THEY NEVER LEARNED ABOUT LENIN, CAPITALISTS AND THE ROPE: Officials with the federal Thrift Savings Board said no to the request from Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) that they not invest upwards of $50 billion saved by members of the U.S. military and civil service in Chinese firms supplying the People’s Liberation Army. The senators are not happy.