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@davidrmoran- Based on other reading, I'm inclined (within reason) to come down on the side of the "deficit Owls" as defined in your link piece. As long as the "manufacture" of money is stopped short of market saturation things should pretty much wo…
@hank- It's just me, but I'm with Maurice in this area. No way do I want "someone" sitting there in my home listening to and recording every word that I speak and filing "data" away somewhere for who knows what future use. I find it hard to believe …
@Crash- That's why I posted the article re the "Dark Grey Swan". When that area starts falling apart what are the odds that it will take the whole offshore shebang down with it, at least temporarily, as everyone runs for the exits?
@catch22- Hey there Catch- thanks for bumping this into the "Discussions+" category. Because of the potential for bond market disruption I thought that this article mde a good read. With respect to the China Belt and Road, The Economist has covered …
@Crash- If a particular fellow from Nazareth in the Galilee were preaching as is "The Hogg" (willmatt72) it's a good bet that he would have been dismissed as a "punk" (Ted) also.
Doesn't seem all that complex. Evidently the US is improving (by one set of measures) with respect to CO2 but getting worse with respect to methane emission, which is (by another set of measures) apparently even worse for the atmosphere than CO2. Ye…
"The monolithic media regurgitates everything he says."
Odd, I scan a lot of the "monolithic" media, and have never seen that picture before. Nor actually seen much coverage concerning David Hogg other than that generated by the Ingraham/Fox slande…
"do you believe Brent Crude is nearing $73"
@hank- Based on the fast-rising numbers on the gasoline pumps, I have no problem at all believing that. Got to hand it to OPEC & Russia- they've done it again. Venezuela being all but offline, and slo…
Safety Margin: "We're right on the edge"
John Goglia, a former NTSB member, said investigators will take the Southwest engine apart to understand what happened and will look at maintenance records for the engine.
"There's a ring around the engine…
@Maurice- I agree. The AMT was really poorly done. And what's the point of the government sending you SS with one hand and taking part of it back with another?
"Elderly people who saved all their live... were punished for their habits of savings."
@Maurice: I have to agree with you on this point. Those people were thrown to the wolves in the interest of saving the overall economy. Absolutely not fair.
"The system, any system, isn't going to work when those responsible for operating it are determined to undermine it."
As brilliantly demonstrated by the current Executive Branch of the Federal Government.
@LewisBraham- A fascinating article, Lewis…
"why are you trusting government dollars?"
• My vote for question of the week.
the "sense of Congress"
• My vote for oxymoron of the week.
@msf- Congratulations! A doubleheader!!
@LewisBraham: Sir: Your introduction of actual facts to rebut Maurice's yammering is an uncalled-for escalation of argument, and decidedly unfair to the proponents of dubiously sourced garbage. In the future please follow the guidelines favored by M…
"Burden? A loaded headline for sure. I consider paying taxes a privilege as long as (1) there’s some fairness & proportionality that takes into consideration the ability of various citizens to contribute, (2) the money is spent wisely as I would…
@CathyG- "Is that the way to specify which person you are responding to? "
Yes. @ followed by the exact user name.
Edit: Note that you can include as many addressees as desired in a post. eg: @CathyG, @Old_Joe, etc. These addressees need not be in …
@MikeM- Thanks for the comments. I totally agree with you. Unfortunately, we see the same pathetic ignorance on the part of most congressmen and senators on other important topics as well: financial matters, for one. The same pattern always- old far…
@Maurice: I can out-ancient you with one hand tied behind my back. All but one of my computers are circa 2005, because that's about when Apple abandoned the IBM/Motorola processors and went to Intel. I still run at least three major applications tha…
@Maurice and @Crash: Thanks to the second amendment you are allowed to own and use a handgun at your discretion: why not just shoot the browser screen?
Hi there Cathy and welcome back. In the interim my wife also fought the cancer fight, and also so far so good, so I certainly empathize with your situation. Hope you stay around MFO for a long time. Ted and I are still exchanging occasional pleasant…
OK, this should work for Firefox on the Mac:
• Top left of screen, next to the "Apple: Click on "Firefox", move cursor down to "Preferences".
• This should cause a new tab, labelled "Preferences", to open.
• Open that tab and select "Privacy". Tha…
