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With Traditional Medicare, there are no networks to worry about. My Medigap Plan is "F." But BC/BS of MA has to be special, so they call theirs, "Bronze." after surg and hospitalization a few years ago, I was left with a bigger out of pocket bill th…
First amendment is to be applied to humans and not to machines. The vast majority of perpetration of falsehoods on social media is by machines (bots), though some by humans. Why are we giving free speech to machines? Because we have lazy citizens…
filthy. Makes my head explode to know that there's one Law for those two; another for the rest of us.
https://apnews.com/article/haitian-immigrants-springfield-charges-trump-vance-012af00a8677da5caed55d03e8779774
People will die. Climate is causing worse and worse weather junk, year after year. Too many vested interests insist on ignoring it. Maybe it will just go away? Sure... Already there are places underwater, from which people have been forced to leave.…
737-Max rudder Safety Alert.
https://thehill.com/homenews/4921992-faa-warning-boeing-737-rudder-system-may-jam/
"...a sealed bearing was incorrectly assembled during production, leaving the one side more susceptible to moisture which can freeze and …
I spent a lotta time in FL as a younger man. Most of it's been paved, since. I've never seen hurricane warnings posted so far inland, almost to the EAST coast of the peninsula---given that uncle Miltie will strike from the Gulf side. Friends there, …
Thanks for that. I'll be continuing to reduce bond risk, slowly d-c-a-ing into my core-plus fund: WCPNX. Long term holding. My junk continues to be un-volatile and dividend-productive.
A different Weitz fund I own was down -1.11% for the week past. Core-plus. WCPNX. Owned it for a very short period. Not glad about last week, but not rushing for the exits.
At $60 a pop, the contract would net its publisher something in the region of $3.3 million, with some of that going back to Donald Trump in fees. “It appears to me that this bid is anything but competitive,” former state Attorney General Drew Edmon…
January here, too. Taxes are not a consideration. Normally, there's large pay-outs in December. Take the money in the New Year and you have the advantage of using it or saving it for the upcoming year. But for me, the withdrawal is not an RMD, yet.
Might I mention some stuff that's not an old Western? I just binge watched "Firefly." A series of TV episodes that aired on Fox a handful of years ago. My friend brought the DVDs when he arrived for a visit. It's set in outer space, but it's not so …
Told my neighbor to raid my pantry and extra water stash to distribute to the neighbors if need be as well as where my cash stash is and combo to my gun locker.
You're a good soul.
Ronny Ray-guns: "Government is not the solution to our problems; government IS the problem." As good a touchstone remark as any to trace back the current disastrous polarization. The likes of J.D. Vance are operating with that very philosophy.
Yes,…
There is dirty energy and then there is dirtier energy; and "clean" and renewable energy; and then there is energy which comes from a source which produces waste which will have to be juggled and dealt with for 90,000 years into the future. There's …
@Crash: I’m going to ME in October. Do you want me to case the joint for you? I could walk in, ask for the head honcho, tell them I “know” a big shareholder and see what kind of welcome I get. Check the peppermints in the lobby, test the level of se…
@catch22. Too much to expect systems which SERVE people, eh? Your undeserved gratuitous editorial is noted. And what if I had just accepted their initial verdict? The Superv. himself was making a personal judgment call on my behalf, since the System…
Grew up with b&w tv watching Y.A. Tittle, Frank Gifford. He was a flanker. There ARE no more flankers in the NFL. NY Giants. Cowboys always had a little extra in the tank, to beat them.
Old Canadian joke: What do the Blue Jays, the Argonauts an…
My junk is giving me 7+%. Hard to argue with, though the two specific bond funds are not exactly leading the pack. (At least, according to Morningstar's metrics--- which are of dubious value.) Hard to argue with taking away over 7% monthly. Rieder i…
"...In the world of politics, there can be limitless benefits and something for everyone. But in economics, there are only tradeoffs."
Quoting Gore Vidal, again: "politics" comes from the Greek, poly, meaning many. And tics, which are bloodsucking …
+1.
D. Jean-Jacques has a point. We are in a new Cold War: China and Russia. And there are hot wars in various regions, too. A lot of Africa is an eternal hot mess. Look at Central and South America, too. Even our own gov't is extremely partisan, di…
