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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] 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Can we please stop blaming ‘drugs’ or ketamine specifically, even when joking. This is seriously hurting its reputation and future use as a therapeutic option. It might not feel like a big deal but every time we say this it normalizes it. Not targeting you specifically just trying to call it out any time I see it - thank you.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Putin. Not even once kids.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Poutine though, more than once!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

There is a certain type of person that gets extra upset when dogs are harmed. Make no mistake, I'm still very pro-feeding dogs. This is a fucked up event, yet events like these always bring a special type of "animal lover" outrage. If dog food budget is the Elon thing making you angriest today, then your priorities are out of whack.

Especially so if you eat cows, chickens and pigs, they're all animals. Just so tired of the selective outrage.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I beat ya to it.

But seriously, look at this thread. There are people saying this one is too far, that NOW they are convinced Elon is malicious, that this causes the most harm to US national security. All of those things are true and accurate, but if bomb sniffing dogs was your breaking point instead of mass layoffs of both cyber security and nuclear defense personal, racist interns copying entire database of SSN/Addresses/MedicalHistory and Elons full throated holocaust denilaism, then those people were either wildly misinformed or letting doggy emotions dictate your stance more than reason.

Downvote me, that's fine, but y'all need to get a grip.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I had to, considering the username. I don't think you're entirely wrong, but dog people really love dogs. You're playing with fire here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Especially so if you eat cows, chickens and pigs, they’re all animals.

so they're fucked up for having different feelings for different animals, but it's ok for vegans to selectively judge human animals for having those differing feelings. this is just speciesism directed against humans.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

"it's racist against humans for a human to disagree with a human"

lol ok

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

That's not what I said. what I said is it's speciesist to treat them differently.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months 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 3 months ago (1 children)

Someone should make him watch this

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

With our luck, he'll wind up also refusing to feed Jim Belushi.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

His career would have done that after a year or two if his brother hadn't died

[–] RamblingPanda 2 points 3 months ago

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

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