lj: It is no better in bigger cities. I went to an Outback on Friday, and there were few customers. The parent company, Bloomin' Brands, announced on Friday that their restaurant traffic is not good. African-American consumers have been struggling since food inflation began. They have been struggling for a while. It is nothing new.

lj: Well, they have 2 months to do it. Russia bringing in North Korean troops suggests that they are getting desperate, after killing off a generation of Russian men. If they are on the ropes, this would be the time for a NATO offensive.

NYBob: Two things. (1) I am not into contemporary Christian music. It is an industry.
(2) Anyone who has half a brain knew that the COVID shot was gene therapy, not a vaccine.
After a trial of his peers, if Fauci is convicted, he would deserve the death penalty, but it would be a better punishment to make him spend the rest of his miserable life in jail.
Evil, evil, evil. I am not so sure he wasn't working for the intelligence community.
Even if he were, he should not have allowed gain of function.
IMO, this is on the level of Hitler, Stalin, and Pol Pot.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. will get justice for victims of the COVID gene therapy shots.
If Fauci were smart, he'd flee to Mexico.
If U are not familiar with her work, Google Naomi Wolf, though Google might not be the best search engine to find her. She has exposed what Pfizer did to get the Covid shots out.

lj: EV's are a joke. Tesla won't be around in 5 years, imo. People prefer hybrids.

Gmenfan: I have a new term for the white-privileged, hysterical women who cannot deal with Kamala's defeat, though I'm sure someone came up with the name long ago:
Bougie *itches!
They are cutting their hair in protest.
Well, if you look at all of the middle-aged and even senior women who are running around with straight, stringy, hair, Trump could claim that he made America beautiful again.

lj: 73 percent chance of a shower on Sunday. I'm not betting on it!

lj: This might be a good year for people to visit southern Florida, e.g. Sarasota, in December, and sit on the beach. In days of yore, when the Mid-Atlantic States had droughts, sometimes relief would come in the form of the remnants from a tropical storm. Not this year.

lj: I wouldn't worry about that. SMCI has competitors; they aren't a monopoly.

lj: Not if he takes an axe to Government agencies. Actually, Elon will point out the trees, and Trump will chop them down.

lj: NVDA to DOW
Just wait until there is a big tech wreck and AAPL and NVDA sell off signficantly. Could the DOW drop 2K in one session? Film at 11, as they used to say.
P.S.
I was toying with the idea of buying an SMCI call, but will stay disciplined.

lj: Here is something to consider. Musk allegedly would push us toward transhumanism.
AI is a big threat to humanity that is not going away.
Nothing changed on November 6. Nothing.
We still have a currency-destroying national debt, and the effect of AI on humanity is uncertain.
The human race is at an inflection point.
And if that isn't enough, my hibiscus is blooming here in Central Maryland in November.
Our rainfall is 7" below normal. Six weeks ago, we were down 5". We are experiencing the longest stretch without rain in Maryland meteorlogical history since recording began.
Rain is predicted, 70 percent chance, for NEXT Thursday.

lj: As long as Steve Bannon is around, Nikki won't be elected dog catcher. She won't get the nomination. IMO, Kelly Ann Conway should put out feelers among big donors to find out whether she could get backing. She would make a great President. She was by Trump's side for 4 years, and is a BS artist.

lj: Trump will not buy into EV's. He knows China would dominate the market in the U.S. after he leaves office, and his "bloodbath" in Detroit would become a proverbial reality.

lj: SMCI is having the proverbial "dead cat" bounce. The election outcome is far from over.
If the Dems take the House, imo, there is going to be a selloff. Raskin plans to impeach Trump on day one of his Presidency. Races are going to be contested in court. I would not be surprised if the final count doesn't happen until January. If abortion were not an issue in this election, Trump would have won in a Reaganesque landslide.

Gmenfan: Well, Venezuelan criminals living in California definitely should flee.

lj: After reading up on SMCI's woes, I want to commend U on a good post.
Let me add an opinion. Both Liang and Jensen what's-his-face are from Taiwan.
I think Jensen will support his homey. But then again, let's hope this isn't an Enron situation, and that Liang can find another auditor. My thinking is that the big audit outfits won't touch Super Micro with a 10-foot pole. I cannot see a company the size of SMCI being delisted, that an extension or two or three will be granted, unless the stock really tanks, to say $5 or less.
If Liang can right his ship, this stock should quadruple in a few years. A big "if".

lj: Don't think institutions will touch SMCI. No way, no how.
Well, on another topic, parents of teenagers will no longer have to worry about their offspring being drafted into the military and sent to Ukraine and the Middle East.
Most liberal white women haven't a clue on that topic. In fact, they haven't a clue on most things of geopolitical importance, only social issues.
But here is the Sword of Damocles that is hanging over Trump's head--sentencing in New York in a few months. A President-elect in Rykers? Only if they want a civil war.

This rally might be a one-day event. I believe Trump's sentencing in New York is coming up on the 18th (give or take a few days). He could be sent to Ryker's and there would be chaos. IMO, the market is going to be on a roller coaster ride for the foreseeable future. The only thing positive is that taxing unrealized gains is no longer in the cards. That was worrying a lot of investors. Now investors can go back to worrying about the national debits, the interest on which now exceeds the military budget. Why Trump would want to take this mess on himself is beyond me.

2morrowsgains: This might be a good day to sell dog oil stocks like VTLE.

NYBob: Thank you so VERY much for all of the posts informing the board of the Trump rallies and other events. You are a number one patriot!

al44: MARXISTS who have taken over the Democratic party. Not those stupid people in Western Pennsylvania who voted for Harris. They never learn.

Gmenfan: A victory for the conservative parties of many European countries. By the way, Nigel Farage, a hero of national sovereignty, was in the crowd at Mar al Lago last night. WHen there were protests in the U.K. after that African immigrant's son killed those little girls at the dance studio, the left threw the blame for the unrest on Nigel Farage and were threatening to lock him up. I saw him interviewed when that mess was ongoing, and I never saw him look so stressed.

p_s_h: LOVE IT!

Who is Kamala?

Californians to flee country after Trump elected. Gee, maybe they are the illegals he is going to kick out! LOL!
https://www.yahoo.com/news/californians-reportedly-preparing-flee-country-022206706.html

Where are those other 4 electoral votes. I don't think Fox would have called it for Trump if itwere not in the bag.
Class act Kamala: https://www.yahoo.com/news/harris-not-speak-tearful-supporters-055610442.html

lj: SMCI
I read that NVDA has moved some of their business away from SMCI.
SMCI has a dark cloud over its head.

Next 24 hours--the eye of the hurricane.

lj: Well, the big tech company's are way overdue for a correction. On a personal note, a big selloff in NVDA won't help me buy back that call, I can tell you that, Vern. That call is a big mess for my tax planning. With 20-20 hindsight I should have bought back the call during the last big correction. I missed the boat.

lj: NVDA "tech companies selling products to LLCs

with foreign ties that aren't disclosed could

be most likely suspect to watch for..."
I think U have nailed it.
Great post.

lj: But everything will be fine. Social Security and Government pensions are going to rise 2.5 percent, or is it 2.2 percent in January. Of course, we know that the inflation numbers are fake news because they do not include food and energy.
Haven't check the increase in Medicare and Part D premiums. I have a sneaking suspicion that the rise in those premiums will make the general increase into a zero sum gain.

lj: And, don't forget, they are renting mercenaries from North Korea. It is a war of attrition that the left-wing U.S. media no longer wants to cover.

littlejohn: Not just shipping and insurance costs, but postal costs on land, which is hurting small businesses.

If Trump wins, his supporters, a/k/a "garbage", must demand that Biden be prosecuted for the Burisma influence-peddling. Even though he has cognitive decline, he should be prosecuted.

lj: I hope my investments in SMCI and MSTR don't become a zero-sum effort.

lj: There isn't going to be a sweep. Period.

hweb2: Fidelity
You should have asked to speak to a supervisor. You deserve a reasonable explanation.
Here is another Fidelity issue I just experienced.
When I log on, I click to get a phone call with a security code to verify my identity.
Tried it twice and no phone call.
So, unless I override the phone-call requirement (by clicking "remember me on this computer"), I cannot log in.
And Charles Schwab has issues, too, especially with their estate department.
The estate department at Fidelity is much better than the estate department at Schwab.
I don't like this expression, but here goes: It is what it is.

SKB: The U.S. needs to pull out of the U.N. I remember when Patrick J. Buchanan ran for President on the Reform Party ticket, he half-jokingly said he would send the Marines up to New York to run the U.N. out.

al44; Voter ID would require a national law. Maryland, like other States, doesn't require voter ID. We need a State-issued voter ID card with a photo or bar code than can be scanned.
Also, drop boxes need to be banned. There have been some fires set in drop boxes of late.
At the very least, the opening should be no wider than the opening on the new mailboxes so massive dumps of ballots cannot happen.
I am sorry, but is this a country of dumbasses?
These issues should have been addressed in 2021.
And don't forget, this could be the last election before one-party Government, now that the treasonous Democrats have flooded the U.S. will illegals.
I am more upset with the middle-class idiots who are voting for Harris than I am with the likes of Biden and Harris.

lj: Check out betcoin and MSTR's one-month chart.
MSTR is the best investment I have made in years. But it could flop.
What worries me is that Betcoin is a proxy for the U.S. dollar.
November 6 is reality day.