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SusanInFlorida

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Why affordable housing is in crisis. “There’s a disconnect between waitlist administrators and the homeless”

Photo above - 178 new constructed affordable apartments in Portland. Read below to find out why places like this are vacant . . . How many unhoused people does Portland have? At least 7,800. Many are from out of state, lured by the promise of easy... See More »

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Why your next yard cleanup could cost a lot more: Home Depot deploys sonic weapons against day laborers.

Photo above - The Incredible Hulk (2008). Stark Industries "sonic cannon" is field tested against Bruce Banner, and fails. It was successfully deployed against Home Depot day laborers earlier this month, however . . . Quick – where did this... See More »

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Los Angeles debates $30 an hour minimum wage

Photo above - Los Angeles is debating a $30 minimum wage, on the theory that it could end homelessness in time for their 2028 summer Olympic games. What is today’s minimum wage in California? Glad you asked. Even AI can’t figure it out.... See More »

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Gas drops to $2.88 a gallon. Can higher federal gasoline taxes be far behind?

Photo above - our grandparents may have had other holiday priorities than the price of gas per gallon at the pump . . . I was expecting higher gas cost per gallon, now that we are in the year-end, price-gouging season. What I got instead was... See More »

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AI isn’t just spying on us. It’s tricking us into spending more.

Photo above - not photoshopped. An actual California gas station. imagine what AI pricing will try and pull if you have this gas station's ap installed on your smartphone . . . In yesterday’s press conference, Microsoft warned shareholders that... See More »

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Microsoft’s warning to shareholders: “It will cost hundreds of billions to keep up with the AI frontier . . . “

Photo above - Ford's long abandoned "St Thomas" assembly plant. Not that long ago auto factories were the Data Centers of their era, powering America's unlimited future and economic domination. Stop it, Microsoft – you’re driving me crazy. Your... See More »

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Diesel 18 wheelers are officially dead. Tesla electric semi has 500 mile range and about half the fuel cost.

Guess what a diesel 18 wheeler semi (the tractor/cab) stickers for? $150,00 on average. They can go as high as $250,000. You can get a basic brand X model for $90,000, but those have the worst fuel economy and other drawbacks. What’s the MPG for... See More »

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Ford writes off $20 billion EV venture. Vin-Fast, with $65 billion of investor money, fails completely.

Photo Above - the quaint Merry Oaks Baptist Church is being blamed for the failure of a $65 billion EV company. But the facts are more complicated, as usual. And taxpayers may have saved a bundle . . . Ford’s value (market cap) was $54 Billion... See More »

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Baltimore has 13,000 vacant homes. The mayor wants to solve this with “equity, justice, and righting historical wrongs”.

Photo above - I'm a Baltimore Orioles fan. And a fan of the city itself. However . . . “The Wire” is one of my favorite HBO series. And not just because the 20 year old show features a cornucopia of decaying Baltimore of abandoned neighborhoods.... See More »

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This sounds like it should be illegal. Stock sales where the CEO decides who can buy shares and who cannot . . .?

[i]Photo above - did you miss out on the chance to buy Open AI shares? You probably weren't invited to the round of golf where the IPO deal was made . . . “Hello? Is this Merrill Lynch? I’d like to buy 100 shares of the new Open AI stock, please... See More »

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Reality check – are people really ditching the stock market for “art investments”?

Photo above - Some painting by Claude Monet sold for $110 million this year. If you'd like to begin investing in art, maybe start with Emily Kraus, who is shown "reinventing painting" here. Emily's stuff probably goes for a bit less . . . AI is... See More »

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Everything we’ve been told about investing is wrong, according to MSN

Photo above - there are 300,000 licensed financial advisors in America. I am not one of them . . . Okay, if you’re a socialist, or have zero income and savings, stop reading. The link from MSN (below) is for “normies”. Evidently, everything we’ve... See More »

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The wealthiest 0.001% of people control 3X more wealth than the bottom 50%. But there’s a catch . . .

Photo above - Al Jazeera, the middle east's pre-eminent news organization, has take the USA to task over "wealth inequality." (This photo may be an AI fake, I can't tell . . . ) Any way you look at it, the optics are bad. The top 10% of earthlings... See More »

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$18 billion price tag for mandatory new schools; NYC won’t have free buses and daycare after all?

Photo above - Millionaire candidate Zohran Mamdani rides the subway as a campaign stunt earlier this year. He just announced a subway fare increase, and he hasn't even been sworn in yet. He's also surrendering his rent-controlled apartment to get... See More »

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Michigan plans state constitution change to ban property taxes forever.

Photo above - can a complete ban on property taxes in Michigan prevent retirees from getting evicted from Detroit homes like these? We're about to find out . . . At one end of the political spectrum we have New Jersey, a state where the MEDIAN... See More »

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$5.2 million in losses daily? No . . . the worst state for shoplifting isn’t California or New York, it’s . .

Photo above - no junior, you CANNOT move back home and live in the basement. That's where I store my shoplifted stuff for resale on eBay . . . Before I read the link below, I was convinced I knew the identify of America's shoplifting capitol Both... See More »

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San Francisco plans to tax corporations higher based on CEO salaries. Don’t jeer – this is exactly how the system should work if all else fails.

Photo above - federal subsidies to state and local governments are sometimes described as 3 card monte, played with taxpayer money. San Francisco (still) has a budget problem. They’ve run the numbers several times, and feel that the cutback of... See More »

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Should the poverty line be $100,000 a year? $140K? Odell Beckham describes his own struggles to live on $20 million . . .

Photo above - Odell Beckham Jr poses with his Rolls Royce and other cars in his $9 million collection, while explaining why it's impossible to live on $20 million a year ("That's only $12 million after taxes") I was caught off guard earlier this... See More »

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Are 401K accounts a “money jail”? Financial advisor reveals how Wall Street is out of touch with normal Americans.

Photo above - Christina whirled and now contemplates tapping her 401K to start a business, or possibly buy a farm . . . If you’ve never heard of “Austin Dean, financial advisor”, don’t fret. Neither has Wikipedia. The only entry they have for... See More »

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Wait .. . what? It costs $262 for a half day of parking in Europe?

Photo above - Your family's safety matters! Europeans are ditching death-trap microcars. But normal cars can cost $260 to park for a half day over there. Full disclosure: the BMW Isetta got an F-minus on the National Highway Traffic Safety... See More »

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Welcome to college. Can’t even do middle school math? No problem . . . sign up here for your $100,000 student loan to take remedial courses.

Photo above - no, this is NOT a parking garage for Cybertrucks. It's the library at the University of California, San Diego. But there's not much room for books, is there? The original article titled “The College Students Who Can’t do Elementary... See More »

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Motley Fool – US economy “breaking”. But new stock market highs are expected . . .

Photo above - obviously fake AI picture showing Trump preparing to take his MRI test last month. Hey guys - at least make the doctors different ages, races, and genders, okay? The S&P 500 index hit 6,849 on Friday. It’s up 14% for the year.... See More »

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Bollinger motors dies after 10 years, without delivering a single vehicle. The good news: Michigan taxpayers only lost $3 million subsidizing it.

Photo above - which of these EV trucks cancelled production this month? Trick question - both Bollinger AND Ford did . . . . Were you an angel investor who put money into Bollinger motors? I tried to get a list, and the only names I could come up... See More »

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DIS-inflation alert. New cars about to get a lot cheaper? And used ones, too?

Photo above - KBB.com (kelly blue book) says this "buy here pay here" used car lot has 10,000 vehicles on hand. Could it get worse - a lot worse - as repo's continue to arrive? If you’re past due on your auto loan/lease, I urge you to run and... See More »

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What do you call it when your state spending rises 3X as fast as inflation, and you have $1 billion in hidden, off-budget spending? “Shortfall”?

Photo Above - Wayne's World (1992). Mike Myers gives the state of Delaware an impromptu shout-out. No relation to current Delaware Governor Matt Meyer, who has big tax increase plans. As unofficial state mottos go, Delaware may have the most... See More »

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