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- On December 19, 2024 Congress tried to suspend the federal debt limit until 2027 but the vote failed. The January 2 limit is full. What now?
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Category Archives: Administration
On December 19, 2024 Congress tried to suspend the federal debt limit until 2027 but the vote failed. The January 2 limit is full. What now?
By Robert Willmann A technique used in Congress will cause a proposed law to be filed at the last minute and scheduled to be voted on right away. This prevents many — or most — members from reading it and … Continue reading
The federal debt limit suddenly reappears on January 2, 2025, but it is no Happy New Year. The limit is already reached and the game is on to raise it.
By Robert Willmann There’s no business like show business. The United States Congress passed a law signed on 21 December 2024 to “appropriate money” to keep the federal government operating without being shut down until 14 March 2025. Misleadingly called … Continue reading
A Season for Memories
Throughout this Christmas season, I will be posting mostly old postings from Colonel Lang along with a few of my own. Christmas crept up on me quickly this year. In essence, I was damned near ambushed. A lot of that … Continue reading
Posted in Administration, Christmas, TTG
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What happens when you don’t pay the bills
Late last Friday morning, I tried accessing the site and got a Network Solutions message that turcopolier.com had expired and is pending renewal or deletion. Oops. I looked up the domain and found it did expire only hours before I tried accessing … Continue reading
Posted in Administration, TTG
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The 2024 federal fiscal year ended. $35.46 trillion in debt. A $1.83 trillion deficit. $1.13 trillion in gross interest payments. The presidential candidates are silent.
By Robert Willmann Like Mother Nature, mathematics is impartial. The financial or fiscal year of the U.S. government starts on 1 October and ends on 30 September of the following year, with its name being the year of the last … Continue reading
HARPER: A NECESSARY APPEAL ON MEMORIAL DAY
It is slightly over a year since the founder of this Committee of Correspondence, Col. W. Patrick Lang, passed away. TTG has done a yeoman’s job of maintaining this blog in the spirit of his friend and colleague Pat Lang, … Continue reading
Posted in Administration
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The Nicest Sense of Personal Honor – TTG
Qualifications of a Naval Officer It is by no means enough that an officer of the Navy should be a capable mariner. He must be that, of course, but also a great deal more. He should be as well a gentleman … Continue reading
Posted in Administration, TTG
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Site was down
The site went down late last Friday, surely the most inopportune time for such things. Nothing nefarious. Just a software glitch. TTG
Posted in Administration
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WE’RE BACK ONLINE
Since 12 June this website was just flat gone. Neither the URL, nor the associated IP address were reachable. All my efforts timed out. I hoped it would be a temporary ISP technical hiccup or just another DDOS attack. Both … Continue reading
Posted in Administration
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Dedication
We maintain and continue this committee of correspondence in memory of our founder and mentor, Colonel W. Patrick Lang. The image to the right is Marcus, a character from William S. Burroughs’s “The Coming of the Purple Better One.” Colonel … Continue reading
Posted in Administration
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