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SusanInFlorida

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Bad news boomers (to kids): we’re NOT selling, but we're refinancing to drain the equity from the home you thought you'd inherit.

Photo above - Make an offer? This charming 'manufactured home' is for sale about a mile from where I live. Rattlesnake inspection not completed yet. Or I could buy a condo in Tampa with a $225 monthly HOA fee. Advice, please . . . Wait . . . let... See More »

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Greatest idea ever? “Yanqui go home” . . . This could be worth billions . . .

Photo above - this is NOT a picture of Mexico's alleged anti-gringo tourist protests. It's a previous protest of 10,000 citizens against government corruption when 50 students were found dead after being rounded up by local police at the behest of... See More »

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50 years of US presidential tariffs undone by last week's court ruling? Say hello to low cost Toyota monster pickups!

Photo above - This writer re-imagines herself as a proud Toyota T-1000 pickup truck owner, once those LBJ era Japanese truck tariffs are finally eliminated. (Screen shot courtesy of Mad Max Fury Road) Let’s wind the clock back to December 1963.... See More »

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Spirit Airlines files for bankruptcy – again. PLEASE . . . no more bailouts or government guaranteed loans !!!!

[i]Photo above - A Spirit Airlines customer in distress is assisted by air marshals. The circumstances are unclear, but possibly she might have just learned the airline has filed bankruptcy again. Full disclosure: I’ve never flown on Spirit... See More »

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GM curtails EV Hummer production, pivots to revival of Chevy Bolt.

Photo above - there are a number of aftermarket parts and accessories for your Hummer EV to make it more distinctive. Wow . . . who would EVER have guessed this? After 13,994 Hummer EV trucks have been sold, the market is saturated and nobody... See More »

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This is what happens when a city blocks new housing, and people couldn’t afford it anyway due to sky high mortgage rates.

Photo above: the abandoned Atlanta Constitution newspaper building in downtown Atlanta. Near public transportation and has plenty of parking. Don't ask why this isn't site isn't being converted to affordable housing. The relationship between FICO... See More »

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The new Amtrak trains are only 10 mph faster, and 11 years behind schedule. Don’t blame Trump – or Biden.

Photo above - great moments in railway history: Burt Lancaster and Jeanne Moreau prevent the Nazis from looting the Louvre and sending everything back to Hitler. Okay . . . I admit that $180 for a (one way) ticket on the current Amtrak Acela might... See More »

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Why is the US government buying Intel stock (INTC) when we’re already $37 trillion in debt, and paying trillions more in interest annually?

Photo above - The White House announces it is buying a 10% stake in Intel. INTC stock shares soared 20% this month. MAGA is losing their minds. They have declared Trump’s government stake in Intel as “socialist”. The BBC, which actually IS a... See More »

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Colorado faces trillion dollar budget shortfall after DOGE and HR1 federal funding cuts.

Photo above – Kevin Costner plays with stunt wolf “Teddy” in the hit 1990 film Dances with Wolves. Colorado may be forced to cancel its wolf reintroduction program because of a budget crisis. At first I was worried that Colorado politicians were... See More »

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Are failing public transit systems the canary in the coal mine for entitlements in general?

Photo above - Philadelphia's SEPTA transit system is on the ropes. Would pounding raw meat help? Full disclosure. I have never been on a SEPTA (Philadelphia) bus or train. And I may never have the opportunity now. SEPTA is eliminating dozens of... See More »

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“Buy (stocks) on rumor. Sell on fact?” An oft repeated aphorism. But traders did the opposite yesterday.

Photo above - Thumper says "Buy stocks now!" He is NOT a cast extra from "The Last of Us" (fungus zombie TV show). This is an actual rabbit infected with a virus. The virus did NOT come from a Chinese military lab. If you believe the Wall Street... See More »

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Texas ends scholarships for undocumented students. This sounds cruel, until you realize almost every nation has the same policy.

Photo above: Dolores and Maeve from Westworld. “This is the new world. And in this world you can be whoever the f**k you want . . . “ At first my heart went out to Ximena, an undocumented 18-year-old who was planning to get a PhD in Chemistry, but... See More »

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California closes two more gasoline refineries. Is this a ploy to eliminate ICE cars completely?

Photo above - Shots fired at a Shell station in 1996's "Romeo+Juliet" starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Clair Danes. Spoiler alert - high pump prices weren't reason why guns were drawn. And just like that . . . California loses another 250 million... See More »

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Crisis! Too many homes for sale. Last year’s crisis: not enough homes for sale.

Photo above - that cute little house used in "The Truman Show" is a real 2,100 foot home in Florida. It's listed at $2,417,700 - over $1,200 per square foot. It previously sold for $60 a square foot a couple of decades ago. A 2,000 percent profit?... See More »

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MSN reports California has America’s highest unemployment rate but misses the real story . . .

Photo above – On the same day California's crippling unemployment rate was disclosed, Gavin Newsom flipped the script and announced his candidacy for the White House: “CALIFORNIA WILL DRAW NEW, MORE BEAUTIFUL MAPS, AND THEY WILL END THE TRUMP... See More »

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NJ governor orders investigation into soaring electric bills. Wait til he finds out his own government is the culprit . . .

Photo above - electric grid capacity planning, according to the experts. This is an actual photo, not AI generated or photoshopped. Suppose you found out there were 250 data centers sucking up all the kilowatts from your grid. And 130 more under... See More »

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California government spending rises at 4-times the inflation rate

Photo above - Hat trick! Artist's fanciful conception of California's 250 mph high speed train rushing out of a huge underground tunnel, while bladeless wind turbines power it from the hillside above. Departure has been delayed indefinitely,... See More »

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New York City finds a way to add 1,100 new affordable apartments almost instantly

Photo above - at the peak of the crisis, NYC converted 14 hotels to temporarily house homeless and jobless migrants. Okay, let’s admit right at the start that 1,100 apartments is NOT going to solve New York City’s homeless problem. There are... See More »

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Ford loses $10 billion on EVs, and pivots to announce a new $30,000 electric pickup. Is this real, or some PR stunt for investor relations?

Photo above - sorry, this is NOT the new $30,000 electric pickup announced by Ford yesterday. It's the 2025 Ford F150 Lightning Platinum, at $101,590. If you want the blackout trim, it costs more. Remember when the bulletproof $30,000 Tesla... See More »

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Future proof your career – take Chipotle 101, not coding or accounting?

Photo above - to save itself from ruin in 2016, Chipotle produced a film called "Chipotle - a Love Story". And a spinoff video game. No word if Pixar Studios, creator of "Toy Story", sued for damages. Raise your hand if your high school guidance... See More »

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A new 30% tariff on gold, and encouraging people to dump their 401K accounts into cryptocurrency. America’s economic madness . . .

Photo above - some people have compared the on-again, off-again tariffs to TV game shows like "Wheel of Fortune". Raise your hand if you want to pay huge taxes on gold and put all of your retirement money into crypto. Raise your hand if you think... See More »

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Economists issue warning as AI spending grows larger than consumer shopping. Is an epic speculative bubble forming?

Photo above - the Borealis Data Center, north the arctic circle. Locations like this are becoming popular with AI companies, because they won't have huge electric bills to cool the servers. Many days they can just leave the back door open. What... See More »

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Don’t get excited. Trump’s new tariff on India will only raise $40 billion.

Photo above - President Joe Biden appears perplexed in June 2023, as India's Prime Minister Modi promises to become America's best friend forever. Shortly afterwards, Modi began buying Russian oil, to help Putin fund his invasion of Ukraine. I’m a... See More »

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Stop squawking and count your blessings, buddy. Your home’s assessed value went up 400% , but your tax bill only went up 10% this year.

Photo above - this oil refinery in Delaware saw its property taxes decline this year, while ordinary homeowners face reassessments as high as 400% Property taxes are a notoriously controversial issue with voters. Politicians have an almost... See More »

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Residents worry after city files for $25 million bankruptcy . . .

Photo above - A google search for "Cle Elum, Washington State" returned this picture. But in fact, it's a screen shot from "Winter's Bone", Jennifer Lawrence's first film. You should watch it. Should a 4 square mile hamlet of,000 people even HAVE... See More »

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