jlovel7
| Favorite team: | USA  |
| Location: | NOT Louisiana |
| Biography: | LSU Alumnus |
| Interests: | SEC Athletics |
| Occupation: | Construction |
| Number of Posts: | 23694 |
| Registered on: | 8/2/2014 |
| Online Status: | Not Online |
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re: Why was the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald such a big deal?
Posted by jlovel7 on 11/11/25 at 9:17 am to Roll Tide Ravens
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The song made it a widely known story. It’s one of the deadliest Great Lakes shipwrecks in modern history and I think it brought a lot of attention to just how perilous Great Lakes shipping is.
That shite is frigid too. I think about the oil baws dealing with brutal heat in the gulf. Even though the Great Lakes isn’t technically as vast as the gulf you are still relatively isolated I’d think and have to deal with frigid conditions.
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Does anyone else feel like we are still living in the shadow of COVID?
Posted by jlovel7 on 11/10/25 at 4:12 pm
I don’t mean I’m still wearing a mask or worried to go anywhere (I never was) or that the disease itself is still affecting my life in any meaning way. But since 2020 it has felt like basically constant or less interrupted chaos. Especially in the economy.
Things aren’t that bad but it feels like since 2020 even though I am making a little more money since then, things are as tight as they’ve been. I have gotten married and bought a house in that time so those are big expenses but even outside of that. Just feels like things truly have not settled down since then and continue to be a little chaotic.
Not sure if anyone gets that same vibe or feeling. I was reading about the Obamacare subsidies in more depth (not to get political) and just kind of blew my mind that they had only been around for 6 years until COVID hit and we are coming up on 6 years since COVID. 2014-2020 feels like a lifetime compared to 2020-2026. Just feels like we had 2-3 solid years almost sucked away between 2020-2023 and it has greatly fricked my sense of time relative to before and after 2020.
Things aren’t that bad but it feels like since 2020 even though I am making a little more money since then, things are as tight as they’ve been. I have gotten married and bought a house in that time so those are big expenses but even outside of that. Just feels like things truly have not settled down since then and continue to be a little chaotic.
Not sure if anyone gets that same vibe or feeling. I was reading about the Obamacare subsidies in more depth (not to get political) and just kind of blew my mind that they had only been around for 6 years until COVID hit and we are coming up on 6 years since COVID. 2014-2020 feels like a lifetime compared to 2020-2026. Just feels like we had 2-3 solid years almost sucked away between 2020-2023 and it has greatly fricked my sense of time relative to before and after 2020.
re: What caused America to look at Israel differently?
Posted by jlovel7 on 11/9/25 at 10:23 pm to GreatPumpkin
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Also the Liberty incident decades and decades ago really bothers me but that was before my time
Is this some ship?
I had an insane neighbor who was a conspiracy theorist on this and would walk around in his underwear trying to get people to listen to his theories on this.
re: Anyone checked on Reddit, Blue Sky, & DU?
Posted by jlovel7 on 11/9/25 at 10:19 pm to hawgfaninc
They’re melting down.
re: Michigan and USC may be kicked from the Big 10
Posted by jlovel7 on 11/9/25 at 10:21 am to OleVaught14
The Big Ten threatening kicking out a cornerstone member (Michigan) because they rightfully don’t want to sell out to PE is disgusting.
re: ACC might get left out of playoff altogether
Posted by jlovel7 on 11/8/25 at 11:12 pm to Who_Dat_Tiger
So it’s too 5 conference champions? Not power 4 + 1?
re: CFB various games thread 11/08/25
Posted by jlovel7 on 11/8/25 at 2:17 pm to castorinho
What a horrible last 3 plays by PSU. They are so vanilla.
re: CFB various games thread 11/08/25
Posted by jlovel7 on 11/8/25 at 2:00 pm to UltimaParadox
God I hate Gus Johnson.
re: Schefter - Trump wants new Commanders stadium named after him
Posted by jlovel7 on 11/8/25 at 1:08 pm to NawlinsTiger9
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Don’t yall get sick of having to do this for every dumb frick thing he says
Not really. I don’t hang onto his every word. Or him.
re: Former AG Eric Holder wants Democrats to Add 4 Justices to the Supreme Court
Posted by jlovel7 on 11/8/25 at 12:25 pm to cajunangelle
How does 4 more justices fix that other than shifting the partisan lean?
re: Schefter - Trump wants new Commanders stadium named after him
Posted by jlovel7 on 11/8/25 at 12:21 pm to Lester Earl
I’m betting 95% chance this is something Trump said offhand as a joke or on a tangent and whoever heard it ran with it.
re: With LIV going to 72
Posted by jlovel7 on 11/8/25 at 8:43 am to nicholastiger
I don’t think one extra day of golf anyone really cares about. I think it’s the guaranteed massive bags of cash.
re: Carville says the Supreme Court will be packed when the democrats win in 2028.
Posted by jlovel7 on 11/7/25 at 9:07 pm to TigerMyth36
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Political suicide? I doubt anyone on the left including the media would care. They would be all for it.
It’s political suicide because it’s inevitable that before a new court could truly interfere at a large scale, the other party would come back into power and then pack the court more. And then back and forth.
And guess what. If it becomes so slanted that one party truly does take ultimate, permanent power? With how divided we are. My bet is it’s basically secession and civil war time. I doubt severely if democrats added a bunch of new senators and justices that deep red states basically wouldn’t escalate even further.
It’s political suicide to pack the Supreme Court. It would ignite an ungodly powder keg.
re: Carville says the Supreme Court will be packed when the democrats win in 2028.
Posted by jlovel7 on 11/7/25 at 6:56 pm to aTmTexas Dillo
This is why you keep the filibuster.
Biden did a commission himself on this and even it recommended packing the court is political suicide.
Biden did a commission himself on this and even it recommended packing the court is political suicide.
This dude is a spoiled rich kid. It always is leading the revolution.
re: HS football drama - (1) IMG Academy won’t be playing (2) St Frances Academy
Posted by jlovel7 on 11/7/25 at 1:13 pm to lsurulz1515
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So why not play the game as scheduled without national TV? I don't know what's going on, but IMG looks like a bitch here.
Not only that but they’re trying to hide behind academics which is bizarre.
I think I’d rather the earth just crisp up and we all say frick it than give up meat and my dog.
What a sad life it will be if we did everything possible to help the climate according to the strictest standards.
What a sad life it will be if we did everything possible to help the climate according to the strictest standards.
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The doctor made less than a hundred bucks.
I didn’t even see a doctor. I saw a PA.
re: Healthcare costs make no sense ($11k for an FNA biopsy)
Posted by jlovel7 on 11/6/25 at 8:27 pm to WestCoastAg
This is the shite that’s out of control that’s going to shove us to socialized medicine and we all get shite care over it.
I get it. Healthcare is expensive. But when people get 15 minutes of care and slapped with this to pay for hospitals filled with bloat and barely even know it’s coming people get PISSED.
I get it. Healthcare is expensive. But when people get 15 minutes of care and slapped with this to pay for hospitals filled with bloat and barely even know it’s coming people get PISSED.
Healthcare costs make no sense ($11k for an FNA biopsy)
Posted by jlovel7 on 11/6/25 at 8:16 pm
So I posted before about having a biopsy which came back benign thank god.
The bill is fricking $11k. My out of pocket is $2k. I laid down on a bed for 15 minutes while they basically stuck a syringe in me and popped out 4 samples. No sedation or anything.
I had a fully sedated colonoscopy/endoscopy with biopsies last year with hospital fees/doctor fees/anesthesiologist fees and it was maybe like $1k out of pocket and the billed cost was maybe a little higher.
Is this normal? I am blown away by this. Thank frick I have an HSA but it’s certainly going to suck a lot from it.
The bill is fricking $11k. My out of pocket is $2k. I laid down on a bed for 15 minutes while they basically stuck a syringe in me and popped out 4 samples. No sedation or anything.
I had a fully sedated colonoscopy/endoscopy with biopsies last year with hospital fees/doctor fees/anesthesiologist fees and it was maybe like $1k out of pocket and the billed cost was maybe a little higher.
Is this normal? I am blown away by this. Thank frick I have an HSA but it’s certainly going to suck a lot from it.
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