TL;DR: We do interesting things on the Peoplenomics side of the house. Like an August 2025 article on Food Reactors. Not all of it is shared here, but enough so you’ll get the idea of what they are and how to play along on your own shop time.
What’s a Food Reactor?
Two ways this can be answered:
- Along the road to finishing my book Downsizing, I came up with a used dishwasher. These can be damn-fine grow containers, way I looked at it.
- The second version of “what” is a wild systems-view way to both recycle old appliances and at the same time reduce land fill size demands while turning industrial waste into productive second-life for consumer goods.
Picture and Old Appliance – for Reactor 1? A 30-year old dishwasher.
Figure out a growing scheme based on that. Next, you’ll take the outputs of that reactor (rinse water from growing sprouts) and run it into the next “reactor” down the line. Might be mushrooms, microgreens, hydroponics, and maybe even aquaponics.
The key point: Sequences of used appliances. As I wrote back in August?
Next Steps
For us, there are several moving pieces here.
First, we had laid out the idea and the core concepts in this full Peoplenomics report — the “why” and “how” behind Food Reactors as a serious healthspan and efficiency play. This is where we walk readers through the big picture, the engineering logic, and the economics of skipping the nutrient-loss pipeline.
Then, we’ll roll out the first physical piece of the project — a one-chamber sprout reactor — as an UrbanSurvival ShopTalk Sunday DIY build. No theory, no vaporware — just an honest, working proof-of-concept you can make in a weekend from the bones of an old dishwasher.
After that, we open the door. We’ll invite readers to pitch their own “next chamber” design ideas — mushrooms, leafy greens, maybe something exotic. If the interest is there, we’ll even consider a “build-along-at-home” event where everyone constructs their own chamber in real time and shares results. Maybe an old (non-working fridge) could be integrated. Has anyone ever built a “potato chamber?”
The endgame? A modular, cascading Food Reactor system anyone can replicate, tuned to deliver peak-nutrition food on a schedule your body — and your taste buds — will thank you for.
Parts Collection
The basic idea for the project is simple enough. You start with a used dishwasher. Slightly dirtied from being outside…
When you open the inside ot it, you’ll see it’s clean and a whistle…
A close inspection reveals that I’ll have room for about 8 sprouting racks inside – four on the top rack and 4 on the bottom. Obviously a little time with a cutoff wheel to get rid of the pegs inside the racks – and a dollop of Liquid Plastic to keep water off the metal.
The outside is easy. My friend OilMan2 tipped me off to what a great thing spray cans of pickup bed liner are for things around the shop. (I was always more of a gray primer spray fellow, but I’ve seen the light now).
It’s not too expensive BUT the two cans from Amazon didn’t quite get here right…
This, you see, is why we always have 3-6 projects in various stages of completion. You plan the hell out of it, order parts, and then discover what either a) didn’t make it to your place intact (as above) or b) the weather isn’t really right yet – like my deck building projects.
While I wait for the second-attempt at bedliner shipment, a few words about mung bean sprouts if you haven’t gotten into them. For me? My first experience with great sprouts was Benihana in Seattle – with a kind of sweet and sour dressing on them in lieu of a conventional dressing. Oh, boy! And from there I was into a pound of bean sprouts and an 8-ounce sirloin because it just doesn’t get much better – if you sprinkle on some Kikkoman (lite) while the sprouts are grilled.
Nutritional Glory of Mung Bean Sprouts
Mung bean sprouts are among the most nutrient-dense fresh foods you can grow, and they reach peak vitality within days of germination. Each sprout is a living enzyme factory—low in calories yet loaded with bioavailable vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. Freshly sprouted mung beans are rich in vitamins C, K, and several B-complex factors that weren’t present in the dry seed. During sprouting, stored starches convert into simple sugars, and proteins partially hydrolyze into amino acids, making the nutrition easier for the body to absorb and use.
Core Nutritional Profile
A one-cup serving of raw mung sprouts provides about 30 calories, three grams of protein, and two grams of fiber, with virtually no fat. They’re high in folate, manganese, magnesium, and potassium while offering a solid supply of iron and zinc in a plant-based form. Vitamin C content rises dramatically during sprouting, sometimes exceeding that of oranges by weight. The live enzymes assist in digestion and nutrient uptake, giving sprouts their signature lightness and clean metabolic burn.
Health and Longevity Factors
Another driver of bean sprouting is our odometer readings. I will be turning over 77 and Elaine 83 next year. Sprouts figure in big-time because they’re enzymatically active and alkaline-forming. Mung bean sprouts help balance gut flora and support detoxification. The combination of fiber and antioxidants can reduce LDL cholesterol and regulate blood sugar. The folate content supports cardiovascular and cognitive function, and the amino acids aid in cellular repair—an elegant fuel for longevity. Sprouts also contain small amounts of plant estrogens that may benefit hormone balance in aging adults.
Dishwasher Food Reactor Advantage
When grown in a temperature-controlled environment such as our envisioned dishwasher-style food reactor, mung sprouts can achieve consistent moisture, warmth, and airflow—ideal for uniform germination without mold risk. The closed chamber keeps contaminants out and allows easy rinse cycles to wash away metabolic byproducts. In such a setup, you could harvest fresh trays every two to three days, ensuring a continual supply of living nutrition at the peak of enzymatic potency—essentially a perpetual vitamin machine operating right in our greenhouse/lean-to so we don’t have to deal with water in the house.
Still debating inside the greenhouse, or out. If I get the electro-mechanical’s right, it might run on the still working pump and a thermostat on the 110v heating element. Otherwise, outside the greenhouse where the hose can easily reach. Open door, pressure wash without lighting, and close the door again. Only problem with that?
Well, it gets cold and I don’t relish rinsing bean sprouts when it’s 20 F out. So here’s the lay of that problem:m Mung bean’s ideal sprouting range is 75–90 °F (24–32 °C). At that temperature, they usually show roots within 24 hours and are ready for harvest in 3–4 days.
They will sprout slowly down to about 60 °F (16 °C), though progress can double or triple in time—often taking a full week or more. Below 55 °F (13 °C), germination becomes sluggish, uneven, and may stall completely if conditions remain cool or overly damp.
But that’s OK, because the parts (including R-5 foam foil insulation rolls) are on hand for the wall rebuild of the lean-to. That and a $99 diesel heater? Yeah, baby…year round sprouts. Every old appliance deserves a second act — preferably one that feeds you. OK, us then.
Off to the Diesel Dept.
Do I look like a gen-u-ine farmer now, or what?
My new 30 gallon tractor filler tank wouldn’t still be in the truck bed except for the fact that this little puce of shit stopped working right this week:
Near as I can figure it, after dumping in water absorber and putting one of those “water pig:” things in the tank for a couple of days and a new fuel oil filter (which, coop-dweller, is that whazzit above).
Still a bit sketchy, but should be able to get the diesel off the truck so I can use it for more supply (or dump) runs.
Feral Cats Depart
Down on the west 10 acre part there are wild rabbits. So despite the cutoff of food sourcing from those mean humans (mainly me after discovering we had purchased and handed out $2,459 worth of dry cat kibble through the end of August) they don’t seem to be starving to death.
Still, they seem to have a real attachment to my deck and in order to BBQ (and keep them from launching onto the roof) here’s the perfect tool!
It will go through about 3 of those water storage tanks on a single (rechargeable) sitting. Even if the feral cats don’t get hit with spray, they are now running at the faintest sound of the “Clack! Clack! Clack!”
That was very hard on Elaine – who is a wonderful and loving woman at heart. But when I explained “It’s like the federal budget, dear. Give the cats a hand out for a month ot two and suddenly it’s And Entitlement. “We don’t serve cats.”
The kibble shutdown continues. The moving targets keep the eye dialed in. No cats were injured in the withdrawal of free lunches in our area.
Write when you catch mice,
George@Ure.net
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“So despite the cutoff of food sourcing from those mean humans (mainly me after discovering we had purchased and handed out $2,459 worth of dry cat kibble through the end of August) they don’t seem to be starving to death.”
Gold price one year ago Oct 19 2024… $2721.46
PM miners underlying equities..AEM big Aussie outfit and one of top 5 stock holdings..
10/21/24 AEM @ $86.63 per share
10/17/25 AEM @ 182.00 per sharer
182-86.63 = 95.37
95.37 / 86.63 = 110% Gain..IOW a Dbl Bagger, as opposed c and companies’ Dbl Gaggerz.
Where do wanna be ? Money 4 Nothing or Dbl Gagging ?
Ure choice -https://youtu.be/6iJ-4WolLD0?si=tVpFjLoj-RaHg3o0
So much easier to do 182/86.63 = 2.10088 – 1 = 1.10088 and slide decimals over 2 to the right – 110.088 but to each their own.
Because 182/86.62 is how many times ure initial investment you now have. See froggie?
Howz about Bees ?
Had a late Honey Harvest yesterday, first warm day in ages..warm enough for the “ladies” to be all out about. Funny thing about this time of year in SE Pennsyltucky, there aint much left in the way of forage/pollen for the ladies” to collect. Think 90% or more of Hive population is Female, and are hardest working Women I have ever met.
So not much in the way of Pollen/food for the “field bees’ to collect. Perfect time to take a couple Frames of capped Honey comb from Honey super atop Queen excluder, on top o Hive.
Where do you think all the field bees would go yesterday to find Pollen/Food ?
Right where I am processing the frames full of THEIR honey – covered back patio area.
I got thru exactly 2 frames, uncapped and spun up in frame extractor (spinning device) before several hundred field bees converged on patio. The Russels were going bonkers snapping at all the bees..till they got stung one too many times. Too late as Bee Death pheromones were spreading around them..idjits.
Numbskulls spent the rest of afternoon convalescing on sofa. Needless to say I finished processing the frames last night in Garage in front of a space heater. Warmth = free flowing Honey, Cold – honey dont wanna move.
1- Caution on the Gut Biome/Gut Flora thing, Consumption of Alcohol, just one Oz ruins, destroys Gut Biome -DEAD. Total waste of time worrying about it if youse imbibe .
Not sure about any used Appliances in my local area, I only know taking em down Browns Field for Target practice. Needs to adjust my thinking here..as well local “thought police”, as used Appliances laying around yard screams “Redneck Lives Here”, in neighborhood of carefully manicured yards and well kept colonials.
The grow reactor described above would be labeled “junk” and a nuisance to neighborhood. Would need some camouflage of some sorts to keep on the down low. Perhaps can paint it to like backside of Chicken Coop – Chickens dont Fly, but camouflage does.
Thanks for the nifty ideas, Chief.
Dont ever forgat , aint nothing civil about War..https://youtu.be/5mEsXz-Bpog?
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Hiedy Hoe,
Russian Telegram channel “Shot” picked up a video clip depicting the world’s thus far largest display of 15,947 drones which they erroneously place in Luoyang, the ancient capital of China.
The aerial display actually seems to have taken place in Liuyang, home of the International Fireworks Association. According to “Wikipedia”, Chairman Mao first assembled his Left-Kuomintang fighters at Liuyang in 1927. Nowadays the Kuomintang Party is the largest legislative party in Taiwan.
As an aside, it seems the Later Han Dynasty commenced in 947 ad during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period. Tomorrow the Chinese state will commence review of the 15th Five Year Plan covering the period 2026 to 2030 ad.
Here is a YouTube link to the Liuyang drone display. (The Chinese characters at the video close appear to translate as “This Mantian (illusory display?) is a long time of independent education in Chinese science and technology”.)
https://youtu.be/lJu6SiYHnJU
Ha, I replaced a slightly advanced (Switch for on, off, air) version of that diesel filter on my 2005 Kioti CK30 yesterday. The old unit was a bit corroded and had slight seepage. Just as I got the new one in, and was having a bit of trouble with seepage also, the USPS delivered a wrench specifically made for it, and with that I seem to have stopped the seepage.
About 40 contacts on the Stew Perry 160m CW contest last night and this morning. I think my DX was Missouri.
I am definitely a mung being those who are interested in sprouts, but I am normally limited to small jars, I’ll keep that in mind.
Other than your provilivity to be a “jar head” (size small) I have to congrate you on the 160 qso contesrt last night – didn’t have a 160 up but I admire those who do -I seem to recall yours is an ocfd-ish with a 20 degreer angle and some 20-30 feet off the ground going from memory?
Yes, it is OCFed; it varies from 18′ to 10′ above the ground, is E-W installed, with a 50′ piece at the longest end angled NW so it stays on my property. I’m on a 900′ ridge which helps.
The contest is world wide but what I hear of it is kind of lazy and familiar, it is contained to around 1.825 or so plus 50kc/minus 10kc and you recognize a lot of people from previous years. It is not too rushed or frantic, I submitted the “Cabrillo” log within 30 minutes after I designated the contest finished. Just several hours in the evening and in the morning.
We use the tubs from last 2 dishwashers as sawhorses and impromptu outside table when old door set onto top.
GU : “… The kibble shutdown continues. The moving targets keep the eye dialed in. No cats were injured in the withdrawal of free lunches in our area. Write when you catch mice …”
With the demise of our beloved TomCat a swarm of chipmunks (ground squirrels) have moved in. My guess is the cat scent kept them at bay and now? Party on Garth.
Local farmers burnt late night diesel taking down corn. A buncha truly old world semi tractors are pressed into service round the clock to move Harvester grain to silos and local COOPs. Kewl collection of Macks and IHs make themselves known grunting to haul loaded trailers (which, are also used once per year). American Muscle baby.
It’s different here, in the HeartLand, with water everywhere (charging aquifers and springs) and down to earth people, making every crop you need, all over farm stands. Our fav farm stand is 50′ from our back door. The neighbor with ginormous garden has a cooler full of produce and a sign that says “free”
The awesome open-field view works for us car drivers but flushes out the Whitetails, removing cover. They had *runs* through what was 7’+ corn stalks. Now? Open field. Game on.
Go Jar Heads, some of the best!
Soggy Sunday,
Egor
The Cube Growing System is a compact, modular solution for sustainable food production — designed to start small and scale smart my thought on a food reator. I originally came up with the idea for a NASA quest for a food grow system for extended space flight. It begins as a 4’x4′ cube with telescoping shelves, each equipped with grow lights and misting wands. As plants mature, the shelves extend, swivel, and tilt to transform into a full 10’x20′ hydroponic layout. each six inch shelf can be extended out and a swivel base allowing it to be turned ..
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/4b/b7/e8/4bb7e89fe209b9b33040a79e927adbb3.jpg
that’s the type grow shelf I was going to implement in it..
This isn’t just space-saving — it’s compact growing system in motion. The cube adapts to seasonal needs, urban constraints, and family-scale growing or a grow system in A box. It’s ideal for sprouts, microgreens, herbs, and even aquaponic integration. By starting compact and expanding with growth, it mirrors the rhythm of nature… humble beginnings, generous outcomes. is it Feasible? Absolutely.is it an Intelligent design well that’s still to be seen.. its the size of a standard pallet? It’s a food reactor — turning light, water, and care into nourishment and teaching. I never had the funds like my solar tower idea..these things take time and money that this moron in the wastelands couldn’t ever come up with..the grow racks would be simple to build..
now I had this idea way back in the Early eighties …today they actually sell these shelf table systems..
https://youtu.be/kwz2Lw3vebw?si=YFy-xrMg9glbIURp
https://youtu.be/6pcSBCV4rT4?si=fkOKafqZ0D_Kb26Y
I even considered in my over fifty year rant on greenscaping cities that this concept used on apartment lagoon that would clamp on the railing leaving the seating space available for enjoying the evening sunset with that cup of adult beverage and the ability to grow the garden..I got this idea watching some Vietnamese ..I rented a space for a conventional garden.. several Vietnamese families rented the same space I did. each family had a four foot by four foot section..what they could grow in that one small area was amazing in comparison to what I grew in the whole of the garden area.. then with my interest in hydroponics and the NASA challenge.. why not…
In one hydroponic setup I built I used post covers.. three foot square seventy two plants.. does real good.. I haven’t made my fog ponic setup for extended potato growth yet..but can get a bunch of carrots in the size of a disposable cup top.. most hydroponics uses net pots and hydroton clay beads.. but I was looking at seed tapes and even made a few seed tapes.. starting seeds in sterile flats.. and though why not Hydroponic gel capsules.. small compact easy storage and drop it in a disposable cup lid with smaller divets tower the gel cap in..more food less space..the disposable cup lids could even be molded with the seeds in them.. like Larry hall and his rain gutter grow system he was able to grow corn six inch spacing.. I did this it worked great with one change.. a stalk support was needed.. about fifteen inches above the hydroponic grow bed.. Larry had one that grew itself feet high in a bucket using air pruning and a tomato plant he needed a ladder to pick the tomatoes..
come on open up the mail trump . i want my card to get to G . close everything else but open the mail
“close everything else but open the mail”
Unfortunately, the mail is open and operating at peak inefficiency, as usual.
Yo Cheese Man,
Can you tell the fine folks here in the greatest country in whole wide world how You and Ure fellow Aussie citizens BUY physical GOLD ?
Go ahead and share with us Yanks’ just how much freedom Youse be enjoying down there in fromunda land.
* Suggest moving the Mumbai, where Youse will prolly fit right in with those precious metal loving Guptas’.. oh wait Ure anti- PM’s, so guess kissing Kims’ fat, greasy ass in North Korea in Ure future. Bring some food with youse, as Norks dont have much in the way of Food stocks, as Starvation is official policy..keeps em low energy, lethargic, slow working types…if the shoe fits..we must acquit.
* Nov 1st – here in USA, EBT cards and other social credit go Dark – no pay
* Dec 1st – HUD goes dark, no pay
Write when youse find some unencumbered SILVER.
Drudge says “NAPOLEN’S” jewels stolen.
Napolen/Napoleon blame the intern?
https://easi.cc/nasas-airless-superelastic-tire-for-earth-vehicle/
Wow, maybe improvement to the pneumatic tire!
“Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, engineers have spent years developing a groundbreaking wheel technology designed for the extreme conditions of the Moon and Mars. Now, that same technology, the Superelastic Tire, could redefine tires for bicycles, cars, and even heavy-duty vehicles right here at home.”
“Superelastic Tire, a wheel that doesn’t need air, cannot go flat, and can endure immense stress without failing.”
“Is there anything more American than the Super Bowl? It represents achievement, unity, team work, sportsmanship and virility.”
“Who’s preforming at the half time show?”
“A foreign non-English speaking Rabbit who wears a dress and does nothing but run down this country and call our President names.”
“That’s America alright.”
How ’bout
https://www.americanhalftimeshow.com
Lotsa rumors regarding this — everybody from Robert Plant to Carrie Underwood and Usher. I believe TPUSA has nailed down Adam Sandler as host/emcee, but I haven’t gotten any solid info regarding either participants or format. I hope they understand they can’t have more than three name performers, and that the three must meld together. The show can’t be hokey, political, or have religious overtones. Aaron Lewis/Staind is much better than Slipknot, but probably not as good as Elton John (even though he hasn’t had a decent hit in 30 years, EJ plays well to the crowd that has enough money to drop thousands on football, every year) and so forth.
TBF, “Bad Bunny” IS a U.S. Citizen who speaks English quite well.
He simply hates the United States (I believe politically he’s a neocom PR separatist, but I don’t care enough to dig into his particulars), and chooses to speak Spanish almost exclusively when he’s in public. He’s also a spoiled, effete, talentless jerk who thinks he’s the reincarnation of Prince Nelson.
The Superbowl halftime committee tagged him to try and reel in some buckage from south of the Rio Grande (and of course, to expand the idea of American football worldwide — ‘cuz Chileans and Ecuadorians have money, too. That’s why the NFL is playing games in São Paulo, Dublin, London {twice at Tottenham, once at Wembley}, Berlin, and Madrid, this year.) I wonder if the NFL realizes Brazilians speak Portuguese, not Spanish or that roughly 23,200,000 of the 23.45mln people who live in greater São Paulo don’t make enough money in a year to purchase a single NFL ticket?
Only problem for me is that I don’t have an old dishwasher. Not even a new one! If I had one, it would be washing dishes for me. But I do love mung bean sprouts. I grow them manually in a jar with plastic mosquito screen rubber-banded to the top. Soak the beans in water overnight, drain & rinse. Each day thereafter, rinse and drain again. Three days and I have a jar full of sprouts. Tossed in a colander, I manually rinse and remove as much of the green hulls as possible. They are an irritant to my colon.
I like my sprouts as Korean salad style.
https://mykoreankitchen.com/korean-style-seasoned-mung-bean-sprouts-salad-sukju-namul-muchim/
Hank, believe it or not, there is an Italian “No Spaghetti” like you.
Now you can have the delicious Assassin’s Spaghetti substituting penne!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=47sqHwuwJIc&pp=ygUTUGVubmUgYWxsIGFzc2Fzc2luYQ%3D%3D
Looks delicious! Notice how he goes for a bigger spoon to eat it?
????. has anyone besides me read about ultrasound cavitation in destroying tumors? we already know 40hz destroys fat cells..Now everyone here knows how I feel about frequencies and my theories on frequencies and hydrogen fuel production… low voltage and low amperage and ultrasound cavitation..Ultrasound cavitation enhances water splitting by increasing reaction rates and surface area exposure
Frequencies between 20 kHz and 1 MHz are used to generate microbubbles, which collapse and release energy….This boosts hydrogen yield and reduces power requirements…Combined System Potential
Ultrasound lowers the energy barrier for electrolysis, allowing fuel cells to operate efficiently at lower voltages… along with the Microbubble dynamics that would improve gas separation and reduce electrode fouling
The result is higher hydrogen output with lower power input..now from my own personal experience and mad grandpa science experiments..Hydrogen burns hotter than gasoline — peak flame temperatures can exceed 2,000°C (3,600°F).
It has a higher stoichiometric oxygen-to-fuel ratio than gasoline…Hydrogen: ~34:1,Gasoline: ~14.7:1To manage this heat, engineers use water injection — sometimes mixed with alcohol — to:
Cool intake air and combustion chamber ..Reduce knock and pre-ignition…Lower NOx emissions with an Increase power in turbocharged engines..Adolph Hitler used turbocharged..methanol-water injection systems (MW-50 and GM-1) in aircraft engines to. Cool supercharged air
Boost power output,Prevent engine damage under high load..from my specimens in grandpas garage.. some hydrocarbons were required..Used through a bubbler..this would provide trace hydrocarbons that would act as flame stabilizers and help with lubricity in fuel delivery systems..now considering this frequency modulation can also work with the destruction of tumors only validates my moron of the wastelands theories on frequencies..
Trump makes a lot of comments and tweets just to gauge the opposition and ruffle some feathers. It’s a public game with him.., and the opposition to him and his agenda still have not grasped what he is doing., they play right along and often times make themselves look like fools. [ Which isn’t really that hard to do.]
.., however – I do not see the end-game in this one..,
Trump should not have commuted Santos’s prison sentence. He is a corrupt politician., someone who represented this country and was caught cold – lying, stealing and cheating and even admitted his guilt.
I do not see any added bonus-points for doing this. All that I see alienating his supporters., and giving the Democrats some serious ammo.
.., but I have to admit – that many things he has said and done lately have made no sense. Tomahawk missiles to the Ukraine., but to remain under U.S. military control? WTF ! U.S. military personnel, in a war zone, pointing missiles at Russia? Who the hell gave him permission to declare war on Russia !? Because, if they fire just one, I believe Putin ‘will’ consider that an act of war and will retaliate in-kind.
A Russian sub., firing a nuclear tipped torpedo up the Chesapeake – would be one hell of a statement. [Though I doubt that Putin would go that far., right now – he’d probably just kick Steven Seagal out of Russia.]
At least one of the questionable items appears to be off the table this morning:
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/zelensky-admits-he-has-failed-secure-tomahawks-trump
I don’t think a take-back on a pardon is going to happen.
Coddling felons is nothing new for Trump (he is one), but the backlash from ending extension of health care subsidies will be:
Even the Maggateers want the Achilles’ Heel Care (aka Health Insurance lol)) subsidies extended:
https://www.kff.org/affordable-care-act/kff-health-tracking-poll-public-weighs-political-consequences-of-health-policy-legislation/
‘A majority of Republicans who align with the MAGA movement (57%) also say Congress should extend these subsidies.’
Achilles’ Heel, the only vulnerable part of body (aka Health Insurance subsidies)
‘Another non-Homeric episode relates that Thetis dipped Achilles as a child in the waters of the River Styx, by which means he became invulnerable, except for the part of his heel by which she held him—the proverbial “Achilles’ heel.”
The Budget Showdown/Shutdown hits the iceberg (many terrified of health insurance costs if Republican end extension)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/17/aca-enhanced-subsidy-lapse-government-shutdown.html
‘Based on figures available through Idaho’s online insurance marketplace, Bill, 61, and Shelly, 60, expect to pay almost $1,700 in monthly health insurance premiums in 2026 if enhanced premium tax credits expire at the end of this year as scheduled. That sum — a nearly 300% increase from their current $442 premium — would add $15,000 a year to their household medical costs.’
As I said a couple years back, Santos is the most honest Congressman we have.
They ALL lie, cheat, steal, blackmail, threaten, cajole, extort, and deceive. Those are the job qualifications for a politician or diplomat, and the better one is at these “skills,” the better a politician they make. Santos simply had the unmitigated gall to admit it.
No one has figured out Trump’s MO. I know it, and I believe he, himself has shared it with Vance. If any of us are still around, I may ‘splain it after the ’28 Election. Until then, think of it as an investment system that works. The one clue I’ll proffer is: Trump doesn’t care what he says because it’s not important. The only thing that’s important is the result he gets (now, go back 9.5 years in George’s comments, and see what I said then…)
Those two items seem to be more like warning signs than multi-dimensional chess moves. The handlers need to make adjustments.