Giggity Hegseth

Pete Hegseth is the Trump cabinet member most likely to say "Giggity."

There was a press briefing this morning at the Pentagon, except the first part of it, delivered by the Secretary of “War,” Pete Hegseth, didn't brief anyone on anything. Whiskey Pete started by remembering those who were being killed and Donald Trump's war of choice, and then he went into an anti-media rant, claiming the press suffered from TDS, the fake disease they call Trump Derangement Syndrome. Of course, Whiskey Dick’s rant included a “thank you” to Donald Trump.

Later in the briefing, perhaps after there was actually some briefing on the ongoing war of choice, Pete Kegsbreath defended the Pentagon’s request for an additional $200 billion to fund Donald Trump's chosen war.

Pete told the press, much of whom he despises, that it “takes money to kill bad guys.” Really, Pete? How much money did we spend to bomb that girl's school? How many of those girls were bad guys?

Pete said, “So we’re going back to Congress and our folks there to ensure that we’re properly funded for what’s been done, for what we may have to do in the future, ensure that our ammunition ––everything’s refilled, and not just refilled, but above and beyond.” They may end up asking for more than $200 billion.

Sen. Ruben Gallego, an Iraq war veteran, said, At the height of combat, the Iraq War cost around $140 Billion per year. If the Pentagon is asking for $200 billion, they are asking for a long war. The answer is a simple no.”

The senator is right; they are asking for a long war. Last week, the Pentagon reported that the first six days of Donald Trump's chosen war cost more than $11.3 billion. That request tells me they want to find the war for at least another 20 weeks, or four months. And keep in mind, the defense budget for 2025 was $850 billion.

You would think that they would be able to fight their three-week war with the money we had already given them. But it doesn't matter how much money we have given to the Pentagon, or how much that they have actually spent, or what they have spent it on, Republicans are always eager to give the defense department more, especially if it's for blowing up Muslims and girls’ schools. Remember when DOGE wanted to audit USAID?

If you want to feed hungry children, cure diseases, or help a village recover from an earthquake, the Trump administration will audit you. But if you need some bombs, no questions asked.

The Trump regime is promising us that this is not another forever war, while asking us to give them more money for their forever war.

Breakfast: I decided to make French toast this morning.

I made it with whole wheat bread and sugar-free syrup. I fried the leftover egg when I was done. I forgot to add cinnamon to my French toast. And of course, I don't add powdered sugar. It's very simple and basic, but it's good. I have Greek yogurt with blueberries and strawberries on the side almost every morning. If I have already posted a photo of my French toast breakfast, I apologize.

My last weigh-in had me at 172 pounds. None of my pants fits me anymore, and if I have to go somewhere important, I'm going to have to buy a new suit.

I'm happy with my glucose readings from over the past six days.

I'm only checking my levels in the morning before breakfast. When I was in the hospital and the rehab center, we started with three times a day and eventually cut it down to twice a day. I don't see a reason at this time to check it more than once. I have not gone back to the Dexcom sensor system yet, but I plan to at some point. I believe I owe it another shot.

Ring: These motherfuckers. I have a ring doorbell and it's OK. It seems that whenever there are suspicious voices outside my apartment door, that's when the live view does not want to connect to my Wi-Fi.

I received an offer for an indoor camera which I thought would be pretty cool for my apartment. I currently have a very cheap one, but it's not that good. It decided not to work when unannounced plumbers came into my apartment to do some work while I was in Iceland. So I thought the ring camera might be better. So I went ahead and purchased it. That was over a month ago.

Yes, it took a month for the new camera to ship. And then when Ring told me it had been delivered, it was nowhere to be found. It took them over a month to ship me an item, and then they lost it. I tried to work with Ring through their website and the app, but to no avail. The best help their AI offered was, “Have you looked around the mailbox?”

So today I called them. And I got a refund, but it took over 40 minutes of waiting on the phone. And I was put on hold no less than four times. And no, the human being I talked to was not based in the United States.

Creative note: I kind of rushed the finish of this cartoon because I had to do a conference call today with my cartooning association. I think I could have drawn a better quagmire.

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