Ya, they really fucked things up. They were so well positioned with their early start if they’d done things better and didn’t rest on it.

What this really is, is the first major OEM casualty from the EV transition.

Nissan was in deep deep trouble. This merger is a lifeline, they needed it to survive.

Yes, and as others have mentioned, the scale sits on the counter since it’s delicate.

I got a wooden spatula that’s great for creating fear!

This is from the Texas GOP 2012 education platform.

“We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) (values clarification), critical thinking skills and similar programs that are simply a relabeling of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) (mastery learning) which focus on behavior modification and have the purpose of challenging the student’s fixed beliefs and undermining parental authority.”

They backtracked on critical thinking after the outrage it caused with this

• Munisteri told KVUE, "The platform plank is against a specific type of teaching called ‘outcome-based education.’

"The reason why critical thinking is mentioned is some places try to disguise the program of outcome-based education and just re-label it as ‘critical thinking.’ "

With 5% you run a serious risk of running out of money. The general rule is 4% at retirement age, but younger than that with a longer time horizon is even less.

E.g you can look at this FIRE calculator (Financially Independent, Retired) which runs simulations against historical data. It’s all inflation adjusted for the yearly withdrawal.

https://www.firecalc.com/

With $5,000,000 and a $250,000 withdrawal rate, you have a 53.2% chance of making it 45 years and not running out of money. 4% 200k is 79.8%, and 3.5% 175k gets you to 96.3%.

Take that same 5 mil though and do 4% for 25 years with a 65 year retirement age so money until 90, and it’s a 98.4% chance.