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Nice Guy Eddie

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  1. It's an empty feeling that we're all recognizing that we were 100% right with RFK Jr in knowing he was lying in his Senate confirmation hearings. He completely wants to gut the American health system and replace it with homeopathic treatments. and other scientifically questionable practices. There was really no one less qualified to run the HHS. We can argue that some other appointees are bad for America but at least some of them have a background in their area. RFK Jr. had/has zero.
  2. I'm finally holding my own against 3.5 (informal) players when they used to kill me. Open play not tournament so often the teams have never partnered. I want to tell myself that some of 3.5 players, who were killing me, actually had some 4.0 skills but were afraid to make the jump up. The area that I'm working on now is stop hitting the ball slightly too high when the other team is at the kitchen. A good 3.5 players will slam it to my feet.
  3. If the shooter had been a non-Hispanic white guy who shot a black kid, I think we would be hearing more from some that the shooting was somewhat justified. Unfortunate and sad but it was the kid's fault. Given that the shooter sounds to be hispanic, from his last name, we need to toss him in prison. If the dead kid is white, then the electric chair. (I'm paraphrasing the TexAgs sentiments.) Seriously it sounds like the shooter somewhat followed the kid most likely eliminating any self defense or protecting his home defense.
  4. It could have been worse. You could have purchased 2 pizzas for 10,000 bitcoins.
  5. 56 here. I’ve started taking the foot off the gas some in retirement contributions after years of hitting it hard. It’s not zero but not as much as before. I’m turning up the fun and experience factor. I’m also at the point that the annual growth (or loss) is much more than I would personally contribute in a given year. I’ve already hit some numbers that would allow me to retire within a few years. I don’t want to quit yet and I also don’t want to wait until I’m 65 to enjoy life more. FWIW, ive gone down owning the fun car route. Sure, it’s fun but you can also just rent that car for a long weekend trip. And if you’re in Texas, convertibles can be very hot for a large part of the year. I know from experience.
  6. SIAP but the CT calcium score identifies plaque that has calcified. Which could take years if not decades. There can still be dangerous soft plaque which the CT scan won’t catch. I've fallen down the rabbit hole of learning more about LDL, plaque buildup and statins. There’s different opinions and uncertainty, to some extent, but I’m now in the camp to get your LDL as low as reasonably possible. I was hitting 110-120 for LDL a few years ago but pressed my pcp to prescribe a statin. He was ok with writing the script and now I test between 55 and 65 lately. many cardiologists believe that any LDL over 100 and perhaps as low as 70 is laying down plaque in your arteries. It makes sense to me to attack the issue before it becomes a real issue.
  7. At some point you forfeit being thanked from your service when his continued govt service included accepting bribes. Even his military record has a history of lies and conduct unbecoming.
  8. Briscoe Cain has the body of an underdeveloped girl and his mustache looks fake. Shouldn’t he be checked for a penis before allowed in the men’s room? Maybe he can get a certified examination of his status and carry it around with him.
  9. I can understand wanting to drive over HSR or flying but what does an unexpected meeting end time have to do with uber in the 4th largest city in the country? It’s not like the Houston uber drivers all stop at 4pm.
  10. I don't wear tshirts with slogans or quotes on them, but I could be tempted to buy one if this was on it.
  11. We're really seeing a transformation of American democracy. When Trump can't get his way from within the system, he asks how he can change the system. You will need more House seats, create off cycle redistricting. You need lower interest rates, fire unfriendly Fed governors. The one unknown is where this stops. If Trump wants to stay in power, why not just claim he can run again. Why not just suspend elections. Obviously he would create an emergency reason to allow him to do so. Today most likely a large percentage of Republicans would say that Trump can't run again. Give him 2 years to build the argument, and that percentage would drop dramatically.
  12. Putin will call the leaders of these countries either dictators, Nazis or corrupt. If not all 3. Which of course is a reason why Putin can't easily sit down with Zelenskyy. Putin has effectively, if not explicitly, called Zelenskyy an illegal or invalid leader of Ukraine. You can't then sit down with that same leader and declare a peace deal to be legal and binding.
  13. Another federal judge rejects DOJs request to release the grand jury transcripts and even more correctly the judge said that there is nothing preventing the DOJ from releasing their investigation files which are much more substantial. Link. Of course we now know there is a certain president mentioned in the overall files and that can’t be redacted now.
  14. cruelty is the plan. I'm surprised that Trump hasn't called for North Vietnamese booby traps. Not that he would be aware of them other than what he's been told.
  15. The West needs to stop capitulating to Russia just because Russia has nuclear weapons.They can’t even be allowed to leave that unspoken in negotiations. There needs to be a point that a condition on Russia is nuclear disarmament, and I understand that China would have to be involved in that discussion and it would be post-Putin. I understand why Russia doesn’t want Ukraine to be aligned with the West but maybe Russia should have created a reason for Ukraine to stay aligned to them as opposed to strong arming them and taking their territories. Or maybe that’s just me.
  16. Honesty no one should wear those belt buckles. Like you mention, there are too many wanna-bes or fake cowboys who wear them. If the world's top rodeo cowboy was wearing that belt buckle in my presence, I would assume he's a wanna-be cowboy.
  17. The Texas Dems on the run accomplished their goal: attention to what Abbott is doing. They were never going to be successful forever. Allowing Abbott to do this quiet would have been the sin. By creating attention to Abbott steal, this gives the Dems cover to repeat this in other states. Yes it's a race to the bottom but Dems need to stop being the party who plays fair. If the GOP wants to ultimately destroy the US, then so be it.
  18. Actuarial tables might be working in your favor. You might be dead before she finds out. Or quickly dead after she finds out. Almost the same result.
  19. Very dangerous when those in power start to gaslight everyone that they're in fact the true victims. In fairness, you can point out when the Dems have done this as well but Trump is actively deploying a secret police who might be rounding up undocumented people today, and expand it to political enemies tomorrow. After all if the political enemies are actually enemies of America, why wouldn't you want them rounded up?
  20. So weird how the right is now fixated on slavery. Re-construct statutes and tributes to white, confederate “heroes” and downplay slavery. But they’re adamant that they’re not racist.
  21. Zelensky should reposition Ukraine as wanting to expel illegal aliens (Russians) from within their borders and praising how Trump has lowered new illegal immigration to 0. And how the rest of the world should look up to Trump in securing borders.
  22. So strange how they continue to retain MS from Microsoft but I guess brand experts tell them their viewers wouldn't be able to comprehend a completely new brand name. EDIT: The new logo and tag line (My Source, News, Opinion, World) is horrific. I can understand how they need to remove themselves from NBC and the peacock logo but I'm lost with their new logo. Is that supposed to be the US flag with the stars and blue square hidden while its blowing in the wind? I don't get it.
  23. Like how Loving county has 64 residents but 97 votes in the 2024 election? And about 1/3 of those residents were under 18 in 2020. (The 64 residents were from the 2020 census, and its estimated to be lower today.) (I realize there is a long history of relatives, of Loving county officials, voting in Loving county even though they admittedly do not live there most of the time.)
  24. Most likely Abbott would ban mail in voting for large counties only.
  25. Stamp was great in his supporting roles. Loved him from Wall Street. "I could break you, mate, in two pieces over my knees. You know it, I know it. I could buy you six times over. I could dump the stock just to burn your ass" In thinking how the movie implied more backstory between Gekko and Wildman, a prequel series about 70s-80s Wall St. could be a good watch.
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