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There are actually: https://www.fool.com/investing/2024/07/02/members-of-congress-buy-and-sell-stocks-these-etfs/ The NANC fund (for Pelosi) tracks Democrats and the CRUZ fund tracks Republicans. https://www.subversiveetfs.com/#etf

Not that it makes sense to me, but I could imagine someone thinking, "I hate taxes, so I'm voting Trump. But I want a split legislature to check his worst tendencies."

Maybe, but they further confused it by showing the perspective from the POW camp and intertwining the Tuskegee story line. When the POWs are trying to decipher the German freak-out, you can't tell if it's misinformation, pre-invasion or post-invasion. Plus, they did show Rosenthal's perspective, but did it retroactively and didn't actually show anything he did on D-Day. Just weird all the way around. It felt like they were trying to avoid a story that's already been told elsewhere, but they ended up with a gap that wasn't filled very well.

The whole presentation of D-Day was awkward. Because they kept jumping around I literally couldn't tell when it actually happened. And they alluded to the pilots playing a big role in the invasion, but then move off it shows on screen. Just really odd.

Looks like this guy will most likely end up dying in prison. https://www.wamc.org/wamc-northeast-report/2024-03-01/kevin-monahan-sentenced-to-25-years-to-life-for-the-murder-of-kaylin-gillis

https://www.npr.org/2024/02/22/1233270447/alabama-lawmakers-move-to-protect-ivf-treatment

Like others said, that sounds like a lot of driving for one trip. You could think about doing a Colorado loop if you have your heart set on Rocky Mountains. You could go from Denver to RMNP and then head through Glenwood Springs/Grand Junction to visit Black Canyon of the Gunnison NP (you'll only need a day there). You could stop in Ouray or Telluride or Durango as you head down to Mesa Verde NP. Then you could make your way back to Denver going through Pagosa Springs, Salida, etc. There's more than enough awesome stuff along that route to fill your itinerary. You also didn't mention, but are you going to be trying to camp and/or hike much? Or looking at hotels everywhere? If you end up going to Mesa Verde, I recommend staying at the lodge in the park. There aren't many camping options and we really enjoyed the lodge when we went with the kids a couple years ago. Also be aware that getting into the cliff dwellings requires a guided tour and all the tours book up as soon as tickets get released (on like a rolling 6 month window or something like that). When we were booking, my wife and I had multiple browsers open trying to hit the site and were lucky to get tickets. Things sold out in minutes. Setup an account and login ahead of time and then practice the checkout process so you're ready.

This is going to have the same price premium concern as CarMax, but I was very impressed by Carvana when I was browsing through their inventory and process. I didn't end up buying from them, but the shopping experience was fast, easy and transparent. I had a lot of confidence that I would have gotten a solid vehicle from them, if I was willing to pay for the premium service. There's at least 2 thing to consider when you're talking about a reputable dealer. The first is whether they're going to sell you a vehicle without being honest about any problems with it. There are a couple things I've done to mitigate this. One is shopping for certified used vehicles. Certified used really is a warranty that gets attached to the vehicle and at negotiation time you can get them to remove the certified label and warranty. I've done this twice and it knocks maybe $1500 off the vehicle (going from memory). Certified isn't a guarantee, but it gives me some confidence that the dealer has checked for obvious problems, accidents, damage, etc. The other thing I'd advise is getting your own mechanic to look at the vehicle. There are mobile mechanics that will come out to a dealership and do an inspection for a couple hundred bucks. The second thing to consider regarding a reputable dealer is whether they're going to hit you with BS fees and surprises on the deal. Unless you're buying from a CarMax or Carvana, you're almost certainly going to run into this. I don't think I've ever come across a dealer that doesn't try to tack stuff on. You just have to be prepared, watch out for it, know what's fair and be ready to walk away. I like to make it easier on myself by shopping for really common vehicles so I can be honest with the dealer and tell them, "I've already found a dozen of these Honda Odysseys online that I'd be happy with. If you don't want to make this easy, I'm happy to go to the next one on my list."

Tree law is pretty serious bidness on Reddit. https://www.reddit.com/r/treelaw/ From what I've gathered over the years, in most places he owes you triple the replacement cost of the trees as well as the value of the lumber. But I'm not a lawyer.

Apparently that stat is BS: https://www.aboutoliveoil.org/olive-oil-fraud

Hey, I agree with most of what you're saying but I think a lot of people are using the Palestinian election to unfairly assign "blame" or accountability. The last election was in 2006, 17 years ago, and Hamas hasn't allowed another one since. Literally half of the Palestinian population is under 18 and wasn't alive during the last election. And, Hamas orchestrated a drastically different persona during that period. The John Oliver video posted above does a good job of looking at this.

You should check out https://www.worldcourier.com/ I used to do some work for them years ago and I was always super impressed with their people and the service they provided. They were acquired by AmerisourceBergen over a decade ago, but they still operate a bit like a small, specialty company. They are expensive, but they are absolutely the experts when it comes to shipping drugs or anything temperature sensitive around the world.

Sounds shitty. Do you have any kind of itemized quote that shows how they were pricing the flooring? What does your payment schedule look like? If neither of those indicate how the flooring was priced, I'd try telling the contractor they need to set a per sq ft price that applies to puts and take and then you'll make the call on what's in or out. If they don't agree to that, are you willing to cancel the project? Have you gotten any independent quotes to do the whole floor?

Right, you can't get the points by transferring. You have to earn them separately. The easiest way is to get Southwest branded cards that give a bonus for initial spending. If you get a personal card and a business card and then hit the minimum spend at the beginning of the year you can earn enough pretty fast. But if you already have points it may not be worth the hassle.

Yeah, we did this in June 2022 with 2 kids. Flew DAL->LAX->KOA on the way there. Flight left DAL at 7 AM, had a 90 minute stop in LA and got to Kona around 1:30. Coming back we flew out of Maui at 7:30, had a 2 hour stop in PHX and then got to Dallas at 10:45 PM. It was like any other Southwest flight, nothing special but no problems. From what I recall, there were few, if any, direct routes from DAL. Oahu might have more options than Kona or Maui. I was using 2 companion passes for the kids. If you want to go for a companion pass, you could book flights with points now and then SWA will refund the points if/when you get the companion pass next year (assuming you get it before your trip).

I tried watching this and it was just awful. I'll watch pretty much anything but I gave up on this after the first episode.

Your post wasn't clear at all. What is your girlfriend's role? Is she a software developer who was assigned a project to build an engineering tool and now she's trying to freelance it to someone else? Is she a procurement person who's trying to source a implementation vendor? Give some more details.

Yeah, you're probably right, but that sounds tricky to pull off. The other option I see is for McHenry to call for the election of a different speaker pro tempore and then let that person preside over the actual vote for the speaker. That way he McHenry can claim he wasn't part of the compromise.

Even if the Dems could come up with a compromise to support a moderate Republican, how do they get McHenry to take a vote? Is there anything stopping him from just keeping the House in recess until he gets the answer he wants? Would they have to sue him to test McHenry's "necessary and appropriate" authority?

Trying to trace the wire in the attic is probably the way to go. Also, it's doubtful this is the case for an outlet in that position but it's possible someone wired it up to a switch. We had a couple of those in our house that took a little while to figure out.

Whoa whoa whoa, don't be asking me to go woke. I'm not going to let you groom me. What point are you trying to make exactly? That there are ignorant knuckleheads from every race, religion and nationality in existence? I'm in full agreement. You provided more evidence than you realize of that. Is there more to it than that? Do you expect me to look at those 4 teenagers and believe all Palestinians or all Muslims are out to get me? That they're organizing an invasion? That we should take steps to bar them from this country based on their religion or their political beliefs? What are you advocating for? Do you just want me to hate the people you hate? If you get it figured out, please explain it to the rest of us. Those 4 teenagers should be ashamed of their behavior. I hope they have reasonable parents, mentors or faith leaders in their lives that will hope them see that. But meeting hate with hate isn't going to solve anything. Mama drummed two lessons into my head at an early age: "Two wrongs don't make a right" and "You're either part of the solution or part of the problem." You seem committed and content to remain part of the problem.

This has been discussed. Iran hasn't been allowed to access any of that money yet. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-prisoner-swap-6-billion-spotlight-after-hamas-attacks-israel-2023-10-09/

Really? Just your run of the mill PSA regarding the infiltration of the US by Islamic supremacists.

My 9 year old got a little scared in a couple parts, but we talked him through it and he ended up enjoying it. 7 might be a little young.