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I agree the cost of Iran was relatively low compared to Ukraine, Iraq and Afghanistan. However, doing Iran in December would have been 1) fine, 2) not cost both houses, and 3) still should have been done with the backing to finish. All might have succeeded. Now we have failed.

It should be IMPOSSIBLE that the fees eclipse the profits by LAW.

And, if they don't out produce their benchmarks but the indexes do. There should be a reduction in their fees.

But why not just setup a system the FRONT-ENDS all of Pelosi's trades before Pelosi can make hers?

Hopefully, we'll each get our $5,000 cut. And why?
At least we will know where that much of our money went.
For example, I buy all my gasoline with my only credit card with a $500 monthly limit. I pay it off each month.
I do have one whole debit card used for groceries and other odd stuff. Checks are used for tax-deductible donations.

Well, then I am glad to be sucker, since Wall Street and my savings habit have made me very financially comfortable.

A real casino has negative sum returns. You should expect on average to lose money there.

The stock market, whatever its flaws, has positive sum returns. You should expect to gain money there.

It's naïve to assume there is no corruption hidden by the firms that manage the index funds.
Wall St, like Vegas, exists to clip the suckers (aka investors) and laws written to prevent it are
written with advice (collusion) from Wall St, assuring that the unethical theft continues unabated.
I only wish that Wall St was only a bunch of bookies taking transaction fees.

I guess these people aren't going to get Trump's $5000. On this issue, may there be a plague on both sides.

And the person trying to nationalize his work is Floyd Ferris!

It sounds like the problem is bad money management. It's not that the "casino" or stock market is unfair. It's that corrupt cronies mismanaged the money. The answer appears to be to use better Wall Street services, such as index funds. That's "the casino" too.

I came close to getting myself killed three other times (twice the same day) as a newspaper reporter during the same decade.

Loved her look. Hope that there are more of them coming.

Just a reminder....When a communist gets into power they don't ever leave office, historically. Put that in your pipe and smoke it. We've been taking for granted this notion that they'll have an end to their term. Now...I ain't so sure...

I agree. Even if it's "law and order" as my source called it. They'll just ignore it.

Me dino ain't no financial expert whut being as much a duh big expert as me am pretending to currently communicate.
Yet, oih say, by George, moih immediate reaction wot transpired upon learning late yesterday afternoon thaut Wall Strike took a nose dive from a spike wot followed our sad joke for a vote und oih quote myself thaut being~~
"What the hell did anyone really expect the stock market to do after a USA-hating Muslim-led rat pack of communists was allowed to take over the house, the senate and a ruddy lot of states?"
I heard about that while driving. Gave my car radio one great big horse laugh!
Why not laugh at all the "men can get pregnant" Dumbocrap stupidity? Better than crying.

I'm right there. I LOVE my work - which is why I do it. Also, few others can do it so it pays real money. But, I'm planning on setting up a consultancy where I proof other engineer's work, maybe do forensics, and give trainings...all work that I enjoy. Part time. The corporate setting is just too filthy for me. Unskilled back stabbers get away with too much these days. They can be miserable without me.

Wow, David, what a horrible story. We here in The Gulch are so pleased that you weren’t sleeping in that bed when the fire broke out.

When they recently started talking about nationalizing his space-related work I just about fell off the couch. "This guy's a loser Nazi but we want his work for the people." I was floored by that development. Right out of AS...

On the fly today, but had to stop in and check this! Thank you, OUC, for the great start to a day! LOL!

"He is busy worrying about his name on buildings, and no[t] the long term needs of the country." The MSMM branch of the D party worked hard to get Americans to believe that BS and too many are buying it.

The Iran conflict has cost about 1/10 of what was sent to Ukraine and succeeded in taking down the Iranian nuke program. The Straits Of Hormuz are now open in spite of that being the only card in Iran's hand. Patience will win that, too, IMHO, but you'd never know it from the MSMM.

Yup, blame Trump. It's the easy way out.

Ok. Sorry. I misread the intent.

Several of these really hit my funny bone. Especially the squirrel one.

Here’s to a super-sized cleansing. Thankfully we have a lion who can do it.
Well said, Dino! And Thanks OUC!

I’m see that most folks are using usernames instead of real names, so if you’d like to me in my Substack directory or the Atlas of Objectivism, just message me on any platform.

Funny

These memes caused me dino to think of a thick book of quotations I lost to a fire during the Seventies in a trailer rental park when I was a college sophomore.
The first and most ancient~~and I mean way, way back ancient~~was an instruction never to trust anyone. Not ever! Period!
I had moved out of a dorm to both study in peace an deprive myself of TV entertainment.
I was in a class when that fire gutted all that I had.
The fire chief showed me where the malfunctioning electrical wiring started the fire.
Directly under my bed!

Unless "Wall St" is on the short side today and their customers are getting the shaft (as usual.)