The Oldest Profession Just Slipped To Second Place

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“It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.” ― Ronald Reagan The Oldest Profession Just Slipped To Second Place. In the 60s, when I was in college in Texas, there were two real life Texas legends, visitors abounding. One is the …

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National Intelligence Folly: How a Tragic Unsolved Murder Led to Billions of Dollars of Program Fraud, Waste and Abuse Part 28: Why is the Government so Terrible at What Should be a Core Skillset: Program Management?

Administration hirings and social justice signaling in government create a confused and ineffective workforce where incompetence becomes the norm.

A Wealth Of Material; Rodney Dangerfield 2.0

A Wealth Of Material; Rodney Dangerfield 2.0. “NATO is organizing a Quick Reaction Force to repel invaders at OUR southern border. Hope they hurry.” “USA Today maintains the definition of a woman is complicated. They really need to get out more.” “The New York Times finally admitted Hunter Biden’s laptop is real. So too, the Watergate …

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National Intelligence Folly: How a Tragic Unsolved Murder Led to Billions of Dollars of Program Fraud, Waste and Abuse Part 20: Good Money After Bad

Henry Ford creates the assembly line and Def Sec McNamara creates a DoD program budget methodology that works very well for many programs but is not a panacea in consideration of Moore’s law. Meanwhile the NRO FIA program keeps digging (spending) in an attempt to buy their way to completion.

National Intelligence Folly: How a Tragic Unsolved Murder Led to Billions of Dollars of Program Fraud, Waste and Abuse Part 9

First 8 articles recap, Sputnik flies, U2 and SR-71 are developed, Corona project is the first space reconnaissance system, Doc’s space-time continuum is disrupted.

DeSantis gains ground on Trump in hypothetical match-up

In a new Politico-Morning Consult poll released Tuesday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) gained ground in a hypothetical match-up against former President Trump, advancing 7 points. Approximately 33 percent of Republicans and Republicans who lean independent would support DeSantis in a 2024 party primary race if it were held today, and 47 percent would back …

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National Intelligence Folly: How a Tragic Unsolved Murder Led to Billions of Dollars of Program Fraud, Waste and Abuse Part 4

NGA Director Lt Gen (USAF, Ret) James R. Clapper is fired by SECDEF Rumsfeld for not toeing the party line, USDI Cambone finesses moving a lot of agency funding over to the DNI/NIP while pressing the case that they should stay under DoD, the Murder of Tina Ricca has a ripple effect in the National Intelligence Community that leads to the discovery of the new NRO building and the firing of leadership

National Intelligence Folly: How a Tragic Unsolved Murder Led to Billions of Dollars of Program Fraud, Waste and Abuse Part 3

Secretary Rumsfeld’s USDI gambit, Clapper and Hagel face-off on Peloozi and Obama’s Sequestration follies that screw over civil service workers, NRO DIR Sapp is lied to much like former DIR Bruce Carlson, the Tina Ricca murder is a puzzlement to congress and Fairfax County reopens it as a cold case.