Thirty or so years ago Gorbachev’s decision to allow elections with a multi-party system and create a presidency for the Soviet Union began a process of democratization that eventually destabilized Communist control and contributed to the collapse of the Soviet Union. The remnants of the old Communist party can be found today on lemmygrad.
Yep. I get it. It’s going to be really fucking uncomfortable. I’ll be hungry, thirsty, sore, and will lose my concept of time. And then I’ll have a million dollars. How long will it take you to earn a million dollars in any other fashion? Unless your Jeff Bezos you’ll have much more accumulated discomfort and assorted bullshit over that period of time than just dealing with it all at once. This is a easy decision.
Then absolutely. Is this even a hard question for any rationale person?
Hi OP. The “inflation” component of an I-Bonds interest rate adjusts every six months. Your April and October bonds are still using the old “inflation” rates. They’ll fall in line at the beginning of next month when they adjust to the current rates. Simultaneously, you’ll also see the May and November I-Bonds adjust to newer rates.
Well, L.O.fuckin.L. Maybe Trump will cough up a buck. Or maybe that’s why he slunk back to the corpse of Twitter?
Basically this, OP. If I meet a new person at a social event, a group hike for instance, I’m not going to immediately start talking politics. We’re going to talk about the activity. And activities related to the activity. But I’ll tell you that people who have terrible politics tend to have terrible views and actions in other areas of their lives. I’m very rarely surprised to find out someone’s politics. To the point that I only have a few friends I fundamentally disagree with their politics and even then, those friendships are “specialized”. I.e., I only hang out with Bob on the trail and we only talk about trail stuff.
This is effectively not true.
Any capital improvements to your home add to the homes “basis”. When you sell, your gain is the sales prices of the home less the cost of the home less capital improvements less cost of the sales. The US already allows for a significant exclusion on the gain on the sale of a primary residence from income taxes so overwhelmingly nobody will get a tax benefit from a new roof or bathroom or whatever.
Just put yourself out there. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. If you wanna be friends with the “fun” guys go join their group, introduce yourself, say “what’s up”. Don’t put a lot of pressure on it.
The same thing goes for hobbies. I assume you have hobbies and interests? Look up meetups for these things and then, and this is important, go do those things with other people. This is actually an easier avenue than the factory because you’ll already know you have something in common and, fundamentally, peeps love talking about their hobbies. And their hobbies are your hobbies. Jackpot.
But, at the end of the day, if you don’t want to be serious all the time then you just can’t take everything seriously. Being there for your kids? Every fucking time. Someone makes a joke at your expense? Laugh. Was it a good joke? Laugh harder. Who gives a shit.
There’s a finite limit to cutting expenses. At a certain point “more income” is the only answer. For day to day budgeting, savings, and retirement.
Large right leaning cities are very much an exception and not a rule. Of the top 30 US cities only two have Republican mayors. Fort Worth and Oklahoma City.
Education/exposure does not magically change your whole philosophy
True. But it does make certain outcomes significantly more likely. Like adopting and voting more progressive.
Left leaning people tend to be better educated. The majority of the jobs for better educated people are in cities. Cities are more expensive because jobs for better educated people tend to pay more.
You’ve got to assume that Twitter can revoke any users access at any time for any reason under its existing terms and conditions. This is a predictable douche move by Musk but the original account holder very likely has zero recourse.
It’ll probably only cost him $1mm to maybe recoup $90mm. He probably thinks the payoff chance is worth the pocket change. The judge really out to hit him with a frivolous lawsuit penalty.
The Reddit IPO will be an amazing short opportunity.
All my boots are made for walking. And that’s just what they do.