Debt in America is an insane topic altogether. It’s mind boggling to me, how much debt the average person has.
Another nice way to keep people in check.
The Trump Presidency : Part 2
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In the latest edition of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) chats to author, Dan Williamson, about his new book 'If I Hadnt Seen Such Riches' which chronicles our 1990/91 European Cup Winners Cup victory, which is a trip down memory lane for those old enough to remember it and a vital history lesson for those who don't.
Another nice way to keep people in check.
And it’s all the woke left‘s fault.The average red state American
Financial literacy in America is horrible. I live in a very red and fairly low income area (Somerset County, Maryland) and the amount of people driving $60,000 pickup trucks coming out of trailer parks or other low income housing is staggering. Then seeing story about how people are getting new credit cards and maxing them out so they could take a trip to a Disney park or see Taylor Swift in concert is just bonkers. That's all self inflicted debt before medical bills hit.
I think it partially stems from a feeling of hopelessness. If you’re poor and have no perspective, why care about the future? Just live in the moment and have some fun at least.
There’s of course other factors at play and a lack of education is among them.
They also live with constant propaganda that tells them, that they desperately need status symbols to portray themselves as wealthy and strong. Cars being a great example. The whole country owns cars they don’t need. But if you buy a small and efficient car, you become the target of all sorts of jokes. It’s a broken country in that regard.
Americans will rather get broke, having everyone believe they are wealthy, than live within their means.
100%
We live in a consumer culture.
Yeah. It happens in other countries too but US is among the top because even medical and education needs are very espensive. It's actually quite sad. Personally I can't imagine being in debt right when I graduate from college and have to face a shitty job market requiring 5 years exp for a junior role on top of AI becoming mainstream by the day. When they have money or financial strength to purchase instant gratification of course most are gonna do it. Tomorrow is screwed anyway especially with Trump the buffoon in charge.
Yes, it keeps the economy breathing until the debt becomes just too much to service. I continue to say if Democrats want this Trump monstrosity to crash faster, all they need to do is pay their bills and stop spending. It is hanging by a thread and will fall apart anyway at some point soon. Might as well be now. Kill consumer spending, and let the recession begin. Unfortunately, it will take a lot of other economies out too, but a global rethink is in order here.
Global tariff ruled illegal.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/business/economy/trump-global-tariff-ruled-illegal.html
As if the Democrats are going all-in on any of this. There is no viable left and the wokeness is also rather overstated.
Forget about the Palestinian thing. If the Democrats weren't complete corporate stooges that have stopped meaning anything for the working poor, Harris wouldn't have had to worry about her viewpoints on Gaza to beat Trump. And focussing on that sort of single-issue stuff won't achieve anything in terms of turning the Democrats into a party with solutions that enough people care about again.
what a eulogy
Democrats still bringing knives to a gunfight.
Most of this post, except the bold, is decently accurate. But millions don't own cars that live in cities with good public transit, not just New York and Chicago but even in SF Bay Area, where BART is great for some routes.
Outside of cities with good public transit, cars are unfortunately needed, especially now that most companies are, even more unfortunately, moving away from remote work. And the second part, only really occurs in red rural areas. No one in cities like Los Angeles makes actual jokes about hybrids or small, efficient cars. In fact, in any city where parking is an issue, its far more common to hear the "compensating for a small d**k" reference to big truck owners.
Agreed, and I will add that even here in rural, red, NC there are a bunch of electric/hybrid cars. Lots of trucks, but the number of SUV's is surprisingly low.
Are they mostly Teslas?
Mostly Teslas on the electric side of things (some IONIQ's). Way more hybrids though and those are pretty diverse but the RAV4 is probably the most common.
That's honestly the way someone should have the balls to deliver a eulogy at his funeral and make everyone see how bananas this all is/was.
“Folks, we’re here today for Donald J. Trump. Incredible life. Some say the most incredible. A lot of people are crying, very strongly, even people who don’t cry. The angels contacted me and said, "Sir, we’ve never seen an entrance like this." Tremendous entrance. Beautiful clouds. Gold. Gold everywhere. Isn t that something? I also know the people who own the company that made the casket. Tremendous people, and they did it all for free. Biden would make everyone pay for it. And then that nasty Jimmy Kimmel. Its really special. Today's a special day"
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It’s the laugh after the hat comment…,,,
Like he’s a warm up act before jack dee comes on at the palladium.
Not a serious man.
Strange story of an American elderly man offering money to Greenlanders.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/world/europe/greenland-mysterious-offer-american.html
Very strange brand of mental illness.
He read the script, presumably a full dossier of his career and demise. Reads nothing. Only remembers outstanding. That's all folks
Yeah I'm sure his advisers are giving him dossiers.
At most he gets a single line, if not a word.
By the way, Trump and Xi Jinping will meet 14-15 May.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/08/ira...ay-delay-progress-on-tariffs-rare-earths.html
The problem with modern politics in the US is that this satire is much less weird than reality.
Historical idiocy
Entry fee for mar-a-lago club is 1 million USD. Nice, only one million so you can hangout with smelly MAGAs and stare at the statue of Kim Il Trump.
Material cost was just excessive
They could have saved even more money by leaving his face off. I'd have thought by now eveyrone was sick of seeing it every day anyway.
So. They changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
Odd that I as an atheist know the Bible and its message better than these fecking lunatics.
The mind of the American Christian Conservative is fascinating. Their Christianity has become just a veneer. They brand themselves as Christians without taking the inherent morals or values to heart in any way. Imagine if these people actually were devout Christians and lived up to the ideals.
Straight up idolatry.
Sounds like a combo platter after all: Christian Conservatives + Hasidic Jews serving quite a powerful cocktail of textbook idolatry in a culture that explicitly forbids it, especially from religious groups who should know the story best.
590,000 buyers paid $59 million for Trump's gold phone — not 1 has shipped and refunds look unlikely
Unsurprising, of course but still very sketchy/funny:
if they are that dumb to send him money they deserve it
If that's not the missing Jeff Koons. The Golden Fleecer.