foshizzle
| Favorite team: | LSU  |
| Location: | Washington DC metro |
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| Number of Posts: | 40599 |
| Registered on: | 3/14/2008 |
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re: How DHS determines how many illegal border crossings take place
Posted by foshizzle on 1/30/19 at 10:17 pm
[quote]You may want to actually read what you posted, specifically the methodology.
In Baltimore they call it juking the stats.
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If you want to question the methodology involved, I'll allow it. Be advised I studied statistics in a Ph.D. program, but if you can intelligently discuss ...
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re: How DHS determines how many illegal border crossings take place
Posted by foshizzle on 1/30/19 at 9:20 pm
[quote]100k per year is still absolutely a crisis in a country with welfare and income tax.[/quote]
Were you complaining when it was 800k a year? If not, why not?
And it's been more than ten years since then. So far, we still have a country right?...
How DHS determines how many illegal border crossings take place
Posted by foshizzle on 1/30/19 at 7:18 pm
Some of you have argued that we can't possibly know this. Well, I've found [link=(https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/BSMR_OIS_2016.pdf#page=13)]this document[/link] on the Department of Homeland Security's website that goes into detail on how they come up with the numbers.
Accor...
re: Favorite short stories?
Posted by foshizzle on 1/26/19 at 8:11 pm
[quote]“An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce [/quote]
All time classic....
re: Most you've spent on a vacation
Posted by foshizzle on 1/26/19 at 6:50 pm
Between equipment, airfare, and whatnot, I spent about $7k on a trip to climb Kilimanjaro and a one week safari.
Well worth it....
re: Texas SoS finds 58,000 Illegal Aliens have Voted
Posted by foshizzle on 1/26/19 at 6:41 pm
[quote]That's over 2,500 a year!!! Are you kidding me?
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None of that matters unless an election was decided by a smaller margin.
There's no doubt that some voting fraud takes place, but in the grand scheme of things this isn't a huge deal....
re: Learning to Pick Growth Stocks
Posted by foshizzle on 1/26/19 at 6:35 pm
If you're trying to learn how to do better than the pros in your spare time, you can't....
re: I'm in Chicago. Tomorrow the high will be 4.
Posted by foshizzle on 1/25/19 at 8:54 pm
Chicago winter is punishment for glorious Chicago summer....
re: Federal Government is now open
Posted by foshizzle on 1/25/19 at 7:20 pm
I was affected in a very good way, I was told not to report to work but got paid anyway.
Except for a brief period where I had to come in to get some payroll checks processed, it was great.
That said, I do personally know several who were impacted. Then again, I live in the DC area and probabl...
re: Syncing Outlook calendar to Yahoo clendar
Posted by foshizzle on 1/24/19 at 10:25 pm
[quote]Does anyone have any other suggestions?[/quote]
Stop using Yahoo....
re: Chase bank sucks big ones
Posted by foshizzle on 1/24/19 at 10:24 pm
[quote]Next day availability for a US treasury check.
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Certain federal programs can't order stuff right now, but a US Treasury check is legally every bit as good as cash in hand.
The only reason for a one-day delay is for overnight batch processing and such....
re: Check out the world's finest shoes
Posted by foshizzle on 1/24/19 at 10:05 pm
Custom shoes are indeed worth it IMHO.
But insist on Goretex so that they're waterproof....
re: Chase bank sucks big ones
Posted by foshizzle on 1/24/19 at 10:02 pm
[quote]she did not know if the government had money[/quote]
She may have bad guidance from her manager.
The shutdown prevents agencies from obligating (i.e. promising to pay) money for new business. But if you have the check in hand, it's good.
Example: You have a deal with a federal agency...
re: Is the market a must?
Posted by foshizzle on 1/23/19 at 7:35 pm
First off, bear in mind that most of your company's growth has happened during a time with very low interest rates to stimulate the economy. A construction business is very well placed to take advantage of that. You got into this at just the right time, and in Nashville to boot.
But the pendulum ...
re: A blood test may detect Alzheimer's 16 years before symptoms
Posted by foshizzle on 1/23/19 at 7:45 am
[quote]Is this something people would really want to know about before the onset? I'm not sure I would.[/quote]
Don't worry about that, you'd forget before too long....
re: Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon (allegedly)
Posted by foshizzle on 1/23/19 at 7:25 am
And "Rockford" has "dork" in it.
No surprise there....
re: Give me all of your stupid jokes
Posted by foshizzle on 1/22/19 at 7:33 pm
A man is on a cruise ship and disaster strikes. The ship sinks and he manages to swim to an island nearby. He sets up shop awaiting rescue.
Before long he finds a woman. Not just any woman, it's (insert your favorite famous beauty queen here - Angelina Jolie will do here). For real. She barely ma...
re: Splitting Accounts Over Several Brokerage Firms
Posted by foshizzle on 1/22/19 at 7:20 pm
When you say you have money with a particular firm, what do you mean exactly?
If you have all your money in Schwab accounts, but invested in non-Schwab funds, then do you really have any "brokerage risk"?
All Schwab is doing in this scenario is being a middleman. If you own a Vanguard fund, a ...
re: Winner of $1.5 billion Mega Millions lottery last October has not claimed the ticket
Posted by foshizzle on 1/22/19 at 7:15 pm
[quote]You can literally look up a list and find 10000s of people richer than this lottery winner
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True, but you won't find many lottery players among them....
re: Alexa and smart home stuff is awesome!! (Share tips and tricks inside)
Posted by foshizzle on 1/22/19 at 6:53 pm
[quote]when you grab a towel it’ll turn your shower on[/quote]
Why would I want a shower with a towel in my hand?...
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