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Kamala Harris is the Biden running mate Last year I opined that my choices to be on the Dem ticket for this November’s vote were Kamala Harris as the leader and Pete Buttigieg as #2. Biden in my opinion is not up to the job if the people do actually vote the Dems to power. I’m not sure Harris is either but I am happy for this Howard University grad because she has all the attributes of being a great POTUS if Biden is elected president and can not finish the term. I now anticipate Trump replacing Pence and putting… Read more »
Yep … Looks like a Winner …
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/kamala-harris-launched-political-career-with-120k-patronage-job-from-boyfriend-willie-brown
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2019/08/01/tulsi-gabbard-kamala-harris-prosecutions-record-cnn-democratic-debate-vpx.cnn
She is a fine human being whereas Trump is a total jerk. I don’t want to see the Dems win but if they do we all know who to blame.
Kamala Harris is the Biden running mate Last year I opined that my choices to be on the Dem ticket for this November’s vote were Kamala Harris and Pete Buttigieg. Biden in my opinion is not up to the job if the people vote the Dems to power. I’m not sure Harris is either but I am happy for this Howard University grad because she has all the attributes of being a great POTUS if Biden is elected president and can not finish the term. I now anticipate Trump replacing Pence and putting Nikki Haley on the GOP ticket. I… Read more »
Broken Cable Damages Arecibo Observatory
https://www.ucf.edu/news/broken-cable-damages-arecibo-observatory/
Matt Couch @RealMattCouch
Kamala Harris is selected as Joe Biden’s running mate. … …
Sniff and Blow is officially a Campaign!
COULDN’t RESIST…..HAVE A GREAT SUNDAY……tthis weekend Santa Monica swimmer, Doug Patterson was eaten alive by a great white shark. Thankfully, California officials have confirmed that the 21-foot shark’s interactions with Patterson were mostly peaceful. “After consulting with marine biologists, we learned this shark went roughly eleven years of its life not devouring Doug Patterson and then after wolfing him down, the beast hasn’t done it since,” Governor Gavin Newsome told the press. “Because of science and data, that means this shark spent over 99% of his life being mostly peaceful. This shark is not a danger. Nay, this shark is… Read more »
Beirut Explosion — ( Kaimu — What Do You Think??? ) …
Roscoe B Davis @RoscoeBDavis1
They’re claiming it’s Ammonia Nitrate but I’m still skeptical
My issue with the whole fertilizer claim is pretty simple. 2750 tons of Ammonium Nitrate (NH4NO3) isn’t an explosive, it’s just an oxidizer. AN is mixed with a fuel like diesel, to make ANFO is what was in OKC. The components just aren’t there to justify this explanation.
Based on all we have been told, I would say bomb
Aloha! Kyle I think it was ammonia nitrate but it was stored there for six years and I find it odd that right after the terrorists lost the election it blew up! Go see the Texas City ammonia nitrate explosion at the dock there in 1947. Looks very similar! Same massive damage and in fact the damage looks just like Beirut damage. Only difference was the ammonia nitrate was stored on a ship docked at Texas City and workers were smoking. It started the same way with a smaller fire like it did at Beirut. We know longshore workers started… Read more »
Thanks man. Hope you’re well.
Saw this thread as well …
https://twitter.com/SynapsNetwork/status/1291646329555423233
Even his diehard supporters must be concerned
When Pat and I first watched the interview, we remarked that the pressure has gotten to him
https://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/64422-trump-collapses-under-pressure-of-extremely-basic-follow-up-questions-about-covid-19
In a debate with Biden, the narrative seems to be that Trump will blow away his opponent as he did with the 17 GOP challengers in 2016, But today is a completely different matter. People thoroughly understand him today and know how to deal with him effectively. When Trump doesn’t control time and space, he folds up as he did in this interview.
NOT Really …
https://www.screencast.com/t/YhcGTif5YC
Obviously a PhotoShop, but you get the point …
OH My Gosh … the Hits Just Keep Coming & Coming …
https://twitter.com/i/status/1291407920148574210
This Guy Can’t put 5 words together w/o sounding like a complete IDIOT …
“It IS What It Is …”
https://twitter.com/i/status/1290971428813242368
kyle, I agree with you re Biden’s issues — he clearly has personal and Party issues that should concern voters — but to compare his response to the one from Trump, the leader who is not leading on either the economy or the pandemic, is quite unfair. Trump is the one person in America who should be inspiring the nation in its time of crisis. But, he has badly mishandled the pandemic, started a number of crazy theories that medical and hospital associations have refuted, and still has claimed he has acted in everybody’s interest. He falsely claimed to have… Read more »
Biden is Dangerous. He gets good people killed …
https://special-ops.org/the-betrayal-of-navy-seal-team-6/
Neither is acceptable
Reasons for full-time traders to be participating in this community
https://blog.opyrus.com/4-reasons-why-writing-leads-to-stress-relief
I just ordered this product and plan on taking it w a zinc supplement……………..quote from related article “There is no question that Anthony Fauci has a major conflict of interest with Bill Gates. Fauci’s deliberate attack on hydroxychloroquine is relegating people to die. Banning the drug and directing pharmacies to intervene and deny doctors from prescribing it is unbelievable. Politics has NEVER interfered with the doctor-patient relationships — EVER! Fauci’s attack on a drug that has been approved for decades and is over the counter even in Iran and available to their people fighting COVID is unimaginable. Many people are… Read more »
Full Moon Tonight is a full moon. We should all cherish the evening. Pat and I have been blessed with travels around the entire world. But nowhere more so than tonight 20 years ago will we ever remember another one like that evening with the full moon over Cape Cod Bay. Tonight there is in fact a full moon over Cape Cod. Oh, how much we wish we were there. Alas, like most of you we have to deal with this coronavirus pandemic, and we are stuck at home. Well, 20 years ago this week, we experienced our very first… Read more »
Aloha! These are the “heroes” taking knees!
LINK: http://www.nflarrest.com/
Taking a knee is done by socially conscious athletes who are both liberal and conservative and law-abiders and law-breakers. It is not a political act, but a personal statement that racial discrimination is unacceptable in our society. Athletes are taking a knee around the world in many sports.
Aloha! Bill the black community has issues with who they chose as “heroes”. George Floyd was a criminal and so are a lot of NFL players. You let me know when you ever heard anyone ask the black community to “reform” … its always police or someone else who has to “reform”! If you ever took a tour of prisons in California you’d wonder where the calls for reform are. Nobody gets reformed in gang violent prisons, but even the prisons are a reflection of what inmates learn on the streets. The NFL players are no angels!
Aloha! Back in 1978 Cornell looked like this(see video link below)! Today Cornell is shut down! I would be embarrassed to send my kid to any US college these days! Real education is dead!
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=503&v=0zS-7AR8Hpw&feature=emb_logo
With all that said you’ll notice one glaring similarity between Cornell students in 1978 compared to the ones now. None of them could provide any link to data they proclaimed. Platitudes without proof is still platitudes! Problem is now you can get a PhD in Platitudes!
(1) Ivy League universities have never given the best education although it is a very high standard of excellence. They have, however, been a gift to children of well-to-do parents who are breeding monied connections, which is not objectionable to me (2) Since 1978, total knowledge is exponentially greater. As well, teaching quality has improved. So, it follows that students today are more knowledgeable. But, your point is well taken that colleges and universities today are churning out academic degrees too easily and graduates are not particularly thoughtful, Today in fact when asked a serious question about COVID-19 deaths, the… Read more »
Aloha! Here …
LINK: https://www.businessinsider.com/robinhood-trader-college-student-dies-suicide-options-negative-cash-balance-2020-6
Aloha! Now this is a sign of the times. I do not have a link but a young trader on Robinhood committed suicide when he saw his option account had a ($700k)! Turns out Robinhood admitted it was a glitch in his account. Did anyone else hear about that sad incident?
It’s different this time In 2016, the bettors had set the odds of Hillary Clinton winning at something like 80%. Today they have Biden at around 65%. They blew it in 2016 but this time I think it’s different. Pro bettors now better understand what Trump did to win the needed electoral college votes, and so do the Dems. Also, Trump has the coronavirus pandemic Albatros pulling him down, and he’s not helping his cause with his words and actions to a society that is frightened. And, as I see it, the market is going to do what it wants… Read more »
Daniel Horowitz gives his analysis of the public’s reaction to Covid19 as against earlier pandemics, specifically the 1957 ‘Asian flu’ and the 1968 ‘Hong Kong flu.’ The 1968 flu killed 100,000 in the U.S. In summary, in the earlier pandemics society largely went on as normal. Individuals and institutions took additional precautions as they felt necessary. Mask wearing on the whole was rare. Why the difference in public attitudes? Were earlier generations more stoic? Is today’s society mentally weaker than earlier generations? Yes, to both questions. Today’s society has more and expects more and with that comes mental weakness. Entitlement… Read more »
Society today exists in a more volatile world and a more easily impressed world. The emotional pendulum swings more easily as centers of influence have become more effective. I think that if the US president and the state governors had adopted an earlier policy of leading by example (personal masks and social distancing) like did Canada’s prime minister and provincial premiers, there would have been fewer COVID-19 deaths in the US and an easier transition to back-to-work-and-school. On the matter of the multi-trillion dollar financial response to the pandemic, I believe that taxpayers get it. The change in polling and… Read more »
Aloha! Human biology is a public health crisis!!
Agreed. It is even in Canada, which has universal health insurance. Public Health budgets need to be reexamined in light of increasingly frequent pandemics
Aloha! Bill it was a parody on “racism is a public health crisis”! There is no systemic racism but there is systemic fraud! Racism in America is big business! Which ties in with your public health budget issues.
What are the best movies about Wall Street?
Pat and I watched Wolf of Wall Street for the nth time yesterday. I would rank it among the best. But my Top Six are terrific films and must be watched by all students of the market.
In order, my Top Six (with splendid trailers as linked) are:
Inside Job, 2010
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/inside_job_2010
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anI524HB-4k
The Big Short, 2015
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_big_short
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgqG3ITMv1Q
Wolf of Wall Street, 2013
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_wolf_of_wall_street_2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iszwuX1AK6A
Margin Call, 2011
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/margin_call
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2DqFRsPrns
Wall Street, 1977
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wall_street
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCctqbRrsBQ
Too Big to Fail, 2011
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/too_big_to_fail_2011
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIOLWBD_g1o
Thank you, Bill. Inside Job, Margin Call and the Big Short were excellent. Need to watch Wolf of Wall Street and too big to fail.
Anybody who’s in the market really does not want their spouse to be watching Wolf of Wall Street. Mine was getting cross-eyed with one eye on the screen and the other on me. No, I told her, I never saw behaviour like that, but although dramatized I guess it did happen at a couple firms.
Ray
Wolf of Wall Street illustrates the pathology of a few of the players on Wall Street— whether they be corp CEOs, stock promoters or in this case a broker-dealer head (true story but maybe a bit over dramatized).
Btw, I can really relate to the scene in the restaurant with the characters of DiCaprio and McConaughey. For me, the Wolf of Wall Street movie was 3rd best of the six but that scene was the best of any in all these terrific movies.
Downright scary it was so weird and yet, in my experience, so real.
Thanks Bill. Will watch it soon.
Inside Job was very well done. Mishkin and Hubbard looked like fools in the movie.
Ray,
For you, I think Margin Call would be one to watch for sure if you have not already seen it. It’s now on Amazon Prime, and when my wife watched it this weekend she asked, “Why do you all speak in code?” LOL I told her it’s because we know 90% of what our colleagues are going to say at any time, so why cover old ground.
Margin Call nailed the executive management politics. Loved it.
The right kind of leadership John Lewis, the civil rights leader and congressman who died on July 17, wrote an essay a few days before his death, which he wanted to be released on his funeral day. Here is the ending. …Like so many young people today, I was searching for a way out, or some might say a way in, and then I heard the voice of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on an old radio. He was talking about the philosophy and discipline of nonviolence. He said we are all complicit when we tolerate injustice. He said it… Read more »
Some of the greatest words were written by musicians Some of us investors grew up in the 1960s and 1970s. We should have been listening to one of my favorites at the time, Supertramp — not just the fantastic music, but the words… The Logical Song When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful A miracle, oh it was beautiful, magical And all the birds in the trees, well they’d be singing so happily Oh joyfully, playfully watching me But then they send me away to teach me how to be sensible Logical, oh responsible, practical And… Read more »
A wonderful speech to new college graduates
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajJ3IDiyW8s
Will it be Kamala Harris or Susan Rice? If I were a Democrat supporter, and I’m not — not that the world gives a hoot — would I choose Harris, who has the backing of a huge number of actual voters, or Rice, who is backed by unknown lobbyists? For the sake of democracy, I think the answer is clear. Given Biden’s age and possible concession of power during his term, if elected president, I would not want a never-elected lobbyist to become the world’s most powerful person. But then again, I think that I am guided by principles, and… Read more »
Aloha! Where is the grassroots Biden Feed The Hungry? Democrat Antifa communists are too busy burning down the food banks!
Trump’s looking more like done like dinner The money bettors are the only polls I watch. Real Politics monitors seven betting shops and gives us a daily readout of the odds. As of this morning, Trump, who in late May was ahead by about 8 points is now down a massive 24.5. Anything can happen in politics, but there has never been such a reversal in presidential politics and there has never been a president elected who has been even a fraction of this deficit this close to the election date. https://www.realclearpolitics.com/elections/betting_odds/2020_president/ The popular TV comedians of the day no… Read more »
How funny is this? From Rob Boyd LMAO! So we’re into our 5th month of defeating COVID-19. These words made me laugh but there’s a lot of truth mixed in to consider. . . 1. So let me get this straight, there’s no cure for a virus that can be killed by sanitizer and hand soap? 2. Is it too early to put up the Christmas tree yet? I have run out of things to do. 3. When this virus thing is over, I still want some of you to stay away from me. 4. If these last months have… Read more »
very!