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Why would they read any of those people? Why would they take a chance that they might hear a few facts that don't jibe well with what they "know" to be true. No sir... it's got to be a "source" that parrots exactly what they already believe and no d…
and, "sources". As if all sources are equally legitimate, and worthy of equal respect. Talk about false equivalency! "Hey, I gotta source!" It's funded by Kock or Mercer but it's just as believable as AP. Right.
@rforno- I felt that Google was going to become an all-intrusive nanny waaaay back when, and stripped everything except Google Earth from my Mac. I wouldn't touch any of the "social media" sites for any amount of money.
@Ben: Thanks. I'm also going to repeat what David Snowball said in the very first post of this thread:
"Please resist the temptation to emulate people who you wouldn't want to be."
Regards- OJ
@larryB- I just noticed bee's comment regarding posting classification. It's really important to observe that, because (among other things) it helps to separate all of those "link posts" that we're so fond of from other traffic.
It's easy to change…
@Ted- Absolutely agree with you on that. Pure luck was a big part of it, with respect to our lives coinciding with a time-frame when you could do very well financially with just a reasonable amount of work and good savings habits. Today's situation …
Yessir, the dividends and interest are left to accumulate. With no mortgage and no debt we're able to afford SF, and do a fair amount of traveling as well. Although no travel this year, as we spent a fair amount to get rid of a large lawn and instal…
San Francisco is (was?) an outlyer with respect to SS and teacher's retirement. Back in the 60s SF teachers were given a one-time choice to either continue contributing to SS, or to quit SS and join the California State Retirement System (STRS). Aft…
"It has been some time since I talked Monte Carlo."
Hello to you, @MJG- Yes, it has. I was getting worried that perhaps some health misfortune had befallen you. Glad to see that you're still in one predictable piece.
OJ
Hey, don't take offense... wasn't being critical of you at all. No reason be intimidated, for heaven's sake. But I'm trying to be sort of good, at least for a while, since I'm usually a participant in many of the major food fights around here, and t…
@circa33- In the interests of trying to remain (at least for the moment) relatively unconfrontational, I'll have to leave the meaning of MRGA to your imagination. (Hint: try substituting a different country.) :)
1: "Make America Great Again". This inscription is most frequently found on red caps which were made in China. There are some who suggest that they should actually say "MRGA".
2: None of the above.
davidrmoran's link is to an excellent article by the relatively* conservative writer Robert J. Samuelson, and very much worth a read.
I came close to posting it yesterday myself, but because of the detail of the article I didn't feel that I could p…
Yeah, we've all discussed this many times in the past. But no one has seemed to come up with a decent alternative to M*, as far as I am aware.
I'm not a M* member, so I have no legitimate basis for complaint. I use their daily portfolio numbers as …
At one time MarketWatch was a pretty decent source for financial information and perspective. It's my feeling that in the last few years it has deteriorated to basically a lot of clickbait crap.
"As a reminder, I am deeply appreciative of Ted's myriad posts. They are invaluable."
For a more detailed history of this relationship, see my post A bit of MFO History
I found David's use of "pinched" to be interesting also, and interpreted it to suggest an opinion which is "narrow-minded, unable or unwilling to consider or appreciate other points of view which might be reasonably inferred from a given set of fact…
@Sven- Already our Dear Leader is shaking his fist at the fellow who he just appointed to run the Fed, for raising interest rates. Lets see now: Dear Leader causes inflation with tariffs, then blames Fed for trying to keep inflation in check. The ma…
Supplementing hank's comments, rono is one of the oldest and most respected contributors to both MFO and it's predecessor, FundAlarm. Anyone familiar with his posts over the years immediately notes his very uncharacteristic strong language as an ext…
