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Nice Guy Eddie

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  1. At some point you forfeit being thanked from your service when his continued govt service included accepting bribes. Even his military record has a history of lies and conduct unbecoming.
  2. Briscoe Cain has the body of an underdeveloped girl and his mustache looks fake. Shouldn’t he be checked for a penis before allowed in the men’s room? Maybe he can get a certified examination of his status and carry it around with him.
  3. I can understand wanting to drive over HSR or flying but what does an unexpected meeting end time have to do with uber in the 4th largest city in the country? It’s not like the Houston uber drivers all stop at 4pm.
  4. I don't wear tshirts with slogans or quotes on them, but I could be tempted to buy one if this was on it.
  5. We're really seeing a transformation of American democracy. When Trump can't get his way from within the system, he asks how he can change the system. You will need more House seats, create off cycle redistricting. You need lower interest rates, fire unfriendly Fed governors. The one unknown is where this stops. If Trump wants to stay in power, why not just claim he can run again. Why not just suspend elections. Obviously he would create an emergency reason to allow him to do so. Today most likely a large percentage of Republicans would say that Trump can't run again. Give him 2 years to build the argument, and that percentage would drop dramatically.
  6. Putin will call the leaders of these countries either dictators, Nazis or corrupt. If not all 3. Which of course is a reason why Putin can't easily sit down with Zelenskyy. Putin has effectively, if not explicitly, called Zelenskyy an illegal or invalid leader of Ukraine. You can't then sit down with that same leader and declare a peace deal to be legal and binding.
  7. Another federal judge rejects DOJs request to release the grand jury transcripts and even more correctly the judge said that there is nothing preventing the DOJ from releasing their investigation files which are much more substantial. Link. Of course we now know there is a certain president mentioned in the overall files and that can’t be redacted now.
  8. cruelty is the plan. I'm surprised that Trump hasn't called for North Vietnamese booby traps. Not that he would be aware of them other than what he's been told.
  9. The West needs to stop capitulating to Russia just because Russia has nuclear weapons.They can’t even be allowed to leave that unspoken in negotiations. There needs to be a point that a condition on Russia is nuclear disarmament, and I understand that China would have to be involved in that discussion and it would be post-Putin. I understand why Russia doesn’t want Ukraine to be aligned with the West but maybe Russia should have created a reason for Ukraine to stay aligned to them as opposed to strong arming them and taking their territories. Or maybe that’s just me.
  10. Honesty no one should wear those belt buckles. Like you mention, there are too many wanna-bes or fake cowboys who wear them. If the world's top rodeo cowboy was wearing that belt buckle in my presence, I would assume he's a wanna-be cowboy.
  11. The Texas Dems on the run accomplished their goal: attention to what Abbott is doing. They were never going to be successful forever. Allowing Abbott to do this quiet would have been the sin. By creating attention to Abbott steal, this gives the Dems cover to repeat this in other states. Yes it's a race to the bottom but Dems need to stop being the party who plays fair. If the GOP wants to ultimately destroy the US, then so be it.
  12. Actuarial tables might be working in your favor. You might be dead before she finds out. Or quickly dead after she finds out. Almost the same result.
  13. Very dangerous when those in power start to gaslight everyone that they're in fact the true victims. In fairness, you can point out when the Dems have done this as well but Trump is actively deploying a secret police who might be rounding up undocumented people today, and expand it to political enemies tomorrow. After all if the political enemies are actually enemies of America, why wouldn't you want them rounded up?
  14. So weird how the right is now fixated on slavery. Re-construct statutes and tributes to white, confederate “heroes” and downplay slavery. But they’re adamant that they’re not racist.
  15. Zelensky should reposition Ukraine as wanting to expel illegal aliens (Russians) from within their borders and praising how Trump has lowered new illegal immigration to 0. And how the rest of the world should look up to Trump in securing borders.
  16. So strange how they continue to retain MS from Microsoft but I guess brand experts tell them their viewers wouldn't be able to comprehend a completely new brand name. EDIT: The new logo and tag line (My Source, News, Opinion, World) is horrific. I can understand how they need to remove themselves from NBC and the peacock logo but I'm lost with their new logo. Is that supposed to be the US flag with the stars and blue square hidden while its blowing in the wind? I don't get it.
  17. Like how Loving county has 64 residents but 97 votes in the 2024 election? And about 1/3 of those residents were under 18 in 2020. (The 64 residents were from the 2020 census, and its estimated to be lower today.) (I realize there is a long history of relatives, of Loving county officials, voting in Loving county even though they admittedly do not live there most of the time.)
  18. Most likely Abbott would ban mail in voting for large counties only.
  19. Stamp was great in his supporting roles. Loved him from Wall Street. "I could break you, mate, in two pieces over my knees. You know it, I know it. I could buy you six times over. I could dump the stock just to burn your ass" In thinking how the movie implied more backstory between Gekko and Wildman, a prequel series about 70s-80s Wall St. could be a good watch.
  20. his core base has no choice but to continue supporting him. They're too far gone. Sure there is always someone who falls to the side with a new crazy take but it's minimal.
  21. The best part is that Trump frequently caves to the most recent people who speak to him. He walks out of a meeting with Putin and mimics Russian talking points. There is a fair chance that the European leaders today can easily manipulate Trump into their viewpoint. But you definitely cannot fight against Trump. You need to show him how he's the smartest guy in the world, and its inconceivable that he hasn't won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts. I don't believe for a second that all of these leaders dont' have psychologists on their payroll telling them how to deal with Trump.
  22. It is unrealistic to think that Crimea is going back to Ukraine. Short of a larger invasion force. And if Ukraine can trade Crimea to get their other territories back, that might be a reasonable trade off. Ukraine could probably find a method to receive financial reparations for Crimea at some level. As for any promise to not join NATO, that is a worthless trade off. Sure I promise not to do something until I think that I can do it without consequences. There is also a gray area of being a NATO member and being a member in spirit only. Ok, we won't be a card carrying member country but we will be a peripheral member who participates in military exercises. Of course, most likely the real agreement will be more than just a one sentence promise.
  23. American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology came out with new blood pressure guidelines or more precisely management/prevention. I like they're discussing more about cognitive issues and not just heart disease. They still qualify: <120/70 - normal <129/79 - elevated <140/89 - stage 1 140+/90+ - stage 2 I can fall under any of the first 3 depending on the time of day and when I last took lisinopril. I believe 135/85 is the highest that I ever recorded at home but I can also be in the normal range at times. The new (or continued) recommendations: lower daily salt limits cut out alcohol or at least no more than 2 drinks per day. 1 for women. more exercise & stress relief I took their PREVENT calculator. Link My scores (10 year and 30 year chances) using my 2024 annual physical #s: Cardiovascular disease: 11% 33% Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease 5% 17% Heart Failure 8% 27% I think I'm in better shape this year so actually looking forward to my Fall physical to see where I stand now. I assume that because I take BP and cholesterol medication the calculator will always show me at a decent risk since the medication indicates that I do have a problem.
  24. There is also a growing right belief that wives don't need to vote, which is only a short jump away from saying that single women don't need to vote since their father is the head of the household. My response to that is that no one is making the wife or daughter vote if they strongly feel that the man in their life should make these decisions. but why take the vote away from women who want to exercise their right?
  25. Behind the scenes, many GOP politicians are not onboard with elimination of mail-in voting because 1) they're winning with the current system, 2) they get a large % of senior citizens voting, who over index in mail-in voting. This is also why these politicians make noise about carving out exceptions for old and/or disabled voters. It doesn't eliminate the threat of voter fraud which they're happy to turn a blind eye.
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