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The Sunday politics talk show guests keep asking "What was/is the 'imminent threat'" that caused the strike on Iran?
None of the hosts or guests have posed the possible answer, yet I believe @JD_co is correct: it is the Epstein files.
I am not an accountant either, and so I'll pose a few questions. All of these players have huge war chests to draw from, no? Debt can be issued (as in the recently noted 100 year bonds) to cover these costs, no? Lease obligations can be broken, n…
That was a great interview. Refreshing and, I dare say, hopeful. Not only for Talarico's way of framing values but also as Colbert is often at his best when interviewing politicians.
"Makes me wonder if owning a collection of individual stocks might be a consideration."
source:
case-building-individual-stock-portfolio-taxable-investment-account
This is the conclusion I came to a decade ago. I am in a similar situation to @Mon…
Are software stocks ever going to stop dropping? I keep thinking they cannot go any further, and each day they sink more. ...
I just KNOW that as soon as I dump them, they rebound considerably.
@DrVenture , for what little this may be worth, I t…
The problem we are facing is the camera vendors often get rewarded with a cut of every issued fine, per their contract. Thus, they are given an incentive to reduce the state or county's margin of grace that exceeds the posted speed limit; yes, one …
The irony is Trump and Co. made such a big stink about Epstein purely to cause trouble for others. While incomplete at this writing, at least now the regime has been partially hoisted by its own petard. Unfortunately, such arrogance and incompeten…
@larryB , I have been sailing in earnest since 1974, along the way earning and using professionally a USCG license with sailing and towing addenda, but lost a lot of knowledge, skills and abilities when I changed careers 30 years ago.
Having also e…
I have always been technology-challenged, dating back to programming a VCR. The difficulty I have to make an app work as is should is so frustrating now I often by default decide to no longer even try. But now that I have read the entry above by @…
@davidmoran, he comes from a country led by the godfather of modern fascism and a government rotting with racist ideology. Ignorance isn’t his flaw, it’s his upbringing.
Even more to the point, his upbringing was one of being surrounded by persisten…
In addition to Mark's OP, take a look at this 1-22-2025 PBS interview with Steve Vladeck:
https://www.pbs.org/video/on-democracy-vladeck-1769125930/
Full transcript: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-trump-is-challenging-americas-judicial-sys…
"Even after he's impeached a 3rd time (hopefully,) there aren't enough Repugnants who will vote to convict him." Well, even without Republicans it seems numerically possible:
AI: "The impeachment process involves two separate steps within the U.S.…
"Today Dear Leader is saying he can prevent defense companies from issuing dividends or buying back shares."
Confounding logic from the party of free market conservatives. Compound that logic even further in suggesting the desire to increase deman…
It would be pretty neat if Putin was a little rattled by the thought that Maduro's capture was just a trial run, even if there never was any intent by Donny to follow through.
How about leaving your cell phone at home so AI cannot track your physical window browsing? Failing that, what about using disposable burner phones and cash? I am a bit technophobic and, as such, lack knowledge of ways to avoid AI tracking.
@gman57 , Following the Newtown massacre I remember 88% of the nation wanted gun law reform. But the efforts of the NRA and the likes of Mitch McConnel made certain any legislation to that end would never pass. By that time McConnel had earned the…
@a2z I've heard there is a golf course at Gauntanamo Bay. I also believe the facilities there could easily accommodate a team of Secret Service agents should FOTUS demand such security.
My nephew and his wife have invited me over. Her family is originally from Cyprus but she was raised in the UK. Chances are good lamb and British roasted potatoes will be served, along with several other Mediterranean sides. Claiming it applicabl…
Still suffering from his various prejudices, a recent White House press release stated Trump is only pardoning the white meat part of the turkey this year.
Some of my friends periodically ask me what they should do with their investments. I usually limit my responses to something like, "What do you have in mind and why?", "That would be an okay choice for a small portion of your total holdings.", or m…
At the risk of receiving negative comments, or worse, I believe it worth mentioning the OP posted a similar thread over on the Big Bang discussion board. Some of the contributions over there add immense value to the discussion but will never make i…
Thank you, @catch22. Didn't the U.S. conduct a fair bit of nuclear testing around the Marshall Islands? With that in mind, were you ever concerned about radioactive exposure?
"Westinghouse also manufactured some of the first refrigerators. My great uncle possessed one of the very first models (maybe from 1925) and the company recognized his fridge as one of the longest living. It was still functioning in the mid-1950's, …
Doesn't Trump have a long history of not paying contractors for completed work? The partisan element may be new, but his reneging on agreed-upon payments is not.
Somewhere in human history there must have been at least one king with an altruistic or benevolent streak. A better question, @Old_Joe, is to ask if FD1000 desires to restrict liberty and justice for all except his cronies.
Apparently the powers that be in the executive branch failed to receive the special education they so desperately needed when they were school-aged kids. Had they received that benefit, their current ill-informed decisions may have been averted.
If ICE comes to Atlanta FD1000 better hide himself away.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/caught-on-camera-ice-tactics-intensify-despite-disturbing-videos-surfacing-across-the-u-s/vi-AA1OhGNz?ocid=winp2fptaskbar&cvid=68eb85e7c0d14ce09b513f2…
@FD1000
"What about eggs, high inflation, and dictatorship?
When you can't win on substance, Dems follow their extremists...Mamdani, AOC, Bernie, Pocahontas, and others on this (link)"
Here is a conversation between two of your so-called extrem…
How is U.S. national security going to be maintained when when so many resources are misdirected to satisfy the vanity and pettiness of one vile arrogant buffoon?
