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Linoleum von Curmudgeon, Esq.'s avatar

(OT and tangential)

So the most beautiful woman in the world (who coincidentally is my actual girlfriend which I am not making up for purposes) let me know that she went to work last week and met one of those wild things known as an "undecided voter". I had thought such things were just another media hoax but the GF said it was true. So we discussed various approaches to capturing this skittish and wild thing's vote and giving it to Ms. Harris.

Since the wild thing is a school teacher working in a Head Start program I thought mentioning Project 2025's plan to eliminate Head Start might bait the wild thing into the trap of continued employment.

Well the next day my GF says that did NOT work. What to do?

Fortunately my GF is also a card carrying AARP cultist with a regular Social Security check being deposited at her bank in her account. She decided to mention Donold's plans for Social Security. The wild thing may not give a shit about continued employment but the wild thing is koo-koo for Cocoa Puffs all in on retiring in three years and is VERY MUCH interested in Social Security being there for her.

My smug GF announced victory yesterday. Chalk another vote up for Ms. Kamala.

And chalk up another reason why my Beautiful Friend is the love of my life and there is no other.

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Brando's avatar

The problem isn't that the government uses contractors--there's a lot of things that they simply cannot create in house--the problem is when you become dependent on a particular contractor to the point that if it is run by a major security risk--the asshole seems to at the very least be a Russian asset, if not an actual fucking traitor--you have any hesitance about terminating the contract right away.

Can you imagine if Boeing (or whoever made the B-17) had this chummy relationship with Hitler, and the War Department just had to be like "well shit, we still need the planes, so let's keep this going."

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