Sadly enough, given my homestead/doomstead turnip growing goat milking past, "useless eater" is actually pretty accurate. Said no mas last year at 62, pulling my social security pittance, and milking the State of Oregon for every food stamp I can get. I did raise a boy who is now a couple years out of college and pulling in big engineering bucks - he laughs at the horrendous taxes yanked out of his earning saying "Go Dad, go! I'm your personal tax donkey!"
Trump Tribe is an interesting phrase. It has always bugged me to no end how All Things Fucked Up could be pinned on one name. Biden this, Trump that, Obama's whatever, Bush's crap; as if an elected official sets policy. We've demonized the word oligarch by prefacing it with Russian for so long that it doesn't cross the mind of political and economic discourse to recognize that American Oligarchs are just as ubiquitous and arguably more powerful than their foreign counterparts. Trump Tribe = Trump's Oligarchs doesn't seem to fit unless it's Oligarchs as in owners/controllers. Trump makes a lousy trained seal as far as following the script goes. He is good at crowd pleasing antics that earn him fish but at the end of the day all that's left is shit in the pool.
Anicca, impermanence... it all goes by so quickly it seems.
What's the over-under on WWIII before the 2028 election?
Practiice your Duck & Cover.
Russia warns of 'catastrophic' consequences if Trump carries out threat to bomb Iranhttps://www.timesofisrael.com/russia-warns-of-catastrophic-consequences-if-trump-carries-out-threat-to-bomb-iran/
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