From CBS News:
Home prices are poised to dip in 22 U.S. cities next year, a new analysis says. See where.
It’s still a tough time to get a foothold in the housing market, with homes sitting near record values and mortgage rates parked well above 6%. But the tide could turn in 2026, with property prices forecast to dip in 22 of the largest 100 U.S. cities and mortgage rates expected to ease slightly, according to a new analysis from Realtor.com.
The real estate market is expected to move in a more “buyer-friendly” direction next year, leading to the “most balanced housing market” since the pandemic, meaning that neither sellers nor buyers are likely to have the upper hand in negotiations, said Jake Krimmel, a senior economist at Realtor.com.
Mortgage rates are expected to dip to an average of 6.3% next year, a slight drop from 2025’s 6.6% average rate. Lower borrowing costs, as well as strong wage growth next year, should encourage more buyers to jump into the market, Krimmel added.
“2026 is going to be a year where we think the market is going to steady,” Krimmel said. “It’s going to show a lot of signs of getting back on track to what we consider to be normal.”
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Most of the 22 cities where home prices are forecast to drop next year are located in the Southeast and the West. For instance, seven of the eight largest cities in Florida are projected to see declines in home prices next year, with the sole exception of Miami, the report said.
The Cape Coral-Fort Lauderdale metropolitan area is expected to see the nation’s largest price decline next year, with homes dropping by 10.2%, the analysis says. That’s followed by the North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida region, with an 8.9% decline.
The cities with projected price drops include those where inventory has expanded, providing more choices for buyers, Krimmel said. Some of those metropolitan areas may now also have lighter demand from buyers compared with the COVID-era real estate boom, which was fueled by low mortgage rates and a shift to work-at-home policies.
“These places, among others, saw a huge frenzy during the pandemic, so part of what we are projecting is that demand continuing to come back down to earth,” Krimmel told CBS News.
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Thank You for Being a Fan.
On Thursday, Jimmy Kimmel celebrated his designation as the third-most-trending person on Google for the year 2025.
“And I just want to say, I couldn’t have done this — none of this would ever have happened without the support of loyal viewers like President Trump, who has done so much this year to raise awareness of our show.”
“Thank you, Mr. President. for making me No. 3 in the world.” — JIMMY KIMMEL
The ‘kinder” sex.
Heartbreaking footage has emerged of a loyal dog wagging his tail and trying to get his owner’s attention moments before he was abandoned in the middle of a Florida neighborhood.
The viral video captured on a Ring camera showed a woman in Sweetwater slamming the door of her white sedan in the confused golden doodle’s face before speeding off on Wednesday morning.
In a tear-jerking moment, the dog recognizes that his owner has returned to the car and quickly runs over to the door in an effort to jump in himself, but is locked out.
Confused, the pup started to run around the sedan and even began jumping with his front paws onto the car, all while his tail continued to wag.
When the dog finally stopped to go to the bathroom, the owner took the opportunity to drive away, leaving the dog stunned.
That was cold:
Webcam images have shown how a woman was left to die on Austria’s biggest mountain after being abandoned by her experienced climber boyfriend.
The 33-year-old mountaineer from Salzburg died on the 12,460ft Grossglockner mountain in January after setting off on a tour with her partner, 36.
When they were just 165ft (50m) from the summit, the woman began to struggle and was unable to continue, reports Heute.
The man then allegedly left his girlfriend alone on the mountain for 6.5 hours to get help. But during this time, the extreme cold claimed her life.
Yeah, that’s a pretty good recession indicator, people dumping animals.
Even better, if we had the ratio to Hail Mary veterinary procedures to euthanasias, pretty sure that would be a very strong correlation.
Lived a few downturns with a significant other in the veterinary field. They see it first, and early.
Golden Doodle.
Designer dog. For narcissistic people.
Then just dump “Man’s best friend” on the side of the road.
Maybe had to choose between nail and hair salon visits vs vet care?
What do guidance counselors suggest to young kids today as career choices now that the handlers of America, busy Making America Great Again, are going to use AI to eliminate many careers?
Hey Brianna, no I don’t think accounting is a good career. AI is going to eliminate it. Paralegal, no that’s strike two.
How about being a plumber or roofer? Oh, you don’t like that Brianna? I get it, at 110 lbs those 80 lb bundles of shingles are too much for your small frame.
Ever considered working for ICE??
The real estate market is expected to move in a more “buyer-friendly” direction next year, leading to the “most balanced housing market” since the pandemic, meaning that neither sellers nor buyers are likely to have the upper hand in negotiations, said Jake Krimmel, a senior economist at Realtor.com.
Whenever you see the words “economist” and “realtor” in the same discussion, you’re better off spinning around, blindfolded and throwing darts at a wall.
When the dog finally stopped to go to the bathroom, the owner took the opportunity to drive away, leaving the dog stunned.
What is her political affiliation? That will dictate the narrative.
Lower borrowing costs, as well as strong wage growth next year, should encourage more buyers to jump into the market, Krimmel added.
Who knew the d0uchebag Jimmy Krimmel pretended to be an economist, too.
But wait… strong wage growth? I thought we were heading in the opposite direction?
Dark Golden Doodles are good looking dogs. Who does not love those faces?
Dark: As for Briana and the 80lbs of shingles, well AI will impact those jobs too. Less white collar jobs less need for plumbers and carpenters too. It’s all connected.
Grim: I don’t know about the Vet/ Recession indicator thing. During the financial crisis and all the layoffs, Manhattan was still chock full of people with dogs. One thing I have noticed with dog owners in general, is they are getting very lazy and not picking up their dogs waste like they used to. It’s disgusting seeing it on the streets and sidewalks.
3b – Fido was the first to get it during the housing recession. News is shelters are again becoming overwhelmed with surrendered and abandoned dogs. Euthanasia rates are ticking up.
Even NYC shelters had hit a grim milestone in the summer.
“1,000th animal at the Animal Care Centers of New York City”
“As the cost of living and pet care rises, animal shelters across the country are at critical capacity dealing with an influx of surrendered pets, oftentimes due to the price tag associated with their care. An estimated 5.8 million animals filled up facilities last year, according to the nonprofit Shelter Animals Count’s national database.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/animal-shelters-full-pets-expensive-inflation-rcna221043
Also in a good booming year people are still pieces of crap. Millions and millions of animals are abandoned.
Netflinx now buying the legacy movie business it helped destroy.
Why buy Warner Bros. Studios in Hollywood anyway? Isn’t it a dying business with all of the AI slop movies coming out?
Vet by me retired recently after selling his business. His 8.2 Acres estate with it’s own pond was for sale. Ask was $2.5 million and he had to drop it all the way to $1.5 to find a buyer. It’s on a busy street corner and the 8 acre property is more like some kind of petting zoo with a duck pond, he had lots of different animals like Dr Doolittle at one point..Needs lots of work.
New owner just dropped in a pool overlooking the pond.. cannot be subdivided the pond takes up much of the property.
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/944-Middletown-Lincroft-Rd-Middletown-NJ-07748/445750946_zpid/?utm_campaign=zillowwebmessage&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=txtshare
I can’t stand people that give up their dogs. Anyone that has done so, I’ve ceased contact. They don’t actually value friendship.
as far as owning a pet, it’s become an industry that tries to bleed you with money. I can recall my dogs going to the vet maybe once or twice when I was young. It started to become routine checkup around the 2000s. Now they want you to carry a several thousand dollar insurance plan on your dog.
Hmm, FST 14.2 or Fido?
Ahhhha. I hate driving.
Bye Fido.
Zooms away in Tesla.
BRT says:
December 5, 2025 at 9:06 am
as far as owning a pet, it’s become an industry that tries to bleed you with money. I can recall my dogs going to the vet maybe once or twice when I was young. It started to become routine checkup around the 2000s. Now they want you to carry a several thousand dollar insurance plan on your dog.
Seems like the pet insurance policies are a scam. Looked into it when we adopted our most recent dog, everything is an exclusion. Yeah, it may pay if they get hit by a car, but a leash and training is way better, cheaper too. When I was a kid the insurance policy was a shovel and a .22.
Our previous dog’s vet tried to bleed us with tests constantly. Found a good vet now, but a dog with skin allergies will set you back a few bucks monthly.
Thought we were getting a solid mixed breed hound type dog when he was adopted at 2 months old. Sent in a DNA test out of curiosity that came back 100% American Pitt Bull Terrier, hence the 18 weeks of dog and owner training. Sweetheart of a dog though, just a big lap dog, and smart as a whip.
Our pica cat loves to eat plastic, ribbons, string, etc… fish oil coated Amazon bags are a delicacy. We got coverage with the expectation that it will cover only one thing: $10-12.5K emergency intestinal surgery to remove foreign objects should they start to cut into the organs. I think it’s around $35 per month.
I’m still trying to wrap my brain around an adult writing an antidepressant script for a dog or cat with a straight face.
NEWS ANALYSIS
Second Strike Scrutiny Obscures Larger Question About Trump’s Boat Attacks
Congress is focusing on two deaths in one strike.
But nine other people died in that same attack, and the United States has killed 87 in all. Were any of those killings legal?
By Charlie Savage and Julian E. Barnes
Reporting from Washington
Published Dec. 4, 2025
Updated Dec. 5, 2025, 8:10 a.m. ET
As Congress parses the details of a follow-on strike that killed shipwrecked survivors of President Trump’s first boat attack on Sept. 2, a much larger issue risks getting lost: whether Mr. Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have caused the military to commit crimes in a score of attacks.
Adm. Frank M. Bradley, who commanded the Sept. 2 operation, on Thursday showed lawmakers a video of the attack. The briefing was part of a congressional effort to understand his decision to order a second strike and determine whether the survivors of the first one remained “in the fight” or were technically shipwrecked, making it a war crime to kill them.
On the original post about it “Not going to be a good year for Florida” –
I’d actually prefer for Florida real estate prices to fall. My property taxes could fall as well.
And unlike folks in NJ, we don’t need our home prices to rise to be able to sell our NJ shitboxes and move to Florida. Floridians are already there.
More generally, why are inflated asset prices considered “good”?
They’re good for some, bad for others.
Maybe a bad year for Florida real estate speculators. Which might not be bad for Florida.
radicalized rightwingers say that empathy is a bad thing.
they hate dogs, but they mostly hate young people
grim says:
December 5, 2025 at 7:55 am
Yeah, that’s a pretty good recession indicator, people dumping animals.
re: “Were any of those killings legal?”
Depends? Does it lack sufficient congressional or international authorization?
I can tell you NO on international authorization. The first one? Congress? Well I think it was known as “boots on the ground”. Obama used that one over a dozen of times in his speeches. As in I don’t need congressional approval to blow people up as long as there are no boots on the ground.
Congress has gradually acquiesced to presidential uses of force, with many presidents bypassing formal declarations or new authorizations as required by the 1973 War Powers Resolution.
Really any U.S. troops in a conflict zone, even in a non-combat or advisory role are boots on the ground. It’s all semantics….as nobody in Washington really cares about Houthi or Somali fishermen or Venezuelan and Colombian fishermen out on the water to make a living the only way they know how.
So we find out the FBI tracked Brian Cole years ago and did not act on the evidence?
Bomb making equipment purchases to Home Depot and WalMart. Galvanized pipes, end caps, 9-volt battery connectors, and kitchen timers.
They also had that his cell phone pinged the cell phone towers near the area of the RNC and DNC on January 5, 2021 at times consistent with when the bombs were placed.
They also have his car was placed a half mile from the bombs on January 5 by a licence plate reader approximately 20 minutes before the bombs were placed.
They also determined he owned a pair of Nike Air Max Speed Turf shoes that were seen in the footage.
It looks like they were sitting on this for years and did nothing.
“ The United States has long handled the problem of maritime drug smuggling by using the Coast Guard to intercept boats and to arrest people. That echoes how it works on land: Police officers who believe people are dealing drugs arrest them, and if they are convicted, they serve time in prison. They are not executed.”
VSG – Who authorized the US Coast Guard to stop boats off the coast of Columbia? This seems like piracy and acts of war. From the US territorial waters off California to the waters of Colombia it’s 3,750 miles…hardly the Coast..
Why are our ships patrolling those waters? Who gave us jurisdiction?
VSG: Radicalized left wingers hate anyone who has a different opinion than they do. They also hate anyone who does not hate the USA, and spend their days looking for new outrages.
Why are our ships patrolling those waters? Who gave us jurisdiction?
God.
That’s who.
Juice: I stand corrected on my Manhattan dog comments. I just remember still seeing lots of dogs in Manhattan during the financial crisis. Although we like dogs, we don’t have one as it would interfere with our travels and vacations. I do know people including family members and friends that are passionate about their dogs. A good friend of mine went a little kooky when he got his dog. He enrolled him in doggy day care a couple of days a week. He said is was important for the dog to learn how to socialize.
I thought Vets did not make all that much money.
3b – Yorkshire Terrier is the dog of choice in Manhattan, tens of thousands of them in Manhattan. Tiny little thing cats are usually bigger. I used to hate walking the streets in the winter in NYC. People would leave the dog messes frozen on the sidewalk and it was a skill you needed to learn dodging the dog poo piles to keep your shoes clean.
As you go on through your day today, embrace this quote with thy heart:
“Go out from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you”
3b says:
December 5, 2025 at 10:25 am
I thought Vets did not make all that much money.
The new ones might not as they are being absorbed into the private ownership of the Mars Empire.
3b – Veterinary practices typically sell for 8 to 13 times their EBITDA. Private Equity has been buying them up. There are some large chains of animal hospitals out there worth billions.
Juice: I have seen a good few of those little terrier s. Also there are a lot of people with 2 or more dogs. It is usually one little one, and one really big one. Seems cruel to keep them in an apartment most of the day, especially the big ones who need lots of exercise.
“ It is difficult to find people knowledgeable about the relevant body of law and not working for Mr. Trump who think the United States is really in an armed conflict. The essential problem is that trafficking illegal drugs, while a serious crime, is different from an armed attack.
And to the extent the administration has tried to offer substantive justifications for Mr. Trump’s purported determination, they appear to collapse under scrutiny.
The White House has highlighted the deaths of tens of thousands of American drug users a year from overdoses. But even if those deaths somehow amounted to an armed attack, the surge in overdoses over the past decade was mostly caused by fentanyl that comes from labs in Mexico, which use Chinese chemicals. The dramatic increase has not been fueled by cocaine that comes on boats from South America.“
Juice: I did not know that about Vets. It really has become big business.
Boat, e pstein files, all cover ups
We have Cuban marxist Socialist universal healthcare for the 65 and older, and pets will have it too before kids do
Dark Phoenix says:
December 5, 2025 at 10:31 am
3b says:
December 5, 2025 at 10:25 am
I thought Vets did not make all that much money.
The new ones might not as they are being absorbed into the private ownership of the Mars Empire.
Leaky
European leaders fear betrayal of Ukraine and harbour deep suspicions of the US administration’s mediation role in intensifying peace talks.
The transcript of a phone call that took place on Monday between heads of government, which was leaked to German weekly Der Spiegel, revealed that serious doubts were shared across countries.
“There is a possibility that the US will betray Ukraine on the issue of territory without clarity regarding security guarantees,” French President Emmanuel Macron reportedly said, according to an English-language transcript of the phone call. He added that there was “a great danger” for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
VSG
Between RFK and the Goop gulping mothers it won’t be long before mumps, measles and rickets could return.
Or we could all drink bleach, that might be good, from the guy who doesn’t know what a magnet is.
Get yer goop, she’s a hottie!
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On December 1, 2025, Senator Bernie Moreno (R-OH) introduced the Exclusive Citizenship Act of 2025. The bill would prohibit any person from simultaneously holding U.S. citizenship and citizenship of another country.
This is a good step.
Dark: Well if the citizenship bill passes I wonder if I will be grandfathered?
Dark: The US withdrawing from Europe has been the radical lefts wet dream for decades. It looks their dream may finally come true.
VSG: I am not opposed to universal health care in principal , but please advise us on how it might work, and how we can prevent fraud. Also, how long would you be willing to wait for special surgery. For instance in the UK and Canada the wait time for hip and knee replacement surgery is often times 1 year or more,
The wait for braces in the UK can take up to 2 years. The NHS system in the UK, is falling apart, and Canada’s system is in major crisis as well. The UK has approximately 60 million people, and Canada had about 40 million people. How would it work in the USA with approximately 340 million people. It is easy for you to repeat your mantra’s everyday, but that’s all you do.
“What is her political affiliation? That will dictate the narrative.”
Obviously a DEM, if she was GOP, she would have just shot it!
re: “French President Emmanuel Macron”. Typical French…questioning everyone and doing nothing.
Security guarantees for Ukraine? If anything, the French have weaker assurances than almost anyone in NATO.
They haven’t mobilized anyone. They only have about 7,000 soldiers available for a “national emergency level” rapid deployment.
When do they plan on ramping up body count to assist Ukraine if Russia invades again? Answer is probably never.
Juice: That is typical for the French. They like to pretend they still matter in the international sphere. I think Europe is scared now. It was easier to have the USA shoulder most of the burden these last decades, and let the USA handle it. They sat back and did nothing while the old Yugoslavia imploded. Also, did nothing with the Serbia/ Kosovo fighting. It was easier to have the US handle it, and then criticize the US if mistakes were made. I love Europe, but they need to stand on their own two feet now too, and actually establish an EU army. As I said the radical left is going to love the US standing down in Europe. They have been waiting for years for this. I believe Trump is making a mistake with this. withdrawal from Europe, but once the process starts it may be difficult to reverse course.
Vets are no different situation than other doctors. The individual practices are getting squeezed out by conglomerates.
Ten 414
3B – EU cannot even agree who is going to pay to continue the war. They are meeting with Belgium today to try and pry the Billions of Russian money they are holding to fund the war.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/05/eu-leaders-ukraine-talks-funds
this FIFA group fixtures is more drawn out than the release of the E pstein files
i have tix for a couple of matches
Don’t matter if you are against or in favor, the 65 year and older enjoy Maoist universal healthcare.
You don’t have a beef with that
3b says:
December 5, 2025 at 11:35 am
VSG: I am not opposed to universal health care
3b,
The citizenship law being proposed is unlikely to become law and if it were passed would probably be declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. Loss of US citizenship has to be voluntary. The government just can’t take it away. The US Government also can’t take away a citizenship given by a foreign country. Moreover there is no central registry of citizenships held by US citizens. The guy proposing this is making headlines of course. It’s all about politics, marketing and branding.
VSG: So predictable for you. You can’t comment on what I said about not being opposed to universal health care, so you just do your mantra bit,That is the radical left, just empty sloganeering, and nothing behind it.
Chad: I had not really thought about it, just saw the headline, but that makes sense. The guys is as you say looking for headlines. I see Germany is looking at having 18 year olds register via a questionnaire for the military. It is not conscription, but could be if they don’t get enough volunteers. Of course there are protests against this ,but the protestors offer no alternatives as to how Germany can protect itself.
Juice: No surprise the Europeans are struggling with this, they are not used to having to make these major decisions, when it was always the US, and of course if it didn’t work out, the US was the fall guy. European governments have to start acting like adults now. I don’t know what ultimately happens with this, as Belgium is fighting this tooth and nail.
Just the whiff of that proposed citizenship law is impetus enough to get my kid’s papers in order. It’s on my to do list for this weekend. Thanks to whoever posted that.
I have everything translated and all but dealing with Euro style bureaucracy is off-putting, but Schengen is worth it.
Boomer: I have mine, my wife too, and my kids too.
Really business over there….. you have three different schools within 1/4 mile, plus Thompson’s sports fields are used year round.
The absolute BEST flag football league was run off that field adjacent to Thompson, across the baseball fields, and that other football fields in the back. It was awesome, but jackass BOE control freaks got jealous and pulled the plug because they thought it was cannabilizing their Rec Leagues. Stupid mommy/daddy politics.
My friend was an ex-footballer/ex-coach and used to run plays with laminated sheet. It was hilarious….. he was excellent…. my son had the best time.
Juice Box says:
December 5, 2025 at 8:56 am
Vet by me retired recently after selling his business. His 8.2 Acres estate with it’s own pond was for sale. Ask was $2.5 million and he had to drop it all the way to $1.5 to find a buyer. It’s on a busy street corner and the 8 acre property is more like some kind of petting zoo with a duck pond, he had lots of different animals like Dr Doolittle at one point..Needs lots of work.
New owner just dropped in a pool overlooking the pond.. cannot be subdivided the pond takes up much of the property.
meant – Really busy
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/u-economy-cusp-another-roaring-103913456.html
punkin head,
Rock n Roll! Let it ride! Roaring 20s 2.0!
“In a note released yesterday, Draho wrote that by the bank’s criteria the U.S. economy is already in another Roaring ’20s.
He said: “It’s no longer too soon nor too optimistic to suggest that the US will experience a Roaring ‘20s economy. It already is by our criteria, with the relevant question being whether these conditions will continue, not whether they will materialize.”
Canada s unemployment rate drops to 6.5 percent, and employment surged in November.
When the dog finally stopped to go to the bathroom, the owner took the opportunity to drive away, leaving the dog stunned.
What is her political affiliation? That will dictate the narrative.
She must be a democrat; if she had been a republican she would have shot it. ;)
BTW, also disgusted by that woman’s actions.
Great day cross-country skiing at Minniwaska State Park today.
Another benefit of being retired- you can let the snow (not your job) dictate your skiing schedule!
Someone that actually gets it..
“Eh it’s the most revolutionary tech since internet (maybe ever?) that will generate incomprehensible amount of value to the winners, I can’t see how a responsible CEO or a steward of capital can justify not throwing everything they got at it
You don’t value revolutionary tech on some stupid multiple”
White Trash Eddie says:
December 5, 2025 at 6:22 pm
punkin head,Rock n Roll! Let it ride! Roaring 20s 2.0!
Life 2.0
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=x680ErkfHRg&list=RDmC9GUd5JLfQ&index=2&pp=8AUB
Best song ever written about heroin.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=m2cuUT8661Q&list=RDm2cuUT8661Q&start_radio=1&pp=oAcB
Best song ever written about heroin.
Nope. This is the best:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d69mDT11yI
I wonder if they will build a Company Stores to go along with the housing.
Will every Amazon Datacenter come with a Whole Foods.
https://www.realtor.com/advice/buy/data-centers-affordable-housing-henrico-county/
This Virginia County Is the Blueprint for How Data Centers Can Fund Housing for First-Time Homebuyers
MAGA. Making Americans Gaslit again:
President Donald Trump has said drug prices are falling by as much as 1,500 percent, a mathematical impossibility. He has declared himself “the affordability president,” while dismissing the affordability issue as “a con job by the Democrats.”
Trump also vows that good times are coming. He has predicted that gas prices, which now hover around $3 a gallon, will plummet to $2. He has promised Americans $2,000 refund checks from the revenue raised by tariffs. He has suggested that “in the not-too-distant future,” no one will have to pay income tax.
This flurry of sometimes extravagant claims comes amid a growing Republican fear, fueled by recent election results, that high prices could set the stage for a Democratic sweep in next year’s midterms. So far, there is little evidence that Trump’s urgent attempt to shift the economic storyline is working.
“Any Republican who refuses to admit we have an affordability problem is not listening to the American people,” former House speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Georgia) said. “It’s real because the American people think it’s real. I cannot overstate that — in a free country it’s the people who define what is real, not the politicians.”
Fabius Maximus says:
December 6, 2025 at 11:06 am
I wonder if they will build a Company Stores to go along with the housing.
Will every Amazon Datacenter come with a Whole Foods.
These places are noisy, with A/C units running constantly to cool them. They build them right up to residential homes, where people are complaining they cannot sleep or have a backyard barbecue without hearing the constant drones of these centers.
Yeah!
VSG says:
December 5, 2025 at 1:29 pm
i have tix for a couple of matches
Regardless of King Orange Pinnochio’s opinions we are screwed for the next 20yrs.
The cost of living/quality of life was downhill since the 70’s. Reagan’s tax cuts and deregulations juiced up the speculators and that ended with the ’87 crash and Saving and Loans Debacle. Clinton continued selling out the working class. W Bush did his thing, etc…
However, no one felt the hit hard enough as is being felt now across all areas because of cheap imported, mainly chinese products. Your income remain the same over decades because you went from union jobs with benefits to part time dynamic scheduling with no benefits, but your purchasing power remained in the same neighborhood because those cheap products and low interest rates financing it.
Now those cheap products are gone because of de-globalization, de-dollarization, tariffs, etc. But there is no way in sight to safely increase the earning power without inflation.
What you are seeing today was happening ~1991 and would have been dealt with them (Perot or HW Bush), except Clinton got in and did NAFTA and took off Big Media, Banking, Finance, etc handcuffs so they can rape and pillage the population and the rest is history.
To do the right thing you will need brain driven planning and corporate sacrifice that would alleviate the pain the population is going to endure.
The one thing you can count on is that no american corporation or population is going to sacrifice for the common good.
Sacrifice:
“The U.S. figures might be an anomaly, reflecting front-running of tariffs. China’s are not. In the last five years, its export volumes have soared while imports have flatlined. China is swallowing up a growing share of the world’s market for manufactured goods. This reveals an uncomfortable truth: Beijing is pursuing a “beggar thy neighbor” growth model at everyone else’s expense.”
China is a predator. You can point fingers about this and that, but bottom line, we are up against a predatory command and control economy that is focused on self-sufficiency and the degradation of everyone else.
Tariffs are a horrid mistake , but at least in the case of China, we can’t make them high enough. They are out to ruin us on purpose to consolidate as much power as possible.
China is a predator. You can point fingers about this and that, but bottom line, we are up against a predatory command and control economy that is focused on self-sufficiency and the degradation of everyone else.
China makes things people want, but things you can mostly do without.
The real predators are right here at home. Boomers that created debt. High taxes thanks to them. Free healthcare for them but no one else. Venture capitalists that hoover up homes like a Dyson. Bezos and his ilk that collect your data. Legal system that is designed to destroy only the middle class on down. Stock market that is corrupt and infected with Pegasus type software. Grifting by people like Menendez, Trump, Biden, and the rest. Taxing Americans and handing the money to our “friends” around the world. Starting war after war that isn’t necessary. Not releasing the Epstien files unredacted.
China isn’t helping, but they aren’t the cause. They are the symptom.
Dedicated to Phx:
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/style/robot-dogs-beeple-art-basel?Date=20251204&Profile=CNN&utm_content=1764876371&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawOhVRJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA80MDk5NjI2MjMwODU2MDkAAR4-tb2BSEvsP-db9Bi7bWFZFQEAvECykREYyiIJoDOpBYoNp_eINt-_UqfCbg_aem_BBon2cI3UZjkOsiPRqFHHg
Unnerving and disturbing videos of the feds kidnapping American women
No wonder most women don’t like him
The U.S. Constitution addresses detention and search primarily through the Fourth Amendment, which protects individuals from “unreasonable searches and seizures” by the government. This protection generally requires law enforcement to obtain a judicial warrant based on probable cause before conducting a search or making an arrest.
Woke up at 4 am because of alerts that one of my systems was down. Checked servers and the server was compromised with crypto mining software. There was significant traffic coming in from China the night before, but I thought I’ll deal with it later. Anyway, my devs were out and I rolled up my sleeves and did it myself. Cleaned up all the malicious code, setup new firewall rules and blocked all traffic from China to stabilize the systems.
Screw china.
Chicago, you are correct below #1. Dark is correct with #2 below.
So the solution is to outsmart their behavior like it was done during the cold war. That will require “sacrifice” and this time around is not going to happen because your average american from the top financial elites to the rest are selfish assholes. You see with the rise of the Not See wing in the GOP and the Elmo Ketamine Dark Enlightment crap.
The only thing I see coming is “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness” replaced by “Submit, Surveilled and Shut up and Deal with it Peon”. The top 2 choices is submit to the Neo-Feudal Techlord/Theocrat Billionaires or the Chinese Commie Party.
In here, I’m unfortunately starting to think like Dark. The PCC is a authoritarian police state. The Neo-Feudal Techlord/Theocrats Billionaires will be an authoritarian police state too, you already see the Palantir/ICE links. But at least the PCC was able to outsmart the Global Corporatist to build up their country even with all the corruption and other failings. While it looks like the f’ing Neo-Feudal Techlord/Theocrats Billionaires have something like “Dune” lined up for the little guy.
#1-“China is a predator. You can point fingers about this and that, but bottom line, we are up against a predatory command and control economy that is focused on self-sufficiency and the degradation of everyone else.”
#2-“China makes things people want, but things you can mostly do without.
The real predators are right here at home. Boomers that created debt. High taxes thanks to them. Free healthcare for them but no one else. Venture capitalists that hoover up homes like a Dyson. Bezos and his ilk that collect your data. Legal system that is designed to destroy only the middle class on down. Stock market that is corrupt and infected with Pegasus type software. Grifting by people like Menendez, Trump, Biden, and the rest. “
You wouldn’t even have a server to compromise if it weren’t for China. You would still be drivng a Ford Pinto or Chevy Vega IV.
The enemy is much closer than China ever was.
RentL0rd says:
December 6, 2025 at 2:20 pm
Woke up at 4 am because of alerts that one of my systems was down. Checked servers and the server was compromised with crypto mining software. There was significant traffic coming in from China the night before, but I thought I’ll deal with it later. Anyway, my devs were out and I rolled up my sleeves and did it myself. Cleaned up all the malicious code, setup new firewall rules and blocked all traffic from China to stabilize the systems.
Screw china.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb6H7trzMfI
Keep buying your Ford Ecoboom powered cars. Make sure you get the extended warranty.
Or your Stellantis product. Read your own reviews
But in your “free” country, don’t try to get one of these cars, cause you think you are free to buy one, but no, you don’t live in a free country, you have just been brainwashed into thinking you do.
Edward Bernays did a number on the American public. Him and organized religion that is.
Three suspended New Jersey cops have racked up over $2.6 million in salary — including annual pay raises — as they appeal their suspension for using the “n-word” and other racial slurs on the job in 2019.
That’s where my money goes, to buy his baby’s clothes
I pay my taxes so he keeps them in style, well well well
Hey boys, thats whre my money goes goes goes..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiaO2u-AqP4
Fear China.
Kudos to The NY Times for highlighting the massive Minnesota/ Tim Walz scandal of billions in Federal Minnie’s stolen. Period, there is still hope for a fair and impartial press.
3b,
The NY Times likely printed the story because it has been gaining a bit of traction. I don’t think most people put the NY Times on the side of a fair and impartial press, but I guess there is always hope.
Chad: Perhaps, but I will give The NY Times the benefit of the doubt and say they did it for the right reasons.
Never let a good crisis go to waste.
3b says billions, as if 100 billion is the same as one billion
Trump says 1 billion
Others say 100 million.
f’n numbers are all over the place.
Ukraine stealing money, this time the “crisis” was the war.
Have a hurricane, every geezer in a shore house was claiming it as a primary resident and defrauding the government. They weren’t poor. Just greedy.
Others with their lobbyists begging for money, then shipping to their respective countries, where it goes to give them universal healthcare when America has none.
No end to the amount of thieves, liars, and criminals all getting a piece from those who work hard, pay taxes, and don’t defraud when doing their taxes.
Anyone who says crime doesn’t pay ain’t doing it right.
America needs to end dual citizenship for all. No exceptions, no grandfathering.
Pick a team, choose a side.
No way you can have any allegance to America if you are “half” something.
Yeah I have dual citizenship.
Dark: I have dual citizenship.
I am tempted to sell rental for BTC. It’s just really hard to give up gold (north jersey real estate) that produces a solid income. These prices on BTC are so cheap compared to real estate, but north jersey real estate is tough to give up. Honestly, you should not sell a high income producing property that is located outside of nyc. Mona lisa level type real estate.
I tried to warn people that were selling jersey gold (a scarce resource) vs buying in these locations with massive land to build out. Just don’t do it…always the ride the winners in investing.
“Markets with the biggest rent deflation over the last 3 years:
Austin: -21%
Fort Myers: -19%
CoSprings: -15%
Phoenix: -14%
Raleigh: -13%
San Antonio: -12%
Atlanta: -11%
Denver: -11%
Expect apartments rents in these markets to continue declining in 2026, as vacancy rates remain elevated.
Good news for renters, bad news for investors who bought near the peak.”
To those who have dual citizenship a question.
Who is your allegiance to?
If your respective countries fought, would you be willing to send your kids to fight the other team?
When you vote, do you vote for what is best for America, or best for the other country? Or would you vote for someone who might be great for America, but not for your “second” country?
All I’m saying is it creates bias. Not in everyone but in some. I was raised here, pay taxes here, and want all of the people in America to come first before anything, anything, goes to people outside America. When people here can’t pay rent, don’t have healthcare, or have teeth like a Jack-O-Lantern and my tax dollars head to another country I don’t approve of it.
That’s what I thought is America first. Take care of your own family so then they can take care of others. But when your own country is a f’n shit show, you need to get your own act together, get on solid footing, then go out and help who you can.
I can recall a day I was with my ex wife out in PA for something. Went to a McDonalds type place, young girl at drive thru had the worst teeth. Nice kid (I guess, didn’t know her , but didn’t appear to be a druggie and had a job) here in America, a wealthy country, millionaires and billionares all over the place, and a kid whose family can’t afford to get her braces.
It’s f’n criminal to do that to a child. Pull my damn tax money from wherever the f ucc you send it to, f’n Ukraine, or wherever, and buy these kids some braces.
Honestly I don’t know how some real rich fucc here could pull up in his Range Rover, look at her dentition, and drive off with his F’n Big Mac without doing anything.
But then again rich Italians paid to go shoot kids and babies, so why should I ever expect more from the human race.
/end rant.
Speaking of McDonalds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTzVF6J7BbA
Building Hollywood in New Jersey at the cost of the NJ taxpayer.
https://www.curbed.com/article/arki-busson-new-york-new-jersey-film-paramount-1888-studios.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=nym
New Yorkers moving to affordable Allentown PA?
“New Yorkers are discovering a new, much more affordable place to live, all while still being able to easily access the city.
Allentown, Pennsylvania, tucked into the state’s Lehigh Valley has seen an uptick in Big Apple residents moving there in recent months due to its big town vibes, great schools and low taxes.
‘You’re not even two hours away from New York and you’re paying less than half of New York’s taxes,’ local realtor Bob Dandi told the Daily Mail.
‘The median price of a home here is $300,000, which is going to get you a decent size three-bedroom home.’
It’s not much of a lifestyle shake-up either. It’s a rural town, with a historic downtown and plenty to do. Many commuters to New York City now call Allentown home.
‘Over the past few years, a lot of people have discovered the area,’ Dandi said.
‘It’s so convenient but also there is so much to do here. We have a great community.
‘Many people here who work in New York are able to work some days remotely, making it easier to live here and work there if you only do the commute once or twice a week.’
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/real-estate/article-15276895/homebuyers-discover-allentown-pennsylvania-commute-affordability.html
“To those who have dual citizenship a question.
Who is your allegiance to?”
In the words of Michael Kay “I’m in it for me!
Triple here.