Post #7830 M: Priced Out of the American Dream; Dumb Bleep of the Week; How Did America Get $40 Trillion in Debt?

 Quote of the Day

You have succeeded in life when 

all you really want is only what you really need.

Vernon Howard

Priced Out of the American Dream | Housing Ep. 1 | Love Gov Season 4

Dumb Bleep of the Week

How Did America Get $40 Trillion in Debt?

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Political Cartoon

Courtesy of Nick Anderson via Politico

Musical Interlude: 1965 Top 100 Hits

Stop! In The Name Of Love - Supremes 

Post #7815 M: Trump Shocked by Karoline Leavitt's Resignation; Dumb BLEEP of the Week; Why Government Grocery Stores ALWAYS Fail

 Quote of the Day

Never give up, never, never give up.

Winston Churchill  

Trump Shocked by Karoline Leavitt's Resignation

Dumb BLEEP of the Week

Why Government Grocery Stores ALWAYS Fail

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Political Cartoon

Courtesy of Steve Sack via Politico 

Musical Interlude: 1965 Top 100 Hits

My Girl - Temptations

Post #7805 M: Dumb BLEEP of the Week; The US faces genuine economic security challenges; We Asked AI To Simulate If The U.S. Had A Second Civil War

 Quote of the Da

Nevër miss an opportunïty to make others happy, 

even if you have to leave them alone in order to do it.

Source Unknown  

The US faces genuine economic security challenges

Dumb BLEEP of the Week

We Asked AI To Simulate If The U.S. Had A Second Civil War

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Political Cartoon

Courtesy of Kal vua Politico

Musical Interlude: 1965 Top 100 Hits

Wooly Bully - Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs

Post #7776 M: Trump Crashes Spain's World Cup Moment & Jon Examines Team Trump's “Meritocracy"; This is a war NO ONE wants; Dumb BLEEP of the Week

 Quote of the Day

Not a day passes over this earth but men and women of note 

do great deeds, 

speak great words 

and suffer noble sorrows.

Charles Reed  

Trump Crashes Spain's World Cup Moment & Jon Examines Team Trump's “Meritocracy" 

Dumb BLEEP of the Week

This is a war NO ONE wants

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Political Cartoon

Courtesy of BECS via Politico

Musical Interlude: 1964 Top 100 Hits

The Door Is Still Open To My Heart - Dean Martin

Post #7761 M: Why AI Can’t Solve the Socialist Calculation Problem; How Florida Funds School Choice Without Using Taxpayer Dollars; Dumb BLEEP of the Week

 Quote of the Day

My religion is very simple. 

My religion is kindness.

The Dalai Lama  

Why AI Can’t Solve the Socialist Calculation Problem

How Florida Funds School Choice Without Using Taxpayer Dollars

Dumb BLEEP of the Week

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Political Cartoon

Courtesy of Bill Bramhall via US News

Musical Interlude: 1964 Top 100 His

Can’t You See That She’s Mine - Dave Clark Five

Post #7760 M: Dumb BLEEP of the Week; What Independence Day Really Means; Brexit Failed

 Quote of the Day

Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. 

Even I want to be Cary Grant.

Cary Grant  

NOTE to Readers

I earlier expected to draft my regular weekend posts after weekend travel plans, but I've prescheduled posts as of Thursday's content.

Dumb BLEEP of the Week

In my June 10 post, I embedded, as I've done almost weekly for months, I routinely preview posts that are normally prescheduled. I also save soft copies of posts once published. I discovered that when I went to print the post, the video was unavailable. The video is available, but apparently only for premium members (I refuse to pay for the privilege of promoting their content). I've reviewed a handful of prior episodes, which seem to still be available. It's not clear why they made that episode privileged. The episode below has been shown on public access for over a week. I can't guarantee any YouTube video will remain available for a published post but I'll try to double-check close to publication.

What Independence Day Really Means

Brexit Failed

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Political Cartoon

Courtesy of Nick Anderson via US News

Musical Interlude: 1964 Top 100 Hits

Today - New Christy Minstrels

Post #7728 M: Trump Preps for 80th Birthday;Dumb BLEEP of the Week; A House Is Illegal in This Neighborhood. A Nightclub Isn’t.

 Quote of the Day

A word of kindness is seldom spoken in vain. 

It can be and is often treasured by the recipient for life.

George D. Prentice  

Trump Preps for 80th Birthday

Dumb BLEEP of the Week

This video was available when I originally scheduled it. It looks like they've placed these episodes under a premium category. I do not generally cite premium content. I knew they had, for some time, put voting for Dumb Bleep under premium status, but not the content itself. I'm not replacing this episode, but as a note, because it may also affect past clipped videos. It had also been reversed after drafting, so it's possible they'll revert to availability.  If the status remains unchanged, I will not clip future episodes..

A House Is Illegal in This Neighborhood. A Nightclub Isn’t.

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Political Cartoon

Courtesy of Michael Ramirez via Politico

Musical Interlude: 1964 Top 100 Hits

The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s In His Kiss) - Betty Everett

Post #7719 M: Which of these J6ers deserves some cash for their troubles?; Stossel on Extreme Weather Deaths Are Declining; Dumb BLEEP of the Week

 Quote of the Day

Contentment is natural wealth, 

LUXURY is artificial poverty.

Socrates  

Which of these J6ers deserves some cash for their troubles?

Stossel on Extreme Weather Deaths Are Declining

Dumb BLEEP of the Week

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Political Cartoon 

Courtesy of Matt Davies via Politico

Musical Interlude: 1964 Top 100 Hits

Walk On By - Dionne Warwick

Post #7709 M: Trump’s Approval Rating Hits New Low; We Asked AI To Simulate The First Woman President; Dumb BLEEP of the Week

 Quote of the Day

A true friend stands with you 

no matter how outlandish the circumstances

may seem at any give moment. - 

T.R. Threston  

Trump’s Approval Rating Hits New Low

We Asked AI To Simulate The First Woman President

Dumb BLEEP of the Week

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Political Cartoon

Courtesy of Pat Bagley via Politico

Musical Interlude: 1964 Top 100 Hits

Jay & The Americans Come A Little Bit Closer

Post #7692 M: Jeffrey Epstein Ghost Cold Open; Dumb BLEEP of the Week; The CIA Is a Lawless Agency

 Quote of the Day

Fear not for the future, 

weep not for the past.

Percy Bysshe Shelley  

Jeffrey Epstein Ghost Cold Open

Dumb BLEEP of the Week

The CIA Is a Lawless Agency

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Political Cartoon

Courtesy of PX Molina via Politico

Musical Interlude: 1964 Top 100 Hits

Dancing In The Street - Martha and the Vandellas

Post #7670 M: Dumb Bleep of the Week; McClanahan on Neo-Nationalists?

 Quote of the Day

Rather than love, 

than money, 

than fame, 

give me truth.

Henry David Thoreau

Dumb Bleep of the Week Pt. I

Pt II

McClanahan on Neo-Nationalists?

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Political Cartoon

Courtesy of David Horsey via Politico

Musical Interlude: 1963 Top 100 Hits

 Hey, Girl - Freddie Scott

Post #7661 M: A Just War Of Words With The Pope; Dumb Bleep of the Week;

 Quote of the Day

To love is to stop comparing.

Bernard Grasset

A Just War Of Words With The Pope

Dumb Bleep of the Week Pt. I

Pt. II

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Political Cartoon

Courtesy of Matt Davies via Politico 

Musical Interlude: 1963 Top 100 Hits

Abilene - George Hamilton IV

Post #7647 M: Remy: Gerrymandering; Dumb Bleep of the Week

 Quote of the Day

Our behavior is a function of our decisions, 

not our conditions.

Stephen Covey 

Remy: Gerrymandering

Dumb Bleep of the Week Pt. 1

 

Part 2

 

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Political Cartoon

Courtesy of Rick McKee via Politico

Musical Interlude: 1963 Top 100 Hits

Do The Bird - Dee Dee Sharp

Post #7627 M: Dumb BLEEP of the Week; The Facts About Immigrant Crime; 5 reasons the US shouldn’t spend another penny on the war with Iran

Quote of the Day

Do I contradict myself? 

Very well then 

I contradict myself,

(I am large, 

I contain multitudes.)

Walt Whitman  

Dumb BLEEP of the Week

The Facts About Immigrant Crime

5 reasons the US shouldn’t spend another penny on the war with Iran

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Political Cartoon

Courtesy of Chris Britt via Politico

Musical Interlude: 1963 Top 100 Hits 

Ring Of Fire - Johnny Cash

Post #7614 M: Trump Makes a Pearl Harbor Joke In Front of Japanese Prime Minister; This will change how you think about the Iran War'; Dumb BLEEP of the Week

 Quote of the Day

Life is not the way it's supposed to be. 

It's the way it is..

The way you cope with it is 

what makes the difference.

Virginia Satir  

Trump Makes a Pearl Harbor Joke In Front of Japanese Prime Minister

This will change how you think about the Iran War

Dumb BLEEP of the Week

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Political Cartoon

Courtesy od Dave Granlund via Politico

Musical Interlude: 1963 Top 100 Hits

Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer - Nat King Cole

Post #7606 M: Trump Sends Mixed Messages About Iran War; People from 1750 react to 2026; People from 1750 react to 2026; Dumb BLEEP of the Week

 Quote of the Day

I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. 

But this wasn't it.

Groucho Marx  

Trump Sends Mixed Messages About Iran War

People from 1750 react to 2026

Dumb BLEEP of the Week

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Musical Interlude: 1963 Top 100 Hits

Mean Woman Blues - Roy Orbison

Post #7596 M: America: The Enlightenment with Muskets; Dumbest Iran War Takes!; Is it War?

 Quote of the Day

It is a fine thing to have ability, 

but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.

Elbert Hubbard  

America: The Enlightenment with Muskets

Dumbest Iran War Takes! 

 

Is it War?

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Political Cartoon

Courtesy of Kal via Politico

 Musical Interlude: 1963 Top 100 Hits

Busted - Ray Charles

Post #7587 M: Trump Iran War Address Cold Open; Larry Johnson Predicts Trump’s War on Iran and Exposes the Lies It’s Built On; Dumb BLEEP of the Week

 Quote of the Day

What is a weed? A plant 

whose virtues have not yet been discovered.

Ralph Waldo Emerson  

Trump Iran War Address Cold Open

Larry Johnson Predicts Trump’s War on Iran and Exposes the Lies It’s Built On

Dumb BLEEP of the Week

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Political Cartoon

Courtesy of Jeff Danziger via Politico

Musical Interlude: 1963 Top 100 Hits

The Monkey Time - Major Lance

Post #7577 M: Trump Absolves Himself from Epstein Saga Before "Million Mentions" Bombshell; Dumb Bleep of the Week; Dumbest Takes This Week

 Quote of the Day

It is a mistake to regard age as a downhill grade toward dissolution. 

The reverse is true. 

As one grows older, one climbs with surprising strides.

George Sand  

Trump Absolves Himself from Epstein Saga Before "Million Mentions" Bombshell

Dumb Bleep of the Week

Dumbest Takes This Week

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Political; Cartoon

Courtesy of Bill Bramhall via Politico

Musical Interlude: 1963 Top 100 Hits

The Essex - easier said than done

Post #7550 M: What the Slide in the U.S. Dollar Means for Consumers; JD Vance Places Candle Outside Hooters Where ICE Agents Were Heckled; Dumb BLEEP of the Week

 Quote of the Day

The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: 

if there is any reaction, both are transformed.

Carl Jung  

What the Slide in the U.S. Dollar Means for Consumers

JD Vance Places Candle Outside Hooters Where ICE Agents Were Heckled

Dumb BLEEP of the Week

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Political Cartoon

Courtesy of Rob Rogers via smerconish

Musical Interlude: 1963 Top 100 Hits

Kyu Sakamoto - Sukiyaki