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darthbob88 posted:Plus, they're complaining about wasteful projects sucking down tens of millions of dollars, in an annual budget of millions of millions of dollars. Almost makes me wish the NSF could take the Rothschild method for handling such complaints, with a standing offer to refund the complainant's share of the cost of any objectionable projects. Although, considering my contribution to the entire NSF budget and all their projects for 2015 was about $3, Anytime someone complains about government program X wasting money on something they can't see the value in my default is to check its funding and see if it's greater than the $8.5 Trillion that the Pentagon literally just lost, it's rare that the program costs more. Then I usually just say "If you think that's bad, wait till you hear about how much money the pentagon lost" and see what their response is.
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Klaus88 posted:Nuke subs are a thing. Not to mention nowhere is out of range for a modern ICBM. The Emperor's reach is vast.
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Scruff McGruff posted:Anytime someone complains about government program X wasting money on something they can't see the value in my default is to check its funding and see if it's greater than the $8.5 Trillion that the Pentagon literally just lost, it's rare that the program costs more. Then I usually just say "If you think that's bad, wait till you hear about how much money the pentagon lost" and see what their response is. The what now?
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Armyman25 posted:The what now? Over 20 years, apparently. http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/want-cut-government-waste-8-5-trillion-pentagon-142321339.html
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Armyman25 posted:The what now? Woah, sorry, that's supposed to be Billion with a B. Basically their accounting methods were really bad and while they could sort of account for most of it, they couldn't really be sure where it went. Edit: I guess I mishmashed two stories, one of essentially not being able to account for 8.4 Trillion over 20 years and this one about 45 Billion since 2010 http://finance.yahoo.com/news/45-billion-tax-dollars-goes-123000032.html Scruff McGruff fucked around with this message at 15:45 on Dec 10, 2015 |
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Scruff McGruff posted:Woah, sorry, that's supposed to be Billion with a B. Basically their accounting methods were really bad and while they could sort of account for most of it, they couldn't really be sure where it went. I was gonna say, 8 trillion dollars over 20 years would have meant the entire DoD budget for each of those years. That said, the military is ridiculously expense and very wasteful on top of that.
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Armyman25 posted:I was gonna say, 8 trillion dollars over 20 years would have meant the entire DoD budget for each of those years. But how else can we bring freedom to the unwashed masses of the world?
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computer parts posted:Over 20 years, apparently. Is it a bad sign that the thing that surprises me most about that link is that Yahoo! still exists?
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CommieGIR posted:Not to mention nowhere is out of range for a modern ICBM. The Emperor's reach is vast. More hair for the hair throne!
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ToxicSlurpee posted:Is it a bad sign that the thing that surprises me most about that link is that Yahoo! still exists? Yes, but only because it shouldn't surprise you that Yahoo! still exists. It is eternal. In the year 3254, when we've all uploaded our consciousness into giant servers somewhere in the distant stars, Yahoo! will still exist, and your grandparents will still be using it despite better alternatives being available.
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Did you know that these words share letters with these other words?!? I mean I had no idea how letters worked before this. Now my mind is so blown my head literally exploded!
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jackpot posted:So I touched the poop in a facebook argument, and now I'm watching a video on youtube about how Plano, Texas is the safest place on the planet because every child is given an AR-15 at birth and Glocks are used in place of soup spoons. My brain self-ejected itself from my head upon hearing the words "our moral superiors on the left" at one point. I have no problem letting this go (and probably should, for my own sanity), but if there's an easy counter to the "We actually have a much lower murder rate than all these other countries" thing, I'd gladly use it. Thoughts? But seriously, let it go. When your opponent is saying things like "our moral superiors on the left", they're not interested in nuanced discussion about why cherry-picked anecdotes are worthless.
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"Awww it's one of these things hahaha well yeah it's slightly crazy but it's cute!  Wow this last one's a long one wh-oh"
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jackpot posted:So I touched the poop in a facebook argument, and now I'm watching a video on youtube about how Plano, Texas is the safest place on the planet because every child is given an AR-15 at birth and Glocks are used in place of soup spoons. My brain self-ejected itself from my head upon hearing the words "our moral superiors on the left" at one point. I have no problem letting this go (and probably should, for my own sanity), but if there's an easy counter to the "We actually have a much lower murder rate than all these other countries" thing, I'd gladly use it. Thoughts? I want to punch this guy in his dumb loving face
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ToxicSlurpee posted:Did you know that these words share letters with these other words?!? I mean I had no idea how letters worked before this. Now my mind is so blown my head literally exploded!
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Scruff McGruff posted:Anytime someone complains about government program X wasting money on something they can't see the value in my default is to check its funding and see if it's greater than the $8.5 Trillion that the Pentagon literally just lost, it's rare that the program costs more. Then I usually just say "If you think that's bad, wait till you hear about how much money the pentagon lost" and see what their response is. Or the hundreds of billions of dollars the DoD wasted on their own failed/over-budget projects.
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SalTheBard posted:I want to punch this guy in his dumb loving face Conservatives either don't know or don't know how they come off to others, because that video made me laugh so hard. From the over-wrought fire opening, to the guy being unable to pronounce most of the terribly-written lines making it sound like a cold read... this screams "amateur hour" so hard.
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Brawnfire posted:Conservatives either don't know or don't know how they come off to others, because that video made me laugh so hard. From the over-wrought fire opening, to the guy being unable to pronounce most of the terribly-written lines making it sound like a cold read... this screams "amateur hour" so hard. I always tickles me that the party that likes to pretend to be "the adults in the room" use more skulls, flames, and weapons in their branding than deviantart.
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ZobarStyl posted:I guess he was thinking Scandinavia is outside the range of God Emperor Trump's ICBM's. Her* and anyway I think it's worth the risk just to read on the news about the things he will do or try to do.
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Crain posted:I always tickles me that the party that likes to pretend to be "the adults in the room" use more skulls, flames, and weapons in their branding than deviantart. Conservatives long to be able to openly prosecute the
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Klaus88 posted:Conservatives long to be able to purge the
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The gathered Christians listen to Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s “Carol Of The Bells” at low volume for fear that someone on the surface might hear.
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moist turtleneck posted:I love that it's a printed out email that someone took a phone pic of. Bravo. A phone pic taken on something with the resolution of a ten year old flip-phone no less.
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From the comments section of an Al Jazeera article about Sikhs getting harassed and attacked because idiotic bigots mistake them for Muslims:  Public comment, so not gonna bother censoring.
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Iron Crowned posted:But how else can we bring freedom to the unwashed masses of the world? Hail SS-18 Satan may his passage cleanse the earth 
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Scruff McGruff posted:Anytime someone complains about government program X wasting money on something they can't see the value in my default is to check its funding and see if it's greater than the $8.5 Trillion that the Pentagon literally just lost, it's rare that the program costs more. Then I usually just say "If you think that's bad, wait till you hear about how much money the pentagon lost" and see what their response is. Uh everyone knows Obama took over the PentaGRAM by firing every General who didn't swear to HIM that they would freely fire upon American citizens when ordered to do so. So it's no wonder all that money went "missing" and did you hear it costs seven,000,000,000 A DAY for 0bama to go on all his golf vacations AWAY from his wife?
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Haha, I did actually see one of those "A LIST OF ALL THE FINE OUTSTANDING MILITARY OFFICERS OBAMA FIRED BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T AGREE WITH HIM!" followed by a list of over 50 names with ranks running from Admirals/Generals down to Lieutenants. I responded with research on just the first 10, all of which either simply retired or were fired because of real misconduct (multiple DUIs, running underground gambling rings, running a ship aground, just being bad at their jobs) and said "that's just the first 10, clearly this list isn't believable but I can research more if you want". I don't think I ever got a response. It wasn't even hard to research, just googling the names almost always brought up plenty of news articles on them. Unfortunately I think this was over a year ago so I can't find it.
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A Fancy 400 lbs posted:From the comments section of an Al Jazeera article about Sikhs getting harassed and attacked because idiotic bigots mistake them for Muslims: Wow, she even got the country wrong (Kenya). It's almost as if she were trying to saw something close to "Nigerian", but I can't quite put my finger on what.
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ManlyGrunting posted:Wow, she even got the country wrong (Kenya). It's almost as if she were trying to saw something close to "Nigerian", but I can't quite put my finger on what. Yeah, with someone who's still a birther in 2015 it's a close call whether they're just too ignorant to be able to tell African countries apart or if they're badly trying to disguise the n-word(or both).
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Zephyrine posted:Her* and anyway I think it's worth the risk just to read on the news about the things he will do or try to do.
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darthbob88 posted:Or the hundreds of billions of dollars the DoD wasted on their own failed/over-budget projects. Or the literal pallets of cash the Bush administration sent to Iraq without proper asset control procedures: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/feb/08/usa.iraq1 12 billion dollars, not American taxpayer money, but still really crazy. Ostensibly it was for contractors and Iraqi ministries on the ground, but there's no way to know exactly how much was stolen or not used at all for the purposes it was intended for since they didn't really keep proper records.
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ErIog posted:12 billion dollars, not American taxpayer money, but still really crazy. Ostensibly it was for contractors and Iraqi ministries on the ground, but there's no way to know exactly how much was stolen or not used at all for the purposes it was intended for since they didn't really keep proper records. I just posted all those links in an infodump, baiting the waters for my Facebook friends banging the drum of a ground war in Syria. Bernie Sanders is going to bankrupt America with his plan for free college education, but let's start another unwinnable war where bullshit like this happens every single time. What a wonderful world.
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VorpalBunny posted:I just posted all those links in an infodump, baiting the waters for my Facebook friends banging the drum of a ground war in Syria. Bernie Sanders is going to bankrupt America with his plan for free college education, but let's start another unwinnable war where bullshit like this happens every single time. Why should we put money towards student debt and free collage education when we can use it for a war instead?! 
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Crain posted:I always tickles me that the party that likes to pretend to be "the adults in the room" use more skulls, flames, and weapons in their branding than deviantart. What's wrong with skulls?
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Zephyrine posted:Personally I hope Trump wins because for all his faults. As a polititian he is at least not boring. I'm saying that as someone living in Sweden mind you. I would never want him to be in charge of anything concerning me. But I wouldn't mind watching the spectacle from afar. Wikipedia posted:81,300 applied for asylum in 2014, which was an increase of 50% compared to 2013, and the most since 1992. 47% of them come from Syria, followed by 21% from the horn of Africa (mostly Eritrea and Somalia). 77% (63,000) requests were approved but it differs greatly between different groups. Nearly two weeks into October 2015, a record figure of 86,223 asylum applications was reached. 
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GreyjoyBastard posted:What's wrong with skulls? Don't the baddies wear skulls? I mean, why skulls?
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