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"I doubt that our country's founders ever thought that someday we would come to this pass."
THAT'S a big 10-4. Policy differences have always been expected. But the prospect of a conscience-less, criminal President surely never entered their minds.…
I believe MAGA as a verb is subject to appropriate grammatical/syntactical usage and form, as in:
"The Orange Fake Criminal President MAGAd-up the country during his tenure in office."
There truly are still some ignorant doinks in the deep South, particularly in rural places. Running for Prez? Religion ought to have zero to do with it. We all know so-called "Christians" whose religion is just a hobby, whose prejudices win out all …
Ya, people don't want to come here, even completely apart from any economic considerations. They're staying away in droves both due to what they see from the Orange regime as unethical, and out of concern for their own personal safety.
Any number of demagogues could be pointed out, doing the thinking for the Orange Abomination. Miller is particularly disgusting, venal, petty, evil. The Orange One could not manage the Executive the first time around. He never expected to win, was u…
...And yet, Obama got elected. ANYONE would be better than the current Orange Destructor.
AOC would be awesome. Sadly, 99% of the country, Right and Left--- see her as unelectable, too radical. She only seems radical if the status quo is taken for …
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@Old_Joe
I'm headed for a week away, north of the border, where a SANE and HUMANE government is in charge. That will be refreshing. Refreshing? Here, have a Coke.
https://calgaryherald.com/news/g7-summit-underway-in-kananaskis-photos
We hardly need any sort of DEI here in Hawaii. Whites are the minority, which can be easily understood. People are here from places many folks on the Mainland never heard of. Things get done and people get along, day after day--- at least to an exte…
@Crash A falling interest rate(s) may be headed your way before 'the leaves of fall' are overcome by gravity.
I believe you. One of the dissatisfying items connected to WCPNX has been its repeated drop in share price, though mild--- when I see my…
WCPNX is "safe" core-plus bonds, but unsatisfying. I sold it and switched a small bit into TUHYX and the lion's share into PRCPX. I've owned them both, before. I bought into WCPNX when interest rates were expected to gradually fall. It has not happe…
@hank @larryB
You're correct. But I suppose I'm (still) in a rare situation, owing no 1040 federal tax, nor cap gains or tax on divs--- year after year. Collecting the divs gives me some freedom as to where to redeploy the "free money." Total retur…
At Crash. Curious about your fondness for investments with healthy yields. If you don’t mind sharing,,,,, do you reinvest the divs?
Hi! Oh, yes, I reinvest all the divs. Because I just don't need them for expenses yet. Our needs are simple, apart f…
You can see almost anything you want to see in the day-to-day numbers.
How about S&P Closes 3 Points Shy of All Time High?
No complaints, since I'm already invested. :)
Despite Panamanian turmoil lately, BLX is climbing back. A very good couple of days, though I think it stinks, the way that workers down there are getting screwed via Presidential decree. By coincidence, I also landed upon another LatAm bank: FBP. A…
(Not 92 here. Just warm and sunny and pleasant. Always a breeze here. I'll soon be flying into a Spokane heat wave, though. Then my partner in crime and I will drive to the BC/Alberta Rockies and will visit Calgary, too. Just a week.)
Thanks, man. Ya, I'm seeing "we're hiring" signs all over the place here. Notably, the (stinking, lousy, useless PRIVATELY run) bus company on the island. Don't tell me you're providing a service, when I must wait over an hour for a stinking bus. So…
Oh, and meanwhile, back in Iran:
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/24/israel-iran-ceasefire-live-updates-trump.html
The strikes may well have been accurate. But the bomb damage assessment does not bear out his claims. Orange doink.
Another, I just plum-forgot: BXSL. Nice yield. At the right time, I could make it a 2nd cash machine in the portfolio.
https://www.barrons.com/market-data/stocks/bxsl?mod=searchresults_companyquotes&mod=searchbar&search_keywords=bxsl&sea…
Thanks for posting, Mark.
"One way to look at all this is to say that the Biden administration was trying to treat technology as an ordinary industry that should be subject to normal oversight and regulation. But tech leaders, who still see themsel…
Truce holding, despite Israeli violations.... Intel says damage set back Iranian nuke program by merely several months. Dunno how that gets measured.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/6/25/live-israel-iran-truce-holds-us-did-not-destroy-i…
Spot on. Those ICE slimeballs have a QUOTA to fill, ordered up by napoleonic little-handed Stevie Miller. Grown-up child, just like those grossly obese dressed-up bullies with guns.
The iron dome has its limits. Waves of drones cannot be all shot down simultaneously. Three potential targets:
1. Israel.
2. Strait of Hormuz. It’s only 6 miles wide, and thus susceptible to attack. Tsp tankers made U-turn a way form this area…
