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What's a bullpen?

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A writing instrument used by male cattle

RLDSC FAN, check my post on page 5 for the blog and his last two blogposts.

Yes, he does say, "Climate change will kill us all; COVID will kill us all; vaccines will kill us all; AI will kill us all." But the quote with some context is:

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And with all this, a sharp rise in apocalyptic messaging: Climate change will kill us all; COVID will kill us all; vaccines will kill us all; AI will kill us all – no matter the bubbles we ascribe to, we’re bombarded with existential crises with no solutions.

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Overall, he's a conspiracy nut who thinks/thought Repubs and Dems are working together to establish a NWO, etc. He probably chose the Trump Trial for max publicity.

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My husband usually cleans as I cook. He’s also on standby for last minute grocery runs, reaching for things in the upper cabinets, and to remind me (several times) that I don’t need to cook for a crowd.

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It sounds like Alfalfa is a good husband, Darla.

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I mean I can always just run my 3 computers on my mouse click program and do about one thousand votes an hour until october.

Would probably get Q disqualified though because the vagenes on ar15 would complain like the libs they are

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I was just offering a solution to JoeNelson (and anyone else in similar situations) to keep his family happy while getting in his votes for the day. Personally, I don't have time to consistently vote every hour, so I use Tor browser to get my votes in when I can.

Also, RIP Cheese. Maybe they would've left him up if he was called a hogdog.

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My wife and kids are threatening to leave because they can’t take the timer going off every hour any more.

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Drop the timer and use a tor browser. Goober's side is already engaging in such shenanigans, so feel no guilt.

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Say this one in your best Saban voice and add “aight” to the end. . .

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Do I get to chew out a reporter after that?

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You're right. I'm just trying to understand how a bank/mortgage broker could tell someone with a straight face that a house interest rate is double digits. About to close on my 3rd house since 2004 and the rate will be around 4%. We haven't gone over 5% on any of them.

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Not trying to be a dick, but stating that high interest rates back then was due to “pure greed” doesn’t say good things about you. First, it shows you don’t understand how interest rates are determined; second, it shows a lack of trust in your fellow human beings generally or those in business/banking specifically; and third, you could’ve easily found out why with a Google search instead of putting your foot in your mouth. Since I’m here, I’ll attempt to rectify the first issue.

Interest rates are determined by the federal funds rate. Here is an explanation of the federal funds rate from Investopedia, but a short version is that it’s the rate at which banks lend to each other overnight and is set by the Federal Reserve based on economic conditions such as, but not limited to, inflation. Inflation was quite high back then, as you can see from this chart of historical inflation rates by year. The Federal Reserve was trying to get inflation under control, so the FFR was likewise high as can be seen in this chart of the federal funds rate. People and businesses don’t get to borrow at the FFR because of the risks involved; instead, people and businesses borrow at the FFR plus whatever excess the bank deems necessary based on risk analysis.

It's worthwhile to mention that the FFR does not merely affect what interest rates banks charge but also the interest rates banks pay on deposits. As Jag_Warrior mentioned, you could get 12-15% on CD's back then. From 2009 through 2015, however, savings accounts paid 0.01% because the FFR was 0-0.25% then.

St. Louis Fed Video: Why does the Yield Curve Typically Invert Before Recession?

Basically, people get concerned about recession and market declines and bid up longer term bonds, causing their yields to decline while short term yields stay the same.

A good product doesn't mean the stock is a good purchase, though. I made a post earlier in this thread comparing its fundamentals to Ford and GM. Most of that is still valid: TSLA is a company in similar levels of indebtedness as those two but still isn't producing a profit. TSLA also has a history of over-promising and under-delivering.

On the basis of stock, TSLA's market cap is now below those two($35b vs F's $40b and GM's $52b), but the stock price of TSLA is 7.5x tangible book value. F is 1.17x, and GM is 1.55. And for F, you could've bought at or below tangible book value between Dec 10 and Jan 10 (and even after on the dips until April). GM and F are also paying dividends while TSLA can't because it's burning cash and trying to raise more.

Like I said before, TSLA could be the future, but you're left wondering how much stock price growth you're left to enjoy vs the potential losses.