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I thought this article was a good read regarding Nike's tumbling reputation and stock price.

Winning isn't for Everyone - Nike Loses Ground

It's a good blend of anecdotal observation mixed with objective critique of Nike. The author writes through his lens as a conservative, race-conscious (former) professional marketer.

It resonates with me - I grew out of my Nike enthusiasm a bit with old(er) age, but the BLM stuff was a line in the sand for me. New Balance had a positive reputation around 2016, when they got some residual Trump energy for making some of their shoes here in the USA. They did not lean into that and instead went 'Nike Lite' with ebonics slogans. Since then, I've tried Diadora, Hoka, and currently Asics running shoes, which have all avoided the crowded "urban" market share.

I particularly liked this excerpt:
Community marketing is muddy, and at times corrupt (it can implicate public/private crossovers e.g. public school brand collabs, giving brands access to longterm taxpayer-funded contracts). But one crystal clear, non-morally contemptuous example of community marketing is run clubs.

Run clubs have popped up all over the country as a fixture for a laptop class hungry for human interaction. They’re surrogate communities known as great places to meet members of the opposite sex. Run With Us hosts several different run clubs in the Pasadena area. I participated in one and tweeted immediately afterwards “incels, if you want to meet women, just join a run club.”

Run clubs are also great places to meet brands. Like pharma reps courting the choicest hospitals, shoe reps court the choicest run clubs. This is community marketing at its finest—the new friends, the beautiful shoes, the potential sex…it’s all mashed into one thing.

Nike toed the waters, but then seemed to lose interest in run clubs, focusing instead on stunning and brave campaigns involving fat people, black people, and people with no legs, none of whom are into jogging.
 
I thought this article was a good read regarding Nike's tumbling reputation and stock price.

Winning isn't for Everyone - Nike Loses Ground

It's a good blend of anecdotal observation mixed with objective critique of Nike. The author writes through his lens as a conservative, race-conscious (former) professional marketer.

It resonates with me - I grew out of my Nike enthusiasm a bit with old(er) age, but the BLM stuff was a line in the sand for me. New Balance had a positive reputation around 2016, when they got some residual Trump energy for making some of their shoes here in the USA. They did not lean into that and instead went 'Nike Lite' with ebonics slogans. Since then, I've tried Diadora, Hoka, and currently Asics running shoes, which have all avoided the crowded "urban" market share.

I particularly liked this excerpt:

This was another pretty funny excerpt:

"We titillated Basketball Americans with our sleek Hennessey parties at Complex Con, and built giant cardboard statuary gardens, like the nests of monstrous female bug-aliens, ever-pink Santas workshops with tinsel and fluff and angel wings to entrap obese women in malls throughout the country. You would be shocked at how many Americans are eager and excited to wait in line for hours to (God help us) to interact in some arbitrary forgettable way with the brands that have become their idols, in the most biblical of senses, and, of course, to post pictures of them doing so."


I've never been a fan of Nike in adulthood. Asics have always been my go to for running shoes for nearly the past 20 years. I've had a pair of Brooks here and there but Asics have been a mainstay. Good shoes, affordable, reliable in my experience. I'll never understand "sneakerheads" but again that seems to be more of a black thing too.
 
I haven't owned a pair of Nike running shoes in so long I can't remember. I do have some Nike slides that I picked up at a Nike store for peanuts in KC. I run a lot, but am also a cheapskate and am hard to fit. So no Hokas or Diadoras for me. I can usually pick up New Balance or Brooks pretty cheap at outlets and they have the 11.5 4E size that I need. Plus they are actually pretty good, especially Brooks.
 
Scott Jennings has been the sole conservative at CNN and he's been very effective, and funny too at times. He's also now going to be on the editorial board of the LA Times, which didn't endorse a presidential candidate this year and wants to be more balanced after being a reliable far-left rag for many years. The tide continues to turn as many "legacy" media outlets are either going to make some ideological changes or else many will go under. This clip shows how well Jennings gets his shots in while surrounded by a bunch of left wing loons:

 
Don't worry, we're still just a few years away from sending manned missions to Mars and back. But never doubt that over 50 years ago 12 men walked on the moon over six missions using primitive technology. Who in their right mind would volunteer for a trip to Mars and back? It won't happen in the lifetimes of Musk and Bezos and everyone else alive today.

 
Don't worry, we're still just a few years away from sending manned missions to Mars and back. But never doubt that over 50 years ago 12 men walked on the moon over six missions using primitive technology. Who in their right mind would volunteer for a trip to Mars and back? It won't happen in the lifetimes of Musk and Bezos and everyone else alive today.


Countless rockets have been destroyed. All for the same reason. It's called the Firmament made by God. We live in a snow dome. Think
of when you go to a Planetarium. As It says in the Bible there are oceans above and oceans below. That's why it looks like the stars are in water because they are. Space as they call it is just water. We can't go there. They show you everywhere but only for those who have the eyes to see.

 
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Countless rockets have been destroyed. All for the same reason. It's called the Firmament made by God. We live in a snow dome. Think
of when you go to a Planetarium. As It says in the Bible there are oceans above and oceans below. That's why it looks like the stars are in water because they are. Space as they call it is just water. We can't go there. They show you everywhere but only for those who have the eyes to see.

I don't really understand the fascination with traveling through outer space and settling other planets inhospitable to human life. It's going to cost an enormous amount of resources just to get to say Mars, and then more enormous amounts to set up settlements where humans could live, in an environment where you could never go outside without a space suit. How bout we just work on improving our standard of living on this beautiful world we have right here. And first let's get rid of all the globalist scumbag POS ruling class so we can actually attempt to live in peace with one another. Just my 2 cents.
 
Countless rockets have been destroyed. All for the same reason. It's called the Firmament made by God. We live in a snow dome. Think
of when you go to a Planetarium. As It says in the Bible there are oceans above and oceans below. That's why it looks like the stars are in water because they are. Space as they call it is just water. We can't go there. They show you everywhere but only for those who have the eyes to see.

I can't believe that I didn't add to this one yet. After significant research I've finally found the true world map for you guys:
 

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I've never been on the "dark web" but from what I've learned about Ross Ulbricht's situation it's pretty clear that he's been ruthlessly persecuted by the fedgov as life without parole is clearly excessive:

And Trump pardons Ulbricht: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/01/trump-pardons-silk-road-founder-ross-ulbricht-honoring/

Derek Chauvin, Edward Snowden and Julian Assange are also worthy of pardons.
 
Thought I would post this here. This fellow whom I follow on X is an amatuer photographer/astronomer who takes fantastic pictures through his telescopes. Here is a video of a hundred or so taken, they are spectacular.
 
I agree with a lot of this article, but this past season there seemed to be as many concussions and non-head injuries as ever. We dubbed it "The Year of the Injured White Player" for good reasons. But still an interesting read:

 
I don't know if anyone will find this video as fascinating as I did, but I thought I would post it and see. I used to skull my irons like this a lot.

 
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