Up 400 yesterday, down 560 today on the Dow Industrials. What was the great difference that motivated stock traders?
A spike and reversal is often bearish. Coming at the end of a long rally -- this phase started election week -- a spike is often the end. A reversal adds serious punctuation to that prospect. If you've thought about reducing risk, the market is shouting at you.
Our May Alaska cruise was canceled again for the second year now. Maybe next year. We went from a cabin to a balcony upgrade with a promise of a mini-suite next year if we don't ask for a refund. Plus other gimmies. If this keeps up, we will be in the Presidential Suite. If the lines can stay solvent, that is.
I wrote to Coca-Cola about their "Try to be less white" training that was posted about in various places on the intertubes. Here is the response I received:
Throughout the past few days, you have likely seen inaccurate reporting on the content of our recently launched Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion training program.
The video in question was not part of the Company’s curriculum but was accessible on a third-party platform used for the training. We took immediate action and removed any links from the Company recommended training playlist that could lead employees to that content. We do not support the idea of anyone being less of themselves.
Our business is driven by employees of different genders, ages, abilities, orientations, races, ethnicities, religious beliefs, and countries of origin. All of these dimensions add to our networked way of working, learning and leading.
We will make sure that we are addressing any opportunities for improvement and continue the dialogue to ensure all voices are heard and respected.
Strange that covid deaths in nursing homes remained very high through months and months of the strictest of isolation measures (masks, testing, isolation, etc.) and have now dropped by 75% since mid December.
I wonder what happened.
Incidentally, more than 170,000 nursing home residents and staff have died of covid since the pandemic began. That represents roughly 34% of total covid deaths. Nursing home residents account for roughly 1% of the population.
Lots of broken branches and hangers in the trees, it seems. We had very little tree damage--the precip was dry powder, mostly.
And just now, returning from a walk in the gloaming with the pooch, I heard some sounds I haven't heard in a while--yakking women in the carport next door, and a very virile sounding barred owl; the former I've not heard in weeks, the latter in even more weeks.
"Strange that covid deaths in nursing homes remained very high through months and months of the strictest of isolation measures (masks, testing, isolation, etc.) and have now dropped by 75% since mid December."
Not strange at all, in my opinion. The people most vulnerable to the virus have died up to December, the people remaining in nursing homes are the survivors.
Not strange at all, in my opinion. The people most vulnerable to the virus have died up to December, the people remaining in nursing homes are the survivors.
Except that nursing home populations are not fixed. New very vulnerable residents enter nursing homes every day.
I imagine the population of nursing homes isn't being replaced right now, not at the rate that would be normal. Would you send a relative to one in the last year?
Incidentally, more than 170,000 nursing home residents and staff have died of covid since the pandemic began. That represents roughly 34% of total covid deaths. Nursing home residents account for roughly 1% of the population. >> I'll be very interested to see whether the "expected" deaths post 'Rona drop by that amount, confirming that the 'Rona "pulled forward" the demise of people who had less than 12 months to live.
Every death is a tragedy but honestly, some are more tragic than others and a 93 year old on death's door in a nursing home dying in 6 months rather than 12 is a bit lower on the tragedy scale.
Called in an accident today: sedan, SUV, and small truck at a crossroads. The truck blew a stop sign. Two young kids were in the backseat of the SUV which was waiting to make a right hand turn. Fortunately there were no injuries except one driver who got a chipped tooth from the airbag. The police got there a couple of minutes after the call, which was nice.
If you've thought about reducing risk, the market is shouting at you.
I moved to a 20% equities 30% cash position right after the election. P/Es are too high, but the Unions are going to have to shore up their portfolios with the bailouts so who knows. Certainly a time to be cautious.
Jersey Fled said... Strange that covid deaths in nursing homes remained very high through months and months of the strictest of isolation measures (masks, testing, isolation, etc.) and have now dropped by 75% since mid December."
They were vaccinated as part of Operation Warp speed. Every long-term facility has had a three day vaccination clinic. But not everyone accepted the opportunity and there have been new admissions. Operation Warp Speed is ended. Time for a new plan. I suggest putting the Great Cuomo is charge, everyone knows he's great and so great and had the best plan in New York and was never impeached or had any bad, sadz things happen to Him. His plan we know: send in the infected to the homes for the aged and call it Operation Warped.
to everybody who wants a vaccine shot - Deaths in Israel, where the vast majority of the people who generally die from Covid have been vaccinated, have gone down less than deaths in countries where almost nobody has been vaccinated.
i remember when i was a kid and the creeps in power told all the teenaged boys they should be like John Wayne and sign up and go fight the enemy in Nam.
I don't hate liars, but I pity them, and I hate the fact that they are so often successful.
The Democrats wanted the parliamentarian to make this ruling, so she did. Joe Manchin had already stated his opposition to it, so Schumer got it kicked out.
Yes, her ruling can be overturned- all the Democrats have to do is to vote to do so including the VP.
I took a chunk out of the market over the summer. Invested in granite counter and bathroom fixture futures and, also, bond funds. This triggered a massive buy order on Wall St. The smart money waits until I move money out of the market and then pounces. The money I would have made on the money I took out would have covered a new bidet and a live in valet to wipe my ass....If,however, we have another month of down moves like today, I will feel prescient and shrewd.....I don't understand markets and macroeconomics. It seems to me that if we keep printing up this money and running trillion dollar deficits then sooner or later we'll encounter scary inflation, but it hasn't happened yet. If we do have massive inflation, stocks are a better hedge than actual money. Large uncut diamonds or antique Chinese vases might be the best investments......Keynes said that in the long run we're all dead. I'm not going to be around for the long run, but I don't think this will end well.
The great Russian writers of the 20th century all LOVED SHAKESPEARE, they thought he was a BILLIONAIRE AMONG WRITERS Because he used words the way billionaires, at their best, use dollars ----- with SPREZZATURA
I shall urge my US Senators to vote against confirmation of this sick freak, 'Ms' Levin. Mainly because of her dangerous policies but also because I don't want to look at its hideous visage for at least four years.
"I shall urge my US Senators to vote against confirmation of this sick freak, 'Ms' Levin. Mainly because of her dangerous policies but also because I don't want to look at its hideous visage for at least four years."
I'm a live-and-let-live kind of guy. But not when it comes to pushing an agenda based upon questionable science® and giving it the force of law. Even worse is when it involves the mutilation of minor children.
The 'trans mania' that's sweeping the nation is not an organic movement.
1- It restores the fictional separation between Iran and the IRGC-led militias. Whereas Trump took out Soleimani, now we hit a nondescript *militia* target. 1/ Quote Tweet Noah Pollak @NoahPollak · 3h Spoiler alert: the "structure" was a pile of tires on a hillside twitter.com/politico/statu… Tony Badran @AcrossTheBay · 2h
2- In addition to Soleimani (in Iraq), Trump took out his top lieutenant *in Iraq* and the leader of the PMUs. By hitting in Syria, this strike is thus not one, but two steps removed. 2/ Quote Tweet Tony Badran @AcrossTheBay · 2h That’s not even the biggest issue. The nature of this strike does the opposite of what people
Posted by: Narciso | February 25, 2021 at 10:08 PM
I was part of the flight test program of the P-8A out of NAS Patuxent River. The NAVAIR loads lead, Mellissa, had a habit of saying at the end of the preflight "Nothing can stop us now!". Inexorably, the loads instrumentation would crap out during the flight and we'd have to return to base. It got to the point where everyone else would tell Mellissa "Don't say it!"
I de risked some in November and am waiting to see how this shakes out before putting that to work. I did get stopped out of my TSLA shares this week, but that was play money.
I’m in San Mateo County CA tonight. Burlingame actually. I really think these people LOVE wearing masks outdoors while, well, doing anything. Thankfully I wasn’t attacked by any Karen’s. I don’t see CA recovering from this for a loooong time.
I don’t see CA recovering from this for a loooong time.
If my cousins in Burlingame are any indication, looniness has been endemic to CA for quite some time. And Bay Area Californians are the only ones who don't know how loony they are. And I'm not kidding.
Mr. Potato Head identifies as Potato Head, a stage name, a spud that blackens and shrivels, and will sprout no more. Mrs. Potato Head was deemed a burden and no longer viable, a victim of social progress. Potato Head is seeking tubers with "benefits" before the next Great Famine.
Joe's new Mideast War has started.
Obama's Novel Peace Prize and legacy of Pieces in our Time is secure. Forward!
Looks like Biden is getting his marching orders from the LBGTQXYZ crowd and the Pentagon. No wonder even some Democrats are trying to prevent his authorization of nuclear strikes.
Except that nursing home populations are not fixed. New very vulnerable residents enter nursing homes every day
mid morning guy on WHO radio interviewed a big shot with a nursing home chain. She said very few people are arranging to move loved ones into nursing homes. They are in big trouble, too many empty beds. That should all be changing now. A close relative in assisted living just got their shot in the last day.
iowan2, Worked a video conference last week with big shots saying "census is down", hoping for fed $$ and future return...though covid pos patients = big daily $$.
There is not a chance that Levine will fail to be confirmed, not a chance. In fact Levine could openly state that four year olds can be given the same medication that Alan Turing was given as a punishment, and not a single Democrat would vote against confirmation.
The real question is how many Republicans vote to confirm. I have not paid attention so I have no idea, but I am cynical enough I would not be surprised if 40 did.
Then half will use its photo in fundraising. I want the Biden/Harris administration to get its full freak on, or I would if we had a semi-functioning press corps.
I have never watched any of the Wolverine movies. I always meant to- I thought the character and the actor were the best things about the X-Men films. I may block off a weekend to binge them at some point this Spring.
I have never watched any of the Wolverine movies. I always meant to- I thought the character and the actor were the best things about the X-Men films. I may block off a weekend to binge them at some point this Spring.
The thing about Logan is that Patrick Stewart deserved a "Best Supporting Actor" Oscar. A really, realy great performance. Too bad it doesn't happen to that type of movie.
X men are not in the ra ra category, they saved new york but apparently they were going to be wiped out anyways. First class was the best because of the 60s bondish vibe and perhaps the least preachy.
foreach i {"Bond" "Romcom" "Western" "Action" "Horror" "Disney" "Scifi"} { puts "Too many of the $i movies. They all blurred together many years ago." }
I read this yesterday and am still trying to fully wrap my mind around it, and/or to think of some easy explanation for the pattern, and I can't. It isn't the first time I have come across this idea about the second digit of the DNA coding matrix- I don't remember where I saw it, but someone in my distant past pointed me towards the grouping by nucleon count of the amino acid. At that time, I thought it had be purely chance, but I do get ES's point about this "chance" in the "Frozen Accident" world of evolution and the DNA codex.
I liked the first two "1st Class" films more than the first run of three, but I liked both for the most part, but I never got around to watching Apocalypse because of all the bad reviews it got.
Good news. The new progressive legislature in New Virginia has passed a budget giving teachers a raise. They earned it, after all. It's hard work sitting on your ass at home.
Watching a science-fictiony show...about four episodes in.
It's pretty good, but the writers use the same silly trope that takes you right out of it.
I am all good with suspension of disbelief, but at a certain point you will lose me.
One of the characters is a hot Italian actress. I looked her up on IMDB.
She has a dance background and it very thin (100-110lbs?). She's listed at 5'4"
She is the only person out of all of the trained male assassins out to kill her who can shoot straight. The guys all have open shots and miss completely. One shot the gun out of her hand, which made me laugh.
In the scene I just saw the idiot male killer tries to shoot her but she throws a backpack at him which ruins his aim.
Then a hand to hand combat sequence ensues (he is 6' 200lbs) where she kicks his ass and kills him.
Is this all part of girl power?
It's otherwise a good concept for a show and I would normally recommend it, but this is bad writing.
On the plus side, she has a couple of topless scenes and has great tits : )
The Crack Emcee said... The Crack Man Gets Everything Off His Chest (Part I)
Read it- and agree. Michael Shermer and the late James Randi and all of us who see snake oil salesmen for what they are are fighting a constant uphill battle- for there are always snake oil salesmen.
I have one small problem with organized skeptics- their extreme hostility towards Christianity. Yes there are frauds and fakers in Christianity- but overall, it's been a force for good in the world. Atheists for the most part have not been a force for good in the world- being responsible for the Russian gulags, the Killing Fields of Cambodia, the Chinese Cultural Revolution, etc. There are some good atheists, as there are some bad Christians, but in the grand scheme of things, Christianity has been a force for good in the world, atheism not.
One thing I find amusing that some skeptics and atheists have gotten around to realizing that they can only speak freely and be skeptics and atheists in a Christian society... others won't tolerate them... Must be hard for them to reconcile this.
One thing I was surprised about was that The Mentalist and Psych were produced and promoted by Hollywood. Both shows are extremely good at undermining the whole New Age movement, and show how easy it is to fool people. I highly recommend watching both shows.
I am 90/10 equities/cash, and I have been for twenty years. I won’t buy a stock that pays less than a 2-1/2 percent dividend when I buy it, and I favor stocks that have a history of increasing their dividends. I reinvest 10% of my after tax income every year. I never sell a stock without knowing what I am going to buy to replace it.
It is a wild ride sometimes, but it has worked out pretty well. I went down 35% in 2008-2009, bur I was back in full by the end of 2010.
I never go out of the market because I know I’ll never get back in until too late.
I thought Trump's actions against the horrors of Brutalism would have had bipartisan support. Alas, no. America started as a dream, and that dream has died. https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/24/biden-trump-federal-architecture-order-471459?utm_source=GeorgiaLogCabin
Today is Rusty's last day of formal work. I am retiring. I will no longer be designing stuff and making stuff for other people. The woman who lives in my house is under the impression that now I will have the time to do things around the house. Foole. I'm gonna have some fun.
DavidUW: There's a very easy solution to the crime problem NYC. Elect Republicans. Guliani could fix the crime problem fast. He's done it before. I just don't know if NY'ers have the wherewithal to stop voting crime lovin' Democrats.
All the things I love to do in NYC are still there. Central Park is still there, and open.....Belvedere Castle not sure, but the trees are still there. Katz's Deli still open---only restaurant that matters to me. The Plaza is still there (never stay, just wander thru) Are they letting site-see'ers wander the Plaza these days? No matter, it'll always be there.
As for Broadway, I would never in my life pay their ticket prices, and a lot of other people were not buying tickets before the virus. So, Broadway was a failing business model long before this. What's fun is to tour the various houses when they are dark---the Broadway, and off-Broadway architectural tours, which have probably been suspended for now. But, actually sitting thru a show = tedious. Why bother, when it's easier to watch on Youtube?
He chickened out on climate change. He first said it had all the trappings of a fraud, with which I agree, but he backed down when he came under fire and was a good boy thereafter.
Yay Rusty! You'll have more time to hang out here.
You know what happens to eggs that are left to boil, when the water boils off and nothing is done? They explode. All over Butch's kitchen--there were egg bits on the ceiling, the walls, the floors. It was quite impressive really, and he was lucky we heard the assplosion or the pan might have caught fire. I think there were bits still stuck about when he moved out years later.
Gospace makes a reasonable sounding argument but gets the cart before the donkey. (I'll leave aside his simplistic mash-up of atheism and skepticism, and acknowledge that he specifies "organized" critics . . . I'm a free-lancer, and haven't really kept up with organized anything.)
Christianity isn't responsible for the good things of the modern world, all those things are a -reaction- to rule by religion and religious authority, and rose from the proven inability of spiritual supremacists to provide for peace and human well-being.
Secularism, an attitude and practice, is what overcame the murderous pious bigotries of the period, say, 1450-1650 in Europe. So it always strikes me as ironic to hear defenders of the faith today argue as if all their spiritual ancestors were fighting for was the freedom of thought and belief we enjoy in America today.
It's only within a secular society that Gospace is free to practice his Christianity as he chooses. It's not at all hard to reconcile my understanding of how we got to now with the knowledge that religions will always rush in to take credit for good ideas.
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Up 400 yesterday, down 560 today on the Dow Industrials. What was the great difference that motivated stock traders?
A spike and reversal is often bearish. Coming at the end of a long rally -- this phase started election week -- a spike is often the end. A reversal adds serious punctuation to that prospect. If you've thought about reducing risk, the market is shouting at you.
Sure looked like a top to me.
Our May Alaska cruise was canceled again for the second year now. Maybe next year. We went from a cabin to a balcony upgrade with a promise of a mini-suite next year if we don't ask for a refund. Plus other gimmies. If this keeps up, we will be in the Presidential Suite. If the lines can stay solvent, that is.
Want to get reaaaaaally pissed off?
This is insanity.
What the fuck has happened to this country?
I wrote to Coca-Cola about their "Try to be less white" training that was posted about in various places on the intertubes. Here is the response I received:
Throughout the past few days, you have likely seen inaccurate reporting on the content of our recently launched Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion training program.
The video in question was not part of the Company’s curriculum but was accessible on a third-party platform used for the training. We took immediate action and removed any links from the Company recommended training playlist that could lead employees to that content. We do not support the idea of anyone being less of themselves.
Our business is driven by employees of different genders, ages, abilities, orientations, races, ethnicities, religious beliefs, and countries of origin. All of these dimensions add to our networked way of working, learning and leading.
We will make sure that we are addressing any opportunities for improvement and continue the dialogue to ensure all voices are heard and respected.
FWIW...
"What the fuck has happened to this country?"
Progressives.
Photos I took today on a frozen lake showing clear signs of spring: link
"and if you look closely, you can see me out there on the Lake Mendota ice."
You're just one step away from ice fishing.
Strange that covid deaths in nursing homes remained very high through months and months of the strictest of isolation measures (masks, testing, isolation, etc.) and have now dropped by 75% since mid December.
I wonder what happened.
Incidentally, more than 170,000 nursing home residents and staff have died of covid since the pandemic began. That represents roughly 34% of total covid deaths. Nursing home residents account for roughly 1% of the population.
Joe Smith said...Want to get reaaaaaally pissed off?
This is insanity.
'Insanity would be if ze ist konfirmed after having refused (twice!) to answer a simple question.
Lots of broken branches and hangers in the trees, it seems. We had very little tree damage--the precip was dry powder, mostly.
And just now, returning from a walk in the gloaming with the pooch, I heard some sounds I haven't heard in a while--yakking women in the carport next door, and a very virile sounding barred owl; the former I've not heard in weeks, the latter in even more weeks.
Narr
I'll be back
"Strange that covid deaths in nursing homes remained very high through months and months of the strictest of isolation measures (masks, testing, isolation, etc.) and have now dropped by 75% since mid December."
Not strange at all, in my opinion. The people most vulnerable to the virus have died up to December, the people remaining in nursing homes are the survivors.
Yeah, it was a sell everything day on Wall Street, bonds and stocks.
"'Insanity would be if ze ist konfirmed after having refused (twice!) to answer a simple question."
Please list the Democrats who will vote 'No.'
Not strange at all, in my opinion. The people most vulnerable to the virus have died up to December, the people remaining in nursing homes are the survivors.
Except that nursing home populations are not fixed. New very vulnerable residents enter nursing homes every day.
I imagine the population of nursing homes isn't being replaced right now, not at the rate that would be normal. Would you send a relative to one in the last year?
"Please list the Democrats who will vote 'No.'"
Ok, I am up for a challenge. Here is the list:
Meade’s pic is good but you are lost among the reticulation.
Your pic is awesome: direct apprehension of the Sun as it enters the world.
Incidentally, more than 170,000 nursing home residents and staff have died of covid since the pandemic began. That represents roughly 34% of total covid deaths. Nursing home residents account for roughly 1% of the population.
>>
I'll be very interested to see whether the "expected" deaths post 'Rona drop by that amount, confirming that the 'Rona "pulled forward" the demise of people who had less than 12 months to live.
Every death is a tragedy but honestly, some are more tragic than others and a 93 year old on death's door in a nursing home dying in 6 months rather than 12 is a bit lower on the tragedy scale.
Yancy:
I wouldn't send a relative to a nursing new home if I could avoid it. Even before covid. But some can't.
I was being a little coy in my post above about wondering what happened.
The answer is vaccination. It's been incredibly effective.
Called in an accident today: sedan, SUV, and small truck at a crossroads. The truck blew a stop sign. Two young kids were in the backseat of the SUV which was waiting to make a right hand turn. Fortunately there were no injuries except one driver who got a chipped tooth from the airbag. The police got there a couple of minutes after the call, which was nice.
BTW has there been some kind of update in Samsung's spell check functionality lately? I can't type three words without it turning it to gibberish.
"I can't type three words without it turning it to gibberish."
Are you typing unapproved thoughts?
I haven't seen a car accident in person in 23 years now- not even a fender bender.
If you've thought about reducing risk, the market is shouting at you.
I moved to a 20% equities 30% cash position right after the election. P/Es are too high, but the Unions are going to have to shore up their portfolios with the bailouts so who knows. Certainly a time to be cautious.
Are you typing unapproved thoughts?
Most of my thoughts are unapproved.
"I can't type three words without it turning it to gibberish."
"Are you typing unapproved thoughts?"
Is your name Joe Biden?
Is your name Joe Biden?
If it was, would I even know?
Me? Hardly. Besides, do you think Joe is even up right now?
No, probably not, but if you have doubt about it, don't piss in the garbage can.
I am guessing Biden spends most of the night up prowling around unless they sedate him heavily.
Senate Parliamentarian just ruled minimum wage increase cannot be in COVID bill.
Jersey Fled said...
Strange that covid deaths in nursing homes remained very high through months and months of the strictest of isolation measures (masks, testing, isolation, etc.) and have now dropped by 75% since mid December."
They were vaccinated as part of Operation Warp speed. Every long-term facility has had a three day vaccination clinic. But not everyone accepted the opportunity and there have been new admissions. Operation Warp Speed is ended. Time for a new plan. I suggest putting the Great Cuomo is charge, everyone knows he's great and so great and had the best plan in New York and was never impeached or had any bad, sadz things happen to Him. His plan we know: send in the infected to the homes for the aged and call it Operation Warped.
"Senate Parliamentarian just ruled minimum wage increase cannot be in COVID bill."
Is it the case she can be overruled by a simple majority?
"I am guessing Biden spends most of the night up prowling around unless they sedate him heavily."
Fair enough. I should have said "awake and coherent", not "up". Sorry about that.
to everybody who wants a vaccine shot - Deaths in Israel, where the vast majority of the people who generally die from Covid have been vaccinated, have gone down less than deaths in countries where almost nobody has been vaccinated.
i remember when i was a kid and the creeps in power told all the teenaged boys they should be like John Wayne and sign up and go fight the enemy in Nam.
I don't hate liars, but I pity them, and I hate the fact that they are so often successful.
Senate Parliamentarian just ruled minimum wage increase cannot be in COVID bill.
I hope his wife and kids are safe.
"Senate Parliamentarian just ruled minimum wage increase cannot be in COVID bill."
Suppose the "minimum wage increase" self-identifies as "covid relief". What happens then?
The Democrats wanted the parliamentarian to make this ruling, so she did. Joe Manchin had already stated his opposition to it, so Schumer got it kicked out.
Yes, her ruling can be overturned- all the Democrats have to do is to vote to do so including the VP.
Mr. Potato Head has lost his title of Mr.
#potatoprivilege
"Mr. Potato Head has lost his title of"
Idiocy runs amuck in the land. How long can Barbie survive now?
I took a chunk out of the market over the summer. Invested in granite counter and bathroom fixture futures and, also, bond funds. This triggered a massive buy order on Wall St. The smart money waits until I move money out of the market and then pounces. The money I would have made on the money I took out would have covered a new bidet and a live in valet to wipe my ass....If,however, we have another month of down moves like today, I will feel prescient and shrewd.....I don't understand markets and macroeconomics. It seems to me that if we keep printing up this money and running trillion dollar deficits then sooner or later we'll encounter scary inflation, but it hasn't happened yet. If we do have massive inflation, stocks are a better hedge than actual money. Large uncut diamonds or antique Chinese vases might be the best investments......Keynes said that in the long run we're all dead. I'm not going to be around for the long run, but I don't think this will end well.
"The money I would have made on the money I took out would have covered a new bidet and a live in valet to wipe my ass...."
Do not regret not getting out at the tippy top. That only happens by luck. Having said that, I think I did exactly that with my mother's portfolio.
five best investments, in reverse order
(a) friends who are into bitcoin and who "borrow" a little money for you
(b) relatives and friends who owe you favors
(c) your health
(d) the health of those you love
(e) understanding who is making lousy predictions about the future and who isn't
"Mr. Potato Head has lost his title of Mr."
Worse, he's no longer made with a potato (or so my grandchildren tell me). What has this country come to?
Good Grammar rule for Feb. 25:
Never use more words than are necessary to get your point across: be as concise as possible.
""Mr. Potato Head has lost his title of Mr."
Xir Potato Head just doesn't have the same ring to it.
The great Russian writers of the 20th century all LOVED SHAKESPEARE, they thought he was a BILLIONAIRE AMONG WRITERS Because he used words the way billionaires, at their best, use dollars ----- with SPREZZATURA
I shall urge my US Senators to vote against confirmation of this sick freak, 'Ms' Levin. Mainly because of her dangerous policies but also because I don't want to look at its hideous visage for at least four years.
Yancey observes: I haven't seen a car accident in person in 23 years now- not even a fender bender.
Uh-oh! Now you've done it.
"Uh-oh! Now you've done it."
Right up there with 'Bottom of the ninth and he's pitching a no-hitter' and 'Tiger hasn't missed a putt from this range all year.'
Dr Levine is not well, obviously. Why do the Dems not care about our country?
"I shall urge my US Senators to vote against confirmation of this sick freak, 'Ms' Levin. Mainly because of her dangerous policies but also because I don't want to look at its hideous visage for at least four years."
I'm a live-and-let-live kind of guy. But not when it comes to pushing an agenda based upon questionable science® and giving it the force of law. Even worse is when it involves the mutilation of minor children.
The 'trans mania' that's sweeping the nation is not an organic movement.
Billy Jack movie on now.
facebook is now censoring Prager U.
What f*ing leftwing bullshit
The trapper keeper media will miss this
1- It restores the fictional separation between Iran and the IRGC-led militias. Whereas Trump took out Soleimani, now we hit a nondescript *militia* target. 1/
Quote Tweet
Noah Pollak
@NoahPollak
· 3h
Spoiler alert: the "structure" was a pile of tires on a hillside twitter.com/politico/statu…
Tony Badran
@AcrossTheBay
·
2h
So far, he's only been a minor character.
2- In addition to Soleimani (in Iraq), Trump took out his top lieutenant *in Iraq* and the leader of the PMUs. By hitting in Syria, this strike is thus not one, but two steps removed. 2/
Quote Tweet
Tony Badran
@AcrossTheBay
· 2h
That’s not even the biggest issue. The nature of this strike does the opposite of what people
Posted by: Narciso | February 25, 2021 at 10:08 PM
we're back to war. Thanks corrupt democratic press.
"Uh-oh! Now you've done it."
I was part of the flight test program of the P-8A out of NAS Patuxent River. The NAVAIR loads lead, Mellissa, had a habit of saying at the end of the preflight "Nothing can stop us now!". Inexorably, the loads instrumentation would crap out during the flight and we'd have to return to base. It got to the point where everyone else would tell Mellissa "Don't say it!"
Well. Now it's on.
“ Sure looked like a top to me.”
I de risked some in November and am waiting to see how this shakes out before putting that to work. I did get stopped out of my TSLA shares this week, but that was play money.
Naw just some pot shots at the militia that wasnt targeting coalition forces
I’m in San Mateo County CA tonight. Burlingame actually. I really think these people LOVE wearing masks outdoors while, well, doing anything. Thankfully I wasn’t attacked by any Karen’s. I don’t see CA recovering from this for a loooong time.
Joe's new Mideast War has started. That's to keep us distracted from his senile moronity.
Peggy Noonan says New York is dead. ---In her new WSJ post.
The last time some well-known guy, a stand up comic or some such, said NY was dead, last year, Jerry Seinfeld called him a putz in a rebuttal.
Waiting to see if Seinfeld fights back, again, and calls Peggy Noonan a putz.
Its the equivalent of running and tripping over the wet dog, remember robert malley is a hamas fanboi.
We know who they consider the real enemy
https://mobile.twitter.com/julie_kelly2/status/1365118910727680000
All I saw was a short clip of Rand Paul talking to Rachel about genital mutilation..then I switched channels.
I moved to a 20% equities 30% cash position right after the election.
What about the remaining 50%?
Tulips?
I don’t see CA recovering from this for a loooong time.
If my cousins in Burlingame are any indication, looniness has been endemic to CA for quite some time. And Bay Area Californians are the only ones who don't know how loony they are. And I'm not kidding.
Waiting to see if Seinfeld fights back, again, and calls Peggy Noonan a putz.
Can a woman really be a putz? Well, I guess nowadays it's possible...
Why not go wolverine?
https://m.youtube.com/c/TheCriticalDrinker?disable_polymer=true&rootVe=3611
Mr. Potato Head identifies as Potato Head, a stage name, a spud that blackens and shrivels, and will sprout no more. Mrs. Potato Head was deemed a burden and no longer viable, a victim of social progress. Potato Head is seeking tubers with "benefits" before the next Great Famine.
Joe's new Mideast War has started.
Obama's Novel Peace Prize and legacy of Pieces in our Time is secure. Forward!
It's go time, again.
Looks like Biden is getting his marching orders from the LBGTQXYZ crowd and the Pentagon. No wonder even some Democrats are trying to prevent his authorization of nuclear strikes.
Except that nursing home populations are not fixed. New very vulnerable residents enter nursing homes every day
mid morning guy on WHO radio interviewed a big shot with a nursing home chain. She said very few people are arranging to move loved ones into nursing homes. They are in big trouble, too many empty beds. That should all be changing now. A close relative in assisted living just got their shot in the last day.
iowan2,
Worked a video conference last week with big shots saying "census is down", hoping for fed $$ and future return...though covid pos patients = big daily $$.
There is not a chance that Levine will fail to be confirmed, not a chance. In fact Levine could openly state that four year olds can be given the same medication that Alan Turing was given as a punishment, and not a single Democrat would vote against confirmation.
The real question is how many Republicans vote to confirm. I have not paid attention so I have no idea, but I am cynical enough I would not be surprised if 40 did.
If we do have massive inflation, stocks are a better hedge than actual money.
That wasn't true of the DOW in the 70's stagflation. Real estate did OK--in some parts of the country.
I think NY is dead. And *that’s the way New Yorkers want it*.
In a massive inflation, commodities are the best investment- oil, food, basic materials, and, yes, gold and silver.
I would not be surprised if 40 did
Then half will use its photo in fundraising.
I want the Biden/Harris administration to get its full freak on, or I would if we had a semi-functioning press corps.
Everyone knows about whitesands but how about its soviet counterpart
http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/ac715b526494f6315447c9a0b606259c
I have never watched any of the Wolverine movies. I always meant to- I thought the character and the actor were the best things about the X-Men films. I may block off a weekend to binge them at some point this Spring.
I have never watched any of the Wolverine movies. I always meant to- I thought the character and the actor were the best things about the X-Men films. I may block off a weekend to binge them at some point this Spring.
The thing about Logan is that Patrick Stewart deserved a "Best Supporting Actor" Oscar. A really, realy great performance. Too bad it doesn't happen to that type of movie.
Well, I forgot that I was hard boiling an egg. 15 minutes ended up being about 50.
Indeed
https://www.city-journal.org/lockdowns-impact-on-mental-and-physical-health
Too many of the comics movies. They all blurred together many years ago.
X men are not in the ra ra category, they saved new york but apparently they were going to be wiped out anyways. First class was the best because of the 60s bondish vibe and perhaps the least preachy.
foreach i {"Bond" "Romcom" "Western" "Action" "Horror" "Disney" "Scifi"} {
puts "Too many of the $i movies. They all blurred together many years ago."
}
Yes i know it begins in a concentration camp, but the villain is a nazi by circumstance.
Happy Purim everyone!
"Well, I forgot that I was hard boiling an egg. 15 minutes ended up being about 50."
My formula is 20 minutes.
Cold water with eggs on the stove on high.
Set timer for 10 minutes as a reminder.
They are boiling away by then.
Turn down to barely a simmer for another 10 minutes.
If you're fancy you can take them out and put them into a bowl filled with ice water (supposedly makes them easier to peel later).
If you're not fancy (me) just drain the hot water and fill with cold water a couple of times.
Enjoy.
Food for thought.
I read this yesterday and am still trying to fully wrap my mind around it, and/or to think of some easy explanation for the pattern, and I can't. It isn't the first time I have come across this idea about the second digit of the DNA coding matrix- I don't remember where I saw it, but someone in my distant past pointed me towards the grouping by nucleon count of the amino acid. At that time, I thought it had be purely chance, but I do get ES's point about this "chance" in the "Frozen Accident" world of evolution and the DNA codex.
I liked the first two "1st Class" films more than the first run of three, but I liked both for the most part, but I never got around to watching Apocalypse because of all the bad reviews it got.
Is part of your recipe, Joe, to remember that you put the eggs on the stove?
Because everything else is rather secondary.
That was my problem. I didn't remember.
It is not, but what if the coronavirus was an extinction event?
What if this was the end, as in "the end"?
And in the end
The love you take
Is equal to the love you make
Good news. The new progressive legislature in New Virginia has passed a budget giving teachers a raise. They earned it, after all. It's hard work sitting on your ass at home.
Actually Ted Reynolds probably had the best all time take.
The Crack Man Gets Everything Off His Chest (Part I)
Carrying over, we dont think of our selves as europeans those are argentines possibly chileans.
"That was my problem. I didn't remember."
It happens...
: )
Btw, the secret to killer deviled eggs is a bit of brown mustard to go with the mayo...Gulden's does nicely.
https://m.theepochtimes.com/chinas-top-leaders-secretly-gave-orders-to-deal-with-virus-outbreak-in-early-stages-leaked-documents_3704668.html
Btw, the secret to killer deviled eggs is a bit of brown mustard to go with the mayo...Gulden's does nicely.
I don't use any mayo, and yellow mustard.
yellow mustard
sea salt
dill relish
Worcestershire sauce
Watching a science-fictiony show...about four episodes in.
It's pretty good, but the writers use the same silly trope that takes you right out of it.
I am all good with suspension of disbelief, but at a certain point you will lose me.
One of the characters is a hot Italian actress. I looked her up on IMDB.
She has a dance background and it very thin (100-110lbs?). She's listed at 5'4"
She is the only person out of all of the trained male assassins out to kill her who can shoot straight. The guys all have open shots and miss completely. One shot the gun out of her hand, which made me laugh.
In the scene I just saw the idiot male killer tries to shoot her but she throws a backpack at him which ruins his aim.
Then a hand to hand combat sequence ensues (he is 6' 200lbs) where she kicks his ass and kills him.
Is this all part of girl power?
It's otherwise a good concept for a show and I would normally recommend it, but this is bad writing.
On the plus side, she has a couple of topless scenes and has great tits : )
"I don't use any mayo, and yellow mustard."
I can't do the yellow mustard thing but the Worcestershire sauce is interesting.
I like a nice firm filling...how do you keep it from getting runny?
Just use a dash?
I use kosher salt and the other 'secret'...coarse-ground Japanese black pepper.
Best pepper in the world...don't tell anyone : )
Have you considered moving beyond Hen's eggs?
I understand there is a treatise on the subject.
"Have you considered moving beyond Hen's eggs?"
I'll stick with those...
But if you look up Gordon Ramsay's scrambled egg recipe you will be pleased...lots of butter.
The Crack Emcee said...
The Crack Man Gets Everything Off His Chest (Part I)
Read it- and agree. Michael Shermer and the late James Randi and all of us who see snake oil salesmen for what they are are fighting a constant uphill battle- for there are always snake oil salesmen.
I have one small problem with organized skeptics- their extreme hostility towards Christianity. Yes there are frauds and fakers in Christianity- but overall, it's been a force for good in the world. Atheists for the most part have not been a force for good in the world- being responsible for the Russian gulags, the Killing Fields of Cambodia, the Chinese Cultural Revolution, etc. There are some good atheists, as there are some bad Christians, but in the grand scheme of things, Christianity has been a force for good in the world, atheism not.
One thing I find amusing that some skeptics and atheists have gotten around to realizing that they can only speak freely and be skeptics and atheists in a Christian society... others won't tolerate them... Must be hard for them to reconcile this.
One thing I was surprised about was that The Mentalist and Psych were produced and promoted by Hollywood. Both shows are extremely good at undermining the whole New Age movement, and show how easy it is to fool people. I highly recommend watching both shows.
I am 90/10 equities/cash, and I have been for twenty years. I won’t buy a stock that pays less than a 2-1/2 percent dividend when I buy it, and I favor stocks that have a history of increasing their dividends. I reinvest 10% of my after tax income every year. I never sell a stock without knowing what I am going to buy to replace it.
It is a wild ride sometimes, but it has worked out pretty well. I went down 35% in 2008-2009, bur I was back in full by the end of 2010.
I never go out of the market because I know I’ll never get back in until too late.
Right now, the major frustration is the zero rates on the cash, but it is my safety net.
The government has refinanced unrealistic spending on the backs of savers. It is great for the capitalists (like me) and horrible for he savers.
I thought Trump's actions against the horrors of Brutalism would have had bipartisan support. Alas, no. America started as a dream, and that dream has died. https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/24/biden-trump-federal-architecture-order-471459?utm_source=GeorgiaLogCabin
Today is Rusty's last day of formal work. I am retiring. I will no longer be designing stuff and making stuff for other people. The woman who lives in my house is under the impression that now I will have the time to do things around the house. Foole. I'm gonna have some fun.
Blogger M. Maxwell said...
Peggy Noonan says New York is dead. ---In her new WSJ post.
>>
Peggy, always late, sometimes right.
But she's both here. NYC is not coming back in your lifetime if you're older than 50.
Again. Time from Harlem riots to the PEAK of the murder rate: 29 years.
Time from the Harlem riots to where NYC was considered "safe," about 35 years.
The slide has only just begun. We're in NYC circa 1966 or so.
Happy Purim everyone!
Indeed, Mark. I've been reading Esther this week.
Joe Smith observes: Btw, the secret to killer deviled eggs is a bit of brown mustard to go with the mayo...Gulden's does nicely.
Even better, horseradish mustard.
DavidUW: There's a very easy solution to the crime problem NYC. Elect Republicans. Guliani could fix the crime problem fast. He's done it before. I just don't know if NY'ers have the wherewithal to stop voting crime lovin' Democrats.
All the things I love to do in NYC are still there. Central Park is still there, and open.....Belvedere Castle not sure, but the trees are still there. Katz's Deli still open---only restaurant that matters to me. The Plaza is still there (never stay, just wander thru) Are they letting site-see'ers wander the Plaza these days? No matter, it'll always be there.
As for Broadway, I would never in my life pay their ticket prices, and a lot of other people were not buying tickets before the virus. So, Broadway was a failing business model long before this. What's fun is to tour the various houses when they are dark---the Broadway, and off-Broadway architectural tours, which have probably been suspended for now. But, actually sitting thru a show = tedious. Why bother, when it's easier to watch on Youtube?
the late James Randi
He chickened out on climate change. He first said it had all the trappings of a fraud, with which I agree, but he backed down when he came under fire and was a good boy thereafter.
Congratulations Rusty! Hope you love retirement. I do.
My formula is 20 minutes.
Five minutes in an instant pot, let it cool naturally, peel under cold water.
Yes, congratulations to Rusty! Hope you enjoy retirement as much as I have.
I like to hard boil my eggs in the chicken.
Congratulations Rusty...five years or so ahead of you.
We are now in the middle of a kitchen remodel (countertops installed today and tomorrow) so my wife is keeping me busy.
She is still working...somebody has to pay for this stuff : )
Yay Rusty! You'll have more time to hang out here.
You know what happens to eggs that are left to boil, when the water boils off and nothing is done? They explode. All over Butch's kitchen--there were egg bits on the ceiling, the walls, the floors. It was quite impressive really, and he was lucky we heard the assplosion or the pan might have caught fire. I think there were bits still stuck about when he moved out years later.
Gospace makes a reasonable sounding argument but gets the cart before the donkey. (I'll leave aside his simplistic mash-up of atheism and skepticism, and acknowledge that he specifies "organized" critics . . . I'm a free-lancer, and haven't really kept up with organized anything.)
Christianity isn't responsible for the good things of the modern world, all those things are a -reaction- to rule by religion and religious authority, and rose from the proven inability of spiritual supremacists to provide for peace and human well-being.
Secularism, an attitude and practice, is what overcame the murderous pious bigotries of the period, say, 1450-1650 in Europe. So it always strikes me as ironic to hear defenders of the faith today argue as if all their spiritual ancestors were fighting for was the freedom of thought and belief we enjoy in America today.
It's only within a secular society that Gospace is free to practice his Christianity as he chooses. It's not at all hard to reconcile my understanding of how we got to now with the knowledge that religions will always rush in to take credit for good ideas.
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interesting fanfic crossover X-Men + Vorkosiverse
Simon Ilyan tangles with /Mutants/ etc.
Security + intelligence + legal + integrity analysis
You know what happens to eggs that are left to boil, when the water boils off and nothing is done? They explode.
BTDT. More than once.
What about the remaining 50%?
Tulips?
:) Tulip bonds.
Congrats Rusty, one of my favorite Althouse commenters.
I pulled the handle in November, and now I'm playing more golf than I have in my life! Maybe too much...not as young as I used to be.
A court case on CRT and compelled speech
https://twitter.com/SwipeWright/status/1365345993873481728
Seems something AA might be interested in.
No answer.
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