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Same. We have a large house, square footage wise, and find that cleaning it is a multi-day affair and so having the grid system actually seems cool. Otherwise it literally costs $450+ to have a team of nice ladies clean all day and you have to be out of the house all day which isn't possible for the littles homeschooling. Paying a min. of ~$1000/month just on house cleaning isn't gonna work for me in 2023 because I'm poor again, so I need the help. I recently learned the "run the hot water before starting the dishwasher" trick myself, so that's cool. I feel like I'm growing in my abilities, slowly but surely, but I hate to do any sort of cleaning.

I agree with you it's weird and bad. I am glad Trump got indicted. Do you think he will be convicted?

It felt like after the mid-terms everyone recognized that Trump and the Trump brand associated with any Republicans was a drag and cost votes. It seemed like Trump became a toxic name after primaries and the "red wave" pundits predicted never materialized. I read this from NYT today which was a bit shocking as someone who hasn't followed politics too much, about how Trump has rebounded his "brand" among R's. Especially that he raised $7mm (aforementioned): Trump’s standing in the Republican Party seems to be improving. A few months ago, the former president was considered a drag on the party after its lackluster performance in the midterms. But the indictment has forced Republicans to weigh in on Trump’s case — and most are publicly siding with him. Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, his biggest competitor for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024, and Jeb Bush, a rival he beat in 2016, have called the Manhattan investigation a political sideshow and “un-American.” The latest polls show Trump expanding his lead for the Republican primaries. He is still well ahead of the field in New Hampshire, which votes early.

I'm asking for the non-biased, no-insane political pundits on this board who follow government and know government if my read on this was directionally aligned. Sorry for partying.

Is this going to play out like his twice being impeached? Meaning, he is indicted and there is a record of holding him accountable and a paper trail and will be forever associated with his name and life, but there will be no practical consequence (outside of potentially a positive one with respect to fundraising, which I read was a record $7mm in three days following this news, and a rehab of his political brand)? I was hoping we were done with Trump; I sincerely hope this doesn't resurrect him for 2024.

Racism claims of 2023. What do you guys think? Apparently Jill Biden is being accused of a racist act (by Newsweek) for tweeting an idea about inviting Iowa along with LSU women's teams to the WH. I don't think it was intentionally racist as much as it was maybe a bit tone deaf: https://www.newsweek.com/jill-biden-just-had-another-racist-moment-opinion-1792521 https://www.levelman.com/lsu-white-house-visit-double-standard/

It represents the new split-screen reality for Trump as he submits to the dour demands of the American criminal justice system while projecting an aura of defiance and victimhood at celebratory campaign events. Wearing his signature dark suit and red tie, Trump turned and waved to crowds outside the building before heading inside to be fingerprinted and processed. He arrived at court in an eight-car motorcade from Trump Tower, communicating in real time his anger at the process. “Heading to Lower Manhattan, the Courthouse,” the voluble ex-president posted on his Truth Social platform. “Seems so SURREAL — WOW, they are going to ARREST ME. Can’t believe this is happening in America. MAGA!”

Thanks for the response. As a strategy consultant with customers in O&G, but not a dyed in the wool O&G guy, you've been helpful/insightful to people like me, on this thread.

Ovintiv acquired Encana if I recall. I spent some time in Calgary some years ago with IBM consulting Suncor and there was some Encana guys who came over to go loved them and almost all of them eventually boomeranged back. Ovintiv is Denver based mostly; they seem like a good, mid-sized upstream company. Can you give me a meatier response on then and their struggles?

I looked it up the saying is “from shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves” Proverbial saying, early 20th century; meaning that wealth gained in one generation will be lost by the third. The saying is often attributed to the Scottish-born American industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie(1835–1919) but is not found in his writings. https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100502580;jsessionid=67A52A4F90DA693CD9F8CAFC8FF683B1

This is interesting: Japan: In a break with its Western allies, Japan has started purchasing Russian oil above the G7’s price cap of $60 per barrel. Japan has been a steadfast supporter of Ukraine but remains reliant on Russia for energy. Do you have a lot of experience with Ovintiv?

For those thinking community college is an answer: Lastly and most importantly: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2023/04/03/us-community-colleges-are-reeling-from-plummeting-enrollment-the-reckoning-is-here/

Man I watched a few of these videos and it's very sad. Hard to watch. Especially Ray.

Of all the sorry and pathetic and pitiful characters that make up the Roy menagerie, Con is definitely the saddest and the one that elicits sympathy. Con is the kind of guy, with the kind of life and emotional and psychological circumstances who you read about that ends up eating a pistol. Another thing that struck me, for really the first time over four seasons, is how rare and brilliant a businessman Logan Roy is. I know it's supposed to be assumed, because in our culture we are trained to believe being a billionaire means you are brilliant, but I think most of us watching this show have lived long enough and seen enough to know that's not necessarily the case and true. But on the back of his, "you aren't real figures.." speech and his rousing "You are Pirates!" speech to his ATN folks, along with all the deal and people machinations, it seems that Logan is the rare businessperson who could have made Waystar what is ended up becoming and valued which circles back to the premise and early season questions explored which we see a lot in real life: when a special person creates something and his kids are not special, businesses fail.

You are right. No offense to the OP but it's a tell how far the illiterate tree we are falling when we are only passingly aware of things and haven't read or consumed them for ourselves. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead is the absurdist comedic play from the 60's the guy was thinking of, which found a revival in the 90's (and if you have kids and have seen Lion King 1 1/2, it's hilarious and similar). I know you to be a bardophile from the Macbeth movie thread, so I thought I'd share.

Good point, but in the shareholder capitalism world we live in, most people understand the conflation of the two (health of stock price / health of business) to be generally the same in shorthand conversations pertaining to business. Edit to add: There are of course irregularities and weird outliers like AMC and BBBY and, I argue, TSLA

And did he not catch that Hugo and Geri were laughing at her video clip when Hugo demurred on using his computer to show the slide deck and then when he did, he quickly closed it out during their briefing? Or Logan didn't care?

And the most hard hitting, hurtful thing he could have said. And it's 100% true.

I can't stop watching...

That's so funny. The self-help grift is real out there, especially on Linkedin.

This is basically where I am too, which also makes it hard as a bear because it's almost impossible to time when to short the Tesla stock because it's playing by basically a more polished or polite-society acceptable version of a wsb memestonk. I got burned on it once, once upon a time, but I know in my bones that Telsa stock is as you stated-- irrationally priced, speculative and overvalued. It's just how do you make money with that knowledge or instinct?

And Finland looks like it's joining NATO with Turkey's blessing? Of course this will make Putin mad which typically means it's a good thing.

I sometimes wonder if there is a relationship between the stronger the emotions, the less people are able to read and/or synthesize information: Up nearly 80% YTD and adding $200bn to market cap = more-or-less booming this year "on paper". I added that descriptor "on paper" because it's important when talking about assets like Tesla and Twitter, where elmo has lost $20bn of his wealth (so far) on Twitter but had a net gain from Tesla over the same timeframe. Tesla is bouncing back from a nadir that many, myself included, thought was going to be a reset of the benchmark or high water mark I still think this, I just think it will take longer now Tesla seems to be acting as a speculative stock still, not too different from crypto as @Chopper mentioned To support this as well (and could just be coincidence) the data point that crypto has also rebounded YTD in much the same way (and also in the face of headwinds)

I thought I read you did it for tax purposes though, right?

No dude. Again, I agree with you. I'm a Tesla bear. I specifically said that Tesla was more or less booming this year "financially / on paper". The stock and market cap leading to a bulwarking of elmo's paper wealth, which supplements the paper losses, by much, of his malpractice of twitter. My personal belief is that Tesla is still acting like a speculative stock to some degree. I don't think it's sustainable, but I do think it's worth noting and potentially discussing on an Elon-focused thread (not just Twitter focused) as part of the broader conversation about the guy (visionary or fraud).