Gestapo Barbie just spent $172 million of YOUR tax dollars on a couple of swanky new private jets

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Did you hear Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, aka Gestapo Barbie, recently spent $172 million of YOUR tax dollars for a couple of swanky new private jets so that she and her chestnut-colored Lady Clairol hair extensions can jet-set around the globe in comfort and luxury?

Do you appreciate the atrocious optics of this purchase?

At a time when almost 300,000 civil servants have been fired from their jobs so the government can save money and apply those savings to paying down the national debt. …

At a time when almost 15,000,000 Americans are being thrown out of their health insurance coverage so the government can save money and apply those savings to paying down the national debt. …

At a time when government agencies and services are being gutted so the government can save money and apply those savings to paying down the national debt. …

At a time when WE are being told we must cut back, sacrifice and do without so the government can save money and pay down the national debt. …

SHE spends $172 million of YOUR tax dollars for a couple of swanky new Gulfstreams so that she and her chestnut-colored Lady Clairol hair extensions can jet-set around the globe in comfort and luxury!

Are you fucking kidding me?

And would you like to know how many of those saved dollars have actually been applied to paying down the national debt? Go ahead. Take a guess.

ZERO.

ZERO DOLLARS have been applied to paying down the national debt, because debt remediation is paid through budget surpluses and there won’t be a budget surplus this year. In fact, that Lizard King in the White House and his moronic minions have added another 4 TRILLION DOLLARS to the national debt.

The national debt is now higher that 40 TRILLION DOLLARS.

And Gestapo Barbie just spent another $172 million of YOUR tax dollars on a couple of swanky new private jets so that she and her chestnut-colored Lady Clairol hair extensions can jet-set around the globe in comfort and luxury.

That $172 million would have allowed almost 22,000 people to regain their Medicaid coverage.

If this doesn’t piss you off – if this doesn’t ENRAGE you – you are one dumb son-of-a-bitch.

About the author:

Del Stone Jr. is a professional fiction writer. He is known primarily for his work in the contemporary dark fiction field, but has also published science fiction and contemporary fantasy. Stone’s stories, poetry and scripts have appeared in publications such as Amazing Stories, Eldritch Tales, and Bantam-Spectra’s Full Spectrum. His short fiction has been published in The Year’s Best Horror Stories XXII; Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine; the Pocket Books anthology More Phobias; the Barnes & Noble anthologies 100 Wicked Little Witch Stories, Horrors! 365 Scary Stories, and 100 Astounding Little Alien Stories; the HWA anthology Psychos; and other short fiction venues, like Blood Muse, Live Without a Net, Zombiesque and Sex Macabre. Stone’s comic book debut was in the Clive Barker series of books, Hellraiser, published by Marvel/Epic and reprinted in The Best of Hellraiser anthology. He has also published stories in Penthouse Comix, and worked with artist Dave Dorman on many projects, including the illustrated novella “Roadkill,” a short story for the Andrew Vachss anthology Underground from Dark Horse, an ashcan titled “December” for Hero Illustrated, and several of Dorman’s Wasted Lands novellas and comics, such as Rail from Image and “The Uninvited.” Stone’s novel, Dead Heat, won the 1996 International Horror Guild’s award for best first novel and was a runner-up for the Bram Stoker Award. Stone has also been a finalist for the IHG award for short fiction, the British Fantasy Award for best novella, and a semifinalist for the Nebula and Writers of the Future awards. His stories have appeared in anthologies that have won the Bram Stoker Award and the World Fantasy Award. Two of his works were optioned for film, the novella “Black Tide” and short story “Crisis Line.”

Stone recently retired after a 41-year career in journalism. He won numerous awards for his work, and in 1986 was named Florida’s best columnist in his circulation division by the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors. In 2001 he received an honorable mention from the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association for his essay “When Freedom of Speech Ends” and in 2003 he was voted Best of the Best in the category of columnists by Emerald Coast Magazine. He participated in book signings and awareness campaigns, and was a guest on local television and radio programs.

As an addendum, Stone is single, kills tomatoes and morning glories with ruthless efficiency, once tied the stem of a cocktail cherry in a knot with his tongue, and carries a permanent scar on his chest after having been shot with a paintball gun. He’s in his 60s as of this writing but doesn’t look a day over 94.

Contact Del at [email protected]. He is also on Facebook, twitter, Pinterest, tumblr, TikTok, and Instagram. Visit his website at delstonejr.com .