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Nice Guy Eddie

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  1. Texas hospitals now have to ask about citizenship. More than a few MAGA types start to rant that it's none of the hospital's business and can't they see that they're white. Then they're reminded that this was a recent legal requirement from Governor Greg Abbott and then they proudly state that they're an American citizen.
  2. If you’re a joint account owner on the bank account, the money is now yours. To split with your brothers. You need to let her pension admin know about her death. SS will be informed by the funeral home. Depending on the last payment date for the pension, they may want the January payment back. Be prepared for that. If the estate is less than a few thousand, I don’t know if you need to do anything. If she owes the IRS, I don’t know how they come after an estate with zero funds.
  3. On news interviews, Truno officials keep repeating that Trump has a mandate. Wish one interviewer would push back that Trump had a very close win with under 50% of the popular vote. Far from a mandate.
  4. The small to medium business owner would most likely not pay himself 1m so that it hit the W2 as regular wages. It would be distributed as a dividend of some type, assuming it wasn’t an outright sale. But still I suppose someone somewhere has paid themselves 1m in wages. as far as corporate folks who get up to that level, I’ve known a few fairly well and I wouldn’t want their jobs for double the pay. But you get to see your family at extremely nice vacations once or twice per year. So there’s that.
  5. You would think a commutation of his sentence would have been enough but he’s been excused for his crimes instead. Interesting.
  6. Never hurts to have open conversations with your parent if they remarry. Flat out ask them what are they doing and make sure they know there are options where they can take care of everyone. Leave X amount to the new spouse and X amount to own kids. Not to mention options for incomes for life and the ability to stay in the house for their life. Some may think the old person doesn't want to talk about it, but often they actually do. Of course there's always drama, and accusations of personal items disappearing or whatever. And if dementia gets in the middle, it can become a mess. I would recommend getting a family lawyer involved who can nudge the kid that something weird happened with the will.
  7. There's a large Boy Scouts office near my neighborhood. It might be an admin office for the Houston area or something. Anyway I noticed that their giant American flag was still at half staff yesterday. I will take their word over flag rules more than Greg Abbott.
  8. so, new 2025 savings goal?
  9. The fact that the reform cartoon/claymation video (narrated by one Keanu Reeves as the building) was all about them personally lends itself that Lumon reformed nothing except trying to get them back in line. It is fairly obvious that his newspaper headline of the 4 was fake since its their group photo from Helly's first days, superimposed onto a picture from an Eisenhower ticker tape parade, that the internet has identified. I don't think Mark was back at the office the next morning since it would have taken a minute to come up with a plan and produce the video. As for Helly being Helena or not, there is a scenario where they want Helly there but they've promised her something else. Even if that's a lie. I'm still thinking it's not her but see the other as a possibility.
  10. Doc has had me on BP meds for over a year now. I was around 135-80 or slightly above. He first recommended better diet, more exercise, meditation, etc. and I was all about give me the meds. Lately I've decided to follow his initial advice and actively manage my health. Eating better, running more, even consistently following along to a few youtube yoga videos. Now I'm sleeping better and my BP is lower than the meds alone were taking it. I'm hoping that if I can keep this up, maybe I get off the meds in my Fall checkup. High blood pressure is important to get in check. So many bad outcomes down the line.
  11. several key crypto news items on cnbc.com this morning SEC launching a task force to clarify crypto regulatory framework. I like seeing this on the first morning of the new admin. Next, let's see how fast they move. BoA says financial industry will embrace crypto payments if the feds allow it
  12. I'm burning through my 2025 goal (started in late 2024) to bump up my cash savings to account for inflation and secondly getting closer to a savings goal of paying cash/trade-in for my next car. I had hoped to wrap this up before May but it might be doable by March. I need to think how to reward myself after doing this. Not planning to buy said vehicle in March. This is more likely a 2026 buy.
  13. Memorable day from my young childhood.
  14. Hopefully no one should get mad or triggered about renaming the Gulf. Instead laugh about it. Point out how childish it is to rename something like this. i think Houston should rename all freeways to Houston Freeway as opposed to how we currently name it in where it goes outside of Houston. Houston is more important. The Katy Freeway should now be called the Houston Freeway. Gulf freeway? Nope, that is also the Houston freeway. NW freeway is how the Houston Freeway or perhaps SE Freeway since it’s SE to Houston.
  15. I know a handful of guys from Pittsburgh and they do their best to wear tshirt and shorts 365. But even the ones I know wouldn’t wear shorts in 20 degree weather like fetterman does. They would break out sweat pants and maybe jeans. Fetterman is just a weird guy and his clothes are one of the signs
  16. Fell asleep early last night and woke up to a perhaps the most snow I’ve seen in Houston on the ground. And I’ve been here 30+ years.
  17. Presidents often are saddled with problems that are from the previous administration or external forces, but they can still be judged on how well they handled the crisis. In my opinion, Biden deprioritized battling the inflation and contributed to it. The opposite argument could be that he was trying to save the economy from COVID but inflation, or the lack of dealing with it, is on his watch. And I don't care about arguments that are, "but Trump..." I give Biden A+ on many other areas especially in helping to show what a paper tiger Russia is. In the past, the Soviets could put a force almost anywhere in the world and perhaps win. Today they can't beat a much smaller country literally on their doorstep. They're a nobody.
  18. what does that have to do with cryptocurrency? take it to the CR threads.
  19. Unsure where else to post this. The aircraft carrier USS JFK CV-67 is being towed from Philadelphia to Brownsville to be dismantled. Should arrive in 2 weeks if someone wants to see it. I discovered a few years ago that a ship breaking yard in Brownsville has cut up many naval vessels including other carriers. Historic naval aircraft carrier makes final voyage to Texas
  20. If they will have him, Biden should go on 60 minutes this week to provide his justification on his family and govt pardons on the last day. He should go on the record, in his own words, on why this was necessary when a new president has an enemies list and has threatened legal action to punish Biden via his family. Also important to remind Trumpers that Trump also pardoned at least one relative who was 100% guilty of a crime. Talking about Jared's dad.
  21. I'm happy to be at work today and not even slightly tempted to watch over the internet. I figure that I can read the lowlights later tonight. I'm more interested in reading the exec actions tonight.
  22. If he's transferring money from his base to his pockets, I really don't care. His social media company is worth over $8B when it earns less than a single Chick-fil-a location earns. The sooner that we all accept that the Trump family will earn at least 10s of billions over this time, the easier it is. I hate it but it's going to happen.
  23. Many top performers will travel to authoritarian countries to perform 5 songs at the wedding of the dictator's kid. They normally do this very quietly. There is a difference when they do it for an US president who is unpopular with a fair number of the core fan base. However I also bet that many of their fans would agree that they should grab the bag when given the chance. I wouldn't put too much stock in counting on Snoop's ethics. Didn't he used to sing about pimping out whores? And have a famous pimp perform on stage with him. He's only cleaned up his act not changed who he is.
  24. The dangerous precedent is when the incoming president is threatening prosecution even if it never comes to fruition. I dislike that Biden has to issues these pardons not that he did issue them. It's a final act of loyalty to these people who did the best they thought for the country AND legal experts agree that they didn't' break any laws.
  25. Same here. I’ve used the app but rarely.
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