Very true, very true...

Regarding Atlas Puked….i did let it expire.

After reviewing my quickly fading memory I believe it was 2014- not 2020. So when DJT won in 2016 I became complacent.
The results from this week snapped me back into reality
In the time I have been active in this gulch (2014) I’ve been able to retire. Drop out, “go Galt” whatever term you like. But I do feel like Atlas (just) Puked.

That person never admitted - nor did his sycophants - that he was foreign born. With Elon there is no such question.

“A republic, if you can keep it.”
The founding fathers truly understood human nature.

Well, 250 years was a good run.

Was anyone here actually surprised?

When an economically illiterate lout ...
does not know the difference between a trade imbalance and a tariff.
does not know that a tariff is paid by the importer (not the Chinese).
that a tariff finds its way onto the balance sheet of any ultimate consumer.
that a tariff is essentially a tax (thank you Henry Hazlitt / Economics in One Lesson).
that giving something an absurd name "One Big Beautiful Bill" does not make that thing Beautiful.
insists that the GENIUS Act was named after him (I assert the he has zero understanding of how stablecoins actually work).
has his people create meme-coins which generate a fortune for his family while leaving the retail "investors" staring at an empty bag ... Hunter Biden paintings actually include canvas and paint (Caveat Emptor, of course).
drones without a stitch of metacognition on the merits of a Big Bold Beautiful Ballroom (Decadence at the End of Empire) -- A Ballroom, he reminds us, not funded by taxpayers, but by donors (to whom The State is ultimately beholden).
tosses out the idea of sending every adult a $5000 check to vote for his proxies (Democratic Socialists blush at this boldness).
insists that those who have disassociated themselves from him (Tucker Carlson, Kelly, Owens, Jones, et. al) have a Low IQ. I searched, please share your IQ DJT. FYI: My IQ is 2.175 (Standardized Z-Score) - I can provide documentation.
is fine and well with dramatically increasing the military budget for a Keystone Cops operation that cannot even bring to a close a "war" after eight months against a nation lacking any measure of naval or air force.
has made it known that he can end the Iran War whenever he wants it to end... an MOU here, a re-bombing there, all while the oil markets bump around like a hobo on a hay wagon.
has a service, the Truth API, charging $100k a month to get early access to Trump's Tweets... So you can know in advance when the hay wagon is about to get a bump (hobos need not apply).
believes that vertical landfills (data centers) are "Beautiful" (I already mentioned the lack of metacognition).

Looks like the 900 MW vertical landfill proposal for my backyard (1 mile from my 40 acres of mixed-use land) in West Richland, Washington is on the precipice of vaporizing. Amazon's capex is burning through over 100% of their cash-flow. Prediction: the credit rating on their bonds will sit on par with that of Oracle by 2027 Q4. Microsoft to ditch 25% of the workforce. Other "tech giants" soon to follow, as well as the financial institutions and organizations top-heavy with data-pushers. Much of the AI / DC / Private Debt+Equity phony-baloney circular-financing "markets" are in a "Big Beautiful Burnout." I am warming my hands over this open-faced dumpster fire.

Global Deflationary Depression.
By Design.

If you can exercise the faculties of a multi-dimensional, polychromatic, high-resolution mind in service to a god-like sociopathic bent, then it all makes sense.

Elon is much more like Hank Rearden.

Did you let it expire? I could not find "Atlas Puked?" or "Atlas Puked"

All the promised freebies - none of which can be paid for.

It was a sad day for America. Too many people did not look at the modern day EU and realize that is what is coming. At least my state of Florida held the line. It might be the last bastion of Conservative thoughts left. Oklahoma is still pretty reliably red as well.

We already had one foreign born president, and look how that turned out.

I keep hearing that too. Won't make the slightest bit of difference, I don't think.

Well, IMO Elon is closer than Trump. But of course he will never be President, unless the Democrats decide to change the Constitution to allow some of their foreign Mullas to become President, and he gets elected by accident.

Then again, it's possible not all Mullas are foreign-born, and they won't have to make any changes. Plus I don't think much of anything is going to happen "by accident" going forward. Demorats (SIC) are so much better at crossing their "t"s and dotting their "i"s and basically just making each other behave.

I completely agree.
And I say that in all seriousness without having fun with my moniker.,

I watched Ohio turn into a socialist wonder overnight on Tuesday. If there was no fraud at the polls, then it's time to go grey, gulch in plain sight if you have no special place to go. There is a tiny window open until January, a time to pressure the so-called conservatives to pass their lame duck legislation in an attempt to slow the socialist "winners" down before the country is turned to slush. Once they are sworn in, any law passed that they don't like will be ignored or voided, and they won't care if it's done legally. Watch your back, Mr. President. Assassination and disappearing opposition will become the new norm as soon as the new powers feel they can get away with it.

I went Galt 4 years ago. Live off a pension, social security, and a part time job.

Atlas Puked…very good name!

A bloodbath is one thing. But it didn’t seem within reason. Sure enough…I got from a decent source that fraud played a role. Here in NV no Republican could even be elected for Dog Catcher. On this I understand there may be some interesting related news mid December.

Trump is the closest thing to JG that we will see in this democracy.
The founders were right to limit voting to only those who
were willing to risk their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor.
JG was even more restrictive than the founders.

Does anyone remember my creation back in 2020 where I acquired the domain.. Atlas Puked?
Well. He’s been resting for a few years and then he was up all night last night. He puked until he was dehydrated and slightly disoriented.
I was able to get him hydrated and cleaned up this morning His first words ….WHERE IS JOHN GALT
His second words were something about a strike.

This is a "Who is John Galt?" moment.

Indeed, the electorate proves its worth again.