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Re: We need a general tweet of the day thread

Just don't accuse government workers of being either incompetent or in on the grift. If you were an internal auditor at the VA you could hardly miss this. An annual $4 million contract with approvals of the documented contract with a statement from a senior IT manager reciting the need for the contract and if sole sourced the need to go outside the RFP bidding procedure along with a statement of qualifications of the vendor would have been subject to review. Most likely the vendor is connected to some powerful dem who benefits from kickbacks or employment of friends and family. Anyone familiar with private sector procurement would know this is rife with fraud and waste. Yet the left howls about DOGE uncovering this sh*t and then doing something about it. The noble government employee indeed.

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DOGE Discovers That the VA Was Paying $350,000-$380,000 Per Month For Minor Tweaks to Its Website

—Ace

This was almost certainly a payoff. I don't know many website managers who charge $350,000-$380,000 per month to give the hamsters a kick.

The contract has now been cancelled.

DOGE finds Veterans Affairs paying $350K per month for website modifications
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), under the leadership of Elon Musk, revealed the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) had been spending an astounding $350,000--$380,000 per month on minor website updates before canceling the bloated contract.
Key Details:
The VA paid a contractor nearly $380,000/month for minor website modifications.
DOGE confirmed the contract was not renewed; the work is now done by one internal staffer in 10 hours/week.
The revelation follows DOGE's termination of 113 federal contracts worth $4.7 billion in total.
Diving Deeper:
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the agency created by executive order on President Donald Trump's first day in office, has uncovered yet another striking example of wasteful federal spending. This time, the target is the Department of Veterans Affairs, which until recently had been paying nearly $380,000 a month for relatively simple website modifications--work that a single staffer now handles internally with just 10 hours of effort each week.
DOGE broke the story via a post on X, formerly Twitter, praising the VA for not renewing the contract. "VA was previously paying ~$380,000/month for minor website modifications," the agency wrote. "That contract has not been renewed, and the same work is now being executed by 1 internal VA software engineer spending ~10 hours/week."

WestlinnDuck

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Re: Your worst sports moment of all time.

We were trailing by three and it was second and goal. 4 yard line. I thought - why not try the out pass? - they will never expect it

RaceBannon

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Re: Your worst sports moment of all time.

https://hardcorehusky.com/discussion/comment/2063879#Comment_2063879

I remember when @DoubleJDawg first joined the site. He posted something innocuous and I responded with "DoubleJ you lying fuck." And he PM'd me totally confused and insisting he was telling the truth. I went on to explain the etymology of it all.