A disturbing trend is infecting the country. All because we are too lazy to do what needs to be done.
To solve the problem of the highest gas prices in the country, California has decided to raise tire prices. Seriously, you can’t make this stuff up.
And countries in Europe are doing everything they can to bring themselves back to the Dark Ages.
I Find This Disturbing
PwC reported that, as of May 2026, 21% of U.S. households included a current GLP‑1 user. That is roughly 1 in 5 households, up from 9% in January 2025.pwc
What it means
This is a household-penetration estimate, not a claim that 1 in 5 Americans personally take one. A household with one person using a GLP‑1 medication—such as Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, or Zepbound—counts once, regardless of household size.
A separate nationally representative KFF poll found 12% of U.S. adults said they were currently taking a GLP‑1 drug in late 2025, while 18% said they had taken one at some point.kff
Why the figures differ
| Measure | Estimate | What it captures |
|---|---|---|
| PwC/Numerator | 21% of U.S. households | At least one current GLP‑1 user in the household, as of May 2026 |
| KFF | 12% of U.S. adults | Individual adults who self-reported current use, surveyed Oct. 27–Nov. 2, 2025 |
https://www.perplexity.ai/search/6218774e-3145-4158-ba57-276a4bd0d9db
When Are We Going To Learn?!
According to the California Post:
Former Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt and Californians concerned with the Golden State’s skyrocketing cost of living are furious with state Democrats who pushed new regulations on replacement car tires.
The rules are a “scam” that will actually increase costs more, Pratt claimed in a post on X.
The California Energy Commission unanimously approved new rules Monday that will phase out the sale of replacement tires that don’t meet the state’s energy-efficiency standards — potentially wiping out 70% of the tires currently available to California drivers.
The rules target a tire’s “rolling resistance,” or how much energy it takes to keep a tire moving down the road. Lower resistance means cars use less gas or electricity from better mileage, which Democrats claimed will help affordability.
“Look at the gas prices everyone’s experiencing,” Commissioner Nancy Skinner told KCRA. “If we can bring each Californian’s gas cost down just a little bit, then why wouldn’t we?”
Democrats like Gov. Gavin Newsom even trumpeted estimates that the new rules would save drivers $1 billion a year, with his office declaring that “MAGA hates to see it.”
But that was contradicted by estimates from Goodyear’s Bret Gladfelty, who claimed that actual price increases for tires could reach several hundred dollars by the 2030s as the industry scrambles to replace the 70% of tires wiped out by the regulations. .
According to the Tire Industry Association, average tire prices could increase from $81 to up to $157. If someone purchased four new tires for his car, the difference could exceed $300 per vehicle.
Pratt and others noted that the state has not done anything to address the underlying causes of high gas prices, such as the state’s taxes and environmental regulations demanding certain blends of gasolines.
“A longtime Democrat politician who made gas prices the highest in the nation complains about said high gas price and uses it as justification to raise the cost of your tires,” Congressman James Gallagher (R-Calif.) “You can’t make this up!”
Skinner was a past Democratic state senator known for writing pro-environment bills, Gallagher noted.
The article points out:
Critics said that the new rules ironically may make electric vehicles — a priority for Newsom’s environmental agenda — less affordable. EVs go through tires more regularly because they are often heavier.
Later in the article:
It’s not just costs; some critics worry whether the less resistant tires could mean more danger on the roads.
Lower resistance on tires can decrease the tire wear life and lessen grip, especially for stopping and starting on wet surfaces, car experts said. The commission did relax requirements for tires with increased “wet grip,” or traction in the rain.
Environmentalists and clean air advocates supported the new regulations for the aim of lower emissions from the tires’ better mileage.
Idiots!
According to the New York Post:
More than 16,000 people died in a single week during Europe’s heatwave in late June — and in at least one area, the daily death toll spiked above the highs of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an analysis of mortality data.
In Wallonia, in southern Belgium, 313 deaths were recorded in just one day, June 28, compared to 245 daily deaths at the peak of COVID in November 2020, the New York Times found.
As temperatures soared to over 100 degrees, Wallonia recorded a death rate 77% higher than expected between mid-June and early July, leaving some hospitals overrun.
Despite the horrific toll, local leaders are still resisting installing air conditioning. Just 20% of European homes have the common technology — compared to 90% in the US.
“Air-conditioning can be appropriate in specific situations, particularly for vulnerable people or certain buildings,” said a spokesperson for Wallonia’s housing and energy minister, adding that their “long-term strategy is not based on its widespread use.”
Sniffy Belgians also do not “want to be Americans,” Belgian doctor Toon Ceyssens told the Times.
Around 16,000 excess deaths were recorded in Europe in just one week in late June, with Belgium, France, and Germany most affected, according to figures from the European Mortality Monitoring Network.
Half of all emergency rooms in Wallonia’s hospitals have no air conditioning, according to Dr. Philippe Devos, director general of a health care provider federation.
In the region’s overcrowded health centers, calls to emergency operators often took 10 minutes to get through, and many sick people were lined up in the hallways to allow privacy for the dead, the Times reported.
The number of households with AC, which is lower than most other developed economies, drops to between 4-6% in France, Germany, and the UK, which have all seen blistering heatwaves this summer.
Belgian officials continue to hesitate over introducing AC, warning it could overwhelm the power grid and heat up cities by pumping out hot air into the streets.
Authorities are instead looking at introducing more so-called cooling spaces and instituting policies to encourage housing renovation.
Here We Go Again
According to Breitbart:
A 26-year-old man from Ghana has been arrested multiple times in the past two weeks for alleged sexual assaults, according to news reports out of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. One of the alleged sexual assaults was witnessed by local firefighters who notified police about the attack in a park.
News reports and jail records identify the man as Jeff Kufi (Kofi) Asare, a 26-year-old born in Accra, Ghana, in October 1999. Police arrested Asare on Thursday after he allegedly sexually assaulted a woman on Lake Hefner Trail. Local firefighters witnessed the alleged assault and waited for police to make the arrest, KOCO ABC5 reported.
On Aug. 1, near Northwest 23rd Street and Classen Boulevard, police responded to a possible rape. Asare allegedly pushed a woman against a bus stop window and put his hands down her pants.
Another woman told police that Asare came up behind her while she was walking on Classen Boulevard, pulled her pants down, and fled after she pushed him away. He was arrested for sexual battery and indecent exposure.
Five days later, near Scissortail Park, Asare allegedly walked up behind a woman, grabbed her buttocks multiple times, and began digging in his pants. When the woman asked him to leave, he walked away. Police later spotted him and arrested him for sexual battery.
Six days after that, on Wednesday, Asare allegedly approached a woman from behind on the Lake Hefner Trail, pulled her down, and attempted to rape her. Firefighters intervened and called police.
A $75,000 bond has been set by a local district court judge on a charge of First Degree Rape, according to jail records obtained by Breitbart Texas.
The District Attorney’s Office reported that it is seeking to increase the bond due to an alleged series of crimes over a short period of time, KOCO reported.
Court records obtained by Breitbart Texas show at least 19 criminal felony and misdemeanor charges were filed against Asare, beginning in August 2023.
Some things:
- Why is this guy still in the country?
- Second, who the hell allowed this guy in the country in the first place?
More of the Same Thing:
According to Reduxx:
A trans-identified male serving a 27-year sentence for the incestuous rape of his young sister is suing the Commissioner of the Indiana Department of Corrections in an attempt to overturn a state ban on using taxpayer funding to provide transsexual medical procedures to convicted criminals – and, presumably, to ultimately secure a transfer to a female prison. Wayne Allison, 43, has adopted the name “Astrid,” and his case is receiving the support of theAmerican Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
In December 2013, Allison, of Bloomington, Indiana, was charged with five counts of child molestation and one count of incest. Allison, who was 30-years-old at the time, preyed upon his younger sister, who was 11-years-old. According to an affidavit provided to Reduxx by the Monroe Court, Allison raped his sister both vaginally and anally on several occasions during the period between July and November 2013.
In addition to repeatedly raping the girl, he groomed her by showing her pornography.
Now, Allison has begun calling himself “Astrid” and has recently secured the legal representation of the ACLU of Indiana in a lawsuit against the state’s Department of Corrections (DOC).
How about just “no.” You have no rights when arrested and we have no right to believe in your delusions.
