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IMO, "strong" would be getting impeached by your own party. If they wanted respect they should have done that the first term. Now they have dig the hole deeper.
Packers -Bears Sat. night Prime & 2 local channels.Hopefully very good game to be missed by a lot of Football Fans.
Yes, should be fun to watch. Better if GB wasn't suffering so many injuries.
If Congress wanted to be viewed as a "co-equal branch", they should have nipped this in the bud many years ago. Now, they have proven just how easy it is to steamroll our Constitution by ANY POTUS with the will. And every single one of these "caucs"…
We have seen the pattern: trump trying to steal from other countries, under the guise of "taking back'. Judge, Jury and executionary, all in one!
He has tried with Ukraine, He is trying with Greenland. He is doing it with VZ. He is trying to squee…
^Mainly what I was thinking. Plus, overweight mag 7 can also result in big reversion, I imagine. AGTHX 5-yr return of 12.46% doesn't beat S&P 13.13%. Which matters to me, as I don't really trade mutual funds. 9% non-US certainly helped for 2025…
Hilton is an INTL entity, so this may backfire on them outside the U.S.
I never stay at Hilton. Always look for Kimpton first. Then other boutique brands.
Now let us ask ourselves, "If this is such a windfall, why would it be necessary to promise taxpayer dollars (more debt!) to entice oil companies to participate?"
I could envision a new administration, in three years, forcing renumeration from any participants in improperly profiting from a resource grab. I would assume oil executives are considering this eventuality. In a world awash with oil reserves, is th…
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BTW, I read a report that 70% of Canadian oil goes to Midwest, 20% to California, and only 10% to Gulf coast. So, the worst case for Canada is the loss of only 10% of its oil exports to US.
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Why Keystone XL was set to raise the price of gas…
No one actually needs to use such weapons, just wave them about like Putin and the DPRK and Israel, it keeps the solicitors off the front porch.
Remember the furor when Russia was thinking about putting nukes in Cuba? Canada is much bigger and eve…
Hard to consider a nation with such a big "mortgage" as a truly healthy economy.
Hard to consider a nation that cares not for its populace health care as "shining".
Hard to consider a nation whose politicians embrace division, as operating efficien…
The Weight is a big favorite among my friends. A friend who plays guitar, and often sings folk songs, performs it frequently.
The documentary The Last Waltz is worth checking out. I have read that the lyrics of The Weight are rooted in Catholicism…
...Just a quick alert, here: Schwab SWVXX MMkt. interest offered is now down to 3.61%. Less attractive than before. ...
I will continue to tolerate the decline, while I watch for a swoon. Half of my cash reserves are in TBUX, which returned 5.37% in…
... My only "long-lasting" bucket is the one having 10 CEFs that was largely assembled in the March-April period. Have experimented with a few others - but found it pretty hard in most cases to replicate what a good fund manager does - even when e…
@WABAC
"the result of inheritances" Ah, so there is a rationale beyond step-up basis. And quite a good one.
Over the past 25 years, we have been the beneficiaries of a few small to moderate inheritances. I never really spent any of it on myself,…
@WABAC My bad. I was wondering about the rationale of leaving "taxables" to heirs vs IRA.
Is there any reason beside the advantages of step-up basis? Which is certainly reason enough.
Look it is GOP Senator Josh Hawley enjoying the peaceful gathering, while engaging in the 50-yard dash!
Should be viewed with the theme to Benny Hill playing.
Speaking of Miller, what sort of gasbag goes by "Stephen" with a "ph". And not simply "Steve".
Imagine "Stone Cold Stephen Austin", if you will. Sounds like the name of a mass muderer, who wears women's garments to nightly tea parties, with his de…
I must say quite the preponderance of evidence that it was neither a "good week", nor a good year.
So much evidence of incompetence, greed and betrayal.
@Observant1 Excellent work. No competent rebuttal is possible. Just sputters, and debate fa…
So the clown car occupants informed the oil companies before and after the operation BUT not the members of congress!? Do I got that right!?
Have they all been listening to their vinyl records backwards again?
Good point! Apparently he consulted th…
I would look to previous examples to anticipate how that might play out. Mainly leaving those already on (or close to) SS as is, Raising retirement ages, lowering monthly amounts for future recipients, elimination of COLA (perhaps). I suppose a big…
