I was in school to be a teacher and I got a seasonal job with the federal government. I realized quickly that if I went full time, I would make as much there as I would teaching, so I dropped out. That was 27 years ago. After several promotions, I'm making 80k/yr. I could never have dreamed of that was a teacher. I was very passionate about teaching too.

Threatening someone is not protected speech. She threatened to run him out of town.

Not all speech is protected. If she had written ot all down and posted it online, she wouldn't have been arrested.

It was in a checked bag. The flight wasn't his target.

I didn't hear talk of him being replaced until he disclosed those issues.

I agree. This is ableism. People with depression are still capable of serving. No one said this when he had the stroke. Mental illness still has a stigma, unfortunately.

My comment was an oversimplification, I'm aware. Since the comment was that they use the same phrase, I was intending to point out that they are theologically very similar, and not surprising they would also use the phrase "and also with you."

Aren't episcoals basically just Catholics without the Pope?

This is why I never do automatic payments. Computer errors happen all the time. They happened to customers where I work too. It's not hard to just pay your bill once a month.

It literally kills people. Heart attacks from shoveling, car accidents, slip and fall accidents. It's pretty when you don't have to go out in it.

A Google search would have given you the answer in two seconds. I think the point of your post is to just rant despite your claim of not wanting to discuss politics.

If you invest in individual stocks, yes you can lose it all. If you invest in an index fund (mine is the same companies as the S&P), it will fluctuate, but it won't disappear. Pension funds are invested in stocks, so if the whole market crashed, pensions would disappear too, along with the world economy.

Recessions scare people, but they are the best time to buy because stock prices are low. Most people are idiots who buy when the market is high and then get scared and sell when it's low, but if you put in consistently, like with every paycheck, you average out the price of the stocks you buy.

A little education goes a long way. I recommend Clark Howard for financial tips, he's brilliant.

This is horrible advice. I started working for the federal government when I was 24, and my father gave me advice about investing. I am now 51, and my 401k is over 600k, (it was more a year ago). The compound interest calculators have been spot on, and when I retire it should be worth 1.5 million. If I withdraw 4% per year in retirement, with a good mix of investments that should not reduce the balance and give me 6000 per month in addition to my SS and pension. Put it in a good stock index fund AND DON'T TOUCH IT. Use cost averaging and downturns will actually be profitable for you. During the last recession, I lost 40% of the value of my 401k, but because I didn't touch it and kept investing in it, when the market came back to where it started, I had double what I had before the recession. Talk to a financial advisor, now. What makes this work is TIME. I wouldn't have what I have if I'd waited until I was I my 30s. The key is starting young, I can't stress this enough. When you get a raise, put half toward your investments to grow it over time without hurting your wallet.

You're right. Don't know why you are getting down voted.

They get on the wrong side when they enter. They don't cross over once they are on.

They probably entered the turnpike via the off ramp instead of the on ramp. I almost did that once driving late at night. Luckily I realized my mistake before I got on the highway.

I find it weird with how much we know in this day and age that people still believe in ghosts.

Hey, some of us had to stay for family members. Don't call me a fucking loser. Someone who goes online to trash talk an entire group of people they don't even know is the one who is the loser. I work for the federal government here, and I've devoted my life to helping the less fortunate. Who I am is not a function of where I live.

My thought too. It would be better to close than to piss off customers who took the time to come to their appointments and found out the conditions were this poor. WTF is the boss thinking?

If they are ok with electing racists.. hate to tell you they are racists too. If they vote for people who want to take away my rights to control my body... then they want to take away my rights too.

Then why are they still in that party?

He's a bigot and doesn't seem them as people.