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Nation "Too Broke" for Universal Healthcare to Spend $406 Billion More on F-35

The nation's most expensive weapons program isn't done showing U.S. taxpayers how much it will ultimately cost them, with Bloomberg reporting Monday that the F-35 fighter jet budget is now predicted to jump by a cool $27 billion.

"Think about [F-35's] $405 billion price tag when a family member dies of a preventable disease.

Though the estimated future cost of the program had previously hovered at a mind-boggling $379 billion, an updated draft that could be submitted to Congress as early as today will reportedly exceed $406 billion—a nearly 7 percent increase.

The new cost increases may come as a hit to President Donald Trump, who has bragged about his ability to get weapons manufacturers to offer the Pentagon "better deals.".

Rob Garver, national correspondent for the Fiscal Times, made the point this way:.

We got fucking liberals out here saying single-payer is impossible but remaining pretty quiet on the F-35 being a money pit. »

Join the Day of Action for Net Neutrality on July 12th

Authored by battleforthenet.com

Net neutrality is the basic principle that protects our free speech on the Internet.

Without net neutrality, the Internet will become more like Cable TV, where the content you see is what your provider puts in front of you.

Websites, Internet users, and online communities will come together to sound the alarm about the FCC’s attack on net neutrality. »

Man checks one can of beer in for Qantas Melbourne to Perth flight

Authored by news.com.au

According to the BBC Leeds, the local engineering company, Quality Bearings, has been commissioned to build a pint-pulling robot.

Starting with first an interactive screen for humans to click for a pint, the beer tap is mechanically pulled down, filling a pint glass.

The passenger was travelling to Perth on Qantas flight QF777 and was determined that his Emu Export lager would be coming with him. »

Blackbeard and Black Pirates

Authored by ncdcr.gov

Those two ships were small sloops captained by the notorious Blackbeard, who seized the larger Concorde, and renamed her Queen Anne’s Revenge.

Pirate ships and slave ships were contemporaneous, and pirates often took the Africans when raiding those ships.

These links to the African slave trade helped to establish the identity of the wreck near Beaufort, as the Queen Anne’s Revenge. »

Amazon and Netflix to join in net neutrality protest

Authored by news.sky.com

The websites for Amazon and Netflix are participating in the protest.

Campaigners allege the proposed deregulation would "destroy net neutrality and give big cable companies control over what we see and do online" - but what exactly is net neutrality?.

However, all of those companies state that they are supporters of net neutrality and that the protest movement is mistaken in its opposition to the FCC's plans. »