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Post by Sonny Werblin on Jan 29, 2021 16:46:54 GMT -5
$800K from Citadel, $7.2 MILLION in speakers fees from a host of big banks. Just for her 45 minute speech, not to curry favor, AMIRITE? But she's the FIRST FEMALE Sec'y of the Treasury, have you heard? She must give one hell of a 45 minute speech!
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Post by Sonny Werblin on Jan 29, 2021 10:42:07 GMT -5
"What is the right thing to do to control or stop this?" Everything was hunky dory when the donor class profited by doing the exact same thing? "It's like the Capital riots". Everything was OK when the rioters were destroying Main Street rather than the Pols place of business. THESE PEOPLE ARE SO OBLIVIOUS TO WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING IN THIS COUNTRY. Don't they know we hate them and are tired of them operating under a different set of rule and shitting on us every single freaking day of our lives?
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Post by Sonny Werblin on Jan 29, 2021 8:53:42 GMT -5
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Post by Sonny Werblin on Jan 29, 2021 7:23:36 GMT -5
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Post by Sonny Werblin on Jan 29, 2021 7:22:39 GMT -5
This should make congress examine whether shorting itself should be permitted. Making money betting on a company to do poorly or go out of business is simply not a capitalist principle. Moreover, the hedge funds that do this always take actions on their own to try and artificially push down the stock by floating rumors of impending bankruptcies over some other impending business loss on the near horizon.
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Post by Sonny Werblin on Jan 29, 2021 7:12:20 GMT -5
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Post by Sonny Werblin on Jan 20, 2021 9:40:07 GMT -5
The Ken Patera Jockstrap Scented Candle comes with an autographed picture. Unfortunately, every time I light it, everyone in the room passes out.
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Post by Sonny Werblin on Jan 19, 2021 11:52:08 GMT -5
How does one get to be on the research team that develops this?
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Post by Sonny Werblin on Jan 19, 2021 10:54:09 GMT -5
I’ve only touched weed once, since middle school. About 5 years ago at a conference in Denver. A very hot girl asked me to join her at the weed store downtown. Bought a few different types...one was pineapple as I recall. Anyway, we smoked it together in her hotel room, then I rode her like Eddie Arcaro on Secretariant. Ahhhhh, the good old days! Did she cry afterwards? Is that NOT supposed to happen?
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Post by Sonny Werblin on Jan 19, 2021 9:53:29 GMT -5
I’ve only touched weed once, since middle school. About 5 years ago at a conference in Denver. A very hot girl asked me to join her at the weed store downtown. Bought a few different types...one was pineapple as I recall. Anyway, we smoked it together in her hotel room, then I rode her like Eddie Arcaro on Secretariant. Ahhhhh, the good old days! I like the imagery, but Arcaro never rode Secretariat. Ronnie Turcotte rode Secretariat in the triple crown. I also keep getting stuck on the fact that Secretariat was a guy.
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Post by Sonny Werblin on Jan 19, 2021 9:49:02 GMT -5
Im getting a back to the future vibe. Any chance the wifne was a stoner back in the day? Over reacting now about it? My wife grew up in the "hood", was kicked out of High School and spent a weekend in Juvee before deciding to straighten herself out, get a GED and go to college. She is a great success story. I admire her more than anyone I have ever known. But, growing up poor with a single parent alcoholic untreated schizophrenic mom leaves scars. She saw plenty of friends take the wrong path and never recover. So, her concern is coming from her own personal experience. Whereas I grew up in a middle class (lower, but middle class nonetheless) two parent home in a good neighborhood where even friends who messed up still had plenty of room for error in their lives.
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Post by Sonny Werblin on Jan 18, 2021 18:56:44 GMT -5
Thanks everyone. You’ve all been helpful, and the kick in the ass is that it’s not surprising. Salt of the earth types populate the Hampur. There is a bus load of wisdom here.
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Post by Sonny Werblin on Jan 18, 2021 16:09:43 GMT -5
My guy is soon to be 24. I had pretty good suspicions that him and his pals (who were all good kids/students) were vaping it and doing whatever drinking they could get away with senior year and then into College. While we emphasized safety/responsibility, we never really busted his chops as long as he fulfilled his schooling obligations. We sort of thought that if we were draconian, we would push him the other way. Instead we emphasized trust and responsibility. He made it through college fine, still has great pals and a job. Conversely, he had friends whose parents were very strict and some of these kids flamed out in college because they didnt know how to moderate and were totally inexperienced. Ironically, tough parenting put them at a disadvantage in a weird way. So yeah, we willfully didnt clamp down and took a leap of faith he would get it out of his system. Reality is, at 19 your guy is soon to be out on his own anyway. As long as he isnt blowing school or getting arrested, its totally normal behavior (yes, all the kids are doing it) whether we like it or not. I feel about the same way as you do. But, I don't think I can get my wife on board. My biggest concern is that he is obviously smoking outside of the house and/or in his car. If a cop smells the pot, and they will, it's probable cause. And if they give him a THC test, it is a DUI. As I understand it, if you smoke pot on Monday, you'll get a THC DUI for several days. Just learned the threshold for THC is 1ng/ml in the blood and it stays in your system for 3 days!
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Post by Sonny Werblin on Jan 18, 2021 16:04:13 GMT -5
What are your house rules on this and does your son know them? if you asked him point blank and he lied to you, that's bad also. We asked. He lied. But, I think it was because he rightfully feared his mom would go apeshit. It doesn't make the lie Ok. I just understand the immature motivation behind the lie.
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Post by Sonny Werblin on Jan 18, 2021 15:32:35 GMT -5
Totally knew my 19 year old sopne was smoking pot. He denied it. But, c'mon. Everyone I knew smoked pot when I was much younger than 19. Personally, I was more of a drinker. It was plenty easy to drink underage in the 80s and the police never did more than tell you to keep the noise down at the house party or tell you to go home. I smoked pot on a handful of occasions, but never really was much into it. While I could tell my kid was smoking, it didn't seem like he was obsessed with smoking pot. So, I was not giving it a whole lot of thought.
Fast forward to today. My wife goes through his draws and finds some pot and paraphernalia. She is absolutely freaking out about it. Feels we failed as parents, yada yada yada ... and wants to turn him into the police or send him to counseling.
How in the world could we have such divergent views on this? I imagine the solution is somewhere between how my wife and I feel about this. Anyway, I was curious as to anyone's thoughts on this, or if they had to deal with a similar situation themselves.
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