Daily Wire: The now-shuttered U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) paid Ukrainian models and designers to go to Paris Fashion Week and other frivolous luxuries, Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) said Wednesday.
Ernst revealed that USAID did not report the expenditures in public databases and tried to block her staff from seeing them, claiming they were classified. In reality, she said, they were not classified, merely embarrassing for how wasteful they were.
Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelensky has demanded billions from American taxpayers, raising the specter of gruesome deaths and suffering. But “staff learned that the aid intended to alleviate economic distress in the war-torn nation was spent on such frivolous activities as sending Ukrainian models and designers on junkets to New York City, London Fashion Week, Paris Fashion Week, and South by Southwest in Austin, Texas,” a memo obtained by The Daily Wire said.
Ukrainian recipients of “Competitive Economy Program (CEP)” funds included, the memo said: more
Pickle maker?
Vinegar and pickling spices.
What the hell is a pickle maker?
My sister’s a pickle maker as were my mother and grandmothers.
Keeping things secret by claiming “national security” is outrageous but utterly unsurprising: Criminals always try to hide their crimes. Duh.
Is “pickle maker” another way of saying “fluffer”? 🙄
That’s one heck of a pickle that the gubmint has got itself into. Does USAID also subsidize the playing of pickleball? And you can also say that’s one heck of a dillvelopment.
Reminds me of the “Larry th cable guy” joke about being fired for getting caught with his fingers in the Pickle Slicer
In semi-related news, Ukrinform journo Tatyana Kulik was killed by a Russian drone while in her home near Kiev.
“The European Alliance of News Agencies (EANA) expressed deep sorrow and outrage over Kulyk’s death. In a statement, the organization described her as a dedicated journalist who worked tirelessly to show the strength and courage of the Ukrainian people.”
IOW, she was a shill for the NATO propaganda mill.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/ukrainian-journalist-at-ukrinform-killed-in-russian-drone-attack/ar-AA1zTkP0?ocid=BingNewsSerp
While it is deplorable that a journalist was killed, it must be remembered that Gonzalo Lira was captured, tortured and killed by Ukraine for reporting the truth about the SMO. And I have no doubt that Ukrinform, the state media outlet for which Kulik shilled, received USAID money.
I hope I live to see the day that communist b**ch Samantha Power is behind bars. Or hanging from a noose.
Zelensky: Let them eat pickles.
A guy who has a job fixing various machinery in a food factory comes home from work early. His wife asks why he’s home in the middle of the work day. He says he got fired. She asks why. He says it’s because he stuck his wiener in the pickle maker. She asks what happened to the pickle maker. He replies that they fired her too.
Slush Fund to Buy Influence, fund Dictators, skim taxpayers, divert to Political Cronies etc.
Plain & simple