Apparently the page theme was corrupted and I had to revert back to basics for the meantime. Apparently I also have a whole bunch of work to do fixing the place back up.

Let me know if you all can comment once again, fingers crossed.

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