I pulled down some hard data from Claude to show how bad things are and compare to other states. Recent rankings (FY2024 data, most current available): Yes we are either the most or #2 among all states as "the kind of f-ck ups"! Reason Foundation's 2025 Pension Solvency Report: Illinois at ~52% funded, ranked dead last (50th) — worse than Kentucky (54%) and New Jersey (55%). Tennessee (104%) ranked first nationally, followed closely by Washington (103%) and South Dakota (100%

Our first Black president has not forgotten his roots or the minority community who supported candidacy. That's why he spends the majority of his time in his ocean front mansion in the Lily White community of Martha's Vineyard when he's not in the upper crust Kalorama neighborhood of DC (Home #2). Every once in a blue moon he returns to Chicago's Kenwood area where his third home gathers moss. The Brits below seem to have his number. The mostly untold story of the brutalist

Will the new Iranian leaders take Door #1 (the money) or Door #2 (get the sheet bombed out of them again)...find out each week on NBC's new game show, Let's Make a Deal! Details of US-Iran deal revealed in 12-point plan — timeline for US withdrawal, $300B fund, Hormuz passage By Caitlin Doornbos, NY Post Published June 16, 2026 Newly revealed details of the secretive US-Iran MOU lay out that it would extend the cease-fire to Lebanon, allow Iran to manage the Strait of Hormuz,

I fired up Claude below to show which states are top dog as destinations for data center construction. The four denoted states above are the undisputed top U.S. data center markets by installed capacity (per CBRE's 2025 rankings): Virginia (17¢/kWh) — Northern Virginia / Loudoun County is by far the world's largest data center market, housing roughly 35% of all U.S. hyperscale capacity. Relatively moderate power costs help. Texas (16¢/kWh) — Dallas-Fort Worth is the #2 U.S. m

A few take aways. I had no idea he was friends with Papa Bear. #2 Hillary looked good in 1992! Not that she isn't lovely today. Sorry, wrong of me to comment on someone's appearance. Bad Tommy . Steve Kroft rips ‘60 Minutes’ as cutthroat, toxic workplace: ‘I hated it’ By Ariel Zilber Published April 5, 2026 A veteran “60 Minutes” correspondent ripped the famed CBS programming as a “snake pit” plagued by “no civility.” Steve Kroft, who spent 30 years as one of the mainsta

This AI is a fad that will soon blow over just like the smartphone and laptop. Personally, I write the Report on a 8.5" by 11" legal pad with a #2 pencil. What AI bubble? Chipmaker TSMC earnings jump 35% To keep up with the near-insatiable demand, TSMC plans to spend up to $56 billion this year on additional factories outside of Taiwan and in the U.S. By Chris Morris, Quartz Media Published 22 hours ago | For the eighth quarter in a row, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Com