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I recently built this dashboard to track the overall health of the U.S. economy. It pulls together key indicators—like employment trends, inflation, consumer sentiment, and market data—into one clean, easy-to-read interface. The goal is to make it simple to see where things stand at a glance and spot early signs of change before they hit the headlines. Of course, no dashboard is ever “finished,” so I’m always looking for new ways to improve it. If you think there’s an important economic marker missing—or have a suggestion for refining how one is shown—please send me an email with your idea. I’d love to hear your thoughts and make this tool even more useful. If you have a marker you think should be added, contact me at emaildave@gmail.com

  In the grim theater of American politics the actors on the left and the right still perform their perennial roles with psychotic fervor, but one must observe a peculiar asymmetry -- to the conservative eye, the progressive left appears as a chorus of deranged, hysterical, unmoored from reality, and perpetually aggrieved mental patients as if afflicted by some collective malady that defies diagnosis. Yet this perception, far from being mere partisan sniping, reveals a deeper fracture in human cognition and temperament. Thomas Sowell, that venerable economist from Harlem's hardscrabble streets, who evolved from Marxist sympathies to conservative erudition, posits that our political battles stem not from mere policy disagreements but from fundamental "visions" of human nature—constrained and unconstrained. In his sadly invisible-to-the-Left’s master work A Conflict of Visions , he dissects the ideological origins of political strife with a philosopher's scalpe...

LINK: THE COLORED HAVE ENOUGH TROUBLE! https://youtu.be/UukFueBo9bQ?si=4DiY98NZKjm7BzoA

BREAKING! Elon Musk introduces SPACE XXX... Will launch the first all-gay male space crew: Pete Buttegieg, Neil Patrick Harris, and John Mulaney (Mulaney accidentally invited even though he is not gay but really seems gay) "We're gonna be ass-tronauts!" Harris joked. Mulaney described as "nervous" during the photo shoot.

(posted before the SNL skit)

 

 

    I recently had some dental work done. I had to get a few wisdom teeth removed. I was in some pain and was not in much of a mood to slow down and evaluate the process the dentist was recommending.  I almost made a gigantic mistake but we were saved by a friend with special insider knowledge. I am going to give you some of that knowledge right now.  You need to know what happened.  Read on... It is Orange County, CA, 2024, and I had selected a dentist who was "in network" meaning they have an agreement with my insurance plan. They evaluated my situation (extraction of three teeth) and said it was going to be about $2,300. They set me up right there in the office for a payment plan with Lending Club and I was scheduled for surgery in about a month.  The first payment for the yet-to-be-performed surgery came in a few weeks and I was thinking, hmm, this seems weird. I called the office and they said that was normal. My wife got more suspicious than I did bec...

  Underwhelming Ancient Greek Philosopher’s Works Discovered Recently unearthed documents have delighted archeologists and historians alike with the discovery of a literal treasure trove of discarded writings from the almost entirely forgotten and universally ignored philosopher Moronocles (more-on-uh-cleez) who, like Plato, was also a student of Socrates. Little is known about his early life and education, but unlike his famous teacher, Socrates, who never wrote anything down, Moronocles seems to have written everything down. Every thought, no matter how useless, was preserved with painstaking accuracy and stored in a dumpster behind the home of his friend and contemporary, Plato. The voluminous cache of well-preserved documents are sometimes neatly chiseled into tablets, others scribbled on worn-out sandals or cocktail napkins--one entire manuscript is written in tiny print on the discarded toga of Moronocles’ morbidly obese neighbor Diabetes.  Based on ancient sources, mode...

  If Women Played in the NBA There is no rule that says NBA players have to be men, yet there are no women on the court. Since most of our institutions are designed to please women, there may come a time when teams will be required to play at least one woman, but more likely, teams would be required to make half of their teams female. If this happens, we may begin to see the following: Woman: His hand brushed against my breasts! LeBron: I was just trying to get the ball! Ref: Your intentions don’t matter! [blows whistle] By the way, these are not jokes….this could actually happen.  Some other future quotes from the female players: “The coach said I needed to lose some weight, I have filed a lawsuit because I am being body-shamed!” “These men are too rough! I keep getting hurt!” (prompting new rule that players cannot touch each other) ”You called travelling on me for taking three steps but I should be allowed to take three steps because they are taller than me and I canno...

  PHOTOS FROM THE FUTURE... HEADLINE: GAVIN NEWSOM TAKES OVER AS DISNEY CEO

Elections are coming up again, you know, like that shrimp you ate at lunch that tasted a bit off.  I have listed here some things for all voters to keep in mind as they head to the polls (or don't head to them).  This guide is less of a "who and what to vote for" than it is a guide for whether or not you SHOULD vote. If you get ALL your news from Fox News - DON'T VOTE If you get ALL your news from MSNBC - DON'T VOTE If you cannot name one famous economist without using Google - DON'T VOTE If you have not read a fiction novel in the last year - DON'T VOTE If you think your political party has good intentions but that other party party has BAD ones - DON'T VOTE If you don't regularly listen to smart people who understand controversial issues argue about them - DON'T VOTE If you have more than two bumper stickers on your car - DON'T VOTE If you meet more than 3 people each day who are "Communists" or "Fascists"  - DON'T...

How I've longed since boyhood for the arrival of the flying car. This longing goes back well before Blade Runner or  The Jetsons . These have been dangled before us since the Wright Brothers first left the ground. Hell it took about 60 years to figure out that we should put cup holders in the ones we do have. And for that matter why did it take so damned long to make wheels on luggage a standard feature? You kids don’t know the tortures we faced while driving, even into the early 80s. First you had to GUESS how long it would take you to get to the airport to pick up your visiting relative, who left you a message on your answering machine from their house phone when they left Dallas at 7am. You’d likely spill a drink in your lap on the way to the airport where you’d meet Aunt Lucy, hopefully where she said she was going to be hours earlier, and then lug her 55 pound suitcase by its plastic handle all the way to your car from the Delta Terminal. The horror….the horror… Enter cell ph...

My 13-year old daughter came up with this one... 

“Monkeys may be evolving to be human — and it looks like they might get there first.”  Welly welly well…. Planet of the Apes  may not be so far fetched after all....  And it’s all due, naturally , to global warming… Those of us in the know are aware that the earth has an expiration date, a built-in one that involves our sun and a rather annoying tendency toward exploding in a massive supernova after about 9 billion years of life. That resulting massive blast will be large enough to engulf Mercury, then Venus, then Earth, then the massive bunker that the robot version of Elon Musk will still be living in on Mars.  All gone. That is depressing enough but now it looks like humans have paved the way for monkeys to make a giant evolutionary step toward humanity …as a matter of fact they may get there before we do! As the temperatures seem to be rising in their natural habitats, the treetops are providing less and less protection and the monkeys are spending more time walk...

California Politicians thinking the homeless are just multiplying faster and faster like the chocolates in this classic Lucy episode - but THEY ARE THE ONES MAKING THEM COME OUT FASTER! I just read an article on how bad the "homeless" problem is in California. I use quotes around that word because it seems most of the people we call homeless are addicts in some form other another. Either they are addicted to a drug, alcohol, or simply addicted to street camping.  And if those people prefer living there, why would we call them homeless.   They have a home and they like it, and they don’t have to pay any rent or follow any particular rules. The homeless population has increased greatly each year in California. The California officials are still making the problem worse without even knowing it.  First of all they keep saying it is "their" problem, as in government's problem. This takes away responsibility from the actual street campers. If you are mentally ill, tha...

I have plumbed the depths of despair with chronic shooting leg pains, back pains, watching the clock all day and all night counting the hours till the next pain pill.  I am 55 now, it started when I was about 25. Maybe a racquetball mishap. I walked with my spine twisted for a few weeks after that but it slowly went away. Years later it came back, a little worse and would last a little longer each time it came back. A few years ago it hung around for about six months. I paid 4k out of pocket for non surgical spinal decompression, which seemed to do the trick. I was pain free after about 15 sessions. Strange thing is the guy told me it would be about 15 sessions...and then exactly 15 sessions later, I felt great.  I now think there is a very good chance that that was a placebo cure. I will get to that, A few things you must know about pain in general, and the spine, and doctors, and the brain. 1) The spine is very strong and resilient and heals quickly. 2) The brain is in charg...

Bryce Dallas Howard Says She Was Asked to Lose Weight Before Filming Jurassic World Dominion The actress said director Colin Trevorrow “protected” her after she was asked to “not use my natural body in cinema”  Howard  "How do I say this . . . [I've] been asked to not use my natural body in cinema," Howard admitted to the outlet. "And on the third movie, it was actually because there were so many women cast, it was something that Colin felt very strongly about in terms of protecting me . . . because the conversation came up again, 'We need to ask Bryce to lose weight.' " Good grief is this one of these new STRONG women of the current era? I remember when the Phoenix Suns asked Charles Barkley -- hm, how should I say this... he was asked not to use his natural body to play basketball. Yes they had the audacity to tell him to drop some weight in order to compete with players who would tear him up if he was fatter and slower.  I believe simply complied. Wha...

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Authorities knew immediately that the badly decomposed body was that of a politician because of the way it was lying. I’ll wait….