This is UnitedHealthcare.
This is what happens when the Democratic leadership is somnambulant, people take matters into their own hands.
I don’t know if this news has made it into the right wing blogosphere. But in the mainstream press this week there have been all these stories about Tesla sales tanking. Significantly.
And now people are attacking Tesla cars and dealerships and…
We can’t say exactly how many people are responsible, but one thing is for sure, they’re tapping into an anger that permeates the left, if not some of the right too.
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How much money did you lose today?
Now if you’re a young ‘un, who believes they’ll be healthy until the day they die, working all the while, there’s no need to prepare for the future. But if you’re a boomer, living on a fixed income.
You had to own stocks just to keep up with inflation.
So…
That’s the story of the day, how the market crashed. In the wake of Trump hinting at a recession. And in today’s print edition, the “Wall Street Journal” had an article whose headline says it all:
“Are Stocks a Sure Thing Over the Long Term? Not Necessarily – While it doesn’t occur frequently, U.S. stocks, as well as international markets, have produced losses over 10- and 20-year periods, research shows”
https://www.wsj.com/finance/
Are you anxious yet?
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“Dennis Burnham, who lived next door, was a toddler when his mother briefly put him in a playpen in their garden. She returned a few minutes later to find the current U.S. president, then aged five or six, standing at his fence throwing rocks at the little boy. Another neighbor, Steven Nachtigall, now a 66-year-old doctor, said he never forgot Trump ... once jumping off his bike and beating up another boy: ‘It was so unusual and terrifying at that age,’” - Trump Revealed.
“When I look at myself in the first grade and I look at myself now, I’m basically the same,” - Donald J Trump.
The pews at the cathedral were packed this Ash Wednesday — more than I can remember in years. Some others on social media seemed to notice the same thing. And the atmosphere was dark and intense even for the beginning of Lent — as ash was smeared on my forehead with the familiar, sobering mantra:
Remember, man, that thou are dust and unto dust thou shalt return.
5/. The tech bros will find a way to do this.....just like in "1984".....
A few weeks into Donald Trump’s second term, a MAGA-supporting acquaintance asked me why the left seemed “so unbelievably demoralized.” He was not (merely) gloating; he was curious. “I’m sure it won’t last,” he told me, “but for now it’s just sort of a bewildering sensation to feel like you’re doing politics with no opposition.” There was a note of pity in his voice.
He wasn’t wrong. The first signs of life from the dazed Democrats following the inauguration were not exactly encouraging: Joining a protest outside the Treasury on February 4, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer held hands with California representative Maxine Waters — an icon of the resistance to Trump’s first term — and chanted “We will win!” several times before seeming to realize the implausibility of his boast. Interrupting himself, he leaned into the mic and rephrased: “We won’t rest! We won’t rest!”
Happy International Women’s Day (IWD), everyone! I’ve got some good news and some bad news to mark the occasion.
The bad news is that a legally defined sexual predator is leading the most powerful country on earth and we’re seeing a global backlash against women’s rights. “[I]nstead of mainstreaming equal rights, we are seeing the mainstreaming of misogyny,” the UN secretary-general, António Guterres, said in his IWD message.
According to a Bankrate study published in 2024, “It’s cheaper to rent than to buy in all of the top 50 metros. The typical monthly mortgage payment of a median-priced home ($412,778, per Redfin) in the U.S. is $2,703, while the national typical monthly rent is $1,979 as of February — a 36.6% difference.”
You’ve got to be willing to question the system.
That was what Napster was about. That powered all the change at the turn of the century until a little over a decade ago when the tech companies solidified their power.
This is why Trump won and is winning. He questioned orthodoxy.
Meanwhile, the Democrats have put their faith in the system to save them, I wouldn’t be so sure.
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Two months into 2025, the sense of dread is palpable. In the US, the year began with a terrorist attack; then came the fires that ravaged a city, destroying lives, homes and livelihoods. An extremist billionaire came to power and began proudly dismantling the government with a chainsaw. Once-in-a-century disasters are happening more like once a month, all amid devastating wars and on the heels of a pandemic.
The city of Asheville and its surrounding areas have been left vulnerable to floods, fires and extreme heat after Hurricane Heleneuprooted thousands of trees that provided shade and protection from storms.
Helene was catastrophic for the region’s trees – in part due to the heavy precursor rainstorm that pounded southern Appalachia for two days straight, drenching the soil before Helene hit, bringing yet more heavy rain and 60-100mph winds.
The Spanish series “When No One Sees Us,” beginning Friday on Max, is one of the better foreign-crime dramas in ages — focused, beautiful, sturdy but artful. The show is set in a small town in Spain where there is a U.S. Air Force base, and the story unfolds during Holy Week, which adds to the sense of import and impending crisis.
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