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It's a Christian tenet that if one is baptized, it makes them Christian, having undergone the Initiation. That's why it feels so awful for me to be lumped -in together with the MAGA-evangelical types in the eyes of a great many people. The "Christia…
It is hard to know what to make of this. People typically being so inept at living within their means. Plus, age has a lot to do with it. Making $200K, with a paid off house and paid for autos, kids done with college, is far different from just star…
Much of the time, he exhibits a need to learn a few more lessons in communication skills. Even apart from the dreadful Epstein connection, his manner could often be off-putting. Did he not hold a position under Obama? Seems to me that over the cours…
My biggest losers are concentrated in the energy sector FWIW. 5 out of the worst 8.
Over what period of time? My midstream holding today fell by -0.41%. Pay date for the quarterly dividend is in 2 more days. Let it fall, then I'll re-invest at a mo…
From her 2020 departure:
https://portfolio-adviser.com/china-star-tiffany-hsiao-and-deputy-managers-exit-matthews-asia/
Thanks for the news. But China? No. Politically evil. Toxic. And that Fund House has too steep a climb ahead of it, in my estima…
Ya, well. TROW has it coming. Service to clients fell into the toilet long ago.
I’d question how much fund houses / brokerages trade on service. Indirectly, yes. But my reading suggests it’s mostly about AUM and the direction of fund flows - in or …
This is really just nothing until the "all at once" phase begins.
Good one.
Another line from 1929 - and originally from a Hemingway character I believe.
You're right. From The Sun Also Rises.
I watched a Lyn Alden YouTube presentation on why money and banks are broken. A rather predictable examination, and I could not argue with any of it. But his/her solution was to recommend crypto. Decentralized. Disconnected from the ways in which go…
Part B: Congressman Neal has it right. Actual flesh and blood people do not matter to the Orange regime.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5609430-medicare-part-b-premiums-2026/
It's true: he could simply order the files to be released. His own DOJ is just a tool of his, anyhow. Once again, he has manufactured a Catch-22. His DOJ is investigating the Dems, so, the files cannot be made public on that account? This is such a …
"...We have to back off a bit and take a look at the people who "have become desensitized".
And some are, by their own admission, hiding from the news every day! A personal friend of mine for many, many years is a case in point. He told me so. (And…
This would be huge news in normal times. People would be fired, and for good reason. These days it is just a tiny blip in the constant string of abuse and incompetence.
Utterly, totally and completely TRUE.
Scott Galloway has been making the point that disruptions (bears) in Markets are to be expected. Natural. Inevitable. Unless the Powers That Be play games and manipulate all of the levers. Paul Volcker had quite a challenge facing him. These days, t…
I truly hope HCR is correct. I do read and listen to her. But I fear that there are just way too many really oblivious Americans who are beyond help, having drunk all the Orange Kool-Aid they can stomach. Like the Orange Atrociousness, they went to …
LOL - my driveway is about 1500 sq ft. Clearing it is an art form. You have to take into account the snow type (wet or dry), the amount, the wind speed/direction and where you want it to be piled up. I will be getting out the snowblower in a week or…
I pay a high price for the pleasure of never again needing to rake leaves or move snow. (Nor do I have to endure those temperatures!) Part of that price is the fact that there is a narrow wind tunnel between the apt. structure and parking structure;…
I see an AP report in which it is said that Uncle Orange SUPPORTS release of it all. Hmmm. Is that because his name has been expunged everywhere, finally?
Don’t get me started. Leaf blowers drive me crazy. I have a hearing condition that makes sounds seem louder and leaf blowers in particular. The professional blowers love to goose the throttle. Our neighbor has a gardener who starts at 0730 in the s…
Hey!!!
Speaking as one of those polloi types I hereby make a motion to eject your pompous ass from our beloved brotherhood.
I may possibly reconsider if you make it into the top 1% bracket and (quietly) send me a suitable substantial gratuity.
...O…
Charlie Munger is on the other side of the fence now. But he and I can still see each other and gloat. Crypto is feces. People can make or lose money with it; no matter which, it is a fantasy asset with no value, other than what speculators want to …
I'm indignant, just reading that, @larryB. Think of all of the off-ramps that this country did NOT use in order to be rid of Orange Trumpy. And look at where we are now, and all the harm he's done. My blood sizzles.
Affordability, much?
Compare Ireland's system, which just might be among the worst in the EU. Still, it's damn good when put up against the three cases you specify!
https://wise.com/us/blog/healthcare-system-in-ireland
Links to several Epstein emails are posted below.
I'm very interested to learn about the information included in the Epstein materials held by the FBI.
Hopefully, it will see the light of day...
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"Snow Falling On Cedars." From the Screenplay:
NELS
Perhaps I have some idea.
Ishmael looks at him.
NELS
Could it have anything to do with the way
you look at her?
Pause.
ISHMAEL
Hooks called her a liar. I knew she
wasn't.
NELS
It t…
