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"Of course, they expect all of us to pay for it."
California has contributed more to the federal budget than it ever received for many, many years.
We are paying for YOUR MAGA states, BS1000.
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The South Korea deputy minister for civil aviation said on last Wednesday that the “initial extraction” of data from the cockpit voice recorder had been completed. “Based on this preliminary data, we plan to start converting it into audio format,” h…
Yes indeed- Southwest vs Air Cal. The Southwest guys were really cool. Coming into SFO from the south there was of course a standard approach with turns and descents at various fixes which Air Cal and Southwest did many times every day.. Once in a w…
Simply having a predictable income stream, and spreading the bet a little. Right now the MMKT is trending down, but with our new improved executive branch I wouldn't bet on that continuing.
Not a bet on anything- just maintaining a reasonable overall inflation protection. MMKT = 56%, Fixed = 44%. Incoming pension & SS are sent to MMKT, transferred to checking acct as needed. Always an annual surplus of income over expense, so MMKT …
No prob- as an air traffic controller we really liked the 727s- we couldn't hear the noise, and they could be real helpful when we needed some speed to get the separation. We never liked a '27 behind a '37, but the other way around was no problem.
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Over at Schwab their prime Treasury MMKT SUTTX is down to 4.24%, and the 2-yr Treasury that I bought about a week ago is 4.29. The trick is to balance immediate yield against longer-term stuff, while keeping enough in MMKT to cover any immediate cas…
@stillers- II was not al all disagreeing with you on this subject, but my response did not take into consideration your earlier post regarding the fear factor. Actually I agree with you in that also. Let me amend my observation:
And like most skill…
"I suppose that'll work unless and until he tries to remain in office beyond his 4 years."
No, he won't try that... the family presidential dynasty will be passed on to Trump Jr.
But look at the bright side- every dollar that the gummint take from guys like this is one dollar that taxpayers don't have to pay.
Hold on... lemme think this... the airline gonna raise fare by $2 to cover fine and have some left... taxpayer gonn…
A) "Many [women] were VERY bright people, including plenty of MBAs, CPAs and CAOs"
B) "the women, many highly educated and certified in high level finance positions, were largely uninterested, uneducated and inexperienced in wealth mgmt"
Seems to …
AL JAZEERA is reporting that
Investigators probing the deadly crash of Jeju Air Flight 2216 in South Korea have retrieved the initial data from one of the aircraft’s black boxes.
The deputy minister for civil aviation said on Wednesday that the “in…
@dtconroe- Well sir, while I surely respect your thoughts on all of this, I must demur with respect to the "spousal" element of the conversation. From my many years of frequenting MFO I can confirm that this question is actually a very important one…
Following are edited excerpts from a current report in Aviation Week magazine:
The Jeju Air aircraft was initially on approach to Muan’s Runway 01. Around 6 min. before the accident, air traffic control issued a warning about birds in the area, acco…
I had no idea about that option. However, for our purposes I prefer to keep the brokerage cash account and the checking account separate (but both accessible from the brokerage page). It's hard enough to watch two separate accounts with respect to m…
"Why not use a brokerage for banking services?"
Actually, we do. Schwab Bank is very convenient as an adjunct to Schwab Brokerage. Very easy to transfer money back and forth and also very easy to keep track of our checking account. Frictionless ins…
We also have experienced ridiculous "delays" and a number of checks "lost" in the mail. Those checks were hand-mailed at the local post office. Today my wife went to that local post office to mail some checks and found it closed, no notice in window…
A report in the Washington Post says that "witnesses on the ground saw the plane hitting a flock of birds and flames coming from the aircraft." If this report is accurate, the flames would have come from one or both engines.
The pilot did request a…
"Of course the nose gear didn’t come down. Very obvious in the videos. But not a reason to overshoot & crash the plane!"
@hank- More than the nose gear. Much more. No landing gear at all- therefore no brakes. No flaps- therefore no help there. …
"one talking head today said the flaps weren’t deployed and they came in hot and overshot the normal touchdown spot."
Yes, all of that is true as far as I'm aware. But there's a whole lot more to the context of why those things happened.
@hank- The wine industry will be happy to learn that I've compensated for you by increasing my 5oz glass to 8oz. Yeah, maybe shorten my life by a week or so. At 85, who cares?
:)
@hank- At this point I'm inclined to be much more charitable. Sounds to me as if they lost all power at an altitude and configuration where they had almost no time or room to maneuver. Basically same situation as "Sully" Sullenberger when he ditched…
