Drake:

!fashion

First, it is simply false to say that treasury payments do not have a "payment categorization code". It is notable, by the way, that he uses this completely invented phrase rather than the actual phrase "Treasury Account Symbol" (TAS). Indeed, it's impossible to find another use of this phrase using an internet search engine in any context, let alone the Treasury context. The far more limited "deficiency" pointed out by the Government Accountability Office report Krause referenced is that information about individual government transactions were recorded in multiple different account entries separately by some government agencies and thus individual transactions could not be readily traced through to all the accounting ledgers they effected.

No chud, the government doesn't need to note where it's spending your money and it was definitely working on a system to fix that by 2028 possibly

On to Musk's next claim: the need for "rationales". The idea of putting a "rationale" for each and every individual payment (or payment file) makes little sense in the context of how the system works. Think of this in your own life: do you fill out a little form that provides your "rationale" for purchasing an item every time you swipe your credit card? If you were required to do so, you would react very negatively for the same reason you should react very negatively here: if you had to put a rationale then someone could reject your spending requests on the basis of providing the "wrong" rationale.

Imagine the right wing uproar when the possibility emerged of restricting purchases of meat through such a "rationale for transaction" system. This should be seen as no different. The "Treasury Account Symbol" (TAS) provides the only rationale that should matter which is that congress appropriated the spending. Of course, if you want to abrogate congressional spending then that is obviously not sufficient and, in fact, counterproductive.

No chud, the government doesn't need to note why it's spending your money

Imagine if the government were buying some groceries and the government's credit card was rejected at the checkout, chud, that would be terrible. What if the government imposed fascist restrictions on you, chud, how would you feel?

This all goes back to Musk's tendency to think that there is, can be or should be a "button" that determines all of this and its corrupt, inefficient bureaucrats preventing this from happening. He simply doesn't understand how complex these systems are or why they are the way they are. Take the Treasury Offset Program (TOP) for instance. It is a Bureau of the Fiscal Service system for collecting delinquent federal or state debts. One former Bureau of the Fiscal Service employee explained to me that there are rules that determine:

Actually, chud, the bureaucratic tumour is a good thing and hasn't metastasized enough

To include my own editorial comment for a moment, this is why it's so alarming to see him talk about updating this list "weekly, or even daily". This strongly suggests to me that he is talking about arbitrarily and rapidly expanding the list of people and entities on lists such as the Office of Foreign Assets Controls (OFAC) list without any due process to block them from government payments. As I discussed the Wednesday before last, the apparatuses for capriciously destroying the financial life of disfavored entities and people has been constructed over multiple decades with active Democratic participation and support. Now they are in the hands of Donald Trump and Elon Musk. Thus, again, Musk's comments hide a desire for unchecked power over others under a false narrative about governmental "inefficiency".

My sources are also very skeptical that any career Treasury employee told Elon Musk that half of the expenditures that constituted "entitlements payments to individuals with no SSN" were "unequivocal and obvious fraud". It's hard to say more without knowing the context. This is the difficult thing with government by the pronouncement of Elon Musk. He can say stuff without any corroboration much faster than anyone else can check facts or correct falsehoods.

There's no fraud chud, my sources are 'skeptical'

In the meantime, it is exhausting how much effort is required to deconstruct one Elon Musk tweet. He can lie about very complex and technical systems much faster than he can be answered, but nevertheless it's important to periodically critically assess what the richest man in the world is saying as he continually tries to justify chopping the government up and selling it for parts like this is a private equity takeover.

Actually Musk is just lying, chud

I don't know what a lazerpig is, but some of these guys are still butthurt about their high school crushes getting fricked by marines that they also demand be their Avengers League.

"I was in the military and it's very focused on being apolitical."

"Uh, everything is political, especially the military."

BREAKING:

Donald Trump officially cuts off all aid to South Africa. pic.twitter.com/tRqBaz3BpW

— Globe Eye News (@GlobeEyeNews) February 9, 2025

They are ready to roar, without funds, they can only shout

Trump is the MAN

SA doesn´t respect the white people

— WW3finalboss 🇮🇱 🇺🇦 (@WW3finalboss) February 9, 2025

At this point I'm sure that every account mentioning lions or roaring is a

Funny how “human rights” only matter when it serves their agenda. Cutting aid to South Africa just because they called out Israel’s violations? Make it make sense.

— R! (@TheFirst1to) February 9, 2025

Here's how you too can blame Israel

Hi Trump, when are you fetching all the apartheid beneficiaries that are complaining to you ? They are descendants of the Dutch who stole our forefathers land. They r*ped and killed to appropriate the land on their arriving from Holland 🇳🇱

— Ngwana Wa Modimo 🫶🏾🫶🏾 (@IsraelMoukangwe) February 9, 2025

That's a good point actually, Merica pls carpet bomb the tulip eaters

The real truth is because of BRICS affiliation and the fact that Cape Town beat New York as best city in the world this time around. pic.twitter.com/gpMF87mzda

— Sage🇿🇦✈️🌍🛬 (@SagewaseSouthAh) February 9, 2025

Yeah, I'm sure Trump can't sleep at night because of Cape Town

Good riddance South Africa doesn't need him. It's high time we as Africans depend on ourselves.

— niwdalg ☠️ (@niwdalg_) February 9, 2025

About that...

On behalf of South Africans, thank you so much for doing us a favour to be independent. We appreciate and accept the discontinuation of your lousy funding. pic.twitter.com/fCZ5mLfOVw

— Oracle (@Oracle5152) February 9, 2025

We don't even need your money white devil

Trump's policies
1. I don't need neighbors, impose tariffs on them wall
2. I work for Israel
3. Anyone against Israel is my enemy
4. I am mister know all
5. I work for Israel
6. I work for Israel
7. I work for Israel

— People (@MadawaMan_) February 9, 2025

If only the strongest country in the world love your country as much as it loves Israel...

I hope SA will stand up and not bow down to Trump! I think African countries need to accept that we will not die without aid. Let's all work together on building our countries using internal resources.

— Baraka Megiroo (@BarakaMegiroo) February 9, 2025

>Africa

>work together

South Africa's and indeed Africa's true greatness and prowess is about to be unleashed...sometimes comfort zones hold us back!

— Agatha's Son (@TakuraChamuka) February 9, 2025

America beware, you've made a very powerful enemy today

Some of us we have never received any aid . So it won’t make any difference.

— Lolo (@lioneszT) February 9, 2025

Oh, everything will be fine then!

pic.twitter.com/vMWPVQpUvE

— 🇬🇧 𝙔𝙊𝙊𝙆𝘼𝙔 𝘼𝙀𝙎𝙏𝙃𝙀𝙏𝙄𝘾𝙎 🇬🇧 (@MythoYookay) February 17, 2025

https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c4g3ve3ll21o

!hibernians

Too many capybaras: Rodents face vasectomies in luxury Argentine community

Residents of the Nordelta gated community, built on a wetland, complain that the population of the species has tripled in just over three years.https://t.co/dGv7ToXTcc

— Ruchir Sharma (@ruchirsharma_1) February 14, 2025

This country is legitimately one catalyst incident away from full blown civil war. Plenty of root cause is there. Only thing holding it back is that most people are still far too comfortable and have too much to lose. All it takes now is for something to happen that either makes people no longer comfortable (think major economic crash), or something that enrages one side so much taht they dontbcare anymore (trump assassination would do it for the right, mass incarceration of legal immigrants and naturalized citizens for the left, as examples).

dude srdines lmao

for the lazy:

• it's measles

• a few score of confirmed cases

• a few hundred likely cases

• the mention one patient "traveled from another country" so it's gonna be mostly coming from Mexico

• the vaccine doesn't prevent getting measles or spreading it, it only prevents symptomatic illness

• vitamin A causes it to be a very mild disease in almost every case

• RFK vaccinated his own children and is pro-vaccine

• RFK also barely took office, so obviously

• This outbreak is the fault of RFK and (naturally) orangemanbad

I’m so proud of our Democratic members of Congress right now. They’re being blocked from entering the Department of Education—and they’re not having it.

I can’t tag everyone in this video, but seeing Auntie Maxine ready to fight for our kids warms my soul. She hasn’t changed,… pic.twitter.com/V4FxbTHVwf

— Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline) February 7, 2025

Will stencil is advocating for an insurrection

Push past them force a confrontation https://t.co/rXKJuM2Bbu

— evan loves worf (@esjesjesj) February 7, 2025

This man is a legend! pic.twitter.com/150ZdRNpyC

— Clown World ™ 🤡 (@ClownWorld_) February 7, 2025

Fr fr Ong

>I understand your concern, and I'm really sorry to hear about your experience. Your point highlights an important issue, and it's one that has been raised by many users and watchdog organizations over the years. Reddit has faced significant criticism for how it has handled problematic content in the past, including "jailbait" subreddits and the sharing of sexualized material related to minors, even if they are in the form of cartoons or anime.

>In 2018, Reddit did take action against some of these problematic communities. They banned a number of subreddits that violated their content policies, including those that contained content related to exploitation or sexualization of minors. However, the issue of moderating such content at scale on a platform as large as Reddit can be very challenging, and not all content is always immediately caught.

>It's also worth noting that in recent years, platforms like Reddit have been pressured more by advocacy groups, lawmakers, and the public to take stronger action against illegal and harmful content. Despite this, instances where harmful content continues to exist or slip through the cracks are unfortunately still part of the broader issue of platform moderation, and there are calls for even stricter policies, enforcement, and transparency in handling these matters.

>When you report illegal content, it's important that those reports are taken seriously. Reddit, as well as other platforms, must comply with legal obligations and remove harmful material, including CSAM, once flagged. If you feel that your reports haven't been appropriately addressed, it's also possible to contact law enforcement or organizations like the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC), which work directly with platforms to help address these issues.

>Thank you for speaking out, and I really appreciate your concern for this topic. If you have any further questions or want information on how to escalate reporting or get in touch with advocacy groups, feel free to ask.

https://chatgpt.com/share/67b665d5-bb54-800c-a791-3c9ab919223e

Frankie Muniz, Hollywood actor who starred in ‘Malcolm In The Middle’, is now a professional Stock Car Racing driver

He finished in 10th place at Daytona. Incredible pic.twitter.com/NNtEZBIAsE

— Dudes Posting Their W’s (@DudespostingWs) February 16, 2025

Dan has a Masters Degree in Psychology from C.U.N.Y.

This administration is already paying huge drama dividends, I can't wait for what's next.

Edit: https://www.zerohedge.com/political/fbi-director-patel-take-over-atf-too-will-he-burn-it-ground

Trump is about to turn the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) over to Patel too, according to sources cited by multiple news outlets on Saturday evening. The extraordinary move has some wondering if Trump might move to dissolve the ATF altogether.

It's so gross. I don't get why anyone would want to do such a thing and certainly no normal straight male would want to frick a poopy facsimile of a kitty. Yet if you question this they say "RePuBlICAns are oBsESsEd wItH trans FOlks". They're the ones trying to normalize this barbaric disgusting shit and the best they can say to the opposition is "you're obsessed"?