Overall, China is a dying power. They will have fewer than 600 million people in our lifetime.

Pence touches the third rail. Demographic reality.

There just aren’t enough Zoomers to pay for the Boomers’ unfunded obligations.

https://news.yahoo.com/pence-calls-for-social-security-reform-private-savings-accounts-181754393.html

One of Peter Zeihan’s best observations is that the US Navy provides the blue ocean security necessary to allow oil tankers to travel from the Persian Gulf to China.

If the US Navy pulled out of the region, China would go totally dark within 6 months. They already regularly ration power to certain cities and people’s stack and pack apartments turn into stack and pack freezers. Freezing countless thousands of people to death.

From July

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/07/05/u-s-militarys-newest-weapon-against-china-and-russia-hot-air-00043860

Remember when Republicans used to talk about “tort reform” as one of their main issues?

What if China put up a balloon every day and the “Chinese balloon flyovers” just became the norm?

There may be a pattern here

If roles were reversed in regards to race, it would be a national wall to wall story with riots.

Under an MRI, the brain development of black children was markedly different. CNN says that racism is to blame.

If I were a drug cartel, I would lobby cities to buy and distribute as much Narcan as possible. Repeat customers.

If governors were serious about ending the opioid craze, they’d ban Narcan.

When junkies are absolutely determined to kill themselves, maybe we should let them.

What a nightmare

Looks like they actually popped it with an inert or very low explosive missile.

https://fxtwitter.com/bnodesk/status/1621958202924437504?s=46&t=WKKshIKp1BEUQdG0T5Omaw

Within a couple of days? They really think that amateur scuba divers (potentially even "Chinese-American" ones) won't have arrived before then?