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Exactly. And who says he is actually bob smith other than himself. If you've been observant, there are many cases of people creating new accounts and then spewing "bob smith-isms." My personal guess is that it's the same person creating multiple accounts and then attempting to gain recognition by writing off-the-wall nonsense which many members seem to love. Somebody is having fun!

You can play a gig or jam for absolute free, just for the fun of jamming, and still be accused of taking food from the mouths of Thai children by "working" by playing a musical instrument in public and charged with "working without a permit" and risk deportation.

Taking solo jazz opportunities away for Thais who can't play like this:

See, that IS the problem. A total lack of transparency. So what you advocate is for Musk to do his audit and keep silent. That's been the modus operandi of the US government and what's it produced: Massive waste, fraud, and abuse. And a system which elicits whistle-blowers to come forward so that whistleblowers can be identified and punished. Those days are over, thank god, and it's a new era. Corruption has been the name of the game for decades. It's time to root it out, punish those involved, and reset the system to make it corruption-proof. If it takes AI to accomplish that, then bring on Sky-Net.

Where's the misinformation? All I see is scary propaganda put out by the Far-Left-Wing The Hill. The Hill is part of the problem, not part of the solution. Musk is running an anti-corruption campaign for the Trump administration. For example, if the spreadsheet below by Musk is true, than it either is exemplifying gross incompetence by SSA, or it is exemplifying gross corruption of the system - people older than the United States are marked as "Alive" in the SSA system? For chrissake, get real! Either way, funds are being misused. Any funds being paid out to dead people or foreign nationals who obtained the benefits illegally all impacts the solvency of the Social Security system. Corruption and inefficiency needs to be eliminated so that they SSA system can remain solvent and be able to pay out the Social Security benefits you paid into all of your life and now have earned in return to take care of you in your old age. Corruption needs to end. Paying out hundreds of billions of USD in fraudulent payments needs to end. The US financial system need to be put into order. Stopping fraudulent SSA paying in turn strengthens the SSA system and keeps it solvent in order to pay benefits to "elderly" people like you and I have paid into the system all of our lives and earned our benefits. Am I personally worried about "Musk and Trump ending Social Security." No, not at all. Social Security will always be a "third-rail" issue for American politics. Want to lose an election? Putting 60 million or so elderly US citizens on the street is a sure-fired path to losing the Presidency and Congress and creating a social backlash that would possibly destroy the US. Unlike you OP, I want to see the SSA reformed, I want to see illegal and fraudulent payments ended, I want to see "Dead" people identified and taken out of the system, and I want to see the system put into working order - for the benefit of those of us who are legitimate US citizens and who worked all of our life's to earn those benefits.

All of the leadership, current and potential, are just figureheads running fundamentally broken systems. Same in the EU. And then when their voters threaten to clean house, they are all labelled as "extremists" whose parties must be disbanded in order to "save our democracy." Torches and pitchforks to come?

Sanction Russia and put 70% of the UK military boot-on-the-ground in Ukraine - that will fix all of the UK's problems.

I think in the Thai government's "Perfect World" tourist would just send the vacation money to a Thai bank, but stay home.

Translated: We love tourist money; We hate tourists.

Click on your Username and "Ignored Users) is under Settings (see screen shot) Click on it and enter a name. It doesn't "Block" them per-say, but you just "ignore" their posts. You don't see them. KhunLA's solutions works too. Works great.

The only one's panicking are those getting their extensions illegally. They should panic.

Not The Babylon Bee (but it should be): "The bill was brought forward by Democratic State reps Anita Somani and Tristan Rade. Men would be charged with a felony under the law if they engage in unprotected sex without the intent of impregnation. Exceptions under the law include people ejaculating in the LGBTQ community, sperm donation, and masturbation. The lawmakers say the point of "The Conception Begins at Erection Act" is to "call out the hypocrisy" of "bills that regulate women’s bodies." Men would be charged $1,000 for the first offense, $5,000 for the second offense and $10,000 for any offense after."

If you're familiar with Larry Johnson, he recently said he had a source who stated that $49 billion dollars of US funded has been traced to offshore bank accounts. Here comes DOGE!

Sorta like all members of Congress who managed to become millionaires on a Congressional salary?

Join the club. And I'm glad I got it, if nothing else that to prove to the "COVID is gonna kill your elderly ass" crowd that a viral infection with a 99.7% survival rate (and about 100% if you are healthy and have no comorbidities) isn't a death sentence. Rabies is a death sentence. Covid is a couple of days "feeling rotten." Plus the benefit of natural immunity and memory B and T cells for this lab-grown experiment released into the wild.

Covid was a mild flu. For me, a 2 day fever and a couple of day feeling like c*ap. But I'm glad I got is as I now have natural immunity. I don't even worry about getting it again. I find it interesting that the esteemed Fauci who claims to have taken all the shots and boosters has come down with Covid 3 times now. Interesting, 'eh?

No they are not "effective." Here's the source of the inefficacy of flu shot from the CDC. Marginally effective at best. https://www.cdc.gov/flu-vaccines-work/php/effectiveness-studies/index.html Rabies will kill you if you get it, so I personally work with a lot of animals including strays and temple dogs. Nips happen, so I do take prophylaxis rabies shots. I assume they are effective because the downside is 100% sure death otherwise. And to this day I love the trope that "Covid Cured The Flu." See 2020-2021 stats.

The CDC as was the Fauci NIH was/is a part of the propaganda arm of the Pharmaceutical industry. Hopefully RFK Jr and DOGE will get around to them too. No member of the CDC, or any regulatory body should come from the companies the regulate nor every be allowed to work for those they have regulated. The potential for corruption is too high as we experienced between 2020 and Jan 20th 2025. It's time to investigate all of the participants who pushed the novel and marginally tested mRNA Covid shots which are neither safe or effective. But they did make Big Pharma a whole lot of money. Fyi - If you want to take the Covid shots, by all means, please take them. It's your body and your choice. If you want you children to take them, up to you. But the government needs to get out of the business of the forced vaccination of children (and adults) with the exception of proven sterilizing vaccines with a proven high degree of safety and a very low rate of side affects. And I also hope that RFK Jr. mandates a review of all childhood vaccines with independent reviews and assessments of safety and efficacy including assessing the potential of these vaccines in creating the conditions for autism which has exploded. Anddddd - the liability indemnity for Big Pharma's shots needs to be overturned. Vaccine damaged individuals need to be able to recover monetary damages in court. It's a new day, at least for the next four years, and it's just begun.

Good. As the Left loves to say, "My Body, My Choice."

Check the side-walls. In the sun and heat the rubber begins to break down. If you have a side-wall blow-out you can be in for a world of hurt.

"$*_# Trump!" seems to be the new rallying cry of the toothless and now disenfranchised Progressive Left. I'd say were a few months from a true insurrection incited by Democrats and their Far-Left apparatchiks like Antifa similar to the 2020 "Summer of Love," but with the express intention of overthrowing the Trump administration. I'm thinking the Rise of Rage Rhetoric is just a prelude to the coming attractions this summer. What say you? https://jonathanturley.org/2025/02/15/break-some-sht-democrats-find-relief-from-reality-in-profanity-in-fueling-rage-rhetoric/comment-page-1/

Elon Musk Urges US to 'delete' Federal Agencies in Government Overhaul Many of them need to be "deleted.'

I'm not anti-mRNA therapy, but it needs massive research, study, and long-term trials before being approved for human or animal use. Nor am I anti-mRNA vaccinations, but the same as with gene therapy and they need to be proven "safe and effective" as opposed to using that phrase as a propaganda slogan as is still being done.

Good riddance.