Again. If they only knew.
Private schools are selective = better students. Why they look "better."
But privates with tuitions below $30K/yr are worse than public pedagogically.
Personally know many Drs who thought Jr would follow in footsteps.
DIDNT HAPPEN!
Privates pull toward mediocrity.
Abortion rates always go up when GOP controls the Whitehouse.
It's political for them. We'll soon hear it again:
"Pro-life! Pro-life! Pro-life! Tax cut."
We all use "victimhood" to advance political agendas.
Theirs just happens to be abortion.
"Vote DEM" to actually reduce number of abortions
The two legs of the K are asymptotically approaching floor/ceiling that Argentina is trying to overcome. Took Brazil 20 years to overcome GFI of late 20th century.
Revolutions in science and industry tend to be rising tides, but have been no match for GFI and other black swans as new fundamentals
After all, we are intentionally bringing back the "Gilded age", which in reality was essentially a decades long financial crisis.
The true fundamental right now is "Gross Fiscal Irresponsibility" (GFI) in the OBBBA's legislated new "Gilded age" ("Gross" as in GDP).
On a Lat Am glidepath.
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What we are seeing is a belief that disrupted markets quickly return to fundamentals, and the fundamentals now appear to be AI revolution, deregulation, ...
Good belief unless the black swans are the new fundamentals.
Certainly 1929, 1973, 2008, but also "less severe" 1873, 1893, 1907
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Here's another!
Here's an update!
Completely Expected! CPI, PPI, PCE, Core PCE
Different noise. Same signal.
Also USA 2019 - 2023, Argentina 2018 - 2024, ....
Gross Fiscal Irresponsibility (GFI)
huge gov debt + concentrated wealth = fiscal crisis
I think we have already seen the signal yesterday. Excessive unsecured gov borrowing + increased concentration of wealth "sequesters" money forcing an increase in currency overall:
More money + same GDP value => inflation
Saw the same signal late 2018 to 2023 - but obscured by Covid
History repeats: Mcnamara's war (Hegseth even looks like McNamara)
"We seem bent upon saving the Vietnamese from Ho Chi Minh, even if we have to kill them and demolish their country to do it." - Sen George McGovern, April 25, 1967
16 Casualties in 1st year of a "police action" that roiled America
Kirby: What to watch for with Iran ceasefire
Bottom line: Vietnam Redux
From Generals down, military won decisively. Complete domination. Total Victory
From SecDef up, admin lost decisively. Complete capitulation. Total defeat
We spent a decade in SE Asia watching politicians give away every gain only to have them demand they be retaken
Trump turns his attention to Greenland on Monday, April 6, 2026.
Agreed! An Epstein "Wag the Dog"!
But why the sudden deadline for Iran?
Why total capitulation to get a cease fire?
I think it is because Trump and the wealthy need to refocus on their true goal.
They Greenland and parts of Canada, and this summer will be critical to taking them!
Why the arbitrary deadline for Iran?
Why total capitulation to get a cease fire?
Because Trump and the wealthy need to get back to their true goal before May.
Cuba Next? Unlikely!
Their eyes are on their true prize - Canads and Greenland!
A lot of US elected leaders call themselves Christians. Claim to believe the Bible. And spend a lot of time talking about the things that other people do.
But in Revelation 21:8, there is a list of various behaviors that are said to lead to Hell.
And the first one mentioned is …
The Cowardly.
Married and own a home by 30 year old in the US:
2025: 12%
2010: 25%
2000: 35%
1990: 43%
1980: 45%
1970: 48%
1960: 52%
I’m sure everything is fine.
That and about half a bilion in political ads
Advertising works!
If only Trump, November might be a blue tsunami!!!
But Musk, Bezos, Koch, et al haven't cranked it up yet.
That's what makes me nervous!!
. @notusperspectives.bsky.social asked several of us the question “Where should Washington look for moral authority. Here’s what we said:
www.notus.org/perspectives...
God will act soon enough. He always does. That's why times like these seem new.
The rest of us just need to stay the course. Follow Jesus - which means following his teachings.
Because if we do, as Jesus said many times, those who remain until the end will be saved.
Matthew 10:22
Pray - but don't expect them to listen to you. They only listen to each other.
They're on their broad road with their political partners, their wealthly allies, their partisan priorities.
They wouldn't listen even to someone returned from the dead.
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It is not new, nor is it limited to Christianity.
Nearly every religion and philosophy - even atheism! - has at some point been commandeered by the powerful to justify their intentions.
Be thankful this current political corruption had no initial appeal and pray for those for whom it did.
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Jer 18:7-10
Because this is not new.
When Christianity becomes political, it changes - and has changed - to accommodate wealthy allies and a secular deology.
The Great Commission is replaced by partisan priorities. "Christian" is not enough. "Conservative Christian" is now required.
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This is incorrect. Need to read about Gross "Fiscal Irresponsibility" (GFI)
"Gross" like in GDP
Correct that nations as "currency-printers" can't go "bankrupt" in usual sense
Instead, GFI ends in hyperinflation, bond default, or other - or combo
Excessive borrowing creates a crisis. That is GFI
Remember:
The reason Trump was allowed to levy tariffs on the whole world is because almost every Republican in Congress voted against stopping him.
And the reason he’s able to wage war with Iran without input from anyone is because almost every Republican in Congress voted against stopping him.
Hard to understand how making a professional wrestling executive the Secretary of Education could have gone wrong 🤔
"Gross Fiscal Irresponsibility" (GFI)
"Gross" like in GDP
"Business" FI = bankruptcy
"Currency-printers" can't go "bankrupt" in usual sense
GFI ends in hyperinflation, bond default, or other - or combo
Trump 1 GFI crisis 2019-2023
GOP GFI on track for crisis in 2027 lasting about a decade
"Gross Fiscal Irresponsibility" (GFI)
"Gross" like in GDP
"Business" FI = bankruptcy
"Currency-printers" can't go "bankrupt" in usual sense
GFI ends in hyperinflation, bond default, or other - or combo
Trump 1 GFI crisis 2019-2023
GOP GFI on track for crisis in 2027 lasting about a decade
I don’t know about you, but this “Golden Age” is getting incredibly expensive.
NASA now SpaceX, AI via Grok, DOGE
Even things He initially did well
Musk seems to have become a sewage spill as he makes America into a landfill
Not the type of meticulous, cautious, disciplined engineering mind that "Made America Great" in the last half of the previous century
