Joe Ferguson forever

seems the street is back to betting on musk. https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/TSLA/

definitely worth the watch.

So this is good news for the fat, orange pervert! you guys can spin shite into gold. Or at least try to. Unfortunately, the files will never be released while trump is prez.

Everyone trump touches is diminished. Or are they? https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/the-dark-maga-conspiracy-where-musk-destroys-trump-and-democracy/ar-AA1GceZh interesting read about the tech bros conspiracy to take over the government. More plausible than most conspiracies. We are perhaps not far off from seeing the Dark MAGA conspiracy theory involving Musk come to life. It goes like this: A secret cabal of tech bros was plotting to usurp Trump and turn the United States into a giant company run by a CEO they would install in his place. The whole concept started to gain traction after JD Vance was chosen as Trump’s running mate. Vance wasn’t Trump’s choice. Donald wanted Fox News host Maria Bartiromo. Musk wanted Vance, and so did PayPal founder Peter Thiel. Their multi-million-dollar campaign war chest was dependent on the choice that Trump got pushed into. According to the “Dark MAGA” or “Dark Enlightenment” theory, Vance was groomed by Silicon Valley billionaires as Trump’s successor. He was their man in government. He was their sleeper. The theory has its roots in Musk and Thiel’s involvement in PayPal, the company that launched their fortunes. Other PayPal executives went on to lead other tech firms as part of a so-called “PayPal Mafia.”

except the bill doesn't cut the deficit. It makes it much worse.

I think we can "cut" medicare and medicaid by going to single payer and insuring everyone at a lower level with more out of pocket costs based on income. Have businesses pay premiums to single payer program for each employee which is what most do now. Allow a tiered system where individuals can pay more to get more. As it is now, Medicaid is a platinum program now that pays 100% of just about everything. Putting Algorithms in place and strict formularies for meds and procedures/surgery would save billions. Have a national formulary that negotiates on behalf of the entire system for drugs. I think cutting defense spending would also make sense. Seems like we are building up excess capability perhaps to fight with our creditors if put comes to shove. It's really anti theatrical of the non engagement philosophy of maga to spend so much for offensive capability rather than defense.

what if you were are retired doc who needs back surgery? Getting old is not for wimps. But I'm improving my bridge game, my putting and owning the maga's here.

I'm not, nor ever will be president. Important distinction, dumbass.

they're worse in that D's would not give huge tax breaks to the rich nor would they cut programs like medicaid for the poor.

to be fair, trump thinks "grabbing by the pu$$y" is funny...

maga humor. a double entendre ruined by vulgarity

they will hurt consumers: building materials, cars, appliances, machinery, even cans for food. winning!

Maybe you should be concerned about the rapid decline in your level of freedom. But keep focusing on a vaccine that saved countless lives.

Well no. We find very different things to be humorous. People getting hurt or racist jokes are not funny to most of us. Monty python and many SNL skits are. We like plays on words and double entendres. Cartoons not so much. That being said, trump as a taco is funny because it annoys him so much.

I always admired the ballroom.

Should never have happened....trump was supposed to end it day one.

Saw this and thought “ the richest man in the world is a miserable junkie”. Reminds me of seeing the Eastman mansion in Rochester as a kid. My dad told me he committed suicide and I just couldn’t understand why.

Wake Forest will now be in the crosshairs. Never been on campus but Winston Salem is very nice. And not overly liberal.

this is interesting. I've heard horror stories for Real ID, especially married female friends. One needed to get a marriage license from the clerk where she was married. hmmm, making difficult to prove identity and simultaneously making at hard to vote

my picture was rejected 4 times - uneven background, too much shadow etc. Never had a Nelson in my foursome as far as I can remember.

guess you've never applied for a passport, at least recently. The post office isn't involved. It's all done online, even the photograph. They have a program to approve or disapprove it. Took about 5 tries. It's been raining steadily the last 10 days so no golf. The pool and pickleball courts are open but not used. So it's sad. Cool that you have a greater generational legacy than I do. Isn't it a shame that so many trump administration officials that are recent citizens are making decisions about who can be American?

yup, the TACO trade.

It's all about breaking lines. For instance, unqualified, useless "journalists" who have no idea how to access and divulge crucial info even if they knew where to find it vs those trained to do just that, equalizing inferior intellect's superior ones. In the same way, the public has begun to respect the opinions of midlevel medical practitioners with those of well established quality . We are being trained to accept less for the same cost. This is R mantra these days. ,

I just got my passport renewal approved. was concerned as I'm a registered D and not ashamed of it. they're looking at social media posts for foreign higher education visas. But was any R ever concerned in the same way? I think not. Not for any good reason. When a fifth gen American is worried about the guarantee of his citizenship, there's a problem. No obvious litmus test for citizenry now, but it's not far off.

this is what happens when you give morons power... you need a new phrase. I dare you to come up with one. try a thesaurus.