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Today was the first day back to the gym in almost 8 months and damn did it feel good but I’m gonna be sore as hell this week.

@Wylaff said:

@genareddog said:
I hate to ask this and if you can please put your politcal party aside, why the hell are we in this middle east conflict?

Honestly I feel like it's because Trump can run for a 3rd term if we are in an active war.

2 1/2 years before the fact may be a bit early to pull the trigger on that ruse.

Thanks Frank. Checking it out I read that the switch to using the secondary title pulled an expected $600,000,000 from dod budget for new branding. Hey. It is free money....

"The projected $600 million cost raises trade-offs across the defense budget. Competition for funding across the vast department includes cyber upgrades and munitions sustainment, discretionary investments in childcare and retention bonuses, and base infrastructure projects if appropriations are reprogrammed to cover one-time rebranding expenses."

https://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/legal-limbo-and-dual-branding-follow-600m-name-change/

^^That's a question that repeats itself every generation. It's been answered many times, usually the same answer: an unholy alliance between Congress and the Pentagon.

For example, the military used to buy a locknut that was available at any hardware store for about 10 cents, for $25 apiece. Why? Because the Pentagon asked for one, and Congress approved for a machine shop to make them to specification. A machine shop owned by someone with Congressional connections, possibly a relative of a Congressperson. $5k hammers, toilet seats, the list goes on.

Up at Ft. Riley there was an anchor for an aircraft carrier, I believe, on display at the parade ground. Either some joker ordered it delivered to the central land mass of the U.S., or it was a clerical error that no one thought to ask "Why would they want an aircraft carrier anchor in the middle of Kansas?"

Generation after generation, history repeats itself.

@ShawnOL said:
Rob, my super picky son, was not home for dinner tonight so I treated myself. Lobster ravioli and jumbo shrimp in roasted garlic parmesan spaghetti sauce along with a bunch of cheesy garlic bread. Yum.

Dang Shawn I would have happily filled his spot tonight!

Yeah stuff like this always reminds me of this.

https://youtu.be/uxtLZLtSWIQ?t=24&si=2jA7EAcmvvIu28Si