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Nice Guy Eddie

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  1. Yep. I’m in favor of making areas more pedestrian friendly but the solution can’t be taking all 2 lanes roads to 1 lane, especially key traffic arteries. is it too late to stop the shepherd/Durham project in dropping them to 3 lanes each?
  2. Johnson probably has an app that keeps track of his time in a public bathroom to prevent his desires from taking over.
  3. I see the Supreme Court trying to do effectively nothing with this case. But reinstate Trump to the CO ballot. I expect they rule that the President is an officer of the US so therefore the 14th amendment applies to them. But that there is some flaw in what CO did, or that they need to follow a new test to ban a candidate based on the 14th amendment, such as a criminal prosecution by a federal court. Trump reminds me of a crappy employee that I had about 20 years ago. He kept doing stupid shit at work, which required me to make rules for the entire team.
  4. I understand realities but what a bastard that he's waiting for the other side to go to the hospital to sneak in impeachment votes. Next I have to guess that he will start looking under bathrooms stalls and locking the bathroom door if he thinks he sees a couple Dems in there.
  5. Only symbolic but will we see the S&P pop 5,000 today?
  6. Solid analogy. You just have to be 52-57 years old to appreciate it.
  7. but did Kris deny how he felt about Toby Keith?
  8. Check out honestmath.com for retirement Monte Carlo simulations. I can’t validate the accuracy of the site but some retirement gurus on YouTube have referenced it. You’re right that small percentage changes can mean the difference to running out of money or having several million left in 2-3 decades. i would be cautious about using your real email address or any self identifying info on a site where you’re entering your finance numbers. I don’t mean in them stealing your money but you may see unsolicited emails, calls or whatever. People don’t need to know your business. As for retirement I see a key element is having more than enough to easy cover your fixed costs which allows you to adjust discretionary when uncontrollable factors occur.
  9. Sad but slightly enjoyable watching Sen Lankford yesterday realize that the GOP is not about progress but only getting Trump in office. Didn’t he get the memo because the rest of the GOP is aware of that. The sad part is while I don’t care for this guys politics, he did seem to give a honest attempt at bipartisanship for a partisan issue, and the right is going to kick him to the curb for that sin.
  10. I was lucky enough to have caught a few Mojo shows at the Continental Club ( Houston) and even at least at the old Fabulous Satellite Lounge. Or maybe it was Fitzgeralds. Memory is fading. good times with some friends at those shows.
  11. Mojo Nixon. https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/mojo-nixon-unabashed-outlaw-cult-hero-dead-at-66/ar-BB1hWOL6
  12. Haley could beat Biden, if she had Trump backing her. If Haley somehow pulled out a victory over Trump or Trump was forced to step down, does anyone really think Trump will endorse Nikki or provide her with financial support? In theory Nikki could beat Joe but only in a vacuum.
  13. Close votes are also the time to demand something from the Speaker when he needs your vote. You can't let his crisis go to waste especially if you're in a safe district. However with a small majority and a Dem Senate and President, Johnson doesn't have much power. I believe it's also been established that Johnson doesn't have much PAC money to share. Johnson negotiates, with his own party, from the weakest position possible.
  14. People are using credit cards to pay for emergencies or to close any gap due to inflation. Some can not or will not change their lifestyle. Not to mention that once you start down the cycle of high interest debt, many can not escape unless they have a high income. When people get their CC debt to 25% or 50% of their annual income, I don't think there is any math that gets them out of it easily. Some are higher than 50%.
  15. It doesn't mean that there isn't another GOP congressmen or two that are waiting to switch to a No to kill the impeachment vote, if needed.
  16. Perhaps the razor wire in Eagle Pass is on the wrong side of the town. If I were a citizen there, I want these people kept out not the immigrants.
  17. I assume that Trump and Johnson will eventually apply enough pressure to get Mayorkas impeached. Trump wants Biden's border security on trial in the Senate. Schumer should follow the McConnell Doctrine. We shouldn't hold a trial for a Cabinet member in an election year. It's unprecedented to do so just like holding a vote for a SCOTUS nominee from the other party. Set the trial for the day after the election.
  18. Newsome handles the California aspect correctly. When someone says "don't California my Texas" or whatever state, he pushes back that they should be as lucky to be as successful in CA. And let's be honest, when someone in CA moves to TX, the average IQ probably goes up in both states.
  19. The school expressed their worry about the son being a danger to himself or others BUT the parents failed to express that he had access to and potentially was carrying a gun. If the parents had provided this info to the school, 4 students would be alive today. The parents most likely declined to say anything because they were worried of the consequences to themselves or their son. Now 4 people are dead. I'm sorry the mom was convicted in the sense that I'm sorry the crime was committed. But since the crime occurred, I think the mom has some responsibility at a criminal level.
  20. Maybe ideally we would want younger, more capable leaders but we never get the 2 candidates that we want. When comparing our 2 options, I will go with a diminished Biden over the chaos of Trump. Does someone really want to repeat 2017-Jan 2021 as opposed to 2021 to today? It’s not a close race how much better today is.
  21. Montgomery county is very Trumpy and I would put it up against any of the north Dallas communities.
  22. Given the choice of going to Blinn vs making some type of living grifting people, honesty I might go with the grift option as well. There is a reason that their notable alumni page only contains pro football players and zero Nobel laureates or CEOs.
  23. Since I don't go on Facebook or TexAgs, I personally haven't seen the clips that they apparently have of Biden being unable to do his job. The right just wants to repeat senile and dementia over and over in order to make it a fact. Frankly even if Biden has some senility, so what. Senility does not equal dementia or Alzheimer's. Forgetting a fact or someone's name isn't the end of the world. How to process information and make rational decisions is more important. Is it possible that his staff are hiding his failings and the Chief of Staff is effectively the President? I suppose anything is possible but there are zero reports of that.
  24. Can't find the clip again, but Fox had Bartiromo interview Trump. Not live. Several times as Trump is giving his answer, there is a quick jump edit to Maria asking another question. It didn't seem like Trump was at the end of his answer. Presumably Trump went off on a subject, like corrupt voting machines, that Fox just can't have on the air any more.
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