<https://tinyurl.com/2kf5k5f6> smh.com.au

'Male decline' is real ..

This decline is most remarkable in education trends .. In American
colleges, there are roughly six female enrolments for every four male
ones. "This is the largest female-male gender gap in the history of
higher education, and it's getting wider," .. The high school
graduation gap between boys and girls is nearly the same as between
poor and middle-class kids. Male decline is a much-lamented social
trend in the US, linked to high rates of fatherlessness ..

> <https://tinyurl.com/2exf3oth>
>
> .. Unaffordability of new homes in the U.S. has skyrocketed ..

<https://tinyurl.com/2f2dz9xt> charismamag.com

There is only one path that America is heading down, and that is the
path toward destruction .. American culture and morality has been in
decline for the decades ..

....

> <https://tinyurl.com/ykx6uquc>
>
> The Fall of America Amid Division, Destruction, and Death

<https://tinyurl.com/2lw4353z> oilprice.com

A Crisis Is Looming For The U.S. Energy Grid

As U.S. energy infrastructure continues to go largely neglected and
city populations keep rising, certain regions of America are under
threat of electricity shortages for several years to come ..

> <https://tinyurl.com/y8msjv7y>
>
> Power Grids Are Failing All Over America

<https://tinyurl.com/2foaeon8> cnn.com

Homicide is a leading cause of death in kids, and rates are rising ..

The overall homicide rate had an especially "precipitous" rise from 2019
to 2020, with rates increasing across several demographics .. In that time
period alone, the number of children who were killed in a homicide rose
27.7% .. Overall homicide rates increased the most for boys, rising 16.1%
between 2018 and 2020 ..

> <https://archive.is/khFes>
>
> US Life Expectancy Reaches 25-Year Low ..

<https://tinyurl.com/2qfkarvl> zerohedge.com

Philadelphia Hits 500 Homicides For Second Year In A Row

Philadelphia marked a second year of out-of-control violence, hitting
500 homicides this week .. Two weeks ago we reported that crime in
Philadelphia has gotten so out of control that local gas station owners
have turned to hiring heavily armed guards .. "We are tired of this
nonsense; robbery, drug trafficking, hanging around, gangs," ..

....

The all-round American decline can be watched like a reality show.

> <https://tinyurl.com/bdh2h5c2>
>
> Violent Crime Is a Collapse Indicator

On Sat, 24 Dec 2022 18:30:19 +0300, "Oleg Smirnov" wrote:

><https://tinyurl.com/2hfhj4lp> knoxfocus.com

Pure bullshit.

>Declination

1.
Astronomy
the angular distance of a point north or south of the celestial
equator.
"the declination of Arcturus is 19 degrees north"

the angular deviation of a compass needle from true north (because
the magnetic north pole and the geographic north pole do not
coincide).

2.
US
formal refusal.
"in the face of this declination of the proposition"

>The declination

Making up multi syllabic words might make you look smart at first
glance but it doesn't take long to find your deliberate ignorance,
aka, "lies".

>continues in all sectors of America. "The personal
>wealth of Americans has declined seven trillion dollars this year."

Lie. Wealth only decreases during economic downturns and they have to
be extremely severe to result in any significant wealth loss. We are
not in an economic downturn.

In the most severe economic downturn since the Great Depression
(2008), the US only lost $2 trillion and that was the only net decline
in wealth in the US since the late eighties. 2007 Q4 wealth was $11
trillion. 2008 Q4 wealth was $9 trillion. That is, in the biggest
downturn in eighty years, the US only lost 2 trillion and every penny
of that was restored over the next nine quarters - just over two
years. 2011 Q1 was $11 trillion.
https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/z1/dataviz/dfa/distribute/table/

In 2022, America's total current wealth is $24 trillion.

>The government continues to spend money we don't have driving up
>inflation .. Unfortunately, the productivity of American workers is
>also in decline

Another lie.

"Is US productivity increasing?
Total factor productivity increased 3.2 percent in the nonfarm
business sector in 2021 as output increased 7.4 percent and combined
inputs increased 4.1 percent."
https://www.bls.gov/productivity/

For reference, the current inflation rate is 7.1% so, yes, even when
accounting for inflation, there is a net increase in productivity.

> .. And it goes on ..

>> <https://tinyurl.com/2her9cw7>
>>
>> .. Decades-Long Plot to Sabotage American Power ..

Been reading about this, mostly from the John Birth Society, since the
late nineteen sixties and have read older works from the fifties
making the same bogus claim.

Swill
--
"Instead of building a wall or sending CBP agents to the border, why doesn’t
the @gop send thoughts and prayers? It works so well for Mass Shootings
it should easily solve the border issue." - unknown, posted by -hh

On Sat, 24 Dec 2022 19:10:09 +0300, "Oleg Smirnov" <os333@netc.eu>
wrote:

I was going to killfile you as a waste of space but then it occurred
to me how easy, and fun, your bullshit is to refute.

Swill
--
"Instead of building a wall or sending CBP agents to the border, why doesn’t
the @gop send thoughts and prayers? It works so well for Mass Shootings
it should easily solve the border issue." - unknown, posted by -hh

On Sat, 24 Dec 2022 19:05:06 +0300, "Oleg Smirnov" <os333@netc.eu>
wrote:

><https://tinyurl.com/2foaeon8> cnn.com
>
>Homicide is a leading cause of death in kids, and rates are rising ..
>
>The overall homicide rate had an especially "precipitous" rise from 2019
>to 2020, with rates increasing across several demographics .. In that time
>period alone, the number of children who were killed in a homicide rose
>27.7% .. Overall homicide rates increased the most for boys, rising 16.1%
>between 2018 and 2020 ..

Hey! You got one right!

>> <https://archive.is/khFes>
>>
>> US Life Expectancy Reaches 25-Year Low ..

Due to a lack of public health care, recently driven by Covid and drug
overdoses.

Swill
--
"Instead of building a wall or sending CBP agents to the border, why doesn’t
the @gop send thoughts and prayers? It works so well for Mass Shootings
it should easily solve the border issue." - unknown, posted by -hh

On Sat, 24 Dec 2022 19:00:08 +0300, "Oleg Smirnov" <os333@netc.eu>
wrote:

><https://tinyurl.com/2lw4353z> oilprice.com
>
>A Crisis Is Looming For The U.S. Energy Grid
>
>As U.S. energy infrastructure continues to go largely neglected and
>city populations keep rising, certain regions of America are under
>threat of electricity shortages for several years to come ..

Those regions being Texas and California, both of which have by
legislation neglected power grid investment.

>> <https://tinyurl.com/y8msjv7y>
>>
>> Power Grids Are Failing All Over America

Hurricanes, blizzards and earthquakes are tough on power lines.

You must be a Democrat. Democrats have been trying to convince
Republicans to invest heavily in infrastructure for decades.

Swill
--
"Instead of building a wall or sending CBP agents to the border, why doesn’t
the @gop send thoughts and prayers? It works so well for Mass Shootings
it should easily solve the border issue." - unknown, posted by -hh

On Sat, 24 Dec 2022 18:55:14 +0300, "Oleg Smirnov" <os333@netc.eu>
wrote:

><https://tinyurl.com/2f2dz9xt> charismamag.com
>
>There is only one path that America is heading down, and that is the
>path toward destruction .. American culture and morality has been in
>decline for the decades ..

This claim goes back to at least the 19th century Prohibition
movement.

In 1915 a woman's daily outfit would be comprised of 10 - 15 yards of
material. Ten years later, it was less than six yards. Oh how they
moaned, screamed and gnashed their teeth about American culture in
decline in the nineteen twenties . . . and the eighteen fifties and
the seventeen forties and the sixteen . . . well, you get my drift.

Swill
--
"Instead of building a wall or sending CBP agents to the border, why doesn’t
the @gop send thoughts and prayers? It works so well for Mass Shootings
it should easily solve the border issue." - unknown, posted by -hh

On Sat, 24 Dec 2022 18:50:16 +0300, "Oleg Smirnov" <os333@netc.eu>
wrote:

><https://tinyurl.com/2kf5k5f6> smh.com.au
>
>'Male decline' is real ..
>
>This decline is most remarkable in education trends .. In American
>colleges, there are roughly six female enrolments for every four male
>ones. "This is the largest female-male gender gap in the history of
>higher education, and it's getting wider," .. The high school
>graduation gap between boys and girls is nearly the same as between
>poor and middle-class kids. Male decline is a much-lamented social
>trend in the US, linked to high rates of fatherlessness ..

There are biological and sociological reasons for this. In effect,
once a society reaches the point where brainpower is more important
than muscle power, men lose their productivity advantage over women.

Men are taught to be tough and hard and even mean. They're also
taught that education lead to "elitism" and neutralizes toughness.

If men don't want to get educations and use there minds more than
their bodies, whose fault is that?

Swill
--
"Instead of building a wall or sending CBP agents to the border, why doesn’t
the @gop send thoughts and prayers? It works so well for Mass Shootings
it should easily solve the border issue." - unknown, posted by -hh

On Sat, 24 Dec 2022 18:45:34 +0300, "Oleg Smirnov" <os333@netc.eu>
wrote:

>First, the 2007-08 financial crisis suggested that the Western
>banking system is not as stable as imagined

Actually, it turned out to be quite robust, didn't it?

Swill
--
"Instead of building a wall or sending CBP agents to the border, why doesn’t
the @gop send thoughts and prayers? It works so well for Mass Shootings
it should easily solve the border issue." - unknown, posted by -hh

On Sat, 24 Dec 2022 18:40:20 +0300, "Oleg Smirnov" <os333@netc.eu>
wrote:

><https://archive.is/OPjSN> foreignpolicy.com
>
>The United States Couldn't Stop Being Stupid if It Wanted To
>
>Defenders of U.S. "global leadership" sometimes concede that Washington
>has overextended itself, pursued foolish policies, failed to achieve its
>stated foreign-policy aims, and violated its avowed political principles.
>They see such actions as regrettable aberrations, however, and believe
>the United States will learn from these (rare) mistakes ..

.. . . (rare) mistakes and act more wisely in the future. Ten years
ago, for example, political scientists Stephen Brooks, John Ikenberry,
and William Wohlforth acknowledged that the Iraq War was a mistake but
insisted that their preferred policy of “deep engagement” was still
the right option for U.S. grand strategy. In their view, all the
United States had to do to preserve a benign world order was maintain
its existing commitments and not invade Iraq again. As former U.S.
President Barack Obama liked to say, we just need to stop doing
“stupid shit.”

Lol!

Swill
--
"Instead of building a wall or sending CBP agents to the border, why doesn’t
the @gop send thoughts and prayers? It works so well for Mass Shootings
it should easily solve the border issue." - unknown, posted by -hh

On Sat, 24 Dec 2022 18:35:12 +0300, "Oleg Smirnov" <os333@netc.eu>
wrote:

><https://tinyurl.com/2n74l48j> creators.com
>
>The worst part is the complete waste of spending with not even a sliver
>of reform. At $1.7 trillion, the new spending bill once again massively
>increases funding for just about everything. Many Republicans view this
>as a win because they got more defense spending as part of the package.
>Without needed reforms, most of this defense money will be wasted in a
>broken system.

Is the war in Ukraine news to you? Have you not understood that
defense spending increases were needed to gear up production of
replacement armaments for those being sent to Ukraine? Did you not
notice that this same effect is happening in Europe? Germany,
voluntarily as disarmed as an OECD nation could be, has, since
Pootin's invasion, decided to drastically upscale it's defense
spending and now has the largest defense budget in the EU.

>And as a result of this bill and so many before it, when
>the history of this sad era is written, the total dumping of spending
>discipline and the crisis it ends up causing the country will be viewed
>as a monumental failure ..

Then vote Democrat because it's been the GOP responsible for the great
majority of the national debt.

Swill
--
"Instead of building a wall or sending CBP agents to the border, why doesn’t
the @gop send thoughts and prayers? It works so well for Mass Shootings
it should easily solve the border issue." - unknown, posted by -hh

<governor.swill@gmail.com>, <news:07tfqh13r1mhf554toj6maj4uh1aho5mea@4ax.com>
> On Sat, 24 Dec 2022 19:05:06 +0300, "Oleg Smirnov" <os333@netc.eu>

>> <https://tinyurl.com/2foaeon8> cnn.com
>>
>> Homicide is a leading cause of death in kids, and rates are rising ..
>>
>> The overall homicide rate had an especially "precipitous" rise from 2019
>> to 2020, with rates increasing across several demographics .. In that time
>> period alone, the number of children who were killed in a homicide rose
>> 27.7% .. Overall homicide rates increased the most for boys, rising 16.1%
>> between 2018 and 2020 ..

>>> <https://archive.is/khFes>
>>>
>>> US Life Expectancy Reaches 25-Year Low ..
>
> Due to a lack of public health care, recently driven by Covid
> and drug overdoses.

American life expectancy began to shorten since 2014, long before Covid.
As well, the public health care in the US has been known to have chronic
shortcomings long before Covid. And the drug epidemic began long before.

| Data from past decades showed that U.S. life expectancy
| began to lose pace with that of other countries starting
| in the 1980s .. <https://tinyurl.com/wyvqjgp>

Since 1990s, America becomes more and more shoddy-shitty year after year.

American "deaths of despair" <https://tinyurl.com/y5mdvwak> are telling,
and the figures in the report indicate the present situation in the US is
even worse than what was 100 years ago.

<governor.swill@gmail.com>, <news:nbtfqhtdughcj7hb9jd4if5m0enur4p7q8@4ax.com>
> On Sat, 24 Dec 2022 19:00:08 +0300, "Oleg Smirnov" <os333@netc.eu>

>> <https://tinyurl.com/2lw4353z> oilprice.com
>>
>> A Crisis Is Looming For The U.S. Energy Grid
>>
>> As U.S. energy infrastructure continues to go largely neglected and
>> city populations keep rising, certain regions of America are under
>> threat of electricity shortages for several years to come ..
>
> Those regions being Texas and California, both of which have by
> legislation neglected power grid investment.
>
>>> <https://tinyurl.com/y8msjv7y>
>>>
>>> Power Grids Are Failing All Over America
>
> Hurricanes, blizzards and earthquakes are tough on power lines.

Statistics show that Americans have to endure much more frequent
and longer outages against people in civilized countries, and this
situation is steadily getting worse, as everything in America.

| Large, sustained outages have occurred with increasing frequency
| in the U.S. over the past two decades .. The U.S. power system
| is faltering .. <https://archive.is/hnwNd>

....

<governor.swill@gmail.com>, <news:ohtfqh5rhmibhked26aitaq1cm1n9bsme9@4ax.com>
> On Sat, 24 Dec 2022 18:55:14 +0300, "Oleg Smirnov" <os333@netc.eu>
>> <https://tinyurl.com/2f2dz9xt> charismamag.com
>>
>> There is only one path that America is heading down, and that is the
>> path toward destruction .. American culture and morality has been in
>> decline for the decades ..
>
> This claim goes back to at least the 19th century Prohibition
> movement.
>
> In 1915 a woman's daily outfit would be comprised of 10 - 15 yards of
> material. Ten years later, it was less than six yards. Oh how they
> moaned, screamed and gnashed their teeth about American culture in
> decline in the nineteen twenties . . . and the eighteen fifties and
> the seventeen forties and the sixteen . . . well, you get my drift.

American culture these days is a cult of degeneration and death.
People were heavily dumbified and zombified, so no wonder many turn
to drugs. So many indicators show deterioration of this or that.

On Sun, 25 Dec 2022 01:55:46 -0500, governor.swill@gmail.com wrote:

>On Sat, 24 Dec 2022 18:30:19 +0300, "Oleg Smirnov" wrote:
>
>><https://tinyurl.com/2hfhj4lp> knoxfocus.com
>
>Pure bullshit.
>
>>Declination
>
>1.
>Astronomy
>the angular distance of a point north or south of the celestial
>equator.
>"the declination of Arcturus is 19 degrees north"
>
> the angular deviation of a compass needle from true north (because
>the magnetic north pole and the geographic north pole do not
>coincide).
>
>2.
>US
>formal refusal.
>"in the face of this declination of the proposition"
>
>>The declination
>
>Making up multi syllabic words might make you look smart at first
>glance but it doesn't take long to find your deliberate ignorance,
>aka, "lies".
>
>>continues in all sectors of America. "The personal
>>wealth of Americans has declined seven trillion dollars this year."
>
>Lie. Wealth only decreases during economic downturns and they have to
>be extremely severe to result in any significant wealth loss. We are
>not in an economic downturn.
>
>In the most severe economic downturn since the Great Depression
>(2008), the US only lost $2 trillion and that was the only net decline
>in wealth in the US since the late eighties. 2007 Q4 wealth was $11
>trillion. 2008 Q4 wealth was $9 trillion. That is, in the biggest
>downturn in eighty years, the US only lost 2 trillion and every penny
>of that was restored over the next nine quarters - just over two
>years. 2011 Q1 was $11 trillion.
>https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/z1/dataviz/dfa/distribute/table/
>
>In 2022, America's total current wealth is $24 trillion.
>

Is that number inflation adjusted data? If it does not an increase in
number can result in a decrease of actual value.

On Sun, 25 Dec 2022 16:35:47 +0300, "Oleg Smirnov" <os333@netc.eu>
wrote:

><governor.swill@gmail.com>, <news:nbtfqhtdughcj7hb9jd4if5m0enur4p7q8@4ax.com>
>> On Sat, 24 Dec 2022 19:00:08 +0300, "Oleg Smirnov" <os333@netc.eu>
>
>>> <https://tinyurl.com/2lw4353z> oilprice.com
>>>
>>> A Crisis Is Looming For The U.S. Energy Grid
>>>
>>> As U.S. energy infrastructure continues to go largely neglected and
>>> city populations keep rising, certain regions of America are under
>>> threat of electricity shortages for several years to come ..
>>
>> Those regions being Texas and California, both of which have by
>> legislation neglected power grid investment.
>>
>>>> <https://tinyurl.com/y8msjv7y>
>>>>
>>>> Power Grids Are Failing All Over America
>>
>> Hurricanes, blizzards and earthquakes are tough on power lines.
>
>Statistics show that Americans have to endure much more frequent
>and longer outages against people in civilized countries, and this
>situation is steadily getting worse, as everything in America.

It does seem that outages that used to be resolved in hours now take
days.

>
>| Large, sustained outages have occurred with increasing frequency
>| in the U.S. over the past two decades .. The U.S. power system
>| is faltering .. <https://archive.is/hnwNd>
>
>...

On Sun, 25 Dec 2022 10:17:42 -0500, NoBody <NoBody@nowhere.com> wrote:

>On Sun, 25 Dec 2022 16:35:47 +0300, "Oleg Smirnov" <os333@netc.eu>
>wrote:
>
>><governor.swill@gmail.com>, <news:nbtfqhtdughcj7hb9jd4if5m0enur4p7q8@4ax.com>
>>> On Sat, 24 Dec 2022 19:00:08 +0300, "Oleg Smirnov" <os333@netc.eu>
>>
>>>> <https://tinyurl.com/2lw4353z> oilprice.com
>>>>
>>>> A Crisis Is Looming For The U.S. Energy Grid
>>>>
>>>> As U.S. energy infrastructure continues to go largely neglected and
>>>> city populations keep rising, certain regions of America are under
>>>> threat of electricity shortages for several years to come ..
>>>
>>> Those regions being Texas and California, both of which have by
>>> legislation neglected power grid investment.
>>>
>>>>> <https://tinyurl.com/y8msjv7y>
>>>>>
>>>>> Power Grids Are Failing All Over America
>>>
>>> Hurricanes, blizzards and earthquakes are tough on power lines.
>>
>>Statistics show that Americans have to endure much more frequent
>>and longer outages against people in civilized countries, and this
>>situation is steadily getting worse, as everything in America.
>
>It does seem that outages that used to be resolved in hours now take
>days.
>
>>
>>| Large, sustained outages have occurred with increasing frequency
>>| in the U.S. over the past two decades .. The U.S. power system
>>| is faltering .. <https://archive.is/hnwNd>
>>
>>...

Wow! A cite! I'm impressed!

The problem isn't a government one. As conservatives want us to
believe, business is none of the government's business.

The primary driver of grid failure is the private market wherein
private generation companies sell power wholesale to local
distributors. The grid isn't the generators responsibility and the
retailers are running on such thin margins that they aren't making the
needed investments either.

When I lived in Texas twenty some years ago, there was much debate
about switching to the private market model. Eventually this was
done. Mailers went out and consumers had to choose the "retailer"
they would buy their power from over the common grid and Texas
especially has had trouble with outages almost ever since.

Georgia, where I've lived most of my life, has private power companies
as well, but they are closely regulated by the Georgia Public Service
Commission. Rate changes, construction projects and grid maintenance
and enhancement are overseen by government regulators.

So, how are we going to force hundreds of private energy companies to
upgrade the grid?

Swill
--
"Instead of building a wall or sending CBP agents to the border, why doesn’t
the @gop send thoughts and prayers? It works so well for Mass Shootings
it should easily solve the border issue." - unknown, posted by -hh

<https://tinyurl.com/2h3zq7on> newsbreak.com

... People are moving out of the United States ..

The number of people moving out of the United States is on the rise.
In fact, nearly 22 million Americans have moved to other countries
since 2020. So, what's driving this trend? ..

- Economic Concerns ..
- Political Instability ..
- Gun Violence ..
- Income Inequality ..
- Lack of Social Mobility ..

Whatever the reason may be, it's clear that an increasing number of
people are choosing to leave America in search of a better life in
other places.

> <https://archive.is/ONUAF>
>
> .. They want out ..

<https://tinyurl.com/2oqyad48> chinadaily.com.cn

... The US nearing economic collapse ..

Economic reports are appearing that collectively raise a very large red
flag about the state of the US economy .. By some accounts, it is simply
too early to know whether the approaching downturn will be the kind of
simple contraction that occurs every four years or is instead something
far more serious .. At the same time, other reports have begun to appear
that paint a very different picture of the overall economic performance
of the US and these data points are hard to overlook ..

> <https://tinyurl.com/2mnxwv4m>
>
> The U.S. economy is teetering on the brink of extreme turmoil ..

<https://tinyurl.com/2p5xxv5k> christianpost.com

... Biden has made US 'worse' as optimism for future declines ..

Rasmussen Reports released the results of the poll on Tuesday ..
".. When both Republicans and Independents are tracking almost
identically in registering a lack of optimism about our future -
and a sizable group of Democrats feel the same way - there is a
serious problem .."

> <https://archive.is/kjPSy>
>
> The death of American optimism

<https://tinyurl.com/2l89lz54> stltoday.com

America's drug problem won't go away anytime soon

In the six years since that hearing [back in 2016], the opioid
epidemic has morphed into a fentanyl-fueled catastrophe. It's the
worst drug epidemic in the nation's history. No other country is
experiencing anything nearly this awful .. Surely, there must be
something that's driving the demand ..

> <https://tinyurl.com/2qxp6dv9>
>
> The Fentanyl Crisis Continues ..

<https://tinyurl.com/2kdnnzj2> townhall.com

Our system is completely broken down. There is absolute, one hundred
percent mistrust of government. Every branch, every government agency,
every politician, not a one of them has the trust of the people they
serve. Americans simply do not trust anything, or anyone anymore that
emanates from Washington, D.C. ..

We've lost control. We the people have lost control. We have gotten
to the point that we simply accept what the politicians do. We feel
helpless, unable to assert any influence on what happens to us ..

> <https://archive.is/vEOTL>
>
> .. Most Americans walk around like a bunch of zombies ..