Buried deep inside a newly passed 1,000-page military appropriations bill like a strand of howler monkey DNA in Donald Trump’s genome is approval for the pr*sident’s pet military parade, which serves no other purpose than to give Trump one afternoon out of 365 to dry-hump our country without a condom.
The bill, passed yesterday, includes authorization to appropriate U.S. military munitions for a parade to “honor veterans,” presumably by seating them next to a guy who dodged military service by insisting he had an owie in his foot.
From Fake News CNN:
The bill would give a large amount of latitude to the secretary of defense to decide which "small arms and munitions" are appropriate for display in such a parade. The Pentagon would also have discretion in determining "the participation of military units" that can perform in the parade.
Language in the bill would prohibit the use of motorized vehicles, aviation platforms, or operational military units if the secretary finds that using such resources would affect their readiness.
So it’s official. Fascist brain farts from reality show stars are now on their way to becoming actual public policy, duly enshrined by a legislative body that only 10 years ago was saving the country from a potentially ruinous recession and reforming our health care system so poor people could actually go to doctors.
But, hey, giving one idiot a searing rage boner is important too.
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