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@davidmoran 100% correct. Man, if I were trolling people who invariably mopped the floor with my feeble intellect, I'd start looking for a different pastime.
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A young life cut down by an assassin. A very sad day for freedom of speech and our country.
When our differing thoughts stop colliding. When we stop acknowledging our differences. When we no longer can find a middle ground where we all can live…
Trump is "in" because a large number of conservative whites fear and dislike non-whites. Not because of diversity or equality initiatives. That is merely a dog whistle. I grew up in an America where it was entirely commonplace to make comments about…
Thanks. If I ever sell, figuring out tax basis is going to be a complete WAG, with all the spinoffs and dividend reinvestment.
Mr Peabody was my favorite cartoon in childhood! Along with Clutch Cargo and Johnny Quest.
When markets stop trading on fundamentals, you get a mini-bubble. That's where we are at.
If Fed rate-cuts are the basis for a continued rally, good luck with that.
This is precisely why I am leaning into certain bond oef/cefs/cash and shri…
I started preparing for rate cuts in 2023, once it appeared that rates were close to peaking. Also, taking advantage of those higher rates to make some fairly risk-free money in MMF, ultrashort and short term bonds, and some MS bond funds. These low…
Each year there is a sleeper team that comes to the fore. I am wondering if this year it will be the Packers, The past two years with Love there have been really good but not quite elite. This year they may just be elite. And now they have Parson…
Wow, 4 teams? I've always rooted for 2 different NFL teams and I thought that was "cheating". (I will not name them because they both stink).
I used to root only for the hometown team, then in search of more NFL entertainment, I started branchin…
Wow, 4 teams? I've always rooted for 2 different NFL teams and I thought that was "cheating". (I will not name them because they both stink).
I use to be a one team guy - whatever team Tom Brady was on. The Pats and then the Bucs. Yes I know …
TONIGHT Packers & Commanders
Hope you have Amazon !
Love the NFL. Hope I don’t offend anyone but my four favorite teams are the Bills, Bengals, 49ers, and Ravens.
I have the same favorites. Teams that I love to watch perform. I will add KC…
Impeached twice. Repugnants on the Hill proved to be spineless. Brought to court, and some hand-picked judges slow-walked the process. Cannon, in particular. Garland should have been quicker to move, too.
Cannon, both "hand-picked" and lightweight. …
Awesome that we are now paying through tariffs for Trump's attempt to control the politics and judicial system in South America. Trying to pardon his like-minded cronies.
All that will come of this is more and more nations disentangling from the U…
Many arguments that Charlie Kirk was more than happy to throw Jews under the bus to gain traction for MAGA:
Jewish control conspiracies: On his podcast in 2023, Kirk accused Jews of controlling "not just the colleges—it's the nonprofits, it's the …
Yep, he is going to incite more violence and lament when it happens, and doesn't go his way. He will characterize all those who do not agree with him, based on the worst individuals out there. What happened to "good people on both sides", when he wa…
I agree with you, David. No one wants to say that part out loud. And be accused of attacking a victim, during a time of grief. Give it another day and things will be different, I am sure.
The guy abetted social divisions, and wrangled votes for an…
I actually have no problem with the salary cap. But, point taken.
Imagine if more states decide to do this and institute similar policies with health care. A state like Indiana, with labor shortages might attract/retain more talent, building a str…
I lost my faith after Newtown, if a massacre of TWENTY 6-7 year old's and 6 adults did NOTHING to change our outlook on sensible gun safety I'm afraid nothing will.
That really gets to the point!
I would add that I grew up when you could walk into a Walmart, show out-of-state ID that proved your age, and walk out with a rifle or handgun. No one would even remember your name. I used to walk to school with a rifle, store it at school, then go …
Charlie Kirk was, dare I say it, dead wrong about gun rights. Like so many others, he missed the point about The Second Amendment and gun control. It is not black and white. If it turns out that the rifle he was shot with was made of parts bought fr…
I believe this is more of a possibility, the earth is 4.5 Billion years old. How about another civilization existing here on earth say 30 or even 100 MILLION years ago. There would be nothing left of them for us to find. We've only existed a fracti…
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…
