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Gatorubet

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  1. Narrator: “Upon his death he was stunned to find that the 72 virgins were nowhere to be found.”
  2. I bet this is either the banana in the tailpipe, or maybe the boxes of drones in the cargo truck driven to plant thing
  3. Stupid moose and squirrel not realize my report to FSB say, “…after explosion dead bodies seen on ground..”
  4. Brat has T-shirts older than me. Whatever savings in retirement assets a person has, they need to manage them until they die, no? Part of retirement strategy is deciding which assets to liquidate, which assets to leave earning tax-free interest or distribute, how much to distribute if you take out more than the RMD, whether/how long to keep money in traditional savings accounts or CDs where they are - or put that in brokerage accounts of whatever risk factor you are comfortable with, etc. If a person keeps all of their assets in the same financial products over the course of their life from retirement until death, that seems stupid. I think I need a little more sophistication than just taking out 4% of my 401(k) every year. Hence my original question. I also haven’y retired yet. But thanks for the kind words and best of luck with your planning as well.
  5. “Federal Judiciary Can Sustain Paid Operations Through Oct. 17 Amid Shutdown The federal judiciary can maintain paid operations through Oct. 17 despite Congress's failure to pass spending legislation to avert a government shutdown, according to a memo from Judge Robert Conrad, who heads the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. This extended operational period is two weeks longer than a previous estimate. While the judiciary was able to remain fully operational during the 2019 government shutdown, it cited budget constraints in recent years as a reason it cannot do so now. The judiciary's more than 30,000 employees are still expected to receive their paychecks as scheduled on Oct. 10 and Oct. 24. However, if funding runs out after that, employees such as law clerks and probation officers would not be paid, and payments to jurors and court-appointed lawyers for indigent defendants would stop, though judges would still be paid. During a shutdown, courts would continue "essential work," including hearing criminal cases, while civil cases could face delays. Immigration courts, which are run by the Justice Department, would continue to hear cases involving detained migrants.” Well, obviously, you don’t wanna provide funding for courts dealing with actual alleged criminals….but by all means, you must continue funding courts getting Jose’ and his brown skin brethren out of our country.
  6. The second guy thinks that there’s nothing that MAGA loves more than some immigrant dude from Korea taking away white jobs. Mr. Lee also wants to repeal the 19th amendment. He opines that women need to be controlled by their male overlords. I wonder if that blonde California library coed who started the Ching Chong phone call meme is available on a dating app?
  7. this was Mr. Lee’s thoughtful contribution about people criticizing Charlie Kirk and getting fired.
  8. Would you mind sharing the name of your dispensary with us?
  9. Given their string of bs endorsements of his other firings, this one actually surprised me. Trump wanted to clean house at the Fed if he could. You know that Fed Chairthing Laura Loomer would drastically cut interest rates.
  10. Plus, Cam gets the Fly-est bitches and wears gold chains heavier than Ann Wilson at a Heart reunion tour sponsored by Krispy Kreme.
  11. They did manage not to immediately acquiesce to Trump firing that Fed lady on the Trumped up mortgage fraud charges. I figured there would be some sort of shadow docket approval, but the lady keeps her job until they hear the case sometime in 2026. At least I thought I heard that on my drive home yesterday.
  12. Dude. You literally stan the self proclaimed white supremacist party. You support the party that wants to eliminate the history of racism in America, and wants to remove references to slavery from our museums and public institutions. If you’re not against those people, it’s a pretty good guess that you are in fact, a racist. Why? Because, you see, You. Support. Racists.
  13. Holy shit, changing to iOS 18 fixed all the problems. I was about to go to the Apple Store and have them run some kind of bug scan because things were taking forever to load, and I kept seeing this gray screen with nothing loading. Very much appreciated
  14. On Konstantin’s Wednesday economy round up he mentioned that one of the gas station chains not having gas in the Moscow area belongs to one of the largest petroleum companies in Russia. He said what concerned the citizens was that this particular company was one of the largest in Russia, with vast wealth, its own oil drilling/production, and its own gasoline refineries to process its own oil into gas. It then sells its own gas in its own gas stations. When that company’s gas stations are out of gas, the drivers think, “Holy shit, if that company’s station is out of gas, things are seriously much worse!” He also reminded us that every business that fails that owes money to the bank requires that bank to pull money out of its reserves to satisfy the loan default on its books. He thinks that banks are literally hemorrhaging their reserves right now, and that the Russian cultural propensity for its citizens who have learned that it is smart to engage in bank runs to protect their assets should just about be upon us - and to watch for it. Older Soviet citizens knew when shit was about to hit the fan, one had to take everything you owned and convert it from rubles into dollars or Euros. or at minimum, clean out your bank deposits and purchase something that had value to you. Something like non-perishable food - or electronics and appliances - things that were always scarce and would increase in value - so that when you came out on the other end, you still owned things that had the same or greater value then the now discounted rubles. Bank runs…
  15. I read today that the Flamingo has a greater distance than the Tomahawk, and can also carry a heavier payload of explosives. Dayum. Ukraine is warp speeding its armaments development.
  16. I think there is a chance that the Supreme Court may decide an issue that is good for the future of the GOP and so-called conservatives, while not being what Trump wants. It is also possible that the court will protect its own power and authority if it is in conflict with TFG and a serious threat. Note, I am not saying they will protect the people of the United States and our system of government, but they just might protect themselves. Sometimes things are as simple as you say, and sometimes they are normally as simple as you say, with the occasional nuance. No matter the parties involved, it’s usually a good idea to put money on people protecting their own self-interest. I understand that GOP politicians are too cowardly to oppose Trump’s grabbing powers that belong to other branches of government. That does not mean they wholeheartedly agree with that, they just know they are dead if they oppose it. But unlike Congress, the nine robes are appointed for life. I remain hopeful that GOP members of Congress who are too cowardly to oppose Trump may back channel to Scotus that they would not mind installing some governors on TFG’s total takeover of government. SCOTUS can survive Trump for a while by being his toadies, but that will be a short-lived relationship until he decides he no longer needs them. They know this. That was the whole conundrum of Marbury v Madison. How can the Supreme Court exert power and influence when they have no means to enforce their rulings absent the acquiescence of the ruled? If me saying it “probably won’t matter”, and saying my opinion is only a “faint hope” ruffles your jimmies as overly optimistic, that just shows what a shitty simulation we are all in right now.
  17. Outstanding post. It’s like whether they were smart or dumb or rich or poor, the whole damn country decided it needed to emulate Gordon Gecko’s “greed is good” instead of Mr. Smith and his filibuster speech.
  18. I have no idea. But if it turns out that the shadow fleet is selling gas to people who sell it to Russia at a profit, I’m gonna need to see a doctor after four hours.
  19. I was just coming to post that That was a nice run. I always worried that poachers would take her out.
  20. Per Kyiv Independent and Euromaiden news, Russia has removed import tariffs on gasoline, and will be purchasing gas from China, South Korea, and Singapore. That’s right, Russia has banned export of gasoline so it’s not getting rubles for the economy, and instead has to use the remaining rubles to pay other Asian countries to import gas to Russia. Which means we need to destroy every terminal that could logistically accept gasoline from other countries.
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