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2-5-25, 4:15pm
Sure, I'm purely speculating and you could be right. The tariffs are looking like a bluff to me, but that may not be over. All the talk about...
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2-5-25, 2:27pm
I'm beginning to think it's just another of Trump's bluffs. There's some sort of media PR program going to deter new people from entering, like the...
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2-5-25, 1:38pm
It probably depends a lot on the flipper. A former work associate did some house flipping, one house at a time, and did much of the work himself. I...
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2-5-25, 12:06pm
I see where the IT youngsters who helped Elon are being referred to as Musk-rats. I wish I could be confident that the information won't be used for...
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2-4-25, 9:08pm
Still nothing in the news about anything unusual. Local news featured a few non-sanctuary counties who said they would assist with deportations of...
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2-4-25, 4:50pm
I couldn't round up enough details to form a good opinion, but initially don't see as much fault as some of Trump's other EOs. By now it should be...
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2-3-25, 8:46pm
Are we thinking that Mexico or Canada didn't propose retaliation that could hurt the US economy even more than Trump's tariffs. In the end an...
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2-3-25, 12:50pm
I looks like Mexico has pushed Trump to back down already?
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2-3-25, 12:49pm
It's not so much that Musk gets access, but in the age of department and personnel eliminations and punishments, one would guess it will be used to...
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2-3-25, 12:15pm
The whole situation appears to have a positive end, but I'm not so sure I'd take the word of a realtor utuber as the only or best source. I doubt...
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2-3-25, 11:19am
IL, I watched a few minutes of each video. The guy probably has a point, although I don't think the situation is as obvious as he presents. At...
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2-2-25, 9:50pm
It will all just be newspeak once the resistance has been marginalized or replaced with loyal political appointees.
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2-2-25, 9:36pm
Put them on reservations and send them blankets and government beef? Wait, we tried that.
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2-2-25, 2:01pm
I'm a big fan of beans and grow a heirloom pole variety in my garden for dried beans in the winter soups. They are pretty easy to grow. My local...
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2-2-25, 10:47am
Our local news predicted round ups last week including Trump's notorious Aurora and the sanctuary city of Denver. Other than a few of the usual...
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2-2-25, 10:13am
One would guess that things will cost more and Americans would cry foul after it being the main issue of the election. But we're living in strange...
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2-1-25, 6:42pm
I find it baffling that there are not republican congressmen speaking up against what's wrong or false. Of course many of them are riding the...
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2-1-25, 9:48am
I'm old and mostly use cash at restaurants.
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2-1-25, 8:43am
I'm glad someone else reads Krugman. I had a few economics classes in school and enjoy his easy to understand presentations of the topic. And since...
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1-31-25, 3:01pm
My recent substack from Paul Krugman says it's a scam and people risk never getting any pay while they are on "administration leave". There are also...
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1-30-25, 7:19pm
Thanks. I got the main theme without having to watch. I try to pace myself. I did watch the interviews with Patel. That's enough for one day.
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1-30-25, 3:26pm
In the list of characters in Trumps cabinet line up RFKJ isn't near the top of my worries. He might be OK. My biggest concern would be that he or...
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1-30-25, 7:28am
I'm a little biased about a few things, as most of us are, and we are all unique. I only wanted to explain where I'm coming from and offer my take on...
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1-29-25, 9:04pm
I spoke a with a siding installer and asked him to get back with me in March when it's a bit more pleasant. My brief search said that about half of...
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1-29-25, 7:03pm
It's my weekly fish night. Baked halibut, sautéed broccolini, and quinoa. A splurge from the usual.
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1-29-25, 6:44pm
Round ups are reputed to start in Denver Thursday. ICE may be making a dent in things. A reporter travelled to Guatemala where the arriving refugees...
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1-29-25, 6:36pm
I think he may be testing the limits of how much he can get away with.
The federal employee buyout will be interesting. The first to go will be...
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1-29-25, 9:20am
Would you prefer the term, regular bike vs. real bike as a better descriptor? Calling e-bikes is pretty standard but I don't know if there is a...
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1-28-25, 10:49pm
Well, suppose in that perspective the Biden administration, not the bird flu, is the cause of the high price of eggs. Reference from your article. ...
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1-28-25, 5:43pm
I can appreciate a little humor, especially when it's at Trump's expense.
For me, it helps to vent a little bit, even if it won't make any big...
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1-28-25, 12:11pm
When ever there could be a good time to deal with all this, there are auction houses that will come out to evaluate things of re-sale value to be...
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1-28-25, 9:58am
Good one.
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1-28-25, 9:28am
Mexico's Sheinbaum has been a bright spot in all of this. Don is not making friends in Latin America. A little quip in my morning news, google maps...
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1-28-25, 8:34am
It's certainly a good choice for people with disabilities.
I see a few e-bike commuters with panniers like they are going to work. I imagine time...
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1-28-25, 8:31am
It's too bad that never made it into the national news as a headline, as far as I can tell. They seem to be focused on deportation. Local news says...
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1-27-25, 10:43pm
Not to dis anyone or anything. E bikes have a place for people who are casual riders and/or a fitness level that doesn't get them as fast or far as...
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1-27-25, 9:29pm
I'd like to think that e-bikes are a gateway bike for many to graduate to real bikes. I've bicycled as a primary recreation and sometimes commute...
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1-27-25, 4:50pm
I got a free trial of Apple TV last year and especially liked both the Severance and the Silo series. So now they've come out with season 2 of both...
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1-27-25, 10:02am
"There’s no legal definition for the term “sanctuary city.” Generally, it refers to municipalities that are unwilling to assist federal immigration...
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1-27-25, 9:00am
Trump will probably ramp things up, but the news about raids and military planes is probably a lot of media hype so far. Raids, deportations and...
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1-27-25, 8:22am
It is looking like tariffs are donald's go-to hammer to get international compliance. I'd probably not thought a lot about it, but I think...
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1-27-25, 7:59am
Or is it just the usual fake news we've grown accustomed to, although putting one's hands behind the back did get attention.
“No faking here." ...
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1-26-25, 1:16pm
I get the impression that a lot of small businesses and everyday people, including those who voted for trump, are being scammed in order to enrich...
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1-24-25, 7:03pm
Tomato soup with chickpeas. I've made tomato soup using garden tomatoes with mixed success and am trying it with canned tomatoes. Cookie and Kate...
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1-23-25, 12:39pm
Snow shoveling is a good alternative to yard and garden maintenance, which I'm usually tiered of by the end of fall leaf pickup.
We've barely...
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1-23-25, 10:52am
It will get worse.
"The Trump administration, moving quickly to clamp down on health and science agencies, has canceled a string of scientific...
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1-22-25, 2:34pm
Thanks. I'll check it out.
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1-22-25, 2:27pm
What is an EO? Something order? Where are they available to read?
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1-22-25, 12:29pm
I've not seen any indications of the end of the war in Ukraine that was promised or any other international conflicts. Nothing about our faltering...
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1-21-25, 8:59pm
Denver is a sanctuary city and evening news interviewed one of the school officials on how they would handle it if authorities tried to enter a...
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1-21-25, 3:07pm
My new word for the day is “broligarchist”.
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1-21-25, 2:24pm
I have the feeling that media political bias isn't going away. Donald is the king of disinformation and good at it so the pendulum will probably...
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1-21-25, 11:58am
You might consider that trump is temporary phenomena that may only last four years or maybe a little less with a little help from Mother Nature....
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1-21-25, 8:58am
The end of birthright citizenship seems to violate the 14 amendment to the constitution. I imagine that will tie up our tax dollars in the courts. ...
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1-20-25, 1:25pm
The NRDC and ACLU legal staffs are going to be busy.
Pence didn’t look very happy to be there. He might have had flashbacks of being hung by the...
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1-20-25, 11:25am
I had a late night radio show on and there was actually a commercial for big lots of walkie talkies. One or two hundred in a batch.
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1-19-25, 7:56pm
Yes, but the details are not perfectly clear to me as well as the NYT article. It doesn't sound as simple as an executive order to say the least, but...
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1-19-25, 3:52pm
I could be corrected, but my understanding is that Biden signed the bill into law in April, however it was not scheduled to take effect until Jan....
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1-19-25, 1:59pm
I see where Don says he will open up Tik Tok by executive order on day one. That should be an interesting feat since the bill has already been...
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1-19-25, 8:52am
It looks like the deportations are about number one for Trump's first day. My guess is that he will somehow make a big show of it to serve as an...
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