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Hi @Old_Joe et al
Sing along now, "We're in the money, we're in the money!".
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Approximate unit costs for these U.S. missile systems vary based on version and procurement year, with recent figures indicating: Patriot PAC-3 MSE ($\sim$$3.…
--- The benchmark freight rate for Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs) — used to ship 2 million barrels of oil from the Middle East to China — hit an all-time high of $423,736 per day on Monday, data from LSEG showed. That marked an increase of mor…
Hi @Old_Joe
You fiddled with this a few years ago. It still remains unique, and I don't think its methods will be challenged in the near future . Our daughter has a few shares in her Roth.
I thought that I had posted this previous, but I guess not.
An aside to this discussion about straight Medicare and related to Medicare Advantage Plans and possible legislation.
ARTICLE.
First, I will note, and others may agree; this whole (gonna retire) stage for medical care can be a very complex area for decisions.
We both have AARP/United Health plan F. This is no longer available. I can't add any knowledge about PLAN G. Howev…
@Observant1
I have encountered 2 skimmers years ago at ATM's and reported same. At one unit I placed a sticky note on the unit to alert other users. This also applies to readers at gas pumps. We use cash for gas.
@Derf
I'm not familiar with the '…
@Derf et al
We use our debit card for cash from the local CU atm. You should feel secure that this type of transaction is indeed 'secure', regardless of the U.S. atm location. We have more concern for the repeated data breaches from systems; mostly …
@Derf
The CC use is limited for items like booking a hotel, etc. Also, a CC has protections from fraud, not covered with a debit card. But, cash is used as much as possible for groceries, restaurants and related.
I do enjoy a Subway, 12" meatball su…
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A conversation with some younger ones last Thanksgiving.......... geez, if I if get their app (mostly fast food types) and pay electronically (with cell phones) I get a big discount. I asked whether they were familiar with permissions all…
Hi @Old_Joe
Below is a quasi AI view of the GENIUS act. I cannot verify the info presented, and assume the information to be accurate.
---The GENIUS Act (Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act), signed into law in Ju…
For our house, Gorsuch provides the Constitutional baseline, being Congress not an individual.
Justice Neil Gorsuch joined the majority in striking down the Trump administration's sweeping global tariffs. Gorsuch issued a significant concurring op…
An arse kicking is in place if the U.S. 'boys' think they can 'win' a fight with China. Nothing good would be the result. Strong economic countries is the major item to keep this from happening.
Who or what remains in this country to build and feed…
Those who continue to pervert and subvert everything.....and we're supposed to have faith and trust. Ya, right !!! I try not to think about who may have all of our SS number data after DOGE.
All of this is really testing my Transcendental Meditatio…
I'm aware of whom you write about. I'm aware, too; from my early days of participation at the M* investment boards (until they became uncivilized) of the person.
Hi @Old_Joe
Are you suggesting that I have missed 'supreme wisdom' at this board. Damn, I read everything. It must be that my age, is having its way with me.
I've discovered only a few mystics during my global journeys.
During my younger days in …
The BITE is to the BIT; Bitcoin, crypto's that is.....among numerous other categories.
SO, where are the monies going??? Big money is always hungry, too. Where is it feeding now?
The one large area for global monies, that have acted 'normal/positi…
I continue to review the categories. Though the graphic is set for the active trading day results, I always review the other time frames. I'll give more attention to the 5 day changes now. There may not be a trend of consequence, but the numbers don…
Kent State made me sick. I was in the military, in New Jersey; at the time. I had returned to the U.S. after two years without 'real news' but stories from those I would meet. I returned to discover 'what the hell' was going on, before my enlistment…
@Crash. Excellent. Very well done. Brandi and Sir Elton are tight buds, and produced an album last year; 'Who Believes in Angels?'. We also watched a tv production last year, in March. A CBS music special of them. It may be available for viewing....…
.... GET A LOAD OF HIM, HE'S SO INSANE .....
.... YOU BETTER GET YOUR COAT DEAR, IT LOOKS LIKE RAIN .....
I've referenced 'Madman' previously here and at the 'original' FundAlarm, but with different circumstances.
I place this song and lyric n…
R.E.O. Speedwagon, Golden Country, 1972, lyrics in image
Another excellent road song with meaning. Turn up the volume to '12', so that those 6 x 9 speakers mounted in the rear window deck want to jump out of the mounts (well, the old days anyway). …
Thank you @larryB for the lead to this song.
Reportedly written more towards the Cold War, nuclear buildup of the period. The song link is the album cover with scrolling lyric. Just below the image, one may select 'more' to view the entire lyric. T…
My knowledge, on a daily basis; is that some of these folks are in place no matter what their 'leader' does. Others are frustrated in what they thought their 'god' would do to help their place in the world of a better economic position; although I d…
Being an older person; at times, I cringe when I hear partial songs from my younger days being moved through commercials on tv. I understand why certain song pieces are used for marketing of product 'x'. They want to trigger a good feeling in hopes …
Recalling sitting at a picnic table in the summer of 1965 (graduation year) and enjoying this new song from The Rolling Stone, named 'I Can't Get No Satisfaction'. A great beat, a common and simple theme; and great on the radio driving music. Much o…
