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If only we'd stop all of this testing there wouldn't be any problem at all and we wouldn't have to worry about the damned masks and stuff.
If only we'd stop counting all of those fake votes then we'd have the biggest most fantastic win in the histo…
Sounds a lot like something that I was noting re Old Skeet not too long ago. Much better than average in some areas requiring significant mental acuity, yet virtually blind in other areas not requiring all that much brainpower. Hard to understand.
If all of the reporting in the "liberal media" is "fake", as you appear to believe, please provide evidence from respected and believable alternative sources, that my list is incorrect. The Wall Street Journal might be a good place to start. (The ac…
Redwing, I've given you a reasonably comprehensive itemized indictment against the current "president". Obviously you are unable to respond with a similar list against Mr. Biden. Lots of hat; no cattle.
"The Left will do anything to try to defeat Trump including promoting the radical Left agenda."
And the "right" won't do anything of the sort, of course, being righteous, pure as snow, and never having been caught doing anything underhanded or even…
@Crash: It's true that the two options are not great, but they are the only ones actually available. Not the only ones conceivable, but actually available. Until that changes, if it ever does, that's the way it is. Box "a" or box "b". Pick your pois…
In this forum the great majority of financial conversation is well thought-through, based on research, personal experience, or sources of reasonable integrity. The commentary of the participants is usually intelligent and based on facts, or at least…
Yes, he is. Mark was comparing Captain Crozier's situation to the recent military trial of Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher, who was lauded by the "president".
The problem isn't with the rules, but the uneven application of them. And that's the hallmark of this "president": the "rules" are whatever he happens to want at any given time.
What makes anyone think that Bolsonaro wouldn't welcome a "military coup"? Likely he'd still be the head man, without all of that "democracy stuff" to interfere.
Lewis- It takes a very stable genius to understand and appreciate President Trump. Evidently you do not qualify for that particular category. Thank god.
His comments may influence the thinking of the highest-ranking military officers. Every bit of protest helps, especially from those who have walked the walk.
Hello there Ron- Thanks for starting this post, because you've raised the same questions that I've been pondering, and it's always nice to see that someone else is seeing things through the same lens. I've been pretty quiet on this board for a while…
@MikeM: Hi Mike- that link didn't work, but this one seems to be OK.
Madell is evidently opinionating on owning Muni bonds directly- I'm thinking that the Schwab fund managers should have the smarts to adjust their portfolio to minimize the risk of…
@Old_Skeet- We hold a pretty large amount in Schwab's SWKXX muni fund. Given COVID's terrible tax hit to various government entities, do you consider this to be a significant risk factor for this type of fund? Thanks-
OJ
Reminiscent of the '29 Great Depression... those with money controlled the government until Roosevelt. They wouldn't borrow and spend money under any circumstance.
Well, maybe one circumstance... to pay for Bush's Mideast war that no one needed.
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I can tell you that my wife and I are certainly going to maintain isolation (voluntary house arrest) for quite a while yet- at least until we get a decent picture of how things go out in the real world.
We believe that we are probably looking at a year of hiding in either the SF or Guerneville homes, using Instacart and Amazon for shopping. That's not a complaint... we are very fortunate to have those options.
At our ages, if we contract the disea…
@sma3- I'm sure it will be little comfort, but we find ourselves to be in exactly that situation too. I'd consider sitting tight for six months or so, and hope that we get some sense of where this situation is going to take us. It seems to me that t…
