Wait . . . what? Car repos today are higher than the Great Depression?Photo above - thinking of defending your car by force? Reconsider - today's tow truck drivers are strapped . . . (picture courtesy of Men in Black) When I read the headline about record car repos, I thought - okay, there were fewer cars and... See More » (1)
Warning! Low balance alert . . . you have $286 billion in checks outstanding.Photo above - newly confirmed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent smiles enigmatically as reporters ask what he has in mind for the US economy. Apparently, nothing good. America just had the worst in history Treasury results in March . . . Wait . .... See More » (1)
The $500 billion problem (When the going gets tough, Americans look for ways to pull a fast one . . .)Photo above - anti-vandalism bumper stickers, now available from Amazon. Next day delivery free for Prime members . . . In 2024, Americans paid $2.2 Trillion in personal income taxes. (And more in corporate tax, tariffs, tobacco tax, alcohol tax,... See More » (1)
Rush to the showroom and buy a car NOW? Media sparking lemming-like behavior among car shoppers.Photo above - Guess how much a fully equipped Equinox RS (gas engine) will cost beginning April 3rd. Disclaimer - although this car is shown attempting an off-road maneuver, this is NOT recommended. A closed course and professional driver were... See More » (1)
What’s it cost to send a pressurized garbage truck to the ISS? You don’t want to ask . . .Photo above - "Danger Will Robinson!" . . . we're not actually discovering anything new on the ISS LAST month it was the heart rending saga of the 2 astronauts who couldn’t get home because their Boeing Starliner spacecraft was broken. Yeah, we t... See More » (1)
Suppose you spend billions on a problem, and it gets twice as bad? Welcome to homelessness in Los Angeles . . .Chart above - I blame drugs for the doubling of homelessness in Los Angeles. And mental illness. And probably government ineptitude . . . Apparently nobody can say for sure how much money is being spent to help the homeless. Or where it’s going.... See More » (1)
“No more work from home”. But does that apply to yachts?Photo above - "Corfu, dude!" . . . Jeff Bezos' supposed one-word answer when asked if will return to the office. Corfu is an island off the coast of Greece. I have to confess. When I saw the link (below) about Amazon’s CEO ordering everybody to r... See More » (1)
Are you a millennial who wants to get rich? Ok, forget that . . . here's some advice for nations which want to go broke . . .Photo above - 1956, at the UN. Nikita Khruschev warns America's best days are behind it. Is his prediction finally coming true? Sometimes there’s not enough absurd economic news on Yahoo or Google. The closest I got this morning was “Buffet’s... See More » (1)
Scientists announce perpetual motion energy machine. But they need more government money to make it work. This could be worth BILLIONS !!!!!Image above - how unlimited free energy will be created, according to one company. I am glad I didn’t graduate from college with a STEM degree. Imagine having to explain to my family that I’m writing federal grant applications to create the... See More » (1)
World Bank “loses” $40 billion in climate change money. But it's not as bad as the Pentagon, which can’t account for $800 billion.Photo above - Headquarters of the World Bank, in Washington DC. They just admitted that they misplaced $40 billion intended to save the planet from global warming. The World Bank climate fund shortfall was discovered because Oxfam saw they’d... See More » (1)
1/3rd of California residents get free healthcare. Now the system is broke . . .Photo above - California Governor Newsom does a 180 after the election: we just re-ran the numbers, and can't afford free health for everyone - including a million illegal aliens - after all. My bad . . . Guess how much money California spends on... See More » (1)
More bad news for Trump and Tesla. China demos EV battery that charges in 5 minutes.Photo above - if you can't wait 44 minutes for your EV to charge, this is one possible solution. So is China's new 5-minute rechargeable battery . . . “Wow . . . that was fast”. Instead of taking 20 or 30 minutes for Tesla charge – and a quickie... See More » (1)
China has created 57,000 scam URLs to get our credit card numbers?Photo above - TEMU is not a scam. Neither is Alibaba or Tencent. They will sue you if you put up a social media post saying they are a scam. And they have 72,365 posts - with pictures - shouting "Temu is not a scam!!" The photo above was NOT... See More » (1)
Wait . . . what? American salaries are crashing, along with the stock market?Photo Above - no, this is NOT the makeup guy for the Hellraiser film. It's an acupuncturist, at an average $100K a year. Probably more in southern California, and less in South Carolina. American salaries are falling. So says the BBC, in the link... See More » (1)
Who in this forum helps their mom file her income tax return? (Filed ours today)Photo above - Do you know this person? She claims to be "Kerra Bolton" and that people earning more than $34,000 are rich. This either the world's worst photoshop, or a straight up AI fake picture. First off, I’d like to cast shade on TurboTax. N... See More » (1)
Government shutdown averted with bipartisan cooperation! Democrat senators from 9 states join GOP.Photo above - Thumbs up! Fetterman and Schumer cooperate to avert a government shutdown. Yes, I WAS rooting for a government shutdown (see my column earlier this week). But we live in an imperfect world and are forced to accept ugly compromises.... See More » (1)
200% tax on French champagne? A $2.4 billion dollar bonanza! Why didn’t anybody think of this sooner?Photo above - Kanye West would like to remind everyone that his go-to drink is "Hennesey VSOP and Coca Cola". He may possibly have received compensation for this product placement at the VMA awards. America has a LOT of problems. A champagne... See More » (1)
Congress invites mayor to hearing. She lawyers up with $650,000 legal team.Photo above - Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is expected to appear before congress on sanctuary city policies. Stay tuned to see if she uses this exact Westworld quote in her testimony. You can’t say that partisans - both parties - don’t learn from the... See More » (1)
China hits USA with 15% farm tariffs. I fail to see the threat.Photo above - grand re-opening, under new management. A Chinese "wet market" selling dogs. Inquiring minds want to know: is China's new 15% tariff on legitimate US food imports going to lead to more domestic dog slaughter? Last week, Trump hit... See More » (1)
S’mores fire contained. 25 arson investigators are on the job . . .Photo above - Guy in pickup truck: "WTH??? This was someone making s'mores at 10 in the morning?" Did you hear about the 600-acre wildfire on Long Island? Me neither. But it’s finally out. The cause, according to investigators, was some moron... See More » (1)
“It may not seem so to some, but many Americans are struggling . . . “Photo above - this is one of the images returned when I googled "AI art average American" . . . “It may not seem so to some, but many Americans are struggling”. This sort of observation – in the opening of the interview with Treasury Secretary... See More » (1)
Will Republicans end their idle threats, and finally deliver their long-promised government shutdown?Photo above - America's most famous White House chef, Andre Rush. He is a combat veteran, and has a college degree in business management, something your own senator or congressperson probably couldn't say. Andre retired in 2018, after serving 4... See More » (1)
7 new billionaires in a day! How could I make this happen for myself?Photo above - battle of the Fembots. Claude 3.7, Open AI GPT5, and Ava from the 2014 low budget film "Ex Machina". If these AI companies are reduced to stealing the images of previous bots, how unique could their actual products be? Have you ever... See More » (1)
Trump administration tells Americans to raise backyard chickens. What could possibly go wrong?Photo above - Backyard chicken coops: fantasy vs. reality . . . Bet you can’t name Trump’s Secretary of Agriculture. See, I told you so. It’s Brooke Rollins, a career lawyer. She was also elected “Cotton Bowl Queen” 30 years ago. Really . . . I a... See More » (1)
It will be worse than a recession!!!!! ("Sh*t, that ain't true . . .")Photo above - Gotcha! More than a dozen democrat senators caught on social media reading identical scripts, on the same day. Does anyone really believe this is how economic progress will be made? (Full disclosure: I did not vote for Trump. Or... See More » (1)