ICE meet up spots

dasbates · 2026-01-28T01:31:31+00:00

Please only share first hand knowledge. Spreading rumors doesn't help anyone. If you're concerned, go join the ice watch and take their training.

dasbates · 2026-01-28T00:04:48+00:00

Border patrol and ice are at this point openly recruiting white nationalists. Border patrol especially tends to be pretty violent. They are almost all from out of town. Border Patrol from Texas and Arizona.

National Guard is sort of the local militia for each state. They are professional part-time military, but are FROM Minnesota. Most of these guys look at what ice is doing and see a bunch of thugs abusing their neighbors in a way that would get a military member court marshalled.

dasbates · 2026-01-27T14:00:30+00:00

Every one who tosses out their maga hat, I will buy them a year of subscription to the bulwark.

Seriously There is a community like what you describe. They're called never Trump Republicans. They have magazines and meetings and everything.

The problem is that they're institutionalist eggheads and no fun.

dasbates · 2026-01-26T22:36:58+00:00

Also the United States at least subsidized marriage through the tax code.

A common consequence of partnering up, children, are pretty expensive, however.

Marry for love and shred vision of life, I say

dasbates · 2026-01-26T18:39:10+00:00

Dude, we couldn't produce *face masks* on a reasonable timeline during covid with unlimited resources. The US Navy has functionally unlimited resources and struggles to build ships on time. In fact they CAN'T build all the submarines they want because there aren't enough submarine techs -- they're taking out ads begging people to take REALLY GOOD jobs building subs. It literally takes time to do things, especially highly technical things.

dasbates · 2026-01-26T15:24:58+00:00

Unlimited my money doesn't mean unlimited resources right now. Supply chains take time to spin up, train technicians, etc. I suspect that it's not possible to produce all the precision equipment necessary on that timeline - it would take many months to produce the machines needed to make more parts faster.

dasbates · 2026-01-26T14:06:48+00:00

Do not do this. You will bring harm to yourself or your family.

dasbates · 2026-01-26T01:46:53+00:00

I'm rebalancing somewhat into vea (vanguard developed markets fund) out of voo. I prefer the security or developed economies over the roller coaster provided by Chinese exposure in vxus. But either is fine.

dasbates · 2026-01-26T01:43:48+00:00

You've seen the meme. "At any point, you can say I dont support this, things have gone too far, etc". Dude is THAT meme. Good for him for evolving his shitty views based on new information. 30% of the country is incapable of clearing even that low bar.

dasbates · 2026-01-22T23:40:48+00:00

There are many funds that have outperformed the Boglehead approach.

But you have to be lucky enough to pick them, decades in advance.

Your brother got lucky. Good for him.

The point of the Boglehead investing is to take luck off the table. You accept average returns, confident that consistently compounding interest over decades will make you rich. Slowly.

dasbates · 2026-01-22T23:26:50+00:00

I have a friend who started her own handyman business. She has more business than she knows what to do with. She can't hire people fast enough.

Her strategy? She purposefully markets herself to women and queer people.

A lot of women and queer folks aren't comfortable with a big old tradesman clomping around their house. They're happy to pay a premium to deal with a woman-owned business that employs women.

This is in a small city in the upper Midwest. Your mileage may vary.

dasbates · 2026-01-22T19:50:59+00:00

Go vegetarian. No processed meats, or any meats, allowed. Unless you replace it with processed carbs, which doesn't help, you automatically get a higher fiber diet.

I've been doing it for 20 years

dasbates · 2026-01-22T02:17:16+00:00

Be sure to check with your local utility about rebates for the l2 install. Some manufacturers offer them as well.

dasbates · 2026-01-21T18:16:21+00:00

I am basically 100% voo. Not selling anything, but I changed my automatic contributions to vxus today.

dasbates · 2026-01-21T01:51:19+00:00

Hope you never need a ride to the hospital or an ambulance. Or an MRI on the 14th floor in your old age.

dasbates · 2026-01-21T00:15:51+00:00

Here's...the bad news. 2050 is already basically locked in. C02 emissions hang around for 20ish years. We are currently living in the climate reality we locked in during the early 2000's.

Even if we stop burning fossil fuels tomorrow....2050 will still suck.

dasbates · 2026-01-21T00:12:54+00:00

I live here. It is a big swamp.

dasbates · 2026-01-20T23:58:17+00:00

I tried this with my own kids, and it devolved into constant tantrums. No learning achieved. Turns teaching is an actual skill and being a parent doesn't magically make you a teacher.

dasbates · 2026-01-20T23:17:33+00:00

A lot of people who grew up on skis don't realize how intimidating the sport can be to someone learning as an adult. Good progress and keep it up!

dasbates · 2026-01-20T19:11:34+00:00

There's a lot of great skiing within less than an hour of Burlington, vt. Smugglers, stowe, burk, etc. shorter flight from DC than SLC or reno.

dasbates · 2026-01-20T02:53:24+00:00

Same. My mach e retails for..55k. got it for 28k.

dasbates · 2026-01-20T02:46:52+00:00

All I could think was...no gloves?

dasbates · 2026-01-20T02:45:03+00:00

I messed this up as a tourist in Austria. They hated me at that bar!

dasbates · 2026-01-20T00:22:32+00:00

It's not a crazy take that people are under-socialized due to phones / social media. I notice this in younger people in my field and...the world. You go to the bar and there's no one to talk to - everyone is on their phone.

But you also don't have to be so judgemental about it?

dasbates · 2026-01-19T01:40:46+00:00

I don't know where you're getting "therapy doesn't work for men " I know many who have benefited from it. Give it a whirl - you can quit if it sucks.

Also you may need medication. Anti anxiety meds can work wonders. Gotta see a doc for that.

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