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I agree wholeheartedly. If this was an immediate need, bring Congress and the people (later) along. Easy, or it is bullshit, show the data and move.

The problem is the perception (right or wrong) of unilateral uncontrolled, action. With Congressional backing, he could have eliminated Iran’s government in 2 weeks and that would be the end of middle eastern troubles.

Like his first term, he could take credit for peace and Israeli normalization. Now he accomplished NOTHING.

These are not difficult moves and reactions to work out. Trivial. Children chess. The FACT that this wasn’t worked out, along with 1 minute of whose name is where, should bother anyone. Our boy has lost his way. There can be no other conclusion, and if he continues, he will set us back 50 years

"...but losing a massive battle is still losing a massive battle." Amen, Thor, Amen!

My only question is how long AFTER Iran got its nukes was any president supposed to wait to act? Trump went with what he was advised about Iran's nuclear program - unless it was all a smoke and mirrors operation like Saddam's WMDs.

These are all bad things, but losing a massive battle is still losing a massive battle. Trump did NOT need to attack Iran to achieve any objective he couldn’t have achieved later, and now we all suffer.

That is a failure and a loss.

Robert Reich (sieg heil!) is talking like a crazy person. I've been seeing clips of his university lectures and they are rambling, disjointed piles of gibberish. I just shake my head...

The only true failure is what's left of Free America lost the information war. Lost in the grade schools, lost in academia, and lost in the press. Both from the indoctrination disseminated and from the needed information not given at all. Then add in a few servings of cheating, lying, and promising the obviously impossible and you end up with a Talarico (in Texas of all places!), Marxist Jihadis in NYC and Michigan and a complete dingbat as governor of NY. Trump didn't do this and it's been coming a long time no matter who is president, but it appears he is a very well placed scapegoat according to some. Add to that, too many idiots treat political parties like sports teams and they will root for their team no matter how bad the players are or how much the fools lose betting on them.

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.