The acronym “NGO” is cast about a lot in the news, but what exactly is an NGO and what is their hustle? Great question, dear reader.
Always, always, in all ways, follow the bloody money!
An NGO is a Non-government Organization which is an odd name since many of them are, in fact, funded by government block grants or perform government contracts thus making them government dependent organizations. Continue reading
We are only a couple of weeks into the Trump 2.0 administration and I can already feel the palpable improvement — meaning increase — in governing energy emanating from what was essentially a morgue during the Biden administration.
Honestly, I cannot recall the Biden admin, but I turn 74 tomorrow, so that could just be on me. I used to watch Joe Biden walk to/from Marine One and see that Old Man Gait that had that Nascar “pile-up-at-the-turn” quality to it.
When everybody recognized how feeble Joe Biden looked walking to Marine One, the White House assigned people to walk with him so his fragility was not on as direct display thereby validating the concern for the thinking world. Yikes!
Yesterday I posted about the horrific reveleations about the conduct of the US Agency for International Development — please focus on that word “International.”
Today, comes this nugget: USAID funded POLITICO — a left leaning “domestic” media property — to the tune of $8,200,000 over the last 4 years.
Donald J Trump swept into office like a bloody tsunami and now (comfortably esconced in government housing) is letting the water recede to reveal who’s been swimming naked.
What I mean is this Trump fellow made a lot of campaign promises and signed a lot of Executive Orders and we can now see — SEE — whether those promises were real or just shiny stuff to attract votes. [Politicians are known to lie to us for our votes.]
Certainly, dear reader. The Trump 2.0 promises us a sleeker government and today he locked out the offices of the US AID (Agency for International Development) and indicated their functions will be folded into the Department of State. He had previously halted all foreign aid programs for 90 days (another campaign promise made good upon).
Boom — locked out! Sort of a bold stroke. Imagine arriving for work as a government employee as say 10:19AM and finding your workplace locked?
For a bit of background, let’s explore from whence USAID came to be and what it does.
1. In 1961, President John Kennedy wanted to counter the Soviet hegemony and expansion around the world. He convinced Congress to pass the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to marshal funds to counter the Soviets.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is part of the Department of Homeland Security. It began life as the spawn of a couple of Executive Orders (12127, 12148) issued by President Carter in 1979.
The morons in the US Congress just conducted the latest version of the Sky Is Falling budget crisis. It was predictable, boring, and completely avoidable.
Simple the Congress could just do their damn job for a change. Let me explain.
First, the US Congress is the laziest, well paid public institution in the entire country. A US Congressman will work for 112 days during which the Congress is in session. Think about that — a full time job in which you work 112 days.
Conversely, they will be “out of session” for the remaining 253 days.
This is not a hard job. It pays grandly and you get a lot of great perks. Continue reading
It makes not a whit of difference from whence floweth the power to propel my automobile. I am energy agnostic. I am happy with the internal combustion engine and I could be equally happy with the electric vehicle. Continue reading
Secretary of Defense Austin had elective prostate cancer surgery in December and failed to notify his chain of command as to his status before or after the event.
Thereafter, he suffered complications — more specifically, a post-operative infection — that necessitated his removal to the intensive care unit at Walter Reed Hospital for more than a week and where he currently resides with the clock still ticking.
This is a big deal because SecDef is a huge responsibility and he is a critical link in the Nuclear Chain of Command.
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