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Typical January raid on my funds again in 2026. I never want to pull too much from one source. Spread it around, like manure. PRWCX, PRCFX, PRCPX and BLX were the targets this time. It's very counterintuitive to yank money from a good performer. BLX…
But it's OK for grown-up schoolyard chickenshit masked ICE bullies to THROW women across the street????? Pepper spray? Teargas? Rubber bullets? How many fatal casualties have there been? SHIT.
Re: the abuse of Sen. Kelly:
So many chickenshit Repugnants. Jayzuz. They won't back him up, after all he's done for the country. Only two mentioned in the article express misgivings: Collins and Tillis.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5673860-…
Sad, but true. Every word of it. Decline? Hell, I've been saying that for at least 15 years by now. The biggest piece of evidence is that Orange Doink was elected. TWICE!
Uncle Orange's vanity has been bruised. No sympathy. At all.
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/trump-sidelined-venezuela-opposition-leader-machado-for-ultimate-sin-of-accepting-nobel-peace-prize-report/?cdmc=37qPrB9mFf1BeJsiOszmdFI9NIO&refcod…
Everything revolves around the Orange One's sense of vanity. Such a child.
“If she had turned it (The Nobel Prize) down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” the source said.
https://w…
Michael Burry is betting on Valero, post-invasion.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/05/michael-burrys-bet-on-a-us-takeover-of-venezuelan-oil-that-he-has-held-for-years.html
Puke bucket, please. No need for any sort of government that SERVES the governed--- unless you're a billionaire. It's all about dollars and cents. But skip the cents (like the IRS already does) because that's just chicken feed.
One of Krug's links is to a Politico story that's a good summary of the various oily factors: https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/03/trump-venezuela-oil-us-companies-return
Dead link? "We're sorry, but..."
Then taxes are the worst ROI, i.e. compounded negative return, ever, anywhere if they fund billionaire health and welfare without benefitting the people/society.
You said it!
...Just a quick alert, here: Schwab SWVXX MMkt. interest offered is now down to 3.61%. Less attractive than before. I will continue to use it only for the purpose of segregating money devoted to an early Fall trip this year--- in order to keep that …
Whisky In the Jar. Love it.
AND Peter Gabriel. I watched a vid of his "Secret World" Concert. Gotta mention Paula Cole! You may remember she sang the theme song for "Dawson's Creek" on tv.
The strike and removal of Maduro and wife only further cements the Orange regime as a loose cannon which needs to be avoided and given a wide berth. Other countries will be telling themselves that this is just one more lawless, nutso, freewheeling a…
Right. a huge investment in the Ven. oilpatch is not merely to be presumed as if it were an automatic next step. Those big fossil fuel companies are first and foremost capitalists. A resurgence in the Ven oil industry is no more to be expected than …
"...newt and mitch are the architects of today's gop."
Don't forget Ralph Reed and Ronny Ray-guns. Gingrich the Newt deserves the most credit, I suppose, for stubbornness becoming a policy plank and using his position to radicalize the agenda, incl…
