Well, I was up at 5:00 am this morning to head down to the flatlands for my second cataract surgery, so I’m a little out of it. It went well and I’m back home beginning to ramble at you after my 3 hour nappy poo on doctor’s orders. Please forgive me if there are spelling errors in this post, as I’m a one-eyed typist for the day.
I’ll begin with a cost cutting suggestion for the Musk DOGE team that could save American taxpayers millions of dollars. Prohibit the use of Air Force 1 to transport the PINA (President In Name Only) and his Beast to the Daytona 500 for a rallying lap around the track for a photo shoot before loading up again to head to Mar-a-Largo for a round of golf. If we are talking transparency in government expenditures, let’s publish the cost of the weekend jaunts to Florida to include the cost of fuel, crew, secret service costs for lodging and meals, room rental costs at M-Largo for the entourage. I don’t recall any other president traveling from D.C. every weekend to play somewhere. You know those costs will never be analyzed and published. Instead we get to see the indirect costs for the National Institute of Health research grants, which will be cut in the name of governmental efficiency. The indirect costs will be capped at 15%, which currently are averaging 27% resulting in decreased innovations and discovery of cures for diseases like cancer and Alzheimer’s; loss of jobs at many research institutions nationwide (like Oregon Health and Sciences University); closing of laboratories; reduction in workforce capacity; and a decline in the nation’s capacity to conduct research and compete globally. Indirect costs are grant expenses such as utilities, office space, back office support, biosafety and research safety. These expenses are necessary for research, just like jet fuel for Air Force 1 and maintenance on the Beast. I also should mention that while PINO was taking that joy ride around the track, there were severe storms and flooding, especially in Kentucky and Georgia, where 14 people died. Unfortunately, our Chief was too busy lapping and golfing to offer any statements related to this situation. Of course, with the governmental efficiency cuts to FEMA and other agencies that would normally be providing assistance to these communities, they have basically been told ‘sorry you’re on your own. Fore!’
It has become increasingly clear to me that we are entering a new era of foreign relations where our previous partners and allies, namely Europe and Canada, are being replaced by Russia and North Korea. I hope the hypocritical MAGA patriots, whose fathers and grandfathers fought to keep America a constitutional Republic, are happy with what is happening right now and are secretly asking for forgiveness from their forefathers. When you have JD Vance disparaging our European allies and Pete Hegseth negotiating for Russia over Ukraine, then we are in deep doo-doo.
We are further down the doo-doo hole when we have the toddler-in-chief pronouncing
Does this declaration of being our national savior, therefore doesn’t have to worry about little things like laws when he is working his butt off to save us, cause you any concern? I should be concerned, but it’s just ‘the same s**t, different day’.
That’s it for today. Gotta rest the eye for awhile. Hope you have a great evening and can hardly wait for that alarm to go off in the morning so you can see what the chaos of the day will be. Oh, and be ready for your delivery of 2 rakes from our federal government with a letter from DJT ordering you to get out there and rake the forest floor so we don’t have any more wildfires. If only he had does this 2 months ago, California wouldn’t be in the situation they are now in. Ziggyman
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