@ferricoxide @GottaLaff I think this is indeed the strategy. “we promised we wouldn’t touch Medicaid, and we haven’t. Have you seen any benefits cut? No, you haven’t. The Dem’s are lying to you.”

#WashRinseRepeat

I’m of that age that I recall a bloviating, arrogant dude proclaiming:
“Mission Accomplished”

#shrub #NoWar #washRinseRepeat https://flipboard.com/@semafor/semafor-qhf227ugz/-/a-WwhC2-EBT_ueXthPll1IMw%3Aa%3A3943444710-%2F0

US strikes set Iran nuclear program back by just months, reports suggest

US strikes on Iran over the weekend appeared to have set its nuclear ambitions back by just a matter of months, according to preliminary intelligence …

Semafor - — Claire Cameron

We could stop this tomorrow. WE COULD!

Instead, politicians pray "really hard," acting like that actually does anything to stop this, then insist there is nothing you can do to prevent this, even though we could stop it tomorrow.

#WashRinseRepeat https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/04/us/winder-ga-shooting-apalachee-high-school/index.html

14-year-old student suspect in Georgia school shooting that left 4 dead will be booked tonight, officials say

The 14-year-old suspect in the fatal mass shooting at a Winder, Georgia, high school will be booked Wednesday night, Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Chris Hosey said at an evening news conference.

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A large part of working in IT for me has been asking the tech needing my help, "What's the hostname?"
#WashRinseRepeat

@GPJohnston We've been watching this play out since the '80s, right?
- Purchase company
- Extract assets
- Leave shell of company behind
- Xfer all wealth to senior Execs/Board
- Fire employees and let the carcass decay

I'll reference Carl Icahn as a prime example.

This may or may not be quite the exact fit for the mismanagement (or willful management) of Rite Aid but it's in the ballpark.

Unregulated fraud and grift at the end of the day.
"It's all legal!" Yup, cuz the crooks wrote the law.

#CorporateRaider #LBO #PrivateEquity #VentureCapital #WashRinseRepeat