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Indeed. I thought that it would be interesting to see them denounce the CATO Institute and the Wall Street Journal as Marxist-Leninists bent upon the demise of the American culture.
@Maurice- Your commentary has degenerated to the point that it is a pathetic caricature of logic or reason. No response could be more damaging than the absurdity of your own posting. QED.
@Ted- Thanks for clarifying your personal rule set, which you continually attempt to impose on MFO. It's a shame that "The Closing Bell" is so obviously in violation of this particular rule, and that you will no longer be posting it because of that.
Murphy's Law being what it is, 07-11 hit us soon after we retired. Damned good thing that we were prepared to ride it out. Others in our age bracket weren't, and never fully recovered.
I stand by my opinion that financial literacy isn't taught.
@BrianW- I absolutely agree with you on that, and it is something that I have groused about for many years. The thing is though, that as far as I'm aware it was never taught in the school …
"You can't argue with a sick mind."
@larryB- well, you can, but I'll have to tell you that it surely makes my head hurt...
Seriously, the only reason that I waste my time and energy on crap like theirs is because if no one challenges them, they wi…
@Hank- Oh yes, I didn't mean to play down the importance of the immigration problem. It's just that even without that Italy is in a very precarious position right now. You are absolutely correct that immigration is a major issue in much of the EU, a…
@VintageFreak- This is not the first time that I have noticed a distinct lack of confidence in and admiration for the American economic system on your part. I must caution you that in the event of further such conduct I shall have no option other th…
@LarryB-
Evidently you fail to understand the commenting rule set as evoked here by Ted and Maurice. Perhaps I can summarize.
Either you believe in and accept their definition and perspective on America, or you are:
1) a left-wing hate America w…
"The worst thing in the world for you folks would be if all boats rose."
You might just be right on that one, Maurice. Unfortunately, not too promising. The track record is much better at "piss on" as opposed to "trickle down".
"power and privileges to a small elite"
Exactly: as in the 1%. Keep shilling for them, Maurice. Someday they might reward you with an honorary membership.
(Honorary membership offer may be discontinued at any time and may not be combined with any …
"what does patriotism mean to them?"
It means seeing themselves as a movie actor portraying a WW2 general. It means waving a flag and wearing a flag pin, because that's a lot easier and cheaper than dealing with reality.
@Hank
The immigration problem is surely exacerbating the underlying political morass, but it really isn't the driving force behind Italy's current disintegration. We are seeing what may be the death throes of a political and social system which has…
The "Teds" of this country have no need to recognize national problems, because they are fortunate enough to be exempt from many of them.
They attempt to create phony "rule sets" that define America (as themselves, of course), attempt to disenfranc…
Not at all sure re "third party" anything, since browser is set to always disallow all third-party cookies. I check my cookies regularly, and never see any third-party stuff. Additionally, I never see any advertising on either the WP or any other re…
Take a look at "Americana- A 400 Year History of American Capitalism", by Bhu Srinivasan.
I found this to be absolutely fascinating- it's well researched, and the author presents lots of little-known facts regarding the evolution of American capita…
Amazon's Alexa recorded private conversation and sent it to random contact
"The company, which has insisted its Echo devices aren’t always recording, has confirmed the audio was sent"
"No matter how suspicious it has seemed that Amazon is encourag…
"I would like people to exhaust a bit more of their Natural Intelligence to decide where to apply Artificial Intelligence first."
At this point I'd take a chance on AI for president, and absolutely to replace Congress.
"I merely stated, or meant to state, is what many pundits have said, which is that she felt compelled in her campaign to move to further to left, because of the acceptance of Bernie Sanders' politics by the grassroots of the party."
@Maurice: I wou…
