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My take. The PGA was trying to run a monopoly, telling players they're not free to play events in a competing league. That's bordering on an anti-trust violation. To deride players for working for the Saudis is a joke. We've been buying all from them for years. They are an ally of the US. Grow a pair and stop whining. The world's a rough place we're friends with lots of unsavory characters, myself included. Until recently, PGA players had little access to the numbers (what

The elephant in the room. China graduates 5-6 engineers each year for every one in the US. While we pine away debating DEI, Trans rights and other "social justice" issues China marches on developing technology at a great neck pace, Their EV vehicles have surpassed with we or the EU can produce. On the other hand, China is nowhere to be seen as we choke their supply of energy with our blockade. Militarily they aren't yet a match. My take: The greatest threat to the long te

I'll summarize a few key points here: China isn't able to supply it's own energy (unlike the US which can). It's massively dependent on oil from Russia (2 million barrels/day) and the Gulf (Iran and Saudi Arabia: 5.4 million barrels per day). The US blockaid has cut off all Gulf oil creating a devastating shortage of oil/natural gas which is crushing Chinese manufacturing. Russia can't spool up to increase their exports significantly. Meanwhile, Iran's temporary oil storage

I'd like to point out that while I've been indicted several times, I've never been convicted of a violent crime. I do not nor have I owned a machine gun or grenade launcher. What the data says about gun deaths in the U.S. By John Gramlich, PEW Research ap 28, 2026 Around 44,000 people died of gun-related injuries in the United States in 2024, according to the latest available statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The number of gun deaths fell