The Isolated Politics Blurt Thread I: A New Beginning

[butters]

he pushed a major utilities company 9 times to admit their math mistake which affected rates charged to Arizona households... eventually they did check them and issued a notice of their mistake and recalibrated the rates based on his fact-checking off them. THIS is a commissioner doing his job and doing it well. kudos.

A freshman Arizona Corporation Commissioner refused to back down in a public meeting with one of the state’s largest utilities — and got them to come clean about their mistake.

Commissioner René Lopez, who holds a degree in nuclear engineering and is a former Chandler City Council member, raised concerns about one of Arizona Public Service’s (APS) calculations during a discussion earlier this year about a potential rate adjustment for customers. The exchange featured Lopez repeatedly questioning the company’s math, while APS insisted multiple times that their numbers were correct.

as he pointed out, if they were wrong in this particular calculation, what else could they have made errors in?

Eight times Lopez asked APS to explain its math, per 12 News, which means he had eight chances to back down following responses by the utility giant.

After the ninth round of pushback from Lopez, APS agreed to review the figures. Two days later, APS filed a “Notice of Errata,” an official document rectifying their mistake, admitting the commissioner was correct.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/com...1&cvid=d6b6ac41d4884bd981a081adb05c869f&ei=62

was it a genuine mistake? the cynical me says 'unlikely'

 

[Chernosoth]

A previous neighbor had a huge dog and one little yappy dog, probably a puppy. They were frequently at the fence with another neighbor's medium size dogs. Without the fence between them, the barking would have stopped in seconds. The huge dog would have established dominance.

Both parties and all their puppies will be barking constantly until the fence drops at the election next year. The votes will be counted. One party will probably have huge losses and whimper for a while.

 

[LLCox]

tRUMP and Musk are liars. Not a good way to start a four year term.

 

[Lazaran]

tRUMP and Musk are liars. Not a good way to start a four year term.

So: DOGE ultimately "saved" 9 billion…



Now consider future costs when the cuts DOGE implemented contribute to a critical failure in a federal agency or a lack of a timely response to a crisis.







We. Told. Them. So.

 

[butters]

mick mulvaney, ex White House C.o.S, is a bit concerned about where they'll land the helicopter:

after trump all-capitals GIFT's two new flagpoles to the W.H, one for each of the north and south lawns, Mulvaney has concerns:

“I see a problem for where they’re supposed to land the helicopter — because this is right on the South Lawn, and I’m not really sure,” Mulvaney said in the interview when asked about the flagpoles.

“I imagine they considered this, they’d be landing someplace else, but I’m looking at this going, as the chief of staff, who’s in charge of military operations at the White House, ‘Where are we landing the helicopter without creating an increased risk for the president of the United States?’ I don’t know the answer to that yet,” he added.

I'm sure someone thought this through, thoroughly, right? righhhhhhhhhhhhhhht?

 

[Chernosoth]

tRUMP and Musk are liars. Not a good way to start a four year term.

Yes, all those money pits will have deep cuts. There's no way around that. The government will become unable to pay debt interest and default. Congress will get the kick it needs to run a chainsaw through the budget. DoD will be forced to get value for its money, not expensive tech that becomes burning confetti in combat. Medicare and Medicaid will be reduced and then ended as we replace corporate pill pushing with medical competence and actual healthcare.

 

[Politruk]

Medicare and Medicaid will be reduced and then ended as we replace corporate pill pushing with medical competence and actual healthcare.

Medicare and Medicaid are not the alternative to that -- they are the alternative to private health insurance.

 

[dolf]

ChatGPT reminds me of perg.

 

[Lance_Castro]

ChatGPT reminds me of perg.

It fools around on its wife?

 

[Chernosoth]

The downwardly mobile mismanagement class includes much more than just government. The vast array of charities and NGOs that spend most of their money on administration and leave only crumbs for their official causes will also have their budgets mostly deleted. Their constant shrieking about Trump and all the evil Republicans shows fear.

 

[LLCox]

Yes, all those money pits will have deep cuts. There's no way around that. The government will become unable to pay debt interest and default. Congress will get the kick it needs to run a chainsaw through the budget. DoD will be forced to get value for its money, not expensive tech that becomes burning confetti in combat. Medicare and Medicaid will be reduced and then ended as we replace corporate pill pushing with medical competence and actual healthcare.

Congress... lmao

 

[Chernosoth]

Congress... lmao

Or they let the whole government collapse and unemploy themselves.

 

[MajorRewrite]

Yes, all those money pits will have deep cuts. There's no way around that. The government will become unable to pay debt interest and default. Congress will get the kick it needs to run a chainsaw through the budget. DoD will be forced to get value for its money, not expensive tech that becomes burning confetti in combat. Medicare and Medicaid will be reduced and then ended as we replace corporate pill pushing with medical competence and actual healthcare.

Totally Fact Free Cherno. 100% dystopian bluster, 0% facts.

 

[Mrtenant]

 

[butters]

today, cruising youtube for funny animals and jon stewart, an ad hit about how to get yourself a 'mystery Trump box'... no fee, 'just pay a processing and delivery fee.'

the shit they showed that you might get—to show your support for trump because 'polls are wrong and saying support for our president is waning!'—included the most tacky, vulgar, crappy items like cushion covers with his mug on, mugs with his mug on, lighters, bags, all manner of plastic/petroleum-based, crappity crap (the worst of Temu kinda stuff) that they're clearly having trouble getting the fuck rid of by selling in the normal manner.

no, I did not 'rush to secure my order' of one

 

[nowisthetime]

Congress... lmao

They are a joke!

 

[glamorilla]

These are my people.




I would like to see the ones celebrating this eviscerated.

 

[glamorilla]

all of them.

 

[dolf]

These are my people.

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I would like to see the ones celebrating this eviscerated.

What is this?

 

[glamorilla]

What is this?

hey dolf. ltns.

you good?

 

[nowisthetime]

If some pathetic MAGAt on my ignore list is quoting me, I can’t see it.

I just wish there were a double-ignore feature—if you ignore someone, they shouldn’t be able to see your posts either.

 

[Lance_Castro]

If some pathetic MAGAt on my ignore list is quoting me, I can’t see it.

I just wish there were a double-ignore feature—if you ignore someone, they shouldn’t be able to see your posts either.

The struggle is real.

Many here know you exist, for example.
Lol

 

[nowisthetime]

These are my people.

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I would like to see the ones celebrating this eviscerated.

The predecessors of MAGAts celebrated church bombings across the South. Open up a history book.

 

[schism666]

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kat-cammack-ectopic-pregnancy-abortion_n_685ae364e4b05ba22caaec60



welp

 

[dolf]

hey dolf. ltns.

you good?

Pretty darn good, ty! You?