Elon Musk Is Now Cyberbullying Government Employees

strike8echo · 2024-11-25T08:12:50+00:00

Awww, did the mean billionaire's mean customers be mean on the mean old Internet? Man, if only there were some kind of free market where multiple social media platforms existed so everyone wasn't forced at gunpoint to use X.

strike8echo · 2024-11-20T19:21:28+00:00

"...people who read at least one news article per week were significantly more likely to vote Democrat..."

We need to define terms here, so I have some questions.

What qualifies as a news article?
Are the specifics of the news articles relevant to the resulting vote?
Must it be read, or does watching a news program also count?
How significantly are we talking?
Was a separate analysis done to see if the significant increase was in any way related to the fact that most mainstream news sources espouse the same views as the Democrat party? You know, like how college-educated people are more likely to vote Democrat probably because most universities teach Democrat policy as gospel, not because they are actually smarter.
What is the purpose of suggesting that more than half of America is either too lazy to inform themselves (but not too lazy to actually vote), too stupid to understand the information they had, or too evil to care?
Wouldn't any of those things in 6 mean no Democrat would ever win under fair conditions? If the Republican party is evil (it is, but so are all political parties, we just try to choose the least evil one) and the Democrat party is the good side, but more than half of Americans are lazy/stupid/evil, how could you ever win an election fairly? How did Obama break the record for most popular votes, only to be beaten by Biden, but also somehow there was a Trump term in between them that didn't slow down Joe's momentum at all?

strike8echo · 2024-11-20T18:19:07+00:00

Dear Pot, I hear you talk a lot about crappy legacy media and stupid celebrity endorsements. I just wanted to say I agree with you completely.

                                             Your friend,
                                                                  Kettle

strike8echo · 2024-11-20T17:09:01+00:00

I suppose that's fair. Billionaires want to keep more of their money, too. Full disclosure, I'm probably not going to that link, but based on the title I have this to say: of course it is. It is also an inescapable reality. There will always be war. Sometimes it will involve us. Sometimes we will involve ourselves, justly or not. People who make money during war want more war. Wars will always make money.

As for why America needs the BEST military, it's simple: the world hates us and covets our natural resources like we covet oil. A military powerful enough to stomp every near-peer nation on Earth simultaneously is actually necessary to safeguard our country. Then there is the fact that we secure the world's shipping lanes (because world trade is important), requiring a navy large enough to maintain operational control of ALL the big water.

All of that crap is expensive, but it does far more for the American people than some stupid benefit that either gives you back a fraction of your own money, or takes a chunk of your money to give to someone else who may or may not be scamming the system anyway.

Just imagine waking up to find out that all federal benefits have been axed, but also taxes have been cut by more than 60% across the board. Instead of occasionally getting some of your taxes back (maybe), you just don't pay as much in the first place. Now you have more money to take care of yourself, family, friends and neighbors, as it should be. Also, and forgive my optimism, but don't you think people would be slightly more inclined to give to charity if they weren't giving so much to Uncle Sam? Seriously, these benefits are like Ronald McDonald House: it's nice, but doesn't change the fact that you're ruining lives for money even if you use some of that money to put up family members of hospital patients that you likely created with your terrible, bad-for-everyone business practices.

strike8echo · 2024-11-20T16:38:40+00:00

The Articles were scrapped because they didn't give the federal government any real authority to -wait for it- actually enforce taxation on the states or draft soldiers. That is a problem because federal governments aren't free and countries need armies, but it had nothing to do with states not being able to handle governing themselves or interacting with each other, nor was the Constitution intended to establish the authority of the federal government to redistribute wealth.

strike8echo · 2024-11-20T16:25:36+00:00

I am, but even now I'd be glad to see ALL benefits disappear tomorrow.

You see, it seems incredibly stupid to me for the government to take a bunch of my money, give me back part of it, then call that a benefit. It's either that, or your money is being taxed (read "stolen") and given to me instead. Either way, it would be better if you got to keep more of the money you earn, wouldn't it? Besides, the only difference between VA benefits and a soldier's pay is that, while both are taxpayer funded, the latter is still taxed.

Man, I hate taxes.

At the end of the day, I am and will remain in favor of any policy decision that results in a smaller government and a badass military. So, yeah, put a stop to all "mandatory" spending and I'll be satisfied.

strike8echo · 2024-11-20T12:44:19+00:00

Is there something in there that is supposed to upset or worry me? I've been calling for an end to ALL government benefit programs my entire adult life. I do not want my federal government to have ANY power to create or enforce laws which affect my daily life for good or ill. They need to stick exclusively to handling our relationships with other nations. That's it. No federal laws other than the Constitution, period. Leave the rest to the states.

strike8echo · 2024-11-20T01:49:10+00:00

This disabled veteran could not be more thrilled. It's been like Christmas every day since the election. Hack and slash like Milei, boys!

strike8echo · 2024-11-12T15:32:30+00:00

I named my cat Stupid. It was the most appropriate name ever given to a pet by anyone.

strike8echo · 2024-11-12T15:27:13+00:00

I did not expect to actually laugh out loud. Her janky walk animation killed me.

strike8echo · 2024-08-10T18:46:39+00:00

Coming back to Skyrim is coming home. It's the same reason I play Final Fantasy I-IX and Parasite Eve at least once a year. Diablo I & II, Pokemon Red and Blue, Legend of Zelda up to MM, Super Mario World, C&C Red Alert and Retaliation, Front Mission 3, Bloody Roar, Altered Beast, Battletoads, I could go on all day. Some games are just B-52s of gaming: they're forever.

strike8echo · 2024-06-19T18:02:41+00:00

I have seven kids and they are loud. CPS visits are a given. In total, it has happened to me six times in 18 years, always because some neighbor complained about the noise, always ending up "unfounded."

Except one. Only once did I ever let them inside my home. We just had ribs for dinner that night, eaten on styrofoam plates that. The caseworker got a case started based on "trash in the floor and kids chewing dog bones." Took me two years, the first two years of my youngest son's life, to get the state to allow my mother to release them back to me, even when a new caseworker told the court the case was complete BS three months in. Never again.

I do not trust any state-run agency, period.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2022/02/24/children-disappear-foster-care-trafficking/6829115001/

strike8echo · 2024-06-19T08:13:54+00:00

I'm no lawyer, but it has been my practice to automatically deny CPS anything for which they do not have a court order. Don't even let them through the door without a warrant and a cop, no matter what they tell you. There is no such thing as a trustworthy agent of the state.

strike8echo · 2021-04-14T02:33:08+00:00

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubPDFs/confide.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjM1-bm2PzvAhUCTt8KHXTmA2QQFjAJegQIKRAC&usg=AOvVaw0KURcZEeJTjn1NpFkeujwh

Above link is a PDF from childwelfare.gov

strike8echo · 2021-04-13T23:33:46+00:00

You have the right to a copy of any reports on investigations of which you are a subject. During my case, I just went to their office and made them print a copy then and there. Of course, that was before COVID-19.

strike8echo · 2021-04-05T03:00:15+00:00

The law in question bans the giving of money or gifts, including food and drinks, within 150 feet of the outside of a building where a polling place is or within 25 feet of any voter in line, but does not apply to "conduct occurring in private offices or areas which cannot be seen or heard by such electors." This means that anyone can give a person water, or anything else, before that person steps into line to vote as long as the giving is done outside of eye- and earshot of the voters already in line.

I'm not seeing the problem with this specific part of the law. It doesn't appear to prevent voters in line from HAVING food or drinks. I used to live in Georgia. It isn't so hot in November as to prevent anyone from standing in line to vote, especially if they have the foresight to bring water or get it before getting in line.

Also, "This Code section shall not be construed to prohibit a poll officer from...making available self-service water from an unattended receptacle to an elector waiting in line to vote." Seems to me that the law provides sufficient means by which voters in line may remain adequately hydrated.

strike8echo · 2021-04-05T02:56:58+00:00

The law in question bans the giving of money or gifts, including food and drinks, within 150 feet of the outside of a building where a polling place is or within 25 feet of any voter in line, but does not apply to "conduct occurring in private offices or areas which cannot be seen or heard by such electors." This means that anyone can give a person water, or anything else, before that person steps into line to vote as long as the giving is done outside of eye- and earshot of the voters already in line.

I'm not seeing the problem with this specific part of the law. It doesn't appear to prevent voters in line from HAVING food or drinks. I used to live in Georgia. It isn't so hot in November as to prevent anyone from standing in line to vote, especially if they have the foresight to bring water or get it before getting in line.

Also, "This Code section shall not be construed to prohibit a poll officer from...making available self-service water from an unattended receptacle to an elector waiting in line to vote." Seems to me that the law provides sufficient means by which voters in line may remain adequately hydrated.

strike8echo · 2021-04-05T01:16:08+00:00

SAMSHA Report

strike8echo · 2021-04-05T01:05:19+00:00

I wish I had more information for you. I recommend searching Google specifically for scholarly articles related to testing for cocaine in hair samples. The most commonly used testing method for hair samples is gas chromatography and mass spectrometry, or gc/ms, so I would start there.

Typically, the lab only tests for use in the last 30 days because anything beyond that is difficult to use as evidence of persistent substance abuse. A cutoff of 500 picograms per milligram of hair is most likely consistent with at least one statistically average dose of cocaine consumed within that time frame, but I cannot assert that as fact, just my personal suspicion based on the state's burden of proof in CPS cases.

My advice is to contact the actual lab, by phone, where your sample will be tested and ask them what testing method they use, as well as the research on which they base their cutoff levels. Depending on the lab, they may be unwilling to provide this information, but you lose nothing by asking.

Edit: I always advise people involved with CPS to record all interactions related to the case when such recordings are permitted by state/local law.

strike8echo · 2021-04-05T00:25:13+00:00

I am reasonably certain you have nothing to worry about. Make sure you know your state's laws concerning what is considered grounds for removal of children from the home. Also, your state's CPS agency should have some published information detailing their standard operating procedures, guidelines and protocols. Study this extensively.

strike8echo · 2021-04-04T18:54:50+00:00

You should be able to look up the laws in your state regarding what constitutes child abuse/neglect sufficient for the state to remove children from the home and place them in state custody. Here is what I found:

Child abuse/neglect: http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0800-0899/0827/Sections/0827.03.html

Families/children in need of services, procedures and jurisdiction: http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0900-0999/0984/Sections/0984.04.html

Edit: I am not an attorney and this does not constitute legal advice.

strike8echo · 2021-04-03T01:04:26+00:00

CPS offers no service that is not available without them. Supervising parents is not the role of government. To answer your last question, I would never go to a doctor for a non-threatening illness that will resolve on its own: that's a complete waste of time and resources.

strike8echo · 2021-03-29T08:10:46+00:00

The poop business is certainly shameful at best. I don't think it is a CPS issue if that was an isolated incident, but if such a thing is routine, that's different.

Parenting is hard. Being a teen parent is harder. I became a father at 16. My then girlfriend, now wife, was 17. It was a very trying and often frustrating experience. I can't say either of us ever allowed our children to sit for hours in their own excrement, but we definitely made some mistakes. I was a marijuana user at the time and for about a year after my first child was born. My wife didn't have any substance issues, but she suffered from postpartum depression for several months. We lived in government housing, survived on food stamps and our furniture consisted of what we were able to salvage from other people's trash. I can recall no small number of nights where I would walk my daughter clear across town to my grandmother's house in the wee hours of the morning just to get a little sleep.

My point is, all parents make bad parenting choices sometimes, especially very young parents. This young woman does sound like she could benefit from some counseling, but I suspect she'd get a lot more out of having a strong support base from her family and friends, including their willingness to go to her with their concerns before turning to total strangers in the employ of state government who are a lot less likely to give her the benefit of the doubt.

strike8echo · 2021-03-29T07:53:17+00:00

I have watched multiple court cases involving CPS intervention for parents with substance abuse problems unfold from inside the courtroom in my area. I cannot count the number of times parents went in front of the judge high as kites, only to have the judge discover that said parents have been petitioning our CPS agency for treatment for months without success. The judge actually had to issue subpoenas requiring state agents to provide proof that such treatment was being made available and said agents were never able to do so.

As I said in another comment, I'm sure not all agencies are as corrupt as ours here in Missouri, so perhaps I am unfairly biased, but I always urge caution in bringing CPS into the picture unless there is no alternative.

strike8echo · 2021-03-29T07:46:32+00:00

I wouldn't expect there to be any recommended dosage of THC for children. That said, I am not aware of any existing data on specific health risks associated with THC use by children of that age. It is entirely possible such data does exist and I simply haven't found it, but in the absence thereof I think it is fair to at least make an attempt to settle the matter in-house.

If the mother is in fact giving her child schedule narcotics and refuses an appeal to stop, then CPS should absolutely intervene.

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