Willie Stroker

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How should LSU return the favor this season?

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First identify their team hotel. Post it on the Rant.

Let the fans take it from there.

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What having a mid 20s employee is teaching me about that generation

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GenXer (irrelevant) checking in. Your phrasing is an exhibition of poor reasoning.

I have many examples of hiring people in their 20s who were outstanding, hard working employees that completely outperformed people in my generation with much more work experience in the job. You can bet the slackasses of other generations took issue when individuals with drive and broad understanding of the job were promoted into more specialized roles over older generation slackasses who seemed to think they were owed some form of loyalty based on tenure.

The lesson should be about the fallacies of generalizing. Even larger sample sizes lend themselves to fallacious thinking if you presume your observations apply to all/most people in a sub population.

Shouldn’t we judge people by their individual examples of behavior rather than the demographics they share with demographic based subgroups ? Some behaviors may occur at greater frequency, but that’s not really knowledge that can be applied usefully in the workplace.

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I’m a registered Democrat so I’m a communist threat.

- I believe we need programs for those who can’t help themselves because of a disability. I believe a combination of tax dollars and donations are needed to fund those programs.
- I have strong compassion for those with a serious mental illness, many of whom have been abandoned by their family. I’ve seen how the vast, overwhelming majority of these individuals can live in the community with dignity and at a much cheaper cost than the $1,300/day institutions get.
- I believe we must have a strong military. I’m watching the Tom Hanks narrated series on WWII. Without strong leaders and a fully equipped and well trained military we are subject to those who want to kill us and take our freedoms.
- I believe women should have the same rights as men.
- I own guns and if I feel like my life is at danger I’ll shoot and ask questions later. I’ve thought about this a lot because if the time ever comes when I feel like someone is in my home I want to assess the situation but I will have already made up my mind about pulling the trigger if needed.
- I am against abortion except when the life of the mother is at stake.
- I believe we should decriminalize possession of marijuana.
- Hail to the free market system where a business owner can charge what the market will pay. Down with drug companies who grossly over charge us, but I’m thankful for modern pharmaceuticals.Im against any pretty much any nationwide monopoly, but I’ll listen to any argument for monopolies. I am capable of changing my mind.
- I don’t believe a classroom teacher should be addressing religious beliefs with students because that’s what churches and family are for.”Let’s put God back in schools” sounds good but most of you wouldn’t want children hearing my interpretation of scripture and I don’t want just any teacher to inject her interpretation of scripture to school children. That’s why we have multiple denominations to pick from. I’m a life long registered Democratic so that alone makes me a communist.

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Congrats, you’re actually a typical old school Louisiana Democrat - too ignorant to realize you’re more conservative than liberal and actually share values with the Republican platform.

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Finally finished this episode. It may be the best of the year. Just fun all around. The BR guy killed. He needs to get outta BR though.

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I can’t even think of a single comedy club there. Is it primarily brewpubs with open mics?

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We looked into a nursing home which is roughly $8000 a month. She’s 71 and her total retirement income is around $3000 monthly. I applied for Medicaid and even though she can’t even cover half a months stay at the nursing home, they said she makes too much to qualify.

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Depending on which state you live in, look into a Miller Trust. It’s also known as a Qualified Income Trust.

A Miller Trust does this:

* An attorney prepares an irrevocable trust.
* A special bank account is opened in the trust’s name.
* Some of the person’s monthly income is deposited into that account each month.
* Medicaid no longer counts that deposited income when determining eligibility, provided the trust follows state rules.

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choke? this is a closed fist that deserved a suspension. holy exaggeration

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Looks more like the opponent used Clark as leverage to stand. The closed hand slid from Clark’s arm to just below the ear with very little force.

I do not see a problem with it. It was a correct no call.

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The dress she gave sworn testimony on didnt exist in the time frame she claims he raped her.

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Her sworn testimony was that the incident she alleged occurred in 1996.

It’s still fricky that she told the jury, “This question, the when, the date, has been something I’ve constantly been trying to pin down.”

Something as traumatic as a rape is not something you forget or need more time to think about. You know exactly when and where it occurred.

Children on the other hand might not remember if it happened when they were young kids before they later learn it was wrong and criminal behavior. Adults absolutely know what criminal behavior is and don’t wait 20 years to pursue public justice.

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She’s a capital B

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And it’s pronounced with 2 syllables.

I’ll keep it simple.

Used AI to help me diagnose how to repair my 15 year old refrigerator. It led to the conclusion that I just needed to replace the water inlet valve.

It identified the lowest cost part available and showed me a video on how to replace it.

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When this gas mower dies I’m buying an electric one. My yard takes maybe 20-30 minutes to mow and they’re much quieter.

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Ditto.

I’ve had yard guys doing my yard while I was working out of state. Now that I’m back I just replaced the carburetor and sold it.

The plan is to resume mowing my own yard but with an electric mower because it will also require less maintenance.

I’ll also have no more gas fumes in my garage outside of hurricane season (portable gas generator).