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Nice Guy Eddie

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  1. Makes sense but I don’t see a problem with some funds in high(er) yield dividend funds. I don’t mean chasing 10% yields but a solid ~4% on some of your bankroll isn’t bad. IMO. i have about 10% of my investable assets in dividend stocks/funds. Not only do I like to reinvest the dividends, I find that when the dividend increases annually, the price somewhat rises by the same percent in a trend towards the previous yield. Dividends increase by 4%, you get that 4% price increase as well. I generally avoid dividends that don’t increase annually. finally dividend investing has a game like feel. Say I want the avg monthly dividend to go up $5, I transfer over $1500 to buy a 4% yield. Perhaps I would spend that otherwise. $5 doesn’t buy you anything but repeat that buy regularly over a few years and it’s a decent amount. And you can still sell the funds if you want.
  2. Sorry if I'm slow with my thoughts, but I'm going to assume that a law allowing wastewater to be reused is not really about finding a reuse of the water or frankly even disposing of it. If O&G can "safely" reuse wastewater for agriculture, then why not allow them more access to more groundwater. They'll return x% of it back to the river or agriculture canals at a later date. Let's face it, O&G wants 100% of Texas water so they need to identify how to sell that argument. In a way, it reminds me how the chemical industry came up with the idea of plastic recycling. Not because they wanted to reduce landfill waste or that they wanted to buy recycled plastic. They wanted to shift the blame of plastic waste in our environment away from them. Chemical companies aren't the bad guy, it's your neighbor who refuses to separate their trash. This gives the chemical companies more of a market because the consumer doesn't feel bad about choosing plastic.
  3. To me, one of the problems of quitting is that there's a good chance that many in your life are drinkers and they're the ones who have a problem with your quitting. And not that they're bad people that want you to be an alcoholic or heavy drinker but rather that they want a drinking friend at times. Anyone can say those aren't your friends but that's not necessarily true.
  4. I recall being taught something similar but in reality Union troops weren't in Galveston or Texas in 1862 when the Proclamation was enacted. I don't believe for a second that Texas leaders weren't aware of it in 1862. I imagine they did their best to not have local papers write about it, and didn't speak about it too loudly. Then again maybe they used it as a rallying cry to create support by scaring the whites.
  5. where do you keep the ice? In the urinal?
  6. I don't know how to interpret "never been closer" to a nuclear weapon but if we truly thought they were close, we should strike them today. why give them time to complete it, or worse use it.
  7. Of course Texas Republicans are slow to embrace Juneteenth. It’s hard to celebrate the end of slavery when you’re still nostalgic for the good ol’ days of states' rights and dress-up secessionist cosplay.
  8. I also bet that the Texas Lege will eventually pass a law to prevent any restaurant/grocery store in providing information whether any food product is tied to fracking wastewater. This could be Dan Goeb's senate bill 1 in the next go-round.
  9. https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/18/politics/social-security-trust-fund-annual-report Let me add 65 to my birth year to see when I might decide to collect SS. That gives me.... 2034.
  10. Slim Charles knows more about war than most secretaries of state.
  11. Modi isn't even wearing a suit to the oval office so clearly he's lying and should be kicked out. Probably failed to thank President Trump for forcing the UK to accept Indian independence. Edit: independence under Trump's regime.
  12. if this is an actual screengrab, it demonstrates shows the level of intelligence of the person writing these on screen titles, and the bar to get hired at Fox News.
  13. Not that I expect anyone to be on the edge of their seats waiting on my health #s but to wrap up my story, the Lp(a) and ApoB results were low (good.) Statins keep my cholesterol to normal (low) level. unfortunately I've pulled myself the wrong direction in a diabetes risk index (DRI), which is supposed to give better insight than just a1c to identify the risk of developing type 2. I need to get off the path of turning into wilford brimley.
  14. Can't speak to this product but I saw an ad for an anti-hangover pill once. It was basically some combo of vitamins and salts. The directions were to take their pill after each alcoholic drink along with a full glass of water. lol. Seriously if someone is worried about the health outcomes from drinking, cut back or quit.
  15. Not exactly. People can use a term in any way they want. Man, that Michael Jordan is so phony.
  16. Funny. I've heard many people using salt of the earth as an insult but I'm aware that people use it in the opposite as well.
  17. Wilson's passing unexpectedly sent me on a path to learn more about the Beach. To me, the craziest part is how they (their father) sold off the Beach Boys master and publishing rights, even though the ultimately were able to get a percentage of them back. Could only imagine how much they lost by that short term decision. Similar story with the Beatles. But I guess at the time, they didn't anticipate the commercialization of music over time.
  18. If I'm a blue or blue-ish DA/AG (county or state), I would fight against any criminal to be charged federally, unless it's outside the scope of the state charges.
  19. I hope that anyone who is north of $5m isn't waiting too late to enjoy life. Earning $30K per month is great when you're 65 but you don't want to wait that long to enjoy it. I'm turning 56 this year and the SS actuarial tables (https://www.ssa.gov/oact/STATS/table4c6.html) give me a median of 23 years left. If I look backwards, 23 years ago doesn't feel that long ago. Happy thoughts for a Monday!
  20. Not unexpected but I had to shake my head at TexAgs thread on this. On their page 1 and 2, they're debating how that this tragedy is a result of the politician victims voting against some recent democrat bills related to protecting abortion rights in MN. (I have zero idea if this is accurate or not.) And that the perp must be a deranged lib who is upset at their betrayal of Dem ideals. Now on the last page, they're upset that libs wants to politicize this issue by pointing out that the perp is a MAGA Trump supporter.
  21. Very Aggie-like biography bragging about the size of the companies where he’s worked. I’ve worked for large companies and you can have such a specialized role that you fail to learn much.
  22. Presumably the only winner from the parade was Melania since she was paid to be there. Is it public info where she lives? It must be a place that Trump never goes.
  23. Are they bringing out Sean spicer to talk about how this was the most attended parade EVER.
  24. Customs and Border Protection can search your phone including going thru your social media. If you refuse to unlock it, the worse scenario for a citizen could be some hassle and confiscation of your phone. They can’t deny you entry to the US based on your refusal and they can’t arrest you for that lack of action. If you’re a non-citizen or other categories, they may tell you to return to the country you came from. if I was a non-citizen, I wouldn’t leave the US unless I was prepared to never return.
  25. Just as Trump is purging the govt of disloyal people, why wouldn’t they want to extend their goal to the entire country. Even MAGA leaders realize it’s not easy to identify/purge disloyal folks so the next best action is to make life as bad as possible for them. disband FEMA, and then Trump decides which states he will dole out emergency assistance dollars and how much. How did the state or the impacted counties vote? Reward loyalty and punish others.
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