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SusanInFlorida

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Wild claim: “All immigration is driving the US housing crisis” . . .

Photo above - Earth to "The Hill" . . . these guys are building homes, not keeping us out of them. Can we have them put hardhats on though? Medical care in this country is insanely expensive. Let me set 2 expectations: First – I do not condone... See More »

Trump criminally charges Jerome Powell over Fed rates as high as 5%. Next up . . . cancelling all credit cards with interest rates above 10%?

Photo above - upon learning that he might be facing charges over high credit card interest rates, Jamie Dimon (Chase Bank CEO) is defiant: "I'll never serve a day. Bwaaaahh . . . " First off, I do NOT expect Fed Chairman Jerome Powell to be... See More »

The numbers are in. Without tax rebates EV’s are dead. Wait . . . they’re NOT ????

Photo above - the age of affordable, Asian sourced EVs has arrived. To celebrate, Jazz Radio Electro Swing (www.jazzradio.fr) has the hit song "Artichaut" by the band Chinese Man on heavy rotation. In the United States EV tax subsidies for the... See More »

How many square miles of oak trees need to be clear cut for this solar farm?

Photo above - I'm only axing you this once - do you want trees, or solar panels? You can't have both. When California began rezoning its forests to turn them into solar farms, apparently the conversation went something like this: (Sacramento... See More »

Wealthy residents and businesses team up to halt affordable housing.

Photo above - Steve McQueen pursues bad guys in San Francisco in the 1968 film Bullitt. Fast forward to 2025 - police can't afford to live there anymore. I was going to devote today’s column to some local town council which rejected the... See More »

Goodbye electric VW ID Buzz. You died so young, and we wanted you so much.

Photo above - VW's "ID Buzz" poses for a portrait outside of some rich guy's mansion. Production was cancelled this week because most people can't afford to buy it. Okay, the first hint that things weren’t going well at VW was the ID Buzz... See More »

Wait – plug in/portable solar panels are illegal? What’s a renter to do?

Photo above - 2015 film "The Martian". Astronaut Matt Damon learns that he will need to pay a $199 connect fee and wait weeks for inspections and permits before using his portable solar panel. Disclaimer – the legality of portable and plug-in... See More »

Washington governor proposes his state’s first income tax: 9.9% rate.

[i]Photo above - Excelsior! The Washington State Capitol building, where legislators are debating whether to increase the personal income tax from zero to 9.9%. There is a $15 billion state budget shortfall. I wasn’t even AWARE that the state of... See More »

McDonald’s CEO blames “broke customers” for the company’s problems . . .

[i]Photo above - Separated at birth? General Hux of Star Wars, vs McDonalds CEO Chris Kempczinski . . . I don’t envy Chris Kempczinski, McDonald’s CEO. He’s struggling to explain why he earns $50,000 a day – 3 times what the typical fast-food... See More »

California puts new tax on rechargeable batteries – including smart phones

Photo above - toxic danger alert! Lithium! Everything you see above, plus smart phones, watches, laptops, and tablets is an existential threat. To save the planet California will now tax them an extra 1.5%. I can just imagine how the debate went... See More »

Stand by for US stock market crash? Trump bombs Venezuela, kidnaps dictator . . .

Photo above - this is the White House undergoing remodeling for a new ballroom. NOT the bombed residence of dictator Maduro in Venezuela. Several sources are claiming the USA bombed Caracas, Venezuela overnight and kidnapped dictator Maduro. See... See More »

$275 BILLION lotto jackpot! San Fran mayor signs $5MM slavery reparations bill. Good luck trying to collect, though.

Photo above - no happy ending for you! imported Chinese sex workers were omitted from San Francisco's recent bill promising $5 million in slavery reparations. I’m moving to San Francisco. To collect my $5 million in slavery reparations. I’m... See More »

Fed admits it can’t fix the K shaped economy . .

Photo above - "we have met the enemy, and he is us." Did PBS and other home flipping shows help fuel the 2008 subprime mortgage crisis? What the heck is the K shaped economy, and why is it the title of every bit of financial spam I’m getting? I g... See More »

Kevin O’Leary (Shark Tank) says skipping lunch can make you rich . . .

Photo above - THIS is the reason we're all paupers? Say it ain't so . . . Add to the list of stupid stuff we should stop buying: salads at lunch???? (see link below) Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary (net worth $400 million, software entrepreneur)... See More »

How much would you pay for a calculator that was wrong 30% of the time?

Photo above - if AI hallucinations are bad, does that mean human hallucinations are good? Big shot investors are bailing on AI stock darlings (see BBC link below). Yet my email in-box is full of spam telling me that Nvidia, Bitcoin, and gold are... See More »

Used EVs aging out on dealer lots. What happens next?

Photo above - Used BMW I-3. Make an offer. It's depreciating at $300 a month, and the dealer wants to move it fast . . .. Okay, we know everybody hates Cybertrucks. And Ford just killed the F150 Lighting EV pickup. There are thousands of laughably... See More »

Silver prices soar as debt and political fears send assets to new records.

Photo above - Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock watch the value of their "latinum" ingots tank, during the famous episode "The Futures Contract on the Edge of Forever" . . . Where can I stash my spare change? Bitcoin at $90K looks pricey. And it's down... See More »

70 million baby boomers about to sell their homes?

Photo above - Wilford Brimley and Don Ameche already moved to Florida in 1985 for the film "Cocoon". Don't wait for their prior homes to come on the market. I put a question mark after MSN’s misleading headline, because it seemed bogus. And sure e... See More »

US Postal Service blew $3 billion on electric mail trucks – and has almost nothing to show for it.

Photo Above - If you've seen this truck, please contact the government department of waste and fraud . . . Who’s making those electric mail trucks? “Oshkosh Defense?” Never heard of them? Never mind . . . you’re unlikely to actually see one of... See More »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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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