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Brian Gingerich
@retiredpomskydad.bsky.social
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I live in Salem, Oregon. I’m a retired high school band director/social studies teacher (35 years). Keep busy volunteering at KTUP-FM and KMUZ-FM and playing trombone in a few local groups.
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January 28, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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January 28, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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Where we’re at right now
January 28, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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January 28, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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January 28, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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January 28, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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do you enjoy knowing that when you deposit money in a US bank, you won't lose that money? nice, right?

it's because bank deposits are insured by FDIC.

i don't know what FDIC ever did to these people, but apparently it too is now on their blow-it-up list:

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Banking regulator rescinds more than 200 job offers for examiners it needs
A government-wide hiring freeze is adding to a staffing shortage at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., complicating the agency’s efforts to oversee thousands of banks across the country.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 27, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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January 24, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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January 24, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring
Researchers facing “a lot of uncertainty, fear, and panic”
www.science.org
January 24, 2025 at 1:30 AM