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Ukraine ranks 21 places above Russia in the corruption perceptions index. It was just granted the right to start negotiations for EU membership three months ago. According to the Atlantic Council: "Historic progress: Ukraine receives green light for EU membership talks" In addition the EU just announced $50 billion Eu in aid to Ukraine, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said "provide predictable finance to Ukraine on its EU path,." The Russian invasion is in its ninth year with western help really only for the last two. The Vietnam war lasted nineteen years and Putin is now 71.

See above it has your two tasks for the day.

Perhaps its his promise to further reduce taxes by $1.1 trillion annually? Eliminate the IRS and the FBI? In 2016 a prominent study predicted that trump would add $10 trillion to the debt and he did. Perhaps he'd add $20 trillion new debt if re-elected again?

Yet somehow Biden did exactly that. A win for the American taxpayer and a win for the American consumer. With the republican, trump team both the taxpayer and the consumer would have lost out. Because losing is what they do best.

Chilling really. Now consider the juxtaposition of trump's speeches now. Labeling immigrants, leftists and democrats as vermin, whose existence will be crushed.

Brent, Biden and better gas prices. All start with a "B", all things to be thankful for at thanksgiving. Just kidding, two out of three ain't bad.

The irony is that most everyone stood around afterwards and did nothing.

Corruption is like corrosion. Some of it you see some you don't. Its always at work to weaken the strength. Without constant vigilance it will wear the structure until it fails.

Fascism has a long history even in America. The Lincoln Projects latest.

The first thing that FOX broadcasters do at the start of the day is lie about what time it is. Just to get into practice. After enough lies FOX viewers just become numb to facts.

Oh come-on! We see proof of that regularly from all around up. Hell the recent polls show almost 1/2 of American voters are "THAT dumb." i.e. republicans. Even in SC. Its not a big issue as flat earthers have to be available to flip hamburgers and serve coffee. The latest starship launch is proof that the US leads the world in engineering. The stupidly huge size of that rocket and its capabilities are a quantum leap in capability. China only last week managed to land upright a rocket stage.

trump called Putin ‘genius’ and ‘savvy’ when Russia invaded Ukraine. If he had been re-elected Putin would own Ukraine. Republicans would be falling all over themselves to say Ukraine is not a part of NATO. Since the US is no longer a part of NATO the EU should just accept it and move on. "Trump said. “I knew Putin very well. I got along with him great. He liked me. I liked him. I mean, you know, he’s a tough cookie, got a lot of the great charm and a lot of pride. But the way he — and he loves his country, you know? He loves his country. He’s acting a little differently, I think now.”

If its not too late there is this: Rental Cars: Know the Pitfalls a NYT story

Its OK, its OK, you've posted here long enough to leave us all in bewilderment. But at least in Texas you'll be superior!

If you're covered in blood from dressing your game animals you're doing it all wrong.

"Last year, Texas put $19.7 million of state funding into its three main homelessness programs – equal to about $806 per unhoused person. California poured $1.85 billion into its three main programs – or $10,786 for every unhoused person. Houston puts no city money into homelessness.Jun 28, 2023" Agree Texas wins! "Sweltering streets: Hundreds of homeless die in extreme heat Chris Medlock, a homeless Phoenix man stated "“If a kind soul could just offer a place on their couch indoors maybe more people would live,” ...Just in the county that includes Phoenix, at least 130 homeless people were among the 339 individuals who died from heat-associated causes in 2021.' Well Texas has low taxes. Letting the heat and no social supports kill off the homeless is one way to solve the problem. If Texas keeps it up soon it will have no homeless people at all. Must be all those church goers, Christians in Texas that comes up with these ideas to fight poverty and homelessness.

Why hunt game on foot when you can bait and shoot from the comfort of a Texas hunting blind and watch the Cowboys "Ox Ranch(Texas) has an $80,000 deer blind.. Direct TV with Sports Package Live game camera feed Poker Table Soundproof Walls Air Conditioning & Heating Fully Stocked Bar with Ice Machine" After all nothing goes with hunting like a fully stocked bar and a rifle.

Texas and California as recent as 2015 had the same GDP per capita but now after exporting many gun loving hillbillies to Texas. California now enjoys about a 15% advantage. Texas is a great state. It spends $4000 less per student on education. So it has more money for football stadiums. Texas is the worst state to live and work, according to CNBC analysis 2013 "Factors like Texas having the highest number of uninsured residents in the nation, higher violent crime rates, a low number of primary care physicians per capita, a strict abortion ban and laws targeting LGBTQ+ people were what made Texas’ score so low, per CNBC." Texas does have AR-15s well stocked in the local Walmart's though.

Although Biden called a spade a spade. I'd prefer if he would have said nothing on the subject. Xi is likely 1/2 as outwardly inclined to just be a criminal as Putin is. But at least he is rational. Typical for trump. Obviously angling for more hotel licensees in China once he wins re-election. Xi will go back and double down on intellectual theft and pandering to an anti-American base. Talk like that keeps business people from wondering why American sales are slowing. But he has enough problems domestically to keep him busy. About 20% of condominiums built in the last 20 years are either vacant or unfinished. Youth unemployment is rising and the rate of growth is slowing. Debt is a big problem, even bigger than America's debt.

Famous words uttered by all true republicans. No we're not RINO's were independents! We think for ourselves and we have critical, analytical minds! You may want attribute statements and representations like that to other physical factors, or shortcomings other than balls.

Republicans have been fighting for Americans in the Senate, in the hall and with each other. Here is the latest from the Lincoln project entitled Elbowmania

Nah: SpaceX hopes for second Starship flight test next week

"The Prosper Independent School District in Texas seeks to spend $94 million to build a new high school football stadium, a record amount for the state. If Prosper ISD’s proposal gets approved, it would be the most expensive school stadium ever built in Texas by $14 million, according to The Dallas Morning News. The Texas school district is seeking $102.4 million in total bond funding for the football project, with $94 million going towards the new stadium and the remaining funds used for renovations to the district’s athletic facilities." Sorry John and Jerry, in America engineering is going down the toilet. The new industry is sports.and entertainment. Sorry for that. I was wondering what it would be like to be Brent.

Diving deeper in the story Russia is painting 40 people of questionable loyalty to be a battalion, which normally would have 500 troops. No word if live ammunition is to be issued. No word if they vetted out the Nazis and fascists.

Well the US could send the B-1s to Ukraine. When trump is re-elected the US might end up buying 300-400 B-21 Raiders. "In comments given to the National Interest, former Trump National Security Advisor Robert C. O'Brien explained that the U.S. Air Force needs 300-400 B-21 Raider stealth bombers considering the growing threat from China's rising military might. ... O'Brien was considered by most who observed the Trump national security team up close in Washington as knowledgeable, politically connected, and able to move between the MAGA/populist wing of the GOP and more neoconservative elements. Many Republican defense hawks would consider O'Brien an excellent pick for Secretary of Defense, State, or even an outside chance at Vice President. " So a new $300 billion dollar weapons program. Perhaps if the US just bought off the Chinese communist party?