The hate mongers of old also wrote letters to the editor of their local newspaper and waited by the mailbox each month for Ron Paul’s newsletter to arrive.

I spent my 20’s in work ‘bootcamp’ building my client base.
Missed weekends with friends at the pool/lake, rarely took vacation, & gained 40 pounds.
However, by age 32 I was financially comfortable and my business was on autopilot.

Worked for me. No regrets.

Disheartening.

Meanwhile in the financial sector, people I know making $50k/week think they’re under-paid.

I haven’t watched CNBC since the Aughts.

Bloomberg TV is the only financial media I permit to be displayed on office televisions.

77.3 million U.S. adults in 2024 voted for retribution.
Short USA.

America in decline because 28% of US *adults* decided a rapi$t & insurrectionist was their preferred choice for President.

I wasn’t much of a drinker before GLP-1, but now have no desire to consume alcohol.

I paid $30 for a martini in Paris a few weeks ago and drank $1 of it.

Adding gold leaf to the White House and spending $200 million on a ballroom is not the behavior of a man looking to move out on 20 January 2029.

Expect Insurrection 3.0*

*Insurrection 1.0 was Bush/Gore, 2.0 was January 6th

Worst:
2000: Bush/Gore (Insurrection 1.0)
2001: 9/11 (1/3 of adults lost their minds)
2003: Tax cuts & desert wars
2016: End of American exceptionalism
2020: COVID (1/3 adults lost their minds)

Best:
2008: Obama
2011: Initial investment in TSLA
2012: Obama
2013: Got married
2022: Bought the dip

Sit in an outdoor cafe only one half block from a main city thoroughfare in Paris or London and you’ll be surrounded by transportation, but speaking softly to your friends & family.

It’s only going to get quieter as we quickly transition from the internal combustion engine.

Explains why a significant portion of the 77.3 million U.S. *adults* (28% of all U.S. *adults* in 2024) voted for a rapist and insurrectionist.

Why I’m long China stocks and bullish about China’s future.

Meanwhile, cultivated meat price declines mirror the downward trend seen in consumer technology.

The future is cell-based agriculture.

I know a GenXer who recently purchased an Audemars Piguet Royal Oak super clone for ~$1K.

He could easily afford the authentic version for $35K MSRP (assuming he could find an AP at retail).

The super clone looks great. Unless you’re a ‘watch guy’ it is difficult to tell the difference.

On Sunday I removed too many discarded cans of Michelob Ultra from the water and shoreline of Lake Oconee.