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“TransAmerica” – It’s Officially On!
(May 1 Launch) I’m on my way to DC for the Fourth of July to celebrate our nation’s 250th Birthday! I am going to ride the TranAmerica Trail route that was first introduced in 1976, our nation’s 200th Birthday. I thought it was fitting to use the same route as they did 50 years ago, and it has become more and more famous since. I have always wanted to make an adventure trip like this, and I won’t likely have another chance. I was dreaming last year of riding to Boga Chica, Texas last summer, and Watch a big rocket go up to space. I couldn’t pull the trigger. That…
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Grass Burrs and a Long Walk
I was a homeless drunk in Denver, but I still worked. Temp agencies mostly. If a customer needed a guy the next day, I was the one they asked for again. One week they sent me to this small manufacturing shop on the edge of Commerce City. Place was clean as a whistle—floors shining, everything in its place. They put me on a CNC lathe that was already programmed. My whole job was to load the part, push the buttons, and not screw it up. After two days, the boss calls me into his office.‘You’re a good worker,’ he says. ‘How much you want an hour?’I tell him, ‘Don’t pay…
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Boldest. Man. Alive.
People keep asking me what I think of our President now that he’s been back in office for a year. You’ve seen the headlines. Mass deportations on a scale nobody thought a modern president would actually try. Executive orders flying so fast Washington can’t even finish being outraged about the last one. Half the country says it’s chaos, the other half says it’s finally someone doing what he promised. Gas prices down from the worst of the Biden era, some relief on energy and inflation if you actually pay the bills in your house. At the same time, every pollster on TV tells you Americans are still angry about the…
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Push for U.S. Control of Greenland
The recent resurgence in the United States’ interest in acquiring Greenland has sparked intense debate and international concern. President Donald Trump’s persistent calls for the island’s annexation, coupled with his administration’s aggressive stance, have pushed this issue to the forefront of global politics. Historical Context Greenland has long been a strategic asset for the U.S., primarily due to its location at the intersection of North America, Europe, and the Arctic. The United States’ interest in Greenland dates back to World War II when it established military bases there under the 1951 Agreement Allowing US Military Presence. This historical context underscores why the U.S. views Greenland as a critical vantage point…
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Jogging in Your Sixties
A great way to meet people! “Today I met two paramedics, three nurses, a cardiologist, and I almost met Jesus!
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You’re Getting a Raise. So Why Are They Still Fear‑Mongering Social Security?
“You’re getting a raise… and they’re still fear‑mongering Social Security.”That pretty much sums up where we are right now. For 2026, Social Security checks are going up, not down. The Social Security Administration has already announced a 2.8% cost‑of‑living adjustment (COLA) for next year. For the average retired worker, that means a bump of around 56 dollars a month — roughly from about 2,015 dollars to 2,071 dollars. It’s not life‑changing money. But it is a raise. So why does every conversation about Social Security still sound like the sky is falling? What Your Raise Really Looks Like On paper, 2.8% sounds decent. In real life, it runs into two brick…
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PRESIDENT TRUMP’S DRUG WAR: FROM WMD TO THE SOUL OF AMERICA
President Trump has classified illicit fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction. That is not another slogan. That is a declaration: America IS in a Drug War. For fifty years, politicians of both parties talked tough while overdose deaths climbed, cartels got rich, and liberal cities quietly stopped prosecuting the “little” crimes that destroy neighborhoods. The “war on drugs” was half‑hearted. The streets knew it. This is different. Turning fentanyl into a battlefield By calling fentanyl a WMD, President Trump is saying what every honest cop, ER nurse, and recovering addict already knows: this stuff is closer to a chemical weapon than a recreational drug. It kills by the thousands, it can…
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“Super Dumb” Fusion: Elon Musk vs. the Backyard Reactor
“Super Dumb” Elon Musk jumped on X this week to explain that humanity is wasting its time on “puny little reactors.” The Sun, he reminded us, is a “free fusion reactor in the sky,” so it is “super dumb to make tiny fusion reactors on Earth” and companies should “stop wasting money on puny little reactors, unless [they] admit they’re just pet science projects.” That’s a hell of a sermon from a man whose rockets, data centers, and AI models already chew through more electricity than small countries. Musk’s own xAI operation is part of an AI boom that’s driving up power demand so fast utilities are dusting off coal…
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Meta Made Billions on Scam Ads. Consumers Lost Tens of Billions More.
While Wall Street cheers Mark Zuckerberg for “unlocking new revenue streams,” regular people are watching their savings quietly disappear into scam ads running on his platforms. Meta isn’t just accidentally letting a few bad ads slip through; internal documents say they planned on scam and banned‑goods ads making up about 10% of their 2024 revenue – roughly 16 billion dollars. That’s not a bug in the system. That’s a line item. The Scam Ad Business Model Meta wants you to believe they’re just this neutral tech company, doing their best to “keep people safe.” But inside the building, the math looks a lot different. Their own internal audits show they were counting…
