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3. Interesting conversation I had with a Republican neighbor.
Sun Apr 19, 2026, 02:10 PM
Sunday

I could almost see the $$$ gleaming in his eyes.

He is retired and has time to play the stock market. He was replaying the Faux Nooz line re Iran but we somehow got on the topic of stocks and how much money he is making playing the market. (It wasn't a long conversation, I was about to be late for work so I was just trying to get intel on WTF he is thinking, without giving much back. Yikes.)

Someone like this will NEVER see, nor care, about the human cost of the TSF regime. (and oh btw he is 'Catholic' and goes to 'church' every Sunday.)

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Interesting conversation I had with a Republican neighbor. RandomNumbers Sunday #3
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