*President Trump proposes to reduce the budget of the LIGO Gravitational Wave Observatory from $48 million down to $29 million which would save $19 million but would require a mothballing of one of LIGO's two detectors, almost certainly the one in Washington state not the one in Louisiana because Washington is a blue state but Louisiana is a red state. Meanwhile, in celebration of our dear leader's 79th birthday, on Saturday Trump has ordered that a military parade be performed that would cost $134 million. *
*That figure includes $16,000,000 earmarked to repair the extensive street damage caused by the 28 M1 Abrams main battle tanks that weigh 70 tons each, the 28 Bradley Fighting Vehicles that weigh 30 tons each, the 28 Stryker infantry carriers that weigh 17 tons each, the 4 self‑propelled M109 Paladin Howitzers that weigh 39 tons each, and about 90 other military vehicles that are a bit less massive. It's not exactly a dog and pony show but the parade will include a dog, two mules, 34 horses, and a wagon. * *By the way, Trump's decision to activate 4000 members of the California National Guard and send 700 active duty Marines to Los Angeles will cost $134 million even though less violence was demonstrated than typically happens when a home team wins a major football or baseball game, but hey, he saved 19 million by killing LIGO.* *John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis>* 4bq -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv2bKMngnUoE0dfswbfhMJMevrapbiBZ8Dux6VJ6vJ9FCQ%40mail.gmail.com.
