From NJBIZ:
NJ rolls out roadmap for 21st century ‘future of work’
State officials on Feb. 17 published a long-awaited slate of recommendations laying out how the New Jersey workforce of the 21st century needs to change in the decades to come.
The 179-page report, which was first ordered by the Murphy administration in 2019 before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, delves into “how technological advancements will shape the future of New Jersey’s economy and workforce.”
Future of work has been something that the tech industry has been tinkering with for years, especially following a global pandemic that gave enough people a taste of telecommuting arrangements, which has fostered resistance from many to the return to a 40-hour, in-office workweek.
“In a rapidly changing economy directly impacted by the development of new technology, inequality, and the challenges of the climate crisis, we have an important and urgent role to play in equipping our workers to be successful,” Gov. Phil Murphy said in the Thursday announcement.
“Creating opportunities for new industries, well-paid work, and paths for career growth will be essential to our economy and to easing the fear and anxiety caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has had an enormous impact on the state labor market and work environment,” he continued in a message accompanying the report.
The recommendations range from state financing for continuing education and training programs for low-income workers, to education workers’ rights and employee misclassification laws; expanded access to low and no-cost higher education tuition assistance programs; and upgrades to the state’s pandemic-ravaged, beleaguered unemployment system.
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Very little in here that isn’t already the existing (and expected) remit of numerous economic and labor development authorities across NJ, or fixing what have been long-standing problems. Very little would fall into the category of attracting, growing, and incubating companies that can provide the broad array of jobs that NJ needs, let alone trying to attract the most innovative of them. Easiest way to summarize this is, more of the same “if you build it, we hope they will come” mentality. Oh, and a ton of new regulations, regulatory agencies, and “strengthened enforcement” for NJ companies.
There isn’t a single page in here about actually making it easier for someone to start a company in NJ, removing the barrier to entry that thousands of entrepreneurs face in NJ every year. Sorry, but a another nj.gov website on top of the existing ones, doesn’t make it easier.
Chi Fi,
That was a good read you posted by Peggy Noonan.
Sorry, but a another nj.gov website on top of the existing ones, doesn’t make it easier.
It’s the intent that counts. It’s symbolic. Myths, parables, fables and metaphors are the cornerstones of success for the limp handshakers on the left. Perception is reality is their trademark logo.
Just go and try it.
Once you pick up the phone, you’ll realize that NJ classifies you as that problem. Help you? Why? Go figure out the incomprehensible labyrinth of disconnected agencies on your own.
Try to fix an error with a “Tax Clearance Certificate” in NJ, and that’s all you need to know, good fucking luck. At once point I just double paid a (multiple thousand dollar) tax due, despite having a cancelled check, in hopes it would facilitate the process. Nope, not a chance. They deposited two checks, still waited a month. Refund for overage paid? Yeah, fuck you. There isn’t a single phone call that doesn’t start with the premise that you are the enemy, and obviously wasting their precious time to boot.
Who works for who? Yeah, good question.
Clearly they don’t work for us, and that exact same mindset comes through loud and clear in this new “vision”.
… What’s a tax clearance certificate you ask? It’s a certificate you need to request from one division of the state of New Jersey to prove to another division of that same state of NJ that you are in good standing with that same state of NJ. Should there be a problem with granting this certificate, you then need to coordinate with whichever other divisions of the state of NJ think you aren’t in good standing, resolve that issue, then go back and coordinate with the first division to make them aware of the updated standing to be able to release said clearance, before finally taking that to the original requestor of that clearance. I hope as a small business owner, you didn’t have anything to do today but make phone calls. Oh, and if as a small business owner, you required this for state covid assistance, it’s now too late, because the application period was closed due to overwhelming response. Sorry, but fuck you, oh, and by the way, here’s a bill for $25 for the certificate.
New Jersey is run by thugs, grifters, & imbeciles.
Sorry, Grim. That’s bs. Shouldn’t be like this. I guess it’s a result of them constantly dealing with scammers trying to get over on the govt. Who gets hurt because of this…hard working people like you. Why can’t people just be good and do the right thing instead of looking to scam the system.
‘merica
Female Louisiana teacher, 36, pleads guilty to giving her junior high school students cupcakes laced with her husband’s SP ER M: Couple faces 150 sex-crimes charges for abusing children
‘merica
White PE teacher, 58, at NYC high school is charged after being caught on video slamming a 14-year-old black student into a wall and onto the ground
Pumps: Don’t rationalize it with they have become hardened because of having to deal with with scammers and so they treat everyone like crap. It’s been like this for years from local government all the way up.
They told how they moved from New Jersey, where Robert was a cop in Jersey City, to Florida for a quieter life after he retired.
Where Robert liked taking taxpayer money, but doesn’t want to pay taxpayer money.
Phoenix: on the LA teacher matter what possible reason to do that?
What part of it don’t you get.
Your government doesn’t work for you in NJ, or in America anymore.
Those days are long gone.
3b,
I’m just saying, put yourself in their shoes. Think of the people they deal with on a daily basis. These govt workers don’t become assholes for no reason. They deal with some pretty f/ed up people on a daily basis…and every single person is yelling at them and treating them like they are the problem. So take that into account.
3b
The longer I live, the less I understand the human race.
Too much work to try and figure them out.
I posted a pic here yesterday. Showed it to my co workers, the ones that like to convict by the “crazy eyes.” They thought the guy had “crazy eyes”
I said yeah, he probably did, as he did a 200 ft swan dive off a cliff when the good looking crazy chick pushed him off after 8 days of marriage.
And we wonder why a teacher is goosing some cupcakes with ji iiz m?
There does seem to be a disproportionate problem with teachers and kids. Or coaches and kids. I guess the more you are near them, the more likely you are to frost their cupcakes with white frosting. And gender seems to have nothing to do with it.
Pumps.
I have patients that hit me. Doesn’t mean you get to hit back.
Don’t like your job, eff ing quit.
You are correct. They are not right for becoming assholes.
At the end of the day, society is filled with scumbags. Look at the stories you share every day. Some real losers out there.
Once again today,
I salute those engineers who have given us the cameras to allow us a glimpse into the lives of the public.
It’s truly disturbing to see the truth of how some really act. Especially those paid by taxpayer dollars to defend us and to teach our children.
Most other places you have a choice. You can shop somewhere else when you want a car.
And the cop above, he killed his daughter’s stalker in Florida. Wonder if when he was collecting a paycheck here he would have advocated for all of us to be able to do the same thing . (defend ourselves).
My guess is as someone pocketing money from taxpayers, he liked it that he had the ability to do this and was fine without you being able to do the same.
I wish I could leave this state. It trapped me here legally as well. Unless I want to give up my offspring…
Great,
They are not all scumbags.
I may very well become homeless one day thanks to what my ex was able to do with the help of NJ government and greedy lawyers after 35 years of taking very good care of people.
But then I am scum in America.
I know a guy, married a woman from a foreign country. Thought she loved him.
Legally he is screwed. She lives in his house like a grifter, pockets her money, buys expensive pocketbooks, a Lexus, etc. You think the American legal system is going to help him? And now, to top it off, he has physical issues.
Plenty of people get in these positions just trying to have a relationship. Nothing more, nothing less. Or having a child with a freak that you didn’t know was a freak.
Good looking chick told the guy, I have something special to show you.
Yeah, the bottom of a canyon. Face first. I wonder what that dude was thinking as he was headed towards the rocks…
https://murderpedia.org/female.G/g/graham-jordan-linn.htm
John Lennon had the right idea, too bad humanity is too far gone. Even killed him for being a kind soul.
Lyrics
Imagine there’s no heaven
It’s easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us, only sky
Imagine all the people
Livin’ for today
Ah
Imagine there’s no countries
It isn’t hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion, too
Imagine all the people
Livin’ life in peace
You
You may say I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will be as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world
You
You may say I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will live as one
Construction is expected to begin this spring on one of the largest renewable energy projects in New York since Niagara Falls was harnessed for hydropower more than a half-century ago.
By late 2025, a 339-mile high-voltage transmission line is expected to deliver enough hydropower from Quebec’s remote forests to supply about 20% of New York City’s needs. The first electricity will finally flow 17 years after developers set out to bury a power line along the bottoms of Lake Champlain and the Hudson River, assuming they clear one last regulatory hurdle and encounter no further challenges. Opponents still have concerns about the project’s environmental impacts.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/can-quebecs-dams-power-new-york-city-blackstone-is-betting-4-5-billion-on-it-11645180226?mod=hp_lead_pos10
grim, when I was trying to get my Physics Cert in addition to my Chem cert, the state initially denied it. It came from a no-reply email address. No phone, no ability to contact. I tried for the life of me to find where the office in Trenton was so I could just walk in. It was impossible. I went to 4 different county BOE offices to see if they knew. Nothing. It was a mystery.
Pumps: Again, it sounds like a blanket pardon from you for them. You treat everyone with respect, and take them as they come. People have no choice if they have to deal with a local or state government agency. The overwhelming majority of people just want to get their business addressed and move on.
Local state and government employees don’t get to treat everyone like crap because they come in contact with bad apples.
Local state and government employees don’t get to treat everyone like crap because they come in contact with bad apples.
No, they get to treat everyone like crap because you don’t have any other choice and they know it.
Honestly, most workers are assholes these days at any business when you present a problem to them. My wife went at it with an employee at smashburger last week. No one is really nice these days…
I get told off almost once a day at work. A lot of angry people out there. It’s only getting worse. Hopefully it will change with the pandemic ending. Isolating people in their house to play with a screen all day is no good for their health. Btw, drinking is way up, another issue with people staying at home too much.
Thanks to those who love to market things to the youth. This one needed nothing.
But she thought she did. And surgi centers. Yuck. Not me.
https://bit.ly/3uY3ZDg
Polite but brutal putdown for the day:
https://twitter.com/i/status/1494364224176508930
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/14/insider/why-is-everyone-so-angry-we-investigated.html
My wife went at it with an employee at smashburger last week.
Is this on Reddit Public Freakout this morning? Haven’t visited the site.
I have had these issues too pumpy. Got the wrong order. But places like that you can just choose not to go.
Public institutions, not only do you not have a place to go, they can insult you all day long, screw up or delay your items, and after all of that, they are still collecting an extorted check from you that you cannot avoid paying.
We used to go to Smashburger. The kid’s meal was the perfect fast food meal for an adult. It was also like $5 which was a steal when you consider that an individual burger, fries and drink there set you back by $15.
The problem though, was that they NEVER could get your order right. I mean NEVER. After about four visits in total (probably over two years), we gave up.
The End Is Nigh (bystander Edition):
Biracial NC dad slams critical race theory as a ‘discrimination revolution’ in viral video
By Emily Crane
A biracial North Carolina father has gone viral for railing against critical race theory at a school board meeting earlier this week, arguing that the controversial teaching method was “a big fat lie.”
Brian Echevarria, a father of three who is running for the North Carolina General Assembly, slammed CRT a “discrimination revolution” when he addressed the Cabarrus County School Board hearing on Feb. 14.
“I’m biracial, I’m bilingual, I’m multicultural. The fact is, in America, in North Carolina, I can do anything I want and I teach that to my children,” Echevarria said.
“And the person who tells my pecan-color kids that they’re oppressed, based on the color of their skin, would be absolutely wrong and absolutely at war with me.”
Echevarria said parents had learned they can drive policy change in local school boards across the country in the wake of debates over mask mandates and CRT.
“The community, I think we recognize, now the political juice has been sucked out of the mask distraction, that we have to move forward,” he said.
“What the masks showed us is the parents, the most powerful group in the country, [are] taking back the wheel.”
The Cabarrus County School Board voted last week to make masks optional for students following backlash from parents. The board also approved a resolution last year to ensure nondiscrimination in the district amid the CRT controversy.
“CRT, all of that, the parents don’t want it. It’s a big fat lie,” Echevarria said.
“If you believe in CRT … it means you look at your black neighbor and say they’re oppressed and you look at your white neighbor and say they’re evil — regardless of the experience you’ve had with them.
“We know that’s not true because we believe the lives we live.”
Race and the teaching of CRT in schools has increased tension in the US over the last year.
Much of the outrage is centered on concerns that children are being indoctrinated into believing that white people are inherently racist and that race plays a role in most or all social interaction
In other news, they caught the guy who painted swatstikas on the sidewalk of a Temple in West Orange.
I googled him. It revealed a laborer who registered Republican and signed a global anti-5G petition.
What is this world coming to? What’s with all of the conspiracies? Have you guys followed the butterfly farm story? Heard this on Stern this morning. Why are people so stupid and gullible?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/06/texas-butterfly-sanctuary-far-right-threats
“Political angst
Americans are feeling emotional strain because of partisan politics. According to Science Daily, “Nearly 40% of Americans surveyed for a new study said politics is stressing them out, and 4% — the equivalent of 10 million U.S. adults — reported suicidal thoughts related to politics.”
A 2016 report by the Pew Research Center found for the first time since 1992, “majorities in both parties express not just unfavorable but very unfavorable views of the other party.” Some 55% of Democrats are afraid of Republicans and 49% of Republicans are afraid of Democrats.
An article in Psychology Today titled “The Politics of Fear” explains how politicians use that emotion to divide us, often with the media’s help. “Fear is a very strong tool that can blur humans’ logic and change their behavior.”
Americans were fearful before the pandemic. Fear is at its zenith. An article in the Journal of Anxiety Disorders notes that fear is a normal response to the presence of danger. “However, when threat is uncertain and continuous, as in the current coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, fear can become chronic and burdensome.”
We see segments regularly on the news. Fear is at the heart of rage in stores, cars, planes, and on the floor of Congress. Everyone wants to speak their mind no matter whom it hurts or offends.
As Benjamin Franklin once observed, “Thinking aloud is a habit which is responsible for most of mankind’s misery.””
https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2021/10/02/how-can-we-keep-our-composure-when-everyone-is-so-angry/
Juice Box says:
February 17, 2022 at 11:48 pm
Keep adding zero to our ever changing mostly cordial conversation, it been a good long long one for sure.
You have to listen and respect opposing points of view, disagree and get angry fine, but educate. Some of us are privileged to your insights. That is the main reason why we are here. Few of you are funny or pretty, it’s your brain we love. I would think we all like to share our insights into this thing we call life.
Kill the beefs…it only makes an old man well feel old..
https://youtu.be/-pr43ScAi18?t=31
ChiFi,
On Brian Echevarria. I can show you Jews who supported Hitler. This is another conservative Republican. They exist. In tiny numbers.
Chi,
The times when that song was sung?
We ain’t going back to that.
Boomer greed is what got us here, and it will be the destruction of America.
For high-end “future of work” the remote working revolution is going to be great for the high-end cities in low tax states. I see lots of executive-level people moving into the nice (expensive) places of Florida. Buying pricey condos on the beach, weather, restaurants, sports, culture (yes, opera, ballet, symphonies, pop concerts are all running in FL). Open air dining is everywhere, as tons of restaurants were built for it in the first place. Golf, tennis, and pickleball all going.
For people whose work is already typing on a computer most of the day, why do they need to be in expensive office in a state where the government regulates you like crazy, and in return siphons off over 10% of your earnings? These people can type and videoconference from anywhere. The main businesses that can’t move is government, and the corrupt contractors that leech off the government. Like the road construction companies of NJ that get paid more than anyone to patch up subpar roads, which helps them pay for the bribes and to pay for the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion donut-eaters. And now NJ police will be spending a lot of money being trained in how to always tackle the white person first.
“The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.” – James Baldwin
America is creating these by the millions.
I guess we can manufacture something after all.
More stories of political strife, in this case rural America and the disdain for the D party.
“There’s an actual story here about how rural white republicans are literally terrorizing their neighbors, but it’s completely obscured by the weird framing about a “toxic brand” and “ignoring their concerns” that makes it sound like it’s Dems’ fault”
https://twitter.com/BartenderHemry/status/1494375091207131138
https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-elections-pennsylvania-lifestyle-election-2020-fc79679ef54d850c0245f96dac37456c
Fetterman guy puts his money where his mouth is.
And now NJ police will be spending a lot of money being trained in how to always tackle the white person first.
They already know how to tackle the white MAN first. As long as it’s a white WOMAN making the “allegation.”
Fetterman is a decent person.
America has no tolerance for that. He ain’t going nowhere.
Well, maybe not until the last boomer takes it’s breath.
I see lots of retired NJ public workers moving into the nice (expensive) places of Florida. Buying pricey condos on the beach, weather, restaurants, sports, culture (yes, opera, ballet, symphonies, pop concerts are all running in FL).
All while leaving the current residents of the state 200 BILLION dollars in debt, and on the side of the road with a flat tire from a pothole.
Hahaha.
I sincerely hope you come here just to vent. We value your stuff a lot. But the darkness of the last couple of weeks is pretty stark. Don’t get me wrong…. I am entertained, but I hope you are OK.
Phoenix says:
February 18, 2022 at 10:44 am
Chi, The times when that song was sung?
We ain’t going back to that.
Boomer greed is what got us here, and it will be the destruction of America.
I miss smashburger. The ones by us closed.
LA Burger is still my favorite burger place in DFW area, but a family of 4 is $60.
Now I usually make our own burgers in a cast iron skillet and bake fries in the oven. Grass fed beef with brioche rolls and boutique fries for under $15 for us.
Pho and ramen are now almost $70 for us. Need to learn how to make pho and ramen stock.
Phoenix is at Clot level of pessimism. Very impressive. We still need a new JJ.
Phoenix….. I found some recent footage from the state offices in Trenton.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puJePACBoIo
Black conservatives may be small in number, but Biden, fauci and crt are helping to grow the ranks. I also wouldn’t conflate blacks who oppose crt and Republican blacks. There may not be many of the latter but there are certainly many of the first.
As long as the left keeps pushing radical Marxism they are going to continue to lose minorities. The schools boards are the canary in the coal mine.
Libturd would be up to the task, but he doesn’t have the material……
Hold my beer says:
February 18, 2022 at 11:05 am
Phoenix is at Clot level of pessimism. Very impressive. We still need a new JJ.
We could use a new JJ.
I came close to having a good JJ style story recently. But since I’m not JJ, or like JJ, I eff ed it up.
It’s all good.
Spoken like a true locust. Move to a cheap area, drive up the price, and leave before the bill is due. I can’t wait till Florida boomer real estate gets slammed, going to be an epic crash. Enjoy the weather.
No One says:
February 18, 2022 at 10:44 am
For high-end “future of work” the remote working revolution is going to be great for the high-end cities in low tax states. I see lots of executive-level people moving into the nice (expensive) places of Florida. Buying pricey condos on the beach, weather, restaurants, sports, culture (yes, opera, ballet, symphonies, pop concerts are all running in FL).
At least ARKK is not at a 52 week low today…..
dollarbill says:
February 18, 2022 at 10:08 am
Polite but brutal putdown for the day:
https://twitter.com/i/status/1494364224176508930
Chi,
Way too efficient for Trenton.
When he said “c’mon c’mon c’mon we don’t have all day” you know it’s not Trenton.
They have nothing better to do than waste all day.
But that is one classic clip. Love the way Akroyd kept the cig in his mouth while speaking. These guys were good.
HMB,
Ramen broth is incredibly easy. Especially in the land of BBQ. The key is to save your bones and small scraps. Then just mix with beef or chicken broth a few sliced jalapenos and your home free. If using chicken, a little lime adds pop and find Ponzu in your Asian market. Finish it off with some fish flakes and it will be better than the pho/ramen houses. If you make pulled pork, buy the butt with the bone in. After smoking or braising, throw the bone in a pot with the drippings. Add broth. Cook for a few hours and strain it. Let it cool. Scrape off the fat which will float on top. Then reheat that concentrated pork broth. You will likely have to add water. Through a piece of leftover smoked brisket or better yet, a little roasted pork belly and hoowah.
You have to be insane to buy a home in florida for 2 million dollars. The prices are all driven by boomers. Who the f/k is going to pay for this after they are gone? lol
Libturd would be up to the task, but he doesn’t have the material……
Your asking for it, smart guy!
If you filter out the politics on SNL, they still have some winners.
This is one of my faves. It’s really well polished.
https://youtu.be/WcEylCwkSxE?t=5
Place is f/ed.
“By 2045 a quarter of Sarasota County will be 75 or older, and community activist Jon Thaxton wonders where the area will find enough care workers—often low-paid and with limited transportation—to staff all the luxury retirement homes “popping up like mushrooms after the rain.” An executive at the Gulf Coast Community Foundation, a civic advocacy group, he sees the coming crisis as a harbinger of a nationwide problem. “Our age demographic just happens to be 15 years ahead of the rest of the country,” Thaxton says. “We might be the canary in the coal mine.””
Demographic data aren’t available on all the new transplants to Florida, but many appear to be early retirees and older seniors who are wealthier than newcomers have been in the past, Parrish says. Anecdotal evidence from Sarasota backs that up: Boomers are walking into Kevin Campbell’s RV dealership in an industrial part of town and dropping $150,000 in cash on a motor home. A dozen years ago, they’d borrow against homes and investments to buy, he says. A half-hour south in Venice, another city in Sarasota County, a small wealth management firm called FourThought has a new unit serving people with assets of $5 million or more. “What I’m seeing is a lot of the folks that are in their late 50s, early 60s that were looking at their 401(k)s, and suddenly their 401(k) is worth $2 million, and they’re saying, ‘Hell, I can do this,’ ” says managing partner Scott Pinkerton.
Theresa LaSalle, 65, ditched a corporate marketing career in Dallas last year for semiretirement in Sarasota. Travels in Europe fueled a passion for wine, so she bought a new home in a gentrifying neighborhood and opened a wine bar near downtown. “It was just time,” says LaSalle, who made the move with her husband, a government contractor. “I really wanted to do things for myself. I had the resources available.” She acknowledges that people like her are driving up housing expenses for locals, including her two part-time employees, who share apartments with friends or family. “The costs are just too much for one person to manage,” she says.
The combination of soaring housing costs and abundant but generally low-paying hospitality jobs is creating an affordability crunch in this peninsular paradise. Florida’s average wage fell to 87.2% of the U.S. average in 2020, matching its lowest level since 2001, according to an August report from the Florida Legislature’s Office of Economic and Demographic Research. The median sale price of a home in Sarasota County hit $407,000 in September, up almost 28% from a year ago, numbers from the Realtor Association of Sarasota and Manatee show. More than one-third of households in the county are “cost-burdened,” meaning they spend more than 30% of income on housing, says Thaxton, who’s also a former county commissioner. Rents were up 20% over last year as of this summer, according to a report in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-28/florida-baby-boomer-wealth-influx-risks-pricing-out-younger-locals
I [heart] CW…..
Took a little bit of management with the put writes underlying my ROKU shorts but….LOL……smh
Who said it, BRT?
It just shouldn’t be this easy…..
Marie Barrow, 34, who grew up in nearby Bradenton, moved back to Sarasota six years ago from Chicago and works in one of many small shops that ring the traffic circle at St. Armands. On a slow weekday morning, she scrolls through a directory of available apartments and comes upon a luxury complex that popped up near the building where she lives in a little studio: It’s at least $2,300 for a one-bedroom, she laments. “I would love to own property in Sarasota, but I can’t even fathom it,” she says.
At the downtown bus station a few miles away, sandwich shop worker Joanne Tillett, 54, says she feels trapped in the same 500-square-foot unit she’s been in for 10 years because rents have soared. “I can’t afford a car,” she says. “Honestly, I’d love to move out of Florida. It’s awful.”
Phoenix,
I meant to post it after seeing it live. I told Gator, it was their best work since the boomer vaccine. Sad, SNL is good for about one really good sketch a year.
Maybe they could investigate first and then take action? Very radical idea
No One says:
February 18, 2022 at 10:44 am
And now NJ police will be spending a lot of money being trained in how to always tackle the white person first.
Don’t worry, they were just the canary in the coal mine. And you are celebrating it. Pain is here.
leftwing says:
February 18, 2022 at 11:29 am
I [heart] CW…..
Took a little bit of management with the put writes underlying my ROKU shorts but….LOL……smh
Who said it, BRT?
It just shouldn’t be this easy…..
Joyce,
In a perfect world. Or even a half decent one.
But not this one.
left, it shouldn’t be. But it was so easy on the way up, it’s the same on the way down I guess.
“Who said it, BRT? It just shouldn’t be this easy…..”
You ain’t kidding. The downtrend (in the Nasdaq) is incredibly organized. I am hardly a TA guy and rarely use it. But it’s absolutely mind-boggling how correct it’s been in this downturn. Watch out for 13.3K. If she breaks that level (trying for a second time), it’s straight down to 11K.
https://tinyurl.com/chifi-funny
Stream of consciousness as I’m busy but want to post an observation…
Grim, and everyone following on him, are correct regarding the issues with the State.
However….it is not like this in other jurisdictions. < READ THIS AGAIN. AND THEN AGAIN.
The fact that you accept everything that you see and know to be wrong and counterproductive – and even worse, destructive to all parties involved including those purportedly being helped – is ON YOU.
Not some amorphous entity called 'government'. YOU.
As everyone knows I'm not from here and over the last two decades – most years spent on this forum – I've been openly perplexed by some mindsets that seem unique to this area.
I will never understand why you just roll over and take it when you see something so wrong. Or flee. Seriously, it seems the entire population of this State has plans, and just can't wait, to leave.
What the fuck is wrong with you people?
I've had my criticisms of this State and its inhabitants and customs. Many. But there is so much good. And this is your HOME. Where you grew up. Where your families grew up. Where many of your children will likely stay.
Why do you yield?
All the issues by each poster….YOU are responsible for letting them happen.
Lib, this weekend I'll give you a thoughtful reply to my Red/Blue post. It will be much more thoughtful, polite, and better written. But the essence of it is above.
How can you allow something so wrong to occur especially to you, your hometowns, and your children when you know what is being implemented just doesn't work but is downright counterproductive and harmful?
IT'S ON YOU. No one else.
Certainly not 'government'.
Smashburger by us closed as well. Shame, it was great value. Not really a fan of Shake Shack at their prices.
As far as fast food workers go, you really gotta give the people who stuck it out the past 2 years a lot of credit. They’ve carried the load while their whole place was short staffed and people phone in orders left and right from their apps. And more recently, they’ve had to deal with the losers who sat around for two years doing nothing. I talk with the manager and owner of the Habit Burger by me regularly. They’ve had dozens of employees come and go. They are all lazy, haven’t worked in forever, are just there to pretend to work temporarily. They last about 3 weeks. Be sure to tip well.
“You ain’t kidding. The downtrend (in the Nasdaq) is incredibly organized.”
Trends, yes, but she just flat out selected shitty companies at ridiculous valuations…for these companies at least a severe decline was inevitable….Think I posted the thoughts here but after even a cursory look at ROKU I don’t know why it exists…..HOOD was a dumpster fire from the beginning, management so incompetent as to be criminal and a product that had no moat and its own customers hated once they gained any experience….TDOC I have disliked for a while, will pull that apart over the weekend and see what can be done there…..
The short answer is there’s too many people that like it the way it is here. The opinions of a lot of regulars here are not common throughout the state. People are either in government/construction or their family member is, or they rationalize it another way like not having to bring their garbage cans to the curb.
leftwing says:
February 18, 2022 at 11:47 am
U.S. Officials Warn of Imminent Russian Invasion of Ukraine With Tanks, Fighter Jets, Cyber
Prospects for averting war appear dim, officials say, even as Biden administration works to arrange new talks with Russia
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ukraine-troops-told-to-exercise-restraint-to-avoid-provoking-russian-invasion-11645185631
“ Judge Chu said, “I recognize there will be those who disagree with the sentence. That I granted a significant downward departure does not in any way diminish Daunte Wright’s life. His life mattered. To those who disagree and feel a longer prison sentence is appropriate, as difficult as it may be, please try to empathize with Ms. Potter’s situation,” Chu said, eventually wiping away tears. “
https://m.startribune.com/former-brooklyn-center-officer-kimberly-potter-sentencing-daunte-wright-manslaughter/600148235/
Yes, it absolutely does diminish his life. And I’ll save my empathy for the dead guy and his family.
“ Defense attorney Paul Engh laid out his rationale for Potter to not go to prison but be put on probation… He said his research found that 60% of women facing a presumptive sentence of prison in Minnesota instead are put on probation….”What happened to you could have happened to any of us,” Engh read from one card from a law enforcement officer. “As a law enforcement community across the country, we are reeling.” “
Cops and criminals continue to show they are one in the same. They both think they should never be punished.
“This is the most significant military mobilization in Europe since the World War II,” said Mr. Carpenter, who noted that the U.S. estimate includes Russian troops, Russian internal security units and Russian-led forces in Donbas.
Joyce, I agree. I’m playing poker tonight with 5 other guys. Would be seven of us in total, but we lost one to Covid (the Wall guy with cancer). All 6 of us went to school together. It’s a pretty diverse group too with all different kinds of upbringings and careers. H is Irish and writes for Sherwin Williams. C is Filipino and works with me. F is Irish and does IT for corporate. T is Italian and is a flavor and fragrance writer. M is practicing Jew who is a nurse manager where Phoenix works. I’m more Zen than anything these days. Well, the moment I talk about how bad of a governor Murphy has been, they all think I’m smoking crack. They actually see me as a Republican. They have bought the Democratic Dogma, hook, line and sinker. The part that kills me more than anything is that they used to appreciate satire. Those days are long over. When I mentioned that I loved the halftime show, but felt it was only really done to atone for the Kaepernick mistake, they all thought I was crazy. Then I mentioned the non-renewal of Al Michaels contract with his replacement being the ever so boring Mike Tirico. Again, just hapinstance. I tried to explain that I get it and am not really against these clear cases of pandering or affirmative action, or just supporting the BLM movement. But I’m willing to call it like it is. And whenever you clearly make a salient point, they simply point to a Trump faux paus.
And these guys are not the apathetic types. But man have they drunk the Kool-Aid. None have partners in construction or government, though the Italian’s brother is definitely mob connected, which might as well be the same thing. I shared a story about him in the past and what happened when he tried to strong arm the recycled paper guys (Reliable) from our print plant.
I suppose, the point I am trying to make here is that people are simply ignorant. Just like the conspiracists on the right, like the Republican hate-monger I discovered from Montclair this morning. They are all the same. Suckers for whatever any motivational speaker says.
I’m thinking about joining the Birds Aren’t Real movement. I think it’s the only hope for America.
https://birdsarentreal.com/
Left: When I moved to NJ 30 years ago, I thought it was a great little state, with so much going for it. It has declined in many ways over the years, I don t know specifically why, but I do know the corruption in the state is a big part of it, and there are special interest groups that will always be taken off. And to Joyce’s point many like it this way; they benefit from it. Then when they retire many move out of state, as it’s too expensive! While they lived it here it was rah rah Jersey, and if you disagreed with them they did had issues with that. Then, when the time is right for them they leave!!
NJ and Conn. back then were the Texas, Arizona, Carolina’s, and Florida of today. A bunch of people chasing cheaper locations turning these new places into the exact places they were running from. It’s sad, but nothing you can do. Everyone wants to take more than they put in, and they slowly destroy whatever they touch.
3b says:
February 18, 2022 at 12:51 pm
Left: When I moved to NJ 30 years ago, I thought it was a great little state, with so much going for it. It has declined in many ways over the years, I don t know specifically why, but I do know the corruption in the state is a big part of it, and there are special interest groups that will always be taken off. And to Joyce’s point many like it this way; they benefit from it. Then when they retire many move out of state, as it’s too expensive! While they lived it here it was rah rah Jersey, and if you disagreed with them they did had issues with that. Then, when the time is right for them they leave!!
You want an innovative, future of work proposal? Change zoning to allow for more/faster development of mixed-use co-working spaces across NJ downtowns. Recognize the shift in work types, and the shift in worker needs. It’s not about working in an office, its about building collaborative hubs, especially when those collaborative hubs can co-exist with incubators. This kind of development should absolutely be fast tracked, including zoning approvals, and should be the kind of thing that we’re willing to provide tax credits for. SBA and EDA should be regular attendees at these facilities across the state, running workshops, working with new small businesses.
Come into a downtown, take 2-3 retail storefront buildings, replace them with updated retail, mixed-use/commercial spaces, and maybe some new apartments up top.
THIS is what the future looks like. Not an office campus in Morristown.
Thinking we’re going to attract Amazon, Facebook, or Microsoft at this point is an absurd premise. And stop blowing the entire budget by handing out huge tax breaks to questionable entities. NJ should be going out of it’s way to help the single mother looking to start a cupcake business. At least this is something they can be proud of, instead they dream of sucking bezos dick.
Grim,
Agreed. It’s all about collaborative hubs. NJ could absolutely kill it on this with its densely populated small towns. Would be like taking candy from a baby. Not many other locations in this country could compete with what nj can offer to this platform.
Left at 11:47 . . .
First, and most importantly, I strongly agree that the government apathy and maliciousness is not common in other parts of the country that I’ve had contact with. Small sample size, but I agree.
For me, the government problem is just a cost of doing business. I approach the government worker in NJ as a judge, not as someone there to help me. I try to persuade that government worker to be helpful to me. For some things you can compel their action, but for a lot of things you are realistically at their mercy. I do this, because in the short term I cannot go to a competing city hall for what I need and because I’ve seen how much trouble a govt worker committed to being malicious can cause. It’s cost-benefit maximization.
Further rationalizing – realistically, the government workers might have someone they are accountable to (a political powerbroker, just some regular state worker manager, or maybe some kind of actually functioning review board if a complaint is lodged?), but the accountability is generally not to the taxpayer trying to access the government service. I suppose it’s a situation where the compensation (output) versus work (input) is so out of whack that so, so many positions are filled by cronyism.
Now, in my personal political thoughts, these people are generally garbage. Mostly very bad people.
Pumps: May be some truth to your points it’s more than that in my opinion. When I moved from NYC it was not the housing costs that were cheaper in north Jersey, it was the property taxes , the cost of gas and electric, transportation. They were all significantly cheaper than had he moved to an NY suburb in NY. Not the case anymore.
The more densely populated an area, the more they become assholes. You are making this more complicated than it is.
crushednjmillenial says:
February 18, 2022 at 1:36 pm
Left at 11:47 . . .
First, and most importantly, I strongly agree that the government apathy and maliciousness is not common in other parts of the country that I’ve had contact with. Small sample size, but I agree.
3b,
They destroyed Cali too. Was a cheap great place to live in the 70s and 80s. They absolutely destroyed it with huge amounts of people moving there. Sad, it really is. The more people that come to an area, the more it becomes expensive and filled with selfish entitled individuals.
grim,
https://morristowngreen.com/2021/07/27/pilot-gets-off-the-ground-at-morristown-council-meeting/
Morristown is going full Jersey City. PILOTs for everyone.
I’d like to borrow the logic they use to say PILOTs hurt no one when I want to renovate my house. They shouldn’t be allowed to do a reassessment.
Wasn’t almost everywhere cheap in the 70s-80s -?
It was the interest rates that were pricey.
How you use the tax money generated by the PILOTs is the big question. There’s a huge advantage in PILOTs over property taxes because it is all earmarked to the municipality and not the schools. Montclair went PILOT crazy to pay down some of its enormous municipal debt. But it was to the detriment of the schools which have taken on more kids with less funding. The high school is literally falling apart. Stairways are collapsing. The HVAC is a mess. The roof leaks, etc. So though our tax increases slowed dramatically due to the lessening of debt service. The schools took a hit. Making matters worse, Montclair has begun creating programs with these PILOT revenues to help the lower income residents. Any structural repairs made to your home, up to 24K, will be covered by the town if your income is under 50Kish. So a new roof, new pipes, new furnace, etc.
leftwing: file this one under it is better to be lucky than good….. it is less about having this position in portfolios that generated value, and more about creating the perception that I am a genius and the incremental investment capital that followed….
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895421/000095010312004922/dp33003_fwp-ps344.htm
https://bell.works/new-jersey/explore/
grim says:
February 18, 2022 at 1:21 pm
You want an innovative, future of work proposal? Change zoning to allow for more/faster development of mixed-use co-working spaces across NJ downtowns. Recognize the shift in work types, and the shift in worker needs. It’s not about working in an office, its about building collaborative hubs, especially when those collaborative hubs can co-exist with incubators. This kind of development should absolutely be fast tracked, including zoning approvals, and should be the kind of thing that we’re willing to provide tax credits for. SBA and EDA should be regular attendees at these facilities across the state, running workshops, working with new small businesses.
Come into a downtown, take 2-3 retail storefront buildings, replace them with updated retail, mixed-use/commercial spaces, and maybe some new apartments up top.
THIS is what the future looks like. Not an office campus in Morristown.
Thinking we’re going to attract Amazon, Facebook, or Microsoft at this point is an absurd premise. And stop blowing the entire budget by handing out huge tax breaks to questionable entities. NJ should be going out of it’s way to help the single mother looking to start a cupcake business. At least this is something they can be proud of, instead they dream of sucking bezos dick.
LOL, nice chi, or should I say “Professor Chi”!
No problem with luck over skill from these quarters, in any aspect of life…
And given my former profession I’ll claim partial credit for the sun rise, and want to get paid out 2x on it!
Somehow though I think you actually knew what you were doing….
Ex Dramatic increase in costs, dramatic decline in services and quality of life.
Let me know when MS issues another one with those terms.
Libturd says:
February 18, 2022 at 10:34 am
“I can show you Jews who supported Hitler.”
I can show you a small NJ landlord who’s crushed and ignored by his Dem overlords in Montclair and yet continues to support Dems. Some things just don’t make any sense.
Trucker demands, in their own words:
(1) end all covid mandates
(2) end the covid-tracking app (which tracks your movement after you cross the border)
The spokesman says these two things were their concrete demands from day 1. Demands have not changed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8tzXazvyHQ
Dems have been better at a lot of things than Republicans. You act like one or the other has a lock on clear thinking and progress. where it counts — things like fiscal growth, budget balancing and a general “take” on reality the Dems come out ahead. Sure they tolerate crazies in the party. Both parties do. Pick your poison.
You forgot to include Dem stooge in your comment.
SmallGovConservative says:
February 18, 2022 at 7:43 pm
Libturd says:
February 18, 2022 at 10:34 am
“I can show you Jews who supported Hitler.”
I can show you a small NJ landlord who’s crushed and ignored by his Dem overlords in Montclair and yet continues to support Dems. Some things just don’t make any sense.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/18/donald-trump-classified-material-national-archives
Ex- Hillary actually had top secret stuff in her bathroom closet. Classified can mean allot of things but when you are president nothing is classified, so put your pants back on already.
This makes me sad.
Body of TV actress Lindsey Pearlman, 43, is found in LA five days after she was went missing
In a now-removed tweet, Trump then told his supporters to “remember this day forever” and said of the violent break-in to the Capitol building, “These are the things and events that happen when a sacred landslide election victory is so unceremoniously & viciously stripped away.”
I said this would happen. It’s inevitable. But keep thinking it’s a blue state issue, and not an economic one.
“If you’re in Dallas suburbs, add $1500 a month in property taxes onto that 730k mortgage and you’ll get what it actually costs per month. Plus HOA. Plus insurance.”
“That’s such a good example. Texas property tax, around 3% annual. DFW home insurance is no joke, hail is crazy there, expect double digit inflation on that for years.
No state income tax tho, so this has to be considered when comparing to other states”
The only way a location remains cheap is due to lack of demand. The more people that move to a location, the more they drive up every single cost from housing to taxes.
Juice : If a Dem does something bad it’s no big deal, if a Repub dies the exact same thing it’s bad. That’s the rationale.
3b
Hillary is as fake as Kamala.
Best woman I have seen in politics lately, from a rational standpoint, was Tulsi Gabbard.
No one else seemed to like her. I thought she had most of the correct boxes checked.
Would she have been worse than Biden or Trump? IDK, I find that hard to believe.
But then again, I’m not much of a mainstream person if you hadn’t noticed.
Blumpy re FL,
I write this from Dunedin taking a few days to visit my father. I have not been here in almost 4 years. It is beyond shocking to see the build and sprawl in a short time. Driving around, my father pointed out at least 4 massive new intersections in a 5 mile radius. New Buildings/apts – too many to count. It is surreal, very LA-espue. We could not get anywhere without a zillion people ahead of you. Try to get a early meal at 4:30 and 20m wait on Weds. Try to get to over Causeway at 10am. Jammed and lots full on Thurs. Busch Gardens? We arrived 15m after park opened with for preferred parking paid in advance. 15m to get to parking toll booth and preferred already full. Get into park and by 11am and 65m wait for rollercoaster, topping at 2 hours by 1pm. 6 major rides closed and park power outage for 1 hour. Many more people? No doubt but more than anything it is lack of people. Why wait at parking booth? Well, one guy manning both sides when should be two people. Same at beach park. One booth opened when normally two. I don’t buy lack of labor purely. Basically business or govt would rather inconvenience you (perhaps even ruin your experience) then take on high labor costs.
Phoenix,
Love your posts. That James Baldwin quote is spot on. Why are people unhappy? My personal feeling is younger and poorer people are seeing the extreme inequalities in money printing has produced. Serving old f@t ass NJ retirees who did not work very hard sort of does that in FL. My Dad worked 50 years running marine pump and parts manufacturing. Travelled, gave us no time in our childhood and was workaholic. Alot of who here but end of day, he has nice home in water with a small boat. Why is neighbor a NJ fireman and teacher 20 years young than him? That p&ses him off..same goes for all people who inherited wealth and buy everything up or people who had houses inflate to millions and retired based on no work done in entire lives. Country has to come to grips with asset inflation causing f@t selfish f*cks to get everything. Why do we put up with this stuff in NJ? It is akin to 30 year bball player who signs with Turkish team or the woman’s right girl who fights beauty trends and patriarchy in 20s. At some point, you wake up and realize that you can fight and try but time is the killer. You have one life in earth and fear will drive you older get so baller gives up NBA stardom and girl puts on makeup and tries to find a man so she can have family. You succumb to time and fear..and a system of money control that prints away all problems so that no one pays for decisions.
Bystander,
I get your dad. And I see life through cold hard facts. But unlike the PoPo, who sees and looks at every person like they are a criminal and are on a power trip, I just get mostly ordinary people and hear their stories. 30 year old women who just gave birth and have terminal cancer. Or a guy who when I inspected the soles of his feet found something that looked pathologic but turned out to be dirt because he was homeless. Really nice guy.
And I look at my own bank account. What I have spent in attorney’s fees is triple what I would have paid in child support if I had paid it in a lump sum.
Why you ask? Because I happen to have been born with a twig and berries.
To the PoPo, I had to be the bad one. The woman is always the victim, right??
Innocent until proven guilty-how much does that cost? Don’t come up with the cash, lose your kid and the one thing you have going for you will be poisoned forever by the woman who is the most protected thing on the planet no matter what she does ( why she slap)
Then you have the fu c ks that hate the homeless, or the indigent. I see the writing on the wall, that can, and may, easily be me. I’m no celebrity, no one ever sees the work and dedication that I have had over my career. I’m no hero, I’m paid to do a job, and I try to do it perfect 100 percent of the time, all hours, weekends, holidays, breathing in Covid, being radiated, and dealing with a hole s and having to tolerate many things.
I made the mistake of having a child too late in life. That’s on me. I just have one goal at this point and that is to get this kid as far into orbit before my booster runs out and I spash into the sea with all of my fuel spent.
Cause there is one thing I know about America. There ain’t no safety net, I worked my hardest to make my own, and this Government and my ex took it from me with an allegation.
Eff you.
And the Bridgewater Commons thing.
That’s as real as it gets. You watched the trial right before your eyes on the camera.
Cause that’s where it starts. With the paperwork that they will file. It will be like gospel in a court of law. I have dozens of police reports with omissions, and some with statements that I supposedly made (dopey stuff, didn’t matter, but NEVER happened) written as if it was actual fact. Too bad NJ, one of the most wealthy states in the nation, took their sweet old time providing body cameras. They have unlimited funds here, they could have been the first in the nation to implement it, they don’t want and don’t like it here.
For me, it would have been the evidence I could have gained about my ex that I needed, not about the PoPo. Like everything else, they think it is all about them, but if there is one thing I know that footage of her would have immensely helped me in court.
So court doesn’t begin in the courtroom, it begins on the street, in your house, at the scene.
Once again, a high five to all of the engineers who help us get to the truth in life. And who have allowed me the ability to type this and hit send.
And of course all of you. A great group. And Grim. Probably the best Moderator in the world. Or at least NJ.
Lawd Lawd Lawd, it’s lovely day here. I am hoping all of you are well.
I find the witty repartee here to be thrilling and Phoenix I wish you well. I feel like you might be the dude at the end of every bar in this great land. The one who comes early and stays late. You’ll find me holed’ up in a garage cause in California, that’s what us fellas do. We haven’t got a basement you see. No place to keep the bodies.
Oh maaaaawwwwww gawwwwwd ohhhh maaaaaahhhhhh gawwwwwd.
It’s a troll! It’s ExEssex comes to rain hell fire down upon you sinners.
You kicker of elves.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, You’re gettin’ played M-therFuckers.
You are getting so f*cked and for what?? For what people in flyover country get for 800 a year. Come on…..
The only true Freedom is a Harley Davidson and a couple of Acre’s off grid in Kentucky or southern Indiana. Commmmme on!!!!!!!
Ex
Except I don’t drink. You won’t find me in a bar. Well, only when I meet with some of my colleagues, (lib knows what I mean) and I say goodbye to them as they leave NJ to find greener pastures.
And I would suggest you never try to drag me to Tacoma. You might try that with some other homeless guy. I’m not sure exactly how that would turn out should someone attempt this with me. I don’t like the cold. Or wet. And I most certainly don’t deserve it.
A Harley Davidson is as reliable and faithful as my ex wife was.
Hahaha.
Keep the rubber side down. That includes the rubber at the bottom of your Nike sneakers.
BTW,
I can’t drink too much, I have to save my liver so it can handle all of the Tylenol and Advil I need to help me make it through the day. On the bright side, I still don’t have a single total joint replacement, or a spine implant yet. Yipppiiiieeeeeee!
No use being drunk and in pain. It’s not logical.
Ex,
You can send this guy to Tacoma. It appears he is already homeless. But make sure you empty his trunk first.
And in LW’s split the nation in two plan, does anyone want this guy on their team?
https://bit.ly/3JBrgPy
SX, it’s not even noon here yet…a little early especially your way to be tapping the stash already, no? LOL.
Enjoy brother.
Some real estate humor.
https://youtu.be/yEfsaXDX0UQ?t=81
“And in LW’s split the nation in two plan, does anyone want this guy on their team?”
In my version of Red he may actually do harder time than in Blue…..
Kamala Harris meets with Ukrainian president Zelensky and threatens Putin with ‘significant and unprecedented’ sanctions if Russia invades
Personally, If I were Putin, I would laugh in her face.
Wouldn’t it be easier to post some example properties than making up a fake quote? Or are you back to posting random comments from other websites
The Great Pumpkin says:
February 19, 2022 at 8:30 am
I said this would happen. It’s inevitable. But keep thinking it’s a blue state issue, and not an economic one.
Calm Down there: https://youtu.be/Xe2u7ogAgtQ
So looking to save some time and brain cells sorting through too many google results…among the audiophiles, IT guys, and just all around cheap motherfuckers on here can anyone make a recommendation….
I’d like to start a video library…basically exactly like a youtube library or DVR library, but one that I control…genesis is some videos I’ve watched online have been taken down so I really don’t want to trust any app/cloud to be the reservoir…goal is on my own local drive to pull the video/sound in the same high fidelity (no screengrabbing) into a common, open format that can be accessed by any number of apps…the video equivalent to jpg I guess is what I’m looking for, if that makes any sense…ideally I could pull from any source as it is being streamed/broadcast/viewed…including online apps (youtube) and cable (fios)….
Thoughts, experiences?
Cops putting guns in protestors faces over in Canada.
Reporters, usually the calmest of all, becoming unhinged in Ukraine.
Russia test firing ballistic missiles.
2022 is off to a bang.
https://bit.ly/34QNJJL
Now how did I miss this story.
https://lat.ms/3GX5rZb
Too Bad SlingBox went under, simply no demand to build collection and stream it with all the other options. I personally don’t rip stuff much anymore, anything can be found on the web or the dark web… VLC and/or Plex are it these days….
To rip Youtube and other video content you would need a the free VLC Player, it has the most options, is opensource and gets updated regularly.
On a PC or Mac download VLC media player, to rip and store video etc use any storage you want. Cheapest cloud storage would be $7 per month for 5TB of storage on ID Drive. You can get your own local storage too and use a backup drive. Dropbox, Microsoft OneDrive, Google Drive and Amazon S3 can be mounted as a drive share too and you can add your own encryption if you really think big brother would come after you……
To think of all of those hard drives I had 20 years ago with music. I was up in my attic recently to change an air filter. I have a stockpile of music CDs purchased over the years…..The cover art is to me is now more impressive than some of that old music. I was a DJ once too, all those old albums are gone now lost to time, and were once my most prized possession.
Be happy with your genetics.
“Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without”
https://bit.ly/3BCLFkr
Phoenix
Have you tried Bromelain for joint pain? It’s supposed to help with joint pain, inflammation and arthritis. Also helps with sinusitis. It’s made from pineapple stems.
I’ve been taking 3,000 GDU 2-3 times a day for the last month. It’s helping my sinusitis and my golfers elbow is now only occasionally slightly annoying. Going to see an orthopedist in a few weeks. I suspect bromelain and either physical therapy or diy exercises the Dr will show me will clear it up pretty quickly.
I’m no conspiracy theorist but jfc…
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10530819/Virginia-Roberts-says-suicide-Jeffrey-Epsteins-pimp-Jean-Luc-Brunel-ends-chapter.html?adobe_mc=TS%3D1645303037%7CMCAID%3D30DE55D7341D9970-400019AE04079407
LW,
That ain’t no accident.
“Brunel is thought to have been alone in the cell and there were no cameras to record his final hour”
It’s funny, these jail cells in critical places with high level criminals don’t ever seem to be able to afford cameras.
Is that a conspiracy?
HMB,
I’ve heard good things about it. Never tried it myself.
I have had problems where I have needed PT.
Someone good there can work wonders.
Getting old with money is the only way to do it.
A great quote from Bill Burr:
“There is no physical ramification for being an as sh ole when you’re a woman. You know how much of a di ck I would be, if it was socially unacceptable to kick the sh it out of me?”
Great line at the time stamp of this vid.
https://youtu.be/h97fXhDN5qE?t=462
Phoenix Tulsi was spit on with a lot of her points. As for Kamala I doubt up until recently, as in the last few days she knew anything about Ukraine, or could pick it out on a map. But, she did get a chance to finally go to Europe as she has not been there .
“Kamala Harris in Munich: Borders shouldn’t be ‘changed by force’
Like my sister Hillary, I prefer regime change……
Phoenix, I’ve been to trinity rehab twice the past 5 years. That and yoga, I feel better than I did in my 20s. Yoga will solve most joint issues. Im only 41 but I’ve been through knee hip and foot issues. I’ve suffered through on and off chronic pain for the past 20 years. Those two things worked for me. I haven’t taken an aspirin or Advil in years.
BRT
Glad to hear that what you are doing works for you.
It starts with a phone call of a damsel in distress:
https://youtu.be/8xsGMRwQbJw?t=25
Bridgewater NJ Facebook page lit up like a Christmas tree.
Mayor under fire.
Bound to happen. Won’t be the last town that’s for sure.
Cameras once again showing what really happens.