sometimes he read shit      and it boggled his mind

                                                           from PUNCHBOWL NEWS AM. this morning

“(OMB Director Russ) Vought (proclaimed) the use of reconciliation is a ‘paradigm shift’ for military funding and ‘a lesson for how we can ensure that defense increases are not hamstrung by the rest of the national agenda, by some that are on the other side.’”

defense  is not hamstrung

while the United States continues to illegally strike open speed boats off the coast of Venezuela murdering – Googles Gemini AI Overview reports “at least 22 to 23 vessels and at least 87 fatalities” – AT LEAST EIGHTYSEVEN human beings

       hamstrung

1	United States	$949.21
2	China	$449.85
3	Russia	$352.06
4	India	$281.74
5	North Korea	$263.11
6	Saudi Arabia	$135.30
7	Germany	$106.81
8	Ukraine	$102.99
9	United Kingdom	$91.05
10	Japan	$80.25

 

$949.21 BILLION

                                  not shabby

say this

           maybe if assets and personnel were withdrawn from the Caribbean Defense could save money

$18M a day is the estimated expenditure

https://stories.theconversation.com/tracking-the-us-military-in-the-caribbean/

 

as Kurt Vonnegut candidly wrote  So it goes.

                                              Slaughterhouse-Five

0750,  Wednesday,  10  12. 25

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