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Even when immigrants come legally, like my wife, the process is FUBAR. We got married in her country. Before we could do that, we needed to be interviewed and checked-out by the U.S. Consul in her city.
The U.S. Cebu Consulate webpage states it is …
Surveillance State. Surveillance Capitalism. Protections from scams and fraud= gone.
Where have you been?
It's alright; we know where you've been...
What did you dream?
It's alright, we told you what to dream...
Pink Floyd, Welcome To The Machine.…
A confident government doesn't require the spectacle of a military parade ...
Nor does a confident populace. Is our new motto, "Speak loud gibberish, and wave a big stick"?
Freedom of Assembly. Rallies or protests are deliberately loud, with some…
Volatility from stocks doesn't tend to bother me as much as it does some people. I am comforted by the greater long term returns. What annoys me is buying investment grade bonds as "ballast" and having them lose money. Accepting the slower total gro…
Meanwhile back in the real world, Crude oil prices soared today and up over 20% from their recent lows. The CRB commodity index is higher now under Trump than it ever was under Biden. My point - inflation is not dead.
https://tradingeconomics.com…
To be fair domestic bonds may actually do well, when/if the FED is forced to lower rates. The pain will be up to that point. Which could be a while. Not sure exactly what I was thinking when I posted that second to last sentence. In fact, I thought…
Caution, this may be triggering to those who feel an obligation to run defense for politicians. And will likely result in the usual comments that "experts are always wrong" from the peanut gallery.
https://www.cnbc.com/video/2025/06/05/own-gold-y…
+1.
"...During pre-trial discovery, Fox News' internal communications were released, indicating that prominent hosts and top executives were aware the network was reporting false statements but continued doing so to retain viewers for financial rea…
>>>Pew has research on where Americans get their news. See (link). Dems are 3 times more than GOP listening to NPR. The numbers for WSJ are a lot closer.
What is correct and true is not subject to popularity, or opinion polls. @FD1000
@FD1000 dissemble, deny, deflect, redirect, prevaricate.
Yes, the numbers are good, for the moment. Don't tell me the WSJ is unbiased.
>>>>NPR the unbiased source? How about the WSJ (link).
NPR the unbiased source? How about the WSJ (link).
"Inflation was tame in May, defying fears that the impact of President Trump’s tariffs would start to show a rise in prices.
Consumer prices rose 0.1% in May over the previous month, less than eco…
Some of us, like me, were taught while growing up never to disagree or confront. Thank goodness, I'm past that, now. Newsom is right to force the confrontation. Appeasing the Orange Thing will only encourage him in his lawless, conscience-free and C…
Yes, and Hawaii has to fight to get acknowledged. The rally will be in front of the Capitol Building in Honolulu on Beretania Street. (11:00 a.m.to 1:00 p.m.) I bet there will be gatherings on Maui and the Big Island, too. Hilo, I bet.
Here's the f…
It’s so weird to me how all of this would still be happening if Harris had won because the parties are so virtually indistinguishable from each other.
I'm not following you. No great love for either Dems or Reps here, and I just yesterday paid my du…
Think we should start anther tread. We are hijacking the original post. Sorry everyone.
You can certainly start another thread. But I really am not worried. I digress here, myself, sometimes. Everything that's lately been contributed is all about…
Just put an order in to sell MMkt in Trad. IRA and replace it with Junk bond fund PRCPX. The sky isn't falling, and the higher yield is worth it to me. I've held it before. This one is rated higher, for what it's worth, by Morningstar, compared to T…
>>>>Think I will put my money in Nordic countries where they have much better deficits-to-GDP ratio.
Wish that CrossingBridge fund was NTF at Schwab, my broker.
}}}}}}} Nowhere in the article does the author, Michael Siconolfi, mention an issue of “trust”. His message: “When withdrawing funds from your retirement account, be sure to check on the redemption protocols or you could unwittingly raise your risk …
The national debt is long ago and way beyond obscene. Remember the '50s? Jim Crow. No Medicare yet. I do not think we had such a huge expansion in "welfare," as we do now. Yes, WIC and Food Stamps/SNAP and Medicaid serve a good purpose. And Head Sta…
Thanks, @catch22.
They do this illegal, unlawful junk, then they gaslight the public and blame it on the natural public outcry as to why their NEXT crackdown is so necessary. I suppose it's an old playbook. But I've never seen anything like this in…
What's that song with the lyric, 'turn out the lights, the party is over'?
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..This development, joined with the nationalization of the Calif. National Guard on the Streets of…
Martial Law is next. Are you ready for a Marcos-like takeover of the country from within our own gov't? Perhaps the Orange Thing was legitimately elected, but the entire totality of what the gummint and it's agencies (and FAKE agencies: "DOGE") have…
