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Here is my take. I'm middle/upper, closer to middle class even though I have never felt like it. Within reason, I buy what I want, when I want, and manage to contribute to 401K and still have money to put in accessible savings. FYI, I bring my lunch to work daily and do not eat out often. I think we are spoiled as a country. I grew up never wanting for nothing. We did not eat out every night, my Mom cooked every day, We also didn't eat steak, it was mostly rice and gravy (round steak-cheap), chicken and pork chops....all cheap. I was blessed that my father shrimped on the weekends, so after he paid for his fuel selling shrimp, we got the extra. I actually got tired of shrimp and crabs.....which I would of thought was impossible. While prices are higher, Pork chops and chicken are still cheap enough, along with beans and rice, you can feed a family very reasonably. The problem is, we have been brain washed that everyone is equal and that is simply not true. A perfect example is years ago when I was single, I hung out with a Doctor and attorney who were also single.....After a couple months of living their lifestyle, looking at my bank account, we were NOT equal.....I could not afford to do what they did. A very expensive lesson in economics...not everyone us equal. As far as the Epstein files, only a very small percent of people care anymore, and majority are Trump haters hoping there is something that will make him look bad. I am 100% convinced that Biden admin would of added that to all the other tings they accused him of during the Biden term. The victims have stated they never seen Trump do anything inappropriate and he never went to Island. So, we can keep talking about it, but it will not change anything - Trump is still a powerhouse politically....

Personally, I think y'all are all too invested in this, and the ending you get will never satisfy.

This one is indefensible, which is why nobody is commenting in here. It's highly unlikely he watched the whole video before reposting it, but that's irrelevant. If you're the president of the United States you better check what you post before you hit send. If I'd posted the same video last night I would've been fired before I made it into work this morning.

I have no desire to “get” Trump or destroying MAGA. Go MAGA. I just don’t want him to deter pursuing the guilty, which he is doing.

She is the top law enforcement officer in charge of releasing the Epstein Files as stated in the Epstein Files Transparency Act, instead her department has released lots of victims names and covered up co conspirators in the Epstein trafficking case. They are only releasing redactions when they are forced too. Bondi sounded like Hillary Clinton when she was questioned about Benghazi in front of the Judiciary Committee when Hillary said what difference does it make at this point. Not good.

I my head, I think NC is deminished from West Fork being open but I have this theory about teams playing 6A dropping down. After chasing the Woodlands and Willis for at least the last 4 years, they may be a wild card in this whole thing

He is 20 for 24 in Supreme Court. It does not appear he is the one that has a problem with Democracy

The 14 States that don't require voter ID: California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Hawaii Illinois Maine Maryland Massachusetts Minnesota New Jersey New Mexico New York Oregon In addition, Washington, D.C. doesn't require voter ID. I see a pattern...

Here you go, since you’re apparently too lazy to verify. Couldn’t find it on CNN or MSNBC so that’s probably why you weren’t aware. [Hidden Content]

Any black person who voted for Obama practiced racism. They voted for him because he looked like them. They thought he understood their needs better than someone who didn’t look like them. They were wrong. He actually had very little in common as a shared life experience with any of them. They thought he had the same characteristics as them because he looked like them. They assigned him traits because of the color of his skin that he didn’t possess. This is the very definition of racism. Period.

So did the trade deficit, the national debt, layoffs, and the price of groceries. You’re not seeing a growth in value of the stocks, what you’re seeing is a devaluation of the dollar. The t-bones I bought for 3.99 a pound four years ago are on sale for 9.99 per pound this weekend at Brookshire brothers. It won’t matter if you got a million dollars in your retirement account if one day a new pickup truck costs a hundred thousand dollars thanks to tariffs. Oh, wait….

After this year, we don’t care who wins.

I just want to see wealthy and unwealthy pedo’s go to prison.

North Shore picked up Lancaster for Week 1

Hypothetically, what 30 people said Trump had sex with underage women? The actual Epstein victims that have a list they won't release (but could and it would NOT violate their NDA) have said they never seen or heard of Trump acting inappropriate. I think I know 2 of the 30, and it would be Cardinalbacker and TheMissingBand.....actually, I could add a few more from here that claim it to be true without any proof what so ever......

Same. Except I use the Capital One (1.5% back) strictly for all regular recurring bills like utilities, insurance, prescriptions, etc. I use the one from the Credit Union for incidentals. I write one check a month still because I just can’t get myself to trust the City for the water bill, and they want direct bank access. Everything is paid off every month.

I agree. Really haven't been challenged since December. But there is another thing that concerns me with this Orangefield team and what could derail them. It's some of the players attitudes and behaviors on the court (and in some cases off the court). A few of the players have had to miss games or half games due to discipline being it on or off the court incidents. That has to get better. In the playoffs, that can be a deciding factor if a player or two is ejected or has to miss a game or half a game. That cannot happen. I will say it's better than the season before when OF led the area in technical fouls (that info came from the local officiating chapter). This team has the talent and ability to make it to SA as long as they don't get in their own way.

Some things have leveled off or in a few cases the price has come down (gas) but for the most part, it still sucks. My wife reminds me of the fact every time we go grocery shopping. She grabs a product and states "you know what this used to cost 3 years ago?". I always reply with "I have no idea, never looked at the prices, just grab what I needed or wanted". Makes her even more mad. lol Needless to say, my wife buys off brand products now days. That used to not be the case.

I read an article about a year ago but can’t remember where from but it said $100,000 of goods and services in 2020 would cost you $125,000 in 2024 for the same goods and services. I don’t know about you but if I took a $25,000 hit a year to buy the same goods and services and you didn’t get much of a raise over that period of time most people are going to feel smothered. Just saying.

Let me rephrase that “hurt the party” Of course I am not a party person. Both political parties take turn robbing the taxpayer. Then sometimes they do it together. One party is trying to drive us over the cliff in a Bugatti and the other in a Yugo. 40 trillion in debt is a National Security issue and none of them care it seems like. I think he’s done some good things but I am disappointed that a replacement plan for Obamacare was not already to go when he took office and voter integrity/voter id plan. The cost of Health Insurance and Food is smothering the middle class. Trump likes to think the Epstein Files are all about him and that can’t be further from the truth. Child trafficking is a huge problem in this country. Like I said the whole situation has been handled horribly.

This is good!

I agree, I like most of Trumps policies but he made bad hires in his first term and he’s made some bad hires in this term. I understand that some people think this whole Epstein situation is about Trump and it’s not. My understanding is Trump pressed Congresswoman Boebert and MTG very hard not to vote for allowing a vote to be cast on the Epstein Files Transparency Act but once a vote was allowed to be cast and bring forth the Transparency Act on Epstein the Democrats and Republicans voted almost unanimously to pass the Act which hardly ever happens. At that point Trump had to sign the Epstein Files Transparency Act or look like a Pedo Protector if he didn’t. Thomas Massie is no moron like Trump called him the other day at the National Prayer Breakfast. The guy is a MIT graduate with 30 patents, he is not stupid. I believe Massie out smarted him on this Epstein issue and Trump is mad. If I am wrong on any of this please correct me. People need to understand Trump is not perfect, he is capable of making mistakes but you can’t be covering for people that have harmed children in this manner period!

Turn it up! 🤣

My question was pretty simple. They have the victim list…..it would be pretty easy 🤷🏻‍♂️

While there may not be anything criminal, YET, the fact that so many have lied about their relationship to E, then proven totally wrong says a lot.

We'll never know because they came up 3 points short. Based on how they blew out Lone Star, I'd say yes in possibility a shootout

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The white people who hate blacks and browns aren’t voting Democrat anymore. That’s a fact. Just like the black people who blame white privilege, systemic racism, and demand reparations aren’t voting Republican, either. Does anybody dispute those two assertions? Everybody has their own reasons for voting for whoever they want to. That doesn’t make them a racist. When they vote for racist reasons (the race of the candidate, etc…) that’s a racist act. Which leads me to the Republican Party today. They need the racists. They court the racists. I was at a local town hall this week for Republican candidates. The candidates honed in on attacking illegal immigrants and Muslims to the cheers of the older, exclusively white crowd. They still bring up Barack HUSSEIN Obama as if he’s relevant anymore. Those are facts. Not everybody who voted for Trump is a racist. That’s a fact. But all of the white racists voted for Trump… that’s a fact, also, in my opinion. And when Trump does racist things to please the racist segments of his coalition (like posting the Obamas as apes, then refusing to apologize) people who consider themselves to be non-racist are notably silent, or even defensive of the overly racist actions of the President. Instead of complaining “he called me racist,” you should be asking yourself “why do I condone racism, and does that make me a racist, too?”

I gave it 2 days in the news cycle. Generous.

It’s so funny… it was intentional. Trump did it because he sees the polls and knows he needs to somehow motivate the racists in his MAGA base. Maybe they’re a little bummed because they haven’t seen the relief from high prices that Trump promised. Maybe they’re a little disillusioned by sissy-fied stream of lawsuits Trump keeps filing. Maybe there’s a small part of their pig-brains that thinks “maybe we shouldn’t be tearing down Washington, D.C. and rebuilding it with gold-leaf covered Trump branding when we’re kinda sorta struggling to make ends meet.” There’s no better way to get those people back on the bandwagon than lobbing a racist attack on the person that they hate the most, Obama. And here’s why I say so… The very least Trump should do is apologize and terminate the “staffer” who posted the meme. But he won’t, because he can’t…. that would infuriate his base- the racists.

Maybe we need a way too early game thread for the meeting coming up on Sept 25... 2026! 🔒

Yeah congratulations on the district win this year. I'm just saying if he knows Silsbee than he should know whats coming this was the year to beat Silsbee.

Shovel ready jobs and you can keep your doctor. Promises kept, smh.

So when inflation was 9% you were good, but now you need Dollar Tree? you just started....lol

I appreciate your saying that. It’s okay to say, “I still think he’s the right man for the job, he’s just doing a lot of dumb stuff right now.” If Trump’s base voiced displeasure at his antics, I think he might tone it back a little bit and focus on what he was elected to do.

Like I’ve said before here recently his behavior has been bizarre. I don’t care for him as a person but I do agree with a majority of his policies. He just always seems that he can’t seem to get out of the way of himself.

Huntington canceled week 5 vs Hardin. Crockett has been picked up in their place

We put everything on our southwest card, then pay it off every month. On the rare occasion our spending outpaces our income for a month we have plenty in savings and still pay it off for the month. We haven't paid for a flight in years, and we fly a couple of times a year, on average.

That’s exactly what we do, all gas and groceries on the card for rewards. Works now that we’re older and more disciplined, when I was younger, not so much, lol.

You seem to be a perfect candidate for a rewards card. My brother travels a lot with his 3/4 ton truck and travel trailer. He uses a rewards CC to get 4% cash back on diesel purchases. He pays it off every month. The 4% is good for up to $8000 per year in purchases. So in diesel alone, if he spends 8K a year, he gets $320 credit to his card per year. It has lower percent's for other categories. That sounded like an advertisement but it's not....lol When my Father started forgetting to pay bills, I stepped in and had all of his bills auto-charged to his Discover credit card. I then set up his Discover to be auto-deducted from his checking account. The only thing I had to do was review the CC statement to make sure all was correct. I believe he received about $500 back a year in credit card rewards.... If you do it that way, the credit card pays you to use it. The only down fall is it is VERY easy to spend more than you make.

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We are similar. But, my identity was stolen from a DoD breach. Since I don't take out loans, and I only keep 2 cards (I use them for autopayment of bills where I can dispute & get cash back) it took me until I received collection notices to know I'd been had. I checked my credit reports yearly, and receive immediate notices for every charge on my cards via Capital One & my Credit Union. It didn't matter. The DoD breach affected millions of veterans, and included all the identifiers--and more--than even in this misuse of data. I should have titled the thread differently I guess, because this is a much bigger disclosure than just your SSN. If you don't use credit regularly--or at all--so you think yourself safe, I'd actually say you're probably the most at risk because you wouldn't normally think it's a big deal and shouldn't involve you. I thought the same. A freeze can be lifted in a matter of hours. Not days. I actually tested it when I first set ours up. It was unfrozen in less than an hour online. It's one of the few proactive things you can do to help protect yourself, and it's free. Anyway, each to their own. I posted for information purposes only. The article is from Dow Jones, Inc. and Morningstar. Can't impeach the sources.

I will not do a freeze as well. As for loans, I haven't needed one in 18 years. I buy my vehicles outright. Haven't had a car note in 15 years. Only note I have is my beach cabin which we purchased 25 years ago. Got two years left before it's paid off. Own my home in Silsbee, two vehicles, golf cart and trailer. I am very blessed. My apologies to you @thetragichippy and other bankers for not bringing you any business. lol

Neither is going to happen..... She will not be removed and Trump will still call it a hoax,,,,,,the hoax is not that Epstein was not a pedo...the hoax is that Democrats actually care. Maybe you can find a comment you posted during the Biden admin of how concerned you were for the victims....

Grew up poor as the dirt on the farm I grew up on. My folks' most used answer was, "We'll see." Obviously, I grew up to learn that was a nice way of saying NO. I've shopped at Aldi for years, and use every coupon--digital or otherwise--I can find anywhere else. On the rare occasions we eat out, it's at a place where they've emailed us a deal, or they have some type discount advertised. I guess it's ingrained in me. Not a bad lesson to have been taught. Used to joke I was Dave Ramsey before he became famous. lol

1-1 to start the stetch. Winning very comfortably at UGA and losing a nail biter at Bama wasn’t a horrible result thus far. If this has been discussed my apologies. But what the heck are we doing now NCAA. You guys know I’m pretty much always pro players but now we are letting guys who have played professionally, IN THE NBA G LEAGUE no less, come back and play collegiately again??? Bediako being granted additional eligibility to play for Bama is the most ludicrous thing I’ve seen in college sports. The reason I’ve always preferred college sports is dying a very swift death.

I consider myself very upper middle class (wife and I are retired) and we feel the strain of grocery and health insurance. Anyone calling themselves middle class and stating the economy doesn't effect them is not being realistic.

In the realignment, districts draw their schedules out. It's not done individually between each school but by district committee. Sometimes schools can negotiate the home and home after the order is set.