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I'd place a small wager that the remarks made by China's ambassador to France actually reflect the "not for public release" position of the Chinese government.
"Getting 33 ALL working together and have nothing fail... good luck with that"
@gman57- I'm thinking exactly the same thing.
"I have to wonder if he's conferring with that stable genius about what might have gone wrong."
@Mark- I sure hope not. …
Oh, I dunno about that... lots and lots of launch pads got blown up in the early days of rocketry. I'm not a Musk fan by any means, but he deserves some slack on his rocket research.
"Certainly adds new meaning to his post a few days before the heist: “Precious metals are breaking out …”
You guys know that I never use "LOL"... well, LOL !!! :) :) :)
1) 7400 oz
2) 462.5 lbs
3) Less
4) 210.23 kg
And the price of gold is approximately $70,399.09 per kg, or 63,999.017 Euros, at today's exchange rate.
More importantly, and certainly of greater interest: Where was @rono when this went down ???
Hey there @Junkster- I have no problems with your type of Republican. Back in the day your guys in Congress could sit down with our guys over a bottle of some decent bourbon and settle a compromise most could live with. Now even the word "compromis…
That's probably fairly accurate, but of course part of that whole fiasco was the fact that Boeing claimed that additional training was unnecessary, and made that a selling point.
I can appreciate both sides of your arguments, but it seems to me that both of you are describing options available to people who should be well acquainted with the concept of individual net worth, and are making decisions within that framework.
Ma…
Lewis, we all know that the CEO-to-worker compensation ratio is absurd. That doesn't make Mark's information any less factual. Perhaps if more Americans knew their net worth and compared it to that of CEOs and "celebrities" there might be more conce…
"Doesn’t he live a gifted life? As a public servant, he does not disclose those luxury trips paid by someone else."
@Sven- Well see, the problem is that you unfairly claim that he's a "public servant". Since he's actually a "Republican far-right se…
"I’m afraid some of us wouldn’t appear much better in the public eye if held under a 24-hour magnifying glass."
If you picked the wrong 24 minutes I wouldn't look so hot.
I agree with @hank, actually. I'm keeping a good chunk of unalloted cash over at Schwab's SWKXX, which is a tmoney-market fund based on tax-free California short-term paper, so depending on the packaging, bond funds can be useful.
By the way, I did…
NPR: The AR-15 style rifle used in the Louisville shooting was bought legally
From a different perspective: Those in favor of allowing anyone and everyone to possess AR-15 or equivalent type assault weapons argue that it's a good idea because it al…
Without any speculation as to what might be driving this murderous escalation, at the very least it would seem reasonable to remove personal assault weapons from the general population.
I suspect that a complex interaction of many elements is causi…
@MikeM- thanks for the suggestion, but I really don't like bond funds because I have no control over the duration or market value at any point. At our ages I just use CDs or TBills, and hold to maturity.
@Sven- I have no doubt of the accuracy and depth of the incriminating evidence that was examined by the grand jury.
The unfortunate problem is that it may prove impossible to impanel a jury that does not contain at least one rabid Trump partisan, w…
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