G_Arter

Retired network engineer. Keeping it rural with my wife in the Midwest.

[G_Arter @dadsteroni]

When married engineers that love to fish want to upgrade the backyard dock.

[G_Arter @dadsteroni]

@LeaderJohnThune @SenateGOP eh, your staff is still posting on this platform. I guess taking a temp test. yep, everyone still pissed at Thune for not listening to the People or POTUS.

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

The SpaceX Recovery team is still working to recover Flight 13’s Starship from the Indian Ocean. They’ve been overcoming challenging conditions and increasingly rough seas as they attempt to guide the 52m long spacecraft to port

[Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent @SecScottBessent]

With President Trump’s policies, the fundamentals for American prosperity are in place because American workers are the best in the world. Today’s jobs report understates the underlying strength of the real economy: Main Street is building, factories are producing, and workers are becoming more productive. July marks the 5th straight month of goods-producing job growth. By creating 105K jobs so far this year, goods-producing employment has had the best 7-month start since 2023. Additionally, productivity growth rose more than double the rate expected in Q2, bolstering the conditions for durable growth and real wage gains for American workers.

Strong Q3 growth expectations further show that the economy is positioned to accelerate. When America produces more and workers become more productive, Main Street wins: higher wages, stronger businesses, more options for customers, and a durable expansion built on inflation-reducing supply-side strength rather than a temporary sugar high.

[G_Arter @dadsteroni]

@Layemie001 nope, needs to be powered by your DeWalt drill.

[Adam Carolla @adamcarolla]

True

[G_Arter @dadsteroni]

@BamaSaltyMarine Amen! Fact.

[G_Arter @dadsteroni]

@drandolph Try over 4 decades later. I can so relate. Good thing pass-thru came around so you can squint one more time to make sure lol.

[Stephen Moore @StephenMoore]

Americans now pay more in taxes than they spend on food, clothing, and shelter combined.

Think about that.

Government has become so big and bloated that taxes cost more than life's basic necessities. Every American taxpayer should be outraged.

[G_Arter @dadsteroni]

Noted, now you know MO did not like 5. Steer away from taxations on low income and retired folks. For example I pay a 12.5% tourist tax every time I visit FL. Maybe look at MO tourism, though it is nothing like some states it does have other avenues for find other ways to reduce taxes on Missourians.

[G_Arter @dadsteroni]

@AAGDhillon @TheJusticeDept @CivilRights Great work! $3.2 million is nothing to open AI, cost of doing business.

[G_Arter @dadsteroni]

That is when I would be looking at caps and relays. Maybe something else. Board level repair of some type at that point, if it were mine. I was just given a bid on a Carrier heat pump to replacing my still working perfectly designed 1983 York by Borg Warner. Now this 43 year old York is as simple as it needs to be. I got the bids to just know what to expect. This is an eye opener for sure. Thanx for the warning.

[G_Arter @dadsteroni]

@MikeLKehoe Keep dreaming, voting is going to happen for sure.

[G_Arter @dadsteroni]

@GovMikeKehoe Grok, is this a rob Peter to pay Paul move in the end

Yes, on a static (immediate, no-behavioral-change) basis, Amendment 5 largely functions as a “rob Peter to pay Paul” tax-shift.

[G_Arter @dadsteroni]

@GovMikeKehoe lol, NO on 5. MO Gov doesn't need to have free rein over sales and use tax increases. 5 does not remove a tax when it hand MO Gov even more power over taxing its citizens.

[G_Arter @dadsteroni]

Should MO Amendment 5 pass:
Missouri would primarily make up the revenue through a gradual phase-out of the individual income tax tied to revenue growth, combined with legislative authority to expand or increase state and local sales and use taxes (including taxing services currently exempt). This is the core mechanism of Constitutional Amendment 5, which is on the August 4, 2026, primary ballot.

[G_Arter @dadsteroni]

@Starlink where do I sign up for 1gig service for my Starlink gen3?

[G_Arter @dadsteroni]

@ThomasA34928982 @CigsMake Yep, kept mine and still my daily F150. I did take advantage of that 0% and I did get the red.

[G_Arter @dadsteroni]

@CigsMake still driving my red F150 from 2007. good luck ever getting a deal like that again. F150's are no longer affordable for the middle class. The nice thing is the 4.6l 2vlave while not the best choice for towing was and still is for me a bulletproof design.

[G_Arter @dadsteroni]

@TheBabylonBee there ya go then, don't look to science for any answers.

[Secretary Kennedy @SecKennedy]

The federal government has a duty to protect the American people — not fund research that could put them at risk. Today, we are ending federal support for dangerous gain-of-function research and replacing weak oversight with clear, enforceable safeguards. This policy delivers on President Trump’s commitment to put safety first while ensuring America remains the global leader in ethical, responsible, and lifesaving biomedical research.