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The “America First!” Midterm Elections and Real Estate Crash. It’s Supply/Demand Math, Stupid! – The FME Q4 ’26 Forecast, Pt 2

October 29, 2026 Dismal Dave Lancon Comments 0 Comment

Greetings Flea Marketeers and those wandering the furthest reaches of the matrix! In Part 2, the slowly approaching and inevitable 2027/2028 real estate correction/crash in single family homes, the continuing MAGA Mutiny and political/economic disruption following the greatly anticipated 2026 midterm elections, with some MAHA/HHS surprises on the side. Ain’t we got fun?! Not as much as Trump and his ClownCom administration is about to have! The global disruption ripples ClownCom has created are just beginning to reset who will…

Trump’s Big Bad Main Street, (pending) MAGA Mutiny, Pt.2 – The Downstream Deportation, Labor Policy Solution!!

August 7, 2025 Dismal Dave Lancon Comments 0 Comment

Alright, let’s dive right in to the legal/illegal immigration, deportation kerfuffle and it’s downstream effect on Main Street labor in general and construction labor in particular, this post being my qualified opinion as a semi-retired, still licensed general contractor in the state of California, currently, the fourth largest economy on the planet. PS. A massive hot potato topic means a massive, mashed potato post! Enjoy. First things first: the management, and mismanagement of our tax dollars. Illegal labor, a net…

To Make America Great Again, FUND IT!!

May 30, 2020 Dismal Dave Lancon Comments 1 comment

We can’t make America great again until we Make America FAIR Again. And we can’t make America Fair for All, let alone restore it to greatness, unless we INVEST in it! Unless we FUND it! Why do I have to do all the friggin thinkin ‘round here??!! (And then along comes the Corona Economic Shock Treatment. Well, perhaps this is an opportunity for this latest strain of Quantative Easing to prove itself. Perhaps it’s the last chance. As I was…

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