
Larry T. Spider
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Larry T. Spider last won the day on December 26 2019
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I completely agree, but I don’t think that’s what we are going to get. Trump is going to stoke the flames with the military followed by pictures of cars/building burned by brown people. Trump thinks he can prove himself right on illegals being lawless thugs and some are going to play right into it. Wouldn’t surprise me if there are some right wing provocateurs mixed in to kick off the action. People with half a brain will know that these were mostly peaceful protests needlessly escalated by a power hungry orange menace. But the other 75% of our idiocracy will just see dirty minorities burning stuff and fighting cops. The African Americans of the civil rights movement gave us a blueprint but we rarely follow it. Amazing how they were able to organize and stick to a plan even without the ability to communicate online.
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I’m all for people waving the Mexican flag if that is their home country or their heritage. Hell, maybe it’s not and you just want to show support for people that are being caught up in all this BS. But realize the optics are going to be bad. The American idiocy needs simple messaging with as little nuance as possible. It’s confusing when people that don’t want to be departed to Mexico are waving Mexican flags in the face of cops. You become a much more sympathetic figure if you’re waving an American flag signaling that you are hoping for a better life here. We all know that the tatted up guy waving a Mexican flag in the face of a cop is going to play right into the disinformation playbook of the right. On a completely separate note, where was this energy during the election? The left love to squabble over minor policy differences while a wannabe dictator gets elected. Then they fill the streets all pissed off. Win. Elections.
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Is it just from the initial fill up or ongoing refills? Never owned a pool.
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Louisiana House of Reps passes bill to ban chemtrails
Larry T. Spider replied to Beau Vine's topic in Daily Texan
So they’re smart enough to get chemicals on all these different types of aircraft and keep it a secret……but not smart enough to use something colorless? Checks out. -
Update on this. Have the wife’s IRA fully funded, my roth backdoored, and the 401k set to max out before the end of the year. Mostly going with the brokerage account for now and dropping in 2-3k a month. Still paying a little extra on the rental mortgage and setting a small amount aside for the next rental. But getting more dollar cost averaged into the market seems more important than anything else right now. Feel like I’m playing catch up from not making a lot for so many years. Commission season starts in 2 months. That should let me up the DCA amount to 5k a month for the foreseeable future. I still think it will take a few years of maxing IRAs, the 401k and dumping money into the brokerage to feel caught up.
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Buchanan went up about a foot. Thought it might get more based on where the rain was falling. It is doing better than Travis at 57% full. Canyon lake didn’t go up at all. Sitting at 45% full. We are still in desperate need of rain in the right places. It’s June now, so maybe next year.
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Looks like Travis is leveling off about 2 feet higher than before this latest round of rains.
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How do I prepare my kids to live in (or leave) a nation in decline?
Larry T. Spider replied to tokamak's topic in Cloak Room
I do think this is a legit concern, especially if more left leaning people retire outside of the US. Whatever iteration of MAGAs are in charge at the time could make SS more solvent and claim the money should go to people who will spend it in the US to boost the economy. Two birds, one stone. Of course, liberal tears is the real goal but they have to dog whistle that part. -
How do I prepare my kids to live in (or leave) a nation in decline?
Larry T. Spider replied to tokamak's topic in Cloak Room
I wanted to make a separate post to ask a question about the perceptions of different posters. I’m in Texas where we get the double whammy of MAGA at the federal level and the likes of Abbot, Paxton, and Patrick at the state level. Do the left leaning posters currently living in blue states feel the same sense of demoralization about the future of the US? -
How do I prepare my kids to live in (or leave) a nation in decline?
Larry T. Spider replied to tokamak's topic in Cloak Room
Look at countries that have had shit hit the fan in the last 100 years. What commonalities exist between the people that were able to get out before it got bad. 1. Money. Probably the most important aspect as it makes picking up, moving, and having funds to live off of possible. 2. Foresight. If things get bad we will have a lot of people looking to leave at the same time. Also, we have a lot of people with money. Restrictions will certainly get tighter and we have already seen that in some popular destinations. Jumping before the masses would help greatly. 3. Political connections. Always helps to have somebody greasing the wheels in your favor. I don’t think it’s particularly necessary if you have a lot of 1 and 2. -
Outfield fences down at the disch
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A lot of rain in western RR but no hail.
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What the fuck is wrong with you, Austin?
Larry T. Spider replied to crash_davis's topic in Daily Texan
I though it was a safety feature similar to orange cones on the side of a highway. -
What the fuck is wrong with you, Austin?
Larry T. Spider replied to crash_davis's topic in Daily Texan
I used to work for Pflugerville ISD. Baris slams and goes hard. Ate there before every board meeting.
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