Now this is money well spent, Hokey and Mitey and probably Nonames want this lot to be in charge, Chairman Mast Exposes Outrageous USAID and State Department Grants 02.04.25 Media Contact 202-321-9747 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast released the following video exposing radical, far-left grants issued by the State Department and United States Agency for International Development under the Biden administration. WATCH HERE Democrats and unaccountable bureaucrats don’t want Americans to know how their hard-earned tax dollars are being wasted abroad. Chairman Mast is here to set the record straight. Several egregious examples include: $15 million for condoms to the Taliban through USAID. $446,700 to promote the expansion of atheism in Nepal through the State Department. $1 million to boost French-speaking LGBTQ groups in West and Central Africa through the State Department. $14 million in cash vouchers for migrants at the southern border through the State Department. $20,600 for a drag show in Ecuador through the State Department. $47,020 for a transgender opera in Colombia through the State Department. $32,000 for an LGBTQ-centered comic book in Peru through the State Department. $55,750 for a climate change presentation warning about the impact of climate change in Argentina to be led by female and LGBT journalists through the StateDepartment. $3,315,446 for “being LGBTQ in the Caribbean” through USAID. $7,071.58 for a BIPOC speaker series in Canada through the State Department. $80,000 for an LGBTQ community center in Bratislava, Slovakia through the State Department. $3.2 million to help Tunisian migrants readjust to life in Tunisia after deportation through the State Department. $16,500 to foster a “united and equal queer-feminist discourse in Albanian society” through the State Department. $10,000 to pressure Lithuanian corporations to promote “DEI values” through the State Department. $8,000 to promote DEI among LGBTQ groups in Cyprus through the State Department. $1.5 million to promote job opportunities for LGBTQ individuals in Serbia through USAID. $70,884 to create a U.S.-Irish musical to promote DEI in Ireland through the State Department. $39,652 to host seminars at the Edinburgh International Book Festival on gender identity and racial equality through the State Department. $2.5 million to build electric vehicle charging stations in Vietnam’s largest cities through USAID. $425,622 to help Indonesian coffee companies become more climate and gender friendly through USAID.

Charlie mate, DSDreamin was to use your term 'huge' 🤗 really liked the way he stuck to it Mark and Nath should be over the moon with that run....   Cheers Iraklis

Totally agree. So wonderful to see the race go to a smaller trainer and lesser known jockey, Janelle Millar and Chris Dell, plus the syndicate owners.  What a thrill for them all, they are having a lot of fun with that horse. 

It's a shop. A $2 one?

Classic…..    

And what a great run from Don't Stop Dreaming he is definitely back 

Grade 1 winner Locked joins the growing list of United States-based runners that will bypass the rich $20 million Saudi Cup (G1) Feb. 22 at King Abdulaziz Racetrack in Riyadh.View the full article

So you think using aftermath post race is ok???That is all I was saying I dont think it is right terminology to be used post a race...nothing more.

Check these out 2 beaut races: Trotters Cup  https://www.harness.org.au/racing/fields/race-fields/?mc=CR080225#CRM08022507     Cranbourne Cup:  https://www.harness.org.au/racing/fields/race-fields/?mc=CR080225#CRM08022507   Cheers Iraklis  

You're only proving that it isn't only Trackside that use aftermath incorrectly.   Aftermath is always used to describe something negative.

Yes one for the battlers, one remembers  Mr dells horrific injuries many years back, after a terrible fall at the trials, and a long lay off, can quite remember the circumstances, good on him, done well to make it back to race riding.

Great for the large number of owners of Risque Ruler and Windsor Park Stud. The residual value of her two younger half sisters by Circus Maximus will increase as well.

I agree . But wasn't it good to see Chris Dell win the race . So happy for him 

Hated this from the get go.... I'm a bad judge about many things, but I couldn't see how this was going to be any different from what they delivered. I'm not sure what the whole thinking or what they would acheive was, but no doubt there will be a positive spin put on it... 🙄

Mighty Oscar B an Ants 🤗 what a win for the Champ at Cranbourne tonight, corr he's just summit else, congrats Mark and Nath 🫡   Cheers Iraklis PS. the Dreamin and Tact ran very creditable races for 2nd and 3rd, DSDreamin worked his butt off; stuck to his guns in the straight real nice....

So much money about now Liz. Its hard to know how to spend it all. Makes me recall the 80s. The industry is booming. Wonderful time to be a racegoer.

Well Here To Shock is now a Group 1 winner and the 3yo is now Group 1 placed.

Max - self-appointed (and sometimes r-r-rong) Guru of Engreesh had to raise one eyebrow upon seeing this 'definition' of AFTERMATH. While it is most often used in reference to a significant unoleasant event, it ain't necessarily so... to wit, things that happen in the aftermath of an election aren't necessarily unpleasant.

Yes,  ow that the Aussie owners/trainer shave clicked into the easy pickings of our boosted stakes, they'' come a'raiding more often ..and we'll grizzle about it all day long/f. Despite the fact that we've been raiding their goodies store for decades. LOL  

Leigh (Scooby) has kindly put up $250 worth of bets as prizes for this comp.  Prizes will go to the top 3 in the Grand Final (any ties split by seeding): Winner:   $150 Runner-up:  $75 3rd place:  $25 Usual rules - single tote bet - win, place or each way, with 50% of any collect retained by the winner and 50% back into the pool for future comps.