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  1. THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS IS THE ECONOMY.

    The average American’s only insight into the economy is their buying power. All they see are high interest rates making homes and cars unattainable and inflation killing their household budgets. They don’t have investments to reap the gains of the “real” economy.

    Focus solely on the economy and you win. The average American does not give two shits about any other issue enough to get them to the polls.

    Hell, you don’t have to even do anything as long as you’re not the incumbent during high interest rates and inflation. An incumbent is never getting reelected in that situation.

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  2. I've lost almost 500 followers on X since the election. On the other hand, I've gained about 140 on Threads and 45-50 on Blue Sky, so it's not a total loss.

    Our social media will become even more bifurcated, I'm thinking.

    Threads is gaining a huge number of new followers every day. Zuckerburg indicated roughly one million per day in his conference call. Now up to 275 million.  I wish it would gain some of X's functionality.

    And Zuck was the first to cuck to Trump and kiss the ring after the election as called. Threads will probably go the direction of Twitter but the change will be subtle.
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  3. 7 minutes ago, HenryJames said:

    So you get a discount on 90% of the tuition cost?

    It's based on weighted GPA. I think it was either 3.75 or 3.80 for a 90% reduction in the out-of-state tuition mark up.  For example using simple math, if Instate tuition is $5,000 and out of state tuition is $15,000, then the 90% tuition waiver gets you $6,000/year tuition ($10,000 mark up x .1).

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  4. 2 hours ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

    I was hesitant at first myself, but the campus is beautiful and it might be over 50% Texas kids these days...and the tuition discounts are incredible. 

    I had my daughter submit an app there as a backup and she got that 90% tuition discount. It takes tuition down from $27,728 to $9,958/year.  It's cheaper than any in state Texas schools.

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  5. 1 hour ago, Constant said:

    Got a pretty interesting and exciting job opportunity in Burlington, Vermont. I’ve lived in the DFW my entire life (minus OU), and I’m pretty sure I’m over it at this point. Failures at every level of local government and a state with an unrelenting commitment to beliefs that I do not share have pushed me to a brink. 
     

    I think my only hang up is just the logistical nightmare. 

    For a small airport, you're one connection away from pretty much anywhere in the world.
     

    Directs from Burlington: 

  6. Just now, aggie08 said:

    Sincerely asking, is there anyone currently closely positioned in Trump world--who meets all necessary MAGA purity tests--who you'd trust to change a lightbulb?

    Come on.  Johnny will wait to do that until he can buy a slave when the 13th Amendment is abolished.

     

  7. He goes to church and donates to a Haitian orphanage. He's paid his indulgences so he's free to be his basest self

    A church goer interested in Haitian minors.

    Odds are much greater than zero.

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  8. 3 hours ago, The Dog said:

    Something like 45% of people said they were "worse off" than four years ago. Inflation hit people hard. It's the biggest reason Trump won. 

    It doesn't matter what the macro numbers say - if you feel worse off then it doesn't matter. 

    It's only the economy. It always is.  All the other issues are just noise to the working class. Their world view doesn't extend much past their town, family, and job.  They may have an opinion about another issue but it's not driving them to vote.  Their view of the economy is limited to their purchasing power.  High interest rates and inflation negatively affect their purchasing power.  20+% gains every year in the stock market is irrelevant to them.  They don't own stock or have significant retirement savings in the market.

    If you get the economic messaging right, you can say whatever the fuck you want about any other issue and you will get the working class.

     

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  9. 24 minutes ago, Hook1997 said:

    I’m seriously worried about Ukraine now.  Hopefully he doesn’t pull everything because they will go down fast after that.  

    No need to worry. It's toast.

     

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  10. What’s going to happen is there’s going to be another pandemic, but this time they’ll lock up anyone who even talks about needing a vaccine.

    Kennedy said he will ban vaccines once Trump appoints him health czar.

    I wish I was joking.
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  11. Good thing tariffs on China and Mexico will increase inflation, bring low skill minimum wage manufacturing jobs back to America that none of us want, further separate our economy from china’s (increasing the odds of a Taiwan strike) and increase political pressure for Mexico to resist being our manufacturing center… right? Tariffs will make homes affordable on a high school education again right?!

    Wait until their grocery bill triples when there is no agricultural and meat processing labor left in the US. I guess Tyson chicken will be good since they now have child labor in Arkansas.
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  12. The world is about to change in a lot of ways.  I would not assume moving overseas is a great idea and I have dual citizenship and the means to move.  Things are going to get very unstable.  China is going to make its move.  That will force India, Japan, and even Russia to make theirs.  

    American soldiers will be in lockstep with Russia when they march into Western Europe.

    Putin just got the men, equipment, and money to do whatever he wants.
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