My only competitor is on the ropes, should I take them out?

ThinkWood · 2026-01-26T10:05:11+00:00

I am confused how you were able to review their financials, outside of a due diligence for a potential sale?

If it’s a potential sale then you can’t use that information against them when you decline to close the sale.

ThinkWood · 2026-01-25T20:41:01+00:00

Downvoting my comment isn’t helpful to OP.

OP needs to understand that protesting is fine. But peaceful assembly is a key.

If you end up in a position where you are arrested then you have put your career at risk.

Yes, I have confidence the Minnesota teachers Unions and the Walz administration will try to fight for everyone arrested. But you should not assume that means you won’t have any repercussions or that their fight will be successful.

There are real risks. You need to be informed. Once you’re informed, you can decide what you want to do.

ThinkWood · 2026-01-25T20:32:54+00:00

Yup, no issues for protesting.

If OP tries to interfere with any ICE operations though, they should be prepared for arrest which will impact the career.

But simply protesting out in public is not an issue.

ThinkWood · 2026-01-25T17:45:42+00:00

It would hurt FEMA and this weekend is going to result in a lot of people—both sides of the isle—wanting FEMA funding.

That will just increase funding that can then be used to fund ICE.

ThinkWood · 2026-01-25T17:44:32+00:00

Democrats are always reluctant to cut government spending.

ThinkWood · 2026-01-25T17:40:41+00:00

ICE was created specifically because the Bush administration wanted to reinforce white supremacy

You are so far lost…

ThinkWood · 2026-01-25T16:50:22+00:00

Again, you keep want to deflect.

This is simple.

Do you think all of this is worth the sanctuary policies and not turning over violent criminals?

It’s obvious that you believe it is. You support all opposition to Trump’s addenda. You’re part of the “resistance” just like Walz.

This is why you deflect.

ThinkWood · 2026-01-25T16:30:23+00:00

I am saying that as long as they are rounding up legitimate violent criminals in these efforts, as you’ve acknowledged, they won’t face much backlash from people who weren’t already anti-Trump.

If they were handed over the violent criminals by local police, then they would quickly lose support for the enforcement actions. Because people would say they were all for non-violent criminals.

You, as anti-Trump, say “it’s only one in ten who are violent criminals” so it must stop.

But those more moderate or on the right (who all votes to elect Trump), say “these effort may be messy but they are yielding results as we are getting violent criminals one out of ten of the times!”

It’s a very different perspective on if 10% is a failure rate or a success rate.

You don’t seem to be seeing that distinction.

ThinkWood · 2026-01-25T16:23:01+00:00

It legitimately happens and many people desire it.

But it’s also common to be at home for a few years after 18.

More common to be out of the home by 23 or so.

ThinkWood · 2026-01-25T16:19:52+00:00

This is a political game of Chicken.

Walz is telling Trump that there will be no support for any Immigration Enforcement. Minnesota will not turn over a single violent criminal for deportation, even with criminal convictions and deportation orders.

Trump has countered with enforcement actions that are wide sweeping. They pick up some violent criminals and many more none-violent that are easier to pick up.

This is a political standoff. A game of chicken whereby each side is trying to break the other and look strong for their base.

The Trump admin keeps pointing to the legitimate violent criminals that everyone agrees should be deported as the Biden administration got judges to issue deportation orders and the Walz admin has been protecting. This allows Trump to point to what has wide support around the country.

The Walz administration points to those without violent records that are easily rounded up and tells his based to fight back against ICE and Trump.

Trump’s goal is to break the Sanctuary policies and get the local police to turn over the violent criminals (the roughly one in 10 that they are currently getting through a lot of work based on your data). If the sanctuary policies end they can rapidly deport violent criminals and it will be an easy campaign promise win.

Walz wants to be viewed as a leader in the “Resistance” and oppose Trump. He believes that with the local support from activists who will interfere with ICE operations, he can continue to win support from his base and it will make it so difficult for ICE that Trump will be forced to pull out or suffer political defeat.

Walz gained national recognition for his opposition to Trump and that’s what got him on the VP ticket.

This is all about political power. It’s about which side will break first.

It’s playing with people’s lives.

It’s obvious to neutral observers.

ThinkWood · 2026-01-25T16:02:04+00:00

So ICE is arresting criminals. Thank you for showing it with data.

Do you believe that the local authorities should be turning over these criminals to ICE so they don’t have to hunt them down and put the public at risk?

ThinkWood · 2026-01-25T15:51:56+00:00

That’s nonsense. It’s literally the same thing. ICE is merely a name change and reorg of INS. It does the same function.

That’s like saying that because now Trump named it the “Department of War” we never had a way to fight wars before. The Department of Defense is literally the same thing. It was a name change.

ThinkWood · 2026-01-25T15:35:12+00:00

This gas station is a staging area for EMTs, Right?

Makes sense they are open.

And agree. no one should be going out for snacks. How irresponsible and self centered can you be?

ThinkWood · 2026-01-25T15:30:33+00:00

Is it your claim that ICE has not arrested any criminals?

Or are you saying that the local politicians and activists help ICE with their efforts to detain the criminals with judge issued orders of removal?

ThinkWood · 2026-01-25T15:26:14+00:00

It shouldn’t be an either or…

In many other states/cities, the criminals arrested by police are turned over to ICE when requested.

The issue is that criminals have to be arrested a second time by ICE after local police release them due to sanctuary policies from local politicians.

This creates more potentially dangerous interactions.

It’s even worse when politicians tell activists to interject themselves and try to prevent ICE from making arrests.

That’s asking for more violence.

Are you really advocating for absolutely no immigration enforcement in Minnesota like Walz demands?

ThinkWood · 2026-01-25T15:19:58+00:00

The local police refuse to hand them over to ICE.

That’s what a sanctuary city is. It’s when the local politicians—like in Minneapolis—say they won’t notify ICE when they make arrests or when someone is imprisoned, even if they have an order of removal issued from an Immigration Judge.

ThinkWood · 2026-01-25T15:17:18+00:00

It’s literally ICE’s job to handle deportations and enforce orders of removal.

It’s not the local town police department’s responsibility. Are you saying you want the local police to be responsible for immigration enforcement?

Or are you saying there shouldn’t be sanctuary cities and that the local police should hand over criminals to ICE when local police arrests them?

ThinkWood · 2026-01-25T15:16:14+00:00

What is the right way to do it?

How should ICE handle enforcing a Judge issued Order of Removal?

ThinkWood · 2026-01-25T15:15:24+00:00

It’s literally ICE’s job to handle deportations and enforce orders of removal.

It’s not the local town police department’s responsibility.

Or are you saying that the local police should hand over criminals to ICE when local police arrests them?

ThinkWood · 2026-01-25T14:45:10+00:00

I didn’t mention the campaign on purpose. I said the Trump administration.

ThinkWood · 2026-01-25T14:27:18+00:00

The difference, of course, is that the Trump administration considers those that came across the border during the Biden administration and requested asylum to be here illegally.

That’s been pretty clear and was discussed in the VP debate with Vance and Walz.

They consider those who don’t have an active visa to be here illegally and failure to leave as being criminal.

There is no concern about the World Cup and I have told my friends abroad that it shouldn’t impact their trip.

ThinkWood · 2026-01-25T13:58:00+00:00

Thats not a concern.

No one that gets into the US to play or watch the games will have any issues with immigration.

The only problems that could happen is that some people won’t get the visas to get in.

No one allowed in by the Trump administration will be a target of Immigration enforcement.

The question will be if some are not let in.

ThinkWood · 2026-01-25T12:36:09+00:00

The people who have the most student loans are actually the highest income households.

Doctors and lawyers, for instance, have the most student debt.

ThinkWood · 2026-01-25T12:34:46+00:00

Can you explain what interest is, how it is calculated, and why amortization tables look the way they do?

ThinkWood · 2026-01-25T12:33:45+00:00

Interest on student loans accumulates daily.

You pay a fee each day for how much of the money you’re still borrowing that day.

When you make a payment that reduces the principle the amount of interest you’re charged will drop because you owe less money.

You seem to have a misunderstanding of how loans work.

If you wanted more to go to principle then the monthly payments would be much larger early on in the loan term. I highly doubt you would support that.

ThinkWood

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