If I win the lottery, I may not tell anybody, but there will be signs

“While their arguments vary, MPs from all sides have raised concern that issues that have arisen over the last fortnight could seriously damage the public’s confidence in Parliament.”

https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360690392/inside-house-chaos-six-days-saw-parliament-go-bizarre

I’m pretty sure confidence has to exist in the first place, before it can be damaged

Same ole same ole-

https://archive.is/sKPCo

“In fiscal 2019, federal outlays totaled $4.45 trillion, or 20.6% of gross domestic product. This year, according to the Congressional Budget Office’s January 2025 projection, total outlays will be $7.03 trillion, or 23.3% of GDP. That’s a 58% increase over six years. The CBO projects federal outlays will total $89.3 trillion across fiscal 2026-35. Much of the blame goes to pandemic spending, but lockdowns are long over. There’s nothing now to justify this abnormal level of government spending. Pathetically, Congress is having a hard time agreeing on a reduction of even $1.5 trillion from that 10-year amount. That’s a 1.68% cut—a little more than a rounding error. My guess is that much of that minuscule decrease will be backloaded to the end of the 10 years for which Congress is now budgeting, increasing the probability those savings will never be realized.”

Any idea of a budget at this point is just rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.

This is priceless-

https://x.com/EricAbbenante/status/1915965127754424569

From the link- “Bill Maher: “You went there by yourself, not an assistant?” Adam Schiff: “I had somebody drop me off at the store.” “That target bag is going to be my luggage for the next two days.” “She said in not so many words ‘Democrats are assholes” “I thought if the cashier in South San Francisco 10 o’clock at night believes Democrats are assholes because the shampoo is locked up, we’ve got a major problem we’ve got to address.” ‘Democrats are assholes’ because their stories to relate to the ‘common man’ involves a chauffeur.

Can we please have a Pope that isn’t a woke Marxist this time? From reading who the alleged front runners are, it’s not looking good

Is the UK even a functioning state anymore?

Via Breitbart-

From the article: “Communities Secretary Angela Rayner has reportedly invoked Military Aid to the Civil Authorities (Maca) powers to draft British Army experts to coordinate efforts to clear up to 21,000 tonnes of trash left rotting on the streets of Birmingham after the city’s garbage collectors went on strike, the Times of London reported.

The left-wing trade Unite union went on strike after the local Labour-run council scrapped the waste recycling and collection officer position to supposedly promote gender equality, after government lawyers argued that the position was created to increase the salary of men.

In 2023, the city went effectively bankrupt after losing a legal dispute which found it was gender discrimination to pay people in male dominated roles like refuse collection more than people in women-dominated ones, like cooking. The £760 million cost and bids to adjust pay scales of heavily unionised workers to respect this court ruling had led to the now weeks-long bin strike.”

When it comes to gunfights Americans cheat and we don’t give a F*ck