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troph

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  1. Entitlements and defense. Don’t be dense, there is NO way out of this without increasing revenue and cutting defense. None whatsoever.
  2. Ok, let’s phase out SS benefits entirely for the wealthy. There … cut entitlements, cut defense smartly (war is changing we can spend less and more strategically and still remain the strongman), raise taxes on the wealthy, remove the SS cap, etc etc. all of the above. any attempt to cut expenses as the way out of this simply won’t work. It especially won’t work if defense isn’t on the chopping block. raise revenue, cut the largest two budget categories, and do so in a way that doesn’t leave the poorest who need entitlements the most hungry and destitute. math isn’t red or blue, it’s just facts.
  3. doesn't sound like a red team blue team issue. i hear you, but the right answer is raise taxes significantly, cut defense spending. better get all your money into equities, it will be the only inflation protection available. value of cash will erode while you watch.
  4. Raise taxes (LTCG, ordinary income, dividends, etc), eliminate the SS cap and stop looting programs for the wealthy. Get defense spending in line, strategic but not bloated. Problem solved.
  5. So I skipped the risqué photos and went to chatGPT 4.0 and asked it to build me a stock watch list, with relevant news, performance fundamentals and technical analysis with buy hold sell advice based on my investment thesis. I spent much of the weekend deep diving into my investment thesis, locating stocks, understanding the various companies business and performance and on and on. I discovered several mistakes, not shocking, but the funny part was I asked it to prepare reports, organize the information, and even automate a weekly update and summary for a Monday morning 15 min read. It said it was working on it, and when I would ask for an update the response was I’m working on it, it’s taking time to build this complex tool and that I’m awesome, super smart and building something spectacular that some companies hire teams to do. It would tell me things like it’s almost done just checking for consistency blah blah blah. Then it would say it needs 6 more hours, 24 more hours, 48 hours. The bitch ghosted me. so now I know it can be sloppy with facts, it can flat out lie and use flattery to cover it up, it will refuse to do something without telling me it is refusing to do it, what else…? Kinda human like now that you think about it. for now I use it to gather information give easy recommendations that I then use as a base case and go vet on my own with additional study. Basically it can do what a first year grad employee might be able to do in bite sized chunks. The rest of the research and judgment is up to me. the good news though is that I am still using my analytical skills, maybe even more now in this corner of my world than before.
  6. Who is Gad?
  7. that's what some prior admins would have done. maybe not all.
  8. to be clear I wasn't talking about this message board, I was talking about our elected and appointed officials.
  9. how can anyone think this is how this shit should go, for reals. debate the decision, okay. debate the efficacy of the mission, ok. did it work or not? that's just facts. no we can't have normal discourse, we have a fucking lunch room food fight. can we has real intel people talking at podiums who are just telling the shit that went down and what's next or not next or what can or can't be talked about please. pretty please, with whipped cream on top? for the love of christ, moses and muhammad, this nana nana boo boo shit is fucking dumb.
  10. I hope it's complete and total too even though I wish the agreement with Iran wasn't torn up 8 or 9 years ago. the wish casting is fucked up, makes it really hard to know wtf is going on and breeds the lack of transparency that really doesn't help anyone here.
  11. oh yeah, your dad isn't.
  12. there's at least one advantage to getting a later in life start... btw if I was rolling up the stairs to AF1 talking about her titties would be the least inappropriate thing I would be doing.
  13. yeah what he said, fuck the binary.
  14. You say that like none of you would do the same?
  15. God damn man, I need a trigger warning for that with my morning coffee.
  16. These economics make our water cistern boondoggle look almost rational. Almost.
  17. I nixed quince last night on the theory that places with great views rely on the view - not the food - to sell. Glad to hear I wasn’t wrong. we have another ex pat dinner party tonight not sure where but we will check out Tostevere before we leave. more work 930-4 for me, kids Spanish immersion today.
  18. Spent the morning on Monday scoping out the meat and produce markets, tortillas too. Found a gym near us and signed up for a month membership, decent pizza joint down the street. Going to find a massage therapist tomorrow - I have one I think. wifey is playing pickleball tomorrow, she’s found a tennis hook up (I’m taking a few weeks off to heal tennis specific ailments). Clay courts so that’s fun and good on our joints. tonight we walked from our neighborhood to el centro - about a mile - and saw a classical guitarist, about 20 attendees, gringos and Mexicans. He’s highly touted and he was fantastic. Met up with the wife who was at Berlin Bar & Bistro talking up a Mississippi gay man about rainbow culture here. I think the pride parade is our last weekend here. Going to try and make a drag bingo too. a few pics from today…
  19. do we have room for more martinis... @Bevo&Pevo ?
  20. It had to be done.
  21. So we gonna be gud? Seems so.
  22. The Lakeway HEB has a full assortment of homemade tortillas and breads.
  23. It’s fucking dope. 3 large bedrooms with private baths. Base for 3 weeks and I’m working 10-5pm ATX time (9-4pm here) so the pad has to be on the mark. second floor balcony during the rain… (there’s a floor higher than this). IMG_6930.mov
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