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Nice Guy Eddie

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  1. Not my problem but it must suck to be a company that gets caught up in the culture war. Of course there are good ways to handle it, and not good ways.
  2. No CR but there should be some decent retention offers if you look to cancel Hulu or Disney these days. No reason not to try it.
  3. Can't stand when stores wrap themselves in the flag or song in this case. Full on virtue signaling to attract the rubes.
  4. Not surprised after his political comments in July. I figured this retirement is a combination of being pushed out and contemplating a political run, even if he says otherwise. Announcing your retirement in September is bush league. Basically Auburn had little choice but to promote the assistant head coach who happened to be his son.
  5. Can I request Trump send the national guard to my house to clear out illegals and deter crime? I have some major landscaping work that needs completing.
  6. The death of a young person is tragic but I was also horrified by the behavior in the school. I realize its a show but it made me wonder how kids behave in schools these days. The reaction of the students to their classmates being murdered and arrested was almost like it was a video game. I know laughter can sometimes mask other emotions but there wasn't much sign of that.
  7. Nothing says a memorial service like having a WWE entry for the President. on a side note, I hate Lee Greenwood.
  8. whataboutism at its finest. Why not just say that the 1860 Democrat Party was the party of slavery.
  9. On Trump giving a preview of an autism prevention option, how weird is it for a president to gate keep a supposed “cure” by promising to talk about it tomorrow. Didn’t he want to help mothers who might create an autistic youth on Sunday?
  10. Binged the show recently. So powerful especially in seeing how each episode is one long take. I read the 4th episode was the 16th take. I couldn’t imagine how Stephen Graham did that 16 (maybe more) times. I’m certain he’s only off camera a few seconds of that episode. interesting choice how they introduced people and storylines that were left unresolved. Many shows don’t do that. The detective’s son was bullied, the victim was also bullied, the victim’s best friend was left angry, the psychologist abruptly left the story, and we didn’t fully understand Jamie’s interaction with the manosphere world except he was labeled an incel. The audience doesn’t always need closure on everything. And as the OP mentioned, the victim was intentionally left out. We barely glimpsed a photo of her. I wonder if the creators have it in them to address the victim and her family with a sequel.
  11. They left the trash for others to pick up. You can decide for yourself who they consider the others to be.
  12. It’s safe to not get too wrapped up in what Trump says in a one off way. He follows the path of dumping as much info as possible on the media to distract. Say that you might re-engage in Afghanistan to remove attention on his border czar taking bribes.
  13. Where are all the Jade Helm conspiracy theorists asking about the military taking over Texas?
  14. The Pam Bondi truth social post looks to mistakenly posted as a tweet and more than likely meant to be a direct message to her. what other govt business is Trump handling via truth social direct messages? Is he communicating military decisions to DWI Pete via an app managed by Devin Nunes?
  15. Imagine being in India on Friday and being told that you have ~24 hours to get back to the US avoid problems.
  16. I have issues with Jerome Powell and Biden, but they found a way for the US to perform light year better than other developed countries post-COVID. They made mistakes but we were killing it overall relative to the rest of the world.
  17. The big issues I see with 55+ communities is that they’re really 75+ and everyone there probably complains about everything. Even situations they helped create. You know that if your lawn is 1/8 inch too high because of heavy rains, you’re getting a letter from the HOA.
  18. For anyone with the Amex Platinum, they just introduced some new benefits along with unfortunately raising the annual price to $900. These benefits are good as of this week. Use the quarter benefits now before Q3 ends at the end of Sept. new benefits (you have to pay with the Amex platinum and activate before buying) $400 restaurant credit for any restaurant on the Resy reservation system. $100 per quarter. I don’t believe you're required to reserve with Resy but rather just pay with the card. $300 lululemon credit. $75 per quarter. They have men’s clothing too. It’s basically a free shirt, shorts, or pants a few times per year. free Uber One membership. I’m uncertain how valuable this is but its normally $120/yr. Free Oura health tracker or something. I doubt I try this. increased benefits Raised the $200 annual hotel credit to $600 or actually $300 per half year. Only select hotels. raised the digital entertainment credit to $25 monthly. Added YouTube Premium (no ads on YouTube) and YouTube TV as options. they keep some benefits the same like $200 uber credit, $200 airline credit, free WalMart+, free Paramount+, hotel status, Clear, free TSA pre check, etc. $900 is a hefty fee but with the full benefits, I probably get >$2K back in some form especially with a handful of personal trips per year. I don’t even count the memberships that I wouldn’t have bought otherwise.
  19. Crazy how there is no consequence for an Administration to issue potentially illegally actions. Worse case for them is that a future court rules it illegal. Then the WH can cry about activist courts and complain about all of the confiscated funds they have to return. I hope that we someday get to the point of a reckoning where we have to add new amendments and laws solely to prevent another Trump-like administration. Of course if Trump someone holds onto Congress in 2026, that he and Congress put in those controls as they’re walking out the door in late 2028. That could hinder the next Admin from un-doing Trumps actions.
  20. On Saturday mornings, I love grabbing a coffee and breakfast tacos at a nearby Mexican restaurant. The place does a good amount of business with those ordering on door dash or Uber Eats. I’ve noticed a trend lately of older and older door dash drivers. It’s almost like older folks are struggling to make ends meet. and if some are resorting to taking a gig job, you know there are even more who are just doing without.
  21. The real problem is that the FTC has become the real enforcer for Trump over the business world. So many large corporations need FTC approval for one of their continual M&A activity. Everyone saw that Trump was able to make CBS bend to their will to approve their sale. I'm not naive that pressure has never been applied in past administrations but to the extent that the President greenmails organizations is beyond past behavior. And this is just what we know. These organizations could very well be hiring firms quietly tied to the Trump Org in order to get federal approvals.
  22. The FCC chair Brendan Carr says that Kimmel appeared to mislead the public and that his jokes upset people and were not funny. Appear to mislead. Upset people. Not funny. Whatever happened to the Right offending as many people as possible and then falling back to the excuse that they were only making a joke and people need to get a sense of humor? If anyone doesn't see that the Right doesn't plan to ever relinquish power, they're blind.
  23. I see that NVIDIA has pumped $5B into Intel to help keep them afloat. I'm reminded how Microsoft effectively kept Apple alive and independent in the 90s when they were struggling. You have to wonder if Intel can use this and the govt charity to turn into a powerhouse again on a long time frame. Obviously others feel so since INTC is up 25% today.
  24. regardless if someone likes Kimmel or not, or they completely disagree with what he says, any American should be concern when a President shuts down a critic because of what he says. But many won't because they're happy with this outcome. I don't think that I will struggle much to boycott ABC, ESPN and Disney. I don't believe they get any of my money even indirectly through other subscriptions.
  25. given the state of things, I plan to ignore it.
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