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Yancey Foster
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Yancey Foster
@Fire_Chief
Husband, Father of 5, Firefighter, Amateur Homebrewer, Hack Golfer, Reader, Internet Addict, Gadget Geek
Traveling Beigetreten Temmuz 2007
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As part of preparations for America’s 250th anniversary, Interior is reviewing wildlife nomenclature to better reflect the nation’s history and character.
Following this review, the raccoon (Procyon lotor) will be renamed the Liberty Bandit, effective April 1, 2026.
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Since the HOA post went viral I've had a lot of people ask me what I actually think about HOAs
So I did what I do
I ran the numbers
There are 373,000 HOAs in the United States
77 million Americans live in one
That's 1 in 4 people
Collectively they pay $106 billion a year in assessments
$106 billion
That's more than the GDP of over 100 countries
For an organization run by your neighbor who hasn't mowed his lawn
The average HOA fee is $243 a month
That's $2,916 a year
For a household earning the median income of $80,000 that's 3.6% of gross income
Going to an organization with no earnings report, no audited financials, and no fiduciary duty in most states
If this were a company it would never survive diligence
Here's why
The board of directors is unpaid
They're volunteers
97.6 million hours of volunteer labor annually
Valued at $2.9 billion
So the people making the rules, setting the budgets, and enforcing fines on your trash can are doing it for free
In private equity we would never invest in a company where the entire leadership team works for nothing
Because when people aren't paid they aren't accountable
And when they aren't accountable they fine you $50 for 11 minutes of trash can visibility while their Christmas lights have been up for 97 days
70% of HOAs are underfunded on reserves by 70% or more
That means the money you pay every month isn't being saved for future repairs
It's being spent
On what
60-70% of HOAs hire third-party management companies
These companies collect your dues, manage your vendors, and enforce your rules
For a fee
Off the top
Before a single dollar goes to the landscaper or the reserve fund
So your $243 a month goes to a management company that hires a vendor that hires a landscaper that mows the common area you could mow yourself
That's not a value chain
That's a fee chain
And landscaping alone can eat up to 50% of the operating budget
For grass
71% of HOAs plan to raise fees this year
71% of those plan to raise them up to 10%
So the cost goes up every year
The reserves stay underfunded
The board stays unpaid
The bylaws stay unread
And you get a letter in an envelope with a stamp in 2026 because your trash can was visible for 11 minutes
If someone brought me this deal I'd pass in the first meeting
No audited financials
No professional management required by law in most states
No fiduciary standard
Unpaid leadership
70% underfunded reserves
Rising costs with no margin improvement
And a customer base that can't leave without selling their house
That last part is the only reason it works
You can't cancel your HOA membership
You can cancel a gym membership
You can cancel a home warranty
You can cancel a streaming service
But you cannot cancel the organization that fines you for your trash can
The only exit is selling your home
In PE we call that a captive customer base
It's the only business model where the product gets worse, the price goes up, and the customer can't leave
And the board enforcing the rules hasn't read them
I have
All 47 pages
Make common sense common again
Plz fix. Thx.
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Ethan Brooks@alt_w_v_g
Got a letter from the HOA yesterday Actual letter In an envelope With a stamp In 2026 The letter said my trash can was visible from the street for too long on collection day The fine is $50 I checked my Ring camera The truck came at 7:03am I brought the can in at 7:14am 11 minutes $50 That's $4.55 per minute of trash can visibility My therapist charges $250 an hour That's $4.17 per minute My trash can sitting in a driveway is now more expensive per minute than therapy I looked at the letter again It was signed by the HOA president Her name is Karen Of course it is I know this woman She lives four houses down She still has Christmas lights up It's March I know because I drive past them twice a day And because that's what I do I checked the HOA bylaws All 47 pages Section 4.2 says all exterior fixtures and lighting must be seasonal and removed within 30 days of the applicable holiday Her lights have been up for 97 days I went to the HOA meeting Tuesday night 7pm In a church basement Folding chairs Fruit platter that nobody touched Seven people showed up Four of them were on the board The other three were there to complain I was there to read My wife came with me She didn't want to But she said "if I don't come you'll end up on the news" I brought my legal pad Karen called the meeting to order She talked about community standards She talked about property values She talked about the importance of curb appeal From a woman whose Christmas lights are still blinking in March I raised my hand She said "we'll take questions at the end" I said "it's not a question. It's a point of order." She looked at me I opened my legal pad I said "Section 4.2 requires seasonal decorations to be removed within 30 days. Your Christmas lights have been up for 97 days. You fined me $50 for 11 minutes of trash can visibility on collection day while you've been in violation for over three months." The room was quiet One of the other three complainers said "he's right" The board members looked at each other Karen said "that's a separate issue" I said "it's the same bylaws" She said "we'll review it" I said "I already did. Page 12. Happy to share my highlights." My wife looked at the ceiling Some things never change Karen said "I think we should move on" I said "agreed. I'll move on when the Christmas lights do." Nobody laughed I wasn't joking I paid the $50 Because it's $50 and I'm not going to die on that hill But if the rules apply to me they apply to everyone So I filed a formal complaint about the lights With photos Timestamped Funny how surveillance works both ways The fine for seasonal decoration violations is $75 per occurrence She's been in violation for 67 days past the 30-day grace period I'll let her do the math Or I'll do it for her Because that's what I do Make common sense common again Plz fix. Thx. Sent from my iPhone
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ICYMI, Presidents FDR and Ford used private funds to construct the White House indoor and outdoor swimming pools.
But Trump can't use private funds to build a ballroom?
DC U.S. District Judge Richard Leon needs to get outside of DC more often.
Touch grass.
whitehousehistory.org/a-pool-for-the…
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A man goes before Saint Peter...
Saint Peter asks 'Where were you born?'
The man thinks for a moment and says, 'Austria-Hungary, Lemberg.'
'Where did you go to school?'
'Poland, Lwow.'
'Where were you married?'
'The Ukrainian S.S.R., Lviv.'
Surprised, Saint Peter asks 'Where was your first child born?'
'In the German Reich.'
'And where did you die?'
'At home in Lviv, in the Soviet Union.'
Astonished, Saint Peter shouts, 'My, you moved around a lot!'
'What are you talking about? I never left the city!'
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Cool. So you'll be officially apologising to the tens of thousands of people you harassed and intimidated with your pointless, time wasting policy of malicious social busybodying?
Home Office@ukhomeoffice
Police time will no longer be wasted investigating legal social media posts, freeing up officers to patrol the streets and tackle real crime. By scrapping Non‑Crime Hate Incidents, we are balancing the protection of vulnerable communities while respecting free speech.
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The Supreme Court in 1884 ruled the children of American Indians are not citizens due to the 14th Amendment. A special statue had to be written to make them American citizens. This proves the birthright citizenship is bogus.
🇺🇸 Mike Davis 🇺🇸@mrddmia
ICYMI, as the Supreme Court gears up for Wednesday: The Supreme Court previously ruled in Elk v. Wilkins (1884) that the Fourteenth Amendment’s birthright citizenship did not apply to the children of American Indians. Congress then passed a statute granting birthright citizenship to them. Answer this dispositive question: If birthright citizenship under the Fourteenth Amendment doesn't apply to American Indians, in what world would it apply to illegal aliens? It simply does not. foxnews.com/opinion/mike-d…
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The executive can’t take the most basic and frivolous action without unanimous approval from every judge in the nation
This isn’t constitutional government or rule of law
It’s just distributed tyranny
Leading Report@LeadingReport
BREAKING: Judge blocks President Trump from constructing his White House ballroom until Congress authorizes it.
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The top 10 most wealthy people in the country have a combined net worth of about $2.4 trillion.
So if we confiscated 100% of their wealth and sold their holdings, assuming it didn’t affect the market price we could cover the deficit for one year. Year after that, we’re back to square one.
In reality forcing those people to sell off their stakes in their companies would tank the share price causing the proceeds to be considerably less than what it appears to be on paper.
Farzad 🇺🇸 🇮🇷@farzyness
The US is running a $2 TRILLION deficit. Revenue IS NOT THE PROBLEM.
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I promise…I really do try to despise the media as much as they deserve, but they keep upping the ante!
Josh Wood@J_K_Wood
“Children don’t make you happy” - The Daily Mail I'm no researcher, but I downloaded the dataset and looked for myself. The study's numbers say the EXACT OPPOSITE of the headline 👇🏻
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KY Constitution Sec 109: “The impeachment powers of the General Assembly shall remain inviolate.”
Phil Shepherd: “remain inviolate” is close enough to “be violated [by me!],” so you know, let me defy 200 years of history and precedent because I like the result I am reaching.
Frankly, the General Assembly should impeach Shepherd for this. Because if they let the judiciary render hollow this critical check and balance you don’t deserve to hold office.
This is of the same ilk of behavior as Judge Goodman.
Lexington Herald-Leader@heraldleader
KY judge voids impeachment of Fayette Circuit Judge Julie Goodman kentucky.com/news/politics-…
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And from the first election after it started, Republican's became unable to win statewide elections in the state that had give us GOP Senators Robert Packwood, Mark Hatfield, and Gordon Smith, and GOP Governor Victor Atiyeh.
Also Reagan in 1980 and 1984.
But now Oregon is a walk-over state for Dems in every statewide race with all-mail elections.
Proof of concept that has now been followed in other Dem. controlled one-party states.
Ron Wyden@RonWyden
Oregonians have successfully voted by mail for over thirty years, and we’ll be damned if we let Donald Trump change the way our state runs its elections. My message to the White House is this: if you come for Oregon’s vote-by-mail, you’ll have hell to pay.
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The American Heart Association was the first group in the world to proclaim saturated fat is bad for health (in 1961). So of course it's are not backing down. Even reject full-fat milk and normal cheese--due to sat fat content--ignoring the last 15 years of science to the contrary. An illustration in the intransigence of bureaucracies
The Wall Street Journal@WSJ
The American Heart Association recommends getting protein from plants—rather than meat—and avoiding full-fat dairy. on.wsj.com/4m0X3h6
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The people most committed to communism in the Soviet Union weren’t the workers—it was the educated elite.
A retrospective study conducted in the 1990s titled "Work Ethics and the Collapse of the Soviet System," examined which groups were most supportive of the Soviet system. The researchers found that, compared to factory workers and semi-skilled laborers, individuals in white-collar positions—especially those with higher levels of education—were significantly more likely to express loyalty to the Communist Party. In some cases, support was two to three times higher among elites.
In other words, the strongest support for the system came not from those at the bottom, but from those in relatively advantaged positions within it.
This runs counter to the common assumption that egalitarian or redistributive ideologies are primarily driven by the least well-off. In practice, they are often most strongly endorsed by people closer to the top of the social hierarchy—those who benefit from the system’s institutional structure, or who are positioned to navigate it successfully.
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#NYC #LandlordRights #HousingCrisis #SquatterCrisis
I’m a NYC landlord.
A tenant used fake financial documents and a bounced check to get into my property.
He has now lived there for 8 months — without paying a single dollar.
My losses are over $50,000 and still growing.
Police won’t act.
DA won’t act.
The system tells me: go to housing court and wait.
I followed the law. I hired a lawyer. I even gave him extra time to leave.
He’s still there.
Let me ask a simple question:
When someone uses fraud to take your property, why is it treated like a normal tenant dispute?
This system doesn’t protect honest people.
It punishes them.
NYC talks about a “housing crisis.”
But who would rent out their property under these conditions?
This is not just my story.
This is happening to small landlords across New York.
And nobody is fixing it.
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