Happy 2024, one and all. I'm grateful that anyone still reads this.
I'm turning 40 this coming summer, and I'm not necessarily looking forward to the milestone. I'd like to do something special to mark the occasion, preferably travel, but money is kind of tight. I'm also reminded of my age almost daily; this year's high school seniors weren't born yet when I started this blog. (I intentionally excluded that from last year's mindset list.) The general manager of one radio station I worked at 20 years ago died of old age around Thanksgiving.
With that said, to alleviate some debt I've started a Stu News Patreon. More info here.
Meanwhile... in 2024 as he did in 2016, Donald Trump is laying waste to a crowded yet weak crop of Republican presidential challengers. The Iowa Caucus was a mere confirmation. Even though 2016 was more of a logjam (17 candidates were debate-eligible at one point) the modern never-Trumpers in the GOP are both scant and in over their heads. Even though Asa Hutchison is still in the race (and polling at 1% at best), Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis combined aren't enough to stop the America First tidal wave. It's sickening that people won't learn from past mistakes --conservatives have always been top-tier gaslighters-- but for a substantial percentage of the US population, an obese, misogynist oligarch in clear cognitive decline is the avatar of what might heal America.
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