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Rory Sutherland made a quietly devastating observation about one of the biggest societal shifts of the last 50 years. He said the move to the double-income household started as an option but quickly became an obligation. The big winners? Governments (twice as many people to tax) and property owners (now two salaries were needed to buy a house). The big loser? The family itself, which lost roughly 35 hours of discretionary leisure time per week — with no real increase in living standards, because the extra money was largely soaked up by higher house prices and taxes. It’s a classic example of how something that begins as liberation can quietly turn into a new form of constraint. Longitudinal studies on happiness and time use (including data from the American Time Use Survey and OECD reports) show that the sharp rise in dual-earner households correlated with stagnant or declining leisure time for families, while subjective well-being metrics for parents have not risen in line with the additional income — supporting the idea that much of the gain was captured by housing costs and taxation rather than improved quality of life. It’s a reminder to look carefully at changes that society presents as inevitable progress. What do you think — has the double-income model delivered more freedom or more pressure for most families?

🚨 JUST IN: SCOTUS Justice Ketanji Jackson argues for illegal aliens having birthright citizenship by saying if she steals somebody's wallet in Japan, she has "allegiance" to that country She has to freaking go. This is absurd. Actually. "I was thinking, you know, I'm a U.S. citizen, am visiting Japan. And what it means is that, you know, if I steal someone's wallet in Japan, the Japanese authorities can arrest me and prosecute me. It's allegiance, meaning can they control you as a matter of law?" "So there's this relationship based on—even though I'm a temporary traveler, I'm just on vacation in Japan, I'm still locally owing allegiance in that sense. Is that the right way to think about it?" "And if so, doesn't that explain why both temporary residents and undocumented people would have that kind of, quote-unquote, allegiance, just by virtue of being in the United States?" I guess it is April Fools 🤡🤡🤡

🚨 NEW: "AI Slop" videos for kids are no joke. A week after a jury forced Meta and Google to pay a record $170M over allegations they targeted and harmed children, Google's and YouTube's CEOs are facing new demands from children's advocates that they curtail or allow more parental controls for "AI slop" videos on their platforms. Fairplay, a coalition of child development, consumer, and online safety advocates, on Wednesday sent the CEOs of Google and YouTube a letter demanding action. "AI slop" videos harm children’s development by "distorting their sense of reality, overwhelming their learning processes, and hijacking their attention, thereby extending time online and displacing offline activities necessary for their healthy development," the group wrote. "These harms are particularly acute for young children." Worse, the group argues, Google and YouTube and their content creators are raking in profits from "plotless, mesmerizing" and manipulative AI content aimed at young children. Letter below: ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Last quarter I ran performance reviews for 4,200 employees. The process takes six weeks. Week 1: employees write self-evaluations. Average length: 1,200 words. That's 5 million words of self-assessment. No manager reads them. I know this because the system tracks time spent per review. Average: 4 minutes. You can't read 1,200 words in 4 minutes. You can write a rating in 4 minutes. That's what they do. The ratings are on a 5-point scale. 1: "Does not meet expectations." 2: "Partially meets expectations." 3: "Meets expectations." 4: "Exceeds expectations." 5: "Significantly exceeds expectations." Nobody gets a 5. 5 requires three levels of approval and a written justification. I designed it that way. If everyone could get a 5, the scale would mean something. We can't have that. The real scale is 3 to 4. 3 means "you still work here." 4 means "you still work here and we'd mildly prefer you didn't leave." The difference in raise between a 3 and a 4 is 1.2%. On a $90,000 salary that's $1,080 a year. $90 a month. Before taxes. After taxes it's about $62. That's the financial value of "exceeding expectations." $62 a month. A streaming subscription. We have a forced distribution. 15% must be rated 4 or above. 70% must be rated 3. 15% must be rated 2 or below. This is non-negotiable. If your entire team is exceptional, 15% of them are still "partially meeting expectations." If your entire team is mediocre, 15% are still "exceeding." Performance is a bell curve I drew on a whiteboard in 2019. Reality has to fit the curve. Not the other way around. The calibration meeting is where this happens. Every director in a room for four hours. They negotiate ratings. "I'll give you a 4 for Martinez if you take a 2 for Chen." "Chen just shipped the biggest project this quarter." "I know. But I need my 15%." Chen is now "partially meeting expectations." His manager will deliver this rating in a 30-minute meeting. She'll say "this doesn't reflect my view of your work." She's right. It reflects a horse trade in a conference room she wasn't invited to. Chen will ask what he can do to improve. His manager will say "keep doing what you're doing." He'll say "but I got a 2." She'll say "the rating system is holistic." Holistic means "I can't explain it." Nobody can. That's the point. Three people on the 2-rated list will be placed on Performance Improvement Plans. A PIP lasts 60 days. No one has ever passed a PIP. I don't mean it's difficult. I mean the outcome is decided before the PIP begins. A PIP is not a path to improvement. It's a paper trail to termination. HR needs 60 days of documentation. The PIP provides 60 days of documentation. I call this "supporting our people through growth opportunities." After calibration I compile the results. I tell the board that 85% of employees are meeting or exceeding expectations. This is true every year. It was true by design. I designed it. Last year a manager asked me what performance reviews actually accomplish. I looked at my notes. They accomplish: Five million words nobody reads. A number between 1 and 5 decided in a room the employee will never enter. A raise that wouldn't cover a gym membership. And a paper trail for the people we'd already decided to fire. I didn't say any of that. I said "employee development is our top priority." He transferred teams. I noted it as "healthy internal mobility." The review system was installed in 2019. It has not been reviewed. I get reviewed using the system I designed. Last year I rated myself a 4. My manager didn't question it. She used the 4 minutes. As long as the graph goes up and to the right.

On tonight's show, I told my audience that I listened to Alex Jones for the first time in awhile. It got to the point where I couldn't stomach watching his platform being hijacked by scumbags like subverter Nick Fuentes. It sounded like Alex has lost his edge and is WAAAAAAAY behind the curve. Sad to see him fall short of the truth right before we hit the finish line. Decades of getting it right only to fall on his face when it matters. Now, he's a propaganda tool of the left. It's really sad to see it, but I will not mince words. Alex Jones has gambled & lost. He will not receive favor on the other side of President Trump's grand plan. None of these fair weather patriots will....Alex & the rest of them all deserve what they're about to receive.

Got a letter from the HOA yesterday Actual letter In an envelope With a stamp In 2026 The letter said my trash can was visible from the street for too long on collection day The fine is $50 I checked my Ring camera The truck came at 7:03am I brought the can in at 7:14am 11 minutes $50 That's $4.55 per minute of trash can visibility My therapist charges $250 an hour That's $4.17 per minute My trash can sitting in a driveway is now more expensive per minute than therapy I looked at the letter again It was signed by the HOA president Her name is Karen Of course it is I know this woman She lives four houses down She still has Christmas lights up It's March I know because I drive past them twice a day And because that's what I do I checked the HOA bylaws All 47 pages Section 4.2 says all exterior fixtures and lighting must be seasonal and removed within 30 days of the applicable holiday Her lights have been up for 97 days I went to the HOA meeting Tuesday night 7pm In a church basement Folding chairs Fruit platter that nobody touched Seven people showed up Four of them were on the board The other three were there to complain I was there to read My wife came with me She didn't want to But she said "if I don't come you'll end up on the news" I brought my legal pad Karen called the meeting to order She talked about community standards She talked about property values She talked about the importance of curb appeal From a woman whose Christmas lights are still blinking in March I raised my hand She said "we'll take questions at the end" I said "it's not a question. It's a point of order." She looked at me I opened my legal pad I said "Section 4.2 requires seasonal decorations to be removed within 30 days. Your Christmas lights have been up for 97 days. You fined me $50 for 11 minutes of trash can visibility on collection day while you've been in violation for over three months." The room was quiet One of the other three complainers said "he's right" The board members looked at each other Karen said "that's a separate issue" I said "it's the same bylaws" She said "we'll review it" I said "I already did. Page 12. Happy to share my highlights." My wife looked at the ceiling Some things never change Karen said "I think we should move on" I said "agreed. I'll move on when the Christmas lights do." Nobody laughed I wasn't joking I paid the $50 Because it's $50 and I'm not going to die on that hill But if the rules apply to me they apply to everyone So I filed a formal complaint about the lights With photos Timestamped Funny how surveillance works both ways The fine for seasonal decoration violations is $75 per occurrence She's been in violation for 67 days past the 30-day grace period I'll let her do the math Or I'll do it for her Because that's what I do Make common sense common again Plz fix. Thx. Sent from my iPhone

BREAKING: All major broadcast TV networks will be interrupting their programming to air Trump’s address tonight.

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