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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/26858906

Summary

A leaked TSA email suggests funding for bomb-sniffing dogs has been halted under Elon Musk.

The email states that vet visits, kenneling, and food are "put on hold" until further guidance.

TSA deploys over 1,000 canine teams, with training costing $33,000 per dog.

The funding freeze contradicts Trump’s "tough on crime" stance and coincided with the White House celebrating "K9 Veterans Day."

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 16 hours ago

The last time a major terrorist attack happened, the government got expansion of powers.

This is preparing for the next 9/11, reichstag-fire style.

And the dems will approve the Enabling Act.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Yeah Elon Musk is a sick fuck, though lets be real. We all knew he wasn't above something like this, this is just proving what we all knew about him. It's still horrible though.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

This is going to be the thing that gets white people off the train. Being mean to the dogs.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 17 hours ago

i'd wager good money they ignore it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 18 hours ago

So how does it go down when a moral human is forced to respond to this? Curious to get a scenario where an unelected bureaucrat tells you to ignore congress?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 18 hours ago

Hoping to kick off a war when a bomb does slip through the cracks.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

This is some unhinged shit. Is it the drugs? Is it the Putin?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago

Putin. Not even once kids.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

If it’s not already a thing we should start a live tracker of Elon’s current or last known whereabouts. For academic purposes.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Like the Elon flight tracker?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 18 hours ago

Yes, but I was thinking of a system with more … granularity and resolution. Maybe take the flight tracker and add to it, like noting the color of the vehicle he got in and its plate number. For research. Let’s say it’s to help calculate his efficiency with tax payer dollars.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Beyond animal cruelty, you NEED bomb sniffing dogs! Holy shit! Do they realize that now potential bombers would have a huge upper hand in carrying explosives into airports? Why don't they say 'well those metal detectors and xray machines are too fancy' and go back to the late 60s when there was a hijackings once every 5.6 DAYS.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 17 hours ago

Why don't they say 'well those metal detectors and xray machines are too fancy'

I'm sure they'll cut maintenance budgets too, it just takes x-ray machines longer to starve

[–] [email protected] 1 points 19 hours ago

Paging D.B Cooper.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I pray everyday for a poetic Mussolini ending for Musk

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

Nah, he's cutting corners in bomb detecting dogs, it's gonna be a Carrero Blanco 2 electric boogaloo

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago

Oh well I'm sure the cabinet secretary who oversees TSA will get right on that oh wait she loves killing dogs too

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

Sick fuck..

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Are we planning 9/11.2? Do we need to get bombs on board of airplanes, or what is the genius in this?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not surprising sadly. This is the same man that labeled people relying on the government for a safety net to fucking live parasites.

I am one of those people that is part of the parasite class. I look forward to being able to get teamed up with a doggo in the camp. That actually kinda makes me feel a little better if that would happen actually.

What a freaking shitshow.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The only REAL parasites are the oligarchs.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 21 hours ago

All of them rely on govt way, way more than anyone else. Of course they try to paint themselves as entrepreneurs who pull themselves by the bootstraps without no help from anyone

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Musk: The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy. The empathy exploit. They're exploiting a bug in Western civilization, which is the empathy response. So, I think, you know, empathy is good, but you need to think it through and not just be programmed like a robot.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/fact-check-yes-musk-said-171900322.html

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 22 hours ago

quite literally

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago

That’s definitely something a malignant narcissist would say

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago

Yes let’s start starving animals now. Great job Republiscum.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

When I import things to the US through work, they always get stopped by Explosive Detection Dogs, at a cost of around 300 quid per pallet. I wonder if that will stop or drastically reduce. Certainly doesn't seem like a good idea if you want to stop things coming in that shouldn't be.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

Can't keep a bs trade war on fentanyl, if dogs are stopping the fentanyl.

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