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Here’s the deal. Biden botched the withdrawal, but the withdrawal was forced on him by Trump.
We built an Afghan military that relied on US contractors, then we pulled the contractors, air support, logistics, etc.
And we didn’t even include the govt in negotiations
Virtually all modern technology America operates on today was created prior to the age of billionaires. The computer, the internet, AI, the semiconductor, plastics, software, et al. These guys just captured the value politically, they didn't create much at all.
In 1939, as over 425,000 Soviet troops invaded Finland, a 5'3" farmer with no scope and perfect aim took position in the snow. His name was Simo Häyhä, and he wasn't just a soldier.
Before the war, he was a competitive sharpshooter, known for hitting targets others missed
He wore white camouflage, packed snow in his mouth to hide his breath, and used iron sights to stay invisible. Then he got to work. In less than 100 days, he recorded over 500 confirmed kills-the most in sniper history. The Soviets called him
"The White Death." They shelled the forests. Sent snipers. Launched entire offensives. None of it stopped him. Until one day, an explosive bullet hit him in the face. By a miracle, Simo survived the war. But never spoke of what he'd done.
Erin Brockovich has launched a website and has begun tracking all data centers in America and logging resident complaints
In just 1 week it’s already logged 1,690 resident complaints
For this who don’t remember
Erin Brockovich was the paralegal responsible for winning out a case against PG&E, Hinckley in California, because their wastewater runoff was seeping into rural areas and creating a lot of health issues for, for the surrounding neighborhoods
That case brought in a $333 million settlement that went to the families affected by the situation because a lot of them either had staggering medical bills due to their tap water was no longer safe
So why is this important, well residents all over America are reporting their tap water and river water is being heavily polluted by data centers
Her map of data centers is new, she just launched it
The website features an interactive US map showing operational, under-construction, and proposed AI data centers, overlaid with community-reported complaints
Residents can submit reports with details, photos, and locations. Within days of launch, it received a surge of submissions over 1,600 in the first week, and reports of 1,800+ from 47 states shortly after
Common Resident Complaints Being Logged
- Water usage
- Raising utility bills for residents
- Noise pollution: Constant 24/7 humming from fans, generators, and cooling systems disrupting sleep, daily life, and wildlife.
- E-waste from frequent hardware upgrades, pollution including PFAS concerns
Ukraine is doing so much better on the battlefield against Russia when the US is out of the war and no longer trying to restrain Ukraine.
Slava Ukrainii!
Revancha de Edwin De Los Santos y José "Rayo" Valenzuela el 28 de junio en el Cosmopolitan de Las Vegas (y en Zuffa Boxing)
Y además el también excampeón mundial Jerwin Ancajas en el coestelar
Congratulations to 2026 HWT NCAA Champion @isaactrumble_ (NC State) on commissioning as a 2LT (USA) today. He was pinned by his father and Medal of Honor Recipient MSG(R) Earl Plumlee. 🇺🇸
Warren Buffett, in his first sit-down since stepping down as Berkshire CEO, gave the cleanest indictment of legalized gambling in a decade. He called it a tax cut for the wealthy. The math proves him exactly right.
Americans wagered $165 billion at legal sportsbooks in 2025. They lost $16 billion of that. FanDuel pulled $6 billion of the losses. DraftKings pulled $5.3 billion. Every state with legal mobile sports betting collected a tax on the bettor side. New York alone took in over $1.2 billion in 2025 sports betting tax revenue.
Layer the lottery on top. State lotteries generate over $90 billion a year. The bottom half of income earners account for roughly 70% of total spend. The average lottery player makes $38,000. A household earning $20,000 spends three times more on tickets than one earning $30,000. The implicit tax rate, meaning whatever the state keeps after prizes, runs 30 to 50% depending on the game. No other revenue source in America has that base and that rate.
The structural design is the engine. A single straight sports bet carries a hold of 4 to 5%. A four-leg parlay carries a hold above 30%. FanDuel and DraftKings spent five years rebuilding their apps to make parlays the default product. FanDuel's blended hold rate hit 11.4% in 2025, up from roughly 7% in 2022. The product got worse for the customer and the customer wagered more anyway.
Now look at the substitution. Nine US states have no state income tax. Seven of those nine run state lotteries. Seven of those nine have legalized sports betting. The states most committed to never taxing wealth are the same states running the largest extraction machines on people who cannot afford to lose. Read it as policy.
Here is what Buffett is actually pointing at. The state needs revenue. It can raise income tax on the top decile, or it can run a lottery plus a sports betting tax. The second option raises the money from the people who can least afford it. The first option becomes politically optional. New York's $1.2 billion in 2025 sports betting tax is $1.2 billion the state did not have to ask of someone earning $5 million.
DraftKings and FanDuel sell a privatized collection mechanism for a regressive tax that the state never has to defend at the ballot box again. Voters approve legalization once. Collection runs forever. The state takes a cut. The wealthy get a quieter top bracket. The bettor's cut shrinks every quarter as the parlay menu gets pushed harder.
The function of a government, Buffett said, is not to play its people for suckers.
Thirty-nine state governments now do.
I was skeptical, but now I’m completely convinced. Fencing will become super popular due to this one very particular improvement to the sport.
“Sword tip visualization” It’s going to debut at the summer olympics.
Every single duel will look like a bloody lightsaber fight
Warren Buffett says if the top 800 other major corporations paid what Berkshire Hathaway did in taxes, Americans wouldn't have to pay a dime in income taxes, or any taxes
“If we send in a check like we did last year, we send in over $5 billion to the US federal government, and of 800 other companies had done the same thing. No other person in the United States would've had to pay a dime of federal taxes. Other income taxes, no social security taxes, no estate taxes — It doesn't bother me in the least to write that check, and I would really hope with all the America's done for all of you, it shouldn't bother you that we do it”
You understand what he’s saying here right? We are subsidizing corporations cheating on taxes with our income tax
Abolish the Income Tax
Talked to a former agency guy who feels like I do on this…. Why is the CIA trying to get credit here? Stay silent. Now the Iranians can reverse engineer the “how’s”
@Art0fLife_ Or just pay people a living wage, give them affordable / free health insurance, and don’t let wall st buy up residential apartments and homes and people can say “I actually DO have a wonderful new apartment.”