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Nice Guy Eddie

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  1. "There is a 6 month processing time to accommodate these requests so the monthly charges will continue. And while normally there is a $299 cancellation fee, for today only we're running a special for the low, low price of $99 if you agree to a 9 month processing time. You're welcome." You have to wonder how much social security money has flowed into the Trump coffers. I agree that it's the old folks' money to do as they please but I'm sure there is something else of more value they could have bought.
  2. for what it's worth, I saw the following on crypto youtube today. SIAP. Fidelity in Canada is packaging their crypto ETFs within their other ETFs. As these scenarios start to become more and more common, especially with retirement plans, this is when you have an automatic flow of funds popping into the market every payday. I imagine crypto in 401ks is still looking like 2026 or 27. As an aside, when Canada shows "Global", they mainly mean the US.
  3. The teenage kid is just trying to support his pregnant girlfriend in Biden’s America. Go easy on him. /satire.
  4. Scary when they talk about using their elected/confirmed powers to defeat evil. I'm sure we all agree that we don't want evil in our lives or in the world but they're defining evil in their own terms when less than half of America agrees with them. And I don't want Dems defining and defeating evil either.
  5. Yep. As of Friday, iShares’ etf owned close to 0.7% of all bitcoin. Wouldn’t shock me if they get close to 1% this week or next. At some point, these etfs will struggle to find sellers if they keep attracting so much money from investors/gamblers. It’s not impossible that some big whales will sell off some bitcoin to lock in profits but that would just pause the rise.
  6. You can’t sell at 55 when 100 is just around the corner. Ha. edit. I’ve been following and owning crypto since 2017. One thing that feels different about this recent run up is that the entire market is going up (or down) together. In the past, it seemed that when BTC went up, funds were drained from ETH or alt coins. And vice versa. As if the same money was just being moved around. Now today everything is running up, presumably with buyers pushing up many coins at once. perhaps the sellers of one coin are pushing that into other coins. Another difference with this run is the overall lack of the new hot coin that pumps only to drop down just as fast. I’m sure that exists today but not at the same level.
  7. Inflation can be a good thing for corporations.
  8. Don't' know anything about this primary but I went to Liz Case's webpage from a google search. She reminds you 4 times in 8 paragraphs that she's descended from William Travis. Weird flex.
  9. Why I want to make fun of this guy, I was taught to sympathize with people below a certain intellectual level. Screw it, that guy is a moron and I feel sorry for the people in his life.
  10. At least we can remove SC from the election narrative now. How they vote in the general is already decided.
  11. Not political but just factual that America is very un-United with the 50 states having 50 different approaches and methods to deal with drug problems. I’m sure that while Portugal has challenges that we don’t face, they also only have a 10m population. I imagine that everything feels somewhat local and people are usually more apt to help neighbors, friends and family.
  12. Trump is effectively the incumbent and is losing 40% of the GOP vote. The GOP should be scared at the lack of support that he’s receiving from their base. Will many of those 40% eventually vote for Trump in the general? Of course but not all.
  13. Unfortunately Biden has to walk a tight rope when taking a victory lap about the economy since many are not participating the great economy.
  14. Can this be opened up to Go Fund Me? If Trump can raise over $1m to help him with his legal judgements, surely Dems can pony up $50m for Clarence. Of course with Manchin and Sinema in the Senate, who knows if Biden could even get someone confirmed to the Supreme Court this year.
  15. It’s always reasons that can be measured.
  16. On the topic of the US being less secure today, a positive side effect of the tragic war in Ukraine is that the US military is increasing their knowledge of modern warfare by leaps and bounds. Have others? Of course but I guarantee no one has learned more than the US military.
  17. Houston Democrats groups in Houston being harassed by anti-semites because they have many Jewish members. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outlook/article/antisemitism-houston-meyerland-democrats-fletcher-18680543.php from one of the people thrown out:
  18. It's telling that even the others on that panel were oddly quiet when this guy was talking. You don't want to be an active participant in the conversation when a guy decides to go 100% racist.
  19. If there is one person that has their finger on the pulse of African-Americans, it's definitely [not] that guy.
  20. If inflation isn't dropping then it's the correct move for the Fed to do nothing. No reason for them to pour gas on a fire. If the Fed announced that rate drops would be further delayed, I'm sure the market would react negatively but I also believe that is already partially baked into the market now. We're effectively at all time highs for several indexes and investors know the Fed may not lower rates.
  21. I don't understand how anyone, especially a woman could vote for the GOP. The GOP is getting closer to turning back the rights of women. Birth control, no fault divorces, even potentially the right for women to vote is or will be on the table. The GOP officials have learned that some of their base often vote against their personal beliefs.
  22. Guarantee that the GQP is celebrating that the 2 dozen republicans are resigning. They will backfill them with even Trumpier representatives. Since most districts are not in play, I assume most if not all, will win.
  23. Trump vs. Zombie George Washington? Honesty, I would want to hear a few of Washington's ideas before I voted for him. In this scenario, can GW communicate with words?
  24. Agree that it takes time to fully judge a president but you're not going to get much media attention if a survey stops at LBJ.
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