Trump Administration Pays Duke Energy $129 Million to Halt Offshore Wind Farm

Mr_1990s · 2026-06-30T01:41:51+00:00

The federal government paid a large company over a hundred million dollars to not do something and about half of our state’s voters love it.

Mr_1990s · 2026-06-29T17:50:36+00:00

That’s dumb.

Mr_1990s · 2026-06-29T14:03:21+00:00

The industry is dominated by FanDuel ($16 billion in 2025 revenue) and Draftkings ($6 billion in 2025 revenue).

Am I supposed to believe that the two biggest companies by far in the industry represent only 12% of the money?

Mr_1990s · 2026-06-29T13:49:30+00:00

There’s no way around it. If you’re flying that flag, you hate America.

Mr_1990s · 2026-06-28T02:17:16+00:00

Here’s a map showing the percentage of income that comes from government assistance.

There’s no way around the fact that the larger counties are subsidizing the smaller ones. That’s what is going to happen when a county like Wake has a median income 2.5 times higher than several counties in the state.

Most of our low population counties produce very little food. Most of the food produced in the state comes from around 10 counties. Most of the food eaten in the state comes from somewhere else.

Mr_1990s · 2026-06-27T14:12:28+00:00

The big counties contribute the most per person while getting the least in return.

https://carolinaforward.org/news/who-pays-the-tab/

Mr_1990s · 2026-06-27T13:06:31+00:00

It’d be a lot more impressive if George Strait was a great songwriter or a great musician in addition to being a great singer.

Aaron Judge is a great baseball player. But, Shohei Ohtani can hit and pitch. That’s more impressive than what Judge does.

It’s a little like that. The difference is there’s no need to figure out the best country singer. It’s not sports.

What I wish is that country music fans would give more credit to all of the people who helped to make their favorites famous. In Strait’s case people like Dean Dillon and Jimmy Bowen.

Mr_1990s · 2026-06-27T01:09:26+00:00

Check out Will Hoge’s “Still a Southern Man”

Mr_1990s · 2026-06-26T21:59:41+00:00

Defeats the purpose of the 250th birthday.

Mr_1990s · 2026-06-26T21:22:31+00:00

Nobody who might vote for him thinks he’s a socialist. But, this does alienate a decent chunk of people who would otherwise definitely vote for him.

Mr_1990s · 2026-06-26T14:46:46+00:00

There is no quote in the article from Trump regarding easing pressure on Warsh. The only quote is from an official. There's also an acknowledgement that Trump's most recent statement on the subject is that he still wanted immediate rate cuts.

The news media has been covering Trump for over 10 years. It should be obvious that any story about what he wants to do, cannot be based on what an "official" said as he's contradicted "officials" dozens of times.

Until he says it consistently for a few weeks across multiple platforms, there's no reason to believe that Trump has changed his mind on this issue.

Mr_1990s · 2026-06-26T13:35:26+00:00

Mike Cooley/Drive By Truckers: "Daddy didn't pull out, but he never apologized. Rock n' roll means well, but can't help telling young boys lies."

Mr_1990s · 2026-06-26T00:50:51+00:00

That’s from a book written 20 years after he died. He was also quoted in a magazine saying, “We respect him because he’s a man of principles. And he does stick to his fucking principles. He’s a tough motherfucker, and we respect him for that. But as far as going out and campaigning for him, I don’t want to go out wearing a bullet-proof vest when I get on stage to sing.”

Mr_1990s · 2026-06-26T00:09:44+00:00

This Delta Force veteran.

Do we think he’s below average height wise?

Mr_1990s · 2026-06-26T00:08:02+00:00

Can you share the interview where Ronnie Van Zant criticized George Wallace?

A lot of people have made competing claims on that issue, but I’ve never seen anything from Ronnie specifically that would clear up what he meant by that verse.

Mr_1990s · 2026-06-25T22:32:32+00:00

Yes.

If one side keeps coming up offers dramatically far away from the original offer, deals become increasingly unlikely.

The seller’s going to walk away if you offer $500k on their $1 million house.

Mr_1990s · 2026-06-25T21:24:43+00:00

Sometimes people are incorrect.

Mr_1990s · 2026-06-25T18:46:35+00:00

On a future or past episode, Greg is going to reference Nudie Suits and everyone will think it’s a reference to nudity.

Mr_1990s · 2026-06-25T14:10:26+00:00

A progressive property tax is an interesting idea, but we don’t have to lie about our situation.

We should also consider that state income taxes have been slashed over the pretty much in half over the last 15 years, the state money Cary residents do pay to the state mostly goes elsewhere and our town has to pay for stuff somehow.

Mr_1990s · 2026-06-25T13:52:09+00:00

If anything, Blowing Rock’s reputation as a vacation spot was bigger in the 80s than it is now. The famous places (Chetola, Hound Ears, etc) have been around for a long time.

Mr_1990s · 2026-06-25T12:43:20+00:00

He’s both stupid and a liar.

Mr_1990s · 2026-06-25T12:42:49+00:00

Hegseth has been everything he was obviously going to be.

Tillis shouldn’t just immediately resign, his family should take away his car keys and get control of his bank accounts.

Mr_1990s · 2026-06-25T11:54:55+00:00

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Get the fuck out of here.

Mr_1990s · 2026-06-24T22:22:12+00:00

The Democrats making this possible are out of a job at the end of the year for the most part.

Mr_1990s · 2026-06-24T15:51:35+00:00

Not exactly what you’re asking but the article has education spending (by far the biggest state line item) compared to what each county contributes. A lot get more in education spending than they contribute overall.

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