OT - Where has everyone gone? Into bomb shelters waiting for the
inevitable? Mikey (the Market) likes it fine, so far. So good? I'm
left wondering when somebody important stops treating Trump like
North Korea - the crazy threats and wild swings not worth paying
attention to. Some time ago, Jester wondered if the pissed off
white people were willing to ruin this country just for 'revenge'?
Apparently. A lot of our allies seem to be taking it seriously -
Latvia, Lithuania, etc. making preparation to be invaded under the
rubric of protecting 'Russian nationals.' Are we really going to
unravel all the alliances (e.g., NATO) that has kept the West safe
and the villians at bay? It wasn't that long ago that Russia felt
'surrounded' and on the ropes because of all of the countries that
were piling into NATO. Is it the fall of the West, like Lord of the
Rings - except Sauron wins this one? Just how fast could our
supremacy and democratic ideals be unraveled? (China might be the
biggest winner, eventually.) Obscured perhaps, by things like
appointing a bigot to Attorney General, or lifting all moral
oversight of politicians, or the destruction of universal
affordable health care, without any real plan in replacement (let
them die, and be quick about it?) Or am I just being
hysterical?
Hilary does get a good deal of blame. For somebody who I truly
believe is 'whip-smart' intellectually, she must be tone-deaf in
emotional intelligence. If you call a large segment of Trump's
supporters "deplorables", how many of those people are going to
vote for you? Duh. Don't need them anyway. Duh. She'll be
fine. $28 mil./year. And if she needs work, there'll always be a
directorship at Goldman Sachs waiting. End of
pontificating.
Personally, I sold almost all of my INFN in a tax-loss selling
move. It has since gained .40 cents. Not such a great call,
perhaps. But NOK, also, seems to be on an upward slope lately - but
what has not?.
Just chime in here anytime, compadres. Let's not let this
community fail, after all these years. (BTW, Jester - I see TTWO
near 50, and ATVI in mid-upper $30's. I think you warned that ATVI
was going to have a rough time this year competing with EA, so
although it looked like a bargain below $40, that might no longer
be true.)