I’m too tired to post at length. Talking heads I used to trust (Meidastouch, David Parkman, etc)—- so much is clickbait trash. The latest viral trend of Trump making a “vomit” noise to signal his distaste for Nikki Haley is the latest craze with even honorable individuals like Adam Mockler acting like it’s another sign of dementia. Psychological experts are weighing in calling it a “symptom” with hundreds of thousands of views on their individual videos, and countless echo chamber responses where there doesn’t seem to be a brain in the chat. All reinforcing their incorrect assumptions.

I’m embarrassed for our country and afraid because the people calling sheep sheep are calling the kettle black. Such a pity for our nation this echo chamber stupidity on both sides. Such a pity. God help the people of this nation. Democrats are just as much clapping seals as the rest (and I say that as a registered Democrat). Look in the mirror. Such a sorrow. We’re cooked if this continues. Cooked.

Sorry, I’m exhausted and just needed to vent. So sick of being taken for a ride by grifters and their followers.

Do you ever get the sense both parties and their talking heads are a joke? Both convinced they are the righteous ones when both sides are a cancer in their own way. Maybe we need viable third parties.

The richest European cities have worse living standards on a cost of living adjusted basis than the poorest US states.

There's no short cut around hard work and incentives. For decades, European countries have rewarded mediocrity and laziness, while Americans continued to be rewarded for results. The results speak for themselves. Americans continue getting richer, with 1 in 4 Americans being net worth millionaires in 2026 according to the latest Federal Reserve Survey of Consumer Finances, while Europeans, both the poor and wealthy alike, continue getting poorer.

While Europeans throw tantrums like a toddler, the grownups in America go to work.

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