• ‘SNIOP’ IS AN ACRONYM FOR ‘Susceptible to Negative Influence of Other People,’ like advice from failing students or stalled workers on how to succeed, or gossiping ladies on how to have a good relationship, couch potatoes on how to stay healthy, etc. The alternative to success is to (1) Flat out ignore advice from SNIOPs; (2) Develop clear, time-targeted Goals and Objectives for their achievement, written down and reviewed regularly; (3) Surround yourself with successful & supportive people in the areas of your intention; (4) “Model yourself in the mental, physical and emotional habits of coaches, mentors, and success models who hold and demonstrate personal & professional excellence; (5) Read worthwhile literature by people who have excelled in the direction you envision, and be open to their inspiration; (6) Commit yourself to doing what is necessary toward achieving objectives, versus doing what’s easy.”   [DEVELOPMENTAL EXCELERATIONS – 6/20/24]
• THIS MONTH LIKELY MARKS “THE END OF AMERICA’S GLOBAL DOMINANCE. The end of the Petrodollar is the end of the United States as the world’s lone superpower, a debacle which mirrors our disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal: decades of work undone and dismantled in one brief instant of incompetence and stupidity with nothing to show for the investment, work, and toil… It’s the latest of this Administration’s catastrophes: Sovereignty compromised at the southern border; American values polluted with pro-Hamas, rabid antisemitism on college campuses and streets; Rule of law bastardized by a politicized DOJ and FBI.” What’s next?  https://thefederalist.com/2024/06/17/the-end-of-the-petrodollar-is-the-end-of-americas-global-dominance/
• “INSTEAD OF THE HARMLESS CLOUD OF FEEL-GOOD FLUFF THAT THE D.E.I. NAME SEEMED TO PROMISE, universities and corporations are waking up and realizing that embracing DEI damages their reputations, ability to perform missions, and sometimes their share prices. But not yet however in the public sector, which is commanded by politicians. While every decision government agencies make is political, many seem recently to have shifted toward even more aggressive adoption of radical and widely unpopular views.  Examples: (1) Flying the LGBTQ+ flag alongside the American flag, as an implicit message that its agenda is representative of the entire nation, while reality is that most people don’t want the Q (queer) or T (transgender) symbols which are issues of perpetual social revolution; (2) The Airline Pilots union representing over 70K commercial pilots wants gendered language to reflect their diversity, like changing the word like ‘cockpit’ to ‘flight deck’; (3) Despite BLM having been exposed years ago as built on a lie and maintained by financial corruption, blocks of buildings in the nation’s capital are now defaced with ideological graffiti, and the width of a street painted Black Lives Matter remains in vast yellow lettering — applied by the D.C. government itself… But, finally, at least some of the Diversity/Equity/Inclusion dominoes are starting to fall.”  [WASHINGTON EXAMINER – 6/18/24]
• “RE-USABLE PLASTICS ARE PART OF JUST ABOUT EVERY ASPECT OF MODERN LIFE, and vital industries like healthcare and agriculture would grind to a halt without benefits of single-use items. But humanity faces a dire plastics waste problem, and the supposed answer – plastics recycling – is a scam, put forth by the petrochemical industry as a red herring to create appearance of a solution, which industry leaders knew from the start (based on multiple paper trails) could never work at scale. The facilities that recycle plastic have been spewing massive amounts of ‘microplastic’ toxins into local waterways, soil and air for decades, which may very well now be the number one source of primary pollution on the entire planet. Exposure has been found in every human organ, inducing endocrine disruptions that lead to reproductive problems, cancers, inflammatory & immunity diseases. The threat of microplastics versus risk of greenhouse gas emissions from burning coal for power is now prompting research in viability of converting Waste-To-Energy solutions.”  https://quillette.com/2024/06/17/recycling-plastic-is-a-dangerous-waste-of-time-microplastics-health/
• THOUGHTS FOR THE WEEK:
• ‘Consumer consternation’ surrounding electric vehicles shows nearly half of American EV owners and nearly 30% of drivers in fifteen other countries are likely to switch back to gas vehicles. Latest findings from surveys by McKinsey and Bloomberg attribute the dissatisfaction to lack of driving range, price, battery lifespan and mostly unreliable public charging. While the 2021 Infrastructure Investment Act approved $7.5 billion funding to construct 500,000 public charging stations nationwide, only eight have been deployed to date; another $1.3 billion was also announced this month by the Administration.  [EPOCH TIMES]
• Mexican criminals have shifted from their primary business of drug trafficking to that of trafficking humans, where cost benefit is up to $15,000 per migrant versus $1,500 per kilo of cocaine. Investigators have found that Cartel travel agencies who sell Migration Permits which allow travel through the country are in collusion with Mexican National Guard and immigration authorities, as well as local police who hold migrants in safe houses until full amounts of agreed fees are paid – up to $75K for VIP packages from China.  [USA TODAY]
• How Left-Wing Conspiracies Work – Victor Davis Hanson https://www.realclearpolicy.com/2024/06/17/how_left- html