Gallup - Non-partisan

 The Gallup poll on duh gubmint...from Feb 6 - 13th

https://news.gallup.com/poll/656891/trump-job-approval-rating-congress-jumps.aspx

A DOGE Cancelled Contract

Listed on DOGE's site under SAVINGS is this contract for a cool 7.5 million with

https://hcnglobal.com/

Here's the contract as seen on FPDS. The amount is upper right. Forest Service below & left of amount and Hispanic Communications Network LLC at lower left. 

I'm woke, but this looks like pork barreling. 

My guess is Bud drinkers don't wanna hang out w people who drink Corona beer. I mean, a corona is the ridge around the head of a penis, ain't hit?

DOGE's Unconstitutionality Index

The Unconstitutionality Index is under REGULATIONS on the DOGE.gov website. 

Here's the url:

https://doge.gov/regulations

Each screen shows -- on the left -- the number of WORDS in each agency's rules. On the right are the number of rules each agency is expected to know and abide by.

At the very bottom, the last line is a link to the "Unconstitutionality Index."

The "Index" is the work of Mr. Crews, Jr.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/waynecrews/2025/01/09/the-2025-unconstitutionality-index-exposing-congresss-abdication-of-power/

The Cato Institute was founded by

Ed Crane, Murray Rothbard & Charles Koch

Competitive Enterprise Institute

Social Security

In the early oughts I was involved w a millionairess. She and her husband had a "factory" that made gold & platinum flutes for the premier flautists of the world. When we weren't exploring the B & Bs of New Mexico or at the opera, we frolicked in her 3,700 sq ft home in Sandia Hts, near the base of the Sandia Mountains overlooking the city.  

This relatively (relative to Mar a Lago 'n' such) small abode had at one end a single large bedroom with its own jacuzzi and large walk-in closets. I slept at the other end of the house in the two-bedroom wing designed for guests. 

She kept a modest $5k in her checking account for day-to-day needs while accumulating frequent flier miles on our overnight jaunts and other entertainments. Her S.S. check was a barely note-worthy addition to her retirement income. But for her avarice, she'd never have missed it. 

Here's an article from last year that gives some interesting insights. 

https://larson.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/60-days-2024-and-millionaires-are-already-done-paying-social-security

Underpants!

Michelle has never outgrown her inner 6 year old. Thus, it was w delight she discovered Dav Pilky's Captain Underpants series. 

For years I've gone forth & back between Haines & FOTL. Finally, a definitive difference. This tear has occurred in each of the most recent batch. 

Canadian Trade Deficit

A Canadian deficit of $53.5B. This is nothing. Big-cap stocks are those whose capitalization ranges from $10B - 200B. Canada is LAST on this 2020 graph  

The report below, citing data from 2021 & 2022, from The Office of the United States Trade Representative, Executive Office of the President shows  

Canada Trade & Investment Summary

U.S. goods and services trade with Canada totaled an estimated $908.9 billion in 2022. Exports were $427.7 billion; imports were $481.2 billion. The U.S. goods and services trade deficit with Canada was $53.5 billion in 2022.

Complete Report

https://ustr.gov/countries-regions/americas/canada

Art Fools

Recent exp suggests these are

the same folks giving stock market

advice on Yahoo Finance. 

A Failed Experiment

Capitalism has won out. Democracy has shot its wad. The rich have gotten richer and the poor we still have with us. The under-educated are fed up w having to kow-tow to the colordz and kweerz.  

"We don't need no stinkin' catalytic converters, seatbelts, helmets or vaccines! Alluz we need iz guns, grabable pussy, football and cheap beer."

Waving Goodbye

It's taken 50 years to move manufacturing out of the country. You'll recall the clothing tags citing Bangladesh, and others until now, finally...China. Tariffs aren't gonna rebuild the economy. The manufacturing businesses of tomorrow will be, as they are already, run by robots. The working-man's day is over. Your guess is as good as any as to what we'll do with the milling multitudes. Let 'em eat cake; or war amongst themselves as they do in the ghettos.

The obvious solution is to invade Venezuela. With 500 BILLION barrels of oil, we wouldn't need to drill the arctic or Greenland. Besides, Chevron is already onsite and the country is used to oligarchy. And we could easily control access to and egress from The Canal! OMG!!

Do it! For the bears!

(Of course, with the greenhouse gas effect, the bears'll fade out with all the other "losers." But then, have you really missed the dodo or passenger pigeon? Google "Recent animal extinctions.")