Wednesday, June 10, 2026

"Be yourself," says Pride Month, without meaning it at all

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So far this is my favorite "Pride Month" graphic:
This comment on X about that image is perfect:

"I just love the idea that after presumably coming out to her community, doing IVF and raising two children with her non-Muslim, tattooed, lesbian life-partner, the woman in question remains committed to full Islamic modesty dress."

(Including for the baby!)

The Muslim woman is obviously a token stock character whose purpose is to broadcast to the world just how broad-minded progressives are.

Not to mention: whoever made the image certainly does not believe the little proclamation "everyone should feel free to be themselves," because the same people who support this image would gladly cheer if the people in the mocking comments thread were incinerated alive.

So the comments section started to have some fun. Really, everyone should feel free to be themselves? All right, then:
Other people reminded us of this beauty: the problem of sexual harassment in Germany, as we all know, is generally one of large, masculine white women grabbing the rear ends of smaller brown men who have a peg leg:
Now we may honorably disagree on which of these is the all-time best, but I still lean toward this one (they really are going for the peg leg these days):
Part of what makes this one so great is that the text is all gobbledygook. People who are "solo poly" don't "depend on the relationship escalator to express their commitment." Whatever, dude.

But come on: the choice of a Muslim woman who's missing a leg: that's priceless.

The person making the graphic is supposed to be compassionate because he views people as categories and tokens.

Now all these people may say you should be yourself, but you know as well as I do that that does not include people with dissident views like you and me. If we could be eliminated from society, they would push the button to do that in a fraction of a second.

However, lest you be filled with anguish that you have nowhere you can truly be yourself, ol' Woods has some good news for you:

You can be yourself among all the like-minded people you'll meet aboard the Tom Woods Cruise, which is by far the most fun you'll have all year.

Yes, it's a getaway with people who don't hate your guts, and who in fact rather like you.

At this late stage you'll have to put yourself on the waitlist, but passengers do drop out (either from our group or, more commonly, from the ship at large, but either way space becomes available) and you still have an excellent chance of sailing with us.

Be spontaneous and join us! You live once! Be the kind of person who says, doggone it, I'm doing this!

It's my last public cruise for a long time, so I look forward to seeing you there. And you can "feel free to be yourselves"!

The link:

 
Tom Woods


 






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With nearly 100,000 readers worldwide, you asked — we delivered.

Choose how dates appear in your app:

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✉️ Update #4: A Fresh Look for All App Email Notifications

Your dividend life now looks cleaner in your inbox.

We upgraded:

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It’s a small but meaningful upgrade: everything is more readable, better timed, and more useful — so you always know what’s happening inside your portfolio.

✉️ Update #5: Every Future Dividend Is Now Officially Verified — With Source Proof

From now on, every future dividend payment inside the app will clearly display:

  • Confirmed value

  • Currency

  • Official source

  • Proof of verification

Because these numbers aren’t abstract. They’re not theoretical projections. They’re money you plan your life around.

One of the most painful problems we run into as dividend investors isn’t market volatility or stock prices. It’s something much more basic — not knowing how much money is actually going to hit our account.

We’ve all seen this happen. We open a broker app or an analytics service, see an expected dividend of $10, plan around it — and then $4 shows up. Or $6. Or something completely different. No warning. No explanation. Just a quiet gap between what we thought we’d receive and what actually arrived.

The company has already increased its dividend, and the annual payout now stands at $5.20 per share.

 

The company is not paying a 9% dividend. The current yield is only around 3%, and the higher figure shown above is simply a miscalculation based on incorrect, unverified data. And this is coming directly from a brokerage account.

And this is only a small fraction of the data inconsistencies we see across brokerage platforms. These are two real examples taken directly from brokerage account dashboards.

That gap breaks planning.

Dividend income isn’t abstract for us. It’s not a theory or a backtest. It’s the money we use to cover real expenses — bills, subscriptions, savings goals, lifestyle choices. When the numbers are wrong, even slightly, it creates friction, frustration, and uncertainty.

The uncomfortable truth is that many brokers and popular analytics platforms get this wrong more often than they should. Currency conversions are off. Special dividends are mixed with regular ones. Withholding taxes aren’t clearly reflected. Sometimes the data is simply outdated or pulled from unreliable secondary sources.

To find clean, verified, official dividend information, we usually have to dig deep — annual reports, press releases, investor relations pages, regulatory filings. That takes serious time. And if we want professional-grade data sources, it often costs hundreds or even thousands of dollars per year.

That’s the pain Verified Future Dividends is designed to eliminate.

With this update, every future dividend payment shown inside MaxDividends is not an estimate or a guess. It’s a confirmed number, tied to a specific currency, backed by a clearly identified official source, and accompanied by proof of verification.

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In other words, we’re not showing numbers we hope will be paid. We’re showing numbers that have been officially declared and checked.

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This means when we see a future payment in the app, we can trust it. We can add it up. We can plan around it. We can build expectations that match reality — not marketing claims or rough projections.

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And this isn’t a one-time cleanup.

We repeat this process every quarter. We review what was paid. We verify what’s coming next. We refine the data. We add clarity. Then we publish the next set of goals with confidence.

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That’s the core promise behind Verified Future Dividends.

We bring all future dividend announcements into one place first. Every declared payment, every upcoming distribution — nothing scattered across brokers, press releases, or random data feeds.

From there, we go line by line and verify each payment against official sources. That means checking company announcements, investor relations releases, and primary disclosures — not third-party estimates. For every verified number, we also attach proof, so we’re not just telling you the value — you can see the source behind it yourself.

Once a future payment has been fully checked and confirmed, it receives a Verified mark. That checkmark means the number isn’t theoretical, approximate, or “expected.” It means the payment has been officially declared, reviewed, and validated.

This matters because when we look at future income inside our portfolio, we’re not just looking at charts. We’re looking at money we’re planning around. Verified payments remove the guesswork and eliminate those frustrating moments when expectations don’t match reality.

🎁 And Two More Nice Additions This Week

Money & Capital Display Formats

You can now choose how monetary values are displayed inside the MaxDividends App. We’ve added three of the most commonly used money display formats, so you can select the one that feels natural and intuitive to you.

Just head to your profile settings, pick the format you prefer, and set it in seconds.

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