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Nice Guy Eddie

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  1. I’m uncertain if DeSantis can do anything to remove a citizen who is allowed to return to the US. I believe Tate was born in the US so I’m assuming he’s a citizen even thought he seems to have been in the UK since he was a teenager. of course being the South, Florida can look for ways to make staying in Florida be unpleasant for someone.
  2. I was shocked that DeSantis said that he felt the Tate brothers shouldn’t be in Florida. Why am I thinking that he will soon pivot to saying something about innocent until proven guilty soon when someone brings them up.
  3. So crazy how some on the right will go after non-sex traffickers but embrace actual traffickers when prosecutors have evidence. we are really in a time where a friend of Trump can get away with anything as long as they can personally talk to Trump or have an intermediary.
  4. I would happily ignore a request like that. And if pressed, I would reply that school districts should be self sufficient with the property tax and state money.
  5. Reports that Rudy recently paid off the $148m to the two Georgia election workers. I know he was involved in some large law and security firms but had no idea that he had that much wealth to pay them off. or did he perhaps settle with them and agree to stop fighting?
  6. I assumed its the lack of action from Trump on bitcoin.
  7. The non-Fox News shows are all losing money. One reason is that many of the top names are getting paid as if their ratings were higher. My understanding is that all on-air talent has been approached about taking significant pay decreases. If they're not open to that, they're done. Now if an on-air talent has a sizable audience they may well likely earn more money if they can take a percentage of their audience to their own platform: substack, youtube, podcast, etc. The only viable solution for CNN and MSNBC is to merge. They can and should retain multiple brands and channels, but a merger would significantly reduce costs.
  8. If I'm not mistaken the Deputy FBI Director is not normally a Presidential appointment but rather a career FBI agent/employee. A quick glance of the last handful of deputy directors have all joined the FBI in the 80s or 90s. We've never had someone jump from being a cop or secret service agent to the second spot in the FBI. But then again, Bongino may be more qualified than Kash Patel. So we at least have that going for us. smh.
  9. If the parks are cutting back on services or open dates, then the next logical step is to give them away to private industry who will pay America a small royalty but only after all of their "costs" are covered.
  10. I have a distinct memory of being vaccinated at school for something. Late 70s. It was every kid lined up and someone jabbed something into your arm. I have zero reservations about any vaccine. When the HPV vaccine came out and insurance would only pay for younger men to get it, I asked the doctor if there was any harm in getting myself as an older, single guy. He said it would only harm my wallet and could possibly offer little to no value. I rolled my sleeve and said go for it. I was practically in line the day I became eligible for the shingles vaccine.
  11. when 4-7 companies are making ridiculous bank, need to deliver on big products, and compete for the same talent; salaries become tulip-level inflated. And paying someone $400K (or higher) doesn't mean that they produce more (better) than someone who is earning 150 or 200K. But when chairs are empty due to your competitor paying more, what can you do? I've always looked at some of the big tech firms like Ivy League schools. The tough part is getting in. Once you're in, you can deliver average work and thrive. I also bet that when you get 6 months of experience at Meta, you can jump to Google or MSFT for a big raise. Rinse repeat.
  12. Sad to hear that but 78 is a good life to live. I always liked the scenes with Charlie and Mac's moms. Crazy how that show is celebrating 20 years in 2025.
  13. I know nothing about employment law but I would prefer to be fired than resign unless there was a substantial $ package to resign. Perhaps even fully payable upon resignation. If Congress decides to not fund long term resignation packages, that isn't Elon's problem. I would also think long term that perhaps we will see a Dem president and congress one day that would want to make fired fed employees whole as opposed to those forced to resign. Maybe both would be treated equally but who know. However we all know that many Americans live month to month, if not paycheck to paycheck. It's easier said than done to tell someone to accept a firing with no severance pay. (Not talking about your friend here.)
  14. I bet many judges don't look to pick admin/paperwork fights so I could see them telling their staff to reply. Where it gets interesting is when a 19 year old developer decides to tell a judge that his entire staff is being fired for poor results.
  15. I'm not addressing exactly what you wrote but I think the time of year you renew matters. I've always found it difficult to find a plan that ends in Oct-Dec when many of us start using much less electricity. I just checked out Power to Choose for my ZIP code. Now it's very likely we're at a point of the year that they don't create 7-8 month plans but they have some other odd time frames like 16 months. Plan ends in 2025 April - 14 plans May - 8 June - 7 July - 1 Aug - 2 Sept - 0 Oct - 0 Nov - 1 Dec - 0 2026 Jan - 1 Feb - 38 Mar, Apr - 0 May - 7 June - 2 July - 0 Aug - 4 Sept - 0 Oct - 0 Nov - 0 Dec - 0 Or maybe it's a coincidence that there are very few 6-10 month plans but 4 or 16 months plans are more common. Not many people plan in 4 or 16 month timeframes. Weird.
  16. Employees have to summarize their week with five bullet points? I assume that Grok AI will analyze the bulletin points and decide if the employee performed well enough and if the job is needed. I hope the AI is secure since I assume that some employees who work in sensitive areas will have to respond with detailing said secret tasks if they want to keep their job. as always who elected Musk, a recent citizen, and his AI to rework the entire govt labor force, that even the president can’t fire.
  17. Trump today could suspend elections for his life and name Barron his eventual replacement, and there wouldn’t be a peep from the GOP politicians. At most a few might say that they disagree but they don’t really think that is going to happen. the only thing keeping America from being a dictatorship is Trump agreeing to not being a dictator.
  18. Hopefully there is some understanding of the cause of the blood clot to understand how to avoid more in the future.
  19. Forget the bureaucracy, govt vendors will help find the loopholes or processes for the employees. I'm waiting for the first DOGE person to die from an "overdose" after they start snooping on the CIA or NSA's payments.
  20. I've known more than one person who doesn't know how to turn off their sprinklers or they're more worried about knowing how to get it back on. Their lawn guy is outsourced for all aspects of it.
  21. I wonder why they start to drip at 37 and not closer to 32. It's not water starts to freeze at 37.
  22. The lottery system has always been about making money not offering a fair and transparent game. I recall when they were aghast at people complaining that scratch tickets' stated odds were wrong once the top prizes were redeemed.
  23. It's the idea that you have a CEO who is looking out for the best things for a company or in this case a country. Which is 100% what America rebelled against, not that George III was an absolute monarchy. Most of our beef was with Parliament.
  24. I would expect many of them could answer in the following way: Caitlin Clark, or whatever her name is The black girl from LSU who I hated Mary Lou Retton
  25. There are perfectly fine people in TW but it feels like they're overwhelmed with the large number of different folks. And yes about TW not just being aggy.
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