On September 21, The Wall Street Journal revealed that Jill Stein paid $100,000 to Trent Pool, a MAGA operative who participated in the insurrection at the Capitol on January 6. This builds on previous reporting that exposed ties between Stein and other Trump-affiliated operatives, including Jay Sekulow, the attorney who represented Trump during his first impeachment trial, and Michael D. Dean, who worked on behalf of Trump to overturn the 2020 election.

109 troops were diagnosed with Traumatic Brain Injury when Iran targeted troops during his Presidency.

Trump dismissed their injuries yesterday as "headaches".

Mark Meadows Exchanged Texts With 34 Members Of Congress About Plans To Overturn The 2020 Election
The Messages Included Battle Cries, Crackpot Legal Theories, And ‘Invoking Marshall Law!!’

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/mark-meadows-exchanged-texts-with-34-members-of-congress-about-plans-to-overturn-the-2020-election

Prime Video recommends I watch "Understanding the Universe: An Introduction".

Talk about overly ambitious.

Why does this matter?

It matters because not only is it very inefficient when this happens (and boy does it happen), but it is demoralizing to those working on those projects.

This is exactly what I hated most about working on defense contracts.

The thing I never understand about defense budgets....

OK, so we gotta set priorities, and they are cutting budgets. The F/A-XX is the code name for the next gent carrier-based fighter that is supposed to replace the F-18.

So the budget for the program was 453+ million dollars to begin design phase, and it was cut to 53 million dollars. What does this mean? It means that not much is getting done and most contractors will be sitting around getting paid to do very little.

Defense

In a new draft of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for the 2025 Fiscal Year, the Senate Armed Service Committee wants to slash the authorized spending amount on the F/A-XX to just $53.828 million (the reason for this very specific dollar amount is unclear). This is a drastic reduction in development funds for the F/A-XX program. The NDAA line item reads (in thousands of dollars), "Next Generation Fighter (aka F/A-XX) $453,828 - $53,828 Program decrease $400,000."
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In Nevada, Trump campaign sought to disenfranchise military voters:

who is P5 (person 5)?

@LnzyHou
Back before almond growers got those machines with blowers, I raked almonds.

I also cut flowers, and you may not know this, but potato harvesters drop a lot of potatoes, and I once walked behind them throwing potatoes over to where they would get picked up on the next pass.

I also worked loading potatoes, carrots and onions onto boxcars and trucks.

I was 16 years old, though.

I keep waiting for somebody to say, "Yeah, I was a fruit picker until all those migrant workers showed up".

@AnnetteTRemain

My religion is basic cultural universal mores, And I detest lying, so if I ever post anything that isn't true, let me know so I can apologize and self-correct.

My non-religion is heavy on rationality and concrete facts.

USMX: “We have demonstrated a commitment to doing our part to end the completely avoidable ILA strike. Our current offer of a nearly 50% wage increase exceeds every other recent union settlement, while addressing inflation, and recognizing the ILA’s hard work to keep the global economy running.”

The group said it wants the union, which has not met USMX at the bargaining table in months, to clear a path for a return to face-to-face negotiations.

This Longshoreman's strike smells funny.

Also, folks around here already hoarding despite West Coast still open.

On Vance's lies about manufacturing:

Expert: Somebody who has been working in their niche specialty long enough to be considered and the integrity to admit what they don't know as well as what they do know.

Anybody can become a real expert. All you have to do is dedicate your life to knowing all you can about a single area and develop the self-awareness of the limits of your own knowledge and possess the integrity to carefully qualify what you relate about your field specialization.

lol

The Fed found that Trump's 2018 tariffs lead to retaliatory tariffs that lead to a loss in US manufacturing employment.

https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/feds/files/2019086pap.pdf

#CosoMusic

Montrose (1974) -- Connection (Rolling Stones cover)

https://youtu.be/WCgpx7dTY1Q