In a stunning example of the Pentagon's paying prowess, C&D Distributors, a "small parts supplier" in South Carolina, charged more than $20.5 million dollars in fraudulent shipping costs:

It's good these guys were caught, but here's where I think the problem really lies:

``The majority, if not all of these parts, were going to high-priority, conflict areas -- that's why they got paid,'' Stroot said. If the item was earmarked ``priority,'' destined for the military in Iraq, Afghanistan or certain other locations, ``there was no oversight.''

(emphasis mine).

More after the jump.

I figure that Mark Buehrle's no-hitter is cause enough to begin my diary entering on DailyKos...

Anyhow, Mark Buehrle just tossed a no-hitter against the Texas Rangers.  It may just be a cold Wednesday night in Chicago, but we're celebrating here on the South Side.  As a lifelong Sox fan, I'm a little mad that I wasn't even watching this particular game on TV, but it would sure as hell have been better to even be there.  You can check out ESPN's coverage here.  I guess I picked the wrong cold game at The Cell when I went last week.