Archive for 2024

ROGER SIMON: Jack Smith Makes Me Think Trump Won in 2020. “I still remain somewhat agnostic, but the tenacity, resembling monomania, with which our Torquemada-like special prosecutor Jack Smith seeks to indict and convict Donald Trump leads me to believe Mr. Trump actually won. . . . So when I say Smith’s ongoing lawfare jihad against Trump makes me believe 45 actually won in 2020 more than I ever did, it is another way of saying something that should be apparent to those in and outside the legal world. Something fishy is going on here that goes beyond what is already obvious to many of us—the flagrant attempt to interfere with the 2024 election.”

OUCH: Car insurance premiums could skyrocket 50% in some states this year.

Naturally, California seems to be getting the worst of it:

Premiums in California are expected to jump 54% this year, to about $2,681 on average.

California froze insurance rates during the COVID-19 pandemic; as a result, some insurers are requesting double-digit hikes as they struggle to return to profitability, while others are leaving the state altogether, according to the report.

“California kept rates frozen for longer than any other state. And during that time, costs were getting more expensive nationally and in the state. Accident rates were increasing. Inflation, particularly for vehicle repairs and maintenance and for new vehicles, kept getting worse. Natural disasters were kind of increasing in frequency,” Gardner said.

As a result, when the price-hike moratorium came to an end, many insurance companies sought “dramatic” increases in an attempt to make up for that lost time, he added.

TANSTAAFL, as the wise man said.

SOMETIMES ONE MUST THINK OF DIVERSIONS:  Interior View.