Maybe we need a thread called “Stupid Questions.” Feel free to move this question there.
DH and I unabashedly watch one particular cable station a lot. So we’ve come to know the commercials that typically play on that station – lots of pharmaceutical ads, of course, but also one particular ad that must play 20 times a day. It’s an ad for a consortium of attorneys that want to defend you if you’ve been exposed to specific firefighter foam and have developed one of many types of cancers. The ad is 30 seconds long, and it often repeats again immediately after it plays. I find it surprising that this rinky dink consortium has enough money to play this ad over and over again. It’s gotten to the point where DH and I mute the TV when it comes on.
Is this playing only in my region of the country or is this all over? And how does this consortium have enough money to get so much air time? Or, is the cable channel just using this ad to fill empty time?
I get it too, southern New England. Never listened enough to learn who the group is. (And the BSA ads drive me nuts, too.)
I know that when a radio station has unsold time, they often cut a deal. I suspect these lawyer groups buy into or subscribe to some larger advertising service that offers them packaging. The outside group probably does all the creative and other leg work, buying time, etc.
Agree, annoying. But also when stations promote their upcoming news with some awful, gory promo soundbite. It’s often leading up to the dinnertime news programs- just as little kids might be around.
I’m not sure what commercials play here. I tape everything - or at least pause things - and then fast forward commercials. I don’t care if I’m a few minutes or an hour behind the times. I tire of commercials super easily.
I have been wanting H to do InstantInk as I have heard some testimonies to it’s value. He brings a lot for his eBay business - I think it would be worthwhile!
I do not mean this question to be political; I’m just trying to understand.
The media says that the fact that Trump owes so much money that he has personally guaranteed is troubling. Why? What is the penalty to him if he doesn’t pay it back?? I understand that with a typical mortgage or loan, one would put up the building or some other asset as collateral, so you’d lose that asset if you didn’t repay the loan. But what’s the deal with “personally guaranteeing” the loan?
The implication for any politician is that if they owe a debt that they have difficulty paying, the creditor may use it to exert influence over government policy. I.e. “we will forgive your debt if you stop enforcing the laws the we are accused of breaking.”
@ucbalumnus : That part I understand, that anyone with so much debt feels pressure and therefore might be subject to influence. But what I don’t understand is the significance of his having personally guaranteed the loans, as opposed to having a mortgage. If the latter and he defaults, the lender takes the building. If the former and he defaults, what happens??
For typical unsecured debt, there are lawsuits, court actions, and debt collection methods. The latter can include garnishing pay, seizing other assets, having debt collectors call every day, etc… At the very least, this could be embarrassing to a politician, and may lead the politician to do corrupt actions to stop this kind of thing.
If the creditor is a foreign nation-state or a bank owned by such a government, that could have other implications regarding a politician and such politician’s actions regarding such a foreign government.
Note that debt is not the only personal finance that could be problematic for politicians. For example, assets like investments in stocks could be problematic if the politician trades a stock that will be affected by pending but not yet public government action. Local politics are often centered around real estate development issues; controversies can come up around local politicians who have investments or ties to the local real estate or construction industry.
@VeryHappy
Maybe I’m misunderstanding you’re question, but I’m going to guess that the money Trump is reported to have personally guaranteed is, in part, related to various business dealings he had prior to becoming President. For example loans can be taken out by business entities (eg a corporation) using corp assets as security for loan (eg casino). As CEO/ president of Trump Entertainment, Inc., Trump may have signed off on various loans. A lender however may be out of luck if business/corporate assets that secured the loans tank (eg casinos, Enron, Lehman Bros). The CEO/pres of corp would have no personal liability if business tanked. But by making a person (eg CEO/president of corp) personally guarantee loans of some business entity, it may provide a lender a pathway to go after personal assets of say CEO/corp pres. If I had to guess Trump is probably hidden behind so many layers of business entities, he probably owns very little in his name alone making him “personally guaranteeing” anything of little to no consequence to him
So I just bought a pair of bluetooth earphones that wirelessly connect to my phone. And amazingly enough, I’ve connected them and am now listeing to Spotify through my phone and then the earphones.
In the instructions to my earphones, it says “Only ONE Bluetooth device can be connected at a time. Turn off Bluetooth on unwanted devices and turn on Bluetooth on chosen device to connect.”
I’m interpreting that to mean that my phone can only connect to one bluetooth device at a time. OR, does it mean that the earphones can only connect to one other device at a time??
The reason it’s important is, my phone is also connected to my car via Android Auto. If my phone can only connect to one bluetooth device at a time, then I’m concerned that using the earphones means my phone will no longer sync with the car. Can someone more knowlegeable that I confirm that’s not what it means??
Thinking of @Knowsstuff , cause he seems to – know stuff. TIA.
(And, am I hogging this thread?? I have a LOT of questions!)
So it depends on what the bluetooth transmitter in the car allows. I have several things connected to my car bluetooth but can only play one at a time which is how most bluetooth works. So,
If you have your bluetooth ear buds to your phone and it works great. When you go into your car they will usually " automatically" connect to your phone. That is how I have mine set up with Android Pixel 3a. Once you connect if you have an android phone it will ask you if you want to give it permission to connect via a trusted source or something like that. Always say yes. Like is somebody ever going to break into your car to play their bluetooth??? LOL.
So in short, if you have an android phone you should be fine. My phone finds my buds and when I go into my car it connect to the car…don’t wear your buds while driving!!!, and you shouldn’t have an issue.
BTW- yes, ask me most technically stuff like this…hahaha…
Its not just politicians. People who apply for or have Secret or Top Secret clearance need to not have financial issues because they are potentially bribe-able.