📝 🇺🇸 "We are currently witnessing key moment in culture war history as a homeless encampment underneath one of LA’s most trafficked freeways, the 10, caught fire and destroyed the freeway “indefinitely.”
You can tell it’s a big deal cause they’ve trotted out “mayor” Karen Bass, all but absent at all other times, and Newsom himself to tell us that the images were seeing “may not correspond with reality” while obese trans sign language translator fills most of the screen
To put this in perspective, this would be like the 6 train shutting down service in lower manhattan indefinitely, except worse because no way around it (for eg using busses). totally crippling for LA—most restaurants for eg get their food from downtown distributors.
Establishment media minimizes to “traffic nightmare,” and focuses on “how to handle it” type empathy advice, but this will take 6 months to fix. since the city is a corruption corpse with no leadership, it may take longer. Will be interesting to see what happens."
📎 Disgraced Propagandist
British man attacked for entering a ‘no-go zone’ in London.
A horde of Islamists surrounded him and questioned why he was in ‘their’ neighborhood.
They threatened him and began chanting ‘Allahu Akbar’ as they kicked him out.
A 65-year-old couple retiring in 2025 with average earnings will receive an estimated $1.34 million in lifetime benefits, while contributing only $720,000 in today’s dollars.
That shortfall—more than $600,000 per couple—is being made up by younger workers.
“Most of the growth in spending has gone to retirement and healthcare, while programs that promote upward mobility... have been left behind”
https://www.newsweek.com/social-security-medicare-young-workers-cost-10477619