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Living paycheck to paycheck
According to a study from the financial services company, the Lending Club:
“Just over 47% of Americans earning more than $100,000 were living paycheck to paycheck as of November, spiking 4% from October.
Overall, nearly 63% of Americans lived paycheck to paycheck…
94 commentslast: 3 yrs ago(skibum609)
Politics
This explains a lot
A survey by Pew found that for the first time since the Great Depression, a majority of Americans aged between 18 and 29 were living with their parents
72 commentslast: 3 yrs ago(skibum609)
Politics
Your tax dollars at work
After 1,600 auditors combed through DOD’s $3.5 trillion in assets and $3.7 trillion in liabilities, officials found that the department couldn’t account for about 61 percent of its assets, Pentagon Comptroller Mike McCord told reporters on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the lame…
41 commentslast: 3 yrs ago(Tetradon)
Front Room
How has TUSCL changed stripping ?
It occurred to me that my SC habits are very different than before TUSCL.
For one, I scoured all the clubs, trying to find the best experiences. This was inefficient but also had an element of surprise and fun when…
36 commentslast: 3 yrs ago(Subraman)
Politics
Bad luck
“Throughout history,” Robert Heinlein wrote in 1973, “poverty is the normal condition of man.”
“Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded—here and there, now and then—are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always…
30 commentslast: 3 yrs ago(CJKent_band)
Front Room
Phoenix “ Human Trafficking”
We are hosting the next Super Bowl. As expected, Glendale has announced a Human Trafficking Task Force under the theory that Phoenix will be inundated with underage prostitutes and their pimps. What this really means is street walkers, massage parlors,…
22 commentslast: 3 yrs ago(san_jose_guy)
Politics
Inflation is much worse this time
The last time we had inflation at these levels was the late 1970s. But, for the government ( meaning all of us ), it is much worse now.
Back then, Paul Volker hiked the lending rate to reduce demand Which…
26 commentslast: 3 yrs ago(mark94)
Politics
More raids
Steve Bannon reports that yesterday the FBI raided the homes of 35 Trump supporters, including Rudy Giuliani.
Civil War.
44 commentslast: 3 yrs ago(Hank Moody)
Front Room
OT Fusion power breakthrough
A major step has been made in developing a nuclear fusion reactor. Fusion would generate much more power than existing nuclear fission power plants. And, it’s only byproduct would be hydrogen. There are still several more complicated steps needed to…
8 commentslast: 3 yrs ago(Dolfan)
Politics
Wuhan lethal virus
Congress has been told that the Wuhan lab has been studying a virus that would kill 60% of those who were exposed. Wuhan has already tested this on animals.
https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/aug/9/chinas-wuhan-institute-studied-deadly-bioterrorism/
9 commentslast: 3 yrs ago(viking2012)
Politics
The IRS
From the Washington Beacon:
“If Democrats have their way, one of the most detested federal agencies—the Internal Revenue Service—will employ more bureaucrats than the Pentagon, State Department, FBI, and Border Patrol combined.
Under the Inflation Reduction Act negotiated by Sen. Joe Manchin…
78 commentslast: 3 yrs ago(BGSD3100)

