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More than two-thirds of NATO countries have paid their dues.

AP NATO Defense Spending

A record 23 of NATO’s 32 member nations are hitting the Western military alliance’s defense spending target this year, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Monday, as Russia’s war in Ukraine has raised the threat of expanding conflict in Europe.

Trump doesn’t get enough credit for calling bullshit on NATO.  In 2016, Trump made it clear that if member countries didn’t spend 2% of GDP for defense, the US may not be as supportive.  The corporate media, progressives and anti-Trumpers cried about his incivility and lack of decorum.

In 2017, when Trump took office, only 4 countries were fully paid up.

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Does anyone care about drone swarms over New Jersey?

Mysterious drones over New Jersey

More than three weeks after dozens of mysterious drones began popping up in the New Jersey night sky, the public has still been offered no clear insight on what the phenomenon could be.

This is a huge story that reveals that corporate media and the federal government have failed.  Finding the whole story is difficult, so I’ll pull from a few reports.

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Racist programs eliminated at state universities.

College Fix: Race-based programs at Ohio law schools

Five public law schools in Ohio are ending their scholarships and programs based on race following a conservative think tank’s investigation.

The Buckeye Institute, based in Columbus, Ohio, launched the investigation this year into five law schools at Ohio State University, Cleveland State University, University of Akron, University of Cincinnati, and University of Toledo.

It’s great that the Buckeye Institute got law schools to drop racist programs, but why did those programs even exist?  Ohio has a Department of Higher Education intended to advise the governor and General Assembly on higher education issues.  What have they been doing?

Ohio has a Republican governor with a General Assembly that looks like this:

If Ohio can’t address divisive progressive policies and eliminate DEI in state universities, then what are Republicans even good for?

Where did all the 2020 mail-in ballots come from?

A good friend called “bullshit” on my suggestion that the 2020 election was shady.

In a kidding-not kidding way, he diagnosed me as having had a mental breakdown.  My experience bringing automation into heavy manufacturing plants required me to develop a thick skin.  I take no offense, and interpret my buddy as not kidding about his actual puzzlement at my election assertion.

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Which presidents talk to the press?

This article is interesting because the numbers aren’t what I’d have guessed.  The graph lumps press conferences in with interviews, but the article provides more detail.

Biden hid from the press, but I wouldn’t have guessed that Reagan wasn’t out there more.

I got on this track because, “The White House press corps is already “exhausted” at the outset of the second Trump administration.”

It’s never appealing to hear people complaining about their jobs, but it is appalling to hear grumbling from the White House press corps.

Being a part of the White House press corps is, I understood, a prestigious position for a journalist.  They really aren’t going to like it when bloggers and social media influencers are given press passes.

The White House press corps was derelict in their duty to inform Americans about President Biden’s frailty and deteriorating mental health.  They should be ashamed.  

In an alternate time-line, the corporate press would have reported on Biden’s condition, Dr. Jill would not have insisted upon a second term, the Democratic Party would have held a legitimate primary, the world would not have learned that Kamala Harris was dumb and unprepared, nobody outside of Minnesota would be familiar with Tim Walz and some other Democrat would have run for president against Trump. 

The election result may have been the same, but it wouldn’t be as embarrassing for the Democratic Party.

 

Make Lunch Great Again

Bold action like this would get teachers to eat in the cafeteria again.

The NRHS cafeteria used to serve the best bagel sandwiches.  You know how some restaurants serve the best bread or rolls?  It’s not just butter or garlic, they do something to make the rolls feel, smell and taste just right.  NRHS bagel sandwiches were like that.  I think they steamed them or something, then wrapped them in aluminum foil.  They weren’t greasy or sloppy, just warm, soft and savory.

Michelle Obama ruined all that.  The cafeteria ladies at Normandy and NRHS used to cook.  Lunch might be casseroles, pasta or pizza that they made that morning.  What ruined everything was requiring nutritional information, like you’d get on packaged food, for each item.  Restaurants can afford to determine that information for each recipe, but school cafeterias can’t.  Bagel sandwiches stopped soon after that.

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