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Southern University's graduation rate is already ~5% (lowest in the entire country!) their enrollment is going to drop to nothing if they can't get the regular number of deadbeats to enroll with a guaranteed loan. I can't imagine the 95% of dropouts are staying current on their loans!

It's really shameful what these terrible schools do to unsuspecting young people. I hope all these unscrupulous schools fail.
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Rattler may still be good


Maybe he'll score a point in the second half next year, because he lead ZERO scoring drives in the second half of any game last year.

Rattler is not good, if you can't see it, you're blind.

re: Would you support FairTax plan?

Posted by GoIrish02 on 4/17/25 at 12:13 pm
But the price level of all finished goods goes down by the same percentage as the tax (because there are no embedded taxes on the inputs to goods) so your ultimate prices of goods are the SAME as today.

The bill doesn't define what "excessive" means, so it's useless even if it were to pass.

The governor is hyping this up because he wants to distract from why rates are actually high (e.g. the trial lawyers to whom he promised to deny tort reform in exchange for their support during the election.)

Louisiana's biggest problem in the insurance market is not letting the free market rule. Insurers don't need Louisiana to exist, but Louisiana needs insurers to survive.

re: La. Tort Reform 2025

Posted by GoIrish02 on 4/10/25 at 2:51 pm
Yet "the authority to determine" is undefined in the bill !!!

Needless to say, the Insurance Commissioner doesn't support this bill.

This legislator thinks we should just go back to whatever King George III tells us peasants to do.

re: Southwest ending free checked bags

Posted by GoIrish02 on 3/11/25 at 9:35 pm
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Just include this in your pricing, and no one would ever know


Airlines pay a 7.5% federal excise tax on ticket revenue only; fees for stuff that aren't ticket fare aren't subject to the tax, like change fees, "service animal" fees, baggage fees, seat selection fees, etc. The tax code incentivizes the endless fees.

re: Southwest ending free checked bags

Posted by GoIrish02 on 3/11/25 at 9:26 pm
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Maybe on your routes from Bumfrick to Bumfart, there aren't this many, but on major routes, they certainly get into the dozens.


I counted 47 "preboarders" when I was leaving Philadelphia going to Atlanta, while waiting in the A List preferred line. I emailed Southwest in line and got a $50 flight credit voucher.

Seriously, the abuse of open seating policy by certain people ruined it, and it undermined Southwest efforts to sell the unused A1-A15 slots. The assigned seating, in the larger front seats for A List is the only way to push back, pushing the non-business fares into the rear open seating area now. At least the preboarders will start behind the exit row now.

re: Costco membership

Posted by GoIrish02 on 2/4/25 at 6:24 pm
You break even with about ~$550/month on the executive membership at 2% rewards, then get the Costco Visa to double+ your rewards (2-5% additional) and you're in the black. It doesn't make sense to join and not use the credit card.

Then you'll start booking your vacations through Costco, which are way cheaper than buying direct from the same hotel/resorts, and you get substantial Costco gift cards, in addition to the Visa rewards.

You can check out of Hotel Costco anytime you like, but you can never leave!
The hijackers' names were on their tickets when they bought them and many used US issued identification (Virginia & Tennessee driver's licenses) to board the planes. It's not like their identities became known because of some partially recovered passport fragments.

That's the fallacy of post-9/11 security, as all the terrorists bought tickets and nothing TSA does today would prevent a similar attack. There is nothing today that prevents a foreigner with a student visa from boarding a flight today.

There is a lot that we don't know and the government is concealing from us (Saudi Arabia's involvement, sovereign wealth funds shorting airline stocks, etc.) but to say all those terrorists didn't exist and crash the planes isn't debatable.
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max doc fee of $425 in louisiana


But people forget there is no minimum fee and it is certainly not mandated by any state. Why people accept this with cars is absurd.

In what other business does the customer pay separately for the seller's necessary paperwork to run their business? If the dealer doesn't fill out the paperwork to sell the car, then there's no sale. Expecting the customer to pay for 'paperwork' the dealer has to complete anyway is bogus and we wouldn't accept this in any other modern transaction.

I don't pay a document fee or a delivery fee when I buy milk at the store or lumber at Home Depot, but every store has the milk & lumber delivered and documents the transaction with a receipt. If Walmart charged you $0.25 delivery fee and $0.15 receipt fee on a $6 gallon of milk, you'd never shop there again.

re: So is Quinn still going pro?

Posted by GoIrish02 on 1/10/25 at 10:59 pm
ND has (3) QBs who were top 100 players in their respective senior years in the wings. I wished they kept Angeli in last night, and the youngest guy will likely start next year (CJ Carr).

re: Ohio State -9.5 vs Notre Dame

Posted by GoIrish02 on 1/10/25 at 10:51 pm
If only they had played recently, like 2022, when ND (almost) had them, if only for a bonehead play with 10 players on the field. That's what happens when Freeman was learning on the job, luckily he's improved since then.

+9.5 is free money.

Edit:2022 not 2021
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Have watched Brian Kelly frick that up for 3 years now.


He ficked it up at ND too.

See 2010 vs Tulsa, 2011 bowl game vs FSU.

1st & goal at the 1 = fade pass every time.

Lost both games, in the former game Kelly killed a student earlier in the week too, then denied all responsibility, just to be a dick.

re: Jerry Sandusky

Posted by GoIrish02 on 1/9/25 at 11:12 pm
Because they were all part of the same trafficking ring preying on kids??? A guy who is an abuser was enabled by a network of pedophiles and accomplices. Epstein didn't kill himself in basically the same scenario.

Plus there were a few state officials/attorneys who investigated claims but did nothing for years and mysteriously died right around 2011 when this came to light. How does one escape prosecution for abuse repeatedly if they're not getting help to hide from law enforcement?
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Freeman officially has more “big wins” in the last month and Kelly has in his tenure at LSU.


And more than Kelly had during his ND tenure too. Kelly never won a big game at ND.
And his Korean mom probably doesn't appreciate being skipped over. How many Asians have coached a national championship game ???? Derp ESPN
ESPN put her up to the race baiting
Franklin looks likea penis with ears
Evening out taking away NDs 2 end zone interceptions