Refried Boogaloo: Trump Just... Sucks

Discussion in 'Politics & Current Events' started by Val, Aug 6, 2025.

  1. roby

    roby Member+

    SIRLOIN SALOON FC, PITTSFIELD MA
    Feb 27, 2005
    So Cal
    Bogart for the win! Cruise would be up there for "A Few Good Men" but Nicholson was in it too. ;)
     
  2. chaski

    chaski Moderator
    Staff Member

    Mar 20, 2000
    redacted
    Club:
    Lisburn Distillery FC
    Nat'l Team:
    New Caledonia
    I thought it was going to be RFK Jr. Stadium.
     
  3. roadkit

    roadkit Greetings from the Fringe of Obscurity

    Club: San Diego FC
    Jul 2, 2003
    Fornax Cluster
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Who owns the rights to name it then? The DC Government? Seems odd the ownership group would own the stadium -- even with government assistance -- and not be able to select the sponsor who will give them the best return on the investment.
     
  4. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
    Raleigh NC
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Trump is proposing that the standard mortgage be 50 years instead of 30. That’s his idea for making housing more affordable.

    Given the average age of first home ownership, locking people into 50 years of payments seems problematic, in terms of building wealth for Americans.
     
  5. Pittsburgh Ref

    Pittsburgh Ref Member+

    Oct 7, 2014
    da 'Burgh
    But think of the poor bankers
     
  6. Q*bert Jones III

    Q*bert Jones III The People's Poet

    Feb 12, 2005
    Woodstock, NY
    Club:
    DC United
    The poor bankers would be getting compounded interest for 50 years instead of 30.
     
  7. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
    Think this is fair tradeoff for ATCs

    Screenshot_20251109_102800_Bluesky.jpg
     
  8. Dr. Wankler

    Dr. Wankler Member+

    May 2, 2001
    The Electric City
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Given what a rip off amortization is, that would exponentially increase the amount of money, in the form of interest, that banks would make.

    So it’s clear why he thinks this would be a good idea.
     
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  9. rslfanboy

    rslfanboy Member+

    Jul 24, 2007
    Section 26
    On a 30yr loan, you are paying about 90% interest for the first 5years and building almost no equity.

    We were putting extra $1k into our principal, until I realized we’d pay off the loan way faster and much less in interest if we just refinanced to 15yr. You start at about 60% interest / 40% principal.
     
  10. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
    Raleigh NC
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Wait, I thought Trump is a populist?
     
  11. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
  12. Smurfquake

    Smurfquake Moderator

    Aug 8, 2000
    San Carlos, CA
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Today in downtown Reno, on the riverwalk (a walkway along the Truckee river), there was a busker singing a song to the tune of "I Shot the Sheriff". The updated lyrics: "I Threw the Sandwich". We gave him five bucks.
     
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  13. spejic

    spejic Cautionary example

    Mar 1, 1999
    San Rafael, CA
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    San Jose Earthquakes
  14. rslfanboy

    rslfanboy Member+

    Jul 24, 2007
    Section 26
    Pretty sure they were saying “Boooo-urns!”
     
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  15. roadkit

    roadkit Greetings from the Fringe of Obscurity

    Club: San Diego FC
    Jul 2, 2003
    Fornax Cluster
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Is the 30 mortgage a law? I’ve always thought the term of a mortgage should be flexible. Someone wants 50 years? Go for it. 20 years? Same.
     
  16. roadkit

    roadkit Greetings from the Fringe of Obscurity

    Club: San Diego FC
    Jul 2, 2003
    Fornax Cluster
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I threw the sandwich
    But I did not throw the onion rings
     
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  17. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
    Raleigh NC
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I want to share something.

    I subscribe to The Athletic. People can comment in the articles.

    Whenever there’s a Trump related article (there was one on this event today, there have been several about the World Cup, etc) the comments are against him probably 4-1. Back in March, it was a lot more 50-50. It’s not because if we re-ran him vs. Harris she’d get 65% of the vote, obviously. Instead, his fans are demoralized and his opponents energized.

    Also, if you want to know why the media is the way it is, commenters are starting to accuse TA of foisting Trump articles on us because those articles drive engagement like nothing you’ve seen.
     
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  18. Kryptonite

    Kryptonite Guinness

    Apr 10, 1999
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    New RFK Stadium, aka RFK Stadium Jr.

    It's the Queen Elizabeth II revisited...the second named after the first and not the first named after the second.
     
  19. chaski

    chaski Moderator
    Staff Member

    Mar 20, 2000
    redacted
    Club:
    Lisburn Distillery FC
    Nat'l Team:
    New Caledonia
    I threw a sandwich in Reno
    Just to watch it fly
     
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  20. Auriaprottu

    Auriaprottu Member+

    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
    The back of the bus
    Club:
    Atlanta
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    When a cop looks at the stain on his shirt, I seh
    Lick it before it spoils
     
  21. Dr. Wankler

    Dr. Wankler Member+

    May 2, 2001
    The Electric City
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    I tossed the slaw, and the law won,
    I tossed the slaw and the law won.
     
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  22. usscouse

    usscouse BigSoccer Supporter

    May 3, 2002
    Orygun coast
  23. Belgian guy

    Belgian guy Member+

    Club Brugge
    Belgium
    Aug 19, 2002
    Belgium
    Club:
    Club Brugge KV
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    This is pathetic and sad, the reputational damage this administration is doing to the U.S. won't be completely fixed in even a generation.

    Original NRC reporting (in Dutch).

    https://archive.ph/h7mCT

    Machine translated version (apologies).

     
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  24. Val

    Val Moderator
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    Arsenal
    Mar 12, 2004
    MD's Eastern Shore
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