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September 14, 2024

trump's presser at his golf course in CA...

I swear I saw a video where he talked about "states not having the Pacific" and then gesturing toward Catalina and mentioning Hawaii.
Can't find it.
Did I imagine that? Am I cracking up? Was this "sane-washed"?

He pointed at the island on the horizon and continued, "Look at Hawaii, can you imagine living and golfing here and looking out every day and seeing the beautiful Hawaiian Islands? It's unbelievable!"

September 7, 2024

What are the odds that trump will storm out of the debate on Tuesday?

If Harris tunes him up a little, he'll blow up and totter out of there, is my guess.

"The jury found that you were guilty of rape...were there more?."
"Even Dick Cheney says you are a danger to the country."
"You don't know what a tariff is."
"Why did you take secret documents, store them in an insecure location, and refuse to return them?"

LOTS of triggers for a fuming walkout, and Harris has shown that she can trigger those assholes. After all, she made Kavanaugh cry.

September 4, 2024

Crawl on CNN just now..."20% of formerly undecided voters still undecided."

Pretending for a moment that figure is anywhere near true...What kind of person is "undecided" in this race?
Not enough contrast between the candidates?
Are people really that uninformed...?...that stupid?

September 1, 2024

I'm stuck in the Geezer's Paradox...

I love Harris/Walz, but I'm wondering if they are going to get the endorsement of Taylor Swift.
Am I cool if I care....or am I cool if I don't give a shit?
A quandary.....

August 17, 2024

Lots of great posts on DU include video clips from X. When I try to post them on Facebook....

I get a re-direct to X. Can't I just post the video and leave X out of it?

August 17, 2024

I'm old...and not well. Worried about my wife's finances after I'm gone. She has early dementia....

I have simplified our finances as much as possible, but she simply cannot do online banking or organized financial stuff.
We have kids, but they have busy lives of their own, and I don't want to tempt them with the considerable amount we have. I want to keep every dime for her care, should she need specialized care and I am not there to see to that care.

Do people in my situation hire financial managers?... people who can pay bills and transfer money and generally overlook our finances? Accountants? Money managers?

How does one find such a person, and what safeguards I/we have that money won't be misappropriated?

August 14, 2024

PBS News tonite...

Moderator and a former Fed member were discussing trump's remarks about modifying/weakening the Fed if elected. trump said "I made a lot of money, and I could do a better job..."
Long discussion, but not ONE fucking word from either of them about trump's bankruptcies and business scams. Better job at what?.... bankrupting the country??
Not reporting the whole story is journalistic malpractice.

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