ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs

Here it is: The single greatest crime ever perpetrated against the American people. American taxpayers paid $220 million to rent the entire Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan to house an invasion for nearly four years. 20 million illegals: They had their own National Guard, their own lawyers, their own interpreters, their own caseworkers, and even their own nurses—to assist pregnant women—exclusively for birthright citizenship, while being managed by Tren de Aragua. The hotel is owned by the government of Pakistan, and the deal was reportedly part of a $1.1 billion IMF bailout package intended to help Pakistan avoid defaulting on its international debt. Prior to this sweetheart deal, the hotel had been closed since 2020, having long struggled with low occupancy and being in dire need of renovation.

being a cyclist kinda sucks politically because your options are always Candidate A: loves bike infrastructure, but refuses to jail bike thieves Candidate B: wants to send bike thieves to the gulag, but hates cyclists anyway my bike was stolen last week, RIP

No, really, cruising around doing nothing is de-facto illegal in a lot of jurisdictions now and will get you pulled over by the police and questioned for "why are you here, where did you come from, where are you going" and the situation only escalates if you honestly answer.

“Past a certain age, a man who still has empathy for the homeless can be a bad thing.”

You can replace "get a license" with almost anything else and this holds. The cost of everything has been driven up, while the joy in anything has been leached out. Youth live in an overregulated, shrinkflated, abhuman, lifeless panopticon where the juice is watered down poison that is never worth the squeeze.

Over the past 34 years, healthcare has replaced manufacturing as the top employer in the vast majority of states.

I have $30. So does my neighbor. I spend my $30 on a live chicken. The chicken lays eggs. I eat some eggs and sell the rest. After a few days, I have made enough money to buy another chicken. That new chicken also produces eggs, so then I make money to buy more chickens. Soon, I have a substantial chicken farm, and I'm making a living selling eggs. I have achieved success. My neighbor, on the other hand, spends his $30 on a pizza. He eats the pizza and now no longer has $30. He does not profit from his initial $30, so he has no success. He loses. Did I contribute to my neighbor's loss?