@ostopezdo@TonyNashNerd Dealers are charging $1200 to replace all 4 pads and rotors. Independent shops might charge half that, if you're lucky. The parts alone are around $350. I'll gladly continue doing my own, and I know it's done right.
@TonyNashNerd No doubt. I just changed both front wheeled bearing/hub assemblies on my F150 last week. Paid $300 for the parts. Dealers want $1600-2000 parts and labor, FOR EACH SIDE! Changed my plugs last year in 90 minutes, and $60 for 6 Motorcraft OEM plugs. Dealers want $500-600.
@dig_with_kyle It was software a month ago. The mag 7 and financials seems pretty universally hated ATM. Lots of people were flexing about being long metals 2 months ago, then the flex was being long ex-USA, right into the USD bottom.
@DavidBCollum@_whitneywebb There are career CIA people who started out of college and spent their lives basically pointing fingers or playing the intelligence and political action games. And then there are paramilitary CIA people: SAC/SAG "ground branch" and CRS. Big difference in credibility, IMO.
@merlinscapital Listen to his interview w/ Shawn Ryan in 8/24, particularly from about 1:35 to 1:59 (or 1:40-1:50 if you're pressed for time). He's clearly not on board w/ the military-industrial complex and the propaganda they've used in past wars. We lost one of the good guys.
@KyleSeraphin I always review the electronic medical records of my new patients before I see them. It's amazing how many physicians fail to list obesity as a medical condition/diagnosis in their history, when the patient is clearly obese (BMI of 30+).
@marketmike I'm just going off memory, but I think small caps were already weakening off their highs made that spring. That seems like a major difference from what we are seeing currently. Thoughts?
@merlinscapital Observe the back and forth in the comments after someone asks Grok if the file/claim is real. Grok says it is fabricated. The OP provides a direct link to the file at the DOJ and Grok says it's essentially a dead link. I checked it myself, it's a valid link and file.
@FinanceLancelot I've heard @DavidBCollum mention this discrepancy a few times. He mentioned the facial features of the alleged swap resembles Tony Rodham, who passed away 2 months earlier.
@DavidBCollum In August I bought a new motorcycle, a 2024 FE501, for 45% off MSRP. Couldn't pass it up. While at the shop, I saw the service rate rate: $130/hour. They sell/service primarily dirt bikes. My jaw dropped. Says a lot about discretionary spending trends and labor costs.