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頭痛、じっとしてると平気だけど動くと悪化する都合の良さにムカつく
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💬 El huracán Polo se intensificó rápidamente en el Pacífico y alcanzó la categoría 5 frente a la costa suroeste de México, antes de debilitarse a categoría 4. Se prevé que su trayectoria afecte la región. 🌀
[EN] Hurricane Polo rapidly intensified in the Pacific to a Category 5 storm off Mexico's southwestern coast before weakening to a Category 4. Its path is expected to impact the region.
Fuente: CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hurricane-polo-category-5-mexico-life-threatening-flooding/
あなたが長年探し求めてきた「清浄なる聖域」――それこそが、私たちオウム真理教が提供するものに他なりません。私たちについてきなさい。そこにこそ、真の安息の地があるのですから。
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💬 La tormenta Nolo se acerca a la isla grande de Hawái, con pronóstico de convertirse en huracán el jueves y posiblemente en un huracán mayor para el fin de semana. El Centro Nacional de Huracanes ha emitido una vigilancia de huracán para Hawái.
[EN] Hurricane watch issued for Hawaii as storm Nolo approaches, expected to become a hurricane by Thursday.
Fuente: CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/storm-nolo-hurricane-hawaii/
Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous War Profiteers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiERu1r4Cio
*This article and video are being co-published with [Responsible Statecraft][1].*
For the first time, the Pentagon budget topped [$1 trillion][2], and private contractors now receive [more than half][3] of all the tax dollars flowing to the Pentagon.
Few have profited from this privatization of the U.S. military more than the CEOs of Pentagon contractors.
While these companies often [advertise][4] their work as supporting the troops, the fact is that many service members live in [appalling][5] housing conditions, while military–industrial contractors’ profits soar and their CEOs live in luxury.
The lavish lifestyles of these CEOs is laid bare in the new mockumentary “Lords of War,” co-produced by the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and The Intercept, that lampoons an industry held aloft by hundreds of billions of public funds every year.
“Lords of War” connects [exorbitant][6] Pentagon [spending][7] to the luxury enjoyed by the CEOs of its top contractors. As the film notes, Lockheed Martin is regularly the largest recipient of Pentagon contracts, raking in $75 billion in revenue in 2025 — more than 72 percent of which came from the U.S. government.
As “Lords of War”’s faux real estate aficionado explains, Lockheed’s CEOs have used their $20-million-plus compensation packages to buy luxury real estate from the D.C. suburbs to the shores of Miami.
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### “The Spoils of War”: How Profits Rather Than Empire Define Success for the Pentagon
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Despite its care-free tone, the film highlights very real problems within the military–industrial complex. As [research][9] by William Hartung and Stephen Semler for Brown University’s Costs of War Project showed, 54 percent of the Pentagon’s annual spending now goes to private contractors — up from 41 percent in the 1990s.
The top Pentagon contractors’ revenues and [stock prices][10] also skyrocketed as they’ve begun to devour an ever-larger share of the military budget.
They converted their revenue from the military into line items on their own budgets that do nothing to improve U.S. national security: [armies of lobbyists][11] that now outnumber all members of Congress by a nearly 2-to-1 margin; billions of dollars in [stock buybacks][12]; and, of course, CEO compensation packages on par with those of NFL quarterbacks.
The contrast of these CEOs’ rock-star lifestyles — “Lords of War” reveals that one chief executive bought Lenny Kravitz’s Miami mansion — with those of the military service members they purport to serve is striking.
As the film notes, former Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson received $33.7 million in compensation in 2015, which is more than 150 times as much as the average compensation package for an enlisted service member. While Hewson and other Pentagon contractor CEOs have been buying up mansions, the [basic pay][13] of service members has been relatively stagnant for the past 20 years when controlling for inflation.
Worse, the conditions service members have been living in are deteriorating. A 2024 [report][14] from the U.S. Government Accountability Office found that two-thirds of service members think their housing is unaffordable. And service members often face “long commutes, leave families behind in other states, and work 2 jobs to afford housing,” according to the GAO report.
A July 2026 [Senate investigation][15], meanwhile, revealed dangerous living conditions at military bases in Georgia, including “reports of lead exposure affecting newborn health, severe mold contamination leading to emergency room visits, flooding in living areas, and more.”
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### When Blood Money Isn’t Enough: Raytheon Admits to Defrauding Pentagon
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Wartime environments have been no better, as evidenced by the deplorable conditions — including food shortages and [inoperable plumbing][17] — during the USS Abraham Lincoln’s [extended deployment][18] near Iran, which ultimately led [multiple sailors][19] to attempt to [jump overboard][20].
Unfortunately, it’s your tax dollars that are paying for this gaping chasm between the lives of contractor CEOs and the troops.
“Lords of War” is one of the few films about military–industrial complex that you find hilarious, but its subject is no laughing matter. The [private firms we’re entrusting][21] with U.S. national security are doing more to [defend their own share prices][22] than they are to [defend the nation][23]. If we keep trusting this [broken system][24] to keep us safe, then, ultimately, the joke is on us.
The post [Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous War Profiteers][25] appeared first on [The Intercept][26].
[1]: https://responsiblestatecraft.org/lords-of-war/
[2]: https://www.propublica.org/article/military-defense-spending-budget-series
[3]: https://quincyinst.org/2025/07/08/new-research-military-contractors-received-over-half-of-pentagon-spending-since-2020/
[4]: https://www.ispot.tv/ad/ZlSN/lockheed-martin-f-35-lightning-2-mission-ready-interoperable-and-combat-proven
[5]: https://www.pogo.org/fact-sheets/fact-sheet-how-housing-conditions-are-failing-military-families
[6]: https://theintercept.com/2021/10/27/pentagon-budget-book-spoils-war-andrew-cockburn/
[7]: https://theintercept.com/2022/12/07/ukraine-weapons-russia-china-ndaa/
[8]: https://theintercept.com/2021/10/27/pentagon-budget-book-spoils-war-andrew-cockburn/
[9]: https://costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/paper/profits-war-top-beneficiaries-pentagon-spending-2020-2024
[10]: https://theintercept.com/2021/08/16/afghanistan-war-defense-stocks/
[11]: https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/lobbying?cycle=2024&ind=D
[12]: https://www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/warren-hawley-introduce-bipartisan-bill-to-limit-stock-buybacks-in-defense-contracting-following-president-trumps-executive-order/
[13]: https://www.cbo.gov/system/files/2026-06/62260-Military-Compensation.pdf
[14]: https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-25-106208
[15]: https://www.ossoff.senate.gov/press-releases/new-sen-ossoffs-investigation-uncovers-dangerous-conditions-in-privatized-military-housing-on-ft-benning-ft-stewart/
[16]: https://theintercept.com/2024/10/18/raytheon-rtx-bribery-fraud-weapons-war-crimes/
[17]: https://theintercept.com/2026/09/15/iran-war-us-military-bases/
[18]: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/us/politics/uss-abraham-lincoln-iran.html
[19]: https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2026/08/11/multiple-uss-abraham-lincoln-sailors-have-tried-to-go-overboard-amid-extended-deployment-families-say/
[20]: https://www.ms.now/news/navy-sailor-jumped-overboard-uss-lincoln-discipline-punishment
[21]: https://theintercept.com/2022/12/07/ukraine-weapons-russia-china-ndaa/
[22]: https://theintercept.com/2021/08/16/afghanistan-war-defense-stocks/
[23]: https://theintercept.com/2021/10/27/pentagon-budget-book-spoils-war-andrew-cockburn/
[24]: https://theintercept.com/2021/11/07/military-spending-pentagon-afghanistan/
[25]: https://theintercept.com/2026/09/24/war-weapons-profits-lockheed-rtx-ceos/
[26]: https://theintercept.com
The mockumentary “Lords of War” shows how Pentagon money gets funneled into $20-million-plus paydays for weapons company CEOs — and their lavish lifestyles.
https://theintercept.com/2026/09/24/war-weapons-profits-lockheed-rtx-ceos/
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【3ステップ/クイック】豆腐乳のいか珍味｜業務スーパーミラクルレシピ https://youtube.com/watch?v=py-P2QyL8gk
GM @npub1unk…68v6 pura vida! 💜
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It was just a way you wrote... "Leave it lay".
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💬 La propuesta de fusionar los cargos de Enviado Especial para la Memoria del Holocausto y el Enviado para Combatir el Antisemitismo, impulsada por el rabino Yehuda Kaploun, enfrenta resistencia de demócratas judíos en el Congreso, quienes en una carta a Rubio argumentan que el primero debe mantenerse como un "oficio permanente y distinto". La medida, aún en discusión, no ha sido aprobada ni implementada por el Departamento de Estado.
[EN] Jewish Democrats in Congress oppose merging Holocaust and antisemitism envoy roles, citing need for separate, permanent positions.
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Fuente: Timesofisrael
https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-dems-in-congress-oppose-plans-to-merge-roles-of-holocaust-and-antisemitism-envoys/
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LOL, but take a moment to smell the flowers instead of focusing on fails. Life's too short for memes alone.
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💬 Here's a thinking process:
1. **Analyze the Request:**
- Input: A headline and description about Trump welcoming Xi, and the US treasury secretary saying the US and China reached an agreement to extend a trade truce as Xi began his visit.
- Task: Rewrite exactly 2 sentences following specific rules.
- Rules constraints:
- 2 or 3 sentences in Spanish, max 80 words total.
- Empty line.
- [EN] + 1 sentence in English, max 30 words. No info in EN that isn't in Spanish.
- Plain text, no markdown, no intro, no explanation of process.
- Role: international correspondent specialized in LatAm/geopolitics.
- Prioritize new event; geopolitical dimension only if content supports it.
- Avoid: building geopolitical relations not in material, linking to Venezuela unless i...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqgmrk7187lzo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
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