A quick note: I’ve heard from some of my subscribers that the email they get from me every day is sometimes filtered by their webmail platform into different categories. One day it’s sent to “Social,” another day it’s sent to “Spam” or “Junk” and another day it lands in their Inbox. Not sure what the issue is—the only thing that changes in terms of standard content is the unique photo for each post. Starting in 2021 I’m going to try eliminating the photos and see if that helps. In the meantime, if this is happening to you, please whitelist my emails. Here’s a link that might help.
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Welcome to the Hump Day before Christmas. Here’s hoping the elves are kicking it into high gear.
I was hoping that I could let go of politics in these few days leading up to Christmas, but Congress just couldn’t help themselves, belching up a foul-smelling clump of undigested pork in the form of a 5,593-page $900 billion coronavirus relief package and a $1.4 trillion federal budget. It’s so heavy that it has to be carted around the Capitol.
How many pages does it take to say, “$600 per eligible taxpayer”? You could write that on a standard index card but these pathological, money grubbing turds who have theirs lips permanently sealed around the public teat developed a case of sudden onset political oniomania. And that’s just the Democrats.
Republicans, who are supposed to be the party of rational conservatives, overwhelmingly voted for the omnibus spending bill. Why do we even have two parties? What the blazes is the difference?
Combining the two measures—funding the federal government for 2021 and giving the American people some financial relief—into one gigantic spending bill makes it a tricky task to keep them separate. But, really, when we’re talking about economic relief, you’d think Congress would be a bit more circumspect about their spending. Of course, you’d be wrong.
Here’s a partial list of what is contained in the bill, gathered from a variety of sources (see below). As you read these, remember that this legislation is supposed to offer $900 BILLION in Chinese Lung Pox relief. As Stephen Green at PJ Media observes,
“Insanity Wrap needs to know: What is 900 billion American dollars divided by 330 million Americans?
Answer: $2,727. But you’re still only getting $600, rube.
As you read these entries (not all of which I can positively confirm), you need to ask yourself, “How does this spending help relieve the economic crisis we find ourselves in?”
- $2.5 million for “internet freedom”
- $3.2 billion Emergency Broadband Benefit that will provide $50 per month for broadband for low-income families
- $1 billion in grants for Tribal broadband programs
- Funding to investigate the “1908 Springfield Race Riot”
- $193.4 million for federal HIV/AIDS workers stationed abroad to buy new cars
- $101 million to combat “the transnational threat of wildlife poaching and trafficking”
- $1 billion for Amtrak
- $2 billion for airports and concessionaires
- $300,000,000 to the Endowment for the Arts
- $300,000,000 for the Endowment for the Humanities
- $7.5 million to the Smithsonian Institution (they received the same $7.5 million in the first relief bill earlier this year)
- $26.4 million to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (they received $25 million in the first relief bill earlier this year)
- $10 million for “gender programs” in Pakistan meant to help women get education and start businesses
- $54,000,000,000 billion to state of NY
- $1,300,000,000 billion to Egypt
- $453,000,000 million to Ukraine
- $700,000,000 million to Sudan
- $500,000,000 million to Israel
- $250,000,000 million to Palestinians
- $1.5 million to the Appropriations Committee’s “Office of Diversity and Inclusion”
Only six Republican senators voted against this aPORKalypse: Sens. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, Rand Paul of Kentucky, Rick Scott of Florida, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, Mike Lee of Utah, Ted Cruz of Texas. Remember them when it comes time to vote in 2022 and keep them in office.
Fortunately (I think) president Trump sent the bill back and told Congress to cut the waste and increase financial aid to Americans from $600 to $2000.
“Congress found plenty of money for foreign countries, lobbyists, and special interests while spending the bare minimum on the American people who need it,” Trump said. “It wasn’t their fault.”
My big question: Do we even need a relief program of this size? Just open up the states! I am filled with such profound disgust for this outrageously profligate, filthy, pork-laden “relief” bill. Congress took a shameless joy-ride with my money and threw me the receipt. And they do it every year.
I’m ready to start taking names and kicking over tables. Anyone else?
SOURCING
If you can stomach it, here’s the House Appropriations Committee’s press release about the bill, in which committee chair Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) prattles on about how pleased she is having stuck us with a load of debt that will outlast us and our great-grandchildren as she retires walks away from it all with her government pension. More:
Wall Street Journal | Tom Elliott @tomselliott | The Blaze | Victoria Taft
Bryon Preston | Tyler O’Neil | Politico | NY Post | The Heritage Foundation | Washington Examiner
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Re: Spam
I’ve been checking my Spam folder a lot lately, because I’ve found a lot of my emails being sent there – ones I read and correspond with regularly. I’m thinking it’s a Yahoo censoring tactic.
My sentiment and rage exactly.
I wholeheartedly concur with your aptly phrased, “these pathological, money grubbing turds who have theirs lips permanently sealed around the public teat developed a case of sudden onset political oniomania.” It takes a special form of evil to come up with an egregious proposal of this magnitude, when so many Americans are in such dire need. Plus they have the gall and guts to blame it on President Trump.