https://freerepublic.com/tag/militarysteaknight/ en-us Mon, 16 Mar 2026 14:54:29 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4370867/posts It is a terrible time to be a news consumer. Sadly, the only way to explain today’s media is to write them off as either malicious or hopelessly incompetent. Consider “lobstergate,” one of the more achingly idiotic so-called controversies in recent years. This episode begins with a watchdog report from OpenTheBooks finding that, in the fourth quarter of 2025, the Pentagon spent an estimated $6.9 million on lobster tail, $2 million on Alaskan king crab, and $15.1 million on ribeye steaks. Now, if you have served in the U.S. armed forces, or you know someone who has, you know all... The Hill https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4370867/posts#comment Mon, 16 Mar 2026 14:54:29 GMT