Maybe that's your idea of a birthday. Not mine! In July of 2027 Snitz will hit this milestone like a 20 megaton bomb. There's going to be a lot of drugs, sex and rock music. I may or may not attend. When Your Friends All Turn 70 Birthday dinners are small and early, and we don’t eat a lot. By Lou Weiss, WSJ July 9, 2026 One by one, my classmates from elementary school are turning 70, and the celebrations and acknowledgments are moving through our lives like Bob Dylan’s Roll

We need a modern day General Turgidson for the job! The Global Oil Market Isn’t Ready for the Iran Ceasefire to End America’s crude inventories are flirting with dangerous levels, while exports of gasoline and diesel hover near records By Collin Eaton, WSJ July 9, 2026 8:57 am ET ​Crude stockpiles are so low that ​the Cushing, Okla.,​ storage hub is nearing operational limits. Nick Oxford/Bloomberg News U.S. commercial oil inventories rose by 3 million barrels last week, mark

Do you think I could pump out this crap every morning without my impeccable academic credentials? I had some of our greatest minds fill my head with the firehose of knowledge! Colleges keep minting graduates the job market has no use for? A college degree no longer guarantees the job it used to promise. The labor market is running out of roles for an overinflated credentialed class By Anthony Lopopolo, Quartz Media Updated July 04, 2026 The labor market doesn't want what mil

Vallas is spot on (his quote below). It appears minorities want economic opportunity not government handouts or hollow rhetoric? "While Illinois Democratic leaders sermonize, Black Americans vote with their feet. Pew Research reports that from 2010 to 2024, the largest gains in Black residents were in Texas, Florida, and Georgia." Progressive Policies Have Left Illinois the Least Equitable State in the Country By Paul Vallas July 10th, 2026 Illinois politicians love the word

The progressives in this country want to regulate AI, Data Center, Biotech development etc. What they overlook is that China's government has no such limitations and is pushing these areas full speed ahead. Germany's manufacturing sector has been hollowed out in the past few years as China eats their industries for lunch. Factories close, unemployment goes up...not great. Of course Bernie Sanders, AOC and the gang would have us follow them off the cliff? Biopharma divides ov

Honestly, it has a nice ring to it. I think this horse will ride. Trump resolved to carry out Iran ‘bitch slap’ for as long as it takes: ‘New hard line’ By Steven Nelson and Josh Christenson, NY Post Published July 9, 2026, 4:56 p.m. ET ANKARA, Turkey — The US is prepared for resumed attacks on Iran to last days or even weeks should Tehran continue its strikes in the Strait of Hormuz and beyond, as President Trump is resolved not to let the “sick” regime go unchecked. Trump’

The simple answer is yes, but not by the 30% Voldemort claims. The WSJ estimates the number is slightly North of 6%. The Latest Housing Scapegoats Politicians are misusing a Fed study on migrants and home prices. By The Editorial Board, WSJ July 8, 2026 5:57 pm ET President Trump has blamed Wall Street investors for high housing prices. And now he’s blaming illegal immigrants, claiming to find evidence in a Dallas Federal Reserve paper. Not so fast. Promoting the paper on so

Report CEO, Thomas Spritzler today confirmed he's not running for the US Senate simply because he wouldn't garner votes. "I am innocent of any wrong doing, I have not violated the rights of any err....I'm simply incompetent and am afraid of speaking in public". He did mention "Mr Platner is a huge pussy and should stay in the race". Accused rapist Graham Platner finally drops out of Maine Senate race — but claims it’s all a grand conspiracy to stop his movement By Ryan King,

If any of you entitled little communist anti semitic shits steps within a 50 ft radius of me you'll be pulling lead out of your ass. The Intifada at MIT A professor recounts the experiences of the school’s Jews after the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks. By Barton Swaim, WSJ July 8, 2026 Few committees have ever produced anything worth reading. Exceptions include the King James Bible and the Declaration of Independence but not the various reports issued by elite universities on campus-ba

I've taken a pretty deep dive into this with Gemini and Grok. Some common points from both AI models: There appears to be a bell curve on how effective workers are depending on whether they're in manufacturing or service work, Workers in some Euro based countries (more service) are very effective per hour compared to US workers that may be a bit burned out. Ergo for folks in this line of work, providing more work life balance may pay off after the base load gets high. On th

In protest of Clark's treatment I'm encouraging all Report readers to join my boycott of the WNBA. I'm outraged and also can't bring myself to watch woman's basketball. Because I'm a monster and it's err a wee bit boring. Sorry, I didn't mean to suggest women playing basketball isn't interesting. I'm on medication. Women’s basketball is out to destroy superstar Caitlin Clark — and itself, too By Rich Lowry, NY Post Published July 7, 2026 What sports league, handed a generat

McMahon on WWF TV yesterday said, "I will beat the tar out of Garber. Once I get him in a head lock and put the squeeze on, he'll be crying like a newborn infant." Garber unofficially responded "any time beach". Then disappeared into a underground bunker. Yes dumbass, this is Alan Garber, Harvard's new Pres. Linda McMahon warns Harvard that she will drop the ‘hammer’ if the Ivy League school doesn’t correct DEI errors By Josh Christenson, NY Post Published July 8, 2026, 6:00

I have a feeling that rolling blackouts are in Iran's future. I wonder which power plant will be first to get blown up? Trump says Iran cease-fire is ‘over,’ vows to no longer deal with ‘sick people’ By Steven Nelson, NY Post Published July 8, 2026 ANKARA, Turkey — President Trump said Wednesday that he believes his memorandum of understanding with Iran is dead after he ordered overnight airstrikes on 80 targets in response to Iranian attacks on commercial ships in the Stra

The chickens are coming home to roost. Sorry, I meant vultures. Republicans' Maine offensive By Hans Nichols, Axios News July 7, 2026 Republicans are preparing to welcome a potential Graham Platner replacement in Maine's Senate race with $8 million in negative ads, aiming to introduce the new Democratic nominee to voters on their own terms before Democrats can. Why it matters: Republicans are doing something Democrats wish they could: Move on from Platner. The progressive

They still can belt out a tune. Skokie Center for the Performing Arts tonight. Sure most of audience can barely walk. Taylor Swift eat your heart out. Two of the original band members still going strong (guys in red pants stage right and left). The original song recorded by them in 1965 (61 years ago)! Here's a quick rundown of the three "Jays" who've fronted Jay and the Americans over the years: Jay Traynor (1959–1962) — Born John Traynor, he was the group's original le

This chart was published by the Visual Capitalist today. It tells a fairly typical story: the rich are doing great and the poor are making little progress. Any good progressive is all over this crap. Only one problem. It tells the wrong story. James Sullivan (A Notre Dame economist) is one of the leaders in the field of consumption economics. Sullivan argues (& is often quoted by John Kennedy, Paul Ryan and other GOP politicos) that what matters is what people consume. You s

Listen, the fact that I have estates all seven continents does not mean I was born into privilege. I'm simply a con artist. Sorry, a successful con artist. It is true however I own a Gulfstream G700 and have ordered a new McLaren W1. No stupid, the G700 is the jet.