Speaking of media Farthuffers.... This lot are in for a surprise, I think. [View all]

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Anyone who doubts that America's corporate media organizations are lined up with their paper bags to collect every flatulent molecule emitted by the [Redacted] rectum need only look at Oligarch Bezos' shabby, shambling zombie-version of the Washington Post, talking up its breath-stoppingly stupid and immoral attempt to undermine the Veterans Affairs administration of Veterans benefits:

VA’s disability program is an ‘honor system.’ These veterans are defrauding it.

and

How some veterans exploit $193 billion VA program, due to lax controls

Warning: You may need a shower after reading the above wallows into a chainsaw abbatoir of destruction. To assist in decompressing from the painfully grotesque down-punching, here is a deconstruction of the transparently ghoulish self-serving target drawing by a billionaire who can never, ever steal enough of everyone else's money:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/04/washington-post-report-veterans-benefits
The trouble with US veterans benefits isn’t ‘rampant’ fraud – it’s bureaucratic roadblocks, advocates say]

Why the VA? Why now?

I can't necessarily answer the second part of that query pair, but the first part is obvious AF: If you're looting something, you focus on the greatest concentrations of loot-worthy swag, right? The VA's annual budget in FY 2024 was $307.31 billion, 57 percent of which is in mandatory spending and 43 percent is in discretionary spending.

Oligarch Bezos and his crew of Farthuffers (I doubt there are many actual journalists remaining at the stumbling hulk of the once-great news organization) clearly believe that they can holler "FRAUD!" while pointing to yet another group of "those people" who are some kind of minority, and the American majority of non-veterans will shrug and murmur "Go to it, then valiant Defenders of the Federal Budget Being Funneled into the Pockets of Worthy Oligarchs..."

Ummmm.... no.

Granted, the majority of Americans are themselves not veterans. Since the ending of the draft the percentage of Americans who choose active military service hovers around 1% - but except for those killed in action, every one of them becomes a veteran, meaning that the number of veterans has steadily grown and now hovers around 6%. And almost ALL of them have family members, making the 'greater' veterans community somewhere around 18-20% of Americans. Add to that those of us who do not choose to serve, but who honor and respect the service of those who do. An incalculable but substantial number. Then add to that total those politicians and public figures who may or may not, in their heart of hearts, give a shit about actual veterans but who know damn' well that veterans' issues are almost as potent a 'third rail' as Social Security.

Oh, yeah, Oligarch Bezos. Hear that loud whining sound? That's the buzz saw your zombie farthuffers wandered into, shredding them to bits.

Granted, being soulless undead, they'll reassemble and shamble on, fueled by the potent and abundant gaseous emissions of [Redacted]'s burgerprocessing system, but not even farthuffing zombies have an unlimited capacity to challenge buzz saws and survive.

Pop the popcorn, boys and girls, the show's starting.


prognosticatorially,
Bright