As Always Timely

 https://winteryknight.com/2025/03/05/what-happens-when-we-die-is-there-a-resurrection-is-there-a-heaven-and-a-hell-4/

H/T WK

Econ 101

 35% of 's GDP is exports to 1.2% of 's GDP is exports to 22% of 's GDP is exports to 1.5% of 's GDP is exports to We literally have all of the leverage

 

 

 

These numbers probably fluctuate some from year to year, but the reality is the the US can likely outlast both Canada and Mexico in terms of trade.    Worst case for them is that we develop other sources for products and simply move on. Why is no one complaining about the tariffs Canada imposes?

WTH????????????

 One of the big achievements of Trump 1.0 was his nomination of SCOTUS justices.   Yet Amy Coney Barrett just signed on to the ruling that might negatively effect Trump's ability to suspend aid payments.  Why this is especially problematic is that it appears to be a clear violation of the separation of powers doctrine.  The notion that SCOTUS can prevent the Executive branch from engaging in it's lawful, normal conduct is troubling to say the least.   

To be fair Barret wasn't the only one who voted poorly, and Roberts has always leaned to the left more that you'd expect from someone nominated by a republican.  

Fortunately, the ruling might not be as devastating as it seemed and could be worked around by rewriting the EO. 

BVMLTT

 https://x.com/hoodedclaw1974/status/1896212417178472685?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

 

This excerpt from a speech by Ayaan Hirshi Ali  absolutely destroys the unlimited immigration narrative.

Pink

 https://x.com/irenebritusa/status/1897018498443792871?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

It's stories like this that demonstrates that when the DFL wears pink to support "women's rights" they really only mean the right of women to end the lives of their children up to birth and to push their children into irreversible medical procedures that will likely ruin the lives of their children.  

Cure/Disease

 https://x.com/defiyantlyfree/status/1896676110823489922?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw

 

As always, Hanson makes a good point.   That the DFL's entire existence is based on the fiction that we can spend without restraint and "tax the rich" to pay for it, while ignoring that there will eventually be a massive correction, seems shortsighted.   

Branding

 "An old man waving a cane and booing is a good rebranding for the Dems."

Mary Katherine Ham

 

The DFL branding itself as the party of decrepit old men doesn't seem like a great look to me.