Unfortunately, in educated people believe this. And unfortunately people like you too
The Democrats and their allies in Big Tech and the media regularly work to make this happen by subverting election integrity laws like requiring an ID, pushing for unregulated and unmonitored mail-in voting, providing support for one-sided ballot harvesting initiatives, repealing or fighting laws intended to allow states to revise voter rolls, and pouring enormous sums of money into Democrat districts to pay for election officials and ballot drop boxes. The Democrats and their allies make no secret that they intend to use these efforts to cement their place in government because they tell us. You only need to look at the Molly Ball Time Magazine article of February 4, 2021 or writings of the lawyer Mark Elias, arguably the Democrats’ most effective litigant against election integrity laws, in his article "Four Pillars to Safeguard Vote by Mail" to see this. Or perhaps turn on CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS and NBC at any time of the day or night or peruse the pages of the Washington Post, New York Times, or LA Times to see how the Democrats’ media allies beat the drum of “disenfranchisement” to speak openly about using the power of government to suppress the Rights of Americans and silence Republicans.
Congress' efforts to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights and the Freedom to Vote Acts are really thinly veiled efforts by the Democrats to give them the one-party rule.
Send are headed for a big defeat because voters don't care about Jan 6, about Trump, about woke renaming of buildings, about removing statues and sports mascots.
They do care about not letting illegal aliens vote, about having a southern border, about removing woke agendas in schools, about the high inflation.
There's a reason why about 30 dems are retiring f4om congress this year.
The unexpected strength of the January jobs report — along with some revisions in readings for November and December — pushed Biden over the 6 million mark. But he could have claimed that distinction even without them. The previous record holder was Jimmy Carter, who saw a gain of 3.9 million jobs in his first 12 months in office.
By comparison, Donald Trump’s first 12 months in office notched a gain of 2 million jobs.
The jobs numbers from the Labor Department go back to 1939, when Franklin Roosevelt was in his seventh year in office. No president other than Carter has enjoyed even half as many jobs being added during their first year as Biden’s record: No. 3 Bill Clinton posted an addition of 2.8 million jobs.
On a percentage basis, jobs are up 4.6% from where overall employment stood in January 2021 when Biden was sworn in as president. That’s the second-best percentage gain ever, just behind the 4.8% gain during Carter’s first year. Lyndon Johnson, with a 3.4% gain in his first 12 months in office after John F. Kennedy’s assassination, is the only other president to crack the 3% mark.
Biden is helped by the fact that the economy is coming back from the heavy blow it took from the pandemic in 2020. Overall economic growth last year was 5.7%, the best year of economic growth since 1984, tat the end of Ronald Reagan’s first term.
Timing is everything
Much of the gain under Biden is due to timing: He took office just as the vaccine became available and the economy was enjoying a natural recovery.
Timing is everything when looking at a first-year jobs record. For example, Barack Obama had the worst first-year jobs record of any president, with a loss of 4.3 million jobs in his first 12 months. He took office in the depths of the Great Recession, when the economy was losing more than 700,000 jobs a month. The job losses in his first three months in office alone — before any of his policies could take effect — represented more than half the losses over the course of his first 12 months. And during that 12th month he was in office the job count was essentially unchanged from the month before.
www.fool.com How Many Americans Own Stock? About 145 Million -- But the ... Nov 2, 2021 — 56% of American adults, or about 145 million people, own stock. That percentage hasn't moved much over the past decade..."
Always wrong Roger strikes out again in underhand soft ball slow pitch. ""Most people don't own stocks"
Roger seems to forget that Biden's approval is 37% in the latest Quinnipiac poll and probably closer to 33% in Battleground states.
He is probably the least popular President in purples states that we have seen since Bush suffered under the Great Recession. Possibly only Carter and Bush have even seen approvals this low in purple states.
Where it matters, people don't fall for the nonsense of fake job reports or worry about the Jan 6th commission or think Biden is a leader for choosing to exclude 98% of the potential USSC candidates from the list.
But it's probably very popular in California and especially popular if you live in a nuthouse!
Roger, admit you got this spectacularly wrong and I promise not to beat you like a baby seal going forward.
Roger said Most people don't own stocks"
KD: www.fool.com How Many Americans Own Stock? About 145 Million -- But the ... Nov 2, 2021 — 56% of American adults, or about 145 million people, own stock."
Former President Donald Trump must answer questions under oath in New York state's civil investigation into his business practices, a judge ruled Thursday.
Judge Arthur Engoron ordered Trump and his two eldest children, Ivanka and Donald Trump Jr., to comply with subpoenas issued in December by New York Attorney General Letitia James.
Trump and his two children must sit for a deposition within 21 days, Engoron said.
Engoron issued the ruling after a two-hour hearing with lawyers for the Trumps and James' office.
"In the final analysis, a State Attorney General commences investigating a business entity, uncovers copious evidence of possible financial fraud, and wants to question, under oath, several of the entities' principals, including its namesake. She has the clear right to do so." Engoron wrote in his decision.
Hey Joe, cancel your oil production policies/ Executive Orders that you signed on Day 1.
"CNN)The White House dispatched two officials to Saudi Arabia this week to press the kingdom to pump more oil as fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine cause energy prices to rise, a potentiality President Joe Biden warned about in a speech on Tuesday could get worse if Russia attacks."
Unleash the US oil and Gas producers. America First .
Dow drops more than 600 points in worst decline of 2022 as Russia-Ukraine tensions worry investors PUBLISHED WED, FEB 16 20226:02 PM ESTUPDATED 3 MIN AGO Hannah Miao @HANNAHMIAO_ Stocks slumped further on Thursday as investors kept a wary eye on the Russia-Ukraine conflict and fled riskier corners of the market.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed about 622.24 points, or 1.8%, to 34,312.03. Thursday marks the blue-chip average’s worst daily performance of the year. The S&P 500 dipped 2.1% to 4.380.26. The Nasdaq Composite fell 2.9% to 13,716.72.
In the past, when oil prices spiked, the impact on the U.S. economy was straightforward: It made America poorer, as more of our income went overseas to pay for imported energy.
Now, after the shale gas revolution of the last 15 years, the impact is more subtle. Higher fuel prices disadvantage consumers and energy-intensive industries, yes. But there is a counteracting surge in incomes for domestic energy producers and their workers.
Data: Energy Information Administration. Chart: Axios Visuals
For decades, politicians have talked about the U.S. achieving energy independence, a seemingly elusive goal of producing enough fuels to avoid relying on the rest of the world to fill up gas tanks and keep electricity flowing.
The intrigue: It's elusive no more. The U.S. produced more petroleum than it consumed in 2020, and the numbers were essentially in balance in 2021, according to the Energy Information Administration.
Why it matters: The surge in oil prices taking place in 2022 has radically different implications for the U.S. economy — and for key geopolitical relationships in the Middle East and Russia — than in past episodes when energy prices have risen.
The big picture: In the past, when oil prices spiked, the impact on the U.S. economy was straightforward: It made America poorer, as more of our income went overseas to pay for imported energy.
Now, after the shale gas revolution of the last 15 years, the impact is more subtle. Higher fuel prices disadvantage consumers and energy-intensive industries, yes. But there is a counteracting surge in incomes for domestic energy producers and their workers.Higher oil prices no longer depress overall measures of prosperity like GDP and national income, but rather shift it around toward certain regions. Texas and North Dakota win; Massachusetts and North Carolina lose.
By the numbers: As recently as 2010, America imported 9.4 million barrels a day of oil more than it exported. That had swung to a 650,000 barrel per day surplus in 2020, and preliminary numbers for 2021 show trade pretty much in balance last year.
Now, after the shale gas revolution of the last 15 years, the impact is more subtle. Higher fuel prices disadvantage consumers and energy-intensive industries, yes. But there is a counteracting surge in incomes for domestic energy producers and their workers.
Utter bullshit.
Here in NY the Marcellus Shale is OFF LIMITS from shale gas production. Our neighbors to the south in PA are enjoying the fracking but we're prohibited thanks to one-party DEMOCRAT RULE.
And gasoline prices - totally unrelated, btw - are through the fucking ROOF.
Alky, since you're prohibited from interaction with the outside world, you only look like an idiot when you post this shit.
This simple easily understood paragraph describes to a tee the vanity and stupidity of threads like this........BWAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!
The GOP had long positioned itself as the “facts don’t care about your feelings” party, but it was suddenly quite interested in acting on people’s feelings in the absence of facts.
re. The U.S. produced more petroleum than it consumed in 2020"
BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! Fucking asshole.....we import 7 plus million barrels a day!!!!! Sure would be interesting to see your source.....idiot
Top U.S. infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Wednesday that it is time for the United States to start inching back towards normality, despite remaining risks from COVID-19.
In an interview with Reuters, Fauci said U.S. states are facing tough choices in their efforts to balance the need to protect their citizens from infections and the growing fatigue with a pandemic that has dragged into its third year.
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Earlier on Wednesday, U.S. health officials said they were preparing new COVID-19 guidance on many aspects of the virus response as the Omicron surge in cases declines. read more
That followed announcements by several states including New Jersey, New York, California, Connecticut, Delaware and Oregon that they were lifting mask mandates for schools or other public settings in the coming weeks. read more
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, responds to questions from Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to examine the federal response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and new emerging variants at Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S. January 11, 2022. Greg Nash/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, responds to questions from Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to examine the federal response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and new emerging variants at Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S. January 11, 2022. Greg Nash/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo "The fact that the world and the United States and particularly certain parts of the United States are just up to here with COVID - they just really need to somehow get their life back," he said.
Funny goat fucker your original post which I responded hat no attribution....IOW's you and roger both posted bullshit which is your MO!!! As for asswipe rat.....Roger provided the authors name which is more than sufficient for a cite.....You and rat's asshattery is legnenday and most amusing assigning blame to everyone but yourselves......BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
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Unfortunately, in educated people believe this. And unfortunately people like you too
The Democrats and their allies in Big Tech and the media regularly work to make this happen by subverting election integrity laws like requiring an ID, pushing for unregulated and unmonitored mail-in voting, providing support for one-sided ballot harvesting initiatives, repealing or fighting laws intended to allow states to revise voter rolls, and pouring enormous sums of money into Democrat districts to pay for election officials and ballot drop boxes. The Democrats and their allies make no secret that they intend to use these efforts to cement their place in government because they tell us. You only need to look at the Molly Ball Time Magazine article of February 4, 2021 or writings of the lawyer Mark Elias, arguably the Democrats’ most effective litigant against election integrity laws, in his article "Four Pillars to Safeguard Vote by Mail" to see this. Or perhaps turn on CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS and NBC at any time of the day or night or peruse the pages of the Washington Post, New York Times, or LA Times to see how the Democrats’ media allies beat the drum of “disenfranchisement” to speak openly about using the power of government to suppress the Rights of Americans and silence Republicans.
Congress' efforts to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights and the Freedom to Vote Acts are really thinly veiled efforts by the Democrats to give them the one-party rule.
All we want are free elections like the last one.
Notice Roger didn't say fair elections. He said free, as in, free to manipulate msil in ballots as much as is necessary.
Send are headed for a big defeat because voters don't care about Jan 6, about Trump, about woke renaming of buildings, about removing statues and sports mascots.
They do care about not letting illegal aliens vote, about having a southern border, about removing woke agendas in schools, about the high inflation.
There's a reason why about 30 dems are retiring f4om congress this year.
Two weeks ago
The unexpected strength of the January jobs report — along with some revisions in readings for November and December — pushed Biden over the 6 million mark. But he could have claimed that distinction even without them. The previous record holder was Jimmy Carter, who saw a gain of 3.9 million jobs in his first 12 months in office.
By comparison, Donald Trump’s first 12 months in office notched a gain of 2 million jobs.
The jobs numbers from the Labor Department go back to 1939, when Franklin Roosevelt was in his seventh year in office. No president other than Carter has enjoyed even half as many jobs being added during their first year as Biden’s record: No. 3 Bill Clinton posted an addition of 2.8 million jobs.
On a percentage basis, jobs are up 4.6% from where overall employment stood in January 2021 when Biden was sworn in as president. That’s the second-best percentage gain ever, just behind the 4.8% gain during Carter’s first year. Lyndon Johnson, with a 3.4% gain in his first 12 months in office after John F. Kennedy’s assassination, is the only other president to crack the 3% mark.
Biden is helped by the fact that the economy is coming back from the heavy blow it took from the pandemic in 2020. Overall economic growth last year was 5.7%, the best year of economic growth since 1984, tat the end of Ronald Reagan’s first term.
Timing is everything
Much of the gain under Biden is due to timing: He took office just as the vaccine became available and the economy was enjoying a natural recovery.
Timing is everything when looking at a first-year jobs record. For example, Barack Obama had the worst first-year jobs record of any president, with a loss of 4.3 million jobs in his first 12 months. He took office in the depths of the Great Recession, when the economy was losing more than 700,000 jobs a month. The job losses in his first three months in office alone — before any of his policies could take effect — represented more than half the losses over the course of his first 12 months. And during that 12th month he was in office the job count was essentially unchanged from the month before.
Most people don't own stocks
You bought the woke ness bullshit
So what do the Brandon High School cheerleaders say when they're cheering?
Yes they do. Via equity funds in 401k accounts.
The unexpected strength of the January jobs report —
Was a fucking LIE.
And honest people know this.
Alky, when all you can do is promote one false narrative after another in a desperate attempt to prop your guy up, you're pretty much screwed.
Embrace the suck, pal.
I did? The wokeness bullshit is all the renaming, removing and rebranding coming from the democrats.
Anonymous Myballs said...
Yes they do. Via equity funds in 401k accounts.
Of course.
Alky, stick to milk cattle ranching, YOU FUCKING MORON.*
*h/t - Indy Voter
"Most people don't own stocks"
Are you talking about yourself and your fellow nursing home occupants?
www.fool.com
How Many Americans Own Stock? About 145 Million -- But the ...
Nov 2, 2021 — 56% of American adults, or about 145 million people, own stock. That percentage hasn't moved much over the past decade..."
Always wrong Roger strikes out again in underhand soft ball slow pitch.
""Most people don't own stocks"
Roger seems to forget that Biden's approval is 37% in the latest Quinnipiac poll and probably closer to 33% in Battleground states.
He is probably the least popular President in purples states that we have seen since Bush suffered under the Great Recession. Possibly only Carter and Bush have even seen approvals this low in purple states.
Where it matters, people don't fall for the nonsense of fake job reports or worry about the Jan 6th commission or think Biden is a leader for choosing to exclude 98% of the potential USSC candidates from the list.
But it's probably very popular in California and especially popular if you live in a nuthouse!
Anonymous Myballs said...
So what do the Brandon High School cheerleaders say when they're cheering?
"OK, THANK YOU! NO QUESTIONS! THANK YOU! C'MON PEOPLE! LET'S GO! THANK YOU! MOVE ALONG PEOPLE! THANK YOU! NO QUESTIONS! THANK YOU!"
Oh wait, that's his press handlers.
Never mind.
Roger, admit you got this spectacularly wrong and I promise not to beat you like a baby seal going forward.
Roger said Most people don't own stocks"
KD:
www.fool.com
How Many Americans Own Stock? About 145 Million -- But the ...
Nov 2, 2021 — 56% of American adults, or about 145 million people, own stock."
Former President Donald Trump must answer questions under oath in New York state's civil investigation into his business practices, a judge ruled Thursday.
Judge Arthur Engoron ordered Trump and his two eldest children, Ivanka and Donald Trump Jr., to comply with subpoenas issued in December by New York Attorney General Letitia James.
Trump and his two children must sit for a deposition within 21 days, Engoron said.
Engoron issued the ruling after a two-hour hearing with lawyers for the Trumps and James' office.
"In the final analysis, a State Attorney General commences investigating a business entity, uncovers copious evidence of possible financial fraud, and wants to question, under oath, several of the entities' principals, including its namesake. She has the clear right to do so." Engoron wrote in his decision.
And as always Roger run away from his failures.
Hey Joe, cancel your oil production policies/ Executive Orders that you signed on Day 1.
"CNN)The White House dispatched two officials to Saudi Arabia this week to press the kingdom to pump more oil as fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine cause energy prices to rise, a potentiality President Joe Biden warned about in a speech on Tuesday could get worse if Russia attacks."
Unleash the US oil and Gas producers.
America First .
Here you go alky. Here's your new mask:
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2022/02/17/photos-models-debut-jockstrap-mask-at-new-york-fashion-week/
uncovers copious evidence of possible financial fraud
LMAO.
Myballs said...
So what do the Brandon High School cheerleaders say when they're cheering?
Let's Go Brandon.
34,368.48 -2,216.58 (-6.06%)year to date
Dow drops more than 600 points in worst decline of 2022 as Russia-Ukraine tensions worry investors
PUBLISHED WED, FEB 16 20226:02 PM ESTUPDATED 3 MIN AGO
Hannah Miao
@HANNAHMIAO_
Stocks slumped further on Thursday as investors kept a wary eye on the Russia-Ukraine conflict and fled riskier corners of the market.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed about 622.24 points, or 1.8%, to 34,312.03. Thursday marks the blue-chip average’s worst daily performance of the year. The S&P 500 dipped 2.1% to 4.380.26. The Nasdaq Composite fell 2.9% to 13,716.72.
Oh Roger, Excussing Bidenomics and blaming Putin.
Just stop embarrassing yourself.
In the past, when oil prices spiked, the impact on the U.S. economy was straightforward: It made America poorer, as more of our income went overseas to pay for imported energy.
Now, after the shale gas revolution of the last 15 years, the impact is more subtle. Higher fuel prices disadvantage consumers and energy-intensive industries, yes. But there is a counteracting surge in incomes for domestic energy producers and their workers.
The U.S. is now energy independent
Neil Irwin
Data: Energy Information Administration. Chart: Axios Visuals
For decades, politicians have talked about the U.S. achieving energy independence, a seemingly elusive goal of producing enough fuels to avoid relying on the rest of the world to fill up gas tanks and keep electricity flowing.
The intrigue: It's elusive no more. The U.S. produced more petroleum than it consumed in 2020, and the numbers were essentially in balance in 2021, according to the Energy Information Administration.
Why it matters: The surge in oil prices taking place in 2022 has radically different implications for the U.S. economy — and for key geopolitical relationships in the Middle East and Russia — than in past episodes when energy prices have risen.
The big picture: In the past, when oil prices spiked, the impact on the U.S. economy was straightforward: It made America poorer, as more of our income went overseas to pay for imported energy.
Now, after the shale gas revolution of the last 15 years, the impact is more subtle. Higher fuel prices disadvantage consumers and energy-intensive industries, yes. But there is a counteracting surge in incomes for domestic energy producers and their workers.Higher oil prices no longer depress overall measures of prosperity like GDP and national income, but rather shift it around toward certain regions. Texas and North Dakota win; Massachusetts and North Carolina lose.
By the numbers: As recently as 2010, America imported 9.4 million barrels a day of oil more than it exported. That had swung to a 650,000 barrel per day surplus in 2020, and preliminary numbers for 2021 show trade pretty much in balance last year.
Now, after the shale gas revolution of the last 15 years, the impact is more subtle. Higher fuel prices disadvantage consumers and energy-intensive industries, yes. But there is a counteracting surge in incomes for domestic energy producers and their workers.
Utter bullshit.
Here in NY the Marcellus Shale is OFF LIMITS from shale gas production. Our neighbors to the south in PA are enjoying the fracking but we're prohibited thanks to one-party DEMOCRAT RULE.
And gasoline prices - totally unrelated, btw - are through the fucking ROOF.
Alky, since you're prohibited from interaction with the outside world, you only look like an idiot when you post this shit.
Show your plagiarism, hack:
https://www.axios.com/us-energy-independent-petroleum-2982ed18-9110-4c31-ad67-82abe643f661.html
"The intrigue: It's elusive no more. The U.S. produced more petroleum than it consumed in 2020"
But, not today.
Bidenomics destroyed it.
Roger give us the Net oil imported to the US in 2021.
(* do you know what 《net》 means?)
This simple easily understood paragraph describes to a tee the vanity and stupidity of threads like this........BWAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!
The GOP had long positioned itself as the “facts don’t care about your feelings” party, but it was suddenly quite interested in acting on people’s feelings in the absence of facts.
re. The U.S. produced more petroleum than it consumed in 2020"
BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! Fucking asshole.....we import 7 plus million barrels a day!!!!! Sure would be interesting to see your source.....idiot
Take it up with Roger, he posted it Denny.
You posted it fuck nut......typcial goat fucker MO.....blame someone else......BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!
Us produces 12 million barrels a day
US consumes 18 million barrels a day....
YOU ARE NOTHING MORE THAN A FUCKIGN FRAUD!!!!!
Lol@Denny
Roger's post that has fatty so exercised.
"Roger AmickFebruary 17, 2022 at 3:20 PM
The U.S. is now energy independent."
Hey Roger...
Quick question. How much does it cost you to fill your Audi A8 with enough gas to drive to Bonney Lake Washington?
Normality
Top U.S. infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Wednesday that it is time for the United States to start inching back towards normality, despite remaining risks from COVID-19.
In an interview with Reuters, Fauci said U.S. states are facing tough choices in their efforts to balance the need to protect their citizens from infections and the growing fatigue with a pandemic that has dragged into its third year.
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"There is no perfect solution to this," said Fauci, President Joe Biden's top medical adviser and a member of the White House COVID-19 Response Team.
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Earlier on Wednesday, U.S. health officials said they were preparing new COVID-19 guidance on many aspects of the virus response as the Omicron surge in cases declines. read more
That followed announcements by several states including New Jersey, New York, California, Connecticut, Delaware and Oregon that they were lifting mask mandates for schools or other public settings in the coming weeks. read more
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, responds to questions from Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to examine the federal response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and new emerging variants at Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S. January 11, 2022. Greg Nash/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, responds to questions from Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to examine the federal response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and new emerging variants at Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S. January 11, 2022. Greg Nash/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
"The fact that the world and the United States and particularly certain parts of the United States are just up to here with COVID - they just really need to somehow get their life back," he said.
Come in Man, answer up Roger.
"C.H. TruthFebruary 17, 2022 at 4:37 PM
Hey Roger...
Quick question. How much does it cost you to fill your Audi A8 with enough gas to drive to Bonney Lake Washington?"
California ✔ @ $4.75 a gallon.
Audi A8 ($80,000) has a 21.7 gal tank capacity.
During Trump $2.24 × 21.7 = $ 48.60
During Biden $4.75 x 21.7 = $103.07
Funny goat fucker your original post which I responded hat no attribution....IOW's you and roger both posted bullshit which is your MO!!! As for asswipe rat.....Roger provided the authors name which is more than sufficient for a cite.....You and rat's asshattery is legnenday and most amusing assigning blame to everyone but yourselves......BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
Hey Kansas -
We would have to add the 120 lbs to the car for the perfect 10 model that Roger is about to be engaged to.
Exactly CHT.
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