Playing The Lotto In Tehran And Minneapolis

What comes next after this?

What comes after this in Iran, assuming the Mullahs put down the revolts? The unrest was triggered by hyperinflation and unemployment and I don't think this or the violent reprisals do anything but make matters worse? pic.twitter.com/yBPl5IAffG

— K T Cat (@ktcat) January 9, 2026

How about after this?

Protesters redirecting traffic here in Minneapolis pic.twitter.com/qjJEqmgJWQ

— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) January 8, 2026

In California, or should I say Delaware, one of the original founders of Google is leaving California before the "Billionaire's Tax" hits him.

When the lottery jackpot gets above $1B, we usually play. We buy 20 tickets which amounts to $40. It typically takes about 3-4 drawings for the jackpot to be hit, so we blow $120 - $160 on that silliness. It's OK if you can afford to set fire to $160, which we can. If we had credit card debt and car payments and student loans, it wouldn't be innocent fun, it would be stupid.

Iran's inflation rate is around 50%. Mostly Nothing would tell you that good, hardworking people are leaving Minneapolis, not going there. California's exodus is well-known.

Even if the Mullahs put down the revolt, the mood of the labor force will be dark and the damage to the nation's fixed assets will be significant. Even if ICE is chased out of Minneapolis, the mood of citizens with portable skills and wealth will be more pessimistic. Smart people in California openly talk about exit strategies. For the authorities in each locale, this is playing the Lotto on a grand scale when you're in deep financial trouble, where the payoff is the achievement of a progressive utopia with about the same odds of success.

I can imagine NYC is the same way right about now.

What's the end product of all of this? TJ slums for everyone?

Winning?

You Can't Make Generalizations

 ... except when you can.

No one would suggest that you would want to mix Nazis and Jews. No one would suggest you would want to mix Aztecs and Conquistadors. You wouldn't want to mix Klansmen and black children, either.

If it happened in the sufficiently distant past and we've been acculturated to picking out the good guys from the bad guys in the group dynamics, then making generalizations about people is not only allowable, it's desirable. Only airheads like Nick Fuentes would make positive noises about the Nazis. Only unredeemed racists would say good things about the Klan.

We can admit that some groups should not mix, but only if it involves people who are no longer alive or at least no longer present in significant numbers.

If it happened in the past, why isn't it happening now? If we all agree that in the distant past, there were groups that oppressed, exploited or simply parasitized others, what about today? Where was the line drawn and who drew it putting an end to such things?

Beats me.

After being exposed for pervasive fraud schemes of all sorts, some of the Minneapolis Somalis decided to show Jussie Smollett just how this low-IQ hoax thing was done.

Bonus Data Point

Dig this.

"Somalia’s Ambassador to the UN Abukar Dahir Osman was a healthcare administrator in Ohio. There is another healthcare company in the SAME SUITE as his with a different name, and multiple others at the same address, all with Somali names."

You can't blame a homeboy for wanting a piece of the action, can you?

Nothing to see here, No generalizations to be made. Please move along, citizens...

Swedish Update

Sweden, in their ultra-feminine empathy, took in a ton of Syrians, Ethiopians and Somalis over the last 10 years. Sweden has always been known for meatballs, herring, Pippi Longstocking and snow. You can now add hand grenade attacks to that list, but be sure not to make any generalizations about the "migrants."