I listen to the news from time to time, but less and less, because it seems like there is absolutely no news anymore to listen to — it’s like NPR is just vamping for time. About the only thing newsworthy is climate change, as the northeast floods and gets smoked out, and the partisan extremists pontificate about how wonderful they are. I guess the grafters can’t be bothered to come up with decent news stories to distract the public’s attention with anymore.
A 1972 MIT study predicted that rapid economic growth would lead to societal collapse in the mid 21st century. A new paper shows we're unfortunately right on schedule.
This past spring I started on my journey exploring mental health services, thinking now was the time to finally start making some big changes in my life, dealing with various issues I faced. I made some of the minor changes, they weren’t too hard to make.
I started tackling some of the bigger things but then came to realize that they really aren’t that big of an issue in my life and that over the years I’ve mostly turned those bad habits into something positive that is actually improving my life. And maybe there isn’t that much of a reason for me to change immediately.
I don’t have to settle down right away, I can continue on my current path, making more money each year, living fairly frugally and working towards a better tomorrow with that off-grid property in a place like Missouri where I can have fires, make my own electricity, raise my own food, manage my own waste, and own the guns I want. But that doesn’t have to happen right away, and if I’m continuing on that goal its better as time allows investments to grow and be added to.
I’ve been listening to and watching a lot of self improvement videos and podcasts lately. I’m trying to learn ways to better deal with my anxiety and let things roll off my shoulders. I could go back to counseling but I want to learn more myself without paying that $25 co-pay all the time, taking the time off work and being told my problems are dumb. If the solutions to improving my life are ultimately in my hands and in my mind then I think there is a lot I can do myself to improve my mental health without necessarily spending money.
So I don’t know if I really need to change anything right away in my life but I should continue to learn, grow and think more about my future and how I will get there.
7/1/21
Web player: https://podcastaddict.com/episode/125208187
Episode: https://chtbl.com/track/8D145/https://cdn.townhall.com/podcasts/2/2021-07/triggered-censored-070121.mp3
Storm and Matt are back for another episode of Triggered! Today, the guys discuss the reported chaos in Vice President Harris’s office, Facebook’s new “extremist” warning to users, a few major Supreme Court decisions, and much more.
This is an interesting podcast. While I listen to a lot of more progressive talk radio I also value alternative viewpoints as often progressives miss a lot of important things. I had missed the the stories about the Vice President Harris’s disorder in her office, and the media censorship. I might not agree with everything in this podcast but it’s interesting.
Former President Donald Trump's family business and its longtime chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, have been charged by the Manhattan district attorney's office in a case involving an array of alleged tax-related crimes.
In an indictment unsealed Thursday, prosecutors allege that starting from as early as 2005 and up until last month, the Trump Organization and Weisselberg have committed tax fraud and falsified business records as part of a scheme to compensate executives at the Trump Organization "off the books." The goal, prosecutors claim, was to avoid paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes by compensating employees with lavish perks in addition to their regular pay.
Weisselberg allegedly received indirect compensation — including housing expenses, home furnishings and leases for two Mercedes-Benz automobiles — with a total value of around $1.76 million and is accused of evading more than $901,000 in federal, state and local taxes combined. Private school tuition for two of Weisselberg's family members, according to the indictment, was paid with personal checks signed by Trump. Weisselberg, an employee of the Trump Organization since 1973, is also alleged to have arranged for various Trump businesses to make payments to him and to other executives as independent contractors, conferring tax benefits on retirement accounts.