no, we were talking about the same retards i think On Mon, Feb 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I hope I'm not the retard you're referring to. I thought my "unelected" > speech was fairly well articulated. > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> on behalf of Steve Jones < > thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Monday, February 17, 2025 3:29 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] DOGE website (www.doge.gov) > > I laugh so hard at the "unelected" retard speech. Doge literally forced > the passwords from the unelected people that held them, half of which hold > less a security clearance than musk himself holds. > > I giggle like mary jane rottencrotch the first time angry johnny > fingerbangs her through her pretty pink panties every time people defend > the "government data".... bitch thats my data, thats your data and it > should already ALL be in publicly accessible real time databases with only > account numbers blanked. You want money from the taxpayers, you dont get > privacy. Your address, your name, all known identifying info. If you get > approved for painting green pigeons onto dance shoes for peruvian fainting > goats owned by trannies, that fine, but the tax payers who funded it get to > know what color your house is, I wanna know how big your grandmas tits are > > On Mon, Feb 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote: > > "we are getting pretty close to the end of the income tax so long as > people shut off the news and quit being told what to think." > > Cool, as long as they do something about the spending too. > > The "he's got our data" stuff is rather alarmist. A lot of people have > that same data. Owning a company based on targeted advertising, he might > already know more about you than the government does. > > "he's unelected" is a statement simplified for dummies. The question is > why should we trust THIS unelected guy with no senate confirmation, but NOT > trust the unelected, unconfirmed people at the GAO and OIG? I haven't yet > received an answer from anyone I've asked this question to, so I *assume *the > answer is that people are willing to believe him because of his political > affiliation, or because he's saying what they want to hear. I'm ready to > be educated if there's a better answer to that. > > -Adam > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> on behalf of Steve Jones < > thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Monday, February 17, 2025 1:03 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] DOGE website (www.doge.gov) > > Clinton pretty well did it, and balanced the budget on paper and Obama > formed doge, so they both did their part. > > > transparency is a pretty gender fluid word these days. means entirely > different things to different people. > > > we are getting pretty close to the end of the income tax so long as people > shut off the news and quit being told what to think. > > > hand out queens (many in this industry for sure) and the gimme gimmes are > scared, rightfully so, and the grifters are petrified, even more rightfully > so, lynch every one of them. > > "he's unelected" "he's got our data" - the battle cry of morons or the > propaganda of those who love their morons. > > I hope RFK does the right thing and comes out against huffing sarin gas > and drinking ricin slushies. The demand for sarin and castor beans will be > through the roof with that media push and the course will correct. > > then we just need somebody to get the rumor out that oxygen makes you gay, > belt and lemon sales will skyrocket and right that ship too. > > the level of mental retardation we are witnessing is astounding. > > On Mon, Feb 17, 2025, 8:13 AM Mike Hammett <af...@ics-il.net> wrote: > > I just saw a video of both Clinton and Obama saying they'd do what DOGE is > doing, but they seemingly just paid lip service to it. I do want it to be > more transparent, but I also want them to keep going. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steve Jones" <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> > To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" <af@af.afmug.com> > Sent: Monday, February 17, 2025 8:00:49 AM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] DOGE website (www.doge.gov) > > > > A better question is why do we have to take their word for it when it's > spent? > The good, final outcome of this is there is a framework in place now for > all future spending to be on public record in a clear and transparent > manner, publicly accessible, with the spend requests and links to the > outcome reports. That should t require foia > > > My guess is half of what they claw back will ultimately be paid out when > it's explained and justified. > > > On Mon, Feb 17, 2025, 7:23 AM Adam Moffett < dmmoff...@gmail.com > wrote: > > > > > > > > Steve, > > > An example I just saw on doge.gov was an $8mil USDA contract with a > screen shot of a record. Nothing on the screen demonstrates how it was > waste, fraud, or abuse. The title of the contract was some fluffy sounding > thing about environmental compliance, and as far as I can tell the title is > what we’re supposed to accept as evidence. That was an example from the > day’s “batch” with no information provided about whatever else was canceled > that day. > > > Maybe they’ll publish more details later for “maximal transparency”, but > right now we are forced to take their word for it. > > > It’s fair to have a problem with unelected bureaucrats wielding most of > the power of the federal government, but the same should not become OK just > because the bureaucrat is an ideologically appropriate apparatchik. > > > > > > > Get Outlook for iOS > > From: AF < af-boun...@af.afmug.com > on behalf of Steve Jones < > thatoneguyst...@gmail.com > > Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2025 9:41:06 PM > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group < af@af.afmug.com > > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] DOGE website ( www.doge.gov ) > > > yeah, super scary. boogeyman level > > > On Sat, Feb 15, 2025, 6:17 PM Jason McKemie < > j.mcke...@veloxinetbroadband.com > wrote: > > > > This seems about par for the course with these guys. Scary stuff. > > > I love how this administration uses the term "maximally transparent", or > some derivation thereof everywhere they can. I guess if you say it enough, > it must be true, right? > > > On Sat, Feb 15, 2025 at 5:59 PM Ken Hohhof < khoh...@kwom.com > wrote: > > > > > > > > https://www.wired.com/story/doge-website-is-just-one-big-x-ad/ > > > > DOGE’s Website Is Just One Big X Ad > > The source code for the new Department of Government Efficiency’s > “official US government website” points to X as its primary source of > authority, while sharing links to the site sends users to x.com . > > > > At a press conference in the Oval Office this week, Elon Musk promised the > actions of his so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) project > would be “maximally transparent,” thanks to information posted to its > website. > > At the time of his comment, the DOGE website was empty . However, when the > site finally came online Thursday morning, it turned out to be little more > than a glorified feed of posts from the official DOGE account on Musk’s own > X platform, raising new questions about Musk’s conflicts of interest in > running DOGE . > > DOGE.gov claims to be an “official website of the United States > government,” but rather than giving detailed breakdowns of the cost savings > and efficiencies Musk claims his project is making, the homepage of the > site just replicated posts from the DOGE account on X. > > A WIRED review of the page’s source code shows that the promotion of > Musk’s own platform went deeper than replicating the posts on the homepage. > The source code shows that the site’s canonical tags direct search engines > to x.com rather than DOGE.gov. > > A canonical tag is a snippet of code that tells search engines what the > authoritative version of a website is. It is typically used by sites with > multiple pages as a search engine optimization tactic, to avoid their > search ranking being diluted. > > In DOGE’s case, however, the code is informing search engines that when > people search for content found on DOGE.gov, they should not show those > pages in search results, but should instead display the posts on X. > > “It is promoting the X account as the main source, with the website > secondary,” Declan Chidlow, a web developer , tells WIRED. “This isn't > usually how things are handled, and it indicates that the X account is > taking priority over the actual website itself.” > > Advertisement > > All the other US government websites WIRED checked used their own homepage > in their canonical tags, including the official White House website. > Additionally, when sharing the DOGE website on mobile devices, the source > code creates a link to the DOGE X account rather than the website itself. > > “It seems that the DOGE website is secondary, and they are prodding people > in the direction of the X account everywhere they can,” Chidlow adds. > > Alongside the homepage feed of X posts, a section of Doge.gov labeled > “Savings” now appears. So far the page is empty except for a single line > that reads: “Receipts coming soon, no later than Valentine's day,” followed > by a heart emoji . > > A section entitled “Workforce” features some bar charts showing how many > people work in each government agency, with the information coming from > data gathered by the Office of Personnel Management in March 2024. > > A disclaimer at the bottom of the page reads: “This is DOGE's effort to > create a comprehensive, government-wide org chart. This is an enormous > effort, and there are likely some errors or omissions. We will continue to > strive for maximum accuracy over time.” > > Another section, entitled “Regulations,” features what DOGE calls the > “Unconstitutionality Index,” which it describes as “the number of agency > rules created by unelected bureaucrats for each law passed by Congress in > 2024.” > > The charts in this section are also based on data previously collected by > US government agencies. Doge.gov also links to a Forbes article from last > month that was written by Clyde Wayne Crews, a member of the Heartland > Institute, a conservative think tank that pushed climate change > disinformation and questioned the links between tobacco and lung cancer . > It is also a major advocate for privatizing government departments . > > The site also features a “Join” page which allows prospective DOGE > employees to apply for roles including “software engineers, InfoSec > engineers, and other technology professionals.” As well as requesting a > Github account and résumé, the form asks visitors to “provide 2-3 bullet > points showcasing exceptional ability.” > > The website does not list a developer, but on Wednesday, web application > security expert Sam Curry outlined in a thread on X how he was able to > identify the developer of the site as DOGE employee Kyle Shutt. > > Curry claims he was able to link a Cloudflare account ID found in the > site’s source code to Shutt, who used the same account when developing > Musk’s America PAC website. > > On Thursday, Drop Site News reported, citing sources within FEMA, that > Shutt had gained access to the agency’s proprietary software controlling > payments. 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