Posted on 08/05/2026 10:01:31 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
Elon Musk reveals what happens when a rocket launch needs approval from Fish and Wildlife
Elon: "Nonetheless, we were forced to kidnap a seal, strap it to a board, put headphones on the seal and play sonic boom sounds to it to see if it would be distressed."
Elon: "This is an actual thing that happened. This is actually real. I have pictures."
Before the seal, there was a shark.
Elon: "One of the things that was a bit of a challenge at one point is that they were worried about our rocket hitting a shark."
He asked for the data to calculate the odds. They refused, in case shark hunters got hold of it.
Elon: "Then they said, well, there's another part of Fish and Wildlife that can do this analysis. I'm like, well, why don't you give them the data? They don't, we don't trust them. Like, excuse me, but they're literally in your department."
Then a second agency raised whales.
Elon: "If our rocket does hit a whale, which is extremely unlikely beyond all belief, that whale has some seriously bad luck. It's the least lucky whale ever."
The seal test was for launches out of Vandenberg, where the seal population has been rising for years.
Elon: "So if anything, rocket booms are an aphrodisiac based on the evidence."
Elon: "The amazing part is how calm the seal was. Because if I was a seal, I'd be like, this is the end. They're definitely gonna eat me."
Elon: "Its seal buddies are never gonna believe him that he got strapped to a board and they put headphones on his ears."
They did it twice.
Elon: "I don't think the public is quite aware of the madness that goes on."
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Hey, the UCSC “science” graduates have to do something!
If they couldn’t be in government harassing everyone over the smallest nonsense, they’d be unemployable.
In 2025-2026
COVID program fraud. 3,096 charged, 2,532 convicted.
Other 66,662 people charged. 965 convicted so far.
Many cases “in progress”.
So it is not as much as we wish, but it is more than “nothing”
Is that statement level prosecutions or inside the beltway DC? Many indictments in the states for fraud etc but zilch zero nada from the deep state!!
But specific DOGE?
This is why DOGE was such a threat. “Could you tell me what you do around here?”
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LOL! I remember how that question really seemed to puzzle some government employees.
State level**
DOGE was mostly about the WASTE, ABUSE in FRAUD WASTE ABUSE.
The prosecutions are by the DOJ, mostly for FRAUD. Usually WASTE is not a prosecutable crime. I assume most of the prosecutions were “in the FIELD”, and not in the swamp.
Whether prosecutions of the SWAMP should be in DC or in the field is a matter for the lawyers to decide. Typically a prosecutor (just like a plaintiff) chooses the court that has judges sympathetic to the side choosing the jurisdiction.
Deloitte is the biggest FRAUD in the swamp. Deloitte IES is in 25 states with a few additional states with Deloitte for parts of IES. This included both Blue states like CA, IL, MI, PA, NY, DC and Red states like TX, LA, FL, GA, TN. The lawyers decide where to file.
YOU WOULD NEED A PERMIT FOR THE CAVE.
BATHROOMS-—POWER-—AIR—EGRESS IN CASE OF FIRE, ETC.
Dang, you are right. Let’s not forget the hunting and fishing license if you want to catch your food.
But offshore giant windmills running 24/7/365 are perfectly OK ... because Green.
It was worse than that. Way worse, actually. Hit reply and list 5 things you accomplished last week. Oh and cc your supervisor so he/she is fingered and we can track what everyone did and what their supervisors thought about it up and down the entire org chart. It’s a trap.
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