[Nuus Met Uitsigti] When I watch TV with my husband Steve, a former athlete, I see superb ballplayers in basketball, baseball, and football exhibiting what immense discipline went into their sculpted bodies, what sacrifices they made to achieve their goals, what tremendous——almost superhuman——talent they have in effecting that three-point shot from mid-court, that spectacular triple play, that "you’ve been Mossed" catch in the endzone.
And I picture them as young boys watching Michael Jordan, Derek Jeter, Tom Brady, and saying to themselves what Steve——his team’s slugger——said to himself in 1955, when, at the age of 14, he took the 3,000-mile train ride from New Haven, CT, to Portland, OR, to compete in the Babe Ruth League World Series in the Multnomah Stadium: "I’m gonna be the next Joe DiMaggio!"
It only added to that lofty ambition when the residents of The City of Roses greeted the teenaged boys by showering red, white, and pink roses on them when they got off the train.
As it happened, the star pitcher of Steve’s team got into a fistfight and was sent home on the next train. And that left Steve to face not only the 15-year-old pitcher Mickey Lolich, who became the three-time All-Star and World Series winner for the Detroit Tigers, but also 15-year-old Al Downing, who became an ace pitcher for the NY Mets and NY Yankees (and other teams).
"I was up three times and Lolich pitched me nine pitches I couldn’t hit," Steve told me, smiling back at the memory.
But that humbling experience didn’t discourage Steve from continuing to admire and emulate his heroes DiMaggio and Mantle and Koufax, et al, and to engage in the sports he loved...both baseball and basketball, the latter of which earned him All Connecticut and All New England status, as well as the coveted New England Championship in 1959 in high school, and subsequently to become the captain of the Dartmouth College basketball team.
Why? "Because when you admire someone and you want to be like them," Steve told me, "You study what they do, how they act, what they say. You try to find out what the secrets of their success are, with the goal of achieving what they’ve achieved, or at least coming close. And that goes for farmers or hedge-fund managers, ballerinas or composers or astronauts, rich or poor black or white...that goes for everyone!"
Indeed, intelligent people who play sports realize when they’re quite young that the way to achieve your goals is to emulate the people you admire...their discipline, drive, sacrifice, demeanor, behavior. And to learn the lessons that only sports, not school, teaches: humility, how to deal with disappointment with grace, how to be modest in victory, how to be grateful for the gifts of health and talent that God has given you.
[MRC] Leave it to leftist rags like Fortune magazine to target older Americans to insulate President Joe Biden’s disastrous economic policies from blame for the ongoing inflation struggle.
The magazine published a condescending Nov. 30 story with a ridiculous headline: "Aging boomers are making it harder to tame inflation—and there are no quick solutions in sight." Fortune complained about "fewer older Americans handing over your fast food order or working part-time at the local grocery store" before dipping deeper in the toilet of brazen elitism. "
Those missing workers are not just causing the ’help wanted’ signs to linger, but are actually making it harder to tame sky-high inflation levels," Fortune spewed.
Never mind that sky-high inflation presumably wouldn’t be this much of an issue in the first place if it weren’t for the Federal Reserve’s insane money-printing policies compounded by Biden’s spending spree initiated through his gargantuan $1.9 trillion stimulus in 2021.
In fact, Fortune’s propaganda piece didn't even mention the word "Biden." It even attempted to wield analysis from the environmental, social and governance standards (ESG)-obsessed BlackRock to lambaste the changing demographics and make the Fed appear like a victim.
Minimum wage 200%+ percent jump.
Fuel and energy up 50% to 100% prices.
Delivery costs up 200%
Poor handling of the economy.
Poor handling of the Pandemic.
Whole hog legal abuses of the DOJ for political reasons
Promoting social upheaval.
Pushing a false climate agenda to disrupt economy issues.
Added another $1.4T (2022) to the already $32T deficient.
BTW: Wasn't Fortune Mag purchased back in 2018-19 by Chatchaval Jiaravanon, a Thai Billionaire, I wonder what his political donations look like.
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/\ But, to put things bluntly, most Americans don’t care how things are done in Luxembourg. Or France, or Germany, or Belgium, or most other continental European countries.
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That would be Congress and The President, so yes.
Those missing workers are not just causing the ’help wanted’ signs to linger, but are actually making it harder to tame sky-high inflation levels," Fortune spewed.
Oh, so its 80 year olds not working the fryer and not the wilted youngsters living off the dole. Fuck you, Fortune.
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Why should I care what goes on in Luxemburg, France or whatever, last time I checked I don't live there. There is a reason why Britain wanted out of the EU.
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Why should I care about 'how they do it™' in a [insert list of foreign places]? Because the writer at Fortune does? Try again, Cupcake.
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SO it is clear there are zero editorial adults at fortune mag. The millennials have had it all given to them, they are the most entitled generation in American history. Now, after they moved from their parents home, they want their aged parents that have supported them into their 40's to go to work at McDonalds so they can eat out and not have to cook at home. A skill they never cared to learn. They are not ther millennial generation, they are the worthless, self absorbed, and spoiled generation. Someone get them a trophy...
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[Hot Air] I am pretty sure that my readers know that I am not a huge fan of Donald Trump, particularly the current version of Trump the candidate or Trump the celebrity.
Still, I think Trump’s presidency from 2017-2021 is grossly underrated, particularly regarding his outstanding record in foreign policy achievements. As a Trump skeptic when he was running back int 2015 and 2016 I would never in a million years have expected him to be an outstanding president in foreign policy, but he was. Perhaps the best since Ronald Reagan, and certainly the best since George H.W. Bush.
Trump was absolutely hated by our European allies, and equally hated by our international adversaries. That created the illusion that Trump was a terrible foreign policy president. Generally speaking, when everybody hates you it is easy to assume that you are doing something wrong.
Yet Trump was hated because he was doing almost everything right. His advice to Europe was 100% correct: he insisted that Russia was the bad guy and that it was insane to trust Putin to maintain the flow of natural gas in a crisis. He was literally laughed at by the Germans, who every day regret their reliance on Russia for energy (in)security.
Further, Trump pushed European leaders to invest in their military power. How did their neglecting investing in military power work out for them? Trump, again, was right. And his failure to convince was no worse than under Obama or Bush.
Trump identified China and Iran as particularly important security threats, and
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Perhaps when everyone alive at the time of the Abraham Accords has departed this world, perhaps then Trump can be recognized for this monumental achievement.
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Trump also squeezed China out of NAFTA, something I consider a major accomplishment.
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All awards have become leftist validation awards down to the High School level. I have not studied the criteria for earning Weblo badges. They may still be clear of woke but I would not bet on it.
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[American Thinker] The 2022 Word of the Year is... oh, wait a minute, I forgot. Oh, yeah, it’s "dementia."
Actually, dementia is a devastating condition. Apart from memory loss, symptoms include difficulty communicating, reasoning, planning, problem solving, and executive functions. These are indications that should alert us to impaired cognitive functioning in our political leaders so we can offer them a cognitive test.
Dementia is one of the major causes of disability and dependency, especially among older people. Though age is not determinative, impaired cognitive functioning among our elderly politicians is apparent. Indeed, several keen observers, including Joe Concha, have noted the geriatric composition of our legislature.
With co-morbidities like the disease of liberalism, it produces demented Dems like Biden, Pelosi, Feinstein and Fetterman -- though Fetterman has other medical issues making him incompetent. In fact, even absent dementia, progressives are quite bonkers; for example, harboring liberal economic views can lower conscientiousness and increase neuroticism.
Perhaps overlooking the "mother of all parliaments," some like to claim that our Senate is the world’s premier debate chamber. How long can it maintain that reputation with members like Dianne Feinstein of California and senator-elect Fetterman?
Age is just one risk factor for dementia, but it’s disconcerting that the average age of members of the House at the beginning of the 117th Congress was 58.4 years; the average age of senators, 64.3 years. Even more troubling, the risk of dementia rises as you age, especially after age 65. No wonder Elon Musk declared that people over 70 should be barred from political office.
That’s wishful thinking, because the Constitution applies no upper age limit for the Presidency or Congress. Neither does it provide for term limits; in fact, a majority of delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787 believed that longer serving members of Congress would become more effective.
The Supreme Court ruled a constitutional amendment is required to limit the number of terms members of Congress can serve. In the meantime, during election debate season, we (debate commissions, sponsors, or even opposing candidates) might extend the option for geriatric candidates for statewide office (say, above the standard retirement age of 67) to take a cognitive test. Those who refuse will at least be identified before mail-in balloting kicks in.
Congressman, and former White House physician, Ronny Jackson has noted Biden’s dementia-related symptoms, and has recommended he take a cognitive test. I see his point: Biden’s bizarre behavior, from shaking hands with a ghost to being escorted by the Easter bunny, is alarming. Perhaps more disconcerting are his ominous overtones about nuclear Armageddon, and his warnings of severe illness and death. Can it get much worse: the ugly Grim Reaper in Chief has dementia? If we get the leaders we deserve, what have we done so badly...?
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[MRC] Leave it to leftist rags like Fortune magazine to target older Americans to insulate President Joe Biden’s disastrous economic policies from blame for the ongoing inflation struggle.
[Hot Air] I am pretty sure that my readers know that I am not a huge fan of Donald Trump, particularly the current version of Trump the candidate or Trump the celebrity.
