{listener} I spent most of Sunday with my friend who recently had the cerebral hemhorrage, so that her spouse could play horn in a concert. But I want to suggest to Cat and all that you listen to NPR at 6:30 M-F to the show “Marketplace.” It’s very helpful for navigating the stock market. It’s also on their app.
And don't borrow money to invest in futures on margin. ----Alan (Whose foolish and greedy brother and sister in law tried to play the housing market during the latter stages of the sub-prime mortgage bubble and lost disastrously.)
This Lawyer Has Some Advice for Trump’s Would-Be Targets: Take A Vacation [Click] I am reminded of the Far Side cartoon where the farmer is standing looking out across a flock of chickens while holding a hatchet behind is back, rubbing his chin and thinking to himself “Hmmmm . . . which one is it going to be . . .” while there is one chicken with a stupendously long neck sticking out above the rest of the flock. Can’t find it online at the moment. —Alan
Trump allies eye overhauling Medicaid, food stamps in tax legislation Wapo: President-elect Donald Trump’s economic advisers and congressional Republicans have begun preliminary discussions about making significant changes to Medicaid, food stamps and other federal safety net programs to offset the enormous cost of extending Trump’s 2017 tax cuts next year. Among the options under discussion by GOP lawmakers and aides are new work requirements and spending caps for the programs, according to seven people familiar with the talks, many of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly. Those conversations have included some economic officials on Trump’s transition team, the people said. -- nordy
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ReplyDeleteI spent most of Sunday with my friend who recently had the cerebral hemhorrage, so that her spouse could play horn in a concert.
But I want to suggest to Cat and all that you listen to NPR at 6:30 M-F to the show “Marketplace.” It’s very helpful for navigating the stock market. It’s also on their app.
And don't borrow money to invest in futures on margin.
Delete----Alan (Whose foolish and greedy brother and sister in law tried to play the housing market during the latter stages of the sub-prime mortgage bubble and lost disastrously.)
This Lawyer Has Some Advice for Trump’s Would-Be Targets: Take A Vacation [Click] I am reminded of the Far Side cartoon where the farmer is standing looking out across a flock of chickens while holding a hatchet behind is back, rubbing his chin and thinking to himself “Hmmmm . . . which one is it going to be . . .” while there is one chicken with a stupendously long neck sticking out above the rest of the flock. Can’t find it online at the moment.
ReplyDelete—Alan
News flash! Trump Is About to Unleash Unimaginable Corruption [Click] In other news, the sun will rise in the east tomorrow.
ReplyDelete——Alan
Trump Must Deliver for the Working Class and Billionaires [Click] Must? Ha! He will provide more food for the sheep by giving the horses more oats.
ReplyDelete—Alan
Cruise line offers ‘escape’ from Trump presidency with multi-year packages [Click] “Villa Vie Residences says program will cost less than $40,000 a year and traverse 425 ports across 140 countries.” No word if the price includes norovirus vaccination.
ReplyDelete——Alan
It's still tempting, isn't it?
DeleteTrump allies eye overhauling Medicaid, food stamps in tax legislation
ReplyDeleteWapo: President-elect Donald Trump’s economic advisers and congressional Republicans have begun preliminary discussions about making significant changes to Medicaid, food stamps and other federal safety net programs to offset the enormous cost of extending Trump’s 2017 tax cuts next year.
Among the options under discussion by GOP lawmakers and aides are new work requirements and spending caps for the programs, according to seven people familiar with the talks, many of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly. Those conversations have included some economic officials on Trump’s transition team, the people said. -- nordy
Take from the poor and give to the rich. -- nordy
DeleteTurn off your cell phone for a little while EVERY DAY to foil most spyware.
ReplyDeleteHow your phone can be used to spy on you
Pulse dialing land lines still work just fine.
Delete----Alan (who is just old enough to remember wall-mounted magneto telephones in use)