A colleague in the field of industrial control systems visited NASA in the 90s and was intrigued by how old the hardware and software was. He asked about it, and was told they prefer things to be at least 10 years old. “We don’t need it to be bug-free, but we need to know exactly where the bugs are.”
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Nessel spoke as a slideshow detailed her office’s hate crimes unit, the first of its kind in the nation. She paused at a bullet point about working “with federal and local law enforcement partners.”
“The federal part, not so much anymore, sadly,” she said, adding that the wording should now mention only state and county partners, with help from Washington “TBD.”
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The judge he appointed wasn’t this fault.
The U.S. Court of International Trade incredibly ruled against the United States of America on desperately needed Tariffs but, fortunately, the full 11 Judge Panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Court has just stayed the order by the Manhattan-based Court of International Trade. Where do these initial three Judges come from? How is it possible for them to have potentially done such damage to the United States of America? Is it purely a hatred of “TRUMP?” What other reason could it be? I was new to Washington, and it was suggested that I use The Federalist Society as a recommending source on Judges. I did so, openly and freely, but then realized that they were under the thumb of a real “sleazebag” named Leonard Leo, a bad person who, in his own way, probably hates America, and obviously has his own separate ambitions. He openly brags how he controls Judges, and even Justices of the United States Supreme Court — I hope that is not so, and don’t believe it is! In any event, Leo left The Federalist Society to do his own “thing.” I am so disappointed in The Federalist Society because of the bad advice they gave me on numerous Judicial Nominations. This is something that cannot be forgotten! With all of that being said, I am very proud of many of our picks, but very disappointed in others. They always must do what’s right for the Country! In this case, it is only because of my successful use of Tariffs that many Trillions of Dollars have already begun pouring into the U.S.A. from other Countries, money that, without these Tariffs, we would not be able to get. It is the difference between having a rich, prosperous, and successful United States of America, and quite the opposite. The ruling by the U.S. Court of International Trade is so wrong, and so political! Hopefully, the Supreme Court will reverse this horrible, Country threatening decision, QUICKLY and DECISIVELY. Backroom “hustlers” must not be allowed to destroy our Nation! The horrific decision stated that I would have to get the approval of Congress for these Tariffs. In other words, hundreds of politicians would sit around D.C. for weeks, and even months, trying to come to a conclusion as to what to charge other Countries that are treating us unfairly. If allowed to stand, this would completely destroy Presidential Power — The Presidency would never be the same! This decision is being hailed all over the World by every Country, other than the United States of America. Radical Left Judges, together with some very bad people, are destroying America. Under this decision, Trillions of Dollars would be lost by our Country, money that will, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. It would be the harshest financial ruling ever leveled on us as a Sovereign Nation. The President of the United States must be allowed to protect America against those that are doing it Economic and Financial harm. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
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Finns get doge’d
“It’s a good week if no one cries in the lab,” a Finnish researcher working at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the US told Hufvudstadsbladet.Ever since President Donald Trump was sworn in, life at a federal institute in the US has been marked by worry and chaos, according to the scientist.
The Department of Government Efficiency, known as Doge, has, for example, blocked NIH researchers’ credit cards, preventing them from purchasing basic scientific supplies such as rubber gloves.
The administration has proposed slashing the institute’s funding by 40 percent next year. Losing a job as an international researcher means leaving the country, as visas are tied to employment.
“Now I’ve become anti-US. I never want to come back to this country,” the Finnish scientist, who wanted to remain anonymous over fears of retribution, told HBL.
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How many exploits or vulnerabilities have they inserted in the systems that record and control our civic lives?
I’ll feel sick and afraid until the day I die every time I think of it and that’s assuming somehow it never impacts me directly.
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Yup. Whatever happens with DOGE and Musk at this point, US government cybersecurity is now dead at every agency they visited. Maybe they inserted stuff, maybe the information they took is being held for some nefarious purpose, maybe it’s already been leaked or sold to foreign governments or hackers. Nobody has the slightest clue and few people seem to recognize how potentially disastrous that is.
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Banks. A service we need to work ALL THE TIME.
Ask any established bank what it is running deep in its back end.
Yeah, right.
Quod erat demonstrandum.
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino, former right-wing pundit and conspiracy theorist, wants the world to know that he doesn’t like his job that much, and everyone needs to stop criticizing him about …
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Totally. A lot of systems are antiquated and it’s ok. Like there’s something to be said for rolling out changes in structured measured ways and seeking legal compliance the whole way through. It’s an ok way to run a government. Fuck… It’s an ok way to run a business too. Disruption is generally overrated…
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When law enforcement starts standing up for immigrants against the Noem-run idiots at the FBI, I have to feel like maybe things are swinging our way. Or maybe I just need the delusion, I don’t know.
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I previously condensed the reasons people might have for supporting the rapist felon to bigotry, greed, ignorance and stupidity. I may have neglected cruelty.
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My end of life care plan involves hemlock.
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SCOOP: The State Department’s new reorganization plan includes the opening of an “Office for Remigration,” a term popularized by far right extremists and neo-Nazis in Europe. The office will coordinate directly with DHS “to advance the President’s immigration agenda.”
My report:
https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/state-department-office-of-remigration
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Might want to grab this before it vanishes…
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