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@Crash- For some twenty years I did my best to "manage" a small-appliance service business, with a number of employees. You would have to have been in business to understand that for smaller operations it is rarely possible to "absorb" significant a…
"...The effects of the tariffs are expected to be felt quickly, as many suppliers have said they are unable to absorb added costs from new levies..."
A-hem. Excuse me, but that's a business decision. You can't tell me that you just "can't." What y…
01 April, '25: There's an approx. $10.00 difference, after daily updates, between Morningstar and Schwab, when I look at my portfolio. Can't explain it. But between the two, I'll trust Schwab for accuracy. ....EDIT TO ADD: Ah, I seem to have found t…
@Crash, the secret's out. Per WaPo's Catherine Rampell:
"Trump has already “liberated” his country from the inconvenience of due process or expectations of civil rights. But his freedom crusade escalates this week, when he shall also “liberate” Am…
Despicable, deranged, demented toad suckers are in charge throughout the Orange Regime. We have become a pariah State. In just 2 months. Surely, by design, since a Russian asset actually inhabits the White House.
I quit years ago, trying to keep my SSA online account current. I had no reason to do so, except that once per year, I'm required to change my password. And they did not let me simply reverse some digits or letters. I appreciate the security tightne…
Market watchers are mixed on today's action: Oversold, technical bounce (again), end of quarter portfolio dressings...purely a guessing game to me today.
To that end...IMO, it was another in a brief series of dead cat bounces, but warmly received …
FD1000 believes that as long as his portfolio is healthy nothing else matters.
Bob Dylan, License To Kill:
..."Now he worships at an altar
by a stagnant pool.
And when he sees his reflection, he's fulfilled..."
I think that the real liberation day will be when the two presidents are handcuffed and on their way to prison.
From this message board to God's ears.
Indeed.
The river, in my childhood, was essentially dead.
Don't forget:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuyahoga_River
Western New England: the shad run up the Connecticut River was non-existent for years and years. There had been a GE plant in Pittsfield. …
Doug Ford decided to pause tariffs on electricity sold to MN, MI and NY. Those people would no doubt pay more to get their "juice" from Ontario. Canadians are unified and stand opposed to the Orange Ignoramus. Carney has sadly announced the end of t…
Spouses of officials do go along. The original trip was just going to be her. It went bust when there wasn't anyone who wanted to meet her, so it turned out. Grinning here. I guess it was something like another stoopid, questionable trip--- when Ora…
Pay for play. Why litter the jails with white collar frauds when you can replace them with students who write articles with points of views he doesn’t like.
boom.
Good news. Yet he gets due process, unlike students who simply express opinions the Administration does not agree with. Achtung! And then there is the case of the woman from Canada, and how many others?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/canadian-…
@FDSo, just ignore the coup day by day. 1000- Hey there - you think that any of this might impact your financial situation?
Edited for civility. OJ, good sir, please don't let your annoyance take over.
First, this thread is political and should b…
The feces just gets deeper and deeper. Better wear your hip-waders.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/28/trump-commutes-sentences-of-ozy-media-founder-carlos-watson-and-company.html
Couple from Venezuela released.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/03/28/judge-releases-detained-venezuelans-temporary-protected-status/
Brinkema rebuked government officials for claiming in court that the couple posed a public threat and …
Duckworth.
https://www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-releases/duckworth-pete-hegseth-needs-to-resign-in-disgrace
From the horse's mouth: (wow!)
“Pete Hegseth is a f*cking liar.....
Agreed on "none." With the felon-clown in charge, there's no way to predict, plan or evaluate. Clearly, he sees his job as taking apart the economy and the country. (Heather Cox Richardson.) Amoral. Anything for a buck--- as long as it goes into HIS…
Thanks. AFAIK we just call them size limits not slot limits.
But they are distinct. I've heard the term before, referenced in the booklet you get when you pay for your license in Connecticut. A guide to species and regulations. There was a no-accoun…
Another:
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/28/trump-pardon-bitmex-crypto-exchange-money-laundering.html
And never forget the pardons for the insurrectionists on the Hill on 06 Jan, '21. Motherlovers.
There are some who believe it would be difficult to be that blind. Some believe he is trying to bring down the US economy and this entire country, and he is doing a swell job on that front.
He IS a Russian asset.
