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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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4-15-25, 10:44pm

Rogar replied to a thread Where are you people? in Open Forum

I haven't paid for the Krugman sub stack yet, but can get a lot fo information rom his free subscription. For example, today being tax day, he...

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4-14-25, 8:11pm

Rogar replied to a thread Government Coup in Simple Public Policy

I'm thinking it will take a while for all the tariff ordeals to filter down to the consumer buying level and employment or unemployment figures. A...

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4-14-25, 2:02pm

Rogar replied to a thread Where are you people? in Open Forum

Just dropped tax reports into the mail at the post office. Noon here. Packing for a short fishing trip tomorrow. "You don't know who you are...

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4-12-25, 12:51pm

Rogar replied to a thread Trump's Day One accomplishments - your predictions! in Simple Public Policy

I read the transcript out of curiosity, but it was interesting. A side to Trump that makes him almost seem human when he's out of the public eye. I...

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4-11-25, 10:41am

Rogar replied to a thread Take advantage of healthy years...now? in Personal Finance

I'm not quite mid-seventies, but I have little or no desire to travel as a tourist and deal with airports, strange beds in motels, tourist shops,...

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4-10-25, 9:07pm

Rogar replied to a thread The Stock Market in Personal Finance

I'm at the 70/30 fixed vs stocks. A fidelity advisor (or salesman) was promoting one of their custom managed packages based on your goals, risk...

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4-9-25, 9:38pm

Rogar replied to a thread The Stock Market in Personal Finance

I think that's what the experts are recommending.

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4-9-25, 8:27pm

Rogar replied to a thread Use it up! in Food & Recipes

My garden beets are just now coming up. I grow them as much for the greens as the beets them selves. Cold beet salad does sound good.

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4-9-25, 7:11pm

Rogar replied to a thread The Stock Market in Personal Finance

"Don't gamble! Take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don't go up, don't buy it". Will...

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4-9-25, 10:04am

Rogar replied to a thread The Current Situation in Personal Finance

I could see this as being his strength, before he went mad. From a former co-star. Shark Tank Investor Barbara Corcoran On Donald Trump As A...

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4-9-25, 9:29am

Rogar replied to a thread The Current Situation in Personal Finance

I think some people confuse Trump the business man with Trump the mad king. I see in his speech last night he has proposed to put tariffs on all...

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4-9-25, 7:07am

Rogar replied to a thread Privacy in Open Forum

I have a friend who had his DNA done by 23andme. I understand you can delete your data, but asked why it matters. One response I got was that...

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4-7-25, 2:38pm

Rogar replied to a thread The Current Situation in Personal Finance

My congress people are pretty blue state. I have friends who write or call them every day and I've said that to me it seems like singing to the...

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4-7-25, 7:36am

Rogar replied to a thread The Stock Market in Personal Finance

It's probably not much consolation, but the market has had an unprecedentedly long bull market and stock markets are probably not much lower than...

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4-6-25, 6:51pm

Rogar replied to a thread Use it up! in Food & Recipes

Catherine, I don't know if I misunderstood your comments, or was just curious if dog poop could be used as compost. I'd not ever thought much about...

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4-6-25, 6:42pm

Rogar replied to a thread What are you reading in 2025? in Reviews

Thanks for the reminder. I just ordered a used copy. The Painter was a favorite. I gave the book to a friend and it got passed around to several...

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4-6-25, 8:51am

Rogar replied to a thread Use it up! in Food & Recipes

I have never heard of people using dog poop for a fertilizer or garden compost, but there should be a plentiful supply. Since most of my cooking...

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4-6-25, 6:45am

Rogar replied to a thread The Current Situation in Personal Finance

Ha, that's pretty funny. I'm still waiting for the prices of groceries to go down and the end of the Ukraine war on day one, which were among his...

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4-5-25, 9:15pm

Rogar replied to a thread The Current Situation in Personal Finance

My impression was that the protests were not about any one specific thing, but organized a coalition of different groups with an axe to grind with...

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4-5-25, 2:55pm

Rogar replied to a thread The Current Situation in Personal Finance

I'm in the school of "good fences make good neighbors", although I have a couple of neighbors now that are pretty good to have around. My across the...

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4-3-25, 9:31pm

Rogar replied to a thread The Current Situation in Personal Finance

I have thought that same thing. There are probably people on the inside who could make a few more million if they could know the next move for...

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4-3-25, 8:32pm

Rogar replied to a thread The Current Situation in Personal Finance

The question can become, how long will it take after a recession for the market to return to the mean and how low can it go.

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4-1-25, 6:26pm

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

As usual, I had to look up things as most of the story got by me in my usual news sources. I double checked and it barely got mention in my legacy...

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4-1-25, 4:01pm

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

Trump's own justice department has admitted he was deported to a veritable torture dungeon in error. Whether he was a family man married to an...

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3-31-25, 11:55am

Rogar replied to a thread The Daily Peeve / Rant in Dailies and Challenges

I was out walking one windy day and ran into a woman who claimed to like the wind. Turns out she was a windsurf instructor. Seem like there are...

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3-28-25, 3:13pm

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

We can blame the Trump regime for some of the inhumanity and hatred by labeling illegals as animals, drug dealers, and murderers. The situation is...

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3-28-25, 10:44am

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

It is certainly wrong by any of my ethical standards. Not to mention the religious golden rule principals of the supposed Christian right, which any...

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3-28-25, 10:17am

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

In these days of disinformation it pays to check up on news sources. Last night the obnoxious ad from Homeland Security came on during my evening...

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