Let them have Netflix

Marie Antoinette was the last queen of France right before the first French Republic began.  She died in October of 1793.  She, in the western culture, is considered the pinnacle example of extravagance and profilgation.  Her most famous quote is not even hers according to the majority of textbooks. None of this is really new, Read More …

the 3 ‘B’ exports of the USA

Heard this on a financial talking head show the other day.   The 3 main exports of the USE are the 3 B’s. Bushels –> food, corn, soybeans, etc. Barrels –> Oil Bombs –> self explanatory. I had never heard of this before, but there is a kind of easy simplification of the economy to these.

Trump blinked first

So far, we have a pause in the tariffs and a few items moving into different tariff buckets apparently.  There is much speculation about why did Trump blink, and issue this pause.  This article is not helping resolve that speculation, merely pointing out my idea through a series of articles from the Internet.  You can Read More …

Wild Auto Insurance claims in Arizona

https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2025/03/09/to-lower-costs-for-families-and-businesses-we-must-end-lawsuit-abuse/ How does this affect auto insurance?  Author never says.  They just make the wild accusation, follow it up with a fact, and then double down on their wild accusation.  No evidence as to why they are related. https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/guides/the-top-10-most-expensive-states-for-car-insurance-486233.aspx https://www.insure.com/car-insurance/car-insurance-rates.html https://www.bankrate.com/insurance/car/states/ https://www.marketwatch.com/guides/insurance-services/car-insurance-arizona/ https://www.insurancethoughtleadership.com/auto-insurance/10-most-expensive-states-car-insurance

The world’s smallest violin plays for wine apparently

Wine enthusiast Steven Nordhoff typically spends about $25,000 a year adding to his 2,500-bottle collection, including reds from Italy or champagnes from France. But not now. Trump’s threat to slap 200% tariffs on European wines and spirits has the Southern California family law attorney pausing his purchases from abroad. I read this in the news Read More …

Hypocritical Turd – Elmo Musk

This is the guy saying there is so much bloat and waste in the government….. and yet, it seems he is the largest benefactor of government spending in modern times.  Talk about conflict of interest. Every article I see is referencing the Washington Post research.  I find this interesting, is the Post is now owned Read More …

Meme Stock – NOVA – Sunnova

Admittedly I have 4 shares of this company that I bought at the $3.02 mark.  I thought the bottom had hit, but was not quite sure.  So for $12.08, the cost of a couple of cheap months of Netflix, I lost $10, as I am selling today, but I learned a valuable lesson.  There is Read More …

Some not so quick reads

Japan Birth Rate Thread Reader How both parties have failed The Masquerade & The Void Farewell Address The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads Read More …

Elmo adds to his conflict of interest

Just wanting to add to the growing list of issues with DOGE, and Elmo’s ability to decide what is a good or bad government program. Musk’s Starlink gets FAA contract At this point, he is just being blatant about it, knowing that there is hardly anything anyone can do, because the petty orange man-baby is Read More …