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Nice Guy Eddie

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  1. FYI, trying to clear a blockage at the lowest point of a pipe can lead to a big mess. You may have a gallon of stagnant water and algae built up behind the blockage. Make sure you a bucket when the blockage clears. Nasty stuff.
  2. The story reads like the company leaders and investors were all finance people that wanted to play-act as CEO and the board. They had zero idea what they were doing outside of burning through investor funds. The bigger fools are the ones who gave them money. From what I can tell, JD Vance has the same playbook as a politician. No business being in his position but capitalizing on it. But damned if he hasn't put himself in a position to be President.
  3. So many people are going to prison for Trump and most likely he will never spend a minute in jail. I wonder how long it takes the average MAGAt in prison to wake up to this reality how they were conned.
  4. Starbucks fired their 1-year tenure CEO this morning. Replaced him with the Chipotle CEO. SBUX up 23% I've actually rediscovered Starbucks as an ok coffee shop again over the past 6 months. I can actually find a place to park and even sit if I want to for a few minutes. I had previously stopped going when it turned into a 15+ minute wait for my order. When driving to work, I can't have that long of a wait. While I like that as a customer, that must not be good for the bottom line.
  5. Elon gets Trump elected, Trump will buy millions of Teslas for the govt, and give NASA to Elon.
  6. Good luck. You will find that over time, it's natural for dementia patients to move into a smaller living space. Sadly their world gets smaller and smaller. Having her live in a place she likes is great, especially if she can make friends. You want her to have to desire to get up and move everyday.
  7. Spot on where the problem may lie for many. Another great option to clear the pipe is using a shop vac. Make a good seal with the shop vac to that pipe going up to the AC unit. Some nasty crap will get pulled into the shop vac. shop vacs run $75-100 at Home Depot. Good to have a shop vac on hand with water problems. Before reconnecting, see if water is correctly flowing down from the open pipe, near the drip pan. I think it’s good for the average homeowner to go through this issue once so they’re aware of the low maintenance to prevent it.
  8. CNN exposé on Vance’s less-than-stellar investing company. Good fit with Trump on business failures. https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/13/politics/kentucky-startup-appharvest-jd-vance/index.html main part of the story of a Kentucky ag company that Vance’s investment company partially owned and Vance was on the board. The company sounds to be a large greenhouse operation. They failed after new investment money dried up. they eventually had to turn to Central American contract workers. I read this as undocumented workers that the company could claim ignorance of their immigration status. One anecdote has Sen. McConnell touring the facility AFTER they sent the Hispanic workers early for the day.
  9. That’s infuriating when a local news goes full partisan like this. if they want to devote the time to talk about the accusations, like AI pics, of one side towards the other, that’s an acceptable story. However you have to work towards the story ending on the truth. Word must be coming down from senior Fox (murdochs) that Trump is in trouble. At least that part is good that they believe it.
  10. To be fair, those weeds look really tall.
  11. But he looks to be working towards going after hospitals who treat illegal immigrants. It's only a matter of time.
  12. Yep. It's GOP 25-13 in Congress for Texas, counting SJL's seat as Democrat. In 2022, the GOP received 58% of the congress votes in Texas but own 65% of the seats themselves. If completely fair, the breakdown of seats should be 22-16 for the GOP. And if really fair, I would expect higher Dem voting to be closer to create a GOP 20-18.
  13. Good catch. Hunt in the 14th. NW Houston. There are a surprising number of Houston area Republicans in Congress. They do a great job of cracking a blue county even though some of the seats I mentioned are in other counties as well.
  14. Aren't there just a few seats in the general Houston area winnable by a republican? 2nd (NE Houston) - Crenshaw 8th (North of Houston) - Morgan Luttrell (I had no idea Marcus Luttrell's brother is in Congress. Replaced the retiring Brady.) 10th (West of Houston) - McCaul 14th (Freeport-Galveston-Port Arthur) - Weber 22nd (Rosenberg) - Nehls I'm unsure where Ogg could think she could fit into any of these districts. Either the GOPer ain't going anywhere or the district wouldn't like Ogg.
  15. In the spirit of generosity, Truth Social earns $4m in revenue per year. A few google searches tell me that a high traffic convenience store earns between $2 and $5m in revenue per year. As a reminder, Truth Social has a market cap of $5B. Then again, the Silicon Valley tv show on HBO taught us that you want to be pre-revenue. Trump screwed up by building a site that earns revenue.
  16. He's scared if he's willing to dump his exclusivity with Trump Social or whatever it's called. Let's see if he trip back to Twitter is short lived just due to his talk with Elon today.
  17. Critical that Dems get out the vote for House races to limit shenanigans in congressional certifications for the Presidency. Dems only need to flip 5 seats to take the majority. I believe Alabama and Louisiana have new districts that most likely will flip Democrat. GA, SC, OH and NY are in battles with the court to redraw the districts that could also add to the Dem totals but I'm unsure if they will get resolved soon. If Texas had a Democrat party, they could be fighting hard for the districts on the southern border. Either to flip them blue and prevent the opposite. Crazy to me that Brownsville has consistently voted republican as of late. It wouldn't shock me if the Republicans took another border district this year with immigration fears and lies about Harris shutting off all the oil wells.
  18. Trump's plan is relatively simple, and I imagine that it's fully prepared by some. Create enough confusion to give the GOP in Congress to ultimately refuse to certify. Ask the Supreme Court to decide on the certification status. Plan 1 - The Supreme Court rules in favor of Trump for winning, bypassing all vote counts. Plan 2 - The Supreme Court rules that the election is voided, giving the power to the House to decide. As of today, Trump would win that vote. Another scary aspect is that the Speaker could temporarily become President while waiting for a decision. The Constitution wouldn't let Biden hang around waiting for an outcome.
  19. Unsure. If Trump wants to use a large arena, the arena could easily require full payment or at least a down payment. This is why Trump prefers to find a MAGA business owner with a large property to hold the events. He most likely pays nothing and strong arms the business owner to pay for the setup. I still could see the local law enforcement having a duty to assist even if Trump owes them $$. Law enforcement doesn't want the optics of a shot ex-President or a riot occurring in their area while they're sitting back at the station doing nothing. However past unpaid bills could keep Trump away as it draws attention to him being a deadbeat.
  20. If Trump rolled into Tucson and held an event at a private location, would the city and police really refuse to assist the Secret Service? They have an obligation to protect the people in their jurisdiction. I don't know if they would take the stance that they're avoiding a rally to protect/assist a former President and 5K people just because they weren't previously paid. Unpaid bills feels more like a civil matter and not a reason to allow a free-for-all in their town.
  21. This is where Trump's narcissism comes into play. If he embraced standard GOP candidates that didn't kiss his ass, he would have an easier path to winning. Instead he endorses nuts like Kari Lake and tells popular GOP politicians like Kemp to f themselves. I'm so glad that we can count on Trump being Trump.
  22. He doesn't have immunity due to running a campaign. I am planning to watch with anticipation how the GOP handles kicking Trump to the side without alienating MAGA. I can't imagine they will enthusiastically entertain a Trump run when he's 82.
  23. Plenty of reasons why problems occur. pedestrians walking (and talking) with earbuds in. (noise cancelling ear buds!) cyclists not following traffic laws, or only following them when it suits them. Also wearing ear buds. drivers checking/typing on their phones. roads and lights with poor design; not meeting traffic patterns and needs. Think a left hand turn lane constructed for 3 vehicles when 10 need it. apps like waze directing drivers to cut through neighborhoods to save 2 minutes, or avoid poorly designed roads. Short of cul-de-sacs or dead-ends, every road is now a cut-through road. wider and wider roads creating issues for pedestrians having time to cross. and all the above make people madder and madder. They may not purposefully run over someone, but anger can lead to unsafe driving.
  24. And our leaders refuse to increase the number of representatives and therefore electoral votes to accurately reflect the number of citizens. Texas should have many more electoral votes along with other large states. Looking back, Obama should have used the Dems majority in 2009-10 to push through an improved apportionment law for House seats. This would have removed the smaller states' power in terms of equalizing. It wouldn't have necessarily just helped Dems but made the system more fair.
  25. Teachers knowing their place is to stay in the classroom, saying nothing outside the classroom and earning below average salaries = Good Teachers publicly advocating for students and teachers = Bad
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