US Joe Biden News Megathread - The Other Biden Derangement Syndrome Thread (with a side order of Fauci Derangement Syndrome)

Let's pretend for one moment that he does die before the election, just for the funsies. What happens then? Will the nomination revert to option number 2, aka Bernie Sanders? Or will his running mate automatically replace him just the way Vice-President is supposted to step in after the Big Man in the White House chokes on a piece of matzo? Does he even have a running mate yet?

 

[Meat Target]

They would still find a way to blame Trump. Some of them anyway. Granted, I think most of them would do that only because why the hek not.

If the Russians steamrolled all the way to Kiev, I could see Jennifer Rubin or David Frum trying to blame the phone call Trump made that they impeached him over.

"Biden's been in charge for over a year, but that arms sale to Ukraine that was temporarily delayed by Drumpf is why they got buttfucked!"

 

[JosephStalin]

God, can you imagine if anything pops off with Biden, Milley, and the other dicksuckers in charge?

You've even got Pelosi, who, don't forget, tried to get her hands on the nuke launch codes in 2020.

What the fuck do you do when you've got tanks rolling on the country, NATO screaming for you to get involved, and the Commander in Chief just starts talking about sniffing little girls and did you know his wife is a doctor?

Who would REALLY be giving the commands?

Could you imagine if US forces actually took casualties? I'm not talking "Falluja" casualties, I'm talking "Bad day for 1st Cav in Vietnam" or "Bad day for the Marine Corps in Okinawa" casualties with Milley and the other dicksuckers?

Could you imagine if US forces were being deliberately ignored by the Russians so there wasn't a single fucking strike at the US?

Who's going to act as Commander in Chief? Pelosi? Harris? DOCTOR Jill Biden?

Because fucking Diamond Joe sure as shit isn't going to.

It would be the one time that the US would be better off to just pull the fuck out. As bad as they fucked Afghanistan, it's obvious the leadership is incompetent, ill-trained, and there's no real leadership at the top.

Remember, there hasn't been a single board of inquiry or single resignation over the Afghanistan Pullout.

 

[Celebrate Nite]

Wanted to give a rundown of what it's like from the inside right now.
Obviously insanely radically leftwing. BLM/LGBTQ. Trans flags hanging in office. Pronouns stated before meetings. Special affiliation groups for everyone but white men. All what you'd expect.

So it really is as exaggerated as we all thought it was... jesus christ...

But COVID/WFH has totally broken people.

They are fundamentally weak, often with no social support outside of work.

I believe it. It's not healthy to stay cooped up indoors all day. You start having scenarios where you wind up having anxiety just from being a 5 minute drive from your house.

There's constant talk, even now, about how hard things are for everyone. Often meetings start with going around the room to ask "How is everyone feeling?"

Literally everyone else went on sad rants about their lives. "I'm so MAD a white supremacist shot 3 black men in Kenosha!"

If that ever happened in a meeting I was in, I'd excuse myself, pretend I was going to the bathroom, but just chill in my car until the meeting was over. If my time was going to be wasted, I'd rather be relaxing doing nothing and happy rather than miserable listening to stupid SJW issues.

It's toxic. When it got to me, I said "Good." and then a (((lady engineer))) literally proposed that we should not be allowed to answer the question positively. I shit you not.

I think it hurt her that I wasn't as miserable as her.
She made some argument about "vulnerability". These people not only want you weak, they want you to expose your vulnerabilities to them so they can exploit them.

They may not intend this explicitly, but whatever twisted ideology they worship ends with this result.

So "Crab-In-Bucket" mentality... why even work there at this point?

This may surprise you, since Big Tech is extremely well paid and has been able to WFH throughout the past 2 years. They've been given extra days off, extra stipends, bonuses, etc.

They never had to fear being laid off.

Now if only the leftist politics were annexed from this company, it would sound like an AMAZING place to work.

WFH can make it easy to overwork. You take fewer breaks, often work past normal working hours.

You don't feel connected to customers or celebrate success in person.

Yea but you're doing it from home. It'd be one thing if you were supposed to be out at 5 but got stuck there till 8 because of some stupid bullshit, because then you'd have to think about change of plans for dinner (because you're too tired to even bother cooking that late), and your family is probably wondering where the fuck you are because it's not the first time this has happened and the family time has been less and less.

At least working from home, you can still spend time with the family and do other shit in between while on the clock, like laundry or cooking. No one is hovering over your shoulder watching your every move because their PARANOiA has gotten the better of them (unless they decide to pull a dick move and force you to install spyware on your computer).

Also I'm gonna call bullshit on the "you don't feel connected with customers" line. It depends on the type of work you're doing and whether or not you like what you do for work. Speaking as someone that does Lv1/2 Desktop Support, the #1 thing I always try to do is relate to a customer's issues, and in person it's so easy to do, especially if it's a physical issue that can be worked on in a simple way. It's a great feeling when you see their reaction when not only it shows that you know wtf you're talking about (but explain it in lamens terms so you don't loose them with your "foreign language"), but when you are able to fix the issue quickly without any hassle. You get more of an accomplished feeling seeing the smiles on people's faces and your self-esteem goes up, giving you more proof that you know you're good at what you do.

The BIG issue, ESPECIALLY with companies that have call centers, is that almost everyone on the phone sounds like a fucking scripted robot. "I understand your frustration sir", "O.K. I am able to help you sir", "Is there anything else I can help you with today sir". Nobody likes talking to fucking robots, including on the phone. People feel more comfortable talking to another human being that is trained to help out and knows the right things to say.

The Great Resignation is real. Many employees are leaving for better jobs. Remote work has (so far) resulted in more job opportunities for those working in Big Tech, especially outside of Silicon Valley.

Regardless, they still ask for asinine requirements to even get picked up for these kinds of jobs in the first place, so the bar is still set high, except when it's not when they hire shit people that will do the job for less pay.

The new employees don't get enough attention to succeed.
And the employees that stay end up with a load of work dumped by the former coworkers, plus the responsibility of onboarding the new ones.

Even before COVID and WFH became a thing, this was always a major issue that a lot of companies, big or small, faced, and every time it happens, it almost always stems from upper-management not knowing what the fuck they are doing or not giving a shit about the plebs who work for them.

I've lost count as to how many times I was assigned to do 2 separate jobs for the same pay and get stuck in "mandatory overtime" because the "conga line" keeps getting clogged somewhere and it never gets addressed or fixed, only accepted.

This plus the feeling of distance an online-only presence creates has made people braver in speaking their thoughts.
You used to have to have the balls to knock on the CEOs office door, or schedule a meeting. Now you can fire off a nasty Slack message straight to her.

People will openly write threads and comments throughout Slack bad-mouthing the higher ups at the company. And they do nothing.
It's unreal what people will write, with no recourse.

1. >using Slack
2. I can sympathize with people that will send their CEO/Boss/Supervisor/etc... a message via email or chat rather than go up to them in person. Some of these pricks have the nastiest attitude towards the people that work for them and think their hot shit that knows what's "right" or "best" and will give you nasty looks or a tone of voice if you even DARE think outside the box, even if it'll save the company a fuck-ton of money. At least with a message, you can just get it out in the open, it's well thought out so you're not stammering like a fucking idiot, and you can even include pictures to show exactly what you're trying to describe/get-across.

We've even had explicit discussions of assigning less work to URMs (under-repres
ented minorities), because "life is really hard for them right now." This suggestion was from a lesbian white woman with cats.

>Crazy cat lady suggesting stupid things
So like every office job that's majority of women then?

Nobody in IT doing tickets anymore to provision things for you...
...large bureaucracy to gatekeep any actions (needs review by X number of committees including now DEI committees).

>needing a committee to handle what kind of job is ok to delegate to someone rather than doing tickets
The absolute state of the tech industry

so if Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Amazon Prime, or Netflix go down, the world will probably be better off. It's not essential.

Based. I actually agree with this.

I worry about this apathy spreading to companies that matter. Ones that write software for utilities.
We had a woman who worked for us who was just awful at her job. Could not understand instructions at all. Could not do the job. Barely spoke English.

She wasn't just not productive, she actually dragged the team down.

I worked with my Director to finally get her fired after...
...failing her Performance Improvement Program (PIP).

HR told us they can't fire her because she's Asian and female and in California, that it's just simply too hard.

>and in California
Califags confirmed for being sub-human
(seriously though, why the fuck does it matter that she's from California?)

But eventually you keep hitting the same problems or gatekeepers over and over.

That gatekeeper one is most definitely true. You can bust your ass doing the best job in your field, but if you're not well liked by the rest of the group, even if you've NEVER had any bad issues with them, you're not getting to the top. In fact what WILL happen more often is that you will have people that will do everything in their power to knock you down, almost to the point of where you want to quit because you're getting treated like shit.

Things my coworkers spend an enormous amount of their day on:
- Coming up with a "clever" new Zoom background each day (something Harry Potter or Star Wars like children)
- Clever Slack emojis
- Reddit style responses in threads ("First!) and other low brow irony for the lulz.
• • •

>Harry Potter
>Star Wars
>Emojis
>Reddit
FUCKING NORMIES GET OUT REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

 

[Josterman]

 

[HumanHive]

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I dunno, James Buchanan was pretty bad.

 

[Meat Target]

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Pretty sure #Faggot should automatically go to guys named Tristan.

Your teeth look gay, too.

 

[Josterman]

Pretty sure #Faggot should automatically go to guys named Tristan.

#TristansAreFags would be good

I dunno, James Buchanan was pretty bad.

do they forget bush or carter

 

[tehpope]

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Too bad Trump didn't do that.

 

[Josterman]

Too bad Trump didn't do that.

But I can think other presidents who did and the people who they killed

 

[Oxous]

Since Ukraine's in the news, here's a (possible) cheat code: pay attention and see if you hear something about the headquarters of a Russian military district being relocated. Military districts are the Russian equivalent of a unified combatant command in the US military. Much of Russia's units on the Ukrainian border are under the command of the Eastern Military District, the headquarters of which is currently located on the Chinese border, over 4,000 miles away... if they thought shit was about to get real, they might relocate it to somewhere in central Russia that's closer but still protected from counter-attack.

 

[Zeelpulp]

Since Ukraine's in the news, here's a (possible) cheat code: pay attention and see if you hear something about the headquarters of a Russian military district being relocated. Military districts are the Russian equivalent of a unified combatant command in the US military. Much of Russia's units on the Ukrainian border are under the command of the Eastern Military District, the headquarters of which is currently located on the Chinese border, over 4,000 miles away... if they thought shit was about to get real, they might relocate it to somewhere in central Russia that's closer but still protected from counter-attack.

Copy that,
What's your codex? just in case.

MERYL?

 

[Oxous]

Soros-Backed Baltimore State's Attorney Indicted On Federal Perjury Charges​

Spoiler: Full Article

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Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby is in trouble again. A grand jury indicted her on Thursday for lying on mortgage applications when she used the excuse COVID-19 related hardships to withdraw tax-free funds from her retirement account to purchase vacation homes in Florida, according to local news Fox Baltimore.

Mosby was among the first law enforcement officials supported by left-wing billionaire George Soros in his quest to remake the criminal justice system in the United States.

Mosby, a Democrat, lied about work-related financial hardships from COVID-19 to request early withdrawals of $90,000 from her retirement account. Under the federal CARES Act, it allowed emergency distributions of up to $100,000 in the event of a layoff, reduced work hours, and or furlough.

However, the $90,000 was used to purchase two vacation homes in Kissimmee, Florida, and Long Boat Key, Florida, in May 2020.

The indictment claims Mosby had no financial hardship due to the virus pandemic as her annual salary of $248,000 was paid in full that year.

She's been slapped with two counts of perjury originating from false statements of COVID-related financial distress and charged with making false statements on two mortgage applications.

Mosby also failed to disclose a $45,000 tax lien to the federal government. The Internal Revenue Service went after her in 2020.

Mosby's attorney, A. Scott Bolden, released this statement:

Marilyn Mosby is innocent, has been innocent, and we look forward to defending her in the court of law, and presenting evidence of her innocence to a jury of her peers. We will fight these charges vigorously, and I remain confident that once all the evidence is presented, that she will prevail against these bogus charges—charges that are rooted in personal, political and racial animus five months from her election.

None of this should come as a surprise because this is Maryland politics. Corruption and fraud go hand and hand in Baltimore City. Disgraced former Mayor Sheila Dixon was charged more than a decade ago for embezzlement. Ex-Mayor Catherine Pugh was sentenced to three years of jail in 2020 for wire fraud and conspiracy to defraud the US government. And now it's Mosby's turn to take center stage.

Mosby's husband, Nick Mosby, the president of the Baltimore city council, could be next. Let's hope newly elected Mayor Brandon Scott doesn't fall down the hole of his predecessors.

 

[TheBest]

Soros-Backed Baltimore State's Attorney Indicted On Federal Perjury Charges​

Spoiler: Full Article

(article)
Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby is in trouble again. A grand jury indicted her on Thursday for lying on mortgage applications when she used the excuse COVID-19 related hardships to withdraw tax-free funds from her retirement account to purchase vacation homes in Florida, according to local news Fox Baltimore.

Mosby was among the first law enforcement officials supported by left-wing billionaire George Soros in his quest to remake the criminal justice system in the United States.

Mosby, a Democrat, lied about work-related financial hardships from COVID-19 to request early withdrawals of $90,000 from her retirement account. Under the federal CARES Act, it allowed emergency distributions of up to $100,000 in the event of a layoff, reduced work hours, and or furlough.

However, the $90,000 was used to purchase two vacation homes in Kissimmee, Florida, and Long Boat Key, Florida, in May 2020.

The indictment claims Mosby had no financial hardship due to the virus pandemic as her annual salary of $248,000 was paid in full that year.

She's been slapped with two counts of perjury originating from false statements of COVID-related financial distress and charged with making false statements on two mortgage applications.

Mosby also failed to disclose a $45,000 tax lien to the federal government. The Internal Revenue Service went after her in 2020.

Mosby's attorney, A. Scott Bolden, released this statement:

Marilyn Mosby is innocent, has been innocent, and we look forward to defending her in the court of law, and presenting evidence of her innocence to a jury of her peers. We will fight these charges vigorously, and I remain confident that once all the evidence is presented, that she will prevail against these bogus charges—charges that are rooted in personal, political and racial animus five months from her election.

None of this should come as a surprise because this is Maryland politics. Corruption and fraud go hand and hand in Baltimore City. Disgraced former Mayor Sheila Dixon was charged more than a decade ago for embezzlement. Ex-Mayor Catherine Pugh was sentenced to three years of jail in 2020 for wire fraud and conspiracy to defraud the US government. And now it's Mosby's turn to take center stage.

Mosby's husband, Nick Mosby, the president of the Baltimore city council, could be next. Let's hope newly elected Mayor Brandon Scott doesn't fall down the hole of his predecessors.

I feel the winds of change blowing. This is a good first step.

 

[Corn Flakes]

Soros-Backed Baltimore State's Attorney Indicted On Federal Perjury Charges​

Spoiler: Full Article

(article)
Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby is in trouble again. A grand jury indicted her on Thursday for lying on mortgage applications when she used the excuse COVID-19 related hardships to withdraw tax-free funds from her retirement account to purchase vacation homes in Florida, according to local news Fox Baltimore.

Mosby was among the first law enforcement officials supported by left-wing billionaire George Soros in his quest to remake the criminal justice system in the United States.

Mosby, a Democrat, lied about work-related financial hardships from COVID-19 to request early withdrawals of $90,000 from her retirement account. Under the federal CARES Act, it allowed emergency distributions of up to $100,000 in the event of a layoff, reduced work hours, and or furlough.

However, the $90,000 was used to purchase two vacation homes in Kissimmee, Florida, and Long Boat Key, Florida, in May 2020.

The indictment claims Mosby had no financial hardship due to the virus pandemic as her annual salary of $248,000 was paid in full that year.

She's been slapped with two counts of perjury originating from false statements of COVID-related financial distress and charged with making false statements on two mortgage applications.

Mosby also failed to disclose a $45,000 tax lien to the federal government. The Internal Revenue Service went after her in 2020.

Mosby's attorney, A. Scott Bolden, released this statement:

Marilyn Mosby is innocent, has been innocent, and we look forward to defending her in the court of law, and presenting evidence of her innocence to a jury of her peers. We will fight these charges vigorously, and I remain confident that once all the evidence is presented, that she will prevail against these bogus charges—charges that are rooted in personal, political and racial animus five months from her election.

None of this should come as a surprise because this is Maryland politics. Corruption and fraud go hand and hand in Baltimore City. Disgraced former Mayor Sheila Dixon was charged more than a decade ago for embezzlement. Ex-Mayor Catherine Pugh was sentenced to three years of jail in 2020 for wire fraud and conspiracy to defraud the US government. And now it's Mosby's turn to take center stage.

Mosby's husband, Nick Mosby, the president of the Baltimore city council, could be next. Let's hope newly elected Mayor Brandon Scott doesn't fall down the hole of his predecessors.

The link to the article is broken.

 

[Oxous]

The link to the article is broken.

Fixed now.

 

[Vaclav]

@Terrifik

"They are fundamentally weak, often with no social support outside of work."

Having a West Coast big tech company as your sole social circle? I shiggy diggy.

I know people who work in big tech and have described it as "adult day care." They have walls lined with free candy dispensers, entire floors of office buildings dedicated to R&R and "self-care," and the most diligent employees might do one day's worth of work in a week. And this was before Covid.

It strikes me that an organization really starts to decay when it prioritizes control of its members over everything else. A big, powerful organization naturally tends to go in this direction when external risks are minimal and the greatest fear is of the plebs rebelling. Wokeness was adopted as a way to control employees, but as I said before yesterday, the leaders pushing it don't seem to grasp that this way of thinking was designed in large part to cripple organizations that adopt it. That's why it was pushed within Occupy Wall Street by paid spoilers.

 

[Collections Agent]

So late, but as far as that big tech rant a few pages ago, this is why every tech company should use a board to track everyone's work and to-do jobs and do daily check-ins.

It's a lot easier to hold people accountable to actually work for pay when they have to take initiative and put their name on work and check in every day.

 

[Only A Retard Sometimes]

in regards to ukraine: Watch to see when or if the Russians start assembling field hospitals, as of now only 1 has been identified which is not enough to treat the amount of casualites that the russians will take. Its not 2014 anymore. The Ukrainians will put up a fight. If it happens the Russians will have not had such casualites since Grozny and their war in afganistan. Not to mention that due to their shitty demography their viable military population is shrinking by the day.

 

[Vaclav]

So late, but as far as that big tech rant a few pages ago, this is why every tech company should use a board to track everyone's work and to-do jobs and do daily check-ins.

It's a lot easier to hold people accountable to actually work for pay when they have to take initiative and put their name on work and check in every day.

If you start making lists of tasks for people to fulfill, soon you'll be making lists of people to send to the Auschwitz showers. Foucault told me.

 

[JosephStalin]