Stephen A. Smith publicly APOLOGIZES to Kyrie Irving after calling him "selfish" for refusing the COVID jab.
"Hindsight-wise, it didn’t make him stubborn or selfish. It made him BRAVE."
"I watched Dr. Fauci on Capitol Hill yesterday, and the person I thought about most was Kyrie Irving."
��Kyrie Irving stood out in my mind because of the heat that he was taking... He refused the vaccine. New York City's mandate made him ineligible for home games, and he linked his stance to people losing jobs over vaccine mandates."
“In my opinion, particularly hindsight-wise, it didn't make him stubborn or selfish. It made him brave. His willingness to stand up and say, ‘Nah, I'm not doing that.’
“It's just a time for reflection — to look at things differently.”
Kyrie gave up $11,400,000 in game checks during the 21-22 NBA season and a $100,000,000 extension with the Nets to be unvaccinated.
That cements his holdout as the largest financial sacrifice any athlete has ever made over an issue in history.
The Israeli lobby spent $30 million to beat me, but America won because an entire generation is now aware of their corrosive influence on our government. Every elected Republican in Congress is bought, captured, or intimidated by them to some degree. I am the last who is not.
Debt.
A home is 500k because people are willing to finance 500k dollars.
A college degree is 50-100k because people are willing to finance 50-100k dollars.
Mcdonalds is 40 dollars because people are willing to klarna 40 dollars.
If enough idiots are willing to enslave themselves for things they cant afford, the effects are felt everywhere. The buying power of those with restraint is diminished because idiots are willing to sell everyones future for a big mac.
Homeownership has become far more expensive since 2019, with emergency repairs up 175%, maintenance up 85%, insurance up 72%, interest up 35%, property taxes up 31%, and principal payments up 22%, per WSJ:
I sold my 2000 Toyota 4Runner today. Here are the stats:
Year purchased: 2009
Purchase price: $6,475
Mileage: ~100,000
Year sold: 2026
Sale price: $3,100
Mileage: ~227,000
Depreciated $3,375 over 17 years while driving it 127,000 miles.
What a ride!