NPR: Over population bad, now population decline is bad
NPR can’t make up its mind.
Media: “The American Dream is Dead”
“The American Dream is Dead” trope has been around for 50+ years, is not true, but the media loves running these nonsense stories to ruin your life.
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek is a social media fool
Oregon Gov Tina Kotek posts photo on X saying she signed a bill because of Trump. In reality, she signed the bill in 2023 when Biden was President, and then illustrated her post with a photo from something else in 2025.
Media: Why you cannot rely on media surveys and polls
“The American Dream is Dead” says a media headline based on one survey. But does it mean anything? Possibly not much.
Social: More brilliant intelligence on X
“James” suggests we should pave over the Salinas Valley of CA as a more productive use of land. The valley produces a majority of the US supply of numerous vegetables, berries, etc.
Media: A $100k income in 1996 … was about top 1%
Terrible reporting.
Media: The US is the worst country in the history of the world
The media’s constant doomerisn is off scale.
Social: The US is not the only country to grant citizenship by “birth right”
About 15% of the world’s countries, including the U.S. grant citizenship based on being born in the country. About 85% do not based citizenship on birth location but on parents’ citizenship or residency status.
More X nonsense
Claim: 100k kids available for adoption. Actual number: may be 30,000. No one questioned the false claims on X.
Social: Example of why I am no longer posting on X
Idiocy runs rampant.