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The State Department is running on fumes.
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| By Alex Ward on January 12, 2019 1:49 pm
Posted on 01/12/2019 7:22:03 PM PST by 11th_VA
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Feel good story of the day - Heard NPR report tonight, NIST scientist has had to stay home with her toddler for 3 weeks now, 24/7. She told Senator Van Holland, doesnt know how much more she can take ...
Hang in there President Trump, they will break ...
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posted on
01/12/2019 7:22:03 PM PST
by
11th_VA
To: 11th_VA
The longer the govt is shut down just tells us how many of these people we really don’t need.
Who other than these parasites are really feeling any pain? I know I’m not.
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posted on
01/12/2019 7:25:15 PM PST
by
unixfox
(Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
To: 11th_VA
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posted on
01/12/2019 7:25:47 PM PST
by
ifinnegan
(Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
To: 11th_VA
The State Department is running on fumes.
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posted on
01/12/2019 7:26:55 PM PST
by
DoodleBob
(Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
To: 11th_VA
Wait didn’t the Dept of State just give Honduras $10Billion?
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posted on
01/12/2019 7:27:21 PM PST
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
To: ifinnegan
National Institutes of Science and Technology.
CC
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posted on
01/12/2019 7:28:11 PM PST
by
Celtic Conservative
(My cats are more amusing than 200l channels worth of TV.)
To: 11th_VA
Maybe they can get some money from Hillary Clinton.
She lost what, $6,000,000,000 when she was Secretary of State?
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posted on
01/12/2019 7:29:14 PM PST
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: 11th_VA
75,000 employees? Doing what? Evidently, they are “non-essential” so get rid of 90% and call it a day.’Nough said.
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posted on
01/12/2019 7:29:35 PM PST
by
Fungi
To: ifinnegan
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posted on
01/12/2019 7:30:02 PM PST
by
the_daug
To: 11th_VA
Struggling to put food on the table after just ONE day of missing a pay period?
BS.
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posted on
01/12/2019 7:30:23 PM PST
by
Deaf Smith
(When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
To: blueunicorn6
They should look in the couch cushions of Hillarys old office.
Probably a billion or two there.
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posted on
01/12/2019 7:33:04 PM PST
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: 11th_VA
“..Many of the State Departments roughly 75,000 employees 50,000 are employed locally in US embassies abroad...”
Talk about BLOAT on the back of the U.S. taxpayer. We need a HUGE dose of limited government badly...
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posted on
01/12/2019 7:33:13 PM PST
by
EagleUSA
To: 11th_VA
This says it all, toward the bottom of the article:
Some of the people I spoke with expressed anger that their livelihoods are now threatened over a border wall fight. Interestingly, others dont seem to mind too much. I still prefer this to Trump getting a single penny for a wall, one official said.(emphasis added)
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posted on
01/12/2019 7:33:21 PM PST
by
DoodleBob
(Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
non essential state department hacks hit the hardest.
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posted on
01/12/2019 7:33:29 PM PST
by
proust
(Justice delayed is injustice.)
To: ifinnegan
NIST - National Institute of Standards and Technology . Heavily involved with defining weights and measurements - used to be the Bureau of Standards.
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posted on
01/12/2019 7:33:55 PM PST
by
11th_VA
(Hey RATs - Negotiate or Starve)
To: ifinnegan
Former Bureau of Standards.
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posted on
01/12/2019 7:34:50 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: 11th_VA
...50,000 are employed locally in US embassies abroad have found trouble progressing with their work and even, in some cases, struggling to put food on the table... Am I supposed to feel sorry for 50,000 foreigners that won't get paid because Democrats won't fund a wall and Border security for our country?
Sorry but my Give-a-Sh!t is broken and won't be fixed until after a wall and Border security is funded.
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posted on
01/12/2019 7:35:24 PM PST
by
rllngrk33
(Time for all patriotic Americans to boycott liberals and all SJW/PC bullsh*t.)
To: 11th_VA
I worked in 4 embassies and visited several others. They can afford to miss a few meals.
Ask State how many times embassy personnel keep moving to different housing because someone senior comes in, and they can't live in quarters that is below the standards of the incumbent?
Waste of money. Also....get rid of their maids. And gardeners. And drivers. Learn to live like an American. It would actually go a long way in earning the respect of the host government.
To: 11th_VA
Best news I’ve heard all day for that un-American fever swamp to be hurting.
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posted on
01/12/2019 7:36:25 PM PST
by
DesertRhino
(Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
To: 11th_VA
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posted on
01/12/2019 7:36:55 PM PST
by
Paladin2
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