Melanias purse wrote on Mar 12^th, 2026 at 10:31pm:



They all live it up on our money.   

The Hon. Richard Marles MP is the Deputy Prime Minister of Australia,
Minister for Defence and the Federal Member for Corio.

Bobby. wrote on Mar 12^th, 2026 at 10:33pm:


No no, Baron has been consistent on this since Obama was in power, Bobby

I distinctly remember him sticking up for the chicken mornay they served JuLiar when she had her state visit.

They have higher tastes than the chodes, you know. They're almost a different breed.

Melanias purse wrote on Mar 12^th, 2026 at 10:39pm:



Meanwhile returned veterans are sleeping under bridges and surviving
on food coupons.   

Miss Hegseth is quite the DIVA, isn't she?

First, the stories about the use of heavy makeup during press conferences. Then this. And now the Pentagon bars press photographers over ‘unflattering’ photos of Hegseth.

I thought the right hated "snowflakes."

A Proud Gay Aussie wrote on Mar 12^th, 2026 at 10:42pm:



And there's no place for poofs in his army.

Melanias purse wrote on Mar 12^th, 2026 at 10:47pm:



And $139,224 on doughnut orders.

Seems he doesn't mind obese soldiers?

Bobby. wrote on Mar 12^th, 2026 at 10:50pm:


1.4mil active duty

Works out to about 10c per soldier for doughnuts and $6.40 per soldier for lobster per year.

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/12/politics/use-it-or-lose-it-pentagon-spending-...

Pentagon spending in September included nearly $9 million on Alaskan king crab and lobster tails, more than $200 million in furniture and $5.3 million in Apple devices – just some of the expenditures that added up to a record $93 billion price tag for the month, according to new analysis published by government watchdog Open the Books.

September spending at government agencies typically dwarfs other months because it marks the end of the fiscal year. That’s when “use it or lose it” funding rules kick in for departments rushing to spend the remainder of their budget so as to not forfeit the unused money and have to send it back to the Treasury Department.

But according to Open the Books, no federal agency has ever spent so much on grants and contracts in a single month as the Pentagon’s $93.4 billion in September 2025. More than half of that was spent in the final five working days of the month, the watchdog said.


“These are not for parties for (Secretary Pete) Hegseth and his buddies,” said Jerry McGinn, the director of the Center for the Industrial Base at the Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank.

“You’re doing something nice for the troops,” McGinn added.

Often described as a “surf and turf” meal, it’s a tradition in military culture as a symbolic precursor to deployments, combat operations or extended missions. The food products bought in September also typically cover holiday meals, including Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s, for service members deployed those days.


The steak-and-lobster dinners are meant to be a thank you to troops. When asked if lobster being served during deployments had a place for morale-boosting purposes, one retired Army officer with multiple combat tours told CNN, “I mean, it’s always disgusting, but I guess.”

In addition to the $225.6 million in furniture expenditures – purchases that typically spike in September regardless of presidential administration, according to Open the Books – musical instruments cost $1.8 million. That included a $98,329 Steinway & Sons grand piano for the Air Force chief of staff’s home, a $26,000 violin, and a $21,750 custom handmade flute from the luxury Japanese brand Muramatsu.

McGinn said government agencies typically reserve bulk orders of furniture and technology for September to use up the rest of the budget, adding “this is not uncommon.”