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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star_(Clarke_short_story)
And this, which I was staggered to once see as an episode of Twilight Zone, after reading it a decade earlier. Halfway through, I could not shake the feeling I'd seen it before. Haha
The story did not relieve my wife's concerns.
Hahaha, I suppose not. One of my favorites were always the vast collections of short stories that introduced me to so many authors. Though I only began reading SciFi in the 1970's, I certainly read…
LOL - I recall a friend, slightly older than me, buying one of the first LED calculators for drafting school for $99 from Radio Shack. This was 1975. I may be off on that price. I recall it being state-of-the-art and having a small red LED display. …
Great. Thanks. No employer match to 401K. It all goes into a cash account plan. Same effect though, I will not get the full years contribution from them. My main impetus for the Roth build/conversion is to reduce RMDs, as you mentioned. I may also s…
This is a blatant incursion upon NATO. Coupled with what Russia has already done in Ukraine, Crimea, Moldova, and Georgia, this needs to be taken seriously. But, our current government will not even speak with strength.
When Putin takes advantage …
Agreed. An infinite universe filled with a variety of lifeforms at various stages of evolution. And distances so vast as to make travel, between stars like our own, incredibly daunting. And no doubt many that have annihilated themselves.
Of course…
Great thoughts. I considered switching this year, but I am already bumping against the next tax bracket due to liquidating an inherited IRA in 2025, for which we decided to take the hit now. Our lower income years will start in 2026, when I only wor…
With the millions and millions of phones and cameras around the world today the only thing we ever capture are gray fuzzy blurred pictures of UFO's. We broadcast as loud as we can, "WE'RE HERE CAN YOU HEAR US?" Not one peep back, those aliens are …
If the latino community doesn't rebel against this and vote Democrat, they will be enabling this behavior against their own children, families and friends.
In fact, all at-risk populations should be taking notice of all of this behavior. From LGBT…
I wouldn't say we are "counted out" or can never recover. Just that the damage is not over and our adversaries are marshaling their forces and winning over our allies. Making the repair more difficult and further away.
WSJ provides a broader societal perspective - https://www.wsj.com/us-news/hyundai-raid-rattles-a-hot-spot-of-growth-in-georgia-d1fcd585?st=BMFs3C&reflink=article_email_share
Are these the ones that are “eating the dogs… eating the cats” ?
This…
Please come to the U.S. and invest and build factories. Then we will deport your citizens in raids.
The U.S. could have worked with Hyundai to ensure all workers documents were fully up-to-date. Giving them some warning and leeway and even streaml…
Automation will be widespread in these factories/plants.
No doubt it will be very costly over many years. Do we have enough talents to program and maintain these robotic manufacturing ? It took several decades to retrain the entire auto industr…
@crash
I am not referring to polls. If quality of life (inflation) for swing voters, and buyers remorse, and anger at diminished opportunity (jobs), and inflation doesn't alter the voting landscape, then they can surely state "Thank you sir, may I…
My experience for prior authorization for one of my medications has been a major pain in the ass. I expect that this will be much worse. Glad that I am in none of those locales.
Tesla market share has hit a new low @ 38%, down from a high 0f 80% at one point. It has not dropped below 40% in almost a decade.
I knew for a long time that competition from other automakers was coming for Tesla in a big way, but his ham-fisted …
It is not the end of WWII, there are alternative markets now. America's wealth is still advantageous, but not critical, to the emerging economies worldwide.
Exactly. And Trump has just managed to unite India, China and Russia. Two manufacturing and …
Carefully conceived and well-considered are not the Trump way.
New tariff rules bring 'maximum chaos' as surprise charges hit consumers
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/surprise-tariff-bills-de-minimis-rcna229375
"The bills are sudden a…
Maybe if they pissed onto an electric fence it might help reorient the brain switches.
As their brains are pisser adjacent, it should be a short trip to electroshock therapy.
Exactly as described by the WSJ. Even from this bunch of skilled liars, there is not enough deflection in the world to paper over this situation and what is surely going to follow.
And that includes the job losses, inflation and the rest of it. Th…
Wait, I remembered one acquaintance who was the victim of violence. An affluent former school principal whose wife, a teacher, murdered him in their bed. Will the troops be rounding up all the white female gym teachers? Making us all safer? After al…
More great week stuff! Trump’s Epstein letter and drawing from ‘birthday book’ released
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/08/trump-epstein-birthday-book-oversight.html
"We have certain things in common Jeffery" - Donald
"May every day be another wonder…
You got that right! I'd love to see 10's of thousands Chicagoans milling about the entrances and exits around that naval compound for however long it takes.
As pointed out, the former Glenview Naval Air Station is in the boonies, and a very safe are…
I think the Epstein files are the distraction from all the failures ,democracy busting ,the corruption and grifting. While folks are focused on the files everything else is going to hell. But the world’s greatest market timer is having a great yea…
Unfortunately, I see a Kent State type disaster on the horizon. Will that make the do nothing congress do something? Chicago has 2.7million people to DC's 700k, BIG difference.
Will they do the same thing as in D.C. and focus on milling around in t…
I said to my wife before the 4th quarter "this game is far from over". The Eagles, Ravens, Bills all look great (as usual). I am very interested in how the Bears young team performs tonight. They wowed in the pre-season.
My question, at this point in time, is whether "low risk" is a good choice with rate cuts on the near horizon? And with inflation around 3%, possibly going higher. I do realize that that is not the OPs question. But, wonder what various posters are …
And in 6 months, when Israeli intelligence reports that Iran is on the cusp of having a nuclear weapon, that the bunker buster did not accomplish the primary goal, will Trump's Iran policies end up being a proximate cause of a true Israeli existenti…
With recent indications of job weakness and Inflation numbers coming this week and the markets going higher, this feels a bit like the Dotcom situation, only with AI. Could we be on the heels of a huge correction? Will it be "good week" if/when the…
Trump's DOJ hiding the names of the people that Epstein paid to avoid incarceration in 2018.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/doj-says-names-two-associates-epstein-wired-100k-250k-stay-secret-rcna229408
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/08/worker-confidence-in-finding-a-new-job-hits-record-low-in-new-york-fed-survey.html
Jobs going away as a result of Trumpenomics.
Another good week indeed - https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/08/trump-carroll-defamation-appeal.html
Trump is still a sexual offender and groomer, who fits the legal definition of a rapist!
One fund doesn't make any sense to me. For instance, I want my high growth entities in my Roth (PRSCX, TRLGX, TTMIX), next highest growth in IRA (similar, but alongside an index fund), more balanced approach in 401K (Index, growth, CEF, OEF), and a …
So many questions. Does the government have to repay every entity that they collected tariffs from, if this ruling holds up? What happens with all the side deals (investments) that were supposedly tied to these tariff agreements? How does the market…
