Sua Sponte

I'm waiting to see if I'm fired tomorrow since I'm a probationary GS-11. I run the orders writing cell for AFRC, which writes all orders (AT, MPA, RPA, PCS) for IMAs in AFRC. I have two GS-09s that work for me and are on probation as well since they just became new supervisors. Each of them supervises four GS-07s, with four of them being on probation. I also have about 10 Reservists on RPA orders that work for me as well. As of now, the DoD hasn't had any of the DOGE firing of probation employees, but I told all my employees on probation to be ready to lose their jobs tomorrow. If that happens, there won't be enough order writers to write orders for the 8,000 IMA population in AFRC since we average about 40-80 orders requests per day. I chuckle when I hear the MAGA bots say, "Well, now you can get a real job in the private sector." I left the private sector this past fall, where I made $35K more than a GS-11, for government work. A majority of the folks who work for me are veterans, retired veterans, military spouses, etc. But all of them love the work they do for reservists, and the Air Force support the DoD's mission. That's just job satisfaction you can't get a lot of the time in the private sector.

Elon and Trump are desperately trying to find ways to slash the government since they're cutting taxes to preserve those 2018-era tax cuts that largely benefit the billionaires that expire in 2025.

Which is wild since his father was a Marine. Russ is a weird (read: sack of shit) cat. Dude despises government employees, yet has only worked in the government and government-centric NGOs his entire career.

My boss in OGV ran a marathon, was in great shape, then the next week was diagnosed with Stage 4 colon cancer. I wish the VA would a different term than "disability" since not all of them are visible. A means test would be if you made a certain amount in income, regardless of the disabilities you have while in the military service, you would either be paid a reduced, or even zero, amount of compensation by the VA.

Do you support a means test for VA compensation?

Elon gets to cosplay as POTUS since he can't be one. He also gets to dismantle agencies, some illegally, that give him grief (i.e., EPA, SEC, IRS, etc.). He gets to "audit" competitors within the DoD/NASA and their contracts, and more importantly, he gets to data mine American data to train the data sets on his Grok 3.0 AI. If he gets in trouble with the Feds, Trump will order the DOJ to turn the other way, like Eric Adams, or use the pocket pardon he probably promised Elon. Trump, on the other hand, gets to just go after the people who wronged him with the DOJ since the SCOTUS said he's got a "Stay out of Jail" card for official acts. Plus he's a lame duck POTUS after this term, so he doesn't give a shit about anything else other than making him, Elon, and fellow billionaires richer. Fuck the working class with tariffs that the rich can afford day-to-day, then when the working class sells their property to survive after the economy crashes, have all the private equity billionares circle like vultures to buy it all up for pennies on the dollar. Farmer and ranchers that largely voted for Trump? Fuck them. Make it almost impossible to farm or ranch, so private equity billionaires could come in after they sell and scoop up all their property. Then they go and rehire the illegals that ran away to begin with. Capitalism baby. Congress *could* check Trump's power with an impeachment, but the GOP isn't going to do that since Elon said he'd spend $100M to primary any GOP member of Congress that opposed Trump. They're all going to turn their heads and look the other way. McConnell voted against RFK, but I can almost promise you had he been the deciding vote, he would've voted to confirm. It's a lot easier when it's not as close as that. Russell Vought gets to finally live his Christian Nationalist dream by deporting the browns and having the GOP and Elon push their breed kink to have a lot of kids. Gotta replace the working class/proletariats to work for the bourgeoisie billionaires that now own everything.

Galloway also has a good article on why Elon is government subsidies welfare queen. https://www.profgalloway.com/elon-musk-welfare-queen/

CYYZ 172200Z 27023G31KT 10SM DRSN SCT040 M09/M16 A2998 RMK CF3 SLP166 What's the max crosswind for a CRJ900 if there's blowing snow?

SNC won the E-4B SAOC contract.

Turkey manufactures their own F-16s, had KC-135s (now Airbus MRTTs) for AR support, and tactical nukes.

No, it was the irony of the party that prides itself on being fiscal responsible is slashing the government then proposing to increase the budget and spend more. You just randomly came in with a false equivalency for whatever reason assuming I’d defend whatever progressives allegedly do.

You know both can be wrong, right? Of course you did. Does the government need to be cutdown? Sure. Does it need an autistic technicrat who’s a defense contractor of all things data mining American’s data to run through his Grok 2.0 AI with this band of college aged broccoli haired retards named “Big Balls” shutting down agencies without authority to do so? No. Conduct auditing with qualified people who can conduct auditing. But hey, at least Elon’s government contracts are doing great! https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/FY25-Procurement-Forecast.xlsx (NAISC Code 311999) SpaceX also was awarded a $38M contract yesterday. So, a CEO of multiple government contractors will be “auditing” competing government contractors? But don’t worry, he said he’ll recuse himself of any conflict, all is good.

Elon and Trump have to find that $4T in tax cuts that are set to expire this year for their billionaire friends. Here’s the House’s proposed budget with…a $3.3T increase! https://docs.house.gov/meetings/BU/BU00/20250213/117894/BILLS-119NAih.pdf

His weaponized autism gets the best of him. He’s still the guy who’s selling beta full-self driving software on Teslas after years of it being in beta.

Nah, Elon said it's junk and drones are the way to go.

Boeing also had the C-17 ATS contract terminated and is currently in rebid due to their poor performance. I'm sure they'll be bidding, unless prohibited by the USAF due to the C-17 ATS performance, on bidding on the KC-46 ATS later this year (Est. Value $500M).

Worst Sq/CC I ever had.

Not at ARPC. It’s important to note that people are interchangeably using “remote” vs “telecommuting,” when they’re not the same.

https://apnews.com/article/doge-musk-trump-classified-information-usaid-security-35101dee28a766e0d9705e0d47958611

It’s not bordering vulgar, it is vulgar. These poor souls haven’t even been dead 24 hours yet and this is the topic he wants to bring up in a presser discussing the accident?

Same 😂

Guard Hard

Trump currently throwing out blame to ATC hiring and training and the American Eagle crew before any safety investigation complete. JFC.

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