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Post#801 » by HeatFanLifer » Tue Jul 8, 2025 12:47 pm

Vertical Limit wrote:Pam Bondi, Kash Patel and the entire DOJ has lost all credibility today and there is no bouncing back from it.


Bondi should be fired for how poorly this whole thing was handled. Between binder gate, saying it was on her desk, and now this nothing burger. Kash is doing a lot of good, especially with going after human traffickers. But yeah, this whole thing was handled horribly.
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Post#802 » by Bishop45 » Tue Jul 8, 2025 12:58 pm

HeatFanLifer wrote:FEMA officials were purposely not going to certain areas due to political ideology and the region was widely neglected to this day.


Accountability for all parts of failing government affecting working class people, and you know I'm especially talking about the homicidal cuts to government funding and staffing that was inevitably going to get people killed.

I'm curious about this statement above though, where did you hear this?
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Post#803 » by Johnny Fontane » Tue Jul 8, 2025 1:05 pm

Vertical Limit wrote:Pam Bondi, Kash Patel and the entire DOJ has lost all credibility today and there is no bouncing back from it.


The whole thing is unbelievably sketchy. Wonder if the Trump admin was bragging about exposing Epstein files up as a front when the actual plan was to destroy them and make sure they never see the light of day.
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Post#804 » by Bishop45 » Tue Jul 8, 2025 1:08 pm

NVM, I found one article with some semblance of what you were saying, but I think the Trump admin might be f'ing red and blue states alike when it comes to aid

https://www.carolinajournal.com/fema-again-denies-ncs-request-for-extended-helene-relief-funding/
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Post#805 » by HeatFanLifer » Tue Jul 8, 2025 1:45 pm

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HeatFanLifer wrote:FEMA officials were purposely not going to certain areas due to political ideology and the region was widely neglected to this day.


Accountability for all parts of failing government affecting working class people, and you know I'm especially talking about the homicidal cuts to government funding and staffing that was inevitably going to get people killed.

I'm curious about this statement above though, where did you hear this?


There were FEMA officials that said they were told to ignore Trump homes and the FEMA official that was the fall guy for the PR nightmare was fired, but it was absolutely a systemic issue within FEMA. Western North Carolina was absolutely decimated last year with almost no relief provided by FEMA, same with Maui. People with access to a bank could get a $750 stipend, while illegals were given 4 star hotels (source below).

Regarding funding cuts for these agencies, I have very little faith in many of these agencies and many Americans don’t have faith either. The reason is due to mission creep. The agencies start off with a noble purpose like USAID, but then somehow it turns into an agency to get foreign officials rich. We need to stop waste, but we also need to use smart money to help people. It’s not an easy thing to do in a bloated bureaucracy and with this “Big Beautiful Bill” passing, the bloat is only going to grow.

https://apnews.com/article/fema-migrant-funding-new-york-hotels-immigration-elon-musk-doge-268ca7eda43011a501dfad0fa88a4775
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Post#806 » by Bishop45 » Tue Jul 8, 2025 2:32 pm

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Bishop45 wrote:
HeatFanLifer wrote:FEMA officials were purposely not going to certain areas due to political ideology and the region was widely neglected to this day.


Accountability for all parts of failing government affecting working class people, and you know I'm especially talking about the homicidal cuts to government funding and staffing that was inevitably going to get people killed.

I'm curious about this statement above though, where did you hear this?


There were FEMA officials that said they were told to ignore Trump homes and the FEMA official that was the fall guy for the PR nightmare was fired, but it was absolutely a systemic issue within FEMA. Western North Carolina was absolutely decimated last year with almost no relief provided by FEMA, same with Maui. People with access to a bank could get a $750 stipend, while illegals were given 4 star hotels (source below).

Regarding funding cuts for these agencies, I have very little faith in many of these agencies and many Americans don’t have faith either. The reason is due to mission creep. The agencies start off with a noble purpose like USAID, but then somehow it turns into an agency to get foreign officials rich. We need to stop waste, but we also need to use smart money to help people. It’s not an easy thing to do in a bloated bureaucracy and with this “Big Beautiful Bill” passing, the bloat is only going to grow.

https://apnews.com/article/fema-migrant-funding-new-york-hotels-immigration-elon-musk-doge-268ca7eda43011a501dfad0fa88a4775


Is there a link to those statements made by FEMA officials?

The source below stated that the "four star hotel" line is a lie and the funds to house migrants came outside of FEMA's regular funding and allocated by congress. I personally think that the term 'illegals' is one that was created by some bad faith actors in the political space to dehumanize a population of people, so I would be careful with that too
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Post#807 » by HeatFanLifer » Tue Jul 8, 2025 3:05 pm

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HeatFanLifer wrote:
Bishop45 wrote:
Accountability for all parts of failing government affecting working class people, and you know I'm especially talking about the homicidal cuts to government funding and staffing that was inevitably going to get people killed.

I'm curious about this statement above though, where did you hear this?


There were FEMA officials that said they were told to ignore Trump homes and the FEMA official that was the fall guy for the PR nightmare was fired, but it was absolutely a systemic issue within FEMA. Western North Carolina was absolutely decimated last year with almost no relief provided by FEMA, same with Maui. People with access to a bank could get a $750 stipend, while illegals were given 4 star hotels (source below).

Regarding funding cuts for these agencies, I have very little faith in many of these agencies and many Americans don’t have faith either. The reason is due to mission creep. The agencies start off with a noble purpose like USAID, but then somehow it turns into an agency to get foreign officials rich. We need to stop waste, but we also need to use smart money to help people. It’s not an easy thing to do in a bloated bureaucracy and with this “Big Beautiful Bill” passing, the bloat is only going to grow.

https://apnews.com/article/fema-migrant-funding-new-york-hotels-immigration-elon-musk-doge-268ca7eda43011a501dfad0fa88a4775


Is there a link to those statements made by FEMA officials?

The source below stated that the "four star hotel" line is a lie and the funds to house migrants came outside of FEMA's regular funding and allocated by congress. I personally think that the term 'illegals' is one that was created by some bad faith actors in the political space to dehumanize a population of people, so I would be careful with that too


The source was DOGE calling out the spending. The AP will say it’s not true, but they will do stupid things like “FALSE - the money did not come from the disaster relief fund” though they note it comes from another area of funding through FEMA that uses a lot of resources. Regarding the four star hotels, the new york post widely reported on it. There is also a link below to a budget for the emergency food and shelter program and is another issue of what I am referring to when I talk about mission creep. FEMA went from solely focusing on disasters to also dealing with migrant resettlement. This diverted planning, response, and recovery resources. Agencies with multiple missions end up hurting more than helping because they often have to prioritize which mission to focus on.

https://www.fema.gov/grants/emergency-food-and-shelter-program/humanitarian-awards

https://nypost.com/2024/07/07/us-news/hotel-make-up-vast-majority-of-migrant-shelters-raking-in-millions/
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Post#808 » by Shewasfly » Tue Jul 8, 2025 3:55 pm

100+ dead children and campers in MAGA-ville Texas and Trump STILL hasn't addressed the nation let alone the city and the people affected themselves except to write them a letter basically saying "I'm not paying for all this ****"? And none of his supporters care apparently? Many even saying that this is exactly what they voted for? Deplorable was always the correct word.

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Post#809 » by Shewasfly » Tue Jul 8, 2025 3:57 pm

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Is there a link to those statements made by FEMA officials?

The source below stated that the "four star hotel" line is a lie and the funds to house migrants came outside of FEMA's regular funding and allocated by congress. I personally think that the term 'illegals' is one that was created by some bad faith actors in the political space to dehumanize a population of people, so I would be careful with that too


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Post#810 » by Bishop45 » Tue Jul 8, 2025 5:25 pm

HeatFanLifer wrote:
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There were FEMA officials that said they were told to ignore Trump homes and the FEMA official that was the fall guy for the PR nightmare was fired, but it was absolutely a systemic issue within FEMA. Western North Carolina was absolutely decimated last year with almost no relief provided by FEMA, same with Maui. People with access to a bank could get a $750 stipend, while illegals were given 4 star hotels (source below).

Regarding funding cuts for these agencies, I have very little faith in many of these agencies and many Americans don’t have faith either. The reason is due to mission creep. The agencies start off with a noble purpose like USAID, but then somehow it turns into an agency to get foreign officials rich. We need to stop waste, but we also need to use smart money to help people. It’s not an easy thing to do in a bloated bureaucracy and with this “Big Beautiful Bill” passing, the bloat is only going to grow.

https://apnews.com/article/fema-migrant-funding-new-york-hotels-immigration-elon-musk-doge-268ca7eda43011a501dfad0fa88a4775


Is there a link to those statements made by FEMA officials?

The source below stated that the "four star hotel" line is a lie and the funds to house migrants came outside of FEMA's regular funding and allocated by congress. I personally think that the term 'illegals' is one that was created by some bad faith actors in the political space to dehumanize a population of people, so I would be careful with that too


The source was DOGE calling out the spending. The AP will say it’s not true, but they will do stupid things like “FALSE - the money did not come from the disaster relief fund” though they note it comes from another area of funding through FEMA that uses a lot of resources. Regarding the four star hotels, the new york post widely reported on it. There is also a link below to a budget for the emergency food and shelter program and is another issue of what I am referring to when I talk about mission creep. FEMA went from solely focusing on disasters to also dealing with migrant resettlement. This diverted planning, response, and recovery resources. Agencies with multiple missions end up hurting more than helping because they often have to prioritize which mission to focus on.

https://www.fema.gov/grants/emergency-food-and-shelter-program/humanitarian-awards

https://nypost.com/2024/07/07/us-news/hotel-make-up-vast-majority-of-migrant-shelters-raking-in-millions/


Personal preference, but I'll take AP's credibility over the Post. And definitely over DOGE who has admitted to inaccurate or "misleading" claims

I appreciate you posting and naming your sources
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Post#811 » by Shewasfly » Tue Jul 8, 2025 5:55 pm

Sorry, we now do have a statement from Trump on the flooding that killed his supporters and their children.

Read on Twitter


"Good job on the helicopters and I have a great relationship with Texas. It could have been worse." :lol: :lol:
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Post#812 » by Johnny Fontane » Tue Jul 8, 2025 6:32 pm

Shewasfly wrote:Sorry, we now do have a statement from Trump on the flooding that killed his supporters and their children.

Read on Twitter


"Good job on the helicopters and I have a great relationship with Texas. It could have been worse." :lol: :lol:


Seems rather indifferent in the face of such a tragedy. Those poor poor two Israeli’s that died though, for him that’s the bigger catastrophe
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Post#813 » by Vertical Limit » Tue Jul 8, 2025 7:24 pm

Shewasfly wrote:Sorry, we now do have a statement from Trump on the flooding that killed his supporters and their children.

Read on Twitter


"Good job on the helicopters and I have a great relationship with Texas. It could have been worse." :lol: :lol:

There is no congratulations or great job on tragedies. Just a pathetic and vomitus statement by Trump
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Post#814 » by BadMofoPimp » Tue Jul 8, 2025 10:57 pm

Not sure who to believe, but I feel Bondi is the scapegoat being she probably can only deal with what is given to her and relay that to the public. Could be more to it or not. I don't trust any of them left or right.
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Post#815 » by BadMofoPimp » Tue Jul 8, 2025 11:05 pm

Shewasfly wrote:Sorry, we now do have a statement from Trump on the flooding that killed his supporters and their children.

Read on Twitter


"Good job on the helicopters and I have a great relationship with Texas. It could have been worse." :lol: :lol:


I don't think it is a Trump thing just like Biden's bad response to Hurricane Helen that killed 118. Didn't Joe spend vacation time in Delaware or something before responding. Their job encompasses alot of daily tasks much moreso than any of us have ever encountered. People just get riled up by whatever post on facebook or what Liberal or Infowars tells them to get mad and what to throw blame about. Who knows what really happens in behind the scenes but people gripe about the talk based off what they are told to get mad about. Will see how the recovery effort goes before I place blame.
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Post#816 » by Vertical Limit » Tue Jul 8, 2025 11:28 pm

BadMofoPimp wrote:Not sure who to believe, but I feel Bondi is the scapegoat being she probably can only deal with what is given to her and relay that to the public. Could be more to it or not. I don't trust any of them left or right.

Not to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but unfortunately and pathetically, when it comes to jeffrey epstein or child sex abuse crimes, there is bipartisan unity in the government. Both sides are very quiet.

It makes me sick. There is not a bigger evil in the world than the sex abuse, rape and/or murder of children.

https://youtu.be/yVRlxMsVPko?si=pGblP4AAXXwN4nYQ

The red dot map shows 111k unique ip addresses per month are searching child exploitation videos in the united states. The average offender has 13 victims in their lifetime.

There is a total of SEVEN victim identification officers working these cases around the country.

Tom Homan has millions and millions of dollars, and hundreds of officers to work on border security and deportation, and doing it in the most inhumane and monsterous way, even to people who never commited crimes, just doing the jobs Americans dont want. But at the end of the day, you can clearly see the resultsof Tom’s work.

And yet, Kash Patel has time to try to be a celebrity, go on stupid podcasts, try to kiss dana whites ass and joe rogan and all of trumps celebriyy friends.. These are the crimes that need to be cleaned up. This is way bigger than illegal immigration. Where are his results on these cases?


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Post#817 » by HeatFanLifer » Wed Jul 9, 2025 2:05 am

Bishop45 wrote:
HeatFanLifer wrote:
Bishop45 wrote:
Is there a link to those statements made by FEMA officials?

The source below stated that the "four star hotel" line is a lie and the funds to house migrants came outside of FEMA's regular funding and allocated by congress. I personally think that the term 'illegals' is one that was created by some bad faith actors in the political space to dehumanize a population of people, so I would be careful with that too


The source was DOGE calling out the spending. The AP will say it’s not true, but they will do stupid things like “FALSE - the money did not come from the disaster relief fund” though they note it comes from another area of funding through FEMA that uses a lot of resources. Regarding the four star hotels, the new york post widely reported on it. There is also a link below to a budget for the emergency food and shelter program and is another issue of what I am referring to when I talk about mission creep. FEMA went from solely focusing on disasters to also dealing with migrant resettlement. This diverted planning, response, and recovery resources. Agencies with multiple missions end up hurting more than helping because they often have to prioritize which mission to focus on.

https://www.fema.gov/grants/emergency-food-and-shelter-program/humanitarian-awards

https://nypost.com/2024/07/07/us-news/hotel-make-up-vast-majority-of-migrant-shelters-raking-in-millions/


Personal preference, but I'll take AP's credibility over the Post. And definitely over DOGE who has admitted to inaccurate or "misleading" claims

I appreciate you posting and naming your sources


Take what the AP said, just read it carefully cuz those facts checks don’t necessarily prove them facts wrong.
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Post#818 » by HeatFanLifer » Wed Jul 9, 2025 2:10 am

BadMofoPimp wrote:Not sure who to believe, but I feel Bondi is the scapegoat being she probably can only deal with what is given to her and relay that to the public. Could be more to it or not. I don't trust any of them left or right.


Who signed their name to the declaration there is no additional evidence or list?
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Post#819 » by BadMofoPimp » Wed Jul 9, 2025 2:40 am

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BadMofoPimp wrote:Not sure who to believe, but I feel Bondi is the scapegoat being she probably can only deal with what is given to her and relay that to the public. Could be more to it or not. I don't trust any of them left or right.


Who signed their name to the declaration there is no additional evidence or list?


What evidence? I am sure higher powers than even the president would keep that from her or us. More like both parties don't want their dirty laundry exposed.
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Post#820 » by BadMofoPimp » Wed Jul 9, 2025 2:45 am

Bishop45 wrote:
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Accountability for all parts of failing government affecting working class people, and you know I'm especially talking about the homicidal cuts to government funding and staffing that was inevitably going to get people killed.

I'm curious about this statement above though, where did you hear this?


There were FEMA officials that said they were told to ignore Trump homes and the FEMA official that was the fall guy for the PR nightmare was fired, but it was absolutely a systemic issue within FEMA. Western North Carolina was absolutely decimated last year with almost no relief provided by FEMA, same with Maui. People with access to a bank could get a $750 stipend, while illegals were given 4 star hotels (source below).

Regarding funding cuts for these agencies, I have very little faith in many of these agencies and many Americans don’t have faith either. The reason is due to mission creep. The agencies start off with a noble purpose like USAID, but then somehow it turns into an agency to get foreign officials rich. We need to stop waste, but we also need to use smart money to help people. It’s not an easy thing to do in a bloated bureaucracy and with this “Big Beautiful Bill” passing, the bloat is only going to grow.

https://apnews.com/article/fema-migrant-funding-new-york-hotels-immigration-elon-musk-doge-268ca7eda43011a501dfad0fa88a4775


Is there a link to those statements made by FEMA officials?

The source below stated that the "four star hotel" line is a lie and the funds to house migrants came outside of FEMA's regular funding and allocated by congress. I personally think that the term 'illegals' is one that was created by some bad faith actors in the political space to dehumanize a population of people, so I would be careful with that too


Would not a person who enters the country just like Canada be considered illegal and an alien at the same time? Maybe a few hundred up to a 1k got 4 star hotels, but not many. Regardless, they cost taxpayers $400 billion a year to take care of. I would prefer to cut that to $200 billion and invest in their home countries so they want to stay there instead. Our deficit is out of control. I would rather buy our stuff made in Central America than China anyways.
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