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Yeah, I like Kroos. Interesting that he chooses to play his club football outside of Germany.

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Allow me, if you will, to back up and de-crucify Toni Kroos. He's still pretty solid. And he made Germany's best goal of the cup.

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I haven't monitored his comments the way you have, so I don't know about a bias. You do sound like you're overreacting a wee bit. And I'm a woman so I can't be mansplaining. :)

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This poor old woman probably didn't even know what a Taser was until they zapped her with it! FFS!

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Pygmy Possums FTW! That is all.

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(stiffle?) No, just the same old anti-woman bullshit.

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Just how often does he share an opinion about a male candidate? I'll chill out when there's less bias bullshit shown.

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Yea... it might be difficult to Write a Book if you couldn't Read...

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You are right, at that time President Obama was merely an elected State Senator and running for the US Senate.

There is a reason why all the managers and coaches of sports teams downplay the expectations for rookies.

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I actually wonder if she didn't choose that particular thing for her cause just to troll him.

I refuse to judge Melania too harshly. Yes, she is a trophy wife and no doubt married for the money, but she didn't sign up for this and we don't know what she's been forced to do or how she's been terrorized. She is tied to a controlling psychopathic monster, imagine what he is like with her in private - I don't imagine she feels safe for herself or her kid. She doesn't have many ways to openly lash out at him, yet we've continually seen her smacking his hand away and doing things that make you go "hmmm..." We still don't know what that ridiculous jacket was about. But I see a powerless woman in captivity and probably literally afraid for her life. I expect one day when all of this is over, maybe she'll have something to say about what she is experiencing. But it may not be until he is dead or in prison.

EDIT: And who can forget that horrible Christmas display - was that another symptom of her fighting back in the only way she can?

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To be fair, neither was Obama when he gave his groundbreaking keynote speech at the 2004 convention.

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That's a pretty solid rule for a business loan - that's why SBA lenders will record the note against your home. If you don't own a home with some serious equity, you probably aren't getting a business loan from anyone other than the "3 F's" - family, friends, and fools.

It's true for an income property.

Home lending is very different from all other such transactions in a great many respects and as you correctly point out this is one of them. Because a single-family home is 1) Relatively easy to value quite accurately; 2) Generally highly liquid collateral.

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"What is truth?" asked the Roman.

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Only if you're carving your initials into it with a toothbrush.

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They were in separate segments.

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Q U I S L I N G SUANONS

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