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August 11, 2022

interesting information regarding how wallstreet sees the reduction inf. act

So, I am watching CNBC at market opening and they are interviewing the head of investing for citibank. He was asked specifically about his thoughts on the reduction inflation act and whether or not the corporate taxes in it were a concern.

He flat out said, it's not an issue and won't have any negative impact on companies, they are more concerned about other economic macro indicators. This is good, it means the GOP argument that's its killing businesses is bulshit.


August 11, 2022

Would a secret service agent be bound to report a crime if he/she witnessed one?

Are they considered law enforcement ? Are they bound to report a crime to the FBI if they witness one ?

Let's say for example seeing top secret documents stashed in a broom closet ?

August 9, 2022

wordle today (spoiler alert)

So it took me four tries again. This one was not overly easy:

stain
tenor
until
unfit

The french wordle https://wordle.louan.me/ took me three tries.

sante
reste
geste


August 7, 2022

is there a website that lists reputable solar companies

For a while now, I have wanted to get solar panels installed on my house. However, looking at it I found that there are a lot of companies out there, some of them advertising on facebook and the like looking like they are scams.

How do you separate the dishonest ones from reputable companies? Is there some kind of clearinghouse website for that?

August 5, 2022

Politics is the art of the possible.

This week was filled with legislative victories for president Biden and the party in general.

It culminates with the reconciliation bill.

Yet some on our side of the aisle are already denigrating it..
Did we get all we wanted ? not quite but what we are getting is pretty damm good. Another shot in the arm for the midterms.



It reduces the price of prescription drugs, funds the IRS to go after tax cheats, massively funds climate change measures, insures corporations pay a minimum tax ( that was tweaked but still there).

Those things alone are a huge deal. For example so many people can't afford prescription drugs right now.

Yes Sinema knocked one of the tax measures, Manchin made sure that some of the nearly 400 billions for climate change goes to the fossil industry . That's the price of getting all these other things I mentioned.


People who are in need of insulin for example will get a huge relief. Coupled with the long lasting effect of the ACA, it's moving in the right direction.




August 3, 2022

so Keri lake the Arizona maga candidate for governor

is getting trounced by Robson.

Get ready for Lake to claim the vote was rigged. She is an hardcore election denier.

Robson is endorsed by Doocey and Pence. Lake is Trump's candidate..



August 3, 2022

is there legal exposure for groups who deliberately lie to trick people

in how they cast their vote ? In Kansas a republican outfit was texting voters to tell them to vote YES to protect abortion rights which is a bald faced lie. It's actually the opposite that's true.
Can this be considered election fraud ?

August 3, 2022

whoa so far in Kansas no is 70 percent !

meaning people want abortion rights to be protected by the Kansas constitution. It's early results in one of the big counties.

August 2, 2022

so there are ten or so IGs that were Trump nominees

Why the hell are they still here ? We are starting to see the consequences of trying to "restore the norms" in the executive branch. Those guys should have been kicked out on day 1.

Case in point, the DHS IG who dropped the investigation into those text messages he started back in February. Five months later when every republican was back behind Trump again, he drops the investigation.

We are also finding that pentagon texts from key officials also were deleted.
It's a wide cover up and we ate trying to play by the rules of pre Trump Era .

It's so infuriating, just purge the whole executive branch of any Trump holdover. We can't trust them

August 2, 2022

I wish journalists would follow up when they interview

moron trumpers. One woman I saw interviewed said she probably won't vote for Trump again despite all the good things he has done for us????


I keep hearing that and I've yet to see an interview when they are asked point blank which good things ?
What did Fox News convince them of ?
During Trump term , no major legislation was passed because he was so inept.

Mostly it was riling up his base via executive orders, stupid statements, pulling out of treaties and of course stealing Supreme court seats.

What qualifies as good things for those morons whose Trump probably despise ?

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