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Excuse me but there are a lot of people that have suffered from this. I was never stationed at Camp Lejeune, but my wife was there for about a year with her first husband (yeah, I guess she has a think for Marines, but that's sooooo …
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I think there is a lot more blood in store for investors. I think it's a snake oil product. Mostly, is it just me, or does SBF look like he hasn't bathed in about a year? I don't want to be in the same room with a dirtball like this…
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Hi Dan, hope this finds you well. It's the cruise missiles that they have in the 6th Fleet. They have enormous strike capability. We're talking 100s.
And so it goes,
Peace
rono
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https://www.mutualfundobserver.com/discuss/profile/yogibearbull
Sorry about your catching the crud. Wifey and I brought it back from DC in August but like you took Paxlovid and came through fine. Mild cold. We were both fully vaxed a…
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Hope this finds you well.
I do NOT think SCOTUS will block either Graham nor Trump from having the testify. They'll take the 5th.
and so it goes,
peace,
rono
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Hope this finds everyone healthy and wealthy.
The 101st was actually deployed to Eastern Europe July 7th.
https://fb.watch/gqxJk_SsIA/
To date, I have not seen any other deployments. What you want to watch is the 6th Fleet. Th…
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Hi Crash, I've believed from the beginning that Vlad wants to go down in history with the likes of Peter, Ivan, etc. by reuniting Mother Russia.
The problem with this is that it includes, Poland, Romania, Moldova, the Baltic States …
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@ Ben, I only chose Stalingrad because it's a relatively large and well known city. Why did we nuke Hiroshima and Nagasaki and not Tokyo? Though, it would be relatively easy to destroy from our 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean. My re…
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concur with @spa3 about the overall perspective.
That said, I added a few shares of Tesla to my meager holdings. Otherwise, just looking around and window shopping, as it were.
BTW, Sell in May is a bit late this year.
and so it …
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It's not looking particularly good in the Ukraine from a strategic perspective. I concur that the west of being too accommodating of Putin.
They should plan now and announce their plans. If he uses either nukes of poison gas, we wi…
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Good discussion. If I bought an I-bond back in December 2021, am I able to purchase another one at this time? Should I? or should I wait?
Thanks,
peace,
rono
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I buy chicken breasts at GFS. Over the past 18 months, they've more than doubled from $14.99 to $31.99.
Oh and before we all blame everyone else, the Fed has injected some $6 TRILLION into the economy with pent up demand and supply i…
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@yogibearbull Yeppers, you are absolutely correct. Not only can there be issues with different rules for different countries, but bullion ETF are taxable as collectibles at 28%. This means you always keep these in either a deferred …
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Thanks Hank. Elected officials should be held accountable for their actions. That said, there has to be limits. Too many school board members are quitting for their own personal safety and that's not a good thing. If you threaten a…
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Don't take back the Oscar - can of worms. I think is career is toast. Here's what Kareem said,
https://kfor.com/news/u-s-world/kareem-abdul-jabbar-will-smith-perpetuated-stereotypes-against-black-people-with-slap/
take care,
rono
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The real cause of inflation is the $7 TRILLION the Fed has dumped on the economy since the pandemic started. Sure, there are companies that have taken advantage to raise prices, the vast majority of the inflation in prices is actually…
Hi Hank/all,
This is akin to banning the burning of the flag. If you have to do that, the war is already lost. When you have to ban peeps from picketing your ass, the next election cycle looks bleak.
and so it goes,
peace,
rono
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I have never used my debit card. I have not noticed a discount for cash, at the restaurants I frequent. That said, restaurants are still hurting badly, particularly the independents. Can you even name a bar that stays open until 2:…
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The point I was making about the artificial pricing resulting in greater premiums is highlighted by the fact the US Mint cannot buy silver blanks because the mark up is too high by law.
https://www.numismaticnews.net/coin-market/acq…
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@shipwreckedandalone
Interesting discussion as I have been a silver fan since the Hunt Brothers tried to corner the market in the late 70s early 80s.
I've always been an advocate of everyone having a small percentage of physical go…
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I've been listening to Petraeus and Clark. Five Russian generals have been popped by the guys with blowguns. OoohRah! Seems their comm is so bad the brass has to go to the front of the columns to get them moving. They don't delegat…
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Yeppers. Hillsdale college is about as right wing religinazi fascist institution anywhere. They advertise everywhere and continue to see me garbage in the mail.
Alas,
Rono
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This is a toughie because I hate war. I particularly hate the half-ass clean war, police action worthlessness we've been engaging in since Korea and up until Afghanistan. All we've bought with trillions of dollars are wounded and de…
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The left off Citibank. Seems they might have a wee bit of exposure to the Russian banking system.
https://fortune.com/2022/03/11/blackrock-banks-lose-billions-tip-iceberg-russia-ukraine/
And so it goes,
peace,
rono
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As Mark said, Coke, Starbucks and McDonald's have closed all their stores BUT will continue to pay their employees. Elegant solution.
Rono
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And gold busted thru $2,000 and silver $26. This is while bitcoin is down. The tracking of gold vs. Bitcoin has been and is curious. We'll see. Buckle up boys.
and girls, these are interesting times.
Peace,
Rono
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Spot on discussion. The weapons of choice right now are Stingers and Javelins and RPGs.
The Stinger, as mentioned is a shoulder fired Surface to Air guided missile. Great for choppers. Javelins are the modern-day bazookas. Again, …
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Poland, Romania and the Baltic states are part of NATO while Ukraine is not. The 82nd is now in Poland, the 173rd in Latvia and the 1st Armored is headed out. A tank train rolled thru Atlanta a couple of days ago. They've also bann…
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Well, being a Spartan all my life, I don't feel terribly sorry for Michigan. That said, they've had a rough couple of years.
Odds on he will NOT be the coach at Michigan a year from now. He'll either go to the NBA or have another fit of…
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Gonna date myself but . . .
I don't know this woman nor very much about her. I've seen her quite often on CNBC speaking from position with everyone bowing to her. I haven't had the slightest interest in her offerings.
She remin…
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@davidmoran Probably still correct, to a degree. There are some thing that have changed - hedonic adjustments is a perfect example. They can charge more for a new and improved product and not have it count. What if I want the old …
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@Observant1 +1 All the media networks do is go after eyeballs via outrage. They are the enemy. Sorry. The way they're stirring this up, is probably going to lead to violence and bloodshed, although I sincerely hope not. Trudeau i…
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Have to put in a plug for Escanaba in the Moonlight as my nephew was the prop manager for this flick. He's still in the business here in Lansing and they just got funding for an arts center. ooohRah!
I'm so fortunate having worked f…
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I'm in the camp that believes inflation is NOT transitory but will remain with us for quite a while. I was rotating, on the margin, to natural resources, inflation protected bonds, PMs, etc. and have kept at it.
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Here you go with …
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@junkster. Good to hear from you. Hope this finds you safe and well. Not sure what his rationale for TSD as a 'metric' and not sure that it works. That said, I learned about Momentum Investing from Gary and that is hardly out of da…
Hi Hank,
As for voting records, I'm probably a bit more of a democrat than you are. ;-)
The last time a democrat ran for a township office around here is about 20+ years ago. Everything is decided at the primary.
rono
