Another TBB post featuring the most eclectic links around the web such as money dark side, the greatest scam ever written, Twitter becomes X, the vanishing family, the prettiest pink places on earth, 14 charts to show you what is really happening in the economy and markets, what drives us, some scammers just can not do anything else, how to spot idiots, lack of new homes, Ukraine begins the real counteroffensive it appears, Putin running out of options, the first nuclear test, the amazing oarfish, more summer fires in Greece and pretty much everywhere, amazing castles and aviation pics, reactions to the death of Sinéad O’Connor and more. Enjoy the weekend, stay hydrated!
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PERSONAL FINANCE
You should not be obsessing about what happens in the stock market daily. You should only periodically look at your investment portfolio. Unless, you know, life gets in the way and goals change. Of course, financial media is in the business of generating eyeballs/clicks and they just keep coming at us. So, I guess, for some of you market addicts, this is a good article about what is happening out there year to date: 14 Charts Financial Advisors Should Show Clients.
You should always expect surprises so when you get them you can tell others “See, I told you”, this is what I do lol. On a serious note, where are all the market gurus who had been screaming recession for over a year now, shouldn’t they, you know, apologize? Or do they keep extending it another quarter in the future and when it arrives…you bet they would say “See, I told you”. And on it goes…
Meanwhile, from this morning’s Wall Street Journal headlines: “U.S. Economic Growth Accelerates, Defying Slowdown Expectations. The economy expanded at a 2.4% annual rate in the second quarter, remaining well clear of a recession despite higher rates”. And on it goes…
And now let’s dive in to the more human element of investing. Which is a lot more important and interesting in my opinion. I have two articles for you, so here we go:
What Drives Us: We are all different. And we all have different asset allocations we try to stick to. Which is always an extremely difficult task. You don’t know what your true risk tolerance is until you experience a horrific bear market. And we as humans are motivated differently as well. A lot is explained by genetics and personal experiences. But a lot also can be influenced by the following factors:
Salespeople [When it comes to financial product salespeople…Avoid them!]
Self-image
Status [If you think because you invest in a hedge fund with a very high minimum you made it…seriously?]
The leaderboard
Debt [Being debt free is a great quality of life enhancement indicator]
Values
Religion
Fun [If your idea of fun is having a small investment account so you can try to be the next Warren Buffett… do it. You will probably find out soon that it is not fun]
Fear [very powerful emotion, staying grounded and humbled helps fight it]
Rare disasters [Oh yeah, the doom and gloom gurus out there….If this happens we are all screwed!]
The Dark Side of Money: What we can learn from the ways money brings out the worst in us. This is a must read if you are interested in the subject of money. I am just going to lay out here the main points and let you dive in it on your own…
Higher income inequality leads to higher homicide rates
Financial stress is a leading catalyst for taking one’s own life
When money’s tight, couples fight
Financial stress can literally kill you
Money can make people engage in unethical behavior
Money supercharges our tendency to compare
Wealthier individuals are generally bigger polluters
The pursuit of money can become an addictive behavior
TWITTER/ X
I am mourning Twitter as I am spending less time on it and yes I am sticking with Threads which had its first enhancements finally.
At this point, we should not be surprised whatever this Elon Musk dude does. Bizarro Twitter RIP Twitter bird, ‘X’ gon’ give it to ya…
I think at this point we have to assume that Elon Musk is intentionally trying to run Twitter into the ground. Perhaps partially for the LOLs, but potentially to push the company towards bankruptcy and a resolution of the debt crisis the company is soon to face. Or maybe to just be able to buy the debt on the cheap. Or something. Who knows and who cares. Twitter, as we knew it, is dead.
Wait, there is more, we ponder the reasons Why Elon Killed the Bird. Three theories about Twitter’s seemingly nonsensical rebrand to X
1. Musk wants to build the “Internet of Elon.”
2. X is pseudoware—just buzzwords and a logo.
3. Musk needs to save face.
SCAMS
I had to read this “The Greatest Scam Ever Written“. How a Montreal copywriter swindled victims out of $200 million by pretending to be a legendary psychic. I am so glad I did. So many gullible victims, so much pain caused. While this guy kept evading authorities for decades living large. It never ceases to amaze me how people can inflict this pain and also how people keep falling for such obvious scams. Anyway, this one has a very satisfying ending, yes!
After nearly a week of trial, the jury agreed, convicting Patrice Runner on eight counts of mail fraud, four counts of wire fraud, conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. He was found not guilty on four counts of mail fraud. He faces a sentence of up to twenty years in prison on each of the fourteen counts. Runner has long considered the possibility that he might spend decades behind bars.
Maybe it is genetics that makes people keep scamming others? Like this guy, wow! Ponzi Schemer Freed From Prison by Trump Faces New Fraud Charges. Eliyahu Weinstein, whose 24-year sentence President Donald J. Trump commuted, is now accused of bilking 150 million people out of more than $35 million.
Well, this is relevant for this section you guys! Want to quickly spot idiots? Here are five foolproof red flags.
1. Beware of anyone who describes themselves as a “proud non-reader of books” [Looking at you Kanye West Ye lol!]
2. Similarly, avoid anyone who thinks that every book should have been a six-paragraph blog post [FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried said that!]
3. Remember that wealth isn’t directly linked to intelligence
4. Dropping “AI” or “ChatGPT” into every second sentence is a major idiot red flag
5. Keep a wide berth from people who obsess about their IQs [dead giveaway!]
REAL ESTATE
I am not going to make this a permanent section, I just found this graph amazing, found here. Just looking at how many fewer homes were built in the 2010s!
UKRAINE RUSSIA WAR
It appears that the real Ukrainian counteroffensive has finally started…
Putin has miscalculated so many times after starting his stupid war…Why do you think that will not continue? Putin Is Running Out of Options in Ukraine.
Putin can simply try to hang on, but given the mounting pressures, he needs a strategy to show that Russia still has a path to victory. What Putin does should in turn shape Ukrainian actions. Kyiv can add to the anxieties in Moscow, demonstrating that no part of Russia is secure, punishing Russian forces at the front and opportunistically liberating territory even if it is not quite what military planners intended. This has become a war of endurance. Just as Putin must hope that Ukraine and its Western supporters will tire before Russia does, Ukraine and its backers must show that they can cope with the war’s demands for as long as necessary.
ODDZ & ENDZ
This is the best (and most devastating) article I read in the past week, brace yourselves! The Vanishing Family. They all have a 50-50 chance of inheriting a cruel genetic mutation — which means disappearing into dementia in middle age. This is the story of what it’s like to live with those odds. I still think about it days later…I can not imagine…at loss for words, just stunned. I hope this writer wins a Pulitzer award for this.
Pretty cool site showing the first version, simply called First Versions.
This will shock you! Ok, I could not resist…But trust me, you probably have never seen such a fish! Giant Deep Sea Oarfish is Filmed by Divers in Rare Encounter.
Since the atomic bomb is in the news these days with the film Oppenheimer, this is a video of the first nuclear test in the Bikini atoll on July 25, 1946.
Interesting, to say the least…
TRAVEL
Pray for Greece, it is burning. Every summer fires rage. And it appears the scope of these fires continues to go higher. Maybe, I don’t know, climate change may have something to do with it. Wildfire in Greece triggers explosions at an ammunition depot and the relocation of fighter jets.
Another AI powered thingie, this one is a personal travel assistant, check it out: Copilot2trip.
I like castles. But not White Castle hamburgers. I ended up there once many years ago in college and let’s just say it was a traumatic experience and never went back! But I will likely go back to these: 10 Wondrously Unusual Castles From Around the World.
Since the color pink is in vogue lately (because of the Barbie movie), I have this for you: 8 of the prettiest pink places on earth. I can’t believe the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in Waikiki beach made the list, I stopped there once to use the bathroom and I was not impressed. 🙂
For the aviation geek readers of my blog, this is for you: 30 Fascinating Aviation Pics That People Just Had To Share On This Group.
RUNNING
None. Yesterday I walked for an hour. The right foot, the one diagnosed with Morton’s Neuroma and had a cortisone shot, appears to be fine. But now is the left foot that is giving me the same weird sensations…In the meantime, I have added a bunch of foot/toe exercises to my daily routine, on top of all the sciatica related exercises I do every day. I need to persevere here and not rush to get back…Wish me luck!
Maybe I pick up badminton, this is an amazing 211-shot rally! The exhaustion at the end of it is epic…
BUZZING
A section where I go on and on about some stuff that happens in my life and anything else that just does not fit in another section above
Talk about a hot kiss! Ontario couple kiss after eating spicy peppers to break world record.
I do remember Sinéad O’Connor’s amazing performance on Saturday Night Live singing “Nothing compares to you” where she proceeded to shock everyone watching ripping a picture of the Pope in pieces and saying to the camera “Fight the real enemy”. I remember thinking…oh, this is probably not going to turn out well for her. Well, it didn’t. She proceeded to make music and always did her own thing which I always admire. And she was public with her mental health issues. And then her son commited suicide at 17 which totally derailed her. What an amazing talent, sad to see her pass away. And then you have Morrisey of the Smiths go totally wild ranting about it…YOU KNOW I COULDN’T LAST.
“She had only so much ‘self’ to give. She was dropped by her label after selling 7 million albums for them. She became crazed, yes, but uninteresting, never. She had done nothing wrong. She had proud vulnerability … and there is a certain music industry hatred for singers who don’t ‘fit in’ (this I know only too well), and they are never praised until death – when, finally, they can’t answer back. The cruel playpen of fame gushes with praise for Sinead today … with the usual moronic labels of “icon” and “legend”. You praise her now ONLY because it is too late. You hadn’t the guts to support her when she was alive and she was looking for you. The press will label artists as pests because of what they withhold … and they would call Sinead sad, fat, shocking, insane … oh but not today!
So, I saw Oppenheimer in my local theater. I am glad I did not drive to Detroit or Grand Rapids to see it on a 70mm IMAX screen. I liked it but I thought it was insanely overhyped. And too long and way too many (complex) characters and its dizzying pace was just a bit too much imho. Did I enjoy it? Yes. Do I think it was THE movie of the year? Hell no!
This blog started with a focus on miles and points and travel. It has evolved since then. Everything below deals with the hobby of collecting frequent flyer miles and points. If you are not interested, you can stop here, thank you.
MILES & POINTS NEWS/PROMOS/MY ACTION
In case you were wondering about free bags with plastic: Free Checked Bags via Credit Card Complete Guide.
United MileagePlus Mile Play promotion is on again, see if you were targeted.
Repeat of the top card offer these days below. But first, Ink Card FAQs: Here Is Everything You Need To Know About Getting Excellent Odds Of Racking Up Points On The Awesome Chase Ink Credit Cards!
These days every 100,000 points credit card Signup Bonus should always be in your radar. And here it is again: Ink Business Preferred Credit Card 100,000 Bonus Points. It used to require a bigly $15,000 minimum spend in three months. But the new offer requires only $8,000 minimum spend, almost 50% lower. For a card with an annual fee of $95. It earns 3x on travel, shipping, internet, cable, phone, social media/search engine advertising. Probably not a keeper for the long term but that is just me, you can decide for yourself, we are all different. The card will allow you to transfer your Ultimate Rewards points to airline/hotel partners in case you do not have the Chase Sapphire Preferred which I prefer and do hold for the duration. You can apply for the card with my Credit Card Links or you use my REFERRAL LINK, thank you!
Bloggers in this hobby industry will sell every credit card that pays them a commission! Only consider this one if you are bored and love American Airlines lounges for some reason ok? The Citi AAdvantage Executive Card: Huge 100K Bonus & Higher Annual Fee. Please consider getting it HERE so this blog can finally get a cc sale credited for July!
ADVANCED
I burned 23,000 World of Hyatt points to have son plus one stay as my Globalist Guest of Honor at the Seattle Hyatt at Olive 8 for one night when they come over to celebrate daughter’s 21st birthday. I also realized I had not updated my Annual Miles/Points Burning sheet for our own stay there. Maybe I am losing my touch…Nearing 800k miles/points burned year to date, not too shabby. My Chase Ultimate Rewards points balance is now just 105k, maybe I should apply for the 100k Chase Ink Business Preferred card at some point…Maybe when I go under 4 million miles/points in the bank…one of these days!
Delta Skymiles “sale” smh!
MILES & POINTS
HOT CREDIT CARD OFFERS: 75k CAPITAL ONE Venture X, 75k CAPITAL ONE Venture Rewards, 75k CHASE Ink Business Cash, 75k CHASE Ink Business Unlimited, 100k CHASE Ink Business Preferred, 60K CITI Premier, 40k CAPITAL ONE VentureOne Rewards, $1,000 Cash Back CHASE Ink Business Premier, 140K CHASE IHG Rewards Premier (with $100 Statement Credit), 60k CHASE Sapphire, 60k US BANK Business Altitude and many more including many AmericanExpress cards such as Delta Airlines, Marriott Bonvoy and Hilton Honors cards! Please check out my Affiliate links. Terms apply to American Express benefits and offers. Visit americanexpress.com to learn more. If you do not see a credit card with my affiliate links, perhaps I could refer you?
This section is about my hobby addiction of collecting frequent flyer miles and hotel points since the early 1990’s! SKIP if you are not into it!
As of today, I have burned 787,950 miles/points year to date in 2023 and have 4,123,374 miles/points in the bank. Some do drugs, I do miles lol!
Thanks to US banks, very lucrative travel rewards credit card offers come and go all the time. This section will act as a reference point on the best CURRENT offers. I will designate new material preceded by NEW.
BEGINNERS
The Beginner’s Guide to Getting Started with Credit Cards, Points & Miles
BASICS: This travel hacking hobby is mostly about getting the fat Signup Bonus of travel rewards credit cards while of course NEVER EVER carrying a balance. Banks have a marketing budget and are willing to give us many THOUSANDS of miles/points to travel mostly for free hoping to hook us to then charge confiscatory 20%+ interest rates on our balances. The poor souls who fall for their marketing paying these ludicrous interest rates end up subsidizing us responsible consumers who enjoy taking advantage of, cough, such bank marketing budgets! Some of us have been doing this for thirty years creating amazing travel memories…Feel free to ask me questions or post them in the comments, we were all newbies once!
BASICS: Prefer credit cards from the proprietary points programs of banks, such as Chase Ultimate Rewards, American Express Membership Rewards, Citi ThankYou Network, Capital One Rewards Miles because they are a lot more flexible and are not devalued as frequently. Over pure airline and hotel travel rewards credit cards. Pure cash back credit cards may work for you best and they are getting more valuable as airline and hotel loyalty programs keep getting devalued. Sometimes, a pure no annual fee 2% cash back card works best for simplicity!
Credit Card Recommendation Flowchart: March 2023
TOP TRAVEL REWARDS SIGNUP BONUS CARDS
Master Guide to Credit Card Applications: All the Rules You Need to Know, Bank by Bank
How to Sign up for Chase Ink Cards
The Capital One Venture X card offers a 75,000 point Signup Bonus after a minimum spend of $4k in the first three months. If you like simplicity and looking for one (premium) card, I highly recommend this card (and yes, I have it myself!). It has an annual fee of $395 but it comes with a VERY easy $300 statement credit for travel booked on its excellent travel portal, essentially turning it into a $95 annual fee card. But wait…there is more! On each card anniversary you earn 10,000 points essentially making it FREE! Every dollar of spend earns 2 points and flights booked on the travel portal earn 5 points per dollar. You get access to Capital One and Plaza Premium airport lounges and a Priority Pass Select lounge membership and, this is important, you can add FOUR authorized users FOR FREE who can also have their own Priority Pass Select airline lounge membership. You can transfer your Capital One points to up to 18 Transfer Partners. No foreign transaction fees. Free Hertz President’s Circle rental car top elite status. Cell phone protection and PRIMARY rental car coverage. Awesome seats at baseball stadiums for just 5k points each. And lots more. Available with my Credit Card Links, thank you for your support!
Get 75K Miles, Lounge Access & More with the Capital One Venture X Card
Other worthy credit card deals going on currently:
REFERRAL LINK: Chase Ink Business Preferred/Ink Cash/Ink Unlimited/Ink Premier
REFERRAL LINK: New Offers for United Credit Cards, Earn Up to 80,000 MileagePlus Miles
Remember, you are NOT allowed to ever carry a credit card balance if you ever get a credit card here!
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Good morning!
Thanks for the great links! Good weekend reading.
Back from a trip to Scotland to celebrate Adam Smith’s 300th. Thanks to Delta Miles and Ultimate Rewards points the trip was very comfy. The weather in St Andrews had a temperature range of 58F to 63F.
Cool all around…Almost posted a pic of someone walking in Phoenix next to a sign showing the temperature…117 F degrees!
DML-How did you use SkyMiles to get to Scotland?
I went Delta via Dulles to Edinburgh via Atlanta. There was a LONG layover in Atlanta which
was ok because the flight out from Dulles was late coming in. Coming back just in reverse.
I was originally thinking of going from JFK but I changed my mind to get an extra day in Edinburgh. That night came via the Chase travel site.
I built up a LOT of Delta miles during COVID so I splurged with Delta One. That ticket gets you into a very nice lounge in Edinburgh.
Wow! You done went overboard in good stuff this time! I’ll be working away at all the links over the weekend. Sorry to learn of now problems with your other foot. I truly hope you can get past all this stuff and back to the running. A good friend of mine has had her running derailed for quite a while and I have seen how that makes her feel. It’s tough.
I read that article the other day about the family with that damaged gene and you are right, it is a stunner. Hit home as both my grandmothers and my dad went with Alzheimer’s, but at least not until getting into their 80s. I’ve started getting some simple tests about every year at the Dr. office to kind of track things.
As far as the much lower number of homes built this decade, I wonder if it is cost, regulations, zoning, or even by design to keep housing prices high. It’s certainly odd since there *is* a market for housing.
Have a good weekend and enjoy yourself!
Thanks for the coffees. Tried to get one from my fav Ann Arbor coffee place but the line was too long…I guess the secret is out. Or maybe they were short staffed.
That Vanishing Family article really moved me, I am still thinking about it. Hope your tests continue showing nothing worrying!
Certainly all the factors you mentioned have contributed to the lack of new home building. We need to address this and solve it…Of course, if it was easy it would have been done by now.
Happy Indictment Day to all TBB readers! 🙂
Hmm thanks for the info on Oppenheimer. We intend to see it but will wait until it’s on the telly as can’t be bothered sitting through 3 hours at a movie theatre. Personally I’m a fan of movies staying below 90 minutes, keeping the action tight and cut the drivel and self indulgent director’s crap.
Currently planning our next trip to Australia via Cook Islands. Redemptions these days are insane. We are sitting on 2 million points but gets harder and harder to find a redemption and some of the rates are plain ridiculous. Can see a 2% cash back card in our future and not so distant.
Yeah, hear you about redemptions getting harder and harder and that 2% cash back card looking better and better. That will not stop bloggers pumping every card they can sell for the commission though…including the 2% CB cards lol.
One of the redemptions I was always interested in this space is that United thingie where you just keep jumping from small airport to another in the islands in the Pacific…I am forgetting the name of it now. I don’t remember seeing any posts recently about it, United probably killed that too.
The Island Hopper that goes HNL to Guam via Marshall Islands and Micronesia is probably the one you are thinking off. Somedays I think that would be cool to do, but within 30 seconds I come to my senses and realise I have zero interest in wasting a moment of my life flying to places that hold no interest to me just to say I did it. The route I would like to do is the Fiji Airways from NAN to HNL that goes via CXI. Last time I flew that route, did not include that stop, but FA told me they come in to land at CXI around sunrise and said it is so beautiful as flying over you can see all the fishing holes etc . So that is on my list for one day if Fiji Airways ever release redemption seats which seems unlikely these days.
Damn you George, your comment made me curious and I fell down the rabbit hole of the Island Hopper and now I’m interested again, Plus I discovered you can connect onto the Manila Hopper. I’m confident enough to say for me it won’t happen because given the miles needed for the most basic redemption, my meagre stash of United miles won’t cut it and I don’t plan on flying United any time in the future.
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/pacific-island-hopper/index.html
Dan did the island Hopper:
https://www.dansdeals.com/points-travel/trip-notes/united-island-hopper-trip-notes-part-1-honolulu/
Hi Vicky and Nick,
Yes, the United Island Hopper, that is it!
The CNN article is from 2018 and Dan did it in 2015. Pre Covid, this was common but I have not seen a single mention of it after Covid. Does it still exist and if yes, how many miles are we talking about and the routing is probably different and how. And how do you book the thing? Inquiring minds would love to know, hopefully some blogger reads this and does an article about it. I always thought this was so much fun to do, just the views landing in these remote airports would be a site to cherish…but I just never had the guts to pull the trigger. Now that I am stuck with almost 400k United miles…maybe the time has come next year?
Apparently it’s still running. I found a post-covid article about it from some up-and-coming blog:
https://thepointsguy.com/guide/united-island-hopper-excursionist-perk/
Out of all the (remaining) blogs out there…can’t believe TPG is the one who wrote about this…you are making me click it as I disinfect myself 🙂
Thanks.
Maybe I’m just being obtuse but I’m trying to use your Citi AA Exec card application link for 100K miles but I’m either hitting an error or not showing the offer for you. Any suggestions?
Hi,
When you click to bring up the cc links, click on Card Issuer on top and then Citi, scroll down to see that card and click to Apply…it should come up as I just tried it.
If something happens and it does not come up, maybe try different browser? U know, clear cache or reboot? I think rebooting solves most techie issues
Thank you!
Worked. I use Firefox because it’s a lot less creepy about tracking you than other browsers but it tends to be the most glitchy. Approved. My lucky run with your links continues. Thanks.
Thank you. As of 7/31 there has been no cc actually credited to TBB so this marks a monumental moment in the blog’s history. What is so surprising is that no one in the TBB household actually tried to help the blog 🙂 This may change as of today as I think I am going for the Chase Ink Business Preferred card as it appears Chase is approving almost everyone (again)…
Closing in on 11 years blogging and not a single cc sale credited to the blog in a whole month is, well, deflating to say the least! Makes me ponder all the educating/entertaining/inspiring for the readers is sure not enough and finally it dawns on me (I am slow) why so many blogs have disappeared from the internet and the remaining are mostly part of corporate structures or blogs with multi staff pounding out very SEO friendly “content” full of clickbait and shocking “news”…
I need to reevaluate everything…Build it and they will come….said no one ever about the online world …sigh.
Changing subjects, the Japanese women scored four goals against the Spaniards all on lightning fast counterattacks and it was amazing to watch.
I’ve been reading your blog for many years and have seen you downsize over that time. While I will hate it I do know that there will come a time when the blog just isn’t worthwhile to you and I will respect that. Meanwhile, I’ll try to do what I can to kick in a little moral and financial support here and there.
Keep up the good work and thanks!
Thank you! If it was not for the few of you who have been with me for so long and let me know about it…this blog would have died many years ago. I am probably the most shocked person I am still around here!
At this time, the page where my conversions show is down with an error message asking me to contact the overlords…Oh boy, maybe this is it? #developing
Friday post is developing nicely by the way so at least for one more week TBB is alive!
Aggregator Milesfeed is sputtering, I think it is in Hospice. The other one, PointsBuzz, is still going…
@ Christian:
Amazingly, your Citi AA card posted…on July 31….This blog has ceased going blank for a whole calendar month! The TBB staff are about to throw a party…clearly, the comeback has started. No confirmation whether TPG has called an urgent strategy meeting how to counter this brazen TBB competitor…woohoo!
I almost fell of my chair, my dignity was safe 🙂
Thanks again.
Good morning Buzz,
Thanks for the links, always appreciated.
Hope you’re feeling better soon regarding your running goals.
Thanks David. Foot is improving daily but pace of improvement resembles the way an old turtle walks.
Massage today, 1 mile walk yesterday, nerve pain is…almost gone. I must not rush it, I must not rush it, I must not rush it….which is soooo hard!
#Developing
View From the Wing, the travel thought leading blog all other bloggers kiss its ass, in the past 24 hours posted:
Air France Business Class Passenger Cheered For Refusing To Switch Seats For A Family (hot brunette pic)
American Airlines Gate Agent In Miami Wants You To Know What He Thinks Of Customers (black guy pic)
American Airlines Captain Lays Out Inflight Etiquette, Demands Passengers Respect Each Other
Our Hero: Watch United Employee De-Escalate Conflict Between Passengers (angry black guy pic and crazy looking woman pic, probably video too) I never click on them, I get these headlines at Feedly.
Watch: Angry Marriott Lifetime Elite Sneaks Into Ritz-Carlton, Won’t Get Out Of Hot Tub [smh to the morons who click on such hideous clickbait, wow]
British Airways First Class Passenger Was So Large It Took 3 Hours And A Hoist To Deplane Him [It gets worse smh…]
Southwest Airlines Passenger Films Man Texting His Mistress [Yes, it can get even worse!]
The online world is demoralizing, shock and controversy brings on the clicks while educating/entertaining/inspiring does not even pay the bills.
Sad…
Long time reader. I looked back at my most recent 12 credit card applications for P1 and P2, and they were all somehow Amex NLL cards. I wish I could help with conversions…
Yeah…that appears to be a pattern sadly.
Amex has been doing this and it appears other banks are going that route…bypassing paying bloggers with enticing direct and referral offers.
Or maybe it is more due to the fact I don’t post every other hour faking my enthusiasm for every credit card that pays me a commission while continuing to post clickbait to attract morons who then I cultivate with yet more “exciting” credit card offers….sigh.
Argentina badly needed Messi in the Women’s WC. Brazil……. not sure what happened (Marta getting old)? And Canada, winning the Olympic Games and then exiting the WC. Colombia beating Germany (beautiful first goal by CO)! Can we the people finally lock up Trump, please? What’s the Saudi game plan for the football league? Looks like a complete waste of money. Nobody outside the country will watch the games. It takes decades to build loyalty in sports.
You mean Brazil…when they can’t even score on Jamaica you know you deserve to go home.
There have been some surprising results in the WC. Yeah, Canada. And China getting pummeled.
That Colombia goal is so gorgeous!
If USA plays like this, Sweden will take us to the cleaners…Hoping moving from New Zealand to Australia gets the US on a second gear…if they have one.
The Saudis blowing money? Shocking 🙂
Oh yeah…Lock Him Up already…it took a few minutes for Trump to get out a fundraising email “send me money, I am indicted for you, LOL”. Meanwhile, over at Fox News is all about…Hunter.
So far, we have in indictments:
Obama:0
HIllary: 0
Biden:0
Trump: 78 and counting
In the past college soccer allowed the US to be dominant at the World Cup. European clubs have invested in academies and produced a new class of players. Yes, SE should win, but there may be too much historical respect for the USWNT. US soccer (M+F) needs to rethink the approach to find talent, it is far too expensive to play soccer (as a child) in the US compared any other country in the world. The talent pool should be much bigger.
I agree.
Germany, Brazil, China are out…Morocco does it again, maybe some talent hunters should be visiting 🙂
USA is due for a good game…
Fitch please!
20-24 Years!