Ed Morgan

Nerd Philosopher who rides a Harley in black leather. I know I am an enigma.

[Ed Morgan @WalkingHawk42]

@TheEXECUTlONER_ He's correct. Its not only legal to enter an intersection & wait until its safe to proceed, the LEGAL term is you have "Obvious Intent to Occupy". Further, after the light changes, it is ILLEGAL for ANY other vehicle to enter the intersection until you have completely vacated it.

[Ed Morgan @WalkingHawk42]

@Oyinkansol73072 Whoever wrote and directed this crappy scene are morons and should try that in real life. If Jolie's character were as knowledgeable as portrayed she'd know that at that range the ricocheting bullets would have SHREDDED her to hamburger meat!

[Ed Morgan @WalkingHawk42]

@QueenAnticommie If you can't treat customers with the kind of care & attention that would get you good tips, maybe YOU should go dig ditches or something else. Don't be such an entitled little bitch to think that the tip is automatic. Its SUPPOSED to give the server "skin in the game"..EARN IT!!

[Ed Morgan @WalkingHawk42]

@DavidJHarrisJr Be careful what you wish for. If a son/daughter can be held liable for debts/liabilities of their ancestors just IMAGINE the reparations to every single victim of crime coming after the FAMILIES of the perpetrators of those crimes. You wanna set a precedent like that..seriously?

[Ed Morgan @WalkingHawk42]

@lady_valor_07 BUT any mandatory tip imposed by a policy gets ZERO extra..no matter what.
To answer the poster's question though, if the service was decent, you're an asshole. $40 on a $500 bill is 8%..thats a dick move.
However, if service sucked it may have been appropriate.
So it depends.

[Ed Morgan @WalkingHawk42]

@lady_valor_07 Tips came to being to ensure servers represents a business well..they ARE the face you see. So tipping is a way for them to have "skin in the game" good customer service-wise. I tip according to quality of service. On AVERAGE I tip 20-22% of whatever the bill is. COULD be + or -.

[Ed Morgan @WalkingHawk42]

@TeamTrump47 Oil refineries in the US are built to refine heavy crude from ME, Venezuela etc. Oil PUMPED out of the ground in the US is "light sweet crude" which our refineries CANNOT refine. US refineries were built BEFORE discovering light sweet and "converting" a refinery isn't an option.

[Ed Morgan @WalkingHawk42]

@GuntherEagleman @EdKrassen @grok Also explain why national companies like Murphy/Walmart buy gas by a train load at a set price, but prices can differ from one gas station to the next in the same town. Doesn't this show there's less correlation between actual costs & more about charging what customers will pay?

[Ed Morgan @WalkingHawk42]

@GuntherEagleman @EdKrassen @grok Hey @GROK, break down the price of gas at the pump by the actual cost of oil and the various state and federal taxes and fees imposed and show percentages for each as a part of the price at the pump. Use national average and then breakdown average per state.

[Ricardo @Ric_RTP]

Amazon just got caught running a secret price manipulation operation with Levi's, Home Depot, Walmart, and many more.

Every time you "comparison shopped" online, you were looking at prices that were already rigged.

Here's what happened:

Amazon would monitor prices on Walmart, Target, Best Buy, Home Depot, and Chewy in real time. The second a competitor listed a product cheaper than Amazon, they'd contact the brand directly and tell them to "fix it."

And the exact emails are now PUBLIC.

Amazon sent Levi's links to two Walmart listings with the subject line "styles of concern." They basically said the prices on Walmart are too low and we have a problem.

The next day, Levi's responded: "I talked to Walmart and they have partnered with us to take Easy Khaki Classic fit back up to ladder SPP price, $29.99 immediately."

Levi's literally called Walmart and told them to raise the price. Because Amazon told Levi's to make the call.

Walmart complied. Then Amazon matched the HIGHER price.

Both retailers ended up charging more. The customer paid extra. Nobody competed.

Same playbook with Hanes:

Amazon sent them links showing Target and Walmart prices were lower. Hanes confirmed they "reached out to Target and Walmart to have the prices increased."

Target increased the prices. Walmart increased the prices. Amazon kept their margins.

But it gets even worse...

Amazon told Allergan (the company that makes eye drops) that their product was "suppressed" on Amazon because it was cheaper on another site.

Allergan responded: "Walmart got their price back up to $16.99." Amazon then unsuppressed the listing.

They did this with pet treats on Chewy. Furniture on Home Depot. Products across dozens of categories spanning YEARS.

The mechanism is simple but terrifying:

If you're a brand and you sell cheaper on Walmart than on Amazon, Amazon suppresses your product, removes you from the Buy Box, buries you in search results, and effectively makes you invisible to 300 million customers.

Brands can't afford that. So they call Walmart and Target and say "raise your prices or we'll lose our Amazon listings."

Walmart and Target comply because they need the brand's products.

Amazon captures 40 cents of every dollar spent online in America. That gives them the leverage to set prices across THE ENTIRE internet. Not just their own platform.

So turns out, you were never comparison shopping.

You were looking at a coordinated price floor set by Amazon through backroom phone calls between brands and their competitors.

"Amazon is working to make your life more unaffordable."

3 separate antitrust trials are now scheduled for 2027. The FTC has its own case. 18 states plus the DOJ are piling on.

This is literally happening during the WORST affordability crisis in a generation. Groceries up 25% since 2020. Housing unaffordable. Wages flat.

And the largest ecommerce company on Earth has been secretly coordinating with brands to make sure you can't find a cheaper price ANYWHERE.

"Competition" in retail is just a fantasy.

[JOKAMRREDPILLZ @JOKAQARMY1]

Dr Jared Cooney Horvath.

[Ed Morgan @WalkingHawk42]

@DerrickEvans4WV However, under President Trump we are building a refinery in deep south TX right now that WILL refine light sweet. The we may see gas down in the $1-2 per gallon range after that. We'll see.

[Ed Morgan @WalkingHawk42]

@DerrickEvans4WV Our refineries are set up to process heavy crude we get from MidEast & Venezuela etc. The oil under the US is light sweet crude..that we sell for more per barrel than we buy heavy crude for. Our refineries can't process light sweet, sooo we HAVE to import what we actually use.

[Ed Morgan @WalkingHawk42]

@Eroc32 @EricLDaugh The refineries we have were built 50+ years ago and reworking them to process light sweet would cost more than building a new one. Soo, we're building a new one in deep south Texas as we speak to process our OWN oil. All under Pres Trump. When completed watch gas go to $1/gal.

[Ed Morgan @WalkingHawk42]

@Eroc32 @EricLDaugh Because, although we have more oil under our soil than the rest of the world combined, its "light sweet" crude and our refineries are set up for heavy crude from middle east/Venezuela. We export more oil AT A HIGHER PRICE PER BARREL than Saudi. But we have to import what we use.

[Ed Morgan @WalkingHawk42]

@FoxNews Sooo, 46 years and you haven't solved or fixed it yet!?
I'm not sure that was the "own" you'd hoped it would be.

[Ed Morgan @WalkingHawk42]

@akafaceUS This twat-waddle is the same kind that'll bitch & moan about what's on SOMEONE ELSE page. She doesn't know how the little scrolly thingy works just like she doesn't realize there are literally 1000s of different gas stations she can stop at.
If ya don't wanna shop there..don't.

[Ed Morgan @WalkingHawk42]

@nickimoraa It'd be the same if you didn't bathe & stank of BO. Yes a boss can send you home. Repeated instances can be grounds for termination. Others in the office may suffer scent induced migraines or simply be offended by your odor whether it be bodily or bottled.
You insensitive asshat!

[Fight With Memes @FightWithMemes]

Home invaders need to KNOW with 100% certainty that breaking into someone's home can lead to them being violently ended, with 0 legal consequence for the owner.

Homeowners need to know with 100% certainty they can fearlessly end a home invasion without legal consequence.

[Beloved of God @Edenlife9]

This is the first time I’ve heard a Muslim admit to the doctrine of the Trinity.

We are getting there.