MINNESOTA

What the heck, Maynard?  

Hard to comprehend the insane, cognitive extinction of common sense.

My sincere prayers to the families and friends who were killed.

How does a Democrat lawmaker vote with Republicans to eliminate free health care for illegal immigrants (criminals who have violated law) and then, hours later, die from a bullet fired by a Democrat?  

Take a minute,  and imagine if the Harris/Walz duo of miscreants had been voted in?

I grew up in Minnesota.  I went to college there.  I realize that cultural equivalency is a big lie.  People talk about 'wage gaps', 'income gaps', and 'wealth gaps'. 

Why do the Minnesota DFL oinks never discuss 'skill gaps', 'effort gaps', and 'talent gaps'?

How about advancing character, competence, skill, and hard work that have nothing to do with race, gender, and physical characteristics?

Yellowstone Beauty

I am biased.  No question.   I love the Yellowstone River.

I don't believe there have ever been 2 identical days for this river to behave in its entire existence.  

The southern boundary of the Ghost Ranch is the shoreline (high water mark) of the Yellowstone.   Probably the finest smallmouth bass fishery in the entire world.

Upriver from the Ghost Ranch about 340 miles lies the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone where the river gets it start.

   

United States Debt Obligations

The debt needs to be cut.   Spending needs to be cut. 

Entitlements need to be cut.

Military spending does not need to be cut.

You will be speaking Mandarin soon enough.

Miracles abound

It's that time of year!   The older females are busy tending to their tiny tots.

The males are settled into their bachelor groups far away from the nonsense of youngsters and will remain together until fall when testosterone levels cause them to disband and go on the hunt for breeding prospects.

You can find these fawns in the darndest places.   They will hit the deck anywhere, at any time, and lie motionless.  

How they survive in the numbers they do is mind-boggling.

When they have twin fawns (or triplets), the Moms are double busy as they split the youngsters up to prevent predators from getting both!

Magical, beautiful, graceful.   It's that time of year!

 

ATHLETA

 You are toast...............

LIFE ADVICE

The most important decision a man will make is who will be the MOTHER of his children.

The biggest financial decision to be made is who will be your life partner.

Compounding interest and compounding stock returns are the 8^th Wonder of the World.

Compounding is the way to wealth.

A high income does NOT equate to having a large net worth.

TANSTAAFL.   There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch.

Growing and building wealth is mostly boring.

The greatest component of your net worth is your health.   If you aren’t healthy, you aren’t wealthy.

The extra mile is never crowded.

Americans underestimate the value of pure freedom.

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

Choice, not chance, determines your destiny.

Luck, typically created by hard work colliding with opportunity.

PAMELOT Summer

Summer is in full swing.  The lush greenery of the Cumberlands is on full display as are it's summer inhabitants.  These are a few shots we took this past week at our TN farm, PAMELOT.  It's a birding life!

The PRETEND Indians

This is another interesting article.

You will enjoy it! 

These fakes and frauds feed at the trough of liberal policy.  They are similar to the greatest fake Indian to ever grace the halls of the United States Senate, Elizabeth "Liewatha" Warren. 

Warren has to be the most recognizable liar in the Senate, to lie and lie and lie about her Native American lineage that was non-existent. 

PRETEND INDIANS

WHITSON DETAIL, CROSSVILLE, TN

Jerry Whitson was a good man.  He knew where he stood and he stood there.

I was proud to call him a friend.  Jerry had a sly sense of humor and would give you the shirt off his back.   Called it the way he saw it come down. Driving away from the reception after the funeral service was somber.  I miss the guy.  I miss his girlfriend.  I miss the smile.   I miss the laughter.  I miss the humor.

He knew Crossville, and Crossville knew him.

Jerry knew what he was doing with people.  He could read you a long way off.  He was always willing to give someone a chance. 

Jerry had a successful business washing and detailing cars, trucks, boats, and whatever else you could bring him.   We always had a good chuckle when I would tell him that running a car wash between two automated car washes wasn't my idea of a prime location.  He always enjoyed the humor in that because the clients just showed up, driving past the other car washes to have Jerry's team work their magic.

And let me tell you about magic.  Jerry's business is only getting better.

One of the talented employees who worked with Jerry has assumed the role of running WHITSON DETAIL and is doing the things that Jerry would be so proud of! 

Rebecca Kennedy is calling the shots at Whitson Detail these days, and I am proud to continue my relationship with her and Whitson Detail.  Whether it's my wife's beautiful Mercedes or one of my old pickups, it doesn't matter; she continues to deliver a thorough, showroom-quality shine every time.

From exterior washes to meticulous interior detailing, Rebecca's skilled team treats your car with the utmost precision and care, preserving its value and appearance.  It is my opinion, after using hand-washed car companies from Southern California to Atlanta for over 50 years, that no other company in Crossville does a better job of washing and cleaning a vehicle than her team!  

Rebecca knows that your happiness is her priority, and her team delivers a sparkling clean vehicle with unmatched convenience, quality, and care.

Whitson Detail, with competitive pricing and their friendly team is here to exceed your expectations!  Give them a call and let the magic begin!

The team stands behind their work with a 100% satisfaction guarantee.

Whitson Detail, they know magic is in the clean!   931.287.4234

Elon Musk bringing the heat......................

 

United States Debt

It took over 200 years for the U.S. debt to reach $12 trillion.

$12 trillion in debt was added in 4 years between 2020 and 2024.

Criminality that the average American is too dumb to understand.

Native America, Indian Country, Indigenous

I am a member at the White Earth Reservation of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe.

I grew up on more reservations than anyone I know. I attended 4 high schools in 3 states and lived on Indian Reservations at all times. My father was in Law Enforcement for the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

I know Indian Country.

The American Dream does not sneak up on you and hit you over the head with a baseball bat. If not here? Where? If not now? When? If not you? Who?

Success is where opportunity and hard work meet. At 14 I was hauling bales, working in a hot hay field on the Ft. Berthold Reservation in North Dakota. At 15, I hired out to a ranch in Montana while my parents lived on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. My summer job in High school was working on that ranch in Montana. Pay was $200 per month working 6 days a week. My last year it increased to $300 per month. Wow.

Know what? I have worked 55 years of my 70 on this planet. I am a bit tired. You want a good life? Work for it. Strap it on. Forget your skin color. Grow a pair and shut up and work your ass off. Think it is better elsewhere? Then move. Or shut the fuck up.

People who are brought up to believe that work is for suckers and that they are entitled to food and shelter will never move up. This culture of dependence will stunt a child's work ethic for life.

And speaking of children, one quarter of children on Pine Ridge are born with fetal alcohol syndrome, meaning with some degree of brain damage. Stop the cycle. Stop the poverty, the addictions, the suffocating absence of opportunity, and the loss of human capital.

Try this Pine Ridge. How about a communal alcohol-free house for pregnant women and young mothers, with classes?

Get a skill and get your child off to a good start.

Close down the Bureau of Indian Affairs. End the reservation system - it's never brought joy or prosperity to anyone. If Native Americans have to depend on government money for survival, how much dignity and self-respect do they have?

I graduated from a University where today, 27% of the students are of Native American lineage.

I know how business is done in Indian Country therefore I know Indian TIME! I have heard it and seen it all. The kickbacks that tribal leaders wanted, the corruption, fraud and waste at the expense of tribal members who don’t have a clue about the financial dealings of their own tribes let alone the 560 plus other tribes that are not subject to government oversight.

I know people don't want to talk about the real issues in the Native American population.

Fatherhood is the single greatest role a man could play in society. It's an absolute catastrophe that two-thirds to three-quarters of Native children are being raised in a home without a father present, in terms of the social cohesion of the community. People don't want to say that. Fatherhood is the single greatest role a man could play in society.

Today, the big reservation wars are internal -- rape, elder and child abuse, gang violence, alcoholism, obesity, opioids, lack of parental oversight, and vilification of those who understand that the top problem of "Native America" is the lack of in-home fathers.

The permanent victimhood class and the welfare state have created generational welfare, "project housing" to warehouse generations of people who have been told for 50 years that they are powerless and have no hope of ever succeeding on their own. Their family structure has been decimated. Their education has been dumbed down so bad that grammar, spelling, and financial literacy are foreign to them.

The race card has been sold as a substitute for ambition and success. Social programs have been sold as a replacement for a job and education. Government money has been sold as a replacement for a father, and in some cases, the entire family.

Remember I said this. The only person who can make a substantial difference in my life is the person I see in the mirror every day. My decisions affect my outcomes. 

I refuse to beg for some scraps with the illusion that something of significance is being done.

To pay people not to work, incentivize fatherless parenthood, and diminish the importance of the family, and guess what happens? Granted, it happens to the most gullible and least educated first, but it's front and center. Millions of Americans don't have a plan A much less a plan B. Pay check to pay check and zero savings. That doesn't stop them from having cable, $200.00 sneakers, the newest cell phones and the free shit army rolls on!

What are the ties that bind Natives to the reservations? Love of that plot of land they were displaced to? Racial allegiances/prejudices/bigotry? Distrust of those not like themselves? Shared misery? Handouts? Rejection of curiosity, adventure, exploration, or socialization?

If only Robert Gipp from the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation were still alive and in politics. For sure, Mr. Gipp was one of the greatest teachers at Oglala Community High School in Pine Ridge, SD.

Robert Gipp always said, more government is the problem, not the solution.

He was a smart man.

BBB Commentary

Dean Parisian says it's a massive con job on the back of the American taxpayer.

Elon Musk says "I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore. This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination. Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it."

Robby Starbuck says, "Congress has never been more hated. The good members know this and understand why. It’s largely corrupt, insular, narcissistic, and filled with the wrong incentives. It’s a both sides problem (esp in leader$hip). And that’s the nicest stuff I have to say about Congress right now."

General Mike Flynn says, "It will not get better. The hogs are still at the trough and will refuse to move away from it. There are not enough honest people in Congress who are willing to stand up for the harder right thing even at this stage of our monumental national debt."

Wall Street Apes say, "We’ve all had enough of this outrageous government spending. Not a single citizen would ever vote for 99% of things going on. We need single item bills and we need to solve this paid off Congress problem. We NEVER get what we vote for, we get what lobbyists pay for."

Mila Joy says, "I ADORE Trump, but I agree. Congress didn't get the memo that when we the people elected Trump we did it to burn the entire corrupt system to the ground and begin again. Its not business as usual."

Charlie Kirk says, "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.They just passed a $1.6 TRILLION pork bomb  filled with bribes, backroom deals & BS. This isn’t a budget — it’s a payoff list.  @elonmusk is calling it out. So should YOU. SHAME on every sellout who voted yes.  Our country is being drained by these parasites. WAKE UP.

Is BBB an American Worry? Is America Worried? Will America Worry?

The RINO's in government want to destroy the United States.   This one trillion dollars per year in interest payments is absurd.

The Congress thinks America is too busy worrying about TDS, Gender Identity, and Liberalism!   They better think again.  America will primary every last one of those spendthrift pricks right out of office.

Like David Byrne asks, "Well, how did we get here?"

DAILY

Like you I need sleep.   Older I get, the less I need.

My day starts early.  It's invariably dark when I awaken.  Birds are still quiet.

I scan the news/markets like anyone else who may have a substantial position in the global markets.   From there, the Keurig is started.

From there I head to my outdoor spa, which is located close to a plethora of bird feeders.  Birds have been a part of my life for a long time.   My LIFE LIST across six continents is rather impressive.  So, coffee, spa, birds, shower, office.   Being retired, i still love getting after it.  Why quit when you love the game?   Not many people get to spend part of their day trying to figure out who you can help with your daily "bread"!   I am humbled and grateful for what the markets have provided. 

So, with the coffee, I do one cup.  One.   There was a time in my life when large mugs of nasty coffee were part and parcel of my trading day.   It was so bad that in the La Jolla office of Drexel Burnham Lambert, the office manager actually charged employees for daily coffee.   This particular manager was extremely "tight" and ran a tight ship because his bonus depended on net profitability.   I had never heard of a brokerage office on the West Coast that started life very early and charged employees for subpar coffee!   I lived it!   

Coffee is the most abused drug on the planet I would think.   I was guilty.

Today, just one.   Black, unsweet, hot, and quiet.

 

Call It Straight..............

What CEO in North America would NOT have tried to beat the tariffs?

Name one.  Just one.

The media's hype on how great the economy is rolling is not honest.

Honest media (liberal media) is non-existent.  They are all compromised.

Believe it.

The numbers coming in are front-loaded.  GDP has been ramping ahead of the tariffs.   Why wouldn't it?   The fakery is all too obvious.

The media says the bears and doomers don't get it.   The media tells us the FED (always compromised, ladies and gentlemen, always) doesn't call for a recession anytime soon.   The nut jobs down in Atlanta are calling for a massive 4.6% GDP number in Q2. 

Bears and doomers won't believe it, but apparently, the Fed doesn't see a recession anytime soon. - Atlanta Fed forecasts huge 4.6% GDP in Q2 - inflation has cooled every month this year - retail sales still trending higher - labor market still robust.

These numbers are cooked better than Nancy Pelosi's stock trading account!

By the way, what brokerage firm handles all of this Congressional stock trading?  Who is the custodian of these Congressional frontrunners and thieves?

Nothing ever gets done.  SEC and FINRA are beholden to the mob of politicians. 

AMAZON Buyer Beware

Scum and slime are everywhere.  

AMAZON FAKERY BEWARE

Top Heavy

It's never easy.

The stock market is a beast.

There are very few times in a year that you can enter trades and be certain you will make a profit.

Defending profits is key.

Cutting losers is a much larger issue and very important.

Cutting losses aggressively is the foundation of great returns.

There are a million reasons that money can be "lost" in the market.

I am extremely close to having experienced every one!

The hard, cold reality of trading is that every trade has an uncertain outcome.

Today, June 2, started out in stellar fashion.  It ended well.  ATH! 

Let's remain vigilant, protect what we have, and do good for the world.

"The big secret to this business is losing the least amount when you're wrong." - William O'Neil

Never Gets Old................