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I agree, but only to a point. I think he had to learn during his first term. I think he initially underestimated the magnitude of the human filth in DC.

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Yep, I think people like Gordon and Morris Bart are the scum of the earth. They don’t deserve to be shot, though.

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I get the gist here, and I want to agree.

But are they really scum? Personally, I'd prefer to put that label on our state officials who allow them to do what they do and to make to so profitable.

It's like lobbyists in Washington. Should we really blame them? Or should we instead blame our elected officials for taking what amounts to bribes from them?

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That same trend is why the GOP will be taken out back and beaten in November. Trump and company are cutting off their nose to spite their face.

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I agree this will likely happen. But as long as B Sanders, AOC, Mamdani, K Harris, etc. are the leading voices in the democrat party it will be a short lived victory lasting two yrs at most.

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I hated when Clinton and Obama sold out the White House. I hated when Biden sold access to Ukraine or anyone who would pay for his son’s shakedown demands. I hate this too.

I didn’t vote for this.

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That's a fair position to have.

As long as you weren't "quietly upset" about those examples while being "totally outraged" and losing your shite when Trump is doing it.

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But to begin a protracted conflict, just because an ally was gonna do it anyway, with no clear goals set, was foolish.

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A part of Iran's retaliation was going to be OUR bases in the ME regardless. So why not be proactive? We were going to be drawn in no matter what, imo.

We could have pressured Isreal to not start this, but can you really blame them for having the desire and the willingness to do so? Could we even have prevented them had we tried? Maybe. But who really knows for sure?

I don't hate Shapiro. He's still sane. I wish he talked slower. But I kinda like him.

He used to be my go-to podcast for anything foreign affairs related....unless it involved Israel. So, I haven't been listening much lately.

I do agree with his take on Massie though. I heard it yesterday.

I think it's a terrible precedent. It's a bad look for Trump.

Hard to blame him, but it's a bad look.

My personal feelings on it are that maybe I now realize why we get these shitty African American female mayors in big cities. They don't care if she steals. They don't care if she does nothing for the people of the city. Hell, they don't even care if she makes literally everything worse. The bottom line is that they've finally "made it". One of theirs is in on the grift and they get pleasure from all the stupid crackers crying about it.

It's the same here in some ways. Yeah, it's shitty. But "my guy" is getting in on the bullshite now. And I love seeing democrats cry about it.

I'm not proud to feel that way. But at least I'm honest.

This gives the president an off ramp, IMO. Not sure he will use it, and I'm not sure I want him to use it.

But it does give him an off ramp and the ability to blame others.

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What's the note per month? If you pay it off, you have the note amount for living expenses.

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The mortgage payment is not what matters to me here. It's the interest rate, which is not the lowest, but still fairly low.

I believe I'd prefer having that money invested and working for me, rather than write a check that size just to pay it off.

I'm open to other lines of thought, however.

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It’s almost impossible to have $2mm in cash at 50

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Not true at all, as has been said a few times already.

But to add some perspective, I didn't start my 401K till age 32. I did max it out every year since then. No catch-up payments over the last few yrs or anything fancy. I just maxed it out every year.

I am now 53 with $1.45M in that account (and we don't even have a very wide selection of funds to invest in). I plan to continue to max it out for my remaining two years.

I feel 100% certain that if I were able to start saving 7 or 8 yrs earlier while in my early 20s, I'd easily have over $2M in there. Probably significantly more than $2M.

Go to Baltimore. Once there, immediately head to Washington DC by train or plane. Enjoy visiting the nations capitol for a day or two, and then watch the game from a local bar/pub or from your hotel room.