He is very inauthentic, and his political views are heavily influenced by popularity. He’s definitely a political animal. That can be good in some ways, but but in this era, where the opposition has moved so far to the right, governing from the center moves the Overton Window to the right. He’ll probably win the democratic nomination, but I’d rather see someone with more authenticity that stands for something, rather than someone who moves so much with the political winds.

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me over and over again, I’m an idiot.

Concentration in fewer and fewer stocks is what happens towards the end of a bull market, and we’re currently in a bull market that has been running wild for years. My personal opinion is that we’re going to get parabolic price increases with a blow-off top, with the following collapse coinciding with the collapse of the U.S. dollar and destruction of the U.S. as the dominant economic force in the world. The stage has been set with a shrinking economy resulting from a massive ill-conceived trade war and indiscriminate deportation of our low-cost labor force, along with gross fiscal irresponsibility from unnecessary tax cuts and excessive spending giving rise to unsustainable budget deficits. The final nail in the coffin will be the debasement of the dollar by a corrupted Federal Reserve that has lost its independence from the Executive branch. There is a reason that gold, a hard asset viewed as a safety net, is in it’s biggest bull run in history, and that bull has a lot further to run. Things will likely come to a head in the 4th quarter of 2026, or not too long thereafter, and we will then slide into that I’m calling “The Greatest Depression”. May you live in interesting times!

The people here, and the vibe, is nicer. It’s like reddit was 15 years ago. Reddit has just gotten worse over the years as it became more popular, and especially after went public. Many subreddits are plagued with engagement bots that ping you with lame questions to get you to respond. Post a comment even slightly controversial and you get reported and banned, even if it wasn’t malicious. I just got tired of the shit show. I do miss the more robust traffic for niche subjects that reddit has, but not enough for me to go back.

“Quid purrr quo, Clarice!”

This is the best one I’ve seen in a while. I laughed.

if you’re a low information voter

Ignorance, whether it stems from laziness or is willful, is on them, and we are all suffering now as a consequence of their ignorance. Trump showed exactly who he was to anyone paying even an iota of attention before he was voted into office, and I have little empathy for those who now say “we didn’t know”.

For fucks sake, he bragged about grabbing women by the pussy, and everyone in the country had this piece of information before he was voted into office. What more information does a person need to judge his character? He’s a shit person and anyone who voted for him did so because they didn’t think the leopards would eat their face, giving zero empathy to all the people harmed by Trump, including those ripped off by his his fake Trump University, fraud foundation, etc., etc., etc., etc. “Low information” is no excuse.

Gosh, if only there were some indication that Trump was a racist that hated Hispanic people before Mosquera voted for him.

Yeah, San Diego, but I’ve lived in other cities with decent music scenes as well. Most major cities I’ve lived in have had a decent music scene.

This is the way. I’ve seen so many great bands at clubs before they blew up. Why spend hundreds of dollars to see a show produced for mass consumption at a stadium when you can drop $20 and see a hungry up-and-comer pour out their heart and soul to a hundred people. It’s a way better experience.

I believe it is “Gofak Yurself”.

This one actually made me chuckle out loud.

As opposed violently attacking a neighboring country?

Who could have imagined that jacking up tariffs to levels not seen since the Great Depression, along with deporting a large chunk of your low-cost labor force, could cause economic contraction?

This has been my experience as well. Sometimes it is just better to just cede a chair that has already been destroyed than to fight nature.

You’re a good cat parent.

To be fair, his vast experience as a Fox News host surely impacted his competence.

This is exactly it. It costs a lot of money to hire attorneys and time, effort, and aggravation to fight charges. As a consequence, this weaponization of the justice system serves to chill the exercise of constitutional rights.

Not a fan of Bolton, who was a major proponent of the Iraq war, and who also was Trump’s National Security Advisor during his first administration. While it’s not surprising to see the narcissist he helped enable turn on him, it is deeply disturbing to see the mechanisms of the state so clearly being used to exact revenge on enemies. Neither him nor Comey deserve their political prosecutions, but perhaps if they had directed their efforts to keeping Trump out of power in the first instance they may not be experiencing this now.

Apple and Google should just prevent their app stores from functioning in Texas.

Ha ha, that’s a good one! Fascism’s enablers standing up to fascism.