Lutheran | Software Developer | 🇺🇸
Houston, TX
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A modest proposal. All indexed values in the Federal Register be switched from CPI to M2.
Meh. Low-effort clickbait. While satire, parody, and mockery are legitimate critique, mockery is the least useful because it only hints at an argument. It offers no solid basis for action. At best, it calls for reflection.
The question you should be asking yourself is "Why did I buy silver at $90 and does the thesis still hold?" If so, current prices may be a legitimate entry point. If you think it's going down further, dollar-cost-average down or wait for the bottom and back-up a truck. Of course, recognizing the bottom is more luck than skill....
If you think the bottom's falling out, you're late to the selling party. You're down almost half.
In short, do your own research. There's nothing wrong with incorporating research from other sources, but don't act just because somebody yells "Buy!" or "Sell!" or mocks your previous decision. If you're going to do that, just buy an ETF or mutual fund.
Absolute nonsense.
If you’re in a monogamous marriage and neither husband nor wife were HIV positive before the marriage, your risk is all but zero.
Don’t normalize risk propaganda.
And don’t take medical advice from people with policy-axes to grind.
Aaron Poffenberger retweeted
.@SenDanSullivan’s (the real one) campaign account on X has been suspended. The campaign sent us this message they received from X. Wild.
Same experience throughout with most large companies in America. I called my 401k custodian twice this past week. I had to ask for a supervisor both times. I’m not letting someone who clearly doesn’t know the job and can’t speak English handle my money.
Aaron Poffenberger retweeted
On another multi state USA trip. Once again mind blowing how 1 ethnic group that is maybe 3% of population runs every hotel & gas station in a giant nation of 350 million. An ethnic group that has only been in America in large numbers since maybe the 1990's or 00's? Crazy
Aaron Poffenberger retweeted
If you can’t speak English, you should not be voting in American elections.
Ban translators. It’s a con job.
Aaron Poffenberger retweeted
He’s now the government head of a foreign nation. He shouldn’t be voting in America AT ALL. Our nation’s laws surrounding dual citizenship are absolutely insane.
BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV makes history as the first pope ever to vote in a U.S. election.
The Vatican confirms the first American-born pope, Robert Francis Prevost, has submitted a mail-in ballot in his home state of Illinois ahead of the November midterms, exercising his right to vote as a U.S. citizen.
The Chicago-born pontiff continues to maintain his American citizenship while leading the Catholic Church. | @marthamaccallum @AmericaNewsroom
Mission accomplished. May God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit bless America and Texas with leaders and citizens who make, judge, and enforce godly laws with wisdom and sound judgment.
Aaron Poffenberger retweeted
Ram Chhetri came to the US as a refugee, but this might be worst day of his life: It's the moment he realizes the $80k-$160k/year salary he's bilked from Medicaid for no-show work is coming to an end because @realdailywire caught the truth on camera.
We conducted months of surveillance that shows why "home care aide" is now the *most common job* in states like NY, CA, MN, and PA: Because a large part of those jobs are unambiguous Medicaid fraud.
Thanks to home care, Bhutanese refugees now make more money than actual PA families. The state doesn't just look the other way, but helps them get away with it. Converting federal health dollars into a universal basic income for certain communities relieves the financial burden they place on the state.
The scammers easily deceive the feds' woefully broken monitoring system. You'll see Ram pull into a driveway for 2 minutes in the morning, then 2 minutes in the evening. He clocks in and out of his shift from the right place, and the GPS system doesn't notice that he goes home in between.
$20 an hour doesn't sound like much, but at 77 hours a week, it's $80k–and it's easy to bill huge hours when you don't actually have to work them. And that's just for the low-level guys in this scheme.
Aaron Poffenberger retweeted
Political scientist here 👋
You will never have balanced budgets so long as non-taxpayers are allowed to vote.
Aaron Poffenberger retweeted
🚨 BREAKING: TEXAS JUST TOOK THE H-1B FIGHT TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL.
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller announced that businesses employing H-1B visa workers will no longer qualify for certain taxpayer-funded state grants.
Read that again.
Companies can choose to hire H-1B workers.
But Texas taxpayers shouldn’t have to subsidize that decision.
And Miller isn’t stopping there.
He’s challenging Governor Greg Abbott and other state officials to adopt similar restrictions across their agencies.
This could go far beyond agriculture.
Here’s the question every governor should answer:
Why are American taxpayers subsidizing companies that hire foreign workers while qualified Americans struggle to find jobs?
Should all 50 states follow Texas?
texasagriculture.gov/News-Ev…
Aaron Poffenberger retweeted
See that barefoot White woman dancing in the middle of that crowd of indians.
That’s Jennifer Davis, Republican candidate for Congress in Illinois.
This is what we mean when we say hardly anyone is on our side. The Republican Party has become such a complete embarrassment.
I love Thanksgiving. It’s the one day of the year you can put apple, pumpkin, and cherry pie on your plate with whipped and/or ice cream and go back later for a slice of pecan pie and nobody says anything about it.
You can’t even do that on your birthday.
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The chances of being killed by a landmine delivered by a bear are low, but they are never zero.
“we're not sure that everyone's looked at the right data”
Meaning they’re waiting for the campaign checks to clear.
LEAKED: MICROSOFT'S CLOUD + AI CHIEF TELLS EMPLOYEES "WE WANT TO BRING MORE TALENT INTO THE UNITED STATES."
That is Scott Guthrie in his division's internal AMA, two days after Microsoft offered buyouts to about 60,000 employees and a week after the US Gov’t suspended their PERM filings.
He told visa and green card holders Microsoft will "continue to sponsor" them.
He said Microsoft is "working with the US administration to get clarity," and "we're not sure that everyone's looked at the right data."
Aaron Poffenberger retweeted
Her whole family getting deported because of their spoiled little brat would be fair and would send an important message. Again, this girl isn't going to pick up a gun and kill anyone, she was being "edgy" so her peers would think she was cool. Make it very costly and send a message to others like her.
If you are an immigrant, you do not threaten citizens with murder. You do not celebrate murder. You do not intimidate citizens by telling them they are brave for not wearing a neck brace.
I also think the college debate format died with Charlie and it should stop. There's nothing left to debate.
Aaron Poffenberger retweeted
I was today years old when I found out that refugees, asylees, and people with similar humanitarian statuses can receive SSI for up to 7 years from the date their status was granted, without needing work credits. 100’s of thousands are now benefiting with zero work.
Watching foreigners get on-the-job training to do a job I know Americans already know how to do is frustrating.
Training hours for workers on visas, if we retain them, should not be tax deductible.
Good. The military should be focused on mission rather than personal klout.
Exclusive: Pete Hegseth has fired another top general in the military—presaging more upheaval in the Pentagon’s upper echelons as Trump looks to break the stalemate of the war with Iran, @nancyayoussef reports: theatln.tc/FFJyeZxV
