The Real SamC said:

ODU takes out free spot.

MU football has now, as predicted, moved to Stage III of the CH sycophant fan system.

I - (preseason - non-conference loss) MU is gonna be great this year!!!!!
II- (non-conference loss - conference loss) were still 0-0 where it counts!!!!!
III - (conference loss - second conference loss) If SBC E 1 loses to SBC E 2 and SBC 2 loses to SBC E 3 and.... we can still win the division!!!!!!
IV - (could happen to doesn't happen) I read on some website that we should get to the Advance Auto Parts Pre-Christmas Random unused stadium Bowl, presented by Hyundai!!!!!
V - (bowl selection day) I hear Glenn's has some Leonard's Wrecker Service Pre-Christmas Random unused stadium Bowl, presented by Pearl River Milling Co. syrup shirts!!!!!!!!
VI - (bowl loss) AD just released a statement, it is "unacceptable", CH will be renewed for another year, but there will be real changes coming, he hired (some guy) from (some random school) as "assistant head coach" and I hear that (Johnny Nostars) who couldn't make it at (random P4 bottom feeder) is transferring in!!!!!!!!!

Reset to Stage I. Begin to talk about how basketball really doesn't matter until March, root on the soccer team, hope baseball can actually have a winning record, root on some guy or gal who makes the golf or track regionals.

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19MU88 said:

He's pathetic

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KyMUfan said:

I had noticed the tannerite canisters front and center where the bullet fragments could come back and hit but this guy breaks it down even further...

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raleighherdfan said:

Yet another post where you can’t be honest. There is definitely a trend here. You going to back track from this one too?

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herdftblfan said:

I didn’t say I sporadically visit.

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herdftblfan said:

I only engage on this particular board sporadically

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herdftblfan said:

My comments made perfect sense

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herdftblfan said:

My remark about “attack” mode was in reference to your unwillingness to have a productive conversation

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herdftblfan said:

Clearly you haven’t followed this entire thread.

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herdftblfan said:

Trump did not see any gains in manufacturing jobs under his administration.

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herdftblfan said:

So you want to blame Obama for the 2008 housing crash but you don't want to hold Trump accountable for Covid?

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herdftblfan said:

The crash was the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. If that's how you see it, no reason to debate it.

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herdftblfan said:

This article only accounts for his first two years in office.

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19MU88 said:

So you thought you would come add another zero? And parrot? Nice going. Listen, we know you think you are really smart but most all of us know that isn't the case.

Thanks for your message board resume. I don't think anyone was really curious how long you've been around, we know it's been a long time.

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KyMUfan said:

Pre-Covid... Just like I said.

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KyMUfan said:

This can be directly traced to Clinton and Barney Frank's lending policies. The liberal NY Times at the timee predicted what would happen which ultimately did happen.

Manufacturing sector employment U.S. 2023 | Statista

This statistic shows the number of private sector manufacturing employees in the United States from 1985 to 2023.

www.statista.com

2008 - 15.1MM
2016 - 14.8MM net loss 300k

2019 pre-Covid - 15.1 net gain 300k

2023 14.9MM - net loss from pre-Covid amounts 200k

Manufacturing jobs recovered during Obama's and Biden's terms from financial downturns. Did Trump merely continue the recovery or did he spur actual job growth with his perceived manufacturing friendly policies?

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raleighherdfan said:

Man if you consider that an attack you belong on another board. I've been more than accommodative and asked questions and pointed out your comments that make no sense. If you cant handle it, maybe you dont belong here. We see why you only sporadically visit. You dont offer much.

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riflearm2 said:

One of the two brothers in the above story . . . I referenced him in the two posts below where I called him a piece of shit, etc.

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In early 2021, I had words with him after he continued posting antagonistic and bogus bullshit on his Instagram. He's a die-hard trumper. We had just hired his friend (unbeknownst to me and greatly downplayed to my other partner) to be our CEO, who tried intervening in our dispute. I told both my piece-of-shit partner and the CEO we just hired what I thought of him as a person, warned multiple people about the dangers of being in business with him, and we haven't talked since.

This morning, he was arrested by the FBI for what will end up being some very serious financial/fraud charges. The guy has a $6 million main residence, had high-end luxury vehicles, got his start with scam real estate deals, and have been defrauding investors for years all while spewing trumpisms on social media. He has seven children all under the age of 16 who are now going to lose their lifestyle and their father for a number of years (the wife left him months ago with the children).

Another piece-of-shit deplorable goes down.

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herdftblfan said:

This article only accounts for his first two years in office.

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KyMUfan said:

False.

Pre-Covid

U.S. enjoys best manufacturing jobs growth of the last 30 years

Some food for thought: the U.S. had as many people working in the manufacturing sector in December as it did 69 years ago.

www.marketwatch.com

"Last year, 264,000 new manufacturing jobs were added, representing the highest number of new workers since 1988. As a percent of the total workforce, manufacturing rose for the first time since 1984."

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herdftblfan said:

So you want to blame Obama for the 2008 housing crash but you don't want to hold Trump accountable for Covid? The crash was the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. If that's how you see it, no reason to debate it.

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herdftblfan said:

At the end of 2016, we had 12.3M manufacturing jobs. At the end of Feb. 2020, before any notion of Covid, we have 12.8M jobs. The gain was 400K. I have openly given Trump credit for that.

By the end of 2020, those numbers had dropped to 12.2M jobs, or a net loss of 161K jobs. At one point in 2020, we were as low as 11.4M jobs.

When Obama left office, there were 12.5 million jobs. He didn't say F it in January and give up on the next 11 months.

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Manufacturing sector employment U.S. 2023 | Statista

This statistic shows the number of private sector manufacturing employees in the United States from 1985 to 2023.

www.statista.com

herdfan06 said:

Should we warn him about Negro Mountain?

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Rock98Dog said:

The border bill was horrible legislation. If normalized letting in millions of otherwise illegal immigrants every year. I suggest you read it if you haven’t. If you have let me know why you think it was a good idea to pass it.

The “killed it to run on it” narrative is simply political. They never talk about the border bills put forth by republicans that the dems killed.

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herdftblfan said:

Fair enough.

Trump did not see any gains in manufacturing jobs under his administration.

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U.S. enjoys best manufacturing jobs growth of the last 30 years

Some food for thought: the U.S. had as many people working in the manufacturing sector in December as it did 69 years ago.

www.marketwatch.com

herdftblfan said:

Clearly I can’t help you. You are in attack mode and can’t flip the switch

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riflearm2 said:

Any of you deplorables who work in banking well versed in VC?

Background: Partner and I own the majority of a company. We have two other partners who, combined, own 15% currently. They are brothers and very successful in their other endeavors. A year ago, we brought them on board as investors/partners. We didn't need the money, but one of them owns five auto dealerships and the other is well connected, so we knew by allowing them to invest/become partners, we'd quickly grow our company based on the auto dealerships jumping on board.

In return for their investment (and more for their dealerships becoming big clients), we gave each of them 7.5%. However, if we were to ever hit $XM in revenue, they'd each get 30%, thus us losing our control. We regret that a bit, but we never thought we'd have as much success as fast as we did or think it would grow this much. Our market has grown to include big credit unions/banks/finance firms, and the growth possibility is now much bigger with those lenders jumping on board.

The brothers are pushing for us to do a series A with venture capitalists. Their concern is 1) a huge company will dump a hundred million into a company, copycat our program, and spread quickly across the country beating us to the market. 2) they want to grow as fast as possible and think our revenue can grow to $100M-$150M, at which point, they will want to sell. We'd want to sell far sooner than that. So they think getting a VC to jump on board for even a few million is worthwhile. I don't think it is needed, but I'm a lot more conservative business-wise than they are.

Their argument is that due to our operating agreement, VCs will be turned off due to the uncertainty of who has how many shares. I think we are three years away from hitting the threshold to where their equity jumps up to 30% each. Their offer is to cut their shares to 25% each (meaning they have 50% and we have 50%) if we agree to do a series A. By doing that, they argue that a VC wouldn't have to worry about any change in shares once we hit the revenue threshold. The operating agreement wouldn't be confusing to them, and they'd know exactly how much they'd get regardless of reaching a certain revenue.

I think they just want control (or at least take away our control) immediately instead of waiting a few years to see if we reach that threshold. Does their argument make sense? Would an operating agreement like that turn us off to VCs? A friend in Park City works for a VC, and she is meeting with me along with her CEO - all bright, Ivy grads whom I trust, but they are in real estate investing, so they may think a bit differently.

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