First of all, good to see the good faith few who remain here still doing well. I haven’t posted here in a long time.

Today, I was driving back from the gym when I hit an irritating area of the local roads where there is a forced merge. There was an obnoxious chrome Jeep with rapper style jeweled wheels with the name of a real estate company on the back. The Boomer in it was going 40 in a 50 and suddenly sped up. He grinned at me that not only did he block me from merging but almost drove me off the road. Ha ha ha, what a display of power.

I decided to keep going the same way for a bit, not overtly aggressive but just to let it sit with him a bit that maybe that’s not a smart way to act. He was overtly aggressive enough that I probably would’ve given him the finger or something but there was a cop nearby so I let dumbass just think. I snapped a picture of his real estate logo at the light.

This fine gentleman was no ordinary Boomer. His surname was one that probably could’ve been German or Jewish. I’d wager Jewish off appearance - high ears, all those good tells.

But more important was his company. This man’s stated specialty on his website was selling houses as investment properties to Chinese buyers. He had a staple of Chinese realtors, like a half-dozen, to translate from Chinese and make the foreign imperialism into American realty as easy as possible. He also had an Indian translator who knew several Indian languages.

It’s really remarkable even if you think you’re awake. This isn’t off in a citadel far away. The housing isn’t just unaffordable. The foreigner investors aren’t just getting properties out of thin air. The people who proactively profit from this process are all around and they’ll laugh at the idea of running you off the road for fun, while you go home and worry “well, maybe if I say it’s about the latest front issue, no one will think I’m mean.”

Listen to the people who are acting. Our opponents are Bad Actors. You will not appease them. They are building up mansions on the things you think you can compromise half-way with them about. If they think of you at all, they laugh at you with foreigner investors.

That is all. Also, I guess I’ll give the guy one star on Yelp, if anyone in China cares.