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May 23, 2025 08:27 AM UTC

Memorial Day Weekend Open Thread

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  1. Meaning no disrespect, in any way, for our soldiers, sailors, and airmen, I submit the following.

    We, here at "the Edge o' the World Ranch", have decided to award the patriot known as SecDefBro, an honorary nickname, in response to certain comments he has made.

    Not long ago, the mental cadaver known to his friends as "Petey" took a public opportunity to inform us he bases his life on love for the two Js…Jennifer  (his main squeeze) and Jesus ( not even going there), but I call bullshit

    In homage to the prominent  position of the WWE and its considerable influence on the Trump administration, our new moniker for the embecile, SecDefBro, is "Triple J".

    You see, Hegseth, neglected to mention the other leg of his foundation…his other great love besides Jennifer and Jesus, also represented by a capital J.

    The other J, is "Jack". For those who live in a cave,

    "Jack" is a euphemism for booze. 

    So…henceforth…"Triple J".

    You're welcome.

      1. I'm okay with this. Europe has no other choice but to rebuild thier defense not only from the likes of Putin but Trump as well.

    1. Have any of you looked at Veo 3? For those unfamiliar, here's some sample videos created (not by me).

      This is going to devastate Hollywood, business videos (TV ads and internal), and more. There will be jobs for some that create this stuff, but a lot of the jobs are going to significantly downsize or disappear.

      We already have a problem with our society splitting in two economically without the wide middle class. This will further bifurcate it.

      On the plus side, this opens up movie making to anyone who can write good prompts. If you thought we have too many entertainment choices now, just wait.

      Change is accelerating and it's causing giant changes in our society. Not sure how we end up…

  2. Not just any religion but a special kind of Jesus that only SECDEF dipshit can offer…….get your white supremacist tats for FREE!     WTF…….

     

  3. “… a Tariff of at least 25% must be paid by Apple to the U.S.” Donald Trump

    He’s way more clear who must pay now. If you voted for trump you are retarded. Facts don’t care about your feelings do they?

    1. I’m going to throw a percentage out here and say 85% of the time Trump has no idea on:

       

      1. Where he is.

      2. What is saying.

      3. What the job of the Presidency actually entails.

       

      The F A T orange rubber monster will repeat without question and hesitation like the good little simp he is for Putin on whatever shit is being pumped into his tiny Epstein brain most of it coming from Miller and the political winds blowing from Fox News. This is a sundowing old man whining like a whipped puppy at anyone who has built and maintained a successful business something which continues to escape his grasp. Wonder why.

  4. For some reason everyone is concerned about the $3 trillion being added to the national debt over ten years by the House bill.  Left unmentioned is the fact that the current $2 trillion annual budget deficit is projected to continue throughout that decade adding more than $20 trillion to the national debt.  The $3 trillion is just icing on the cake.  (A trillion here and a trillion there and pretty soon we're talking about real money.)

    Bond investors will soon conclude that the US is too stupid to be relied upon and interest rates will sky rocket.  (Bond markets are stable until they aren't.) 

    Buckle up Polsters.  I hope you're protected.

    1. it isn't an "either or" deficit and eventual debt. 

      The following is a statement from Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget: 

      This plan is nothing short of a fiscal failure. It adds massively to the national debt, it relies on timing gimmicks and false claims about growth, it fails to make the structural spending reforms we desperately need, and it uses the important savings it does find to partially offset tax cuts rather than reduce the debt.  

      1. Yes, I understand that deficits lead to debt.  That's why this bill will add over $23 Trillion to the national debt over 10 years.  Have you heard anyone do that math?!? (I only heard this from Steve Rattner mentioning it in passing on Morning Joe.)  

        I remember asking Jason Crow in 2018 during his first Congressional campaign how he would balance the budget.  Mind you, the annual budget deficit was "only" about $700 billion at the time.  (He said, correctly, that he would cut the defense budget.)  Now, it's an annual budget deficit of $2 Trillion leading to the $23 trillion debt in the next 10 years. (Assuming that interest rates don't invrease during that time. Ha!)

        I hope to pose the question of how to balance the budget to Michael Bennet and Jason Crow during their joint town hall next week.  It's great thet they are trying to save democracy from the fascists, but what good is it if we are bankrupt and in a financial freefall?

        1. What I was trying to say was the current effort on Reconciliation and the “beautiful” budget bill is, in the main, ADDITIVE to the existing (structural) budget deficits.

          An interesting interactive from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget:  Fix the National Debt

          Changing course will require halting the rise of the debt as a share of the economy in the medium term and reducing the debt toward historical levels in the longer term. See more on the targets.

          The fact is that there is no magic number for the national debt. It is not necessary to pay off the national debt entirely to restore our nation’s fiscal health. In fact, incurring some national debt can be useful in responding quickly to unexpected events such as the … pandemic.

          Measuring a nation’s debt as a share of its economy is a common method used by economists to gauge a country’s ability to handle its debt. We need to establish an ambitious yet attainable fiscal goal and commit as a nation to achieving it.

          This tool illustrates the tough budget trade-offs involved in order to promote an informed conversation on how we can set a sustainable fiscal course.

          Can you fix the debt and build a responsible federal budget? Give it a try!

            1. When Bill Clinton left office in 2001, the debt held by the public was approximately $4.53 trillion. This represented 33.6% of the GDP. During Clinton's presidency, the debt was actually reduced, with budget surpluses in the years 1998-2001, Now, after 50 years of "trickled on" the working class has become the working poor and millionaires are billionaires.  Arthur Laffer get the ….last laugh. 
               

              A good friend of mine was part of the Clinton Administration and she shared a story with me about the economic summit they hosted right after Clinton's election. They brought 300 of the top American CEOs together and Clinton made the case for both tax increases and a trimmer federal government.  She opined at that time, generally speaking, those CEOs were veterans of WW2. They understood what America stood for, what's at stake, and what facism looks like.  It was a very "American sales pitch".  Today, CEO's are often far detached from WW2 and what it took to build the most impressive economic juggernaut in the world: the American middle class.  Today's CEOs are global and see the government as nothing more than a cash register. 

  5. The MAGA SecVA doing his best to create as many deceased Veterans as he can…FFS they haven't even started cutting 83K staff and it's already starting to collapse! 

    Disarray at Department of Veterans Affairs imperils patient care, internal documents reveal
    Unit closures, reduced hours of operation and exam backlogs reported after Trump administration reductions
    The Department of Veterans Affairs, the nation’s largest integrated healthcare system, has been plunged into crisis amid canceled contracts, hiring freezes, resignations, layoffs and other moves by the Trump administration and Elon Musk’s so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge), internal agency documents obtained by the Guardian show.
    The documents paint a grim picture of chaos across the department’s sprawling network of 170 veterans affairs (VA) hospitals and more than 1,300 outpatient clinics, which serve 9 million US military veterans.
    At the Danville VA medical center, in rural Illinois near the Indiana border, so many nurses resigned that hospital administrators were forced to close the acute care unit to new patients.

    The dysfunction has also included a backlog of 2,298 unread radiology exams in Orlando, Florida, and the cancellation of a dozen rheumatology appointments in Montrose, New York. In Battle Creek, Michigan, a spate of resignations, early separation offers and a hiring freeze has led to a “critical” shortage of police officers responsible for protecting VA patients.

    The Guardian’s investigation, based on a review of “issue briefs” filed within the last month to the agency’s central office by staff at more than a dozen hospitals, comes at a time of increased scrutiny of the Trump administration’s handling of the VA.

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/23/veterans-affairs-doge-musk

    FYI – "issue briefs" are quick (but fairly in-depth) documents sent to higher level VA offices (in the VHA, it's called the VISN) and to VA HQ in DC (aka "10N"). They're the preferred way to communicate in crisis-level situations, and when info needs to be sent up the chain quickly and officially. 

     

    1. SSG Dan, I am dependent on VA healthcare as a disabled vet. My dementia is progressing so its a real challenge to represent and advocate for myself. So far I am getting better care on front range VA RMR than ever before. Collins showed some promise very early on, but his last video was so political it made me sick. So far I have not personally observed a decline of my care which is extensive. 

      Former CW2 Army AeroScout Pilot and AW2 USN Helo Crewman/CSAR Swimmer. 

      1. GREAT you have not seen a decline in care.

        A friend who works at the VA hospital in Aurora has had some tales … so far, not impacting hands on medical treatments, but certainly undercutting staff morale.

        1. Thanks John. No doubt the dipshit in chief has sicked DOGE on the VA, so far Collins seems to be sulking away in defending getting the vets the care they need.  I drive up to Denver from Fort Garland area to Aurora, Colorado Springs, Pueblo, and if lucky stay here in San Luis Valley.  I KNOW the cuts hurt the staff and I always ask how they are doing and let them I am no Trumper.  

  6. I am waiting to see if, once the King has declared martial law, the military is going to protect the constitution, or do the bidding of the American monarch. I am guessing that sort of thing won't occur until his Minister of Hate (Stephen Miller by name) decides to cancel all elections (when…not if).

    1. If international investors are a bit spooked by a United States with arbitrary tariffs, imagine what would happen with a full-on military coup.

      if the Trump Mad!-ministration tried to make an extraordinary move, such as cancelling elections, what happens?  My guess is a large number of people would be in the streets protesting, and if there was any sort of military action to shut that down, a sizeable number who would spontaneously stop working, stop paying taxes, and find ways to throw sand into gears of the Trump empire.

      1. I am fortunate that I won't have to pay income taxes under the House bill since all of the invoices to my CPA clients are "suggested" amounts which constitute tips in my book. (This site is still anonymous, right?)

      2. I think the bond market will be worth watching. 

        In my experience, the story we hear in any media is vulnerable to mendacity. Look to the story being told to investors for something closer to the truth. In many cases, it is illegal for corporations to lie to their investors…politicians…not so much.

    2. I would bet they stick with Constitution at this juncture. UCMJ is still a basic tenent of basic or boot trainings and its directly based off Constitution.  In another 3 years who knows. 

       

      If I was a USMA graduate Trumps speech sure would reinforce what a wanker he is. 

  7. Bush II went to XXXXX's first inauguration, and was quoted as saying "That was some weird shit." He carried on the grand tradition of weird shit at his speech yesterday to – West Point graduates! – and there was so much of that weird shit in just one speech it was tough to settle on just one pull-out quote. But here's one thing the President of the United States felt was important to tell the grads and the world:

    “I was investigated more than the great late Alphonse Capone,” Trump told the West Point graduates. “Alphonse Capone was a monster. He was a very hardened criminal. I went through more investigations than Alphonse Capone, and now I'm talking to you as president. Can you believe this?”

    1.  Bottoms is a one-trick pony. He spent most of your interview bashing transgender folks, and complaining about how he is being "suppressed" at the legislature. (He doesn't like using a trans person's preferred pronouns, the poor baby.). 

      Bottoms circles  back to bashing trans people even on a different issue. When discussing public education, his solution to fix falling test scores is not to fully fund education, or investin teacher recruiting and retention,  (Colorado is 28th in the nation in  per student funding) and was 39th in teacher pay) . His fix is to say that if you "took money away from promoting ideology" then you'd have money for teacher raises. OK…..

      In your interview, David, you didn't push back at all on any of the anti-trans stuff. In fact, you reinforced it by saying that your three daughters compete in sports and you don't want them competing against males.

      Bottom, claims he's all about "protecting children", and against "grooming", and you don't push back against any of that homophobic garbage. 

      Same deal when he talks about immigration.You allow bottoms to rant for five minutes about the Venezuelan drug cartel in Aurora importing trans people, and taxpayers funding  transgender surgeries. So he mixes up his immigration, hatred and his trans hatred there  – It's a twofer. And you don' tpush back even the tiniest bit. How hard would it have been to ask for an actual example of an illegal Venezuelan immigrant who got taxpayer funded transgender surgery? He's scraping  the bottom of the barrel there on MAGA propaganda, and you just let him spew it uncritically.

      He's  also spewing outright lies on law-enforcement. If the sheriff sees someone committing a felony, they do not have to release them if they are undocumented. That's crazy. And it also does not happen. But again, no pushback or fact checking friom you as interviewer.

      You did bond with Bottoms over your disdain for homeless people. Not solving the housing crisis,not addressing mental health service availability,just how homeless encampments make you uncomfortable.And again,you let Bottoms rant about homeless pedophiles and Colorado being a "pedophile-friendly state".

      Great -so you took a break from promoting nukes to promote a gun nut homophobic conservative, And just because he's capable of speaking articulately and being polite, you say that he is "competitive". 

       

       

      1. Thanks, kw, for listening to Davids' interview of Bottoms and for your thoughtful expose of Davids' self-serving crapola (for want of a better word).

        It was ever thus, with our self-made rich guy. He can easily spot everyones' hypocrisy…except his own.

        Sometimes his superiority complex short circuits his connection to the real world.

    1. So much for those who were hoping that Jeff Hurd would be a different, more moderate, Republican.

      Same old tired shit. Q: How do you defend raising the deficit? The math doesn't add up.

      Hurd:  "Well the tax cuts are gonna generate growth."

      Yeah, sure they will. Growth in the wealth of the top 5% . Hard times for the rest of Americans. 

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