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  1. 11 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

    Montgomery County is the fastest growing county in Texas, and also by far the most Trumpy. 

    All "Drive Until You Qualify" counties are Trumpy.  They buy F-250's with lift kits and truck nuts to drive to their office jobs an hour away in the city and then blame Biden for how much they're spending on gas.

  2. 2 hours ago, Js1 said:

    I'd challenge them that if he is so senile and/or has dementia, how is he also a mastermind who stole the 2020 election and keeps winning deals with Congress, passing bipartisan legislation and making public appearances? 

    If he was so senile, why hasn't McConnell or Johnson, who have been in negotiations with Biden in the Oval Office, come out and told us that he's confused, doesn't know what he's talking about, is sitting there drooling while the CoS or Harris/Schumer/Jeffries are doing all the work?

    I recall McCarthy admitted privately that Joe Biden was routinely cleaning House GOP's clock in negotiations, yet would go on TV and claim Biden was senile and confused. 

    Also, if Biden is so feeble and senile, why won't Trump debate him?  (He won't and we all know it.)

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  3. 3 hours ago, Ghost of LL said:

    He made shit music that was enjoyed primarily by garbage people.

    Very true but from what I understand behind the scenes, he was a really good guy.

    He's not the first or only musician to peddle trash to the masses.  

  4. Just stumbled across this.  So much to unpack here:

    1.  Sorry for what's going on with your son.  It sucks and most everyone here has been impacted by addiction.

    2.  I'd say your wife needs to get a job but there seems to be resistance from even you on that so you're going to do what you're going to do.  I just can't imagine being your wife, being $90K in CC debt and not working.  I wouldn't be able to sleep at night if I were her.

    3.  Most importantly, you need to declare bankruptcy if you want any semblance of a retirement.  You're going to spend well over $100K paying this off.  If you do that, you're missing the appreciation of any investments.  Assuming you're about 50, that's 10-15 years of appreciation and that could easily be $150K to $200K at the end of it, on top of what you have saved now.  Sure, your credit will take a hit but that doesn't really matter if you don't plan on borrowing in the next 5-7 years. You already have a house and you can get a car with bad credit.  No CC's, though, and that's fine.  Don't be a lifelong slave to a credit score.

    4.  For the love of god, don't borrow against your 401k.  Again, you're losing out on the appreciation and it hurts your retirement.  

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  5. Thanks a lot, Joe:

    Our Chart of the Day is from YCharts, which shows that US oil production has surged to a new record high of 13.3 million barrels a day last week.

    The prior record was 13.2 million barrels a day hit in November, and is above the pre-pandemic high of 13.1 million barrels reached in February 2020.

    America's steady rise in US oil production has helped put a cap on prices, with the commodity down 8% year-to-date even amid a flare-up in geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, and as the US economy remains on solid footing.

    That's been great news for drivers, with the average price of gas steadily falling to $3.12 a gallon, according to the most recent data from AAA.

    The US is the largest oil producer in the world, surpassing Russia's 9.5 million barrel a day production rate, and well ahead of Saudi Arabia's daily production rate of 9.1 million barrels a day.

    https://finance.yahoo.com/news/chart-day-us-crude-oil-044740808.html

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  6. On 1/31/2024 at 4:37 PM, BigOrange1 said:

     

    Let me guess, there's a clause in his contract that if he plays one game during the season, he didn't "miss" the season.

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  7. 47 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

    Hey, don't discount the genius songwriting team of Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow.

    That was literally like 20 years ago.  He had one album in the late 90's and one song with Sheryl Crow.  Why is he still even relevant?

  8. The WSJ editorial board is largely insane and completely different from the paper itself but even the conspiracy talk is too much for them.  They had a piece today about the Taylor Swift thing being an example of how it's basically a party of conspiracy theorists now.

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  9. 4 minutes ago, safe sex said:

    LVNs perform crucial duties, especially in SNFs, LTACs, and other dumping grounds of older Americans. They are a critical part of the continuum of care.

    But like you mentioned, very minimal education. 

    According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are 676,440 LVNs vs 2,986,500 RNs. Healthcare in this country is so fucked lmao

    I did not know there was that much of an imbalance.  How many nurse practitioners are there?  I've noticed over the past few years, I almost never see my primary any more, it's always the nurse practitioner, which is fine.

  10. I don't know how common this is in NBA scheduling but in the 30 days between Jan 2 and Jan 31, the Thunder played 17 games with 5 different back to backs.  Maybe that's odd, I don't know.

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