{"id":176165,"date":"2025-11-12T07:00:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T12:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=176165"},"modified":"2025-11-10T14:21:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T19:21:08","slug":"shutdown-and-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=176165","title":{"rendered":"Shutdown and Money"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo from when commissaries were to check IDs. I guess now they check SNAP cards.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We’d better hope the pols in DC get their acts together. An update on the Defense Commissary Agency (DECA):<\/p>\n

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Some military leaders are telling their troops to prepare for their on-base commissaries to close by early December if the government shutdown continues. As many as 168 locations at bases across the continental U.S. could be affected.<\/p>\n

But officials with the agency that runs the military-only grocery stores insisted to Task & Purpose this week that the stores will be open through Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Seems to me that response is just a weasel way to say “yep, that’s right.”<\/p>\n

Task & Purpose obtained two emails sent this week by leaders of two large military units that advised troops that DECA is likely to begin cutting back on restocking inventory at the military-only base grocery stores on Nov. 14, with plans to close nearly all stores in the U.S. by Dec. 3.\u00a0\u00a0Task and Purpose<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I realize that the commissary is not the be-all and end-all of grocery shopping, and that\u00a0 cheap alternatives like Wally World abound, at least in the US. But it’s just indicative of another way the Congresscritters and pols feel about the military in general. Thank God at least THEY are getting paid, right?\u00a0 (Ok, maybe a little<\/em> sarcasm there.)\u00a0 The troops overseas? What, let them eat cake?<\/p>\n

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Which brings up the biggest congresscritter in recent memory: perhaps no physically, but certainly in her impact Nancy Pelosi deserves mention. Especially since she has announced she is not going to run again.\u00a0Thank God And Greyhound<\/a><\/p>\n

One thing bout SanFranNan though – she did wisely marry the absolute best investor since Warren Buffett.\u00a0 SHE bought no stocks, SHE did no insider trading, SHE didn’t exploit her position. He, however, is a stock pickin’ GENIUS. It’s almost like he knew something…<\/p>\n

Before entering office in 1987, Pelosi and her husband reported between $610,000 and $785,000 in stocks in their portfolio, the Post said, citing a financial disclosure form.<\/p>\n

Those stocks reportedly included Citibank and companies that are no longer publicly traded.<\/p>\n

Over time, that portfolio has soared in value to $133.7 million today, the Post reported, citing estimates from Quiver Quantitative.<\/p>\n

The newspaper said the profit of 16,930% exceeds the 2,300% that the Dow Jones had during the same time period.\u00a0 \u00a0Fox News<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I can hear the nitpickers and apologists already: “That 16,000 percent is over a very long time, 38 years!” And yes, it is… but if you divide it out you get an AVERAGE return of over 400% presumably every year, rain or shine.<\/p>\n

Thanks for helping perpetuate the shutdown, Nancy. I’m so<\/em> happy it doesn’t seem to have affected your portfolio.<\/p>\n

Boy, do I miss Tip O’Neill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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