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Ya, in very rare cases, the leopard CAN change his/her spots.
The crudeness of the juvenile Trump vocabulary no longer surprises me, but it's a damn shame that the President of the United States sounds like a spoiled, ranting child. Yes, I'm guilty…
What I found depressing about the Times article is the fact that the previous administration, using conventional means, instituted a requirement for the wealthy that the current administration, using crooked means, can ignore be telling the IRS not …
You are wonderful people--- all concerned. Computer ANYTHING is beyond ME. But I could certainly contribute, and hope that others might likewise be willing. Thanks for the update!
Delivered food? Never. Many years ago, I recall getting into Louisville (Galt House, downtown) way too late in the evening. I had to walk over the Ohio River Bridge in the freezing cold just to get some munchies. Everything was already closed in the…
@Crash, there is QLAC from T-IRAs. There are no RMDs on the amount used for QLAC, but there are limitations on the total amount.
Also, from taxable accounts, there are CRATs - Charitable Remainder Annuity Trusts. You get some tax deduction upfront,…
Have you attempted to ease the RMDs with backdoor Roth conversions?
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Backdoor Roth is only for $7K / $8k new contributions in 2025, $7.5K / $8.6K in 2026. That too requires clean T-IRA (i.e. without deductible/pretax contributio…
Delicious. Mention of Taj Mahal reminds me that he had spent a great deal of time in my hometown, years ago: Springfield, MA. A great place to be FROM, these days. Crime Toilet, currently.
Statesboro Blues
Great version of Statesboro Blues!
I wasn'…
EPSTEIN. there. We're back on topic. Larry Summers is connected to that bucket of sludge? Jayzuz. Yes, I've seen that L.S. "deeply regrets" his dealings with J.E. ...Nevertheless. ...
Surely. There's always some pretext and distraction. He/they are all utterly shameless. The Emperor has no clothes on, and the regime's sycophants keep complimenting him. His ego needs constant stroking. How many times have we seen the CABINET Meeti…
Delicious. Mention of Taj Mahal reminds me that he had spent a great deal of time in my hometown, years ago: Springfield, MA. A great place to be FROM, these days. Crime Toilet, currently.
Statesboro Blues:
RMDs, I'm sure you intended. Those are gonna hurt, but the $$$ can be reinvested in taxable. 2 more years to age 73. Born in '54. No escaping it. Death, taxes, winter. Well, not much winter here. Sometimes, however....
Yes, of whatever Party, the uber-wealthy look out for their vested interests. But even someone like myself who is as far from wealthy as can be, owns UNITS (not shares) in a MLP. The dividends are not taxable. Why? They are treated as Return of Capi…
Just 8 more bricks in the Wall. Can't take a breath without hearing about another instance. Can't swing a dead cat without running into yet another pile of corrupt slime gushing from out of this Orange felonious regime. It's not any sort of administ…
Glad to see his name again.
Global Balanced, on my own watchlist: GAL. A fund of funds.
https://www.barrons.com/market-data/funds/gal?mod=searchresults_companyquotes&mod=searchbar&search_keywords=GAL&search_statement_type=suggested
EPSTEIN. There, I said it again. Orange Flatulence. One more word: Giuffre. Enough for now. He and his criminal tong need to go straight to f*****g JAIL.
14 Nov '25:
Can't talk for several days, but I can type.
Scarlet Fu seems to have taken over as full-time host. It pleases me.
So, Data drought due to shutdown. ORK! The data we have is stale, some private (vs. gummint) data is being published. Can…
Limit order in, for a few more shares of EWS. Attempting to keep cost basis under $28.00 for as long as it is plausible to do it.
EDIT TO ADD: The thing went up, not down, today. So I stashed the cash in the Mmkt SWVXX, instead. Growing that one fo…
From Congresswoman J. Crockett: the trouble with Dominion voting machines is...
....Dominion is owned by an Orange Schwantz ally. Ya.
https://www.westernjournal.com/not-making-watch-jasmine-crockett-warn-trump-use-dominion-voting-machines-rig-electi…
...Many destroyed their reputations and went to jail last time...
And Uncle Orange the Insect Scum is busy pardoning them all. Rule of Law, much? Not any more. It will take a generation or two of Repugnant "Party" deaths, plus some additional, key …
@Crash
Best of luck to you my friend! A quick, and hopefully painless, recovery.
Thanks, man. Just finished, this afternoon. It's almost becoming routine, periodically. I'm in good hands, no physical pain.
@Observant1
+1.
I want more. I want the full and total cohort of the Orange Criminal tong to be caged for treason. That's what they are all doing together, collectively, step by step, day by day, each according to their position in the Orange pecki…
Soul-less, unfathomably greedy, immoral sacs full of wet, week-old cockroach farts. Repugnant subversive "Party." Is he dead yet? They simply do not deserve to share the breath of life with actual people.
Is it a military coup if the military remains on post as the regime burns the constitution? Perhaps that’s what is in the works. So the military doesn’t actually seize power, they just let one fellow declare he is the king while they stand down.
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Warren Zevon was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame several days ago.
One of his lesser-known tunes titled "Mohammed's Radio" was captured live
on the Stand In The Fire album.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N75XPsa6qY0
LOVE that one! R…
MAGA world is an Orange Kool-Aid Cult, unwilling to see Reality, full of invertebrates just as bad or worse than the 8 who recently voted with Repugnants and thereby fucked the American public.
Chickenshit:
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/8-de…
