DOGE Is Far Short of Its Goal, and Still Overstating Its Progress

Elon Musk now says his group will produce only 15 percent of the savings it promised. But even that estimate is inflated with errors and guesswork.

The New York Times
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Geert Wilders verliest steun van eigen achterban

https://www.rtl.nl/nieuws/politiek/artikel/5504380/pvv-kiezers-hebben-steeds-minder-vertrouwen-wilders

Hebben ze dan eindelijk door dat Wilders al meer dan 20 jaar enkel vreemdelingenhaat en gebakken lucht verkoopt?

Oplossingen heeft hij nog nooit gehad.

Ook nu niet (...)

#wilders #incompetent

PVV-kiezers hebben steeds minder vertrouwen in Wilders

Het vertrouwen in Geert Wilders onder de eigen achterban is verder gedaald. Slechts 62 procent van de PVV-stemmers heeft op dit moment vertrouwen in hem, blijkt uit onderzoek onder het RTL Nieuwspanel. "Zijn harde standpunt over de lintjesdiscussie hielp niet. 'Geert Milders' is op dit moment ver weg", zegt opiniepeiler Gijs Rademaker.

RTL Nieuws

incompetent king
impotent to fix problems
can't but deny them

bankruptcy's oft his next tool
but grace won't likely follow

#tanka #haiku #senryu #poem #ShortPoem #SmallPoem #SmallPoems #economy #climate #denial #ClimateDenial #censorship #bankruptcy #oligarchy #incompetence #incompetent #forgiveness #grace #rebellion #collapse

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Russian Embassy Trolls Donald Trump’s Tariff War With A Hilarious Meme; Elon Musk Drops A LOL Emoji

Are we not entertained?

Mashable India
Trump administration fires senior Navy female officer at NATO. She appeared on a 'woke' list

U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Shoshana Chatfield, the only woman on NATO's military committee, was fired over the weekend by the Trump administration, U.S. officials...

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If you are #Canadian and use software tools to file your #tax you need to be aware that the autofill function may not be working. This could result in under reported income.

The reason is that the CRA is missing most of the T slips. You may have received paper copies but the soft copies are not yet showing in most people's CRA accounts. Apparently CRA changed the upload process this year everyone is having issues.

So here we have one of the most complex tax systems in the world and no tools help us through it!

https://www.taxcycle.com/news/important-verify-auto-fill-my-return-afr-data-before-filing-updated/

#canada #incompetent

Important: Verify Auto-fill my return (AFR) Data Before Filing (Updated)

Carefully verify all AFR data before filing any income tax returns.

Well, THIS seems bad. "Extreme Fear" and Monday's futures down ANOTHER ~1000 points.

SO MUCH WINNING when a 6-time bankrupt clown creates a world financial crisis circus.

Does "Extreme Fear" qualify as "Sunday Scaries"?

#StockMarket #futures #clown #incompetent #SundayScaries #Sunday #fear #greed

The thing that happens is, I create a new unique address for a business I'm dealing with. I put the company's name in the local-part of the email address I give them (that's the part before the "@" symbol in an email address).

And then they contact me demanding to know why (or how) I'm using "their" email. They see their company name or domain name in the local-part of my address and get incensed, thinking it's impossible, or illegal even. It makes no sense; would the greeting card mafia have a case against a big webmail provider if one of their users created the "hallmark@BigWebmailProviderDomain" address?

On more than one occasion, I have picked up the phone to find someone YELLING at me about "hacking their server" because of this.

I spend some time explaining it to them. Half the time, they kinda/sorta get it and calm down. The other half refuse to even stop yelling and think about what I'm telling them.

And this isn't some random one-person business I'm dealing with. Today, it was *my bank* that called me to demand to know why my support request email address had "their email" in it.

You would hope a bank, operating an online banking site, would have staff that have at least a passing familiarly with email and the internet. But nope.

To make it worse, this is actually the second time my bank has gotten upset about it.

3/3

#security #hacker #ignorance #yell #bank #incompetent