Saturday, January 8
Friday, January 7
WELL... Well... well...
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Vehicle Performance Chips
If you are looking to get more power and better fuel economy from your vehicle, one of the simplest and most efficient options is an aftermarket engine tuning device. Some people might refer to these systems as performance chips, as in the early era of computerized automotive tuning, they were literally microchips that you would plug into the vehicle’s computer system.
Due to advancements in automotive computer technology and the introduction of the OBDII port under the dash, those microchips are a thing of the past. They have been replaced by plug-and-play tuning devices. These modern tuning devices offer improved power and fuel economy, just like the performance chips of the 1980s and 1990s, but the modern tools do much more than that. Depending on the product chosen, modern tuning devices can sharpen throttle response, adjust the transmission shifts, and check diagnostic trouble codes. Some of the most advanced systems even come with elaborate display screens that report a wide range of engine parameters.
The problem is that there are many different types and brands of tuning devices on today’s market, so we put together a list looking at the best options.
1. Editor's Pick: Power Tune Performance Engine Tuning Module
The Power Tune Performance Engine Tuning Module is in the most basic class of modern tuning devices. It works similarly to the old school performance chips. You simply plug it into the OBDII port under the dash of your vehicle and it automatically communicates with your engine’s computerized control system.
The small module makes small adjustments to your engine’s fuel delivery and ignition timing to increase power output. In many cases, these changes will also improve fuel economy in addition to adding power. The Power Tune also sharpens both throttle response and transmission shifts, leading to further improvements in overall performance.
If you don’t have a world of mechanical knowledge and you are looking to get slightly better performance from your car, truck, or SUV, a performance chip system like this one is your best option. Installation is simple and you don’t have to make any manual adjustments or select modes. It is truly a plug-and-play system that improves the overall performance of your vehicle.
Pros/Easy to install, no mechanical knowledge required, very inexpensive, applies to many makes and models
Cons/Limited functions, no customization options
TO READ ABOUT OTHER PERFORMANCE CHIPS, CLICK HERE...
Ancient DNA Analysis
A photograph of the skeleton of one of the four individuals who we have sequenced who we think is likely to have participated in the migration we detect into southern Britain and to have displaced half the ancestry of the local population. This skeleton was excavated from the site of Cliffs End Farm in Kent. Credit: Wessex Archaeology
A major new study of ancient DNA has traced the movement of people into southern Britain during the Bronze Age.
A major new study of ancient DNA has traced the movement of people into southern Britain during the Bronze Age.
In the largest such analysis published to date, scientists examined the DNA of nearly 800 ancient individuals
The new study, led by the University of York, Harvard Medical School, and the University of Vienna, shows that people moving into southern Britain around 1300‒800 BC were responsible for around half the genetic ancestry of subsequent populations.
A major new study of ancient DNA has traced the movement of people into southern Britain during the Bronze Age.
A major new study of ancient DNA has traced the movement of people into southern Britain during the Bronze Age.
In the largest such analysis published to date, scientists examined the DNA of nearly 800 ancient individuals
The new study, led by the University of York, Harvard Medical School, and the University of Vienna, shows that people moving into southern Britain around 1300‒800 BC were responsible for around half the genetic ancestry of subsequent populations.
This image is of bronze age tools from the National Museums of Scotland, which could give readers a sense of the material culture associated with people who lived at the time of the migration. Credit: Bronze Age tools curated the National Museums of Scotland
The combined DNA and archaeological evidence suggests that, rather than a violent invasion or a single migratory event, the genetic structure of the population changed through sustained contacts between mainland Britain and Europe over several centuries, such as the movement of traders, intermarriage, and small scale movements of family groups.
The study finds evidence that the new migrants became thoroughly mixed in to the Southern British population in the period 1000‒875 BC.
The researchers say the origin of these migrants cannot yet be established with certainty, but they are most likely to have come from communities in and around present-day France.
The Middle to Late Bronze Age was a time when settled farming communities expanded across the landscapes of southern Britain, and extensive trade routes developed to allow the movement of metal ores for the production of bronze.
These new networks linked wide-ranging regions across Europe, as seen from the spread of bronze objects and raw materials.
The study’s lead archaeologist Professor Ian Armit, from the University of York, said: ‘We have long suspected, based on patterns of trade and shared ideologies, that the Middle to Late Bronze Age was a time of intense contacts between communities in Britain and Europe. READ MORE...
The combined DNA and archaeological evidence suggests that, rather than a violent invasion or a single migratory event, the genetic structure of the population changed through sustained contacts between mainland Britain and Europe over several centuries, such as the movement of traders, intermarriage, and small scale movements of family groups.
The study finds evidence that the new migrants became thoroughly mixed in to the Southern British population in the period 1000‒875 BC.
The researchers say the origin of these migrants cannot yet be established with certainty, but they are most likely to have come from communities in and around present-day France.
The Middle to Late Bronze Age was a time when settled farming communities expanded across the landscapes of southern Britain, and extensive trade routes developed to allow the movement of metal ores for the production of bronze.
These new networks linked wide-ranging regions across Europe, as seen from the spread of bronze objects and raw materials.
The study’s lead archaeologist Professor Ian Armit, from the University of York, said: ‘We have long suspected, based on patterns of trade and shared ideologies, that the Middle to Late Bronze Age was a time of intense contacts between communities in Britain and Europe. READ MORE...
Early Disaster Warnings
Magnetic field information could provide earlier disaster warning to at-risk regions, potentially saving lives.
A new study finds the magnetic field generated by a tsunami can be detected a few minutes earlier than changes in sea level and could improve warnings of these giant waves.
Tsunamis generate magnetic fields as they move conductive seawater through the Earth’s magnetic field. Researchers previously predicted that the tsunami’s magnetic field would arrive before a change in sea level, but they lacked simultaneous measurements of magnetics and sea level that are necessary to demonstrate the phenomenon.
The new study provides real-world evidence for using tsunamis’ magnetic fields to predict the height of tsunami waves using data from two real events — a 2009 tsunami in Samoa and a 2010 tsunami in Chile — that have both sets of necessary data. The new study was published in AGU’s Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, which focuses on the physics and chemistry of the solid Earth.
The study confirms the magnetic field generated by a tsunami arrives ahead of sea-level change and that its magnitude can be used to estimate the tsunami’s wave height. How much earlier the magnetic field arrives depends on water depth, but in their results, the study authors found the early arrival time to be about one minute prior to sea level change over a 4,800-meter deep sea.
This information could provide earlier disaster warning if incorporated into tsunami risk models, potentially saving lives.
The aftermath of a 2010 tsunami in Chile, which was analyzed in a new study in JGR Solid Earth. Earlier warnings made possible by the study of tsunami-generated magnetic fields could better prepare coastal areas for impending disasters. Credit: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
An Unusual Decomposition Process
A fetus previously identified in a mummified Egyptian woman has remained preserved for more than 2,000 years due to an unusual decomposition process.
In April 2021, the Warsaw Mummy Project published an article that revealed the first known case of a pregnant Ancient Egyptian mummy.
The mummy, which is housed in the National Museum in Warsaw was previously thought to be the remains of the priest Hor-Djehuti, until it was discovered in 2016 to be an embalmed woman.
A closer examination using tomographic imaging revealed that the woman was between 20-30 years old when she died and was in her 26th to 30th week of her pregnancy.
In a new study published in the “Journal of Archaeological Science”, Ożarek-Szilke, co-director of the Warsaw Mummy Project explained that the deceased was covered with natron to dry the body.
Natron is a naturally occurring mixture of sodium carbonate decahydrate (Na2CO3·10H2O, a kind of soda ash) and around 17% sodium bicarbonate (also called baking soda, NaHCO3) along with small quantities of sodium chloride and sodium sulfate.
During this process, the fetus was still in the uterus and essentially began too “pickle” in an acidic environment. Formic acid and other compounds (formed after death in the uterus because of various chemical processes related to decomposition) changed the Ph inside the woman’s body.
The change from alkaline to an acidic environment caused the leaching of minerals from the fetal bones, which began to dry out and mineralise. According to the researchers, the process of Egyptian mummification from a chemical point of view is the process of mineralisation of tissues that can survive for a millennia.
Ożarek-Szilke said: “These two processes explain to us why you hardly see the bones of the fetus in CT scans. You can see, for example, hands or a foot, but these are not bones, but dried tissues. The skull, which develops the fastest and is the most mineralised has been partially preserved.”
Thursday, January 6
Turn the Page
What we did last year, it not the way we have to be this year...
Sometimes, it is best to stop reaching out to family trying to repair the damage that has been done in previous years... and, finally realize that one has to put behind them all that has already taken place...
If pulling away from friends and family is part of that transition then sobeit...
REMEMBER: it take TWO to repair damage... and it is virtually impossible to repair the damage by one person.... there is no forgetting and no forgiveness... if you don't have two, you don't have anything... and, once you realize that, then you can TURN THE PAGE...
What have you got TODAY?
FORGET about what you might have LOST...
If you are constantly moving forward, then one has lost nothing but contantly gaining the future and how your life is evolving or what your life is evolving into...
New Friends
New Families
New Experiences
New Opportunities
Buying the Best Drone
We Bought & Tested The Most Popular Drones, Here’s Why QuadAir Drone is #1
SUMMARY: In short it’s a fully portable, lightweight drone that can match high tear professional racing drones in both speed, agility and transmission range. All you need to do is connect it with your smartphone and fly away. It’s built-in orientation system makes sure any beginner will have full control on their first try, while experienced pilots will enjoy its high speed and agility.
They are currently offering 50% off first orders on their website here
UPDATE - QuadAir Drone is currently sold out in retail stores nationwide. However, they may still be available on their website HERE.
I’ve been flying drones for 5 years and had the privilege to fly an Alta 8 drone (used in Hollywood to mount cameras and equipment up to 15 pounds) so I have definitely experienced everything from the cheapest junk to state of the art film industry tech.
Getting assigned with this review came as a blessing since my friends have been asking me for recommendations on a good drone. But when I tell them that there aren’t any good drones under $1000, or at least $800, they think I’m crazy.
I thought I could prove my point with this review, but I must happily admit, I was wrong!
The QuadAir Drone is a high performing drone with a lot of camera features that will satisfy both professional and new pilots.
SUMMARY: In short it’s a fully portable, lightweight drone that can match high tear professional racing drones in both speed, agility and transmission range. All you need to do is connect it with your smartphone and fly away. It’s built-in orientation system makes sure any beginner will have full control on their first try, while experienced pilots will enjoy its high speed and agility.
They are currently offering 50% off first orders on their website here
UPDATE - QuadAir Drone is currently sold out in retail stores nationwide. However, they may still be available on their website HERE.
I’ve been flying drones for 5 years and had the privilege to fly an Alta 8 drone (used in Hollywood to mount cameras and equipment up to 15 pounds) so I have definitely experienced everything from the cheapest junk to state of the art film industry tech.
Getting assigned with this review came as a blessing since my friends have been asking me for recommendations on a good drone. But when I tell them that there aren’t any good drones under $1000, or at least $800, they think I’m crazy.
I thought I could prove my point with this review, but I must happily admit, I was wrong!
The QuadAir Drone is a high performing drone with a lot of camera features that will satisfy both professional and new pilots.
First Impression
When I got the QuadAir Drone delivered to my door 2 days after ordering it, I was immediately impressed with the delivery process. I was taken by surprise and hadn’t even seen the actual drone yet. But little did I know that it would onDronewly get better!
When I opened the package and saw the high quality material shine back at my face I actually had to confirm it was the right drone. My assignment was to review drones under $200, and this looked more like one of the $800-$1000 drones I’ve bought for myself through the years.
We all know the difference between cheap brittle plastic and high grade quality materials, and the same goes for high performing drone designs. This looked very much like a professional racing drone.
When I got the QuadAir Drone delivered to my door 2 days after ordering it, I was immediately impressed with the delivery process. I was taken by surprise and hadn’t even seen the actual drone yet. But little did I know that it would onDronewly get better!
When I opened the package and saw the high quality material shine back at my face I actually had to confirm it was the right drone. My assignment was to review drones under $200, and this looked more like one of the $800-$1000 drones I’ve bought for myself through the years.
We all know the difference between cheap brittle plastic and high grade quality materials, and the same goes for high performing drone designs. This looked very much like a professional racing drone.
Design
The reason why I’ve been warning my friends about “cheap drones” is because they aren't built for precision flight and especially not to last, but most of all, they lose signal after as little as 150 feat.
When I inspected the QuadAir Drone I was relieved to see that it's rotors are strong and the arms are sturdy. Its small and compact design means I’m able to bring it with me without making a big project out of it. It is actually so compact and sturdy when folded that I can put it in my pocket and move around without worrying about breaking it.
But the game changer was on the box it came in, it was written on the side with humble letters: 4 km transmission distance. Wait, what? That's 2.5 miles! If this is true, then this drone is on par with my most expensive drones.
Transmission distance, Camera quality, and the drones response to controles are the three things that matter, and the HD camera would be more than enough from what I could see on the specs. TO READ MORE ABOUT THIS DRONE, CLICK HERE...
The reason why I’ve been warning my friends about “cheap drones” is because they aren't built for precision flight and especially not to last, but most of all, they lose signal after as little as 150 feat.
When I inspected the QuadAir Drone I was relieved to see that it's rotors are strong and the arms are sturdy. Its small and compact design means I’m able to bring it with me without making a big project out of it. It is actually so compact and sturdy when folded that I can put it in my pocket and move around without worrying about breaking it.
But the game changer was on the box it came in, it was written on the side with humble letters: 4 km transmission distance. Wait, what? That's 2.5 miles! If this is true, then this drone is on par with my most expensive drones.
Transmission distance, Camera quality, and the drones response to controles are the three things that matter, and the HD camera would be more than enough from what I could see on the specs. TO READ MORE ABOUT THIS DRONE, CLICK HERE...
The Truth About the Midlife Crisis
Wall Street Journal Bestseller
Much of the advice we’ve been told about achievement is logical, earnest…and downright wrong. In Barking Up the Wrong Tree, Eric Barker reveals the extraordinary science behind what actually determines success and most importantly, how anyone can achieve it.
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You can reach a point in life where you think, “I am never going to achieve what I thought I would.”
Yeah, dark, but far from uncommon.
You’re not where you expected to be. There’s a sense of needing to make up for lost time — but it seems there’s less time than ever. Life has gone from feeling like an epic unfurling adventure to a sterile bureaucratic treadmill. Endless deadening responsibilities, but there’s no longer a narrative guiding it all toward victory and fulfillment. The numbing predictability gives birth to a corrosive sense of boredom.
You want to send it back to the kitchen: Please tell the chef this is not the life I ordered.
Or maybe you did get what you wanted – but it’s just not all you thought it would be. And so you ask yourself the question:
“Is this all there is?”
(For the record, I don’t recommend putting that phrase on an inspirational fridge magnet.)
Are these feelings a midlife crisis? Well, when you feel the need to ask that question, it kinda answers itself. It’s like a spiritual awakening — but in reverse.
Maybe you’re not even in midlife. Doesn’t matter. The feelings are the same. It seems like it’s too late to turn the ship around. The accumulated decisions and compromises have locked you in. Your life seems like something that happened to you. “How did I get here?” You feel trapped.
YEEEEEEEESH, that’s depressing.
Okay, some of you may be thinking: “Eric, are you feeling okay? Good God, I’m not having a crisis but your description might give me one.”
Sorry for the “Scared Straight” presentation. (And I’m doing just fine, thanks.) But we have an issue here that everybody knows about but nobody gives you an answer to. Plenty of discussion about youth. Many references to the “Golden Years.” But then there’s that BIG area in the middle where many of us are. Not much guidance. Figure it out. Best of luck.
Adulting is hard. We all get tired and start to question life. We all wonder if we’re really doing it right. And if we’re not careful, it can reach crisis proportions where you find yourself motorcycle shopping. Maybe you’re in the midst of it, maybe you’re on your way out of it, or maybe you can see it on the horizon, but we could all use help doing some existential troubleshooting in the muddy middle of life.
Yeah, time to roll up our sleeves. We’re gonna get some solid insight from a few books on the subject: Middle Age, Life Reimagined, and Midlife.
Okay, adults. Time to start adulting. Let’s get to it…
IF YOU WANT TO READ MORE ABOUT WHAT ERIC BARKER WROTE, CLICK HERE...
Avenging Pluto
Rest easy, old friendPhoto: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute
You know the old tagline: In space, no one can hear you scream. Unfortunately, being stuck on this rapidly warming rock of ours, we can hear everyone screaming just fine—especially those yowling about the particularities of space itself, ironically.
Last we checked in on our demoted pal, Pluto, it was still most certainly not a planet, despite a decade-and-a-half’s worth of grousing from overly invested astronomy fans (welcome to the world of pop culture, astronomy fans). And even though the man responsible for snatching away its designation in the first place tried to make it up to everyone recently, the fact remains that it is still highly unlikely the International Astronomical Union will backtrack on its 2006 decision.
Perhaps it’s the knowledge of this near hopeless case that recently prompted a group of scientists to apparently throw up their hands and give their go-for-broke demand of “Screw it. We don’t just want Pluto back, we want another 150 goddamn planets added to the list.”
That’s the gist of a new article published in the research journal Icarus, arguing that the IAU are the real jabronis here, goddamnit. As NBC News breaks it down, the team of scientists allege that the current planetary classification system is based more on outdated astrological (read: pseudoscientific) terminologies, and should be updated to reflect the modern age. READ MORE...
Wednesday, January 5
DEMS Dont DELIVER
Biden Administration
Nancy Pelosi - House
Chuck Schumer - Senate
Are responsible for the following:
- Inflation - increase in prices
- No longer energy independent
- Afghanistan Withdrawal Debacle
- Increase in Illegal Immigration
- Increase in Illegal Drugs
- Supply Chain Delays
- COVID-19 not controlled
- Increase in Crime & Violence
- Defund the police movement
- Lockdowns and face masks
- Critical Race Theory pushed in public schools
- WOKE and the Cancel Culture
- Censorship of Conservative Voice
- Loss of Global Allies Support
- Cannot Standup to Russia
- Cannot Standup to China
- Government Spending - Increasing National Debt
- Blaming problems on Trump and others
- Mainstream Media not covering all the news
- No COVID mandates for illegal immigrants
Einstein Proven Right Again!
Researchers have conducted a 16-year long experiment to challenge Einstein’s theory of general relativity. The international team looked to the stars — a pair of extreme stars called pulsars to be precise – through seven radio telescopes across the globe. Credit: Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy
The theory of general relativity passes a range of precise tests set by pair of extreme stars.
More than 100 years after Albert Einstein presented his theory of gravity, scientists around the world continue their efforts to find flaws in general relativity. The observation of any deviation from General Relativity would constitute a major discovery that would open a window on new physics beyond our current theoretical understanding of the Universe.
The research team’s leader, Michael Kramer from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR) in Bonn, Germany, says: “We studied a system of compact stars that is an unrivaled laboratory to test gravity theories in the presence of very strong gravitational fields. To our delight we were able to test a cornerstone of Einstein’s theory, the energy carried by gravitational waves, with a precision that is 25 times better than with the Nobel-Prize winning Hulse-Taylor pulsar, and 1000 times better than currently possible with gravitational wave detectors.” He explains that the observations are not only in agreement with the theory, “but we were also able to see effects that could not be studied before”.
Ingrid Stairs from the University of British Columbia at Vancouver gives an example: “We follow the propagation of radio photons emitted from a cosmic lighthouse, a pulsar, and track their motion in the strong gravitational field of a companion pulsar.
We see for the first time how the light is not only delayed due to a strong curvature of spacetime around the companion, but also that the light is deflected by a small angle of 0.04 degrees that we can detect. Never before has such an experiment been conducted at such a high spacetime curvature.”
Dance of pulsars. Animation of the double pulsar system PSR J0737-3039 A/B and its line of sight from Earth. The system — consisting of two active radio pulsars — is “edge-on” as seen from Earth, which means that the inclination of the orbital plane relative to our line of sight is only about 0.6 degrees.
This cosmic laboratory known as the “Double Pulsar” was discovered by members of the team in 2003. It consists of two radio pulsars which orbit each other in just 147 min with velocities of about 1 million km/h. One pulsar is spinning very fast, about 44 times a second. The companion is young and has a rotation period of 2.8 seconds. It is their motion around each other which can be used as a near perfect gravity laboratory. READ MORE...
Making & Unmaking Crabs
Our planet's convoluted history of evolving life has spawned countless weird and wonderful creatures, but none excite evolutionary biologists – or divide taxonomists – quite like crabs.
When researchers attempted to reconcile the evolutionary history of crabs in all their raucous glory just earlier this year, they arrived at the conclusion that the defining features of crabbiness have evolved at least five times in the past 250 million years.
What's more, crabbiness has been lost possibly seven times or more. This repeated evolution of a crab-like body plan has happened so often it has its own name: carcinization. (And yes, if you lose crabbiness to evolution, it's called decarcinization.)
Frog crabs (Raninidae) are one unusual example. Features of the crab body plan were also lost en route to almost-legless Puerto Rican sand crabs (Emerita portoricensis) and various lop-sided hermit crabs – but then red king crabs regained crabby features at the last evolutionary minute.
A Puerto Rican sand crab. (Michelle Barros Sarmento Gama/iNaturalist/CC BY-NC 4.0)
Why evolution keeps crafting and shafting the crab-like body plan remain but a mystery, though evolution must be doing something right in fashioning crabby creatures time and time again.
There are thousands of crab species, which thrive in almost every habitat on Earth, from coral reefs and abyssal plains to creeks, caves and forests. READ MORE...
Why evolution keeps crafting and shafting the crab-like body plan remain but a mystery, though evolution must be doing something right in fashioning crabby creatures time and time again.
There are thousands of crab species, which thrive in almost every habitat on Earth, from coral reefs and abyssal plains to creeks, caves and forests. READ MORE...
China Can Shoot Down F-22 Raptor
Chinese scientists have made a startling claim about its hypersonic weapons program after a series of tests it carried out last year. In what could be termed as a modern-day arms race, China has moved with unprecedented speed to acquire and upgrade its hypersonic capabilities.
Chinese scientists have claimed that they have produced next-generation hypersonic weapons with infrared homing advancements that the US military may not have until 2025.
According to the researchers, heat-seeking capabilities allow Chinese hypersonic missiles to home in on practically any target with remarkable accuracy and speed, including stealth aircraft, ships, and even moving vehicles on the street.
This could cause widespread concern in the United States when viewed alongside the claims made by a Chinese military expert.
According to South China Morning Post, a Chinese military expert had earlier said that “a ground-to-air hypersonic missile could catch up and destroy an F-22 (Raptor) in seconds if it fired a missile or dropped a bomb from short range”.
Additionally, according to the US Air Force, heat-seeking missiles have shot down around 90% of all aircraft lost during the 1980s, and stealth fighters like the F-22 could be potential targets since their coating materials heat up easily in flight.
The F-22 Raptor is not only a lethal American fighter but also an important part of the Global Strike Task Force which is responsible for fielding combat-ready forces for nuclear deterrence and global strike operations.
The susceptibility of this aircraft to be tracked and shot by heat-seeking missiles makes the Chinese claim about its hypersonic missiles all the more significant and could send shock waves in the United States.
A hypersonic missile’s ability to search for, identify, and lock on to a target based on its heat signature when flying at low altitudes where the air is thicker could revolutionize conventional warfare, according to Chinese researchers from the National University of Defence Technology’s hypersonic infrared homing program. READ MORE...
Tuesday, January 4
Is Freedom Liberal or Conservative?
I like the benefits from Capitalism too much even though I am not wealthy and will never be wealthy... the free market enterprise system which is the heart and soul of capitalism is that single most important factor that makes us the most economically powerful country in the world.
Socialism would take that away from us...
The other part of Capitalism that I like especially what is expressed in our Bill of Rights is the Freedom of Speech.
We have already seen that the Progressive Democrats want to CENSOR the conservative voice so that our Freedom of Speech is only true freedom if we speak and write the liberal points-of-view. I would not be able live in a society where the freedom of speech is not really freedom of speech at all...
I don't like the liberal views but I will defend their right to the death to protect their liberal views... when people people have the right to think, speak, and write what they really feel and desire the that society is truly free.
Big Tech Social Media Companies are censoring the conservative voice gradually so that we are not aware of what they are doing... they only want the liberal voice to be heard... this, to me, is a violation of the spirit of Capitalism and if it continues it will require government intervention to protect the RIGHTS OF ALL PEOPLE, not just those these Social Media Companies like.
Because of all the bullshit in politics, I have not voted in any kind of election since 1990 and will not because of all the corruption on both sides and now it is widely believe that the voting machines have been tampered with... so how can anyone really trust the outcomes of our election.
America is divided and that division is serious because it is half and half... 50% of the people are liberal and 50% of the people are conservative, so a few thousand votes can move the win from one side to the other... the result is that whichever side wins, they will never have but half the country on their side...
How will we ever move forward like that?
One side will write executive orders doing this or that and then when the other side gets in, they will write executive orders undoing what the previous side did...
How stupid is that?
Whether this country moves LEFT or RIGHT, we will still have:
- Millionaires and Billionaires
- People who live in poverty
- Large gaps in wages and salaries
- Government increasing the debt
- Tax burden falling on the Middle Class
- Wealthy Hollywood actors and actresses
- Wealthy Professional Athletes
- Increase in prices
- Watered-down education
- Incompetent Management
- Labor versus Management
- Political corruption
- Racial Problems
- Crime and Violence
- Increase in Illegal Drugs
- Do as I say not as I do behaviors
- Big Tech companies controlling society
Buying a Home
I had a real estate agent friend one time tell me that he invested in an large than life luxury car because he wanted to impress him clients and give them the impression that he was very successful at what he did otherwise he would not have been able to afford such an expensive car. However, he never shared with me any data as to whether or not it worked for him as he had anticipated.
I have know other people who invest in 3 large bedroom house when they have no children nor do they want any and seldom do they have any house guests. These same people have a formal and informal living rooms, a large kitchen that could be cut in half for two homes and still have a larger kitchen that is typically inside these types of homes.
What's the point?
- Do you clean the house yourself or do you hire someone to clean it?
- What are your heating and cooling bills like?
- How much time do you actually spend in all of these rooms?
Our furnished basement which is the same size as the upper house plus the ground level garage which is why we are closer to 3,000 square feet than away from it, is never used unless we have to keep our cats sequestered so that we can catch them easier to take to the Vet.
The basement also houses our storage boxes that we never go into to see what's there and exercise equipment that we no longer use... but, we do keep our Christmas tree and other decorations down there as well as our lawn mowers.
What we need is a smaller house and a outdoor building for storage and all on one level with a yard that is only large enough to picture frame our house on all sides by a yard or two. It would not be totally necessary but we could put solar panels on the roof although heating and cooling costs for a smaller house would not be that bad.
And since we are both retired, there is absolutely no need to have a bunch of clothes as most of the time we are lounging around the house in casual clohtes and we wear a little better casual clothes when we go out to eat or go on vactation... we could donate to charity over half our clothes and still have plenty. I have not put on a pair of socks in over 5 years.
While we have plenty of money for retirement in that our lifestyle is the same now as when we were working, we are consciously trying to spend less rather than trying to spend more... and, not because we want to hurt the US economy but because there is simply no need to spend all that money.
Americans need to learn not to be so GREEDY with everything...
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