Aaron Grote
@aarongrote.com
Here to learn and share. Former US Marine, terrain park designer, riverboat pilot, a bunch of other weird stuff, and now marketing. MN. Red area of a blue state.
Ok, that's the setup.
We're all going to pretend those commitments were real. Not money that was already going to be spent anyway. Not circular financing. Uzbekistan was really going to spend 8% of their GDP for a decade investing in the US.
We're all going to pretend those commitments were real. Not money that was already going to be spent anyway. Not circular financing. Uzbekistan was really going to spend 8% of their GDP for a decade investing in the US.
November 11, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Ok, that's the setup.
We're all going to pretend those commitments were real. Not money that was already going to be spent anyway. Not circular financing. Uzbekistan was really going to spend 8% of their GDP for a decade investing in the US.
We're all going to pretend those commitments were real. Not money that was already going to be spent anyway. Not circular financing. Uzbekistan was really going to spend 8% of their GDP for a decade investing in the US.
Really hard to describe how much they hate their supporters and just want to milk them dry.
November 9, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Really hard to describe how much they hate their supporters and just want to milk them dry.
November 8, 2025 at 6:58 PM
So I guess now Uzbekistan will be investing over 8% of their gdp in the US every year for the next decade?
Cool cool. Checks out. No questions.
Cool cool. Checks out. No questions.
November 7, 2025 at 3:33 AM
So I guess now Uzbekistan will be investing over 8% of their gdp in the US every year for the next decade?
Cool cool. Checks out. No questions.
Cool cool. Checks out. No questions.
Aaaaaaaannnd there it is.
Saying "High traffic markets" is like saying "Urban". Everyone knows what it means.
Saying "High traffic markets" is like saying "Urban". Everyone knows what it means.
November 6, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Aaaaaaaannnd there it is.
Saying "High traffic markets" is like saying "Urban". Everyone knows what it means.
Saying "High traffic markets" is like saying "Urban". Everyone knows what it means.
The Fabulous Cowboy Boner Ads are still on Trump's profile.
If anything they've made him *more* glittery since the ads first appeared.
If anything they've made him *more* glittery since the ads first appeared.
November 5, 2025 at 10:38 PM
The Fabulous Cowboy Boner Ads are still on Trump's profile.
If anything they've made him *more* glittery since the ads first appeared.
If anything they've made him *more* glittery since the ads first appeared.
Trump's messaging reads a lot like, "Things are only going to get worse electorally, it's takeover now, or never."
That reading is bolstered by the fact that he's only speaking to insiders in all of these. Not even attempting to speak to the American People.
That reading is bolstered by the fact that he's only speaking to insiders in all of these. Not even attempting to speak to the American People.
November 5, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Trump's messaging reads a lot like, "Things are only going to get worse electorally, it's takeover now, or never."
That reading is bolstered by the fact that he's only speaking to insiders in all of these. Not even attempting to speak to the American People.
That reading is bolstered by the fact that he's only speaking to insiders in all of these. Not even attempting to speak to the American People.
It'll be interesting to see what his handlers tell him "the very minimum as required" *is*.
Appropriations feels predictable, they feel no obligation to anything.
More interesting is stuff like, if there's an air traffic controller shortage in like Keokuk or something, does he pull from NYC first?
Appropriations feels predictable, they feel no obligation to anything.
More interesting is stuff like, if there's an air traffic controller shortage in like Keokuk or something, does he pull from NYC first?
November 4, 2025 at 12:57 PM
It'll be interesting to see what his handlers tell him "the very minimum as required" *is*.
Appropriations feels predictable, they feel no obligation to anything.
More interesting is stuff like, if there's an air traffic controller shortage in like Keokuk or something, does he pull from NYC first?
Appropriations feels predictable, they feel no obligation to anything.
More interesting is stuff like, if there's an air traffic controller shortage in like Keokuk or something, does he pull from NYC first?
I love this, thank you.
The Servant Song also helps me.
Also remembering that the Good Samaritan parable was Jesus's answer to, "Ok, I'm supposed to love my neighbor as myself. Agreed. But who IS my neighbor? Surely not all THOSE people?"
The Servant Song also helps me.
Also remembering that the Good Samaritan parable was Jesus's answer to, "Ok, I'm supposed to love my neighbor as myself. Agreed. But who IS my neighbor? Surely not all THOSE people?"
November 3, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I love this, thank you.
The Servant Song also helps me.
Also remembering that the Good Samaritan parable was Jesus's answer to, "Ok, I'm supposed to love my neighbor as myself. Agreed. But who IS my neighbor? Surely not all THOSE people?"
The Servant Song also helps me.
Also remembering that the Good Samaritan parable was Jesus's answer to, "Ok, I'm supposed to love my neighbor as myself. Agreed. But who IS my neighbor? Surely not all THOSE people?"
And um, I think that's a Saab Gripen? I'm guessing that's not the only non-US stock visual in there, too.
November 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
And um, I think that's a Saab Gripen? I'm guessing that's not the only non-US stock visual in there, too.
I regret to inform you there are Flamboyant Cowboy erection ads on DJT's Truth Social profile.
October 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I regret to inform you there are Flamboyant Cowboy erection ads on DJT's Truth Social profile.
A focus on nutrition assistance started in the US because in WWII so many men were too weakened by malnutrition to serve in the military.
news.stanford.edu/stories/2019... and many more document this.
Major federal school lunch laws were passed in 1946 and '49.
news.stanford.edu/stories/2019... and many more document this.
Major federal school lunch laws were passed in 1946 and '49.
October 28, 2025 at 1:06 PM
A focus on nutrition assistance started in the US because in WWII so many men were too weakened by malnutrition to serve in the military.
news.stanford.edu/stories/2019... and many more document this.
Major federal school lunch laws were passed in 1946 and '49.
news.stanford.edu/stories/2019... and many more document this.
Major federal school lunch laws were passed in 1946 and '49.
And FWIW, even Grenada wasn't a knife through butter. It led to one of my favorite quotes about Marines!
October 27, 2025 at 8:52 PM
And FWIW, even Grenada wasn't a knife through butter. It led to one of my favorite quotes about Marines!
Damnit I wanted so badly for this to not be true.
October 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Damnit I wanted so badly for this to not be true.
When this is the best that even Mike Lee can come up with, you're doing pretty good.
October 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
When this is the best that even Mike Lee can come up with, you're doing pretty good.
Small town in a deep red district of a blue state.
October 18, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Small town in a deep red district of a blue state.
Our government is directly giving our money to the president again.
October 16, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Our government is directly giving our money to the president again.
