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A collection of 30 posts

Trump

The World Turned Upside Down

OK gang, here's where we are in a nutshell. (Spoiler alert: "King George is dead! Long Live King Trump?")

Trump

Let Loose the Frogs of War

With apologies to Shakespeare.

Economy

Investing w/ Uncle Warren & Cousin Jimmy

"All of our running and all of our cunning, if we couldn't laugh, we would all go insane." And other life lessons. Join us at the Buffett.

Trump

Incident at Buc-ee's

Trump supporters have taken the hint and are ready to punch or to shoot. Trump haters feel cornered and out of peaceful options. Both groups may find common ground in their collective nihilism - ready to declare war on a common enemy - Trump and the rest of the 1%.

Economy

Crypto Crooks

"Though "currency" is in the name, cryptocurrencies aren't and never have been. They're made up, a fantasy, have no intrinsic value, aren't backed by anything, & require complete suspension of belief to invest in. As I keep yelling at people in Walmart "pajamas aren't pants!," Bitcoin isn't money!"

Trump

Jeffrey, Who?

Oh, for when life was simpler and we argued over Obama's birth certificate.

Trump

Apocalypse...Uh...Not Now. Somewhere Down the Road

It's been a heck of a week, Brownie.

Trump

Open the Pod Bay Doors, HAL...

That was the week that was.

Economy

The Great Leap Forward

Yeah, that's from Chairman Mao, but it fits. Or was it Richard Nixon? Maybe J.D. Vance?

Trump

Can Anyone Here Play This Game?

If you have to keep yelling "Incoming!" it loses its punch.

Trump

Who is it For?

We hated them Commies because 'They don't take care of their people!' As the Trump Train rolls on, with African Immigrant Musk at the controls, it's hard to say we care about anyone anymore... except the billionaire class.

Trump

America First. Women and Children Last.

Wherein we find the only "Big Balls" belong to that 19-year-old DOGE punk.

Immigration

Down on the Rio Grande

The border is booming but the economic expansion is at risk because of the new American president. Consider that exports from Texas supported more than 1 million jobs in this state and we exported $129.5 billion of goods to Mexico in 2023.

Trump

The Casinos at Mar-a-Gazo

The proposed blitzkrieg that would sweep up the Panama Canal, Greenland, Gaza, Canada, and a few island nations to be named later? These pronouncements and declarations are all Weapons of Mass Distraction.

Trump

A Rich Man's Trick

The market cap for Trump's crypto grew to $60 billion almost overnight when it debuted after he took his oath of office. Trump’s financial solicitors can be anyone from Putin to General Dynamics to Exxon or England’s royal family. Pay your money, take your chances, and the public will never know.

Economy

Working

We were not close and I was only beginning to understand why as I entered my twenties. My great interest was in living a life different than my parents, less violent and argumentative, and without crippling financial burden.

Economy

Cry Havoc and Let Loose Elon and Vivek

America just didn't realize until now that it's all our fault. Elon and Vivek will explain it to you.

Economy

What the Hell is Happening in America?

The CEO's killer is a symptom of a larger cultural disease in the U.S. Millions of people have reached their limit of tolerance with corporate malfeasance and greed, the rich getting richer, the poor becoming poorer, and losing even the slightest influence they possess over their own economic fates.

Health Care

Torches, Pitchforks, and Bullets

There haven't been a lot of expressions of sympathy for the murder victim on social media. - from either the left or the right. What irony if the mob-style hit of an exec of a insurance corporation that is widely seen as predatory is the act that brings the nation together.

Immigration

Trump's Folly

"On day one,” Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham said during a visit to the border, “President Trump will marshal every lever of power to secure the border, protect their communities, and launch the largest mass deportation operation of illegal immigrant criminals in history."

Election

Too Little, Too Late to Change This

The inflation that occurred during and after the pandemic when supply chains imploded, hasn't completely come down. Since supply is not the issue, one might reasonably ask, why? And more importantly, what can Trump or Harris do about it?

Election

Vote For Me! Here's Some Stuff!

"The Milwaukee excitement was as artificially pumped up as Hulk Hogan's biceps or Kimberly Guilfoyle's lips. I expect no less in Chicago, only with more tofu."

Food

We Done Runned Out of Skrimps!

If you live in a town that only had a Sonic, a DQ, and a Billy Bob's Pizza Parlor, it can seem even more ritzy. The Lobster was to many, in a word, "fancy."

Economy

The War on Youth

The Greatest and Silent Generations understood the importance of a social contract. After having experienced World Wars and the Great Depression, they understood the need to build community. Then their kids (that's us, btw,) got greedy.

personal stories

Independence Way

I understood that there were economic and educational forces at work that made our lives abundantly different. My mother carried burgers and open-faced sandwiches as a waitress at a short-order restaurant. My father lifted bumpers out of a metal press for delivery to the assembly line.