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Auden again. This one was actually recited in "Four Weddings & A Funeral." One half of the gay couple had died. The surviving fellow offered this tribute to the one he loved. They still could not in those years, marry legally.
Funeral Blues:
S…
Heather Cox Richardson, Understanding the U.S. Strike on Venezuela.....31 minute video
Another puzzle piece is exposed. He works for his uncle Vladimir.
@hank Surely you know the difference between a question and a threat. My question is a wish in all sincerity that we could be rid of the current occupant of the White House, or what's left of it; No East Wing any longer. There are Republicans, thoug…
I do wonder if added oil supply "hopes" could actually hurt oil stocks?
A surge in gold prices, wouldn't surprise.
Someone else has offered (at Stocktwits:)
"Chevron operated in Venezuela and has a long term contract to buy natural gas from Ener…
Indeed, (former!) allies and adversaries, China in particular, will fill the vacuum. Orange Vapid One is profoundly ignorant. It's only the Bejamins, for him, and he's got friends in Fossil Fuels. BTW, my pipeline midstream stock has been down and d…
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8236336/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_the%20torture%20report
"The Report." Daniel Jones, portrayed by Adam Driver. Annette Bening plays Diane Feinstein. (Whoa!)
I was very much enthralled by this story. Very, ver…
Here's my own, from a different thread:
We don't like to do this through the year. Once per year, on 1st of Jan. might be OK to look back and see if there's been any progress?
My stash is 52.66% stocks, 46.09% bonds. I just went to the calculator …
Paul McCartney (and Wings?) Originally from John & Yoko. LOUD START.
"Give Ireland Back To The Irish."
Thank goodness The Troubles are over.
https://sinnfein.ie/2025-report-of-the-commission-on-the-future-of-ireland/
Glad this portfolio works for you, but your cheapest mutual fund charges 65 basis points. You are paying A LOT in expenses every year by holding “pricey” TRP funds accounting for about 75 percent of your total portfolio.
Thanks for that nudge.... S…
I'm appreciating all the input from others. Some smells are OK, particularly when not over-done. A bus driver here one day, informed me as pleasantly as possible that the smell on the bus I identified as "dead, rotting feet" was kimchee. A fellow pa…
I see your point!
My MAGA friend is still a friend, despite his Repugnant Party-ness. Call it loyalty: he saved my ass, years ago--- twice. I try to steer away from politics on the phone with him because the Orange Abomination and his regime just ma…
The trouble with Kentucky is the following: Mitch McConnell.
I will forever link him to the current Supreme Court configuration that has enabled this MAGA driven nightmare. And will for years to come.
McConnell's picture is in the dictionary un…
"An Ordinary Man."
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1785288/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_an%20ordinary%20man
"Siberia."
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6494418/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_siberia
Ben Kingsley in the first, Keanu Reeves in …
Along these lines, I've been tracking AES. It's not entirely "clean," but it is substantially so. I've been mulling over replacing it for another holding in the portfolio. 5% dividend these days. HQ in Virginia, but a worldwide operation, including …
And the artificial scents are abominable... AND they are actually unhealthy.
And then, there's the 15-20% of the population who has to SUFFER through each day with such aromas, everywhere:
(Hint: I are one.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensory_…
Everything is political. Particularly when an Orange Criminal Clown Car regime is in charge. The reputational damage to the U.S. gov't is not a thing that can be repaired, particularly after 4 years. The rest of the world can see that U.S. voters TW…
"...The USPS says this clarification does not represent a change in how postmarks are applied. Rather, it reflects operational shifts tied to its broader reorganization plan."
That's a buncha word f*****g salad!
We can thank the Orange Clown and hi…
@bee and everyone:
...which the Federal Reserve then steps in to do something about. We have had 3 rate cuts in 2025, and now the Fed has started up QE5 (although they are not calling it that yet).
Q.E. is just a default by a more innocuous name---…
