Re: [OT] How to live like a Doge

On 2/19/2025 9:22 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:

This is very much off time, but sufficiently entertaining to break all
the rules.
 Elon Musk made a good choice with the title of Doge, possibly because
the Venetians had also used the same name for their elected leader.
The following article hints on how the Doges were elected and what
limitations on their activities were deemed necessary to discourage
corruption.  Eventually Musk will probably need to legitimatize his
position as Doge.  This article might be a useful guide.
 "How to live like a Doge"
<https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/fodors/top/features/travel/destinations/europe/italy/venice/fdrs_feat_163_7.html>
 I especially like the part where the newly elected Doge is expected to
toss (silver) coins, from a silver bucket, into the assembled
multitudes, during the coronation.
 Enjoy.
 

It's early for conclusions (although humor is always apt!).
DOGE is the renamed USDS, initiated by the Obama administration.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/what-is-doge-and-what-does-it-do-an-explainer-as-trump-musk-make-changes/3677054/
Like Mr Reagan's Grace Commission and VP Mr Gore's quite effective paring of waste in 1993~4, Mr Obama made some effort early on in the same direction.
So far, Mr Musk, and others including Mr Zeldin, seem to have made good progress. But the problem is many times larger than results to date.
https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/icymi-administrator-lee-zeldin-announces-epa-found-billions-dollars-parked-outside
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