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  • US sends ‘unserviceable’ military arms to Taiwan

    09/16/2024 2:13:37 AM PDT · by blueplum · 18 replies
    The Telegraph via msn ^ | 15 Sept 2024 | Katy Wong
    The United States sent faulty military items to Taiwan including mouldy armour and expired ammunition. Most military equipment that suffered water damage was delivered from November 2023 through March 2024.... Photos clearly show damaged pallets and mouldy body armour that arrived in Taiwan in 2023, including more than 3,000 mildewed body armour plates and 500 wet and mouldy tactical vests... This included expired, loose, and rounds of ammunition in the wrong packaging... The National Defense Authorization Act 2023 authorised the US president to draw down up to $1 billion from existing DoD stock to provide military assistance to Taiwan
  • New York becomes first state to offer Inflation Reduction Act home energy rebates

    08/16/2024 5:34:47 AM PDT · by AbolishCSEU · 33 replies
    licpost.com ^ | 5/31/24 | Czarinna Andres and Lloyd Mitchell
    Gov. Kathy Hochul, along with state officials and U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm, announced Thursday that low-income New Yorkers are now eligible to receive rebates for energy efficiency upgrades through a federal program called the Home Electrification and Appliance Rebates (HEAR) Program, which aims to lower household energy costs. The governor, at a press event held at the Andromeda Community Center in Long Island City, unveiled the Biden administration’s new initiative that will help reduce household utility expenses via a rebate program that incentivizes energy efficiency upgrades. The plan, which stems from the Inflation Reduction Act and is...
  • Kamala Harris to Propose $25,000 Down Payment Support for First-Time Homeowners

    08/16/2024 6:19:57 AM PDT · by Tench_Coxe · 57 replies
    Friday in North Carolina is going to be crazy. Kamala Harris, who doesn't list any policies on her website, is expected to announce her economic plan. President Joe Biden seems convinced that she's going to stick with Bidenomics, but she's already announced Soviet-style price controls for grocery stores trying to make a quick buck. That will lead to food shortages and bread lines. It's communism — it's doesn't work.ABC News' Selina Wang has another hint as to what Harris will propose Friday: $25,000 in down payment support for first-time homeowners … with more generous support for first-generation homeowners.
  • Kamala Harris Failed to Connect One Person with High-Speed Internet with $42.5 Billion from Infrastructure Bill

    07/26/2024 2:12:26 PM PDT · by george76 · 42 replies
    Breitbart News ^ | 26 Jul 2024 | Sean Moran
    Vice President Kamala Harris, who was tapped to lead the administration’s rural broadband expansion, failed to connect one person with high-speed internet despite having $42.5 billion from the so-called infrastructure bill. During his 2021 State of the Union address, President Joe Biden tapped Vice President Harris to lead the effort “because I know it will get done.” Now, in 2024, it appears that the Biden-Harris admin has made little progress getting Americans connected to high-speed internet. ... Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commission Brendan Carr noted in June that Biden and Harris did not connect one American despite having access to...
  • Speaker Mike Johnson Cut His Bad Deal Because Republicans Don’t Want To Cut Spending

    01/15/2024 6:44:00 PM PST · by SeekAndFind · 20 replies
    The Federalist ^ | 01/15/2024 | Christopher Jacobs
    In many ways, Speaker Johnson didn’t bail out Democrats from a tough political predicament as much as he did his own Republican members.The outline of the spending agreement House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., cut with Democratic leaders sounds bad on its face. But the underlying reasons for that agreement seem far worse.As I wrote last week, “Speaker Johnson and Republican ‘leadership’ … bailed the Democrats out of the predicament they put themselves in last May.” To which I should make an important addition: In many ways, Johnson didn’t bail out Democrats from a tough political predicament as much as he...
  • Steyn on America: The Cost of Rocket Science

    09/05/2023 5:25:55 AM PDT · by Twotone · 14 replies
    Steyn On-Line ^ | September 5, 2023 | Mark Steyn
    ...The cost of the Chandrayaan-3 mission was about US$75 million, which, as John pointed out, is less than the cost of the Barbie movie. If you want to be nitpicky, you might quibble that that doesn't include the cost of the first two less successful Chandrayaan space missions. Okay, total expenditures on the Indian space programme since 2003 are approx $140 million - which is still less than the Barbie movie. Okay, I don't want to beat up on Barbie, because, as you know, our friend Andrew Lawton is a huge fan. So let's use instead the cinematic example the...
  • Troubled Submersible Company Received $450,000 in Covid Aid

    07/11/2023 8:47:03 PM PDT · by george76 · 13 replies
    Real Clear Investigations ^ | July 11, 2023 | Adam Andrzejewski
    OceanGate Expeditions, the company behind the Titan submersible disaster, was forgiven of its $450,000 Paycheck Protection Program loan, according to the ProPublica PPP Loan Database. OceanGate builds submersibles for tourism and research, but its inherently risky business model raises questions, and led to the tragic deaths of five people in the ocean in June. Its liability waiver for sub tourism mentioned the possibility of death three times on the first page alone. Now, some are accusing the company of cutting corners. James Cameron, the renowned Titanic explorer and director of the 1997 movie, said, "I was very suspect of the...
  • Atlanta Plans To Blow $230 Million on 2-Mile Extension of Useless Streetcar

    06/27/2023 6:16:19 AM PDT · by CFW · 25 replies
    Reason ^ | 6/26/23 | Eric Boehm
    What is already arguably America's worst public transit project is about to get a whole lot more expensive. The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) is moving ahead with plans to build a 2-mile extension to the city's 2.7-mile streetcar line, with an estimated price tag of $230 million. The Center Square reports that the first batch of that new spending—an $11.5 million contract awarded to a firm that will design the extension—was doled out last week. The project is being funded by a half-cent increase in the Atlanta sales tax, and the extension is scheduled to open in 2028....
  • Burning trash for the planet? Climate cash sets off branding frenzy.

    05/30/2023 4:35:31 AM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 13 replies
    The Washington Post via MSN ^ | May 29, 2023 | by Evan Halper
    The trash burning industry was eager to show it is not a polluting relic but a pioneering clean tech sector worthy of millions of dollars in new federal subsidies. As the Biden administration allocates billions of dollars in new climate subsidies, environmentally challenged industries are sharpening their green pitches. The companies argue they are just as entitled to lucrative federal incentives as solar farms or electric carmakers, and are working to frame their businesses as global warming solutions. The money up for grabs from the Inflation Reduction Act and other programs are in amounts large enough to guide whether they...
  • $858 Billion Defense Bill Signed into Law by Biden includes "Unprecedented" Legislation on "Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena” (UFO/UAPs)

    12/25/2022 6:53:37 AM PST · by RoosterRedux · 19 replies
    thedebrief.org ^ | Micah Hanks
    Among the elements contained within the relevant portion of the bill are additions to the scope and authority of AARO, with Congress now directing the Office to report directly to Defense and Intelligence Community leadership. The bill also directs AARO to extend the scope of its inquiries further back into history to review potentially relevant government records dating as far back as 1945. *snip* Significantly, Sec. 1673 of the FY 2023 NDAA also outlines protections for U.S. personnel that have signed any such agreements [NDA's--Non Disclosure Agreements], allowing them to come forward with any information and report their involvement with...
  • Happy Festivus! Rand Paul shows how $482,276,543,907 of our money funded 'roidy hamster fight clubs, etc

    12/23/2022 8:30:13 PM PST · by NetAddicted · 19 replies
    Twitchy.com ^ | 12/23/2022 | Sarah D
    December 23 may not mean much to you (unless it’s your or someone you love and care about’s birthday, obviously), but to others, it’s maybe the most important and sacred day of the entire year. That’s right, y’all. It’s Festivus. pic.twitter.com/lEPC6T8y5d — no context seinfeld (@casualseinfeld) December 23, 2022 Now, normally, Festivus features a dinner at which you gather your family around, and tell them all the ways they have disappointed you over the past year! But what if the people who have disappointed you the most have other plans? We highly doubt that all 18 Republican senators who voted...
  • Government waste: HHS spends $8M to research free diaper distribution

    10/16/2022 2:30:54 PM PDT · by FactReal · 5 replies
    Just The News ^ | Oct. 15, 2022 | Mary Lou Lang
    The Golden Horseshoe is a weekly designation from Just the News intended to highlight egregious examples of wasteful taxpayer spending by the government. This week's Golden Horseshoe is awarded to the Department of Health and Human Services for an $8 million grant to evaluate whether certain organizations are capable of distributing diapers consistently to low-income families.
  • National Survey of Children's Health - U.S. Census Bureau 'free' $5 bill [vanity]

    08/10/2022 6:16:09 PM PDT · by logi_cal869 · 4 replies
    FR | 8/10/2022 | self
    I was watching John Kennedy grill a bureaucrat about the billions in budget increase he'd requested and Kennedy asks him about the $5 bill that the Dept. of Commerce included in the National Survey of Children's Health. I received mine in June but never opened it, intending to mock it here as a waste of public resources. Frankly, it almost got shredded. I finally opened it just prior to starting this post: $5 as depicted below.
  • Should Rap Lyrics Be Used As Court Evidence? New Bill Aims To Protect Artists' Creative Expression

    08/07/2022 3:49:46 PM PDT · by TigerClaws · 22 replies
    WASHINGTON (WLS) -- A new bill introduced in Congress Wednesday would protect recording artists from having their lyrics used against them in court. The RAP Act, which stands for Restoring Artistic Protection Act, aims to protect a musician's right to creative expression. "Except as provided in subsection (b), evidence of a defendant's creative or artistic expression, whether original or derivative, is not admissible against such defendant in a criminal case," the bill states. The subsection includes exceptions, where the lyrics may be admitted if it has been determined that the defendant "intended a literal meaning," they intended to adopt a...
  • As Jan. 6 probe expands, officials worry DOJ resources are at a breaking point

    07/29/2022 2:23:18 PM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 40 replies
    NBC News / Comcast ^ | July 29, 2022 | By Ryan J. Reilly (D-NBC)
    WASHINGTON — It's the "most wide-ranging investigation" in Justice Department history: the unprecedented manhunt for hundreds of rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Donald Trump's behalf on Jan. 6, 2021, and the criminal inquiry into efforts to stop the peaceful transfer of power. It's also a logistical nightmare. As cases against Capitol rioters work their way through the court system and a federal grand jury hears testimony about Trump’s role in Jan. 6, some federal officials are raising concerns that it could bring the already stretched investigation of Jan. 6 to a breaking point. The Justice Department has asked...
  • Biden says U.S. will send $1.3 billion in additional military and economic support to Ukraine

    04/21/2022 8:06:05 AM PDT · by JonPreston · 57 replies
    CNBC ^ | 4/21/22 | Amanda Macias
    The U.S. has provided a total of $3.2 billion to Ukraine since the beginning of Biden's presidency, according to the White House.
  • Romney Would Cut Retirement Benefits for Young [semi-satire]

    04/05/2022 9:56:51 AM PDT · by John Semmens · 10 replies
    Semi-News/Semi-Satire ^ | 3 April 2022 | John Semmens
    The inevitable bankruptcy of the Social Security system prompted Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) to propose cutting the pensions of youthful workers as "the best way out of our dilemma. This would preserve the incomes of those already drawing Social Security by shifting the burden to those who will still be in the workforce for several more decades." "The political benefit of this approach is that it won't produce a backlash from those currently dependent on these benefits," he explained. "At the same time, the age cohort that will suffer is probably not even aware of whats going on." The Senator...
  • CBS Host Stunned NOT ONE Participant in Face the Nation’s Focus Group Believes America is in a Better Place After One Year of Joe Biden (Video)

    01/23/2022 5:58:31 PM PST · by simpson96 · 82 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | Christina Laila
    After Joe Biden’s first year in office, NOT ONE participant in Face the Nation’s focus group believes America is in a better place. CBS host Margaret Brennan was stunned when the entire panel of six participants, including Biden voters, said America is on the wrong path. “During the course of the pandemic, “Face the Nation” has been listening to Americans, through Zoom, to get their thoughts on COVID, the economy and how the government is handling it all. On Friday, we checked back in with six of them,” host Margaret Brennan said. “Who feels like we are in a better...
  • Puerto Rico’s progress still stalled four years after Maria

    09/20/2021 6:52:59 PM PDT · by blueplum · 11 replies
    NBC via msn ^ | 20 September 2021 | Nicole Acevedo
    The memories of surviving Hurricane Maria still haunt people in Puerto Rico, four years after the storm wreaked havoc on the U.S. territory on Sept. 20, 2017. ...Hurricane Maria left $90 billion in damages and Congress allocated at least $63 billion for disaster relief and recovery operations. Four years later, about 71 percent of those funds have not reached communities on the island archipelago. Puerto Rico has received about $18 billion, according to FEMA's Recovery Support Function Leadership Group.... ...The Fiscal Oversight and Management Board overseeing Puerto Rico’s finances has said the remaining bulk of the reconstruction aid is scheduled...
  • Democrats Unify Behind Climate Corps, Vague on Details (only $132 billion)

    07/23/2021 4:01:40 PM PDT · by Libloather · 36 replies
    Wall Street Journal ^ | 7/23/21 | Gabriel T. Rubin
    A NEW CIVILIAN CLIMATE CORPS has become a central progressive demand for the Democrats’ budget reconciliation package, and party leaders seem poised to go along. Climate groups and elected officials alike see it as a combination of several top priorities: a tangible response to climate change, a broad-based jobs program aimed especially at young people and people of color, and a test case for Franklin Delano Roosevelt-style populism that President Biden is so eagerly trying to emulate. Like the Depression-era Civilian Conservation Corps, it would employ Americans on climate-focused public-works projects like reforestation. But not all CCCs are created equal....