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5-14-25, 7:39pm

Rogar replied to a thread Government Coup in Simple Public Policy

In my former workplace it involved training, hiring and promotional opportunities to minorities in order to have work force diversity proportionate...

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5-14-25, 6:01pm

Rogar replied to a thread Government Coup in Simple Public Policy

I have to admit I didn't know there were so many DEI programs in governments, places getting government funding, and private corporations following...

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5-13-25, 8:00pm

Rogar replied to a thread Day of Reckoning in Simple Public Policy

There may be more people looking for their dream job than there are job opportunities, but it will be a sad day when there are no dreamers. The...

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5-13-25, 11:58am

Rogar replied to a thread Government Coup in Simple Public Policy

Maybe kids can have 15 dolls now? Other than Trump throwing his weight around, it doesn't look like the China tariff threat has accomplished much....

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5-8-25, 9:53am

Rogar replied to a thread Charisma in 2028? in Simple Public Policy

I may have to revisit the topic later, but Trump logic did make sense to a portion of the population, and his emotion of vitriol cemented their...

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5-7-25, 7:57pm

Rogar replied to a thread One Trump policy I actually like! in Simple Public Policy

Probably just a rant, but people who pick items out of the bulk bins or produce section and then eat them while shopping is just disgusting.

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5-7-25, 3:37pm

Rogar replied to a thread Day of Reckoning in Simple Public Policy

My parents told me they would pay for books and tuition in state and after that I would be on my own. I lived at home and went to the local four...

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5-6-25, 10:23am

Rogar replied to a thread Day of Reckoning in Simple Public Policy

That's what I remember. Everyone I knew had help from parents and/or worked. I think the cost of education was relatively much less back then?

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5-5-25, 8:19pm

Rogar replied to a thread Day of Reckoning in Simple Public Policy

Our state legislature will be voting on a measure that would require a semester of "financial literacy education" for high school graduation. ...

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5-5-25, 4:39pm

Rogar replied to a thread Adventures in grocery shopping in Food & Recipes

So, it really was Biden's fault after all? The USDA says nothing has really changed. Maybe it's just some variability in the production system. ...

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5-5-25, 10:00am

Rogar replied to a thread One Trump policy I actually like! in Simple Public Policy

I only have a debit card, which seems to do the same thing with fewer steps? I was guessing that most people get their Mastercard statement and then...

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5-5-25, 7:51am

Rogar replied to a thread Adventures in grocery shopping in Food & Recipes

Lately eggs have been in their usual abundance and well stocked at my stores. I wonder what has changed. I noticed yesterday my can of tuna said...

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5-5-25, 7:36am

Rogar replied to a thread One Trump policy I actually like! in Simple Public Policy

The luddite in me was wondering how people will pay for their Mastercard monthly statements if there are no checks. I'll continue writing checks...

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5-4-25, 12:58pm

Rogar replied to a thread RMD's in Personal Finance

That's the impression I have, but more from a word of mouth source. Could definitely be fact checked? My accountant said to have whatever portion...

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5-4-25, 8:18am

Rogar replied to a thread RMD's in Personal Finance

I have a friend who just took her first RMD and donated it all to charity. Her quote went something like, I'm no giving a cent more in taxes to the...

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5-2-25, 10:32pm

Rogar replied to a thread What's for dinner? in Food & Recipes

Sardines on whole wheat bread with mustard. I saw an article saying how healthy sardines are and then saw that the NYT cooking section has a long...

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5-2-25, 4:04pm

Rogar replied to a thread RMD's in Personal Finance

I've not started yet, but will need to get to it soon. I've had to take withdrawals from an inherited IRA and have generally called my IRA...

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5-1-25, 9:05am

Rogar replied to a thread Government Coup in Simple Public Policy

My take was that it's the same cheap stuff as regular Amazon, but it's all in one place and on markdown. Like Trump said, kids will have to make due...

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4-30-25, 2:42pm

Rogar replied to a thread Government Coup in Simple Public Policy

It’s apparently a separate entity from regular Amazon. At least they have separate shopping carts. It’s REALLY cheap stuff.

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4-30-25, 1:41pm

Rogar replied to a thread Government Coup in Simple Public Policy

I was curious. On the Amazon site on my computer where it says Search Amazon, there is a dropdown arrow next to that window that says All as a...

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4-30-25, 8:56am

Rogar replied to a thread Government Coup in Simple Public Policy

The news I've seen says that the turnaround time from loading in China to arrive on US shelves is about 6 or 8 weeks. So tariffs went into effect on...

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4-28-25, 7:13am

Rogar replied to a thread Government Coup in Simple Public Policy

Yesterday while on errands public radio announced that "The Hill" has laid off the staff's of their DEI, climate, and migration departments,...

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4-27-25, 8:02pm

Rogar replied to a thread When bird watching gets personal! in Open Forum

I've heard that birds can attack windows during mating season thinking the reflection is a rival mate. But I do like Tybee's theory. If you close...

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4-25-25, 9:31am

Rogar replied to a thread Conspiracy Theories in Open Forum

I don't know the answer, but if a had a short meeting with Vance I would probably feel ill afterwards.

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4-24-25, 7:49am

Rogar replied to a thread April Purge in Organizing Your Life

I have one of those built in book shelves like you see people having in podcasts. At one time it was lined with books and I just couldn't see why I...

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4-23-25, 10:20pm

Rogar replied to a thread Let the deportations begin? in Simple Public Policy

That does seem like a lot. I suppose many came here for work and went back. It seems to me like a lot of those millions have been here for a long...

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4-23-25, 9:53pm

Rogar replied to a thread Let the deportations begin? in Simple Public Policy

I wonder what that number would be. Those let in, minus deportations, as a percentage of 10-15 million. In the last four years. And what the...

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4-23-25, 9:22pm

Rogar replied to a thread April Purge in Organizing Your Life

I took all the flattened cardboard from several months of Amazon and other mail orders to the recycler. I must have done a lot of online shopping in...

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4-23-25, 7:55pm

Rogar replied to a thread Let the deportations begin? in Simple Public Policy

I'm still not sure why they are disappearing supposedly "alien enemy" people to a foreign prison with a possible life sentence rather than just...

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4-23-25, 3:53pm

Rogar replied to a thread Let the deportations begin? in Simple Public Policy

One thing I've been curious about is why the people they are sending to El Salvador as purported gang members, possibly for the rest of their lives...

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4-21-25, 6:22pm

Rogar replied to a thread Kennedy and anti-depressants, ADHD, mood stabilizers, and "wellness/labor farms" in Simple Public Policy

Dr. Oz? (joking) No guesses how it might turn out, but I'm putting the promise into the same bucket as I'm going to make groceries more...

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4-20-25, 11:39am

Rogar replied to a thread Government Coup in Simple Public Policy

Well, it sounds like you know why a $20 hammer costs the government much more and that it's not the allocation of overhead or supply chain costs, but...

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4-20-25, 9:10am

Rogar replied to a thread Government Coup in Simple Public Policy

At one time I was in charge of ordering laboratory supplies for a private lab with a big company. If an order came in with damaged product or...

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4-17-25, 2:50pm

Rogar replied to a thread Government Coup in Simple Public Policy

Some could quibble over the Biden policies and the record stock market and prospering economy. One point of view is that Trump 1.0 ran a hot economy...

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4-16-25, 8:03pm

Rogar replied to a thread Government Coup in Simple Public Policy

I see where there will be a vote on Congress soon to stop funding NPR and PBS. They get the majority of their funding from corporate sponsors and...

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