We force FBI agents to retire at 57 and pilots at 65 because cognitive and physical decline is real. But handing the country over to demented 70-80-year-olds? Totally fine.
Make it make sense.
Can someone explain to me like I’m 10 years old what the point of buying a house is if, even after you pay off the mortgage, you still have to pay property taxes?
From age 18 to 67 you pay $7,500 a year into Social Security.
That’s 49 years of mandatory contributions.
You get $3,200 a month back.
If you invested that same $7,500 a year into a basic mutual fund.
You’d retire with $32,000 a month.
10 times more.
You had no choice in the matter.
No opt out.
No alternative.
Just trust us they said.
The government took your money for 49 years.
And gave you back a fraction.
Called it a safety net.
The middle class is the most expensive place to live, and no one talks about it.
Lower income households get assistance.
The wealthy use tax strategies and loopholes. But the middle class pays full taxes, full tuition, full healthcare, full everything.
So you work 50 hours a week just to stay in the same place and fund everyone’s life except yours.
LIFE HACKS/2026 Edition
1. If Bill Gates is involved, avoid it.
2. If the government says it's true, it's false.
3. If the CDC, FDA say it's safe, it's dangerous.
4. If congress makes a law to help you, it will eventually hurt you.
5. If the media agrees, it's a lie.
You want to fix education?
Stop socially promoting kids. Passing a child who cannot do the work does not help him. It just moves the problem to the next teacher and makes it bigger.
This player flew in from Alabama this weekend.
Something interesting happened.
Every time he made a bad swing...
he had something to say.
Every time he missed a ball...
he had an explanation.
Every time something went wrong...
he gave it attention.
But every time he smoked a line drive...
nothing.
No reaction.
No acknowledgment.
No credit.
After our session, we went to grab lunch.
And while we were talking, I asked him:
"Do you feel confident?"
He said:
"I don't know. I haven't played a game yet."
That answer stopped me.
Because he was waiting for a game to tell him how to feel about himself.
The truth is:
He wasn't his biggest fan.
He was his biggest critic.
And my coach at UCLA used to say:
"You cannot outperform your self-image."
If you spend all your time talking about what's wrong...
don't be surprised when you stop seeing what's right.
So I gave him one assignment:
The next time you do something well...
say it.
Out loud.
-Good swing.
-Good take.
-Good adjustment.
-Good barrel.
Most athletes are comfortable criticizing themselves.
Very few are comfortable encouraging themselves.
Try this tonight.
Every time you catch yourself saying something negative...
find one thing you did well and say it out loud.
You might discover the conversation holding you back isn't coming from a coach, a parent, or an opponent.
It's coming from you.
Thank you for reading,
Jermaine Curtis
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Dear America,
Please stop referring to members of the Senate and House as our “leaders.”
We do NOT answer to them.
They are merely our representatives, and they should be reminded of that fact often, like every damn day!
Imagine if Jaxson Dart said:
“If Abdul chooses to align himself with a man like Muhammad…it’s my responsibility…to not only show my teammates that I’m against that, but to show the world.”
Abdul said this about Trump, though & media is applauding it.
Ask yourself why.
RFK Jr: Within five years, satellites belonging to Bill Gates "will be able to look at every square inch of the planet 24 hours a day."
"They're putting in 5G to harvest our data and control our behavior. Digital currency that will allow them to punish us from a distance and cut off our food supply."
"It will make you a slave."
#Lions HC Dan Campbell on who has stood out in OTAs (where there are no pads):
“There are a lot of guys who have done well for two days in pajamas. … I’m done with the hype of the pajama party in May. We’ll find out in training camp who’s who.”
(🎥 @Lions)
The middle class is the most expensive place to live, and no one talks about it. Lower income households get assistance. The wealthy use tax strategies and loopholes. But the middle class pays full taxes, full tuition, full healthcare, full everything. So you work 50 hours a week just to stay in the same place and fund everyone’s life except yours.
Well well well… I guess real baseball matters again… and it wins. Don’t strike out. Get the ball in play. Hustle, steal bases, throw strikes, compete. Yea, bombs are good… but so are doubles, singles, bunt for hits, moving runners … pressure on defense. Why has it taken this long to figure it out! That’s what pisses me off. Winning Baseball ….. well it wins! At every level.