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Nursing is the fastest growing US occupation
“What about the billions of people around the globe that are, you know, 65 plus that are just gonna need physical human support? So nursing's one area. Also, the the rest of that stat talks about in Japan, the number of nursing homes has risen nearly 50% over the last decade.”
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Assisted living operators see 20% annual returns
“Four out of every five are run as for profits, and half of all the operators in the industry are clearing annual returns of 20% or more than it costs to operate. With 850,000 older Americans living within assisted living, the rents are getting jacked up.”
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Japan is giving away millions of free houses
“Because Japan hit the, like, silver tsunami a little earlier, they have this interesting thing where they're giving away free houses or super cheap houses, sometimes free. They're called Akiya's... there's over 8,000,000 IKEAs that are being given away by the government, or, again, sometimes for very cheap.”
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Alpine touring and fat biking are booming
“I want you guys to guess what the fastest growing sports are... number two, I would have never guessed. Alpine touring. I don't even know what that really is. I think it's just, like, off off country skiing. And then I have never heard of what is winter fat biking?”
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Suburban triathlons represent a new fitness category
“I really think that if somebody created some kind of, thing for, you know, out of shape, middle aged guys to do. They'll do it. And I think if you make it if you brand it almost like as the, the non fit person triathlon, and it's gotta have, like, some version of eating and drinking being one of the legs, dude, that's the next tough mudder.”
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“Israel says that it will have full control of the Lebanese town of Bin Shabeel, quote, within days. The town has become the center of intense fighting. It's part of land that Israel says it's seizing from Lebanon to create what it calls a buffer zone so Hezbollah can't fire rockets into Israel. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli defense minister Israel Katz both joined invading troops inside Lebanon over the weekend.”
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Nursing is the fastest growing US occupation
“What about the billions of people around the globe that are, you know, 65 plus that are just gonna need physical human support? So nursing's one area. Also, the the rest of that stat talks about in Japan, the number of nursing homes has risen nearly 50% over the last decade.”
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Assisted living operators see 20% annual returns
“Four out of every five are run as for profits, and half of all the operators in the industry are clearing annual returns of 20% or more than it costs to operate. With 850,000 older Americans living within assisted living, the rents are getting jacked up.”
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Japan is giving away millions of free houses
“Because Japan hit the, like, silver tsunami a little earlier, they have this interesting thing where they're giving away free houses or super cheap houses, sometimes free. They're called Akiya's... there's over 8,000,000 IKEAs that are being given away by the government, or, again, sometimes for very cheap.”
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Alpine touring and fat biking are booming
“I want you guys to guess what the fastest growing sports are... number two, I would have never guessed. Alpine touring. I don't even know what that really is. I think it's just, like, off off country skiing. And then I have never heard of what is winter fat biking?”
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Suburban triathlons represent a new fitness category
“I really think that if somebody created some kind of, thing for, you know, out of shape, middle aged guys to do. They'll do it. And I think if you make it if you brand it almost like as the, the non fit person triathlon, and it's gotta have, like, some version of eating and drinking being one of the legs, dude, that's the next tough mudder.”
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Bipartisan congressional resignations follow misconduct allegations
“Gonzalez's resignation announcement came hours after California Democratic representative Eric Swalwell also announced his own plan to resign. Swalwell is facing allegations of sexual assault and misconduct from at least four women. Gonzales had already dropped his bid for reelection after being forced into a primary runoff and the launch of a congressional ethics investigation into his behavior.”
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Israel establishes buffer zone in Southern Lebanon
“Israel says that it will have full control of the Lebanese town of Bin Shabeel, quote, within days. The town has become the center of intense fighting. It's part of land that Israel says it's seizing from Lebanon to create what it calls a buffer zone so Hezbollah can't fire rockets into Israel. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli defense minister Israel Katz both joined invading troops inside Lebanon over the weekend.”
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US existing home sales slump despite inventory
“The US housing market remains in a slump. According to the National Association of Realtors, sales of existing homes fell 3.6% last month. For homes that did sell in March, the average sales price was just under $409,000. Freddie Mac says mortgage rates, which briefly dipped below 6% this spring, are now averaging 6.37%.”
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Phil Collins and Oasis join Rock Hall
“Luther Vandross and Phil Collins have been eligible for the Rock Hall for twenty years and Sade for almost as long. They're all in the class of 2026 along with British post punk legends Joy Division and their spin off group New Order. Two more British acts, Iron Maiden and Billy Idol, made the cut this year after being active since the nineteen seventies.”
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Automatic ball-strike system increases MLB game times
“Baseball's new automatic ball strike system could be making games a little longer so far this season with the time of a nine inning game creeping upward to two hours and forty two minutes through this weekend. That's up four minutes from last season, and that's all after the league successfully brought down the length of length of games in 2023 by introducing a pitch timer and other rules.”
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