One if by surf, two if by turf (Paper Jam)

Donald Trump’s now two-week-old war in Iran, well the president is maybe sort of threatening/teasing that he might put boots on the ground in Iran? But Republicans can’t seem to agree on whether they support that idea, or for how long, or why. The confusion comes from the top: Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary/morning show host/fifth-year senior who just found out that yeah, he’s gonna need to do a sixth year, who made a big deal about turning the defense department into “the department of war” and “refocusing on the core mission: war fighting”. And before we go any further: was there a problem with the term ‘warfare’? Did we need ‘war-fighting’? It’s just a weirder way to say the same thing. It’s like asking someone if they want to go out to dinner-eating. —Seth Meyers

Reports have surfaced that Pete Hegseth, the US defense secretary, spent $93 billion of US taxpayer money last year, including millions of dollars in September on luxury food items: $2 million on Alaskan king crab, $6.9 million on lobster tail, $140,000 on doughnuts, $124,000 on ice-cream machines, $26,000 on sushi preparation tables and $15.1 million on ribeye steak. They’re just hearkening back to our founders. As Paul Revere declared on his famous ride: ‘One if by surf, two if by turf.’ —Stephen Colbert

https://idiocracy23.blogspot.com/2025/04/thats-no-way-to-say-goodbye-new.html 

“A magisterial collection. A combination of Bukowski’s Last Night of the Earth 

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