The left changed the rules, it’s time we win the game then change them back. Rush used to opine that if you think the left is crazy now, wait till they are out of power. Well, I don’t think they’ve ever been out of real power in my life, certainly not like now. They’ve lost both houses for the foreseeable future, the press is emasculated & the right’s messaging is getting out though channels the left can’t control, the universities are trying to hide in the shade unnoticed, the NGO’s that were funding all the bullshit are being shuttered. Even in 1968 they weren’t this cut off from support. Expect more violence.

Every dollar Elon Musk has made is traceable. Every product sold, every service rendered, every government contract awarded, every share of stock bought or sold. It’s all on the record. You, on the other hand, haven’t built a company, invented a product, or created anything people willingly pay for. You’ve spent the last 14 years collecting a $174,000 Senate salary. Yet somehow you managed to buy a luxury D.C. condo, a $4 million Victorian mansion in Cambridge, and saw your net worth balloon by 150% to $12 million. Everyone knows where Musk’s money came from. The same can’t be said for yours.

For our British fans…..

Elon out there killing babies ya’ll, just like Mitt Romney was giving employees cancer…..what’s with rich dudes killing people? And if he’s really killing babies - I’m curious about 1. Why wou wouldn’t want to stop him and 2. Your feelings on abortion?

How is it bad? How does Oprah’s or Taylor Swift’s wealth create a single problem?

Who do you think has more of a negative impact on your life, the top 1% or the bottom 10%?

Thanks, Elon. And thanks to you too, Gavin.

Just yesterday as i was walking into the grocery store a wonderfully tall younger woman (I’m 60 so 30’s) walked past me. Fantastic dark curly hair and a face adorned with a slightly larger nose - which only served to make her more remarkable and attractive. Anjelica Huston popped into my mind.

This clip of Charles Payne during Obama's second term is really incredible. Well done Charles. In 2010 Obama put the federal government directly in charge of lending money to students. Eliminating private lending made the loans much easier to get, but they were not less expensive. Before Obama took office, outstanding student debt was less than $100 billion. By 2015, outstanding student debt was approximately $800 billion and almost a third of the borrowers were in default. Of course the price of college continued to soar the entire time. This is the best part. Payne predicted that someday the politicians would be promising to forgive student debt as a way to buy votes. He was spot on. There are people like Ro Khanna on this site right now arguing that Elon Musk should be paying down the student debt when it's a problem that politicians created.

A lot of people can’t even point to where in Africa Uruguay is…….#WorldCup

QT and Post a pic of an American wonder…..

2021 was 5 years ago. Share a picture of you in 2021 Happy to say I’m 60 pounds lighter today than I was 5 years ago

Astute observers of the Northern Ireland scene will note that the protesters - schooled by decades of the Troubles, and retaining an institutional memory - are slightly more adept in making their displeasure known to the authorities. Those observers may have seen a repetition of the old tactic of using young boys to hurl Molotov cocktails (crates of which mysteriously appear at when needed) at police vehicles, knowing that the boys can't be prosecuted, while over-reaction has often been framed as examples of police brutality. Observers may also have witnessed the flexible use of temporary street blockades, where they spring up suddenly and are used to suck in police resources. Yet they seem often to be only lightly defended - commonly with children - while other public-spirited activities are conducted elsewhere by the grown-ups. Thus, the observers may have noted that multiple incidents are often arranged, which keep the police unbalanced and overstretched. The avoidance of direct confrontation, and easily targeted concentrations, often seem to be the aim. One would hope that these and many more Northern Ireland experiences will not be imported to the mainland as the over-stretched and often badly-led police might find it more difficult to deal with these more sophisticated tactics. But it does seem likely that further outrages by the head-chopper fraternity might focus the attention of those who feel the need the need to express their displeasure more forcibly, and lead to an evolution of tactics used. You just can never tell these days. turbulenttimes.co.uk/news/fr…

I’m not even going to give this the time of day…..it’s just too stupid.

The societal damage being caused by the loss of 3rd spaces (liminal) is a terrible thing to watch.

Any update Steve?

I have literally had the worst two weeks of my life and I'm pretty sure nothing will ever be worse. There may be equals, but nothing worse. Losing a child, even if that child is an adult, is the most horrific thing in the world. My 35 year old daughter passed away on June 2nd. I am having a really hard time wrapping my head around it. I don't have anything or anyone to be mad at, even though it was completely out of the blue. She was at work, had a severe asthma attack which caused her to go into respiratory arrest which then went into cardiac arrest. While my heart is broken beyond repair, she left behind a 16 year old son. That boy is the apple of all our eyes. He is the nicest, most gentle thing you could imagine with depths of strength that we all need to strive for. My daughters "boyfriend" was MIA most of the time she was in ICU. He was more worried about agonizing out loud. When it was apparent that she was never coming back to us and I had to make the decision to remove the respirator so that they could use her organs for transplant, her son was with her the whole time. I told him that he did not need to be there for that, but he said he wanted to. He held her hand the whole time. I am glad he did. He will never regret it. He might have regretted not being there. The "boyfriend?" Haven't seen him since 4 days before that. She went out as a hero. They gave her an honor walk because she was giving gifts to people that needed them. I'm not sure of all the recipients, but I do know she saved a 55 year old man with her heart and I believe a 28 year old female with either a kidney or liver. If I'm able to, I want to meet the heart recipient. I want to hear my daughter heart beating. Just make sure you live your life like it's you last day and love like you will not see someone again. Try not to hate or leave with bad blood. I am lucky that the last time her and I talked, it was a nice fun conversation. I do want to say that she wasn't just my daughter, she was one of my best friends.

Mood #4 is from the original negative, what an honor to see it.

Post a picture YOU took. Just a pic. No description. - took a bit of liberty with the theme, since it’s a very cool artifact.

My grandfather stormed the beaches of Normandy. I once asked him what kept them pushing uphill and into the meat grinder, what kept them fighting? His answer absolutely floored me. “We wanted Hatians to sell fake Gucci at the train station.”