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Uncoach

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We have had 2 school shootings committed by adults in the last few years. Adults hunting down children. Should we monitor all trans adults because they are the ones hunting down kids in schools? Or maybe just all LW wing people? RW adults haven’t targeted kids in school. LW adults have multiple times in recent years.

You guys are very selective when being OK with this stuff.
Who is “you guys”?
 

BigWill

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This is a telling quote from Kamala: "When Tim fell for it and started nodding and smiling at J.D.’s fake bipartisanship, I moaned to Doug, ‘What is happening?" Harris wrote, explaining how she believed Walz was duped by Vance’s "mild-mannered aw-shucks" attitude." (during the 2024 debate)

Acording to Kamala in her new book.

I know why Kamala is writing her book -- $$ -- but it does expose some of her and the Dems dirty underwear.

The Republicans could do better on bipartisanship except Kamala, Schumer and Jeffries are the type of persons who are calculating, non bi-partisans. Kamala's book is just another example.

There is little doubt that a ghost writer penned this memorable tome !
 

BigWill

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Kimmel still has what is going on in the world completely wrong and didn’t truly admit he was wrong. It isn’t difficult for an intelligent, compassionate human being to say 2 words “I’m sorry”, but at least he recognized Erika Kirk.



He also mentioned violence is never a solution, which is correct. He is either willfully aloof of what his side is doing or he flat out is an empty hat. We will see what Sinclair and Nexstar do, but I they have to serve their markets.

Worked well in WW 2 !
 

AzIllini

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In my news feed was an article on a past headline that is pretty awful.

Remember the married tech exec who was caught on the kiss cam at a Cold Play concert cuddling with his HR director? Apparently the Daily Beast (left wing) does and a "journalist" just wrote an article defending the female.

The journalist's new news (to paraphrase) is that the HR director was going thru a divorce and should not be criticized. So apparently it is OK for a future divorcee to cuddle with her married boss at a Cold Play concert. She is the victim.

The interesting thing is every comment to the Daily Beast's crappy article agrees with me. I guess I'm mainstream!

 

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Seniors who depend on interest to sustain themselves were in a great deal of trouble when interest rates were very low. You are just looking at it from the point of the borrower.

In addition, interest rate cuts are inflationary if not needed.

Mortgage rates are just below their historical averages. It is the cost of the houses themselves that are the major problem not interest rates.

I would just counter this by saying that one party wants high taxes and high interest rates, and one party wants low taxes and low interest rates. It’s an easy differentiator between the 2 parties, and I think that’s a hard sell for Democrats to young people that are looking to build something here.

Lower interest rates on CCs, home loans, auto loans, etc benefit people of all age brackets. Higher interest rates benefit a much smaller group of people.
 

JeffT819

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I would just counter this by saying that one party wants high taxes and high interest rates, and one party wants low taxes and low interest rates. It’s an easy differentiator between the 2 parties, and I think that’s a hard sell for Democrats to young people that are looking to build something here.

Lower interest rates on CCs, home loans, auto loans, etc benefit people of all age brackets. Higher interest rates benefit a much smaller group of people.
I would say a Fed funds rate between 3 and 4% is optimal.
 

BigWill

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I would just counter this by saying that one party wants high taxes and high interest rates, and one party wants low taxes and low interest rates. It’s an easy differentiator between the 2 parties, and I think that’s a hard sell for Democrats to young people that are looking to build something here.

Lower interest rates on CCs, home loans, auto loans, etc benefit people of all age brackets. Higher interest rates benefit a much smaller group of people.
My first home was a new home built on spec by a local builder of SFH, buy a lot, build a new spec home, sell that home and start the cycle again.
The Fed IRS gave a $ 2 K credit towards your tax filings and the RE Agent cut his commission. Mortgage was about the same $ as renting, we Bought. Over time added another BR, full bath, rear deck, new kitchen, sold & made $ 250,000. Moved to Fla, bought & sold , made about the same. Large chunks of cash were always in RE/profits !

Like I've said my Sister became a RE millionairess by moving 42 times since her marriage and always making large sums of appreciation and rental incomes ! She made 1/2 million from Hurricane Katrina, where her homes sustained no damage and had HUGE appreciation as people with destroyed homes and insurance checks looked for undamaged homes.

So try to stop renting and acquire RE assets !

A nephew just bought a large 7 figure house in Colo for use as a Colo residence and Colo residence for his Son starting at Boulder, this fall.
Other family reasons as well...

So pay off all CC debt, reduce your lifestyles, no fancy vacations, eat at home, etc etc.

A big family night out was Pizza Hut, a pie and a pitcher of soda pop ! And THAT was AFTER we bought that first home !

Work a second job, BUILD that nest egg !
 
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ILisBest

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Another solid news source from the right!
Zero credibility.
Dude, the entire world is watching the radical left kill people after all of the inflammatory rhetoric. So, a leftwing group puts out a study they faked to make the left's voters feel better.

Remember the old saying, "Are you gonna believe me or your lying eyes?" Some people will actually ignore what they are seeing for ideology.

I don't know how, but it happens. Kudos, Jeff!
 

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JeffT819

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Dude, the entire world is watching the radical left kill people after all of the inflammatory rhetoric. So, a leftwing group puts out a study they faked to make the left's voters feel better.

Remember the old saying, "Are you gonna believe me or your lying eyes?" Some people will actually ignore what they are seeing for ideology.

I don't know how, but it happens. Kudos, Jeff!
Cato Institute is libertarian by no means left wing. Much more credible than some alt right site with people like Steve Bannon.
 

ILisBest

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Cato Institute is libertarian by no means left wing. Much more credible than some alt right site with people like Steve Bannon.
Cato intentionally left out BLM riots. Add those to the left, no?

Overbroad classification of right-wing violence: Some cases are labeled "right-wing" despite ambiguous motives, such as the 2018 murder of Blaze Bernstein by Samuel Woodward (hate crime tied to anti-gay sentiments and personal struggles, not explicit political ideology) or incel attacks (perpetrators often lean left-of-center per University of Texas surveys). This lumps in gang violence, domestic abuse, or non-ideological crimes to boost the right-wing tally.

Ignoring non-fatal attempts: The study omits high-profile left-leaning incidents like the 2024 Trump assassination attempts, the 2017 congressional baseball shooting, or the 2022 Kavanaugh assassination plot, as it only tallies completed murders.

But here you are slurping up the skewed results. You might want to stop looking for fake justifications to protect your new party that is constantly shooting at people they disagree with.
 

Uncoach

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I know Kelly is a rightie, but I think this post is in poor taste. It’s a disconnect that is very similar to the comments from the Left about Kirk’s assassination.

 
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