Friday, August 1, 2025

Statistics

Trump just fired the labor statistics commissioner for the cardinal sin of showing actual numbers which reveal very low job gains.

You cannot make this stuff up and is the price of electing a complete imbecile as your president. A high school student would be a massive improvement at this point if for no other reason that they would take guidance from more informed advisors

Don't ask me to explain how people who vote can be such absolute morons as I have no answer for you.



Deal with the devil

The reason Trump is being particularly tough with Canada is that this evil empire version of the GOP wants to destabilize our economy to the point of leaving us helpless and succumb to their 51st state aspirations. The evil empire wants our resources. 

But Trump underestimates our resolve the way Putin underestimated Ukraine. We would rather die than give up our sovereignty because the model that they aspire to we find completely revolting. 

We don't want to be Americans because the society they want runs contrary to our values. Many Americans are themselves victim to a philosophy they don't espouse but are stuck with thanks to an antiquated electoral college.

Carney is shrewd but I wouldn't want to be in his place and thread a needle to find a solution which takes into account dealing with a psychotic narcissistic with daddy issues while helping Canadians. He wants to protect Canadian industry without giving away the store while knowing that Trumpism is showing major cracks in the foundation but isn't dead yet. 

The US is slowly imploding as all empires do and late stage capitalism is working as it always does, but just not fast enough to avoid what will most assuredly be, at minimum, a temporary bad deal with the devil.

Sunlight

I don't think I've ever been more ready to attend a family gathering as my authentic self. It's taken years to get here and you realize that, after a while, everything coalesces into a harmonious confidence which is finally immune to naysayers. 

The fact that I have only lost one friend speaks volumes about the kind people I have chosen to associate with over the years. Solid people won't disappoint you but the hardest work comes from us as we learn to stop the doubt and self-criticism. 

We don't see ourselves as people see us. 

The best thing I have ever done is to stop hiding and step into the light because concealment feeds into shame and doesn't allow for repair of the psyche. Without the power of sunlight I wouldn't be where I am.

Statistics

Trump just fired the labor statistics commissioner for the cardinal sin of showing actual numbers which reveal very low job gains. You canno...