I am not going to lose my mind over USAID funding cuts. They intermingled the very good with the very bad under that orgs banner. My greater wish generally in terms of haircuts would be for substantial military spending cuts. We all know that that is one of the two primary areas in government where fraud, waste, and abuse is out of hand.
Funding has been continued, yes at reduced level. According to that article we are sending aid money there at greater than a 2 to 1 ratio compared to the rest of the world combined.
From the article:
In a statement to the AP, the State Department said the U.S. has provided more than $168 million to the Rohingya since the beginning of Trump’s term, although data from the U.N.’s financial tracking service show the U.S. contribution in 2025 is $156 million. Asked about the disparity, the State Department said the U.N.’s financial tracking service had not been recently updated and “generally does not show the latest information on all U.S. funding.”
The department said it had “advanced burden sharing and improved efficiency” in the Rohingya response, resulting in 11 countries increasing their funding by more than 10% year on year, collectively contributing $72 million.
To that quoted text you can add "funded forced sterilization programs in Peru". Thanks for the opportunity to update.
Let me know wildcat if you need me to find an appropriate charity for you to send the checks representing your genuine concern on the issue in Bangladesh, versus just trying to score message board points.
Thanks for sourcing me the direct quote re: testing:
"The way he (Trump) talks about the vaccine is not particularly rational. He’s talking about it being ready, he’s going to talk about moving it quicker than the scientists think it should be moved … . People don’t believe that he’s telling the truth, therefore they’re not at all certain they’re going to take the vaccine. And one more thing: If and when the vaccine comes, it’s not likely to go through all the tests that need to be done, and the trials that are needed to be done."
I haven't seen a single person here defending Trump's post. It's bottom on the barrel narcissistic lack of humanity shit.
Here is what Reiner said after Kirk's murder.
"I unfortunately saw the video of it and it’s beyond belief what happened to him and that should never happen to anybody. I don’t care what your political beliefs are. That’s not acceptable..."
Oh please. Joe Fn Biden was literally on the campaign trail undermining the COVID vaccine development and regulatory process. Paraphrasing..."You want to be the first to get in line?" "It's not going through all the testing". A year later his administration is threatening to take away people's livelihood to coerce them to get vaccinated. Don't act like that shit was not political fodder.
I have one of these and it is awesome. The tripod pictured is tenuous. Needs to be concreted in for some weight. The hitch mount was fine when I had an old truck that I didn’t mind when it swung around and hit the tailgate. I am thinking about concreting a 4x4 in a bucket and mounting a receiver so that I can bring it out of the container and use it again. Either that or I need to figure out a better grounding for the tripod.