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So we transition from "Thanksgiving Week Buy Signal" into "Santa Clause Rally"?
S&P is a world of its own as far as I'm concerned. Highly concentrated and buoyed by passive flows into retirement plans. Those flows have been known to slow marke…
Apparently, you and I are paying to have the Epstein files (which did not exist) cleansed before publication.
Not Houdini - but clever.
https://snopes.com/fact-check/fbi-overtime-redact-epstein-files/
I don't know about "of all time." But over the past year I came to love this little gem from VW. Caveat - I have never owned a SUV and never will. When rental companies attempt to move me into one (common now) instead of the sedan I reserved, I re…
hank said, "The nice thing about winter to me is the solitude." Early morning like 3AM, contractor decided to remove about 1 " of snow at the nursing home across the street! I can handle the snowplowing at 6 AM , but not 3 AM.
Ouch! My neighborhoo…
What nobody has said - This opens up our boys and girls to the same treatment, God forbid they survive an initial enemy assault. Life is cheap to this gang. Holy S*** - Never thought I'd find myself in agreement with Rand Paul, an outspoken critic…
There's a good episode of "Little House on the Prairie" staring Michael Landon where they get buried by several feet of snow on Christmas Eve. I've watched it a number of times. All-time favorite of mine. Never grows old. (I'm tempted to say the ti…
I've seen - or think I've seen - footage of heavily armored, helmeted, masked government thugs busting out windows of vehicles stopped at red lights in downtown Charlotte and dragging motorists suspected of some crime to the ground. Unless those im…
Yesterday I tried to purchase an app from Apple and learned you needed IOS 26 for it. That pushed me a bit to do it. Glad it worked for you @DrVenture.
Interesting. My phone is on 18and my pad just asked if I want to install 17.7.10. I will have to check my other devices later.
Perhaps if you scroll down further you might see "Upgrade to IOS 26"? It's not immediately noticeable. I guess they don't…
Surprise! @Crash. Most of us who live in snow areas probably feel the same way. When I lived in Berkeley and Bradenton friends would ask if I missed the snow and I'd always tell them I know where it is if I do.
The nice thing about winter to me is t…
Old Woodie First time I saw a coach tackle opposing team member as he ran down the sideline! That error cost him his second love, football.
A "character" for sure. :)
@hank- Where you at? I'm up to where FDR has just taken office and Mitchell is in big trouble.
I'm in December '29. Muddle through around a chapter a night (audiobook version). ISTM Hoover has been in denial a while. Many are blaming the Fed for al…
As I recall from years ago, team coaches taught regular curriculum as well. A history teacher might coach football after hours and on weekends. A math teacher might coach the school's baseball squad or cheer-leadingbsquad. But the school's core cur…
An interesting line of reasoning from @DrVenture with thoughtful suggestions which have merit.
"I'd like to hear ideas, thoughts, even helpful criticisms. Maybe we can form some more detailed plans/ideas?"
I'm left at this point with many more que…
$7.5 million a year for coaching college football?
Where are our priorities? I'd be ashamed to collect my pay. Doesn't seem to bother some. And we wonder why a college athlete might intentionally flub a play to garner some money from the entren…
Watching tonights Monday Night Football I sure miss the original trio of Cosell, Meredith, and Gifford and/or equally the Madden & Michaels duo. I think they just added to the excitement of the game.
I don't watch football anymore. But Cosell wa…
Any reporting on whether Ol' Pete was inebriated when he gave this command? Dedicated alcoholics can hide the overt effects pretty well when speaking to others ... but judgment suffers.
Used to be a hoot to spin a rear drive car round and round on ice in an empty parking lot if you could find one. Taught you a lot about the dynamics & how to regain control. Pretty harmless. Front wheel drive behave much differently. They grip…
LOL @Anna -
- The exercise is healthy and also proof that I am still alive!
- I don't trust anyone to do it right. Plows mounted on trucks can do a lot of damage to
drives and nearby landscaping. Snowblowers take longer but much better on yo…
Stumbled across a 1 oz bullion silver coin digging through some junk recently. Not too pretty. Probably bought it back in the days of the hunt brothers. ISTM there's a few commemorative ones laying around here somewhere. My investment grade Morga…
Wow. What a workout. Blower ran good. About 8-10 inches but thick as wet cement. A foot deep in places. I need to shovel around steps and the like as the Honda doesn't have good protection in front. One of my few complaints about it. Count yourself…
It's amazing the role computers (and software) play in aviation today. I'd guess 1 in 3 of my flights encounters a 5-15 minute delay departing "while we update / download some computer data." On rare occassions problems of that sort have led to ha…
We have about 6" as of now. I changed the oil in the Ariens on Wednesday. It does have electric start, but just not needed. Will be heading out soon for round one.
Edit: Whew what a slog! The snowblower was pushing the snow, instead of expelling i…
I’ve been stuck on Streisand for about 2 months. Dozens of lovely duets. But this one with Hozier blows me away. What a marvelously sophisticated arrangement. Notice the slow mellow violin notes at the start. Notice how the track is devoid of perc…
Thanks. Interesting. I wish I had a dollar for every 320 flying. A great aircraft.
”The fix mainly involves reverting to earlier software and is relatively simple, but must be carried out before the planes can fly again, other than repositioning to…
" It is refreshing to have an established bond analyst to discuss the process of exploring various sectors of bonds and their inefficiencies."
But I don't see why we need an "established bond analyst" when we already have FD1000.
Well, if your toil…
I’ve always maintained (in agreement with Jacobson) that bonds were more complex and more difficult to understand than stocks. And many who speak with an air of authority know much less than they think they do about bonds. Wanna pull up all the bon…
@Crash raises some serious questions. Do you invest primarily (1) for the purpose of increasing your personal wealth or (2) for promoting democratic rule and social justice? Personally I invest to increase my wealth. I vote and contribute money …
Expect increased chatter about a national crypto reserve in the coming weeks. Managed by Orange Julius Corp of course!
Could the National Guard stop the bleeding? Maybe put 500 on Crypto detail?
