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@Hank. At times like these I ponder measuring movement in dollars vs %. This morning I noted our portfolio is down 1.9% since the start of the quarter. Of course I can't spend % at the store. I need $$$$. The raw number of dollars seems much more se…
@AndyJ. Agree 100% with your first paragraph. Not at all with the second. I have a notoriously short attention span and enjoyed the playoffs very much. I would not mind a pitch clock. And although I rarely agree with Ted,,,,the batting gloves are …
I am pulling for the Sox,,, But mostly pulling for it to go seven. The play offs have been a great way to avoid watching, listening or thinking about the news. Baseball is certainly more American than what passes for our government in Washington.
We have owned THOPX in the distant past and in recent years, missing it's period of poor performance by blind luck. It's performance of late has been outstanding. M* has long questioned the small team at Thompson and has expressed doubts but it's ra…
Thanks for the good wishes guys.. actually I have been at 30% equity for quite a while. My wife and I exchanged Apple watches as retirement gifts and it's all good. It will be weird not being a saver,,,,
QUESTION: How many new posting here are links? And how many are members posting a question for the group or a topic for discussion? Of course we all know the answer.Its almost all links from the linkster. I for one also frequently check out the Bogl…
The problem with the links,imho,,,is not the format, or even the quality of them. It is just the raw quantity of them. Call it visual pollution if you will. Just too many of them. If a board member wanted to actually start a discussion about a mutua…
Why not ban links for two weeks and see what we really have here? I bet the number of real discussions will slowly increase. Yes,,,there will still be rants about politics and M* but the sheer bulk of discussionless links will disappear and perhaps …
@ old_skeet. By your definition of Treason,,,,,,trump is quilty of Treason by betraying his wife, his country by his relationship to Putin and humanity,by stealing children. If by publishing the piece a few clueless repuglicans opened their eyes for…
@davidrmoran. The SDS might not have been so effective,,,,, whatever that means, but I am sure they considered themselves as the vanguard of something bigger. The fact remains that our generation did mobilize in very large numbers against the war an…
@Hank."interrogation in the white house." Think of the great scene in my favorite novel, The Caine Mutiny, when Capt Queeg( trump) ordered the interrogation of the entire crew, searching for who ate the missing strawberries. Madness at 1600. Orange …
@DavidrMoran. "You don't need a weather man to know which way the wind blows." But was he in the weather underground,,,, the SDS faction that meant business?
I am an old guy and I have been known to repeat things but it is worth repeating. When historians write about this grotesque time in American history this big question will be who to blame for risking our democracy? Will it be the repuglican voters …
@MikeM. Scary indeed. If you don't begrudge those who voted for trump,,,your words,,,,, how do you feel about those how support the party that keep him in power? Or put another way,,,the repuglicans and their voters are all that are keeping him out …
@LewisBraham. Very solid post in my opinion. I am effectively retired as of 9/1/18. With above average S.S. , a paid for home and a substantial portfolio.. luckier than most. And who knows what the future might hold? I can't imagine how the masses w…
@DavidrMoran. Hey,,,,, it's a subject that is on my mind right now. I will be turning 70.5 next year,,,, I was pointing up his hypocrisy... I also understand that the elite don't need the money and would be happy to let it grow tax deferred. Regular…
@ted. I particularly take note of your links to funds that are closing the door (for lack of interest, no doubt) Those always generate a ton of discussion..just kidding.
What say you, repuglicans board members? I am old enough to remember when fiscal responsibility mattered to you people. Or so you said. Now,,,, in your unrelenting greed you don't even pretend to stand for anything except I WANT MORE FOR ME.
@ted .. like,,, it's your opinion man. Actually this thread holds more interest to more members than most of your mostly useless links. And our collective financial future is unfortunately linked to the greedy and short sighted repuglicans, led by y…
Last week the dickhead wanted to take raises away from civilian federal employees. The deficit,,,, he said was the reason. Now he wants to delay revenue for the federal government,,,,, increasing the same deficit he was so concerned about last week.…
@davidrmoran. +1. Confederate monuments are coming down at long last. When I see a jacked up pick up truck flying the Confederate flag I shudder. The Anthem of the Confederate States of America ,,,,, makes me wonder what message that was intended t…
@Old_Joe. So right you are my brother! Sadly Congress is made up of Democrats and the trumpians
who are complicit in stealing the country right in view of the whole world. This can only end badly. If the trumpians are booted out of office in the …
@sma3. I think the discussion is not so much about the federal work force but the unmitigated audacity to say he was doing this for fiscal reasons. In reality,, the is just another battle in the repuglicans war on poor people,,,like their war on wom…
@Sven. True that. And yet many of those workers will vote against their own econont interests. WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE? The nerve of trump,,,after slashing revenue, he claims to be concerned about the deficit.
@Ted. I too drove a Triumph back in the day. Mine was a Tr-4A, it never run often enough for me to get bored with it. And I sold it for a loss. Much,much later in life I currently own an old Miata. It is everything I wanted the Tr-4A to be and the m…
@Old_Joe. agree with your remarks completely. Never thought I would be pulling for the likes of Mr. Sessions. That he works for the despicable one and sometimes tries to do what's right makes him seem better,,, maybe better than what he is. The fa…
@Hank. All good points. My profound disappointment is with Senators and Representives who are turning a blind eye to some serious high crimes and misdemeanors.
