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Nice Guy Eddie

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  1. Different people read a situation differently. Failing to cooperate with the authorities is not a sign of guilt. As others have posted here, Richard Jewel is the perfect example why your interactions with law enforcement need to involve a lawyer.
  2. I can see that a mosque advises their members to have legal representation when talking to the FBI. I would do the same. The FBI would not be interviewing you to find out what you knew about the terrorists, they would be interviewing you to see if you’re also a terrorist. This is the sole purpose of an investigation into someone who is already dead.
  3. Is this video some type of resume or dating profile? My bet is that this guy was unsuccessful in life which led him to be self radicalized.
  4. Say that @immamac had an affiliate link here for NordVPN and he would receive a decent referral bonus for anyone who clicked a link to NordVPN and purchased a subscription. Then as the customer is finalizing their purchase, the Honey extension flips the referral affiliate code to themselves. Honey and perhaps NordVPN conspired to limit @immamac’s revenue when he linked customers to NordVPN site. He operated in good faith in fulfilling his side of the transaction and perhaps lost out in a $25 commission. Multiply this scenario with thousands of referring websites and millions of affiliate link purchases. I’m not a lawyer but I would think there are some very smart lawyers who would see a liability in the billions for PayPal. PayPal’s stock price and reputation would suffer from some suits against them.
  5. Update my will max out retirement contributions including an after-tax additional option Add more to my “emergency” expense account. In retirement I want to be aggressive with my stock portfolio so I need a multi year cash position for down years. put 5k away for my next vehicle down payment Diligent about excess funds going into my brokerage account.
  6. This was my house’s tv schedule for Sunday night in the late 70s. 6:00 PM: 60 Minutes 7:00 PM: All in the Family/Archie Bunker's Place 7:30 PM: One Day at a Time 8:00 PM: Alice 8:30 PM: The Jeffersons 9:00 PM: Trapper John, M.D Given this was 45-50 years ago, I can’t imagine many main actors are still with us. Flo, Gregory Harrison, rob reiner and Sally Struthers must the older casts that haven’t made these threads. And many of the then <21 cast. Tommy from Alice being an exception. And I’m only counting cast that were there for the majority of the early seasons. Not the ones who pop in for seasons 9-10.
  7. I wouldn’t but I bet 25% of America would in a heartbeat.
  8. Impossible to find Americans that will take those jobs?
  9. MAGA will realize that bringing in very different groups will often lead to fights. I’m unsure if the white, 40k/yr, blue collar worker is going to have much sympathy for an unemployed, white software engineer who is used to $200k and working from home. people are quick to point to others as being lazy but won’t puts themselves in that category.
  10. So delicious watching MAGA meltdown over the Elon H1B debate. You can tell that so many are conflicted in arguing that we need to allow companies to pay foreign workers less at the expense of Americans. It goes against their core beliefs and their heads are spinning. its a great topic to bring up with maga acquaintances.
  11. It would be interesting policy to require employers to pay for 40 hours of week regardless of what the worker actually works. Obviously the outcome would be the employee working the 40 since you’re already paying them for 40. And if you the employer only needs someone for 10 hours, then just pay another worker overtime. it could end up leaving some people with no work so that impact would need to be addressed.
  12. Gen X here who has seen a wide range of industries and employers throughout my career. I definitely have had bosses who demand too much and some who demand very little of their team. There is more attention to life balance today than in the 90s but I don't see a lowering of intelligence. I also find very dedicated employees in their 20s today. Sure a 20-something is never dedicated to a employer for life but they know that occurs in the opposite direction as well.
  13. Dems should be fighting for only 1 minimum wage change in any state or federal: tying the current minimum to the same cost of living adjustment as social security benefits. And I don't mean a separate law but change the social security law. Of course we need to wait until the GOP is out of power for this. Yes it is too late and low BUT it would have huge impacts when the GOP refuses to raise it for decade+. This also wouldn't prevent periodic additional adjustments.
  14. Does anyone know non-MAGA types who have purchased a Tesla in the last year or two? I don't. In terms of determining new Tesla purchases in general, it's tough to gauge in the wild because models rarely change. Obviously any Cybertruck is new and I've seen maybe ~5 in Houston. I rarely go to the suburbs.
  15. CSB. I added a new Twitter X account the other day to test something out. Used a new throwaway email account. I was asked my interests and who I wanted to originally follow. I didn't care about any of that so I picked sports, business and tech. Then followed the Major League Baseball account. X is showing me all of these far right tweets including Elon, Vivek and Charlie Kirk.
  16. Work is slow today. I asked ChatGPT to tell me the year each character would have retired at 65 years old, and how old everyone would be today in 2024, if they were still alive. Not that I was in advertising but my career slightly overlapped a few characters' later careers. Peggy, Megan and especially Sally could still be kicking it today. Don't buy that Cosgrove was 7 years younger than Pete, and that Megan was younger than Sally (???) AI is making up data there.
  17. Has Russia ever agreed that their missiles and crew shot down the MH17 flight over Ukraine in 2014? They will deny this new incident as fake news and it’s possible that the small countries will quietly accept it. Maybe there will be some payoff to the country leadership to let it drop.
  18. Vivek’s argument for needing more foreign born, educated workers is that Americans are fat and lazy? So is the bigger plan to 1) get rid of lower skilled undocumented workers, 2) bring in more foreign born engineers, and 3) the lazy American engineers can transition to working in agriculture, construction, and kitchens? I missed this platform during the gop convention.
  19. I’m slightly behind on my watch list.
  20. Necro bump. + @bernorange due to another post. I don’t believe this is on Netflix but rather Tubi, at the moment. caught Aniara last night. Real cheerful movie for a Xmas night. 😂 Still with me today in terms of how I would handle being in that situation. im a sucker for science/science-fi YouTube videos. The idea of a generational ship seems impossible to me.
  21. I had hopes that we would see Juliette return to the original silo this season but feels less likely. Perhaps it will be the final scene of season 2.
  22. But his followers know that he’s the best Christian ever because he says so.
  23. Die hard is not a Christmas movie. Move it to another month and it can be the exact same movie.
  24. Doctors have zero ability to quickly determine the cost of any one patients prescription. Out of curiosity I checked my health plan/PBM and Minocycline (whatever that is) 100mg tablet are listed at $22 for 90 days mail order. Never hurts to research alternative pricing and ask ChatGPT for alternatives if the price is too high. Then send a message to the doctor to switch up if they’re in agreement. obviously sometimes drugs are time sensitive and then you just need to go with whatever options you have.
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