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Applied Economist, and Iraq vet (ROTM) in Birmingham, AL. Go Blazers!
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Columnist @warondumb.bsky.social asks: Why did Tommy Tuberville vote in Florida if he lived in Alabama? Does it matter to you if a candidate for governor lives in Alabama? Read the column: https://www.al.com/news/2025/05/why-did-tommy-tuberville-vote-in-florida-if-he-lived-in-alabama.html 

submitted 54 days ago • 3 comments

That’s fine, but the American people will just blame Trump and his failed tax policy.

submitted 64 days ago • 0 comments

The See of Canterbury and Rome are open at the same time. Might be time for a reunification candidate.

submitted 64 days ago • 0 comments

The losing candidates in 2012, 2008, 2004, 2000, and 1996 were more popular than the winners in any of the three most recent elections — parties used to try to be liked.

submitted 66 days ago • 27 comments

There's no logical or moral or strategic defense for what we're doing right now. It's an idiotic plan being implemented with a level of incompetence that has no possible explanation.

submitted 77 days ago • 23 comments

In the 2020 recession housing didn’t crash like in 2008, in 2025 long rates might not crash like they did in 2020. Reductions in the Capital Account Surplus, the “need” to build factories, and Federal debt might keeps rates higher than many anticipate.

submitted 78 days ago • 0 comments

From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.

submitted 92 days ago • 1961 comments

Please Sir, may I have my collateral back? I’m sorry, it’s Lent.* *This has never happened to me. This is a rehypothetical joke.

submitted 112 days ago • 2 comments

Andrew Luck gave everything to his shortened career as a quarterback. Now he’s back in the fray as the Cardinal’s first general manager (via @jessedougherty.bsky.social):

submitted 115 days ago • 0 comments

When paying at lunch today, I noticed the suggested tip amounts were 5% and 10%. It was a grab-and-go type place, but I think they had been 15% and 20% recently. Not sure if it’s a backlash to the suggested tip or total ticket cost.

submitted 116 days ago • 0 comments