with our money!
We do not doubt that Elon Musk and his boy wonders are breaking a lot of eggs in Washington D.C. At least they are not smashing windows and bashing cops. They are shining light in places Democrats kept in darkness. Imagine down-sizing — if not the Deep State — then what has become the obese state. Ponderous, profligate, and privileged. (Alliteration, no extra charge!)
Why, it’s enough to make ol’ Chuck Schumer melt down like that guy trying to lay hands on the Ark of the Covenant in Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Radio and TV commentator Michael Smerconish is about as down the middle as a highway median strip but this Saturday morning he gave space to U.S. Sen. Chris Coons. Joe Biden’s chief apologist talked up the virtues of the U.S. Agency for International Development. Its $50 billion budget covers such “needs” as $2 million for “gender-affirming health care” in Guatemala and $1.5 million to advance diversity, equity and inclusion in Serbia! (Was a dart board involved?)
“Despite more than $1 trillion in development aid given to Africa in the past 50 years, that aid has failed to deliver sustainable economic growth and poverty reduction — and has actually made the continent worse off.” (More here)
The Delaware Democrat defended a a $20 million grant to Sesame Workshop to produce a television show for young children in Iraq. It’s TV that will make little Iraqi kids turn away from ISIS and eat more leaf greens, he suggested. Which brings us to today’s Discuss Among Yourselves: Does gummint got to do everything, even if it’s for the betterment of mankind? Which is arguable, given the examples.
Anyone else disappointed that southern Wisconsin is missing out on another snowstorm? Maybe it’s the fluoride in our water (we don’t live in DeForest WI), but the indentured servants hereabouts are jonesing for one good ‘ol, batten-the-hatches, hunker down, school-closing, big dump of a snow storm.
So far only 11 ½ inches of snow has fallen on Madison this winter — only a third of the 32.7 inches we average to this date every year. In December of 2008 we recorded a record 40.4 inches. Guessing we’ll get that “snow event” some time in May.
Random thought: If the Eagles win the Super Bowl this Sunday, how many parents — at least in the Philadelphia area — will name their newborns “Saquon”? We’re talking white parents.
Blaska’s Bottom Line: Sen. Coons, you’ve been in Washington for 14 years. By not trimming the fat, you and the Congress have endangered the entire animal.
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… “was a dart board involved”?
More like a Ouija Board at one of HRC’s fun-filled “Spirit Cook-offs”.
Anyone else getting the giggles listening to Porky Pocan blither on about his “ELON MUSK” (clever acronym if you’re a slow 8 year old) bill? He hasn’t written it, it hasn’t been presented to committee, being as it doesn’t exist there are no co-sponsors. Yet our local media lavishes time reporting this nonsense. Porky is clearly not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but after a dozen years taking up space in the House, one would hope he’d screened the 1950s filmstrip (remember those) HOW A BILL BECOMES A LAW.
“In December of 2008 we recorded a one-day record 40.4 inches. ”
Not to quibble, but the 40.4″/1.03 m snowfall you reference was a record for the <a href="https://climatology.nelson.wisc.edu/first-order-station-climate-data/madison-climate/historical-snowfall/MONTH of December.
The Gotch ran 12 miles during the one day record of 17.3″/.44 m on 12/03/1990…probably when it was a paltry 12″/.3 m.
Both pale in comparison to the four (4) day total of 50+”/1.3 m snowfall in the tiny Iron County hamlet of Gile, WI.
“Elon, could you send one of your whiz kids to Madison schools?”
Forget it, Blaska, it’s Chinato…The 77 Square Miles Surrounded By A Sea Of Reality…
The Gotch
Not a quibble. 40.4 inches of snow IS the monthly total for December 2008. Thank you.
“Guessing we’ll get that ‘snow event’ some time in May.”
Rather we didn’t; early-mid May’s Tomato, Sweet Peppers, et al, planting time, in these here parts.
Madison’s had light, early May snowfall in recent history, on 05/02/2005, leastways.
The Gotch
Why is it that Wisconsinites can’t repress their masochistic steak when it comes to winter? Instead of celebrating the fact that winters here–which by any reasonable standard are interminable, soul-numbing nightmares–have been getting warmer, less blizzardy, and generally more tolerable, we hear the usual warnings of snowstorms in May. Dare I suggest that instead of guilt-tripping ourselves, we WELCOME winters that are becoming marginally more endurable?
“Dare I suggest that instead of guilt-tripping ourselves, we WELCOME winters that are becoming marginally more endurable?”
The Gotch is with you on that there, GLK, and the marginally earlier springs they beget, to which his (arguably) World Class Organic Heirloom Tomatoes (posted here and here, pre-No Artwork) will unequivocally attest!
The Gotch
You know, I’ve never met a Farrah (IYKYK). We were supposed to be swimming in them and that promise just fizzled out.
Have YOU met a Farrah?
Not confirmed but it looks like congress spent $516 billion in 2024 on programs that had no authorization according to the CBO. Maybe the whole federal government should be audited to see where our tax dollars are going.
Not getting this. Congress doesn’t spend any real money (except to keep Congress going). Congress authorizes spending; the executive disburses it.
And establishment swamp creatures shrug their shoulders, and move on to the next pet money pit to bankrupt the country further. This did not start and is not exclusive to Democrats, plenty of GOP have been siphoning to the tune of almost 40 trillion in debt. Expose all of them! Windows broken and cops assaulted, i know the riots on state street and wi square were pretty terrible and costly.
Progs, gays, feminists, etc need to realize that they became so over the top hate-filled toward whites, men, straights etc over the past 16 years that they are now paying the price by having a lot of their sinecures and grants taken away. It’s amazing how long republicans and cons never pointed out how the NGO/grant shadow gov and econ worked. This has been resoundingly popular and hopefully the momentum can be maintained.
“This has been resoundingly popular and hopefully the momentum can be maintained.”
Yeah, buddy!
The Gotch
“We do not doubt that Elon Musk and his boy wonders are breaking a lot of eggs in Washington D.C”
Do Tell
“They are shining light in places Democrats kept in darkness.”
You don’t SAY…?
While much slobbering has been devoted to the possibility of the KC Chiefs’ (led by former 13 Time World Champion Green Bay Packer assistant coach Andy Reid) trying to become the 1st NFL team to win three (3) straight Super Bowls, it requires context.
Please note that NFL/Professional Football World Champions existed before the 13 Time World Champion Green Bay Packers won the first two (2) Super Bowls, then called the AFL–NFL World Championship Game.
As of right now, there are only two (2) times when a Professional Football team has won three (3) straight championships, both times (1929/1930/1931 and 1965/1966/1967) were accomplished by the 13 Time World Champion Green Bay Packers.
And being an NFC guy, The Gotch is pulling for the Iggles!
The Gotch