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The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reports that Donald Trump and Elon Musk's "Golden Dome" missile defense system to cover the entire territory of the US would cost $1.2 trillion to build and operate.

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Link: Felon Musk's Golden Dome Won't Work, But Will Make Him Even More Wealthy


#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-05-14 01:12 AM | Reply

#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-05-14 01:14 AM | Reply

Pres Trump seems to be [intentionally?] driving the Country into its worst deficit ever.

Why?

#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-14 01:18 AM | Reply

Pick one. If your Spanish is good, head south like Sarah Connor. If you like hockey, go north. Marry a local. Claim asylum. Shang-Hai someone's identity like in the Talented Mr Ripley.

America is so broke-dick in a few years we'll be like scavengers out of a Mad Max film.

I know a fellow who moved to Israel. He married and converted to Judaism, all to get world class universal healthcare. The happy couple spent their first year on a kibbutz, farming and tending chickens and goats.

#4 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-05-14 02:46 AM | Reply

... CBO: "Golden Dome" Will Cost Over One Trillion Dollars ...

Meanwhile, Pres Trump is denying Federal help for parents to feed their children and keep them healthy.



#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-14 03:21 AM | Reply

And the US Senate isn't going to rein in Trumpf and Bibi's war.

No wonder more Americans are retiring to Europe, giving up their US citizenship, or sending their children to colleges overseas.

An AIPAC dead-ender named Denise Powell (D) won the Democratic 2nd CD primary in Nebraska.

The Jewish population of Nebraska is an estimated 9,350 supplicants, so what is AIPAC's concern there?

The dinosaurs are hanging on, immiserating the rest of us and causing a Moses-like exodus.


#6 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-05-14 05:19 PM | Reply

#6 Coriolanus once again shows his hatred for Jews by making a ridiculous statement.

Yes, Denise Powell (D) won the Democratic 2nd CD primary in Nebraska.

Denise Powell Is Your Winner

When we wrote up the Nebraska election results yesterday, the outcome of the Democratic primary in the D+3 NE-02"the district being vacated by Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE)"was unknown. With 89% of the vote in, businesswoman and activist Denise Powell had 38.9% of the vote to 36.8% for state Sen. John Cavanaugh. We guessed that Powell would hold on to win, as there was no plausible theory for why the final 10% might break 4-to-1 for Cavanaugh, but that was just a guess.

It would seem we were on to something, though. Now that 95%+ of the ballots have been counted, the total is... 38.9% of the vote for Powell, as compared to 36.8% for Cavanaugh. So, things did not budge one bit. There's no way to make up a 2-point gap with less than 5% of the vote still out, and so Powell will indeed be the nominee.

Powell will now face off against Brinker Harding (R). He sounds like a character in a Charles Dickens novel, but he's actually an Omaha city councilman and 4th-generation Nebraskan.

He is running on a platform of slashing the federal budget and owning the libs. If he gets sent to Washington, one of those two things will go right out the window. The only poll of the race, which is very old, had Powell leading Harding by 5 points. That's not a great data point, but the blue lean of the district, the national climate, and our sense that Harding is not a great fit lead us to conclude that Powell is the favorite here. This is the kind of seat the Democrats simply must flip to retake the House, so both parties will certainly spend big on this one. (Z)

Sounds to me like you prefer the Republican, Brinker Harding.

Is that right, Coriolanus?

You prefer Trump/MAGA/Republicans?

#7 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-05-14 05:29 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

*** Secretary of War Crimes Pete Hogsbreath Releases Cartoon to Sell One Trillion Dollar Military Budget ***

"The $1.5 trillion investment is a GENERATIONAL DOWN PAYMENT on America's national defense.

This investment guarantees the United States maintains overwhelming strength and unmatched deterrence against any adversary for generations to come."

~snip~

You just can't make this stuff up.

Link: x.com

#8 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-05-14 09:27 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

You just can't make this stuff up.
Link: x.com

#8 | POSTED BY C0RI0LANUS

And it gets worse. By the day.

According to reports in May 2026, Donald Trump is in talks to settle a $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS regarding leaked tax information, with discussions potentially involving a significant payout or a $1.7 billion compensation fund for allies. The lawsuit alleges the agency failed to protect his tax records.

#9 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-05-14 10:01 PM | Reply

compensation fund for allies = Slush Fund to reward his minions.

Just in time to get them funding just before a critical election.

#FAFO

#10 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-05-14 10:03 PM | Reply

Pres Trump seems to be [intentionally?] driving the Country into its worst deficit ever.

Why?
#3 | POSTED BY LAMPLIGHTER

It's quite simple.

"We will take America without firing a shot. We do not have to invade the U.S. We will destroy you from within."

#11 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-05-14 10:54 PM | Reply

would cost $1.2 trillion

Pretty sure republicans need to pass another trillion dollar tax cut for the richest Americans before work can start on this.

#12 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-05-14 11:15 PM | Reply

Will it work better than Starship?

#13 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-05-14 11:20 PM | Reply

Pretty sure Trump heard "golden dome" and thought a 12-year-old blonde girl was gonna give him head.

#14 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-05-14 11:24 PM | Reply

thought a 12-year-old blonde girl was gonna give him head.

If so, he needs another "Cognitive Test".

#15 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-05-14 11:32 PM | Reply

Elephant?

#16 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-05-14 11:40 PM | Reply

I don't think he's a friend at all.

#17 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-05-15 12:32 AM | Reply

More like a stupid Zionist FIEND

#18 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-05-15 12:33 AM | Reply

... "$1.7 billion compensation fund for allies.

The way disgusting traitor PV1 Michael Flynt scored in court.

Between the slush funds to "compensate" his minions, the lucrative insider defense and interior contracts, and the mass pardoning of 6 Jan heathens (and the 250 coming), Dummkopf Trumpf is a sort of kind of a wealthy, but stupid, Robert Deveraux, Earl of Essex (10 Nov 1565 - 25 Feb 1601).

This good-for-nothing Elizabethan misadventurer relied on the Crown (government) for his wealth (through property and rents) and was a favorite of Queen Elizabeth I because this handsome wastrel "made her feel young."

As a high lord, the Earl of Essex had the power to knight men, so he overabused that privilege to amass himself a small, loyal army.

When Robert Deveraux failed to quell the Irish rebellion after his masterful boasting, this egomaniac fell out of favor with Queen Elizabeth. He and his loyal army of followers then attempted a 6 Jan-style putsch against the Crown, but failed.

Like the Earl of Essex, Dummkopf Trumpf is profiting off the "Crown" and amassing himself a small legion of loyal followers.

Except for one thing. Robert Deveraux didn't get away with it like the Dotard and the diabolical Trumpf Crime Family (TCF).


Endnote: The Earl of Essex knew the man wielding the axe because the executioner was none other than Thomas Derrick, a man Essex had personally pardoned for rape on the condition that he become an executioner. This infamous headsman separated 3,000 souls from their bodies during the Shakespearean Era.

#19 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-05-15 12:43 AM | Reply

#4

Yet you still reside in maybe the biggest -------- city on the east coast, amiright?

Maybe instead of bitching about the US, you should just find somewhere else more suited to your taste. Like me. I'm house hunting in Calabria at the moment. It's like California, but minus all the suck.

#20 | Posted by madbomber at 2026-05-15 08:14 AM | Reply

Golden Dome will never be built. Trump will be out of office soon. The next president will cancel it. Some of the more interesting and exquisite capabilities associated with the system will be retained.

#21 | Posted by madbomber at 2026-05-15 08:15 AM | Reply

If they think it's 1.2, then it's 3.6.

#22 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-05-15 10:21 AM | Reply

I'm house hunting in Calabria at the moment.

Nice. Moving some place you can live and survive when the lights go out?

#23 | Posted by jpw at 2026-05-15 10:39 AM | Reply

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