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Will a 50-Year Mortgage Make Homes More Affordable? Here’s How It Would Work.
Following are excerpts from a current report in The Wall Street Journal. (This should be a free link.)
A mortgage this long would reduce a home buyer’s monthly payments,…
Hello there, @msf- There are actually three- UCSF has expanded greatly. They previously bought Mt Zion Hospital, and and recently bought the last few remaining hospitals of the Catholic hospital system- St Francis, St Mary's, and one other entity th…
As you folks know, when I eliminate anything in one of my posts from an outside source I tag the info as "Excerpts" and if I do any serious modification of the original source material I tell you that my post is "Edited Excerpts". And of course the…
What is it going to take to bring these government thugs to justice? In years past there would have been rioting at the universities and in the streets. Now, nothing, nothing...
@Crash- "Kakistocracy"... cool word- hadn't run across that one before. :)
I'll bet that someone invented that word about ten minutes after the very first government (of anywhere) was formed. Maybe the head of that first government was named "Kak…
Trump slams air traffic controllers who called out during the government shutdown
Following are excerpts from a current NPR report:
President Trump is slamming U.S. air traffic controllers who called out of work during the government shutdown, duri…
Following is an excerpt from a report in The Columbian:
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Federal aviation officials issued an order Saturday for McDonnell Douglas MD-11 planes not to be flown pending further inspection, reinforcing cargo carriers’ decision to grou…
Following are edited excerpts from a current report in The Guardian:
More than 1,000 flights canceled on second day of cuts tied to government shutdown- Charlotte, North Carolina, has the most cancellations – at 120
US airlines again canceled more …
Here's the latest on the MD-11 cargo fleet... excerpts from a current NPR report:
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — UPS and FedEx will ground their fleets of McDonnell Douglas MD-11 planes "out of an abundance of caution" following a deadly crash at the UPS global …
@Crash- Thank you for that. I just scrounged around for more information, and came up with this, from "SCOTUS Blog":
The Trump administration on Friday night asked the Supreme Court to pause a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island that requires …
Following are excerpts from a current report in The Guardian:
US supreme court issues emergency order blocking full Snap food aid payments... High court’s order comes after appeals court rejected Trump administration’s request to block November ben…
"Seriously though, aside from empathizing, what can Mayors or Governors rapidly do bring down current prices enough for affordability?"
@Anna- yes, this is exactly what worries me with the situation in New York. I'm afraid that despite very good in…
Following are short excerpts from a current report in The New York Times:
Elon Musk Wins $1 Trillion Tesla Payday
Tesla shareholders on Thursday approved a plan that could make Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire, two days after New Yorkers el…
Following are edited excerpts from an October 14 report by "Cybersecurity Dive":
The Trump administration is pursuing twin strategies to shrink the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), laying off staffers and ordering others to e…
Well, let's be fair on that- rockets are notorious for blowing up a fair amount until they finally get everything to work dependably. The point that I was making is that, so far at least, no one has died during the development phase.
Compare that t…
Seriously, here's a factor to consider: The "cash" account at Schwab does actually pay interest. I don't remember how much, but it's some ridiculous amount, like .001% or some such nonsense.
I'm guessing that the interest is calculated once a month…
Yeah, the markets beckon like a Vegas slot. Hard to resist sometimes. I recently threw in a couple of thousand just to see what would happen. So far, it's just like Vegas- disappearing, ever so slowly.
Oh well...
Yes, I haven't gotten things as thoroughly confused as you managed to, but I sometimes see mysterious 1 and 2 cent entries pop up unexpectedly in my cash account. Maybe my entries are transferred from your account, so it's all in the family anyhow.
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I wish him the very best but I have to tell you that the odds against his program desires are so steep that I fear for his disappointment and consequently that of those who voted for him.
