The US State Department put up a graphic of some investment targets in African countries. If you look at the linked page, the graphic identifies six actual African countries, using amorphous blobs on an outline of the continent. None of the blobs correspond to the borders of any actual African country, much less what is named for them. I mean, if you knew what Côte d’Ivoire translates to English, you might understand that that country is not landlocked.
It’s coated in ivory? Man, we’re all going to get rich!! 
I don’t think that’s it.
I believe it was named for the unconstructed jacket famously worn by their Founding Mother, Eve, at the outset of their famous war.
I could, of course, have that wrong.
All of that is important. Also important: getting US service-members used to firing on ANYONE they’re told to fire on. Civilian? Unarmed? Doesn’t matter.
You do that enough—and promote and otherwise reward those who follow the orders—and eventually you retrain large numbers of your troops to kill-without-questioning.
RFK is launching a cooking show.
Dang! I’d have said that was The Onion, for sure.
Is onion a key ingredient in road kill?
And LOTS of Garlic
If that worked, we wouldn’t have Killer K in office at the moment.
celebrity cooking show.
I hope he has Larry The Cable Guy. I had some good LTCG road kill seasoning.
Speaking of Krazy Killer K’s legacy…
The rest of the article has an in-depth reporting on the how and why–it’s too much to quote–of the recent surge in a disease once considered gone from America.
Well, he has wrecked the USA, why shouldn’t he wreck the rest of the world, too?
Gives Today Germany the US, tomorrow the world a whole new meaning.
Apparently Felon-ONE is not satisfied with what that building to the west of the WH looks like, so it needs a coat of paint (white, not orange). This building, the OEOB, is a five-story neo-classical granite monster. To me, the notion of painting granite indicates a mental state akin to advanced CJD.
It is the building that houses the VPs office, so it would seem to make more sense to invest that money in furniture tarps.
Wouldn’t plastic wrap better fit with his outdated 70s tastes while also more suitable as a prophylactic for the sycophant serving as VP?
Aha, I’ve got it. Instead of regular paint, use the same coating material as for the Reflecting Pond. The material will come off easily enough if, say, the next prez decides it should go away.
It will come off easily enough. No-bid contract, no one to question why, poor base coating match, … Wasting your time Steve; must please the Dotard.
I guess this is something Petey never thought about… or maybe he did.
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In July, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a new policy mandating that all military service members over the age of 30 have their testosterone levels screened as part of an effort to create what he called a “High-T Department of War.”“Warfighters” who qualify for treatment, he said, would be given the option to undergo testosterone replacement therapy, or T.R.T., to keep them “on the leading edge of lethality.”
Experts are divided on the new policy. Though rigorous studies have shown that T.R.T. can benefit men with testosterone deficiency, no medical groups recommend universal screening, which experts fear could lead to overtreatment and negative outcomes. (Though the military’s screening policy will also apply to women, it’s unclear what treatment might be offered. In women, small doses of testosterone are typically used to treat menopause.)
Studies are clear on T.R.T.’s risks. Testosterone can cause a dangerous thickening of the blood, a side effect that needs to be closely monitored, even on the battlefield. And the hormone shuts down sperm production, which could harm fertility in men of reproductive age.
But few studies have examined one of the treatment’s hardest to define and most contentious effects: its impact on aggression.
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Studies confirm that T.R.T. does not increase hostile behavior on average across men. However, researchers say that the hormone does seem to drive increased aggression in a smaller subset — those who are already prone to aggression, or who have a lower threshold for irritability or perceived threats — in response to provocation.
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B-b-b-but we want warfighters who will shoot first and ask questions later, don’t we?
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“People who are already aggressive are likely to become more aggressive,” said Robert Sapolsky, a neuroscientist and primatologist at Stanford University. “It’s not going to make someone more likely to fight ferociously and defend their band of brothers in the middle of battle. I think it’s just as likely that they’ll get into a fist fight with someone in their barracks.”
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Oh. Well.
I think he knows and considers it a feature. I’ve always thought he was on steroids but maybe it’s just too much testosterone
Just what we need, real life Jacob’s Ladder .
I’m crying.