Lowes, Crossville, Tennessee

Customer service at Lowes has been going the wrong way for years. 

Take the store in Crossville, TN as an example.

Try to find somebody to help you.  Ask a couple of questions on some basic items.

I shop at Home Depot in Cabo San Lucas often.  Most of the associates can speak English.  Service is dam good.  Associates will actually walk with you to find the item being sought. 

I can't understand half the Lowes employees in Crossville.

The theft of merchandise in the Crossville store is truly despicable.

The rampant and brazen thefts that occur there so often are what we pay for as consumers.

Across the street at WalMart in Crossville, they estimate that in 2025 they were vandalized via theft, of over $1,000,000.00 in merchandise!

Stunning number.

You live amongst these heathens as I do.  Encounter them everywhere, church, schools, restaurants, businesses.

Hard to believe isn't it.  America.  2026.  God help us.  

TRUST

The regime in Iran is about as trustworthy as a used car salesman or for that matter, the Southern Poverty Law Center.

These ruthless killers need to be removed.

War is not kind, the Iranian rulers are rather disingenuous.

President Trump, America has to stand behind you.

May God protect America and the good people in Iran.

It's Friday, lighten up, the stock market is up

I have always questioned whether Al Sharpton was really a preacher, since he has no church.

So when I heard that Al Sharpton was the guest preacher at a nearby black church, I decided to check him out in person and see what it was all about.

As I was sitting in a pew, Reverend Sharpton came up to me (I don't know why ……. maybe it was because I was the only white person in the Church).

He laid his hands on my hand and said: "By the power of Jesus the Lord All Mighty, and the power of God, you will walk today."

I told Reverend Al that I was not paralyzed.

He came back later and laid his hands on me again, and repeated the same thing: "By the power of Jesus the Lord Almighty, and the power of God, You will walk today. "

Again I told him there was nothing wrong with me.

After the sermon I stepped outside.

And lo and behold, my car had been stolen.

THE HUNGRY BEAVER

No, it isn't a sad tale of a nymph sorority chick.

It's a dining establishment.

A dam good one.  Where is it?

Todos Santos,  Baja California Sur,  Mexico

No beach view, (new buildings insured that), just a hell of a great place to eat breakfast.

I mean hellaciously good. 

Longhorn Steakhouse, Atlanta Airport, Concourse C

I have no idea when those chicken wings were originally cooked.

Zero.

Yesterday?

Last week?

Last month?

No clue, I'm just not that good at dating meals consisting of chicken wings.

I don't cook chicken wings except on a grill, fresh.

I seldom cook chicken wings, fresh, on a grill.

Without a doubt, those wings should have been credited to my credit card.

They were so nasty, so old, so tough, so dry, a coyote would have had a time scarfing them down.

And to think Chic-Filet was next door. 

Live n learn.

Ugh.

   

To my TRADING pals...........listen up

 Key changes in the proposal:

• Eliminates the PDT designation entirely — No more counting day trades or the "4 in 5" trigger.
• Removes the hard $25,000 minimum equity requirement for day trading.
• Replaces it with real-time "intraday margin" rules — Brokers will monitor your account's risk throughout the day based on your actual positions and market exposure.
• Instead of a fixed $25k threshold, you'll be subject to standard maintenance margin requirements applied intraday. Brokers can block trades or require you to add funds/liquidate if your account goes into a margin deficit during the day.

This shifts from a rigid "you must have $25k" rule to a risk-based, real-time system that modern brokers can already handle with today's technology.

What This Means for Traders

Aspect	Old PDT Rule	New Intraday Margin System
Minimum Equity	$25,000 required	No fixed minimum (likely much lower, e.g. ~$2k depending on broker)
Day Trade Limits	3 trades/5 days if under $25k	No limits based on trade count
Monitoring	Based on trade count	Real-time risk calculation
Who it affects	Margin accounts only	Still margin accounts (cash accounts unchanged)

Positive for small traders: People with $5k–$20k accounts will be able to day trade more freely without restrictions or switching to cash accounts.

Potential downsides: Higher risk for inexperienced traders who could lose money faster with leverage. Brokers will still enforce margin calls and may have their own stricter house rules.

Current Status (as of April 14, 2026)

This is not yet fully effective. FINRA filed the proposal (SR-FINRA-2025-017), and the SEC has an approval deadline around today or April 16. Many sources expect approval soon, with an implementation period afterward (possibly weeks to months as brokers update systems).

The "BREAKING" post is likely reacting to the imminent SEC decision.

If you're a day trader, check with your broker for their exact timeline and new policies once approved. This is one of the biggest changes to retail trading rules in over 20 years.

TAX DAY, April 15

Had to pay bigly to the United States of America for the 2025 tax year.

Today, paid the first quarterly estimate for 2026, probably enough to put you in a Tesla.

I am positive with the money I pay, your neighborhood should see new hospice centers, Somali learing centers,  and more Medicaid and Medicare madness.   

The lack of accountability in government, state, local, tribal, and federal, is truly stunning, even to Elon Musk.   Accountability to the tax dollars you paid, and I paid.

Accountability to common sense, the rule of law, society at large.

Accountability to God.

The disgusting part of all of this money being turned over to the federal government, to be pilfered by Congressman and Senators alike, is that I can't send the funds, via wire, to people, agencies, departments, charities that actually need the money.   No, I have to send it to Big Brother, who then, disgustedly, decides how much to skim for their own benefit.  

No one goes to jail.  No one is charged.  No one is arrested.   No one does time.  No one pays it back. 

This is how it works ladies and gentlemen, for those of you in Wagoner, Wounded Knee and Twin Buttes.  It's too easy.  It's how your tribal council members work.  

A foreigner steals millions via fraud.  

The Feds tell America: "Oops, we lost him, dang."

An American taxpayer fails to pay taxes in time, for a million reasons, maybe he lost a child, lost his marriage, lost his business, because he’s broke and just doesn't have the money to pay on April 15. 

The Feds:  "We kicked the front door in at 3 a.m., tackled his half asleep wife, shot his dog, and dragged him outside in his underwear!"

It's like Americans aren't even there.     The printing presses continue.  The devaluation of the dollar only goes one way.

American monetary policy in decline.   The fraud insures it.

FOR SALE

One NATIVE AMERICAN Privilege Card.

White Earth Chippewa.

Reason for selling:    Am 72, never been used.    Hasn't done anything for me.  No free college, no free food, no free housing, no free anything.

I was awarded a couple hundred dollar treaty settlement in the 1960's.   Dad took the money and put it toward buying a Polaris snowmobile, 20 horsepower.

Would prefer cash for the card but willing to do an even trade for a widely used VICTIM CARD which seems to be widely accepted and with much better benefits.

Did not take any PPP money or Covid money.

Am clot-shot free, a pureblood, so at least I got that going for me.