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False, that nonsense has been debunked so many times, but some hold on to it. I’m sure you probably still support the Steele dossier. [Hidden Content] From the article: Bush asked Congress several times to investigate the lending practices of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The problem started when the Clinton administration forced Fannie and Freddie to expand mortgage loans (by lowering the standards) to U.S. residents who don't qualify for traditional home loans.

in 2020 a Ford f250 lariat starting MSRP was $46,930 in 2024 same truck was $62,410....... Pretty good hike under Biden.....

I kept my Son's 2011 Ford F150 5.0 Lariat to use as my work truck so I would not put miles on the Silverado. It got 280K miles and does not burn any oil. Everything works. Vehicles of most makes last a long time with proper maintenance. My goal is 375K - then I sell or give it away lol

Key word is “starting”. Covid shutdown and supply chain shortages contributed to price hikes. Let’s take a Ford truck for instance. Even after Covid, if there was an assembled truck available, it still didn’t hit the market because it didn’t have a chip. Another in a long line of reasons why manufacturing needs to be done at home. Trump has Taiwan now opening a chip plant here. They’re the largest chip manufacturer in the world. I bought a 2022 Tundra TRD Pro…..about a 6 month wait and I was lucky to get interior/exterior colors I wanted, and they’re assembled here in Texas. We as Americans want everything now, we’ll pay for it later, doesn’t work when we have to rely on foreign parts. Too much politics involved and we are spoiled.

I don't think that warrants a capital murder charge all by itself.

Arkansas should have some players arrested. What they did to Missouri has to be considered abuse. That had to be one of the most lopsided 3 game series in SEC history. For any of you wondering about the above....Arkansas put up 51 runs over the series and did it as the home team. Thus, the 51 runs occurred in only 18 innings of offense as they never batted after the 6th in all 3 games.

This is actually untrue on both counts. Liberal policies that attempted to allow everyone to buy a house were the major contributing factor to the global meltdown & global recession in 2008. I’m not a D or R as they’re opposite sides of the same coin. Government rarely does anything well when it meddles with the economy. Regardless of elephant or ass.

Baddog’s valiant efforts as Trump Internet Defense Force has paid off dividends Sources say he will be Senior VP of Quality Control at the new Alabama sweatshop, inspecting each Nike swooshes before shipping off to retail at $799.99 a pair

Trump is due for a psych Evaluation. He has gotten worse. His age is definitely affecting his judgement. He simply does not care about the U.S.

Yes they are playing good baseball with a solid record. Simply need to get it going in conference games. Conference record has to get much better. Hopefully the home series vs Nichols will be at least 2 of 3 and hopefully a sweep

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The RANGERS sweep the rays with a 4-3 victory today and win the 3rd series of the season. Off to Wrigleyville.

As a retiree living on my own savings without a retirement pension, the recent volatility is concerning. But, all is not lost. Your mandatory distributions can be reinvested--if you choose/can--and many dividend aristocrat stocks are now on the cheap. You can also pick up some very solid REIT’s at good rates right now. Interest rates are coming down. Gas is getting cheaper. There are some trade-offs. No one likes to see their investments lose ground. But, people who scream for major pay raises and jobs always forget that higher wages and better jobs create higher costs. Many have gotten used to having basically 'slave labor' producers with safety issues and living conditions they would never work or live under producing our cheap goods. I would rather pay less and make more also. But, we're on an unsustainable path. Something has to change. As a conservative libertarian--for lack of a better description--I'm not a fan of tariffs or currency manipulation. But, it will never stop. It can only be minimized. We'll have to wait a little to see if any of these actions help. For perspective sake, my investments are still up almost 8% even with the recent sell-offs over the last 10 years. If you have a fairly balanced portfolio, yours should be somewhat similar. Remember, the Dow closed above 16,000 for the first time ever November 21, 2013. Barely 10 years ago. At close Friday, even after the large losses, it closed at 38,314. Roughly 2.5x growth. Perspective. Don't let the fear-mongers get you. You say you've been investing for 40 years. The market was around 5,000. You're still way ahead of the game.

Not a hard call….