“25 million individuals over age 100 remain in the Social Security database even though there are fewer than 100,000 people aged 100 or older alive in the U.S. today.” — DOGE
Let’s hear it for Gummint efficiency. And if it’s not inefficiency… then it’s fucking fraud, and the recipients of said fraudulent payouts need to go to jail.
And while we’re there, the people responsible for checking for and preventing such anomalies should be fired.
Talking about an “assault weapons” ban, said piece of shit having been sent to VAGov Youngkin for his signature:
“Nobody needs to go hunting with an AK-47.” — State Sen. Jennifer Boysko (D)
Well now, that kinda depends on what you’re hunting… dunnit?
I’m not up to speed on Virginia’s political composition nowadays, but I hope that Youngkin will veto said abhorrence toot sweet and not have it overridden.
And one last thought:
Via Mr. Free Market:
Okay, that made me snigger.
From Insty, talking about this little concept:
“All those people complaining about DOGE as a threat to privacy — why is it okay for the government to know how much money you make and what you spend it on?”
Why indeed.
From my soul brother Elon:
“We find it sort of rather odd that there are quite a few people in the bureaucracy who who have a salary of a few hundred thousand dollars, but somehow manage to accrue tens of millions of dollars in net worth.” [beat] “We’re just curious as to where it came from…”
Yeah, me too. Investigate all of them — Democrats and Republicans.
“There have been so many Somalians arriving that parts of London just don’t feel like Bangladesh anymore.” — Leo Kearse
That’s one of those not-so-funny observations — humor, masking despair.
White Americans living in Arab-infested Dearborn MI or Somali-infested Minneapolis MN will be only too familiar with the feeling.