Bullet Points

Bullet Points:

** The USMC is running out of uniforms. Don’t worry, new issues are only a year and a half away. It’s good that there is no war or new recruits might end up going to war in civilian clothing. It’s not your daddy’s Marine Corps.

As the pandemic subsided, high inflation drove up the wages workers expected, and many decided to eschew in-person work altogether. But the company couldn’t afford the wage increases necessary to attract workers back to factories. “McDonald’s and a lot of the fast food guys are paying $2 and $3 more an hour than we could afford to pay,” the CEO said. “Where they could go up on the price of the hamburger, we can’t go up on the price of a uniform.”

** American Abrams Tanks in Ukraine – Ten of the 70-ton tanks are currently in Germany undergoing final refurbishments, said the DOD official. Once that is complete, they will be shipped to Ukraine. The U.S. is committed to expediting the delivery of 31 tanks to Ukraine by the fall as our proxy war with Russia continues.

** Jules now has an Etsy shop online where her artistic creations can be found.

** Coal power is China power – China is approving new coal power projects at the equivalent of two plants every week, a rate energy watchdogs say is unsustainable if the country hopes to achieve its energy targets. Shortfalls in interconnectivity between regional grids, and issues with power supply for some areas mean energy driven by fossil fuels remains crucial for supporting grid stability or integrating variable renewable energy sources. However, the report says many or most of the approvals being rushed through are not in areas with those issues.

** Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890) was a notorious superhero (or antihero) and swordsman of the Victorian era. While at Trinity, the half-Irish Burton challenged another student to a duel for mocking his mustache. Burton learned 29 languages and became proficient in fencing. During an expedition to Africa, he was impaled with a native spear, the point entering one cheek and exiting the other, and leaving a scar that can be seen in this photo. He was forced to make his escape with the weapon still stuck through his face. Along with participating in clandestine operations, Burton was renowned for his fighting skills and earned the nickname “Ruffian Dick” because he had “fought in single combat more enemies than perhaps any other man of his time.”

Burton authored a number of important texts on the sword (including Sword & Bayonet Exercises, a classic book on the history of the Sword, and his “Sentiment of the Sword” about fencing) and translated a number of important Eastern cultural and mythological texts. A scholar, spy, and world explorer, he also had an interest in the occult, native sexual practices, drugs, runes, and snake charming, was initiated into an esoteric Sufi brotherhood, as well as into a Hindu sect, all of which made him a subject of controversy and fascination in his time. A linguist, he reportedly learned to identify up to 60 monkey “words,” which he recorded in a “monkey vocabulary.” In 1886, Queen Victoria made him Knight Commander of St. Michael and St. George.

Sir Richard was always a hero of mine.

** I saw Christmas advertising and wares in a store today. Then I thought to myself, the end of August is a trigger. There were Halloween cookies and cakes in the Walmart bakery – as if they’d last 60 days to Halloween. We live in crazyland.

** If President Trump is a racist – he is the most ineffective racist of all time:

Opportunity zones in urban areas,

Massive funding for HBCUs,

The First Step Act (to give ex-cons opportunities to apply for employment or home loans without their record hindering this),

Abolished the 1994 crime bill that was written by Joe Biden and supported by Bill Clinton and nearly caused the incarceration of 490,000 black men (long prison terms for minor drug possession offenses, etc.)

President Trump NEVER took a paycheck for his service as President. Instead, this paycheck was donated to HBCUs, urban development charities, and other black charities as well.

In the alternative, let us list whom the Democrats have mainly benefitted. When taking into account their age, and the number of years they have been in DC, the number values are startling:

1. Mitch McConnell: 81 years
Time in Washington: 39 years
Net worth: $35,000,000

2. Nancy Pelosi: 83 years
Time in Washington: 36 years
Net worth: $115,000,000

3. Dianne Feinstein: 90 years
Time in Washington: 31 years
Net worth: $80,000,000

4. Chuck Grassley: 89 years
Time in Washington: 48 years
Net worth: $8,000,000

5. Joe Biden: 80 years
Time in Washington: 51 years
Net worth: $15,000,000?? — The amount undeclared from Ukrainian money laundering cannot be estimated at this time.

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