For a long time, I didn’t think homeownership would be realistic for me.
Today, my wife and I officially became homeowners!
I talk a lot about systems and opportunity; this one feels personal.
Proud, grateful, and committed to planting real roots in the NY Capital Region.
One of my favorite parts of work from home is being able to cook lunch.
Today’s Lunch:
Avocado Toast with a Runny Fried Egg, Bacon, Mushrooms, Onions, Green Chiles & Garlic
Top 10 Players Through #NBA Week 15
1️⃣ Nikola Jokic
2️⃣ Shai Gilgeous Alexander
3️⃣ Luka Doncic
4️⃣ Tyrese Maxey
5️⃣ Cade Cunningham
6️⃣ Giannis Antetokounmpo
7️⃣ Kawhi Leonard
8️⃣ Donovan Mitchell
9️⃣ Victor Wembanyama
🔟 Jalen Johnson
Honorable Mentions:
Anthony Edwards & Deni Avdija
My Dad won his third American Backgammon Tour this year & he’s being inducted into the American Backgammon Hall of Fame.
Very proud of him! 🎲🎲
Countries that implement #UBI make immigration a greater net win for citizens.
Newcomers expand the tax base that funds the dividend, while gaining stronger incentives to enter legally and eventually naturalize.
Yup, I’m a Centrist Liberal with a focus on Distributism (UBI, Universal Healthcare, Paid Leave, etc.)
Top 10 Players Through #NBA Week 14
1⃣Nikola Jokic
2⃣Shai Gilgeous Alexander
3⃣Luka Doncic
4⃣Tyrese Maxey
5⃣Giannis Antetokounmpo
6⃣Donovan Mitchell
7⃣Kawhi Leonard
8⃣Cade Cunningham
9⃣Victor Wembanyama
🔟Jalen Johnson
Honorable Mentions:
Deni Avdija & Anthony Edwards
The Right Wing doesn't really want small government.
They just want a massive one that punishes the people they hate (police state) instead of one that helps them (welfare state).
Top 10 C through #NBA Week 13
1️⃣ Nikola Jokic #DEN
2️⃣ Victor Wembanyama #SAS
3️⃣ Alperen Sengun #HOU
4️⃣ Karl Anthony Towns #NYK
5️⃣ Jalen Duren #DET
6️⃣ Joel Embiid #PHI
7️⃣ Nikola Vucevic #CHI
8️⃣ Bam Adebayo #MIA
9️⃣ Alex Sarr #WAS
🔟 Nic Claxton #BKN
Top 10 PF through #NBA Week 13
1️⃣ Giannis Antetokounmpo #MIL
2️⃣ Scottie Barnes #TOR
3️⃣ Julius Randle #MIN
4️⃣ Lauri Markkanen #UTAH
5️⃣ Pascal Siakim #IND
6️⃣ Evan Mobley #CLE
7️⃣ Chet Holmgren #OKC
8️⃣ Paolo Banchero #ORL
9️⃣ Anthony Davis #DAL
🔟 Zion Williamson #NOP
Top 10 SF through #NBA Week 13
1️⃣ Kawhi Leonard (#LAC)
2️⃣ Jalen Johnson (#ATL)
3️⃣ Deni Avdija (#POR)
4️⃣ Kevin Durant (#HOU)
5️⃣ Jaylen Brown (#BOS)
6️⃣ Jimmy Butler (#GSW)
7️⃣ Michael Porter Jr (#BKN)
8️⃣ Lebron James (#LAL)
9️⃣ Mikal Bridges (#NYK)
🔟 Trey Murphy III (#NOP)
Top 10 SG through #NBA Week 13
1️⃣ Donovan Mitchell (#CLE)
2️⃣ Anthony Edwards (#MIN)
3️⃣ Austin Reaves (#LAL)
4️⃣ Derrick White (#BOS)
5️⃣ Devin Booker (#PHX)
6️⃣ Norman Powell (#MIA)
7️⃣ Donte DiVincenzo (#MIN)
8️⃣ Jalen Williams (#OKC)
9️⃣ Reed Sheppard (#HOU)
🔟 Tyler Herro (#MIA)
Top 10 PG through #NBA Week 13
1️⃣ Shai Gilgeous Alexander (#OKC)
2️⃣ Luka Doncic (#LAL)
3️⃣ Tyrese Maxey (#PHI)
4️⃣ Cade Cunningham (#DET)
5️⃣ Jamal Murray (#DEN)
6️⃣ James Harden (#LAC)
7️⃣ Stephen Curry (#GSW)
8️⃣ Jalen Brunson (#NYK)
9️⃣ Josh Giddey (#CHI)
🔟 Amen Thompson (#HOU)
Top 10 Players Through #NBA Week 13
1️⃣ Nikola Jokic
2️⃣ Shai Gilgeous Alexander
3️⃣ Luka Doncic
4️⃣ Tyrese Maxey
5️⃣ Giannis Antetokounmpo
6️⃣ Cade Cunningham
7️⃣ Kawhi Leonard
8️⃣ Donovan Mitchell
9️⃣ Jalen Johnson
🔟 Deni Avdija
Honorable Mentions:
Victor Wembanyama &
Anthony Edwards
Universal Basic Income acts as an automatic stabilizer.
Sustains demand in recessions
Boosts local economies
Reduces inequality
Improves resilience to automation
Smooths regional disparities
#UBI
We won't have accountable law enforcement until officers, not taxpayers, face financial penalties for recklessness.
Mandate liability insurance for all officers to pay victims.
Reckless acts raise premiums.
If it becomes unaffordable, they shouldn't be cops, ICE agents, etc.
Universal Basic Income disproportionately helps the marginalized.
Cuts child poverty
Improves gender equity by supporting unpaid caregivers
Shrinks racial & regional income gaps #UBI
Universal Basic Income simplifies government by having fewer means tests:
Lower admin costs
Fewer exclusion errors
No work/marriage disincentives
Tougher for fraudsters to abuse
#UBI
Top 10 Players Through #NBA Week 12
1️⃣ Nikola Jokic
2️⃣ Shai Gilgeous Alexander
3️⃣ Tyrese Maxey
4️⃣ Luka Doncic
5️⃣ Giannis Antetokounmpo
6️⃣ Cade Cunningham
7️⃣ Jalen Johnson
8️⃣ Kawhi Leonard
9️⃣ Donovan Mitchell
🔟 Deni Avdija
Honorable Mentions:
Victor Wembanyama &
Anthony Edwards
By lowering downside risk, Universal Basic Income enables startups, freelancing, creative work, and experimentation, especially small businesses who lack access to capital or safety nets. #UBI
Universal Basic Income boosts freedom & agency with an unconditional cash floor, free from means-tested welfare's bureaucracy, stigma & benefit cliffs, enabling risks, education, & ventures without survival worries.
Less short-term survival thinking
More long-term planning. #UBI
Income security from Universal Basic Income improves health.
Lower stress & better mental health, improved nutrition, and preventative primary care becomes more affordable #UBI
Universal Basic Income improves labor markets by giving workers leverage.
Better job matching
Less exploitative work
More time for training
Stability for entrepreneurship
Resources for caregivers
Little evidence of broad work disincentives. #UBI
Universal Basic Income creates a real income floor: cuts poverty, smooths volatile earnings, boosts food & housing security, lowers debt, increases savings, and strengthens resilience to shocks especially for low-income and unstable households. #UBI
Progress isn’t capitalism or socialism, it’s balance.
Free markets drive growth/protect rights, but unchecked wealth hoarding erodes freedom. Pure collectivism overregulates into scarcity.
Smart floors like UBI & Universal Healthcare create stability without killing innovation.
Top 10 by Position (PF/C):
PF-
Antetokounmpo
Barnes
Randle
Markkanen
Siakim
Mobley
Davis
Holmgren
Williamson
Banchero
C-
Jokic
Wembanyama
Sengun
Towns
Duren
Claxton
Sarr
Vucevic
Embiid
Ware
Top 10 by Position:
PG-
Gilgeous Alexander
Maxey
Doncic
Cunningham
Harden
Murray
Curry
Brunson
Giddey
Thompson
SG-
Mitchell
Edwards
Reaves
Powell
White
Booker
Bane
Herro
Sheppard
Williams
SF-
Johnson
Avdija
Leonard
Brown
Porter Jr
Durant
Butler
Bridges
Murphy III
Wagner
Top 10 Through #NBA Week 11
1) Nikola Jokic
2) Shai Gilgeous Alexander
3) Tyrese Maxey
4) Luka Doncic
5) Cade Cunningham
6) Giannis Antetokounmpo
7) Jalen Johnson
8) Donovan Mitchell
9) Deni Avdija
10) Kawhi Leonard
Honorable Mentions:
Anthony Edwards & Victor Wembanyama
Targeted welfare programs create income cliffs and distort behavior.
Universal Basic Income creates a stable floor not a safety net to get tangled & caught in.
Stable, predictable, and incentive-neutral. #UBI
Universal childcare sounds elegant until you add income verification, provider rules, audits, waitlists, and enforcement.
Universal Basic Income skips the bureaucracy and lets families decide what they actually need. #UBI
