Discussion on Musk's DoGE ideas, the federal deficit, and GDP

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In reply to sycasey • 2:17p, 12/29/25
sycasey said:
Musk has so many big claims about government waste, and yet when he was in the government and in charge of finding it he didn't actually find that much. Curious, that.


Do you think he found any waste or fraud at SpaceX?
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In reply to sycasey • 3:29p, 12/29/25
sycasey said:
Musk has so many big claims about government waste, and yet when he was in the government and in charge of finding it he didn't actually find that much. Curious, that.

I guess the federal government is super-efficient then.
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In reply to PAC-10-BEAR • 3:58p, 12/29/25
PAC-10-BEAR said:
If Musk lives long enough, he'll figure out the secrets of the Egyptian pyramids and how they were built.

It's simple. Like Nike, the Egyptians used slave labor.
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In reply to Eastern Oregon Bear • 4:11p, 12/29/25
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PAC-10-BEAR said:
If Musk lives long enough, he'll figure out the secrets of the Egyptian pyramids and how they were built.

It's simple. Like Nike, the Egyptians used slave labor.

Well, Nike slaves make shoes, not gigantic pyramids and without the use of modern machinery.

The Americas had millions of slaves at one point and didn't construct anything remotely close to the pyramids that were built 4,000 years earlier.
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In reply to Anarchistbear • 4:30p, 12/29/25
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He was in one last Tuesday

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In reply to sycasey • 4:31p, 12/29/25
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If that number's even half true, "tax season" is basically a charity drive for scammers and we're the donors.

SOURCE: His arse.


I've never seen anybody so publicly proclaim their own failure
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10:42p, 12/29/25

Step one for DOGE was to shut down USAID.

Mission accomplished.
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In reply to PAC-10-BEAR • 11:27p, 12/29/25
PAC-10-BEAR said:

Step one for DOGE was to shut down USAID.

Mission accomplished.

Congratulations!

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In reply to sycasey • 12:59a, 12/30/25
sycasey said:
PAC-10-BEAR said:

Step one for DOGE was to shut down USAID.

Mission accomplished.

Congratulations!


My tax money was keeping millions of people in Africa alive for all these years and in 11 months they're all dead?
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In reply to DiabloWags • 2:08a, 12/30/25
DiabloWags said:
sycasey said:
Musk has so many big claims about government waste, and yet when he was in the government and in charge of finding it he didn't actually find that much. Curious, that.


Do you think he found any waste or fraud at SpaceX?


Per Google...

Elon Musk and his team, while working with the government's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), have claimed to find billions of dollars in widespread fraud and waste across the U.S. federal government, particularly in areas like Medicare, Social Security, and unemployment payments.

Musk has not publicly claimed to find fraud within SpaceX itself.
However, SpaceX has taken action to combat external fraud where its products were misused:
SpaceX disabled over 2,500 Starlink terminals in Myanmar that were being used by cyber scam syndicates to facilitate their operations.

SpaceX previously caught a supply chain fraudster who was falsely certifying parts.

The company's name and Musk's image have often been used in cryptocurrency scams by external cybercriminals.
Various federal agencies, including the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), have previously investigated or filed complaints against Musk and his companies for issues such as securities fraud (related to his 2018 Tesla tweets) and illegally firing employees. No evidence has substantiated claims that government funding received by SpaceX was part of a fraud scheme.
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In reply to sycasey • 3:05a, 12/30/25
sycasey said:
PAC-10-BEAR said:

Step one for DOGE was to shut down USAID.

Mission accomplished.

Congratulations!


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In reply to oski003 • 7:06a, 12/30/25
What does Google say about Musk CREEPING on a 18 year old girl?

I wonder if he'll start stalking her online.

Offer her money to have his 15th kid?

"This man literally has children older than her. What a ****ing creep" - - - said one poster on Reddit.



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In reply to DiabloWags • 7:28a, 12/30/25
DiabloWags said:
What does Google say about Musk CREEPING on a 18 year old girl?

I wonder if he'll start stalking her online.

Offer her money to have his 15th kid?

"This man literally has children older than her. What a ****ing creep" - - - said one poster on Reddit.



Elon Musk Called Out For Rating 18-Year Old's 'Hotness'

Teen who faced deportation in Denmark says Elon Musk's comments about her 'hotness' are 'crazy'


Sounds like a bunch of morons making a mountain out of a molehill.
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In reply to DiabloWags • 7:37a, 12/30/25
Didn't mean to post oops
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In reply to PAC-10-BEAR • 8:42a, 12/30/25
PAC-10-BEAR said:
sycasey said:
PAC-10-BEAR said:

Step one for DOGE was to shut down USAID.

Mission accomplished.

Congratulations!


My tax money was keeping millions of people in Africa alive for all these years and in 11 months they're all dead?

Treating diseases can work that way, yes.
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In reply to PAC-10-BEAR • 9:37a, 12/30/25
PAC-10-BEAR said:
My tax money was keeping millions of people in Africa alive for all these years and in 11 months they're all dead?


Your tax money also went towards a missile attack in Nigeria.
A country that Trump has called a ****hole.

How come you don't seem to have a problem with your tax money being spent on a ****hole country?
"Cults don't end well. They really don't."
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In reply to DiabloWags • 11:25a, 12/30/25
DiabloWags said:
What does Google say about Musk CREEPING on a 18 year old girl adult?

Fixed it for you.

I found it as creepy as old men on BI lusting after Alison Stokke.

https://bearinsider.com/forums/6/topics/109450/replies/2039869

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In reply to Aunburdened • 12:44p, 12/30/25
Aunburdened said:
DiabloWags said:
What does Google say about Musk CREEPING on a 18 year old girl adult?

Fixed it for you.

I found it as creepy as old men on BI lusting after Alison Stokke.

https://bearinsider.com/forums/6/topics/109450/replies/2039869



How the turn tables turn
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In reply to Aunburdened • 12:57p, 12/30/25
Aunburdened said:
DiabloWags said:
What does Google say about Musk CREEPING on a 18 year old girl adult?

Fixed it for you.

I found it as creepy as old men on BI lusting after Alison Stokke.

https://bearinsider.com/forums/6/topics/109450/replies/2039869



You're such a FUNNY guy.

Allison and I were friends when she competed at CAL.
Her coach Scott Slover an "All American" at UCLA was my best friend.

That "photo" was taken at the 2012 Olympic Trials in Eugene.
Scott and I drove up together.

Scott coached Cal's Katie Morgan to an NCAA Championship in 2008.
I was a contributing editor to Bearinsider at the time for Chris Avery.

Nice try buddy!






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In reply to DiabloWags • 2:02p, 12/30/25
DiabloWags said:
Aunburdened said:
DiabloWags said:
What does Google say about Musk CREEPING on a 18 year old girl adult?

Fixed it for you.

I found it as creepy as old men on BI lusting after Alison Stokke.

https://bearinsider.com/forums/6/topics/109450/replies/2039869



You're such a FUNNY guy.

Allison and I were friends when she competed at CAL.
Her coach Scott Slover an "All American" at UCLA was my best friend.

That "photo" was taken at the 2012 Olympic Trials in Eugene.
Scott and I drove up together.

Scott coached Cal's Katie Morgan to an NCAA Championship in 2008.
I was a contributing editor to Bearinsider at the time for Chris Avery.

Nice try buddy!







Posting the "gratuitous" picture of your "friend" is creepier than Musk replying to a picture of an adult woman and calling her cute. Both aren't that big of a deal. However, if one deserves a pitchfork, so does the other.
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2:08p, 12/30/25
Oh the irony.
Of all people to weigh in with their definition of "creepy"

Lmfao.
"Cults don't end well. They really don't."
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In reply to DiabloWags • 3:09p, 12/30/25
DiabloWags said:
Oh the irony.
Of all people to weigh in with their definition of "creepy"

Lmfao.

Nah dude if my friend posted a pic of me with what you said, I'd be creeped tf out too. That was weird, even weirder that she was your "friend"

I wonder if she would call you a friend or if you were just her coaches friend.
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3:13p, 12/30/25
It's an amazing phenomenon to see 2 individuals in this forum hang on every word of my posts.

"Cults don't end well. They really don't."
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In reply to DiabloWags • 3:17p, 12/30/25
DiabloWags said:
It's an amazing phenomenon to see 2 individuals in this forum hang on every word of my posts.



Lmaoooooo. You think way too highly of yourself. Proven time and time again.
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In reply to BearlySane88 • 3:18p, 12/30/25
BearlySane88 said:
I wonder if she would call you a friend or if you were just her coaches friend.


If it's that important to you, maybe you should ask her Mom.
lol









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In reply to DiabloWags • 3:22p, 12/30/25
DiabloWags said:
BearlySane88 said:
I wonder if she would call you a friend or if you were just her coaches friend.


If it's that important to you, maybe you should ask her Mom.
lol











That doesn't prove you're friends lmao. And these are her mom anyways, not her.

It shows you sent her mom pics of her and shared info about NCAAs. As you stated, you were working as a journalist. Seems far more likely your connection was that and not friendship.
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In reply to BearlySane88 • 3:25p, 12/30/25
I'd post a photo of all of us together at the Olympic Trials, but that would be gratuitous.

It seems like this is awfully important for you to find out.
Perhaps you should give Allison or Cindy a call.
Or Scott.

Have a nice rest of your day!




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In reply to DiabloWags • 4:28p, 12/30/25
DiabloWags said:
I'd post a photo of all of us together at the Olympic Trials, but that would be gratuitous.

It seems like this is awfully important for you to find out.
Perhaps you should give Allison or Cindy a call.
Or Scott.

Have a nice rest of your day!






Does the picture I have of me and Steph Curry mean me and him are friends?
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In reply to BearlySane88 • 7:40p, 12/30/25
BearlySane88 said:
DiabloWags said:
I'd post a photo of all of us together at the Olympic Trials, but that would be gratuitous.

It seems like this is awfully important for you to find out.
Perhaps you should give Allison or Cindy a call.
Or Scott.

Have a nice rest of your day!






Does the picture I have of me and Steph Curry mean me and him are friends?


Sure.
Let's see it!

If you post this photo of you and Steph, I will tell you about how I helped Allison become an All-American after having lunch at Chow's in Lafayette one day... after her coach got let go by Tony Sandoval just before her senior year.

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In reply to sycasey • 6:55p, 12/31/25
sycasey said:
PAC-10-BEAR said:
sycasey said:
PAC-10-BEAR said:

Step one for DOGE was to shut down USAID.

Mission accomplished.

Congratulations!


My tax money was keeping millions of people in Africa alive for all these years and in 11 months they're all dead?

Treating diseases can work that way, yes.

Climate change.
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