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That is Pepper, my cocker waiting for the mailman.
I have quit depending on the Constitutional or legal when the SCOTUS can just decide particular presidential actions are not subject to judicial review even if 100% of other Constitutional scholars and legal experts disagree.
As long as I hold ultimate power, how many ways can I think of to balance money flows so that they transfer other-people's-money into my money? Which of these ways can I sell as a "good thing" for other-people long enough to implement with no going …
Rebranding is not an unusual political stragegy in today's world. Political because it rarely has economic benefits and often doesn't even have economic deficits. You making a new movie? Let's negotiate. I'll give you a few other-people's dollars an…
I just remind myself that I am probably too unimportant compared to many, many people to be noticed just by chance. Some like me will be unlucky and come to notice but the probablility is that it won't be me. (I still worry and wish there was zero c…
My local energy company has a competition between neighbors to cut their energy usage. They send customers their personal result as compared with their neighborhood. Why are we asking grandmas to cut heating their homes while building data centers t…
I guess, in today's world, if a gang of right stuff men decided to pick up an immigrant virgin and rape her, it would be ok especially if they impregnated her with some of that more worthy blood.
Relax everyone. They just aren't finished enhancing the files. The redacted and altered files are almost ready for release. Just a few original copies to shred.
OK, so partisanship is the name of the game for life appointments BUT why do they have to select the most intellectually inadequate partisan they can find? Inflicting the future generations to a lifetime of lazy minded leadership, without recourse, …
Thanks @lynnbolin2021. If you blow up to a 10 yr period, then scan across the dates, you will notice that, with the exception of COVID, there is a spike in April of every year. I wonder why. ;) I get a spike in my yearly cash flow in December sinc…
More often than not, I get an AI result at the top of a GOOGLE search. I have wondered if the search results shown below this are prioritized in order of the source of the AI result. If so, it would add to ones ability to determine the credibility o…
I admit that I have wondered if some of the ICE agents with masks covering their identities are individuals who do not currently have official jobs with ICE. I have never brought it up because I hate when speculation like mine, in this case, give so…
Any additional money she got to keep Alaska rural health care limping along probably closed some health care facilities in other states. It was sick; just plain sick; not just Murkowski, but the whole thing. Sick.
Speaking of money, I admit some awe of many of you MFOers for the selfless opposition to the continued Trump taxes. I think I can safely assume most to all of you have more tax burden than I do. If my taxes revert to the pre-trump tax brackets the t…
Your description is vague. How do you know it is real? From what you say, I would say it is absurd. If the relative has a nearby SSA office, they could take the letter to them and explain they are not there to respond to the letter but, if it is val…
@Sven Or appending the records to show many dead people collecting benefits. Remember they also have access to the Treasury records and could match SSA with Treasury issue check records (also modified). So, if nothing else, they increase the distrus…
@larryB I hope not. I am afraid the people in the country might cheer instead of get horrified. I don't want that fear confirmed. I just don't want to know. So, I hope no one gets a Kent State event.
Maybe he gave his next door neighbor's 9-year-old child, who came into the country at age 6-months, a ride to school when it was his turn in the car pool.
Lucky others. I found that as my anxiety about money and obligations decreased, my anxiety about the little and, sometimes, trite issues increased. I learned to curse at myself for such petty anxieties but, alas, they don't seem to want to go away. …
The debt is bad enough --- I still wonder how long before Russia or China starts dumping USTs in numbers large enough to cause problems for the US.
I have been wondering that for years but assumed I just was too ignorant in the subject to understand…
Many people of means have hoped for a switch from income based federal taxation to consumption based taxation. This would not bode well with the majority of American people since the majority are working class who spend most of their income on consu…
Or it is just a publicity ruse to fool people who are boycotting Musk products into liking Musk better for attacking Trump while capitalizing on the dislike of Musk among Trumpers for support of the big b bill.
What the hey? If the three branches can conspire to ignore one part of the Constitution then why not ignore the entire thing. That way there is no Constitutional method for amending the Constitution to erase the parts you decide to weasle your way a…
OK, how about some FDIC type "full-faith-and-credit" coverage of memecoins? The governement of "we the people?" should be willing to put their wealth behind the possible government approved cons.
@yogibearbull Maybe they will reorganize the TSP-G fund into the TSP-Cryto fund. During his last term Trump said something about getting rid of or changing the G-fund.
