On our way to Phuket for Christmas. Lets hope it’s not too crazy.

View from our dinner table tonight.

The Republican Congress will not hold the Republican executive branch accountable. It’s a pipe dream to think otherwise no matter how damning the evidence or action. A single faction rules all levers of government. This is the hazard warned about in the federalist papers.

Since everyone but GTI has already been operating like rescheduling is a foregone conclusion, the executive order to look into it only affects short term trading in cannabis stocks. Cash flow, EBITDA, profit margins, and current business structures won’t change in any material way for 2 years.

The ratio of capital expenditure for AI vs GDP is higher than the buildout of the internet and is only slightly lower than US railroad buildout. Will AI produce as much sustainable profits as those two previous build outs?

Weather forecasts is the U.S. will be hidden behind a pay wall within 1 year of disbanding NCAR.

The fastest growing demographic of cannabis users in the U.S. is 65 and older. This has been the group politicians have cited with most concerns about legalization.

Today marks one year without my mama. They say a parents job is prepare their children for life without them. Although she prepped me well I’d be lying if I said I don’t miss her guidance.

Articles that talk about intent without a direct quote or contain conjecture without sourcing it aren’t news. Today 15 of 17 articles I read didn’t pass this test.

The duopoly in American politics have yall in a stranglehold. How many blue and red waves have there been while every aspect of your life marches towards enshitification? Maybe rinse and repeating the same party swaps isn’t actually serving the people? 🤷🏾‍♂️

Now that I live in Thailand every time I tune into American news I feel like Khaby Lame. “Childhood mortality rate may rise for the first time this century.” Well, you did just give lawful power to the anti-vaccine movement. Sooo….🤷🏾‍♂️🤌🏾

We live in an age of small men given great power. This is caused by the masses giving their consideration to those that confirm their comfort and bias instead of to those that challenge them to be greater and rise above.

Be the love you never received. Do what is fruitful. Focus on “now”. It is the only time you can invoke change. #meditateandbegreat

Some people align with principles and some people align with power. Character only matters to the principled. It’s that simple. Stop racking you brain about their support of low character people. It’s their need to align with power. Once the power is gone they will claim they never supported them.

The current environment in US politics is a reflection of what we will tolerate as an electorate. Approval ratings mean nothing when re-election percentages are above 85%.

Random thing I noticed today. For most English words that end with an “LE” in Thais turn it to an “N” sound. And plain “L” ending with the typical “R” but at the beginning of words it’s a proper “L” sound. So google becomes googen, little bit becomes litten bit and email becomes emair.

Getting my Thai driver’s license today! Wish me luck!

sometimes it's humorous to look back at old tweets.... #donaldtrump #jeffreyepstein #epsteinlist #epsteinfiles #epsteincoverup #maga #republicans #releasethefiles

When they say the quiet parts out loud. You are a consumer whose labor is meant to be sacrificed on the alter of US economic growth even if it is against your best interests.

How are subsidies not socialism? Explain it to me like I'm the age of someone Epstein’s friend would r*pe.

Showing some love for J n’ Joe’s in Pattaya. A family owned restaurant. Great breakfast spot for those craving American or British style breakfast. I’m not on Facebook so this is the best I can do until I convince them to expand their social media footprint.

How do journalists continue to be perplexed by the Trump administration giving them an answer then vehemenent denying the statement. Most of his cabinet has done some form of gaslighting when the original video is fully available. Call it what it is. 🤷🏾‍♂️

Breakfast of champions in Pattaya!

Moving to Thailand continues to pay dividends. Waking up and not getting the constant barrage of US political news has been great.

Understanding motives through the lens of people’s experiences, Trump has lied all his life with no accountability. In fact, he has been rewarded on most occasions by his lies. Why would he think the present situation would be any different?

This is the best clip I've ever seen that has Kevin O'Leary and Piers Morgan in it. Also, thank you @profgalloway.com 🇨🇦

Churn is not innovation. Change is not necessarily innovation. Innovation either presents a novel change that should have been fundamental all along or makes the current status quo obviously inferior. A LOT of companies are taking credit for innovation that doesn’t exist.

Using DoorDash for inflation data is diabolical. It ignores data from those that can’t afford DoorDash and tells tech companies they can cozy up to government with flawed data that fits a narrative. For them, the only economy that exists is the one serving affluent people.

Thinking about all vehicles in Northern Florida that have “Shoot your local pedophile” bumper stickers next to their Trump ones. Hits different this morning. 😂🤣😂🤣

My smart watch keeps a tally of my workouts, rest, and body to give pretty good guidance on when to scale back on a workout or go hard. Even as I use this benefit I have to wonder in what way is the data being deployed against my pockets. It’s not the tech, it’s the greed that is the problem.

As an investor I understand that the U.S. economy and the stock market are separate, loosely related things. The U.S. economy is a behemoth because we allow more frictionless wealth extraction from citizens and have historically only curtailed business practices after a certain threshold of harm.

You guys are almost getting it. There are few public servants and a multitude of politicians. #voteother #principlesoverparties

It’s something about the Khao pad in Prakon Chai that just hits different! Like a whole plate of “welcome back” ! 🔥🔥🔥🤌🏾

The funniest thing to me is to watch people fall for narratives even as they become more and more improbable.

The rest-stop toilets becoming squatters and these signs are my tell-tale signs we are getting close to the village abode.

Remind people about those DOGE checks they swore were on the way. 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 Then remind them Grok now has all their personal data ssn included because they thought DOGE was about them. 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

Low character people in powerful positions will always tread on the vulnerable.

The House I Live In (1945) Star Frank Sinatra as Himself An American Short made to oppose anti-Semitism at the end of World War II Wise words.

Think about how self-sabotaging it is to pour tax revenue into companies that have told you they are building technologies to specifically reduce the number of salaries paid thus reducing tax revenue.

The British mainstream media don’t tell people this, because it doesn’t fit their agenda.

Dick Cheney cut his teeth in the Nixon Whitehouse. He was proponent of expanding executive power as a result. His efforts laid the groundwork for our current consolidation of power in the executive branch. Respecting the dead doesn’t mean stop evaluating their full legacy.

The most disappointing part of the current U.S. political landscape is the defeatism and false balance. Keep your soft as baby $#!+ mentalities from ‘round me. If you avoid standing on business just to “keep the peace”. I don’t respect you.

The U.S. president’s cabinet members moving on military bases wouldn’t be as much of a red flag if they weren’t all multi-millionaires and half are selling their civilian residences they have owned for decades.

Epiphany after studying previous wars. War devastates government wealth for the loser but national wealth (businesses and personal citizen wealth) only takes a temporary blow. Especially for businesses with global footprints.

When you hear a person blame immigrants for violent crimes ponder out loud why we don’t blame all white people for the actions of the KKK. Or when they ask a muslim to denounce extremists ask them to denounce white nationalist.

What we tolerate is a choice, even if you don’t like the options.

Debt is what supercharges the American economy and its resilience is because of subscription models.

By my back of the napkin math Amazon will gets an additional $15B in cash flow over the next two years from the “Big Beautiful Bill”. Then $11B from 2028 on. Seems odd to layoff 30K in workers at the same time.

My favorite reply when people post easily debunked talking points from a “news” source that argued in court they are not a news source.