Pentagon spending on drones jumps from $225M to $55B in one year

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Re: Pentagon spending on drones jumps from $225M to $55B in one year

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Post by BugsJustFindMe » Fri, May 01, 2026, 4:05 PM UTC

rayiner wrote: post #109

nullocator wrote: post #95

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Not sure whether you're intentionally spreading misinformation on this subject or not, but based on who I'm responding to it probably is intentional. Anyways in contrast to "Kids are being fed". Almost 14% of children in the U.S. face food insecurity according to the U.S. government. There is real evidence this improved during covid when the government did offer additional funding for school provided meals. The numbe…

> Almost 14% of children in the U.S. face food insecurity according to the U.S. government What does that term mean? My dad spent his career working in maternal and child health internationally. The way experts define this in the field of child nutrition is based on objective numbers. How many calories are kids eating? What macronutrients are they getting? Are you saying 14% of kids can’t afford to get the calories a…

> What does that term mean?

The government tells you what it means here: https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-nutrition-assistance/fo...

Re: Pentagon spending on drones jumps from $225M to $55B in one year

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Post by anigbrowl » Fri, May 01, 2026, 6:20 PM UTC

rayiner wrote: post #96

anigbrowl wrote: post #92

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Why do conservatives hate doing anything for children so much? WTF. He gave you a clear answer which you just ignored so you could repeat your ideal of how things should work instead of addressing the realities of how they do. You are smart enough to understand the difference, but chose to give a BS reply.

It’s not liberal versus conservative. I’m a liberal on this. I support SNAP. It’s a generous benefit and that’s okay with me. We should give parents plenty of money to make sure their kids can eat. Your position isn’t just liberal, it’s post-liberal. You’re saying that it’s not enough to have cash benefits that gives parents reasonable choices in feeding their kids. It’s not about having broad-based policies that wor…

Bullshit. Free school lunches for all are a simple, bureaucracy-minimizing way to ensure that all kids get fed while they're at school without discrimination (eg treating poor kids conspicuously differently). You said in an adjacent subthread that you'd love if there were universal school lunches like in Japan, then cooked up a bunch of abstract reasons for why that 'isn't possible.' If you think it's a good thing, then there's no need to stand in the way of it.

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