, accused of malfeasance and for using funds ostensibly raised for veterans, but instead for staff Christmas parties where he was drunk....in charge of an $840,000,000,000 entity employing 3,000,000 men and women

 

----A convicted felon, convicted charity fraudster, adjudicated sex offender, serial philanderer, pathological liar, obese, willfully ignorant, whining crybaby, vindictive clown as POTUS

 

---A former softcore porn model who allegedly lied on her "Einstein Visa" application, worked illegally while on a Tourist Visa as FLOTUS

 

Yes, Madison, Jefferson, etc. are rolling over in their graves, while H.L. Mencken is saying, "I told you so".

Here comes one of the vilifiers I mentioned earlier.

39 minutes ago, impulse said:

 

Going back to Rummy in 2001, the day before 9/11 announcing that $4 trillion was unaccounted for, that's over 20 years of not being able to handle money.  (And it didn't start or end with Rumsfeld) 

 

It's time to do something different, and I'm willing to give Hegseth a chance.  He doesn't need to be an audit and money guru.  He needs to know who he can trust to be the guru who's going to hire a team of competent people.  And I doubt that guru is even going to come with a military background.  Finance isn't what they teach...  

 

Even if you appointed a CEO with years of experience he still wouldn't be able to run the show efficiently without the help of others(advisers) under him.  Guess some people have never heard of "hiring some of the best minds."

This the same reason elected legislators have a staff of assistants to do research and write bills.

22 minutes ago, sqwakvfr said:

Ah difficult to track DOD spending.  I got a first look at it during my deployments to A-stan.  Civil Affairs officers had the mission to help the locals build schools, government buildiings etc.  In the end the locals were handed $100 dollar bills to get the job done.  How would this program be audited?  No receipts were generated. This is just one example of DOD spending.  There was also DCAA (Defense Contract Audit Agency) people in A-stan and I do not konw what they were actually doing.  The DCAA was supposed to ensure taxpayer dollars were spent in accordance with contracts but most of never knew exactly what the contracts specified.  Of course auditing DOD contracts at stateside bases or at Defence Contract firms could be simpler.  

In accounting there are ways to classify cash transactions, unless you are trying to hide something.  I don't know what the reasons for failing the audits were and I doubt you know either.

If there are suspicions of fraud then a forensic auditor should be used to investigate.

1 hour ago, theblether said:

 

I'm simplifying nothing. Your post was clear. You complained about the US arresting criminals for sexual offenses.

 

You made no attempt to explain or categorise. 

 

You have a delicious sense of self-worth. Everyone is dumb, especially compared to you. Your reply makes things even worse. 

 

Feel free to explain to the forum what sexual crimes Americans should be allowed to perpetrate in Thailand. 

Same question came to my mind also.  Exactly what are the sex offenses?  Ruin a person's life?  What about the life of the victim?  This old adage applies, "If you can't do the time, don't do the crime."

Now that you have had your ridiculous say you can go back to bed.

1 minute ago, transam said:

Get what...?  

A thread is started with the word "yes".....😏

Did you read the title? 

7 minutes ago, newbee2022 said:

Are you doing that as punishment??🤗

No the punishment is the two bottles of Johnny Walker Black we also bring for him.

4 minutes ago, transam said:

"Yes" what....?  

So far you seem the only one that doesn't get it.

6 minutes ago, theshu25 said:

As if this orange  village idiot  will last 4 years. I say 1 year tops. He will have siphoned enough money out of the suckers by then.

You sound like a very unhappy person.  Hope your vilification makes you happy.

32 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

 

My brother actually locked the gates to the British officers mess ....re Dependence day.....!!!

The end of an era.

Still waiting for more perennial vilifiers to show up.  Only a handful so far.  Some of their comments are actually amusing.

2 minutes ago, novacova said:

& McConnell 

Thank you. You caught my mistake before I could edit my answer.

5 hours ago, theblether said:

 

We'll see. Hegseth is on a knife edge - looks likely he'll need Vance to vote him through. 

Vance just cast the deciding vote.

20 minutes ago, liddelljohn said:

For better or worse Trump is now the man for 4 years  ,,

 

and looking back at history  USA has been here before ,, they have had incompetent , corrupt  and bad presidents in the past , usa has also been controlled by Oligarchs  in the past  , they had Prohibition,  famines ,  and many huge disasters  but the USA has endured and recovered and been through  many cycles... And maybe Donald  might do a bit of good ,,   as well as some silly things

There's no doubt in my mind that Trump will do some good.  The previous administration realized too late, after major damage had been done, that "open borders" was a disaster.  Trump is already tackling this problem.  The damage will take years to repair.  Things like renaming the Gulf of Mexico and Denali are probably among some of the silly things you referred to.

Let's hope for the best. 

3 minutes ago, theblether said:

Anyone noticed the relative Democrat silence on the 51 losing their clearances? 

 

Kash Patel starts his confirmation next week. The Dems don't want to risk upsetting a couple of RINO's they are relying upon to block Patel. 

 

I think he'll be the sacrificial lamb of this confirmation cycle, Tulsi should get through. 

 

IMO,  just the opposite.  Patel will pass muster and Gabbard won't.

5 hours ago, Lacessit said:

Any rational person can see inequity is so deeply entrenched in America that three individuals there have more money than the bottom 150 million Americans. Musk, Bezos, and Zuckerberg.

 

The USA is now an oligarchy. If you think Trump is going address said inequity, you're a fool. Who do you think helped him into power?

 

When I was 20 yo, I could see a way forward in terms of getting a good education, a good job, and building a financial base. I paid off my first house mortgage in 18 months, paid cash for every home thereafter.

 

What do 20 year olds have to look forward to now? Crushing student debt, a house mortgage they will still be paying off in retirement, and jobs where the tax burden they shoulder is far more than tax-dodging multi-nationals.

 

IIRC Trump paid $750 in tax in 2017 and 2018. A janitor at one of his properties probably paid more.

 

Capitalism is failing as the gulf of inequity widens.

 

 

Capitalism like any other economic system needs to be governed by a set of laws.  Laws that do not allow one group of citizens to control another group.  As it is now, those with the most money are able to pass or amend laws that benefit only them.  This is done through various forms of unethical and corrupt practices.  History has shown when inequality reaches an intolerable level there is anarchy and revolt.  The big question for the U.S. is when will we reach this point.

17 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

I am wondering if GG is regressing in time, like the grand cesilical elliptical oozle bird.

 

I preferred the white bottle with a sailing ship on it.

We always bring in a 4-pack of 3 oz sticks on my annual trip for one of our best friends.  He and his son use it.

3 minutes ago, TTSIssues said:

My mother is exactly the type of tourist they should want: wealthy, well travelled, loves eating out, always stays in lovely hotels, enjoys shopping and high quality trips. But can she work a smartphone? Not a chance. Different generation. 

They rather have cheap charlies from China.

15 minutes ago, watchcat said:

 

Tell them that you don't use/have a phone.

Which is true for me.  My girlfriend has a smartphone while old-fashioned me uses a flip phone.  Upon arrival she buys a 30 day sim card.  I use a pocket wifi for my laptop.