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Cwhitesox1917 https://www.dailykos.com/user/Cwhitesox1917/rss/index.xml News Community Action Copyright 2005 - Steal what you want Sun, 26 Jan 2020 15:32:25 +0000 Sun, 26 Jan 2020 15:32:25 +0000 Daily Kos rss@dailykos.com (Daily Kos) Daily Kos rss@dailykos.com (Daily Kos) Tax Dollars at Work: Pentagon pays $998 K for 2 $.19 washers! https://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/8/17/372729/-Tax-Dollars-at-Work-Pentagon-pays-998-K-for-2-19-washers In a stunning example of the Pentagon's paying prowess, C&D Distributors, a "small parts supplier" in South Carolina, charged more than $20.5 million dollars in fraudulent shipping <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20070816/pl_bloomberg/ardg6dwccmfi">costs:</a> It's good these guys were caught, but here's where I think the problem really lies: <blockquote> ``The majority, if not all of these parts, were going to high-priority, conflict areas -- that's why they got paid,'' Stroot said. If the item was earmarked ``priority,'' destined for the military in Iraq, Afghanistan or certain other locations, ``there was no oversight.'' </blockquote> (emphasis mine). More after the jump. rss@dailykos.com (Cwhitesox1917) Contractors Military Spending militaryspending Oversight Pentagon _372729 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 16:03:32 +0000 It's been a rough week, but at least there's still Baseball https://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/4/18/324979/-It-s-been-a-rough-week-but-at-least-there-s-still-Baseball I figure that Mark Buehrle's no-hitter is cause enough to begin my diary entering on DailyKos... Anyhow, Mark Buehrle just tossed a no-hitter against the Texas Rangers.  It may just be a cold Wednesday night in Chicago, but we're celebrating here on the South Side.  As a lifelong Sox fan, I'm a little mad that I wasn't even watching this particular game on TV, but it would sure as hell have been better to even be there.  <a href="http://proxy.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=270418104">You can check out ESPN's coverage here.</a>  I guess I picked the wrong cold game at The Cell when I went last week. rss@dailykos.com (Cwhitesox1917) Baseball College MarkBuehrle Sports UniversityofChicago VirginiaTech White Sox WhiteSox _324979 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 04:48:27 +0000