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Excellent article (slightly depressing and scary) on the reality that buying a home is a fantasy for millions of young Americans.
"For most of history, including when boomers came of age, living was cheap and things were expensive; today it’s the opposite"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
"For most of history, including when boomers came of age, living was cheap and things were expensive; today it’s the opposite"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
It’s still not OK boomer: younger Americans are flailing – and mad as hell | J Oliver Conroy
For young Americans, not being able to buy a house is more than a sob story. It’s the symbol of a broken social contract and a generational betrayal
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Excellent article (slightly depressing and scary) on the reality that buying a home is a fantasy for millions of young Americans.
"For most of history, including when boomers came of age, living was cheap and things were expensive; today it’s the opposite"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
"For most of history, including when boomers came of age, living was cheap and things were expensive; today it’s the opposite"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Cracker Barrel changed the logo back
August 27, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Cracker Barrel changed the logo back
The return to leeches begins www.pbs.org/newshour/amp...
RFK Jr. pulls funding for vaccines being developed to fight respiratory viruses
The projects — 22 of them — are being led by some of the nation’s leading pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer and Moderna to prevent flu, COVID-19 and H5N1 infections.
www.pbs.org
August 6, 2025 at 2:30 AM
The return to leeches begins www.pbs.org/newshour/amp...
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The Trump administration proposes eliminating a 2009 finding that greenhouse gases endanger people. That would undermine the EPA's climate change regulations for power plants and cars.
Trump's EPA wants to eliminate regulation for greenhouse gases
The Trump administration proposes eliminating a 2009 finding that greenhouse gases endanger people. That would undermine the EPA's climate change regulations for power plants and cars.
n.pr
July 29, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The Trump administration proposes eliminating a 2009 finding that greenhouse gases endanger people. That would undermine the EPA's climate change regulations for power plants and cars.
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“The only certainty with tariffs is uncertainty.” www.axios.com/2025/07/08/t...
Trump says August 1 tariff deadline is firm, hours after saying it wasn't
Trump insisted Tuesday that "no extensions will be granted."
www.axios.com
July 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
“The only certainty with tariffs is uncertainty.” www.axios.com/2025/07/08/t...
First time in #Charlston #rainbowrow
March 27, 2025 at 11:37 PM
First time in #Charlston #rainbowrow
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Secretary Lutnick: You are a billionaire.
Maybe your mother-in-law wouldn't complain if she didn't get her Social Security check, but tens of millions of seniors struggling to survive would.
They're not fraudsters. They earned it.
How out of touch are you not to realize that?
Maybe your mother-in-law wouldn't complain if she didn't get her Social Security check, but tens of millions of seniors struggling to survive would.
They're not fraudsters. They earned it.
How out of touch are you not to realize that?
BREAKING: Trump's billionaire Commerce Secretary says that seniors won't care if they don't get their Social Security checks — and that anyone who does complain is a fraudster.
March 21, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Secretary Lutnick: You are a billionaire.
Maybe your mother-in-law wouldn't complain if she didn't get her Social Security check, but tens of millions of seniors struggling to survive would.
They're not fraudsters. They earned it.
How out of touch are you not to realize that?
Maybe your mother-in-law wouldn't complain if she didn't get her Social Security check, but tens of millions of seniors struggling to survive would.
They're not fraudsters. They earned it.
How out of touch are you not to realize that?
Trump Says Recession Unfortunate But Necessary Step To Get To Depression — theonion.com/trump-says-r...
Trump Says Recession Unfortunate But Necessary Step To Get To Depression
WASHINGTON—Warning that Americans should brace themselves for an economic “period of transition,” President Donald Trump told reporters Monday that a recession would be an unfortunate but necessary st...
theonion.com
March 11, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Trump Says Recession Unfortunate But Necessary Step To Get To Depression — theonion.com/trump-says-r...
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Well worth the read
Have written about JD Vance’s Munich speech. In what may prove to be the biggest week for European security since 1991, it’s time Europe listened to what Trump and his Vice President are telling us. open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
We need to listen to what Trump and Vance are telling us.
This may have been the biggest moment for European security since 1991.
open.substack.com
February 15, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Well worth the read
Fun workout to clear the cobwebs - 10 rounds of 20 cal row and ten dumbbell push press 50lbs.
February 2, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Fun workout to clear the cobwebs - 10 rounds of 20 cal row and ten dumbbell push press 50lbs.
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“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
January 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Still, Brexit Freedoms etc etc
The damning statistics that reveal the true cost of Brexit, five years on www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
January 4, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Still, Brexit Freedoms etc etc
Full day of travel ahead tomorrow - no better way to relax the evening before than at Cliveden House #clivedenhouse
December 6, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Full day of travel ahead tomorrow - no better way to relax the evening before than at Cliveden House #clivedenhouse
Well, that’s the dog poop bags nice and clean after forgetting to take them out of my jacket before washing
November 21, 2024 at 12:08 AM
Well, that’s the dog poop bags nice and clean after forgetting to take them out of my jacket before washing