From Jan: I’m still chuckling that the White House uses Signal for the President of the USA

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THE WHITE HOUSE USES SIGNAL – I don’t know if anyone noticed this, but to me as an old computer programmer, I thought this was crazy. That the President of the USA and the Vice President and top officials who have access to TOP SECRET info, are downloading an app from Google Play Store to chat about Government business – BIG STUFF. I’ve used signal, and it’s rather rough around the edges. But I know it has a good reputation. However, I haven’t been able to stop chuckling at this. Do you want to tell me that the US Government can’t come up with a better method for their TOP PEOPLE to communicate with each other? They are doing official business. EVERY COUNTRY ON EARTH wants to know what they are THINKING, and they use their normal phones and an app? Shouldn’t there be another process? THEY HAVE PERSONAL STAFF FFS. They can do anything. To me, that is quite clownlike. There are so many issues with that type of behaviour.

WHITEHOUSE & SIGNAL: I still can’t get over it. Can’t the US Government create it’s own internal apps? But of course, an even more ludicrous thing was Obama’s Health website for $1 billion. To this day, I can’t get over that. My entire life was spent writing computer systems for all sorts of companies including big banks. So that $1 billion price tag still has me laughing. I can’t believe Obama could announce that with a straight face. But then again, he’s Black and it was probably done African style like in South Africa where their buddies and pals, and lovers all get a cut and they all overcharge. So maybe that’s why the White House uses Signal, because if they had to follow the processes, and needed meetings that it would cost them $30 billion or some other ridiculous amount. The SA government is the same. I am in AWE at the costs they come up with as well. The BS in this world is truly BREATH TAKING in it’s total stupidity.

NOBODY CAN BEAT THE BLACKS OF AFRICA ON WASTAGE ESPECIALLY THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT: The South African Government just astounds me with some of their garbage. When they needed to send 1,500 troops to Mozambique. These were the costs: Financial Costs:
Initial Deployment (July 2021): Estimated at R984 million. ?
April 2022 Extension: Projected cost of R2.8 billion. ?
April 2023 Extension: Estimated at R984 million. ?
April 2024 Extension: Projected cost of R984 million. ?
For me, seeing R1 billion (even in dumb SA money), for such a small number of troops, it blows my mind. No matter how wasteful the US Govt is, the SA Govt is in a class of it’s own. When I see insane waste and inefficiency, I keep saying to myself: WHITES CAN WIN EVERYWHERE. If your enemy is this useless & wasteful, you have to be able to defeat them. I reckon a little bit of White thinking & white efficiency & we could win with ease.