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I'm assuming this is a broadcast related position? The vetting process of this particular entity is way too long and there seems to be a lot of bureaucracy to the process. My wife went thru something similar several years ago with multiple interviews with several "department heads". After a "final interview" with the head of the foundation they called her back and wanted to do another round of interviews with the two finalists. In the end she said thanks but no thanks. There were too many red flags. The person who got the job lasted less than a year before moving on...

We’re being “governed” by children and the messes are cheering. Let them all eat cake. Take away their pensions

Just a few points on the "Are you better off" question with a few facts from JVL (Bullwerk) https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/the-definitive-answer-to-the-question?utm_source=substack&publication_id=87281&post_id=142360180&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=false&r=45wcm&triedRedirect=true Crime??? In Trump’s 2020, America became a criminal hellscape the likes of which we have never seen. Under Joe Biden, the murder rate has fallen every year—and the drop from 2022 to 2023 is one of the largest declines in the murder rate in American history. And it’s not just murder that’s down: Violent crime is down across the board. One more thing: In 2020, 8,600 American troops were in harm’s way in Afghanistan. Today that number is zero.³

I don't think the former governor/ambassador is actively involved with this. I don't think she'll quash it either https://www.semafor.com/article/03/06/2024/pro-haley-super-pac-relaunches-as-haley-voters-for-biden?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email A super PAC that urged non-Republicans to cast primary votes for Nikki Haley is pivoting to November, urging Haley’s voters to support President Joe Biden. Starting today, Primary Pivot will become Haley Voters for Biden, and urge anyone who supported Haley in a swing state to stick with the president in November. “This is an effort from people who have actually supported Nikki Haley to try to guide as many of them as possible toward the candidate that respects democracy, even if they may disagree with him politically,” said Primary Pivot co-founder Robert Schwartz. In a statement, Primary Pivot said it would focus on Haley voters in states where they could be counted — nearly 300,000 in Michigan, and nearly 250,000 in North Carolina. The super PAC, which started by urging New Hampshire Democrats to temporarily switch their registrations, spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to activate potential Haley voters in South Carolina and Super Tuesday states. There's this

I remember the weekend prior to the shutdown. We had planned a quick trip to Williamsburg to do the pre-drywall walk thru on our house. My wife called and said with everything happening she couldn't make the trip (drive), then booked me on a flight for the afternoon before and returning the next day. I did the walk thru, faced timed with my wife and caught the flight home. DTW was a ghost town. In a few ways we are better off than 3/15 or so. We figured my wife would need to retire since they didn't want folks to work remotely. It opened up several business related possibilities. She's consulting at her pre retirement job as well as picking up opportunities elsewhere. We're much happier here and closer to family. I don't credit any of that to Trump

My Trumpy brother in law...(I assume he voted for Trump twice, unless there was a VaTech football or basketball game on tv) It's a choice between crazy or senile

Now you guyz have done it, I'll never get this out of my head today

With an addendum today.. Most voters don't start paying attention until around Labor Day...but Democrats need to start hammering him starting today, while inviting those not sold on Trump into the fold. Start a major fact check campaign. Hit him hard on his indictments. Go hard on women's rights on rights of immigrants.

From today's JVL This was written before South Carolina...

Mitch has turtled, again

Haley would be wise to just sit this one out and not attempt to pull a Chris Christie if she has any political ambitions in 2026.

Utah's Governor is an interesting dude. As one associate put it there is no one in the state that defines Utah more than Spencer Cox. The guy is the head of the National Governor's Conference. He's theme this year is Disagree Better. He's been going around the country appearing with Democratic governors on the issues. In a different political climate I could see him as a party mover and shaker. This was from about a week ago with Maryland Gov Moore https://www.c-span.org/video/?c5107207/gov-cox-gov-moore-discuss-bipartisanship

For some reason I've been bombarded with texts from candidates from NC, especially the Trump wannabe running for governor (?). I have no clue how they've gotten my information and decided I was a Republican. Probably the same fools that think I have property to sell in Tennessee

When was the last time he even talked to a woman, other than at the Piggly Wiggly

It's a tough decision to make. A couple of our moves were job offers. The chance to move to a better situation. They didn't exactly jibe with the economy and we took a haircut. Our timing has been that we never made much money on buying and selling real estate.

We keep getting flyers and calls asking us to refinance. I keep asking the sales reps for good reasons I should do so. I'm 71, there are no plans to move. We don't need any extra cash my heir would have to repay, especially if/when the housing market downturns. The area we currently live is dependent on three things. 1) Tourism, which doesn't drive interest rates, but does affect some prices. 2) Military, which I believe drives some housing rates as well as the cost of living. 3) It's also a fairly large retirement area which once again affects housing prices. I'll throw in a fourth factor here. Prices for housing in DC, even though it's about three hours away you can see the market moving out of the DC suburbs toward Richmond which is about a 2 hour train commute and still less expensive. The Richmond suburbs are expanding in all directions. As are the Norfolk, Virginia , Newport News burbs. We're caught in the middle.

Considering when we bought our first house in 1988 average rates were about 10.3%. In 1997 rates were 7.6. Our current residence is about 3.1% from 2020. https://www.bankrate.com/mortgages/historical-mortgage-rates/

The thing that gets me about the "cost of goods" argument is that most of those complaining also champion free enterprise. That said competition among grocery chains is rapidly getting smaller. We're getting close to a monopoly stage with companies like Kroger in many areas of the country.

I agree with the ruling that states can't just unilaterly remove a candidate from a national ballot. It doesn't look like they made a ruling here on the insurrection issue. The big question is how far will they kick the can down the road

Another chink in the wall...