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There's some background missing on that- "a 2014 deal that hiked health care costs and stripped away pensions". Evidently the labor relationship has been deteriorating for a long time. Also, that seemingly really big 25% increase is spread over fo…
@hank said- "I would advise younger investors who are dollar averaging in, saving for retirement and still in their 20s and 30s to go 100% equities... I’d probably split it into 3 different equity funds for safety if had to do it over."
And I stron…
@hank- Those of us who have designed things as a profession have all had to throw away designs that proved to be complete failures, and sometimes also dangerous.
I guess once "God" designs something there's no trial period- it is what it is.
MikeM said- "I personally won't be taking 5% because I don't need to, but the thought of taking 3% sure sounds safer."
And of course the key words there are "because I don't need to". So it's evident that there really is no percentage "rule" that f…
"I have to believe all humans have the same stupid among them."
@Anna- Yes, and it seems to me that there's been no change in that since the beginning of recorded history.
"... But if there is a God, as many profess, he sure designed a Fk’d-up wo…
@Crash- the following is not anything that I thought of myself, but derives from some media coverage that I've seen recently.
If the Judge, Juan Merchan, is inclined to issue a sentence on the severe side, possibly involving some degree of restrict…
"he is reacting to circumstances, rather than sticking to any apolitical, impartial standard"
I'm afraid that I don't compute on all of that. Of course the application of standards (any standards) depends upon the "circumstances". The judge didn't …
I just came across this from The Guardian:
In his decision, Judge Juan Merchan wrote that the “court is a fair, impartial and apolitical institution”.
He went on to add that delaying Trump’s sentencing should “dispel any suggestion” that he tried “…
I have to reluctantly agree that the judge's concern about conflating the political environment with the judicial environment is the honorable stand on this situation.
Unlike the Supreme Court, he is trying to keep well clear of influencing the pol…
An ironic aspect of all this is that Trump's mental acuity (never all that great to start with) now seems to be deteriorating even faster than Joe Biden's. Perhaps it seemed more noticeable in President Biden because he started from a place which wa…
From a report in The Guardian:
Stock plunge wipes out Trump Media’s extraordinary market gains
Shares in Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG ), owner of Truth Social, closed below $17 on Wednesday, reversing all their gains since the company’…
This just now from The Guardian:
Former Republican Representative Liz Cheney on Wednesday said she would support Kamala Harris for president, ending weeks of speculation about how fully the member of a GOP dynasty-turned-Trump critic would embrace t…
DJT closed at $16.98 per share, down another 6% today, Wednesday Sept 4. It's obvious that Biden and the Democrats HAVE RIGGED THE STOCK MARKET TOO !!!!!
" turning the other cheek to one who has been totally disrespectful to many is getting very, very tiresome"
@Mark- and, we don't have a whole lot of cheeks to keep turning either.
Not necessarily. But why the surprise when other people emulate someone who would have us believe that he is a national leader? Who exactly is setting the tone here?
From that JD_co link:
At a news conference Thursday afternoon former President Donald Trump said he's "entitled" to insult Vice President Kamala Harris because he doesn't respect her.
"I think I am entitled to personal attacks. I do not have a lo…
@BaluBalu- You must have a very low bar if you read all of my posts! Anyway, thanks for your clarification on all of this... I understand where you're coming from.
Since we're making notes, let's also note that this post was not remotely Off-Topic until FD1000 chose to take it there. And also for the record, it's posters like FD1000 and Baseball_Fan who are the most frequent offenders in introducing overtly po…
@Observant1- Your dependence on "facts" is unfortunate, as facts are not recognized or appreciated by certain individuals. Generally, those individuals deal primarily in "alternate facts", which frequently present themselves as a subcategory of "lie…
@Mona- it's usually a good indicator of the value of someone's opinions when they don't know the difference between "effect" and "affect", and can't write a paragraph in reasonably coherent standard English. FD certainly shares those characteristics…
