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Here in California, ARCO has perhaps the lowest cost gasoline. Since the composition of the profit margin for fuel from any gas station is a "black box", it's pointless to wonder what part of the price may be ascribed to anything.
That makes the ch…
Found that on Schwab:
FEDERAL FARM CR BKS CONS SYSTEMWIDE BDS
Rating: Moody's: Aaa
Rating: S&P: AA+
Coupon: 5.3
Maturity: 10/19/2026
Callable: Yes
CUSIP - 3133ENT26
Personally, I prefer to buy individual bonds rather than bond funds for …
"The documents show the Secret Service received at least 40 waivers to allow it to spend more than the government rate at Trump properties."
You maybe think that Trumpsters were instrumental in issuing those waivers??
"spellcheck complains"... well, tell it to mind it's own business: "Ignore" or "add to dictionary". My spellcheck now has lots of words that it didn't like. Who's the boss here, anyway? :)
We don't use smartphones or tablets. I maintain a "fleet" of five "late 2014" Mac Minis running El Capitan OS 10.11.6. For browser we use Firefox v78.15, with added extensions for Adblock and "Privacy Badger", which blocks almost all trackers. All o…
Well, maybe the key qualifier there is "initially". How long is initially? 10 minutes? 10 days? 10 points on the S&P or Dow? 10 months?
Without a clear definition of "initially" the whole concept is simply "garbage".
"I don't follow Italian politics either (I think that could drive a person mad) but ya gotta wonder about a system that installs a new prime minister whose party secured only 26% of the popular vote."
@sfnative- See, there's your problem... an unwa…
U.S. Asks Court to End Special Master Review of Files Seized From Trump
Following are excerpts from a current report in The New York Times, severely edited for brevity:
The Justice Department asked an appeals court on Friday to end a special maste…
"standards have disappeared"
I'm not certain that that's actually true. It seems to me that there's a pretty clear set of Trumpian standards for today's Republican politicians.
I'm not much for Popes (despite, or maybe because of, having been bred Catholic) but it's hard to beat this:
In 2013, Pope Francis referred to "trickle-down theories" with the following statement:
Some people continue to defend trickle-down the…
"you can bet on the politicians not getting anything done until the last minute"
Probably, but that sort of thing has been standard practice since the unfortunate invention of politicians.
"Not sure what the full thinking is on the subpoena"
Yes, interesting. Maybe just a shot across the bow to Show Up or Shut Up. Either way, not good for the sTrumpet.
Hi Teresa- no I don't, thank you- somehow I missed out on the TBO fiasco. My posts have just been to try and help the TBO group who may be unfamiliar with the mechanics of MFO to get to your thread. Seems like you have it pretty well under control n…
US supreme court rejects Trump appeal in Mar-a-Lago documents case
Following are excerpts from a current report in The Guardian, edited for brevity:
The US supreme court on Thursday rejected Donald Trump’s bid to let an independent arbiter vet more…
