Elon Says ...

The Media Can't Stop Propping Up Elon Musk's Phony Supergenius Engineer Mythology

But it's just an indisputable fact that Elon Musk is a terrible person and stunningly ignorant human being who frequently has no Earthly idea how very basic things work. Huge swaths of his business empire are propped up by memestocks, dodgy financials, and massive, press-aided misrepresentation of what his companies' technologies are, and will be, actually capable of.

For now, Musk is also propped up by an authoritarian government dedicated to slathering him in billions in taxpayer subsidies for genuinely doing nothing. A government that has frozen forty different regulatory inquiries into dodgy or patently illegal violations by his companies.

 

Russia, Russia, Russia ...

Jeffrey Epstein Was Vladimir Putin's Wealth Manager, FBI Source Claimed in Newly Released Epstein Files

US media is quick to run headlines connecting Epstein to Russia but you rarely see a headline about his much larger and stronger connections to Israel.

The 2016 election was much the same. Though Russia did play a part, Israel and Netanyahu were there working for Trump too. 

 

Update: 

 DoJ Released Much More on Epstein’s Israel Ties—But Media Still Aren’t Much Interested

The Dollar

Regime Change for the US Dollar: Yesterday saw two things happen that should have lifted the Dollar, but instead it fell  

The reason is that fiscal policy and debt are out of control, which puts growing pressure on the Fed to keep rates low.

Debt scolds blame everything on "The debt being out of control". 

The recent troubles with The Dollar are the Trump regime's economic bullying antics.

When we are united with and leading the world, using our economic might against individual regimes is easy and The Dollar can hold value. Most countries see no reason to bet against it.

The Trump fanatics have used our economic might to bully anyone and everyone, no country is safe from his wrath.

So now every country is thinking that maybe we shouldn't give the US Dollar that much power. They should hedge their bets. 

I see no going back. Even if/when Trump is gone, the trust has been lost.  

 

 

 

2026 and 2028

Dems Need an Inspiring Midterm Vision – Starting with New Senate Leadership

... and House leadership ... and party leadership ... and to crawl out from under the piles of AIPAC money.

 

Africa

Africa holds $29.5 trillion in mineral wealth, report finds

Five forces that may reshape the African continent in 2026 

Expect excuses for US "intervention" in Africa.

Also, get some money in an African ETF. It'll also be the next source of cheap labor. 

Trumpland

Trump pissed about tariffs. He really wants to tax people. 

Trump says he will increase his new global tariffs to 15%

Project 2025? Never heard of it? 

From Venezuela to immigration crackdown, Project 2025 provided Trump's roadmap 

Can't get Greenland out of that feeble mind. 

Trump says he’s sending a hospital boat to Greenland

Huckabee's a monster. 

Why Mike Huckabee's interview with Tucker Carlson matters for the Middle East - analysis  

Been two weeks away for 15 or 20 years. 

Iran could be close to enriching uranium for bomb-making material, US envoy Steve Witkoff claims 

Or you could say... since the last time Trump was in office. 

US Treasury Debt-to-GDP Ratio Rises to 122% in Q4, Highest since Covid Spike 

 

US, Israel and Iran

As Trump Marches US Toward Iran War, Critics Ask: Where’s the ‘Pushback’ From Dems and Media?

Buried under a pile of AIPAC money. 

American Corrupitalism

The grift economy is going mainstream

As I pound money into my retirement accounts!? 

Stuck on Mt. Stupid

The Incompetent Confidence Complex 

In the US today, everyone thinks they are an expert in everything. We are stuck on Mt. Stupid.

 

In the beginning as you learn about any particular subject, you start to think you really know something. Until you peak Mt. Stupid, and then start to careen into the valley of despair. Over time, your wisdom actually does grow into an eventually sustainable level of competence to go along with some modicum of confidence.

But here’s the problem. The chart assumes that, what you’re in pursuit of, is competence. That you want to learn. But what happens when you can make quite a bit of money or garner a fair bit of power just by staying at the peak of Mt. Stupid and never coming down?

When the equation becomes focused on optimizing for confidence over competence, the whole system of pursuing progress breaks down.

AIPAC

I've notice I don't see many TrackAIPAC post on my X/Twitter feed recently. 

Instagram suspends Track AIPAC, watchdog tracking pro-Israel lobby spending