{"id":324327,"date":"2025-11-30T05:55:40","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T05:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/what-i-am-thankful-for-in-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T05:55:40","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T05:55:40","slug":"what-i-am-thankful-for-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=324327","title":{"rendered":"What I Am Thankful For in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.unsplash.com\/photo-1605926637563-ab877395ec88?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwxMHx8dGhhbmtzZ2l2aW5nfGVufDB8fHx8MTc2NDA2ODM0NHww&amp;ixlib=rb-4.1.0&amp;q=80&amp;w=1080\" \/><\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" dir=\"auto\">\n<p><span>It is the considered opinion of the hard-working staff here at Drezner\u2019s World that the past twelve months have added up to a shit year. Pretty much <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/danieldrezner.substack.com\/p\/the-ending-of-american-exceptionalism\" rel=\"\">everything I feared would transpire<\/a><span> during Trump\u2019s first year has <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/danieldrezner.substack.com\/p\/the-blinding-of-american-grand-strategy\" rel=\"\">actually <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/danieldrezner.substack.com\/p\/this-week-in-american-corruption\" rel=\"\">transpired<\/a><span> \u2014 and then some. A U.S. economy that looked <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/danieldrezner.substack.com\/p\/donald-trumps-inheritance\" rel=\"\">damn impressive at the end of 2024<\/a><span> now looks like <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/danieldrezner.substack.com\/p\/worst-economic-experiment-ever\" rel=\"\">it\u2019s hanging by a thread<\/a><span> made entirely out of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/danieldrezner.substack.com\/p\/three-readings-about-artificial-intelligence\" rel=\"\">AI bubbles<\/a><span>. The Trump administration is racking up foreign policy <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/danieldrezner.substack.com\/p\/donald-trumps-biggest-dumbest-personalist\" rel=\"\">clusterfucks <\/a><span>at an alarming rate \u2014 so much so that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/danieldrezner.substack.com\/p\/the-decline-and-fall-of-the-us-passport\" rel=\"\">the U.S. passport ain\u2019t what it used to be<\/a><span>. My <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/danieldrezner.substack.com\/p\/what-my-new-job-means-for-drezners\" rel=\"\">day job<\/a><span> has been <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/danieldrezner.substack.com\/p\/what-its-like-to-be-an-international\" rel=\"\">extremely challenging<\/a><span>, as the current administration seems <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/danieldrezner.substack.com\/p\/the-trump-administration-is-trying\" rel=\"\">hell-bent <\/a><span>on sabotaging a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/danieldrezner.substack.com\/p\/the-medford-statement-on-higher-education\" rel=\"\">core pillar<\/a><span> of American power. Oh, and some great sci-fi \u2014 <\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/danieldrezner.substack.com\/p\/my-high-praise-for-lower-decks\" rel=\"\">Star Trek: Lower Decks<\/a><\/em><span>, <\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/danieldrezner.substack.com\/p\/in-andor-rebellions-are-built-on\" rel=\"\">Andor<\/a><\/em><span> \u2014 came to a close, all while Trump and his billionaire friends are <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/danieldrezner.substack.com\/p\/how-trump-and-musk-are-ruining-sci\" rel=\"\">ruining the genre<\/a><span>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>So for Thanksgiving, it is a tad difficult to conjure up things to be thankful for in 2025. But there is definitely one thing I can appreciate \u2014 the opportunity to cook for a large extended family gathering! <\/p>\n<p><span>In case you were wondering, I\u2019m not being sarcastic! One of the things I have discovered about myself in recent years is that I really like to cook for a large number of people. Maybe it\u2019s the Jewish mother in me, but when a lot of people are enjoying a feast prepared by yours truly, a feeling of contentment washes over me. There is the additional <\/span><em>frisson <\/em><span>of joy derived from working out how multiple dishes with different cooking times and methods can be completed at approximately the same time. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>So, to enhance that thanks, I offer to my readers a list of everything I will be preparing for Thanksgiving Day \u2014 along with the sources of my various recipes for subscribers. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Hors d\u2019oeuvres<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Mushroom soup<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Cucumber salad<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Turkey<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Mashed potatoes<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Cornbread stuffing<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Roasted brussels sprouts<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>*<\/span><em>Others are cooking\/preparing a variety of additional soups, sides, and desserts<\/em><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is the considered opinion of the hard-working staff here at Drezner\u2019s World that the past twelve months have added up to a shit year. Pretty much everything I feared would transpire during Trump\u2019s first year has actually transpired \u2014 and then some. A U.S. economy that looked damn impressive at the end of 2024 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":324328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[7594],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-324327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-thankful"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What I Am Thankful For in 2025 - Som2ny Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=324327\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What I Am Thankful For in 2025 - Som2ny Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It is the considered opinion of the hard-working staff here at Drezner\u2019s World that the past twelve months have added up to a shit year. 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