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< sarc: But surely the already rich are the most deserving, because they have demonstrated their ability to manage money well, and thus are the best custodians of it. The poorest are that way simply because they just spend everything they get, s…
My fault, actually. FD did post those remarks as a "quote" section, but for some reason I thought that the bottom part of that section was directly from FD. Sorry for starting all of this.
@LewisBraham- I see that I mistook Tom Bowly (whoever he might be) for FD. Yes, I understand that your observation is equally applicable no matter who might be making the "prediction", but for me there's a difference between someone who is supposedl…
Yes, absolutely, at least in our area west of Twin Peaks. It was as dark as it gets at night in our area. I was really confused when I woke up at about 9 am and it was still so dark out. At first I thought that there was something wrong with our clo…
There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that an underlying but significant part of Trump's election and the current level of violence is a residual reaction to the Obama presidency. There is an element of our society that absolutely cannot handle th…
Yes, I felt that way about that question also. The"answer" seemed to be nothing more than a litany of preplanned "talking points". She should have been able to do better.
If I recall correctly, early on VP Pence was specifically asked why the US was so much worse than countries like Canada with respect to the national Covid stats. He spent his two minutes without even pretending to answer that question. I really wond…
• "The New England Journal of Medicine is at least the third widely respected medical or science journal to call for a change in U.S. leadership."
• "Scientific American broke with 175 years of tradition by endorsing Biden last month – a decision t…
We thought that she did very well in keeping order, and also thought that part of that was the natural advantage of her voice- perhaps better able to cut through verbal clutter.
Thanks to all for your comments. Back in those days being "in the market" at all was considered to be somewhat adventurous for an ordinary citizen. Some of the IRAs I'm recalling were nothing more than bank savings accounts, which actually paid dece…
I've seen this reluctance to transfer via an old-fashioned check quite a number of times on MFO, and never quite understood the issue. Years ago in transferring IRA accounts between banks, brokerages, and mutual funds we just received a check, endo…
@FD1000: The context, since it seems to have eluded you, is kings53man's claim that Trump's Covid-19 infection is "fake news" .
We're supposed to let kings53man say whatever he wants and just sit here meekly and let him yammer, right? Interesting t…
Well, thanks very much for the comment above. I've celebrated the Off-Topic reopening with a heartfelt commentary on the present situation.
Thanks much, David!
I would hope that we do not become distracted and lose sight of the fundamentally dishonest existence of this thread and it's corrosive influence on the long-observed rules of MFO.
If Old Skeet is allowed to have two posting names and two posting "…
Sorry- corruption and sneaky dishonesty needs to be called.
Watching a poster have two accounts and to pretend to be two different people is just another reflection of the complete lack of honesty and moral scruple emanating from and endorsed by th…
FWIW, I still maintain that there should be a separate, distinct, "Political Discussions" category, and that category should not be included in "Discussions+".
Then no one who did not deliberately choose that category would ever need to see it.
So…
