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Sep 21, 2022Liked by Jeffrey Carter

Not to worry! The Global Neo-Fascist Eugenicist Oligarchs will steal the rest of your wealth through a CBDC. You’ll own nothing and be happy! And the beatings will continue until morale improves, comrade! Work makes you free!

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Sep 21, 2022Liked by Jeffrey Carter

Looks like John Galt cigarettes to me!

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Sep 21, 2022Liked by Jeffrey Carter

I SOOO want to move out of Mass, but daughter and son-in-law don't want to move. We have a few more years here where we don't have to make a decision, but worse times are coming for this state with the likely election of a Dem governor.

I want to move to TN. We have been visiting regularly and really like it. The rest of the snobs in MA don't think they have schools and running water. One benefit of that is that it will take longer for progressives to move there. Instapundit showed me the way to the state.

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Sep 21, 2022Liked by Jeffrey Carter

A plurality of the murders and shootings in Mpls occur in the Near North(side). In the commercial area there, or what remains of it, there's a liquor store sort of kitty-corner tho' mid-block from a gas station. A lot of shootings occur in and around these two businesses which is also considered the "one of the city's largest open-air drug bazaars".

With that in mind: MN Attorney General Ellison, trying to look “tough on crime” after 3.85 years of actively coddling it, is going after public enemy number 1: those businesses around which the crimes are taking place:. "If you are a business creating a dangerous public nuisance and turning a blind eye to gun violence and illegal behavior—I am watching you. And I will act."

Huh. Threatening the businesses in the area where crimes occur. Businesses that can do... what, exactly? I'll admit that this angle for solving crime was something I didn't expect.

So, here's my question. The Twin Cities are generally downhill from Chicago in almost every way. Is this "blame the businesses" tool something that Mayor Gollum came up with in Chicago or is it the invention of the local proggies?

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Sep 21, 2022Liked by Jeffrey Carter

Wow, had not contemplated groupon in a long time. Thanks for the memories.

The BTC chart is winding up for a breakout lower, that, or it somehow miraculously holds.

Here in the Bay Area, away from the cesspools of San Fran and (specifically) Oakland -- which spill over to neighboring districts -- most feel safe. It's just too expensive to live here (spread out too) and rampant crime finds it hard to grab a toehold in good areas. I think the Government is worse, lol. Especially during the covid penalty shake downs of small businesses and churches that were out of control.

Be woke, go broke. Sad times in America. So many of your blog posts channel exactly how I feel and think.

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Sep 21, 2022Liked by Jeffrey Carter

Just did a "is GroupOn still in business" search - honestly, I had no idea - and learned this fun fact: after a 1-for-20 reverse split, they are down 95% from their IPO.

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https://nypost.com/2022/09/20/record-number-of-new-yorkers-swap-to-florida-licenses/ leaving NY, Oregon, Washington, NJ and PA for Florida.

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"Name an urban area that is a delightful place to live, has great public schools, doesn’t have rising crime, and you can build wealth right now. The only ones I can think of are in the Old Confederacy."

I guess maybe I have too high a bar for "urban" or "delightful place to live" but I'm having trouble coming up with any? Nashville is almost there but I think has rising crime and doesn't have good public schools? Raleigh? Jacksonville? Tampa? Miami? Fort Lauderdale?

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There are still places here in the South where you can smoke indoors.

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Griffin moved to Florida because of taxes and also because he spent 10's of millions of dollars trying to elect a democrat turned republican to the governor's office in Illinois. Richard Irvin may have been sincere in his conversion, but it was terrible optics. Instead we have a nincompoop, downstate republican supported with millions of dollars by fatso running for governor.

Griffin learned there is no path to high public office as a Republican in Illinois. If the two ballot initiatives pass that should be the death knell for Illinois until bankruptcy of Chicago and/or Illinois.

Besides, Griffin is a native Floridian.

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