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Re: DOGE employees ordered to stop using Slack

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You’re moving the goal posts of this conversation by redefining the word power. My point stands.

I didn't redefine it lol. you assumed I was using one definition and appear to be confused when I clarified. I've been very consistent.

That's okay, you're either wrong, or used an uncommon definition. Take your pick of either. shrug

Re: DOGE employees ordered to stop using Slack

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Why are American taxpayers paying for medical care and HIV medication for 20 million people? Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't those people foreign nationals as well?

Unrelated: The hakenkreuz (swastika) was used by German nationalists and "Aryan" supremacists as early as the late 1800s, and was quite popular, even used by the Wandervogel. The swastika officially became the emblem for the Nazi Party on August, 7, 1920, so your quilt is almost certainly an Aryan quilt, and possibly an official Nazi one.

Heh - I can’t find the original comment here, but I remember it.

My grandparents have passed away, so I’ll need to track down exactly who has that quilt now. I know it came over to the US with their parents (my great-grandparents) when they immigrated, and that it was pre-Nazi-party for sure.

It may very well be associated with the false mythology that was adopted by the Nazis. I don’t think so, but it’s been a long time since it was new. No one who was there when it was made is still alive, nor is anyone who knew them well. I’ve not seen anything about that side of my family that would lead me to believe that they were ever sympathetic to that cause, but it’s entirely possible that it was hidden, not shared with the next generation, or otherwise just lost to time.

… but now I’m curious, and will have to figure it out :)

Re: DOGE employees ordered to stop using Slack

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Not sure how much more clear I can be, you appear to be arguing with a strawman. I think if Politico Pro was some sort of critical infrastructure that the United States Government needed to operate we would've all heard of it before this. Politico would've advertised it as such.

I don't think you understand how much contracting and paperwork goes into any kind of government purchase. I've flirted with government contracts before, and I've worked with large information-as-a-service providers before. So I understand the value of niche information providers. I'm not a policy guy, so I don't know what kind of information a policy-heavy government group needs, but it sounds like a completely plau…

I've managed Gov contracts before, but I've never used services like this, so fair enough I'm not an "expert" in what exactly it is they provide, if that's what you're asking. But I certainly know what the bureaucratic side of things looks like. For your razor, what makes you think both things are not true? Usually when I construct a razor the two options are, at least partially, mutually exclusive. In yours it's certainly plausible that there was some back-scratching going on, and that Elon is using this opportunity to grind his axe.
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