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Nice Guy Eddie

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  1. yeah but they would all be fired this afternoon and replaced with MAGA influencers. I have to hope that some of them, even ones who are republican, believe in the rule of law including not having the military provide police services.
  2. Takes a special kind of asshole to wear a MAGA hat in a non political situation.
  3. Off topic but the other day I realized that I dont think that I’ve ever seen true MAGA hat in the wild. Saw some young woman wearing a trump ball cap at a bar once but never a red MAGA cap.
  4. I haven't attended many Astros game in the last couple of years but they previously would play Take Me out the Ballpark followed by Deep in the Heart of Texas in the 7th inning stretch. Both of which can be fun songs to show people singing or dancing on the big screen. The only exception would be God Bless America on Sunday game's 7th inning stretch. I guess there was some connection that since it's church day and the song had God in its title. Who knows, maybe they sing God Bless America every day now. I've never understood the need to play the national anthem at sporting events. Except that now any team that didn't play it would be labeled as anti-American. Which makes zero sense. I find the song's main purpose at games is for those who want to virtue signal and don't get me started when someone goes after someone else for not removing their hat. Snowflakes who just want to get mad at someone.
  5. Maybe just maybe this big meeting is only some lame motivation talk to go over Pete's warrior ethos ideas, but this is also how a military enforcement of a Trump lifetime appointment as President would start. Weed out the military leaders who would be violently opposed to the idea. Then start working on the ones who are somewhat accepting or open, and promote them to the key roles.
  6. Yeah by February we may be at a point that just not saying something perceived as anti-Trump, isn't enough. You may have to thank President Trump as those in North Korea have to acknowledge Dear Leader at every turn or face the consequences.
  7. Makes sense. I was thinking solar for the battery backup to help with extended outages. Even if solar couldn't fully recharge it to 100%, solar would extend the use of the battery for an emergency. I'm reminded how I've been without power in Houston for up to 3.5 weeks in the past. That was once in 20 years but painful to experience.
  8. I watch personal finance channels on youtube. One recent one stood out because a guest told a story where her elderly mother tried to withdraw large sums of money from her bank, and the bank effectively refused (correctly) because the mother was being scammed. The guest said that the mother than switched banks to one that wasn't so up in her business. And then was scammed out of most of her money was the overseas scammer but still refuses to believe it.
  9. Can you educate me on these? I would assume that a whole house battery would also need solar whereas the generators are usually powered by some form of gas/gasoline. I guess it depends on what fuel sources access you have.
  10. I'm not a big fan but don't forget that the UFC is hosting a PPV on the grounds of the White House. EDIT: If someone doesn't think that won't be a full-on Trump rally, they're crazy. You know that Trump's entrance will be nothing short of something you would see in the WWE.
  11. One of the smaller companies involved with the TikTok purchase is a UAE firm that has done business with Trump’s crypto in the past. There’s zero understanding why this firm needs to be an owner or what happened to the idea that only Americans should own TikTok? or perhaps like we all guess, the Trump org is getting a piece of US TikTok for him to approve the sale.
  12. Hit by pitch to get eliminated. Geez.
  13. That's the bad news. They got nothing to play for the rest of the weekend. Yes but we needed Cleveland and Detroit to lose tonight to increase our chances. Worry about the tomorrow’s Red Sox and Rangers showing up tomorrow. this was a huge opportunity to have both lose tonight. Odds are now that at least one of them lose 2 if not 3 this weekend.
  14. I probably saw the same clip. For others, the other board members, almost certainly GOP as well, were telling Walters that some suspended teachers had been cleared by investigators and the board only had to review the findings, recommendations and decide on releasing the suspension. Walters was adamant that he and he alone would decide when the board would review the cases because he was protecting the children. Obviously in his mind, the teachers were guilty of something because he believed it. When a board member complained, Walters' answer was that the board member was free to run for the position held by Walters. What an ass.
  15. Outside of live sports, I don't understand how local TV makes much money or attracts viewers. I understand the basics of the advertising market but ad buyers are becoming smarter about the local TV audience is not part of any desired demographic unless you're selling catheters or asbestos class action lawsuits. And live sports could leave broadcast TV relatively quickly. Netflix's annual income is closing in on $40B per year. Fox and CBS both pay a little north of $2B annually to the NFL. Netflix could take on that cost which would add subscribers + get the advertising dollars. And not share them with any local stations. I realize the NFL has a financial stake in ESPN but that can be worked around. (Or replace Netflix in those sentences with Amazon.)
  16. Trump says that gas averages $1.79 across the country. If you personally are not experiencing that then its because of Biden and the violence in Chicago that is raising gas prices in your town. and Jimmy Kimmel.
  17. I mainly hear people talk about how they love their doctor and their hospitals, if/when they're unfortunate enough to need them.
  18. The Right likes to talk about education indoctrination from the Left, but Walters saw the goal of public education as only to create the next generation of GOP voters. I get that every politicians wants to build their base with next generations but Walters actively rooted out any disagreement with MAGA from the classrooms.
  19. Given that we have 3+ years of Trump, I imagine he will eventually turn to selling off federal lands including national parks. Perhaps he will require some of the buyers to retain the land as a for-profit park, but even that would have a time limitation on it.
  20. CarMax reported large drops in sales, revenue and income. Car unit sales dropped 5.4% but sales revenue dropped even more at 7.2%. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/25/carmax-stock-plummets-after-missed-wall-streets-expectations.html https://investors.carmax.com/news-and-events/news/news-details/2025/CarMax-Reports-Second-Quarter-Fiscal-Year-2026-Results/default.aspx I can't imagine most people are buying cars unless they have no choice.
  21. Since Walters is saying that he plans to resign, perhaps Friday from some reports, I have to assume there is some financial reason that's keeping him from resigning today. If I had an employee that told me that he was planning to resign, I would tell him that he had in fact just resigned. The exception being if someone said that they were planning to retire. The OK governor should request Walters resign/leave ASAP but then again even he just wants Walters gone.
  22. Scammers are getting better and better. If anyone calls or texts you unsolicited, don't interact with them. Call the company yourself and don't use a number that the potential scammer sent you. Call the bank yourself from the # on their website or on the back of your card. And definitely never give someone a code that is sent to you via text. You should only type that code into the official website or app. If you give that code to a scammer, the bank will take zero responsibility for any lost money because you 100% caused it. Because of AI voices, don't fall for a scam because the person on the phone sounds American or someone in your area. That means nothing now.
  23. Trump is ultimate short term thinker. He gives zero fucks about tomorrow. Take his recent grab for $100K for each H1B visa holder. Who cares if you start pushing some of the world's smartest people to other countries like China. That will be someone else's problem in 15 years. Instead he can brag about how he earned the govt $100B in fees, or whatever. And MAGA will refuse to acknowledge that Americans paid that fee (tax.) He will ruin as many markets for US farmers and companies like he did with soybeans in his first Admin.
  24. One of the biggest problems with people is when you generally disagree with those in your demographics. If you're a centrist-to-Left, or just disagree with Trump, and you happen to be an older white person, you pretty much have to avoid many who would seem to be in your orbit. I'm happy that I never made the move out to the traditional suburbs as I can only assume the conversations at parties.
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