Election day 2024

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I'm focusing now on the "promises" made... and whether they'll all be forgotten in the cloud of chatter the talking heads will engender.

[...] economic defense strategy, the MIC money siphon, the insane "loyalty" to foreign interests [...]

I'm sure that Lockheed, Northrop Grumman, Boeing, and all those who spent fortunes influencing both "sides" of the political diversity were not worried one whit about their share of the federal budget being cut. In fact, I recall no promises made in that regard from the "choices" we were given.

This Is How the Biggest Arms Manufacturers Steer Millions to Influence US Policy

Maybe we'll be able to talk about Israel now without an online insanity-spiral? Nah, probably not.


Edit: Even the aloof literati are quite spicy: A Brief History of the Most Famous Swear Word in the World. I wonder if they're posting that today with a sly editorial tone of witty catharsis?