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Ted I don't see how a social media meme is related to mutual funds. Per your own alleged standards, it should not have been posted. Kindly follow your own policy, thanks.
I'm actually surprised that thread got closed since there are a few other 'non-financial' threads still going. Frankly it was one of the more well-behaved threads on a 'political' item that I've seen here in a long time ... it actually had some dec…
As David Frum said this morning, "At this point, disclosure of Trump's tax returns has become a crucial national security/counter-intelligence concern." I agree completely - moreover at this point, they're not something "only a few people" [1]wo…
If the Dems run Clinton again (which I hear is something they're quietly pondering) they deserve to lose. She is beyond toxic at this point, and the GOP would have a field day relitigating her career during the campaign. (Speaking of which, aren't…
From what I heard several Fox anchors/pundits were publicly skewering Tweety for the Helsinkini fiasco -- and Chris Wallace was more resistant to Putin than Tweety was. Only Hannity was offering him his usual effusive intimate praise.
It's still…
Well, given the loud bipartisan scorn for his Helsinki fiasco, tomorrow's executive time rage-tweets likely will be both epic and pathetic. WH staff might want to make a Costco run for diapers tonight before he gets home, just to be prepared.
The Atlantic's James Fallows says it best: 'This Is the Moment of Truth for Republicans'
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/07/moment-of-decision/565289/
Also, I never thought I'd see this headline as an American --
'Trump si…
Old_Joe -- Obama would've been impeached, convicted, and totally moved out of the WH before he landed at Andrews. Heck I'm sure there were some GOP'ers ready to hold hearings about why he wore a tan suit that one time.
I was surprised that Paul R…
Translation: Russia can do no wrong. By contrast, unfomfortable analysis by career American intelligence & law enforcement experts is not to be trusted and/or demonstrates a 'deep state' conspiracy. This is beyond disgusting on so many level…
Yessir - truth!
@rforno- It's also accurate to simply say:
"Many elected officials prefer an ignorant and/or selectively-disinformed citizenry, since they don't know enough about such things."
(In this instance referring to the elected officials …
I doubt it would help -- placing ads to inform people of what they're risking supporting this insane economic policy.
Many elected officials prefer an ignorant and/or selectively-disinformed citizenry, since they don't know enough about such thing…
As a longtime space/aviation buff (and former pilot) I love this stuff, too.
BTW a great movie is out called 'Mission Control' (2017) -- I saw it on Amazon last night. It profiles the mission control organization during the Apollo era and include…
Y'aaaar, matey, eye been doin' just that, me bucko. Eye've since learrrrrrrned me lesson!
Fair winds an' followin' seas to yew fer th' weekend, matey! ;)
@rforno- Good Lord! You've been dredging through the Sargasso Sea of Lost Links all this …
(disclosure: I'm an independent voter, and voted for both D and R folks over the past 20 years. I vote the person, not the party.)
I don't see EPA policies changing or slowing down under this acting guy. And I'm okay with political appointees do…
He's only imitating his boss saying that....you know, because it's "so unfair" here in DC.
Well his deputy taking charge. Not sure about "gambling pool" but am sure they come from the same "genetic pool".
What's rich is that he is resigning becaus…
LB: Yeah, Fox is the leader in providing 'newsfotainment' ... give folks their hourly/daily 'hit' of drama or emotion, and drag it out for as long as possible. CNN and MSNBC do their share as well, but Fox has it down to a science. (CNBC does …
In terms of being "fair and balanced" Fox has always been bad. By contrast, Sinclair is downright evil. Here in DC, the local Sinclair affiliate now runs CGI-generated gently-fluttering American flags on the lower third of pretty much every story…
POGRX I own and like. PRDGX is decent but I don't own it.
I would add BRLIX to that list. A .15 ER for a healthy mega-cap cross section of companies -- a great EQUAL WEIGHTED choice for someone that doesn't want to just own the market-capped…
I went with Pobox/FastMail and recommend them completely. I took their high-end $50/yr package and am very pleased w/ther rather excellent service/features. IMAP lets me have my mail sync'd across all devices easily, so it makes it easy to have …
Individually, no, they're not. But they are when their emails can be scanned and content keywords can be used to sell targetted advertising against them. $$$$$$$$ !!!
The thing most people should count on is that they're not interesting enough …
It would depend on your Terms of Service with ATT, and then whatever contractual agreement ATT has with Yahoo. So yeah, it may well not make a difference. :/
@rforno- Interesting relationship concerning Verizon/Yahoo. Since AT&T uses Yahoo f…
Gmail isn't any 'safer' than AOL/Oath. They both are advertising-oriented, after all. (Though I respect Google far more than AOL/Verizon/Oath/Yahoo, that's for sure.)
If you want to have a higher degree of 'security' or 'privacy' you either need …
To me CNBC US remains a hype-filled joke that caters to amateurs, wanna-be traders, and folks who like financial pr0n (which can include many of us, probably) and are enamoured by the glitzy on-screen special effects and panel discussions/shouting m…
In other words, they can dish it out but are unable to take it in -- so they play the role of victim upon the mere whiff of pushback to their claims/views, even when civily presented. Just look at Tweety Amin -- the Bully in Chief can't stand *any…
Melania's statement continued her husband's tradition of invoking "both sider-ism", fwiw saying.
A few prominent evangelicals - Grahm and some others, plus some Catholic bishops - have publicly condemned this practice. However, they are taking gre…
He's so chintzy, gold-plated would be just fine. Or even gold-painted ... it'd be the 'most beautiful commode ever, believe me - I know commodes. It's such an honor, a great honor, to sit on it evey morning during executive time tweeting. Very ho…
Well they're scattered around the plane for everyone - from president to journalists to staffers - to know what's going on in the world. I'm totally fine with that ... they're not all 55" flatscreens with OLED resolution. Perhaps a few are bigscre…
FWIW saying I graduated HS in 1990 and preferred taking the ACT vs the SAT. The ACT seemed more relevant to what I learned in various subjects -- the SAT was formulaic and didn't really prove 'knowledge' per se.
That said, just as with industry c…
I actually agree 110% with Ted on something. Has Hades frozen over yet?
I've seen more stories about young people following in their parent's footsteps in the skilled trades -- plumbers, electricians, and so forth. They cite great money, good …
I skim, but will rarely post, in the political threads. Because, just like over at M* once a thread goes political, it rarely stays political and delves into the ad-hominum and wingnutty trolling the internet is famous for.
The financial and no…
Neville Chamberlain: "I do believe we have peace in our time." (*)
GWB sign: "Mission Accomplished."
45 tweet: "There is no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea." (**)
Yeah, okay. Whatever....
(*) Not using the first part of the quote so as n…
