DOGE staffer resigns over racist posts

Post by cma » Fri, Feb 07, 2025, 7:51 AM UTC

alexjplant wrote: post #20

hackermeows wrote: post #5

Wonder how Elon is getting the clearance for this , dude smoked weed on camera , isn’t that automatically disqualifying for gov clearance ?

While there are guidelines in the form of an unclassified, gov't-hosted desk reference [1] ultimate discretion seems to be left to adjudicators. There are public archives [2] that talk about such decisions made in tricky cases of criminal activity, financial malfeasance, potential blackmail, etc. I've seen at least one where somebody admitted to doing hard drugs while having a clearance and actually got upgraded to a…

Post by rapnie » Fri, Feb 07, 2025, 7:57 AM UTC

exceptione wrote: post #30

ilaksh wrote: post #22

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My take is that we actually need more efficiency in government, and from a technology standpoint, they might have some good ideas. I have a very pro-technology worldview. I'm independent leaning left but I thought that Democrats have been extreme, wasteful and untrustworthy in their own ways. It's very unfortunate that this stuff like efficiency and technology integration is now associated so closely with neo-Nazis.…

> It's very unfortunate that this stuff like efficiency and technology integration is now associated so closely with neo-Nazis Do not mistake the Nazi's too. They were very efficient and highly organized. IBM played a great role in delivering the tech the Nazi's needed.

Post by DonHopkins » Fri, Feb 07, 2025, 8:08 AM UTC

loanedempathy wrote: post #89

DonHopkins wrote: post #73

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"Goatfucker" is a fair and accurate and intellectually rigorous label. https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Popehat%27s%... Popehat's Law of Goats He who fucks goats, either as part of a performance or to troll those he deems has overly delicate sensibilities is simply, a goatfucker. "He claimed he was just pretending to be racist to trigger the social justice warriors, but even if he is telling the truth,…

If you're referring to me, you'll have to do better than namecalling. If you're referring to Musk or the current administration, calling them names doesn't really seem to have worked for what, at least nine years now?

Post by ipython » Fri, Feb 07, 2025, 8:15 AM UTC

travismark wrote: post #43

mullingitover wrote: post #28

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> Either _the party of law and order_ doesn't understand how risky this activity is, doesn't care or both If they hadn't already obviously ceded that title before 2025, they certainly did when over a thousand duly convicted violent partisan offenders were pardoned. These weren't just random people, they were accomplices of the person who pardoned them. We're in an autocratic United States now, where no crime, no matt…

a president cannot pardon or commute state crimes. most states have crimes against violence

Post by rbanffy » Fri, Feb 07, 2025, 10:13 AM UTC

ilaksh wrote: post #22

strangeloops85 wrote: post #3

If you're having a team going into every bit of government data, you might want to vet them. Beyond eugenicists and racists, if they're getting anywhere close to SCIFs, make sure they fill out that SF-86 accurately. And maybe even if they're not, have them go through regular clearance procedures. Yes, it takes time. But right now, DOGE seems like a huge security risk for the USG what with it setting up backdoors ever…

My take is that we actually need more efficiency in government, and from a technology standpoint, they might have some good ideas. I have a very pro-technology worldview. I'm independent leaning left but I thought that Democrats have been extreme, wasteful and untrustworthy in their own ways. It's very unfortunate that this stuff like efficiency and technology integration is now associated so closely with neo-Nazis.…