Scott Keller

Tom Homan is such a meathead. Where do they find these goons?

we are now experiencing the 3rd bear MKT in 5 years. 2020 was a sharp, albeit, brief crash. 2022 was a longer in duration, but much less volatile. base case is the current bear market will combine the worst features of each. we’ll see a protracted, volatile market many are optimistically dismissing

In Praise of California It has its flaws — what place doesn’t? — but it plays a big role in America’s greatness

States shouldn't have to earn the right to federal aid. But in any case, California, which subsidizes the rest of the country, definitely has open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

Mike Luckovich gets it right as he always does

"Red Daisy" Billy Strings

Cole Chaney at Southgate House

Spotify wrapped 2024

YouTube video by Playing For Change When The Levee Breaks feat. John Paul Jones | Playing For Change | Song Around The World

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The Trump ordeal has made one thing clear.

Too many of our checks and balances rely on norms, traditions and the honor code.

It works when those elected into power are people of honor and integrity who respect our norms and traditions.

Elect a lifelong criminal and it all goes sideways.

The decline of legacy corporate media (reporting), rise of AI, and growing hegemony of index investing all stems from the same underlying assumption — that there’s someone out there doing the work and providing signals/quality data that technology can scrape and parse without having to vet too much.

88 years ago today, Robert Johnson stepped into a San Antonio hotel room and changed music forever. His first recording session and recorded blues classics like 'Sweet Home Chicago,' 'Terraplane Blues,' and 'I Believe I’ll Dust My Broom.' The birth of a legend.

🔥 🗣️STURGILL SIMPSON: “This toxic patriarchal energy is an age coming to an end… that energy is clawing for its survival bc it knows it’s dying. We’re heading to something beautiful, we just have to go through some dark shit first. So love everybody.” (H/T @wutangforchildren.bsky.social )

I feel seen

REVIEW: Wyatt Flores is indeed the real deal, one of those rare artists who can straddle commercial success and artistic integrity. Welcome to the Plains continues on Flores’ explorations of obligation, morality, and mortality.

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