Sorry, I missed your original point completely.

Racism.

This is a great analysis. The only thing that I would add is that nearly every penny stock is a zero sum game. Over the long term, the profit that one penny stock investor (aka speculator) makes comes at the expense of another penny stock loser.

No value is created by the underlying companies so the price of each penny stock will eventually end up in the gutter.

About 6 years ago I purchased a golf hat from a local course. It has the club logo on the front. It's red in color.

That hat has been in cold storage for the last 4+ years. Maybe soon I'll be able to wear it again without anyone thinking that I'm a MAGgot.

Nah. He isn't someone who work work that hard. He was just trying to generate some volume for the stock so he could dump his free shares.

Some years ago, Fast Eddie Vakser proclaimed that the massive debt on one of his tickers was being "spun off" into some mythical entity that loved to gobble up liabilities so that the original company would magically become debt free. POOF!

It was quite a hoot to see that not happen.

Some people just have to be the center of attention. I'm in a suburban area where most speed limits are 35 to 40 MPH. Even the highway has a max of 65.

And yet once in a while I will see a Lambo, Ferrari or Mcalren. All I can think about is how difficult they are to get in and out of with a 50+ year old lower back.

Interesting side note regarding super speeders: there is a Youtube channel that covers, among other things, police dashcam/bodycam video of high speed (120+ MPH) traffic stops. In one county outside Las Vegas, the violators are cited for the speed recorded by radar. If the driver chooses to appear in court (vs. just mailing in the penalty money) the judge offers a plea deal to a parking violation with a super heavy fine.

I saw one video where the driver was going over 140. The judge offered a plea to "Parking too far from curb." The fine was still in the hundreds of dollars, but there wouldn't be a moving violation on the driver's record and the deal kept his insurance rate from skyrocketing.

I suggest that this is bad public policy. People who are menaces on the road need to be treated as such.

Gutfeld is primarily a comedian. This snippet, taken from Greg's Wikipedia page, adds an interesting angle:

I tried the Breyers lo-cal version when it first launched and found it much better than HT. I haven't noticed the Breyers in the supermarket (not that I've looked). Is it still available?

Have you ever tried Halo Top? Calling that ice cream is an insult to the standard.

I've found one or two Halo Top flavors that are borderline acceptable but most are absolutely vile. A small scoop of a decent ice cream is much more satisfying then a full pint of Halo Top.

Fun fact:

A £20million London property used for key scenes in Oscar favourite The King’s Speech has also been the location for ‘sex parties’, it has emerged.

33 Portland Place, a Georgian property in Marylebone, was picked by the drama’s producers to shoot scenes involving speech therapist Lionel Logue helping King George VI beat his stammer.

But while the true-to-life film has already picked up awards – with leading man Colin Firth tipped to win an Oscar for his portrayal of the monarch – one of its most integral locations has also been the scene for commercial sex parties and so-called ‘porn discos’.


Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1349362/The-Kings-Speech-mansion-used-sex-parties-porn-discos-elocution-lessons.html

A guy I know says that he's sure that he picked up the virus at the VinExpo wine and spirits convention at the Javits Center in NYC. That was in early March. He said that there were lots of vendors there from Italy, a major wine exporter, and handshakes and hugs all around.

Italy was already a major Coronavirus hotspot and thousands of attendees were likely exposed during that multi day meeting.

The idea that the clowns at SFOR have the technical expertise and marketing muscle to generate revenue from a revolutionary video chat service is beyond the pale.

Kay and his fellow well-paid employees should be institutionalized if they really believe that is a way forward.

Personally, I think SFOR has become a scam and Kay & Co are just trying to sucker people into buying the stock to keep the payroll and benefit kitty funded.

Last week one of my business's suppliers sent a critical component via USPS. I groaned. The USPS tracking said that it would be here (NJ) on Saturday. Needless to say, it didn't get delivered on Saturday. As of Monday it was in Washington D.C. As of Tuesday morning it had made its way all the way to a Maryland sorting center.

What a joke.

heath othay. He went to a top notch medical thool.

A while back I thaw my physician about a Rath on my Ath. He gave me thome ointment and it cleared right up, clean as a whithle.

Mark's postings on the "other board" also demonstrate an inability to compose a coherent sentence that is free from spelling errors.

That creepy video reminded me of the clip where (an allegedly coked up) Trumpty and Jeffrey Epstein are standing around ogling women at a party.

GoodRX is a discount program, not insurance. They negotiate drug prices with various pharmacy chains. If you go to the GoodRX web site you can search on any medication and it will show you a list of nearby pharmacies and the negotiated price. In the case of Shingrix is shows me a cost of around $ 155. Shingrix, of course, is a 2 dose course so that price may be per shot.

Note: In some cases you don't need a GoodRX membership, you can just print a code that the pharmacist uses to get you the special price. Then there is a base GoodRX plan that has no annual fee and a GoodRX Gold plan that costs a few dollars per month. The Gold typically gets you the lowest drug prices.

One of the few benefits of my VERY high deductible $ 700 per month health coverage is that it is ACA compliant so I get routine vaccinations at NO cost. That included Shingrix, which I got last year, and an annual flu shot.

I get my scripts filled at a supermarket pharmacy. I have GOODRX Gold (I think it's $ 7.95 per month) and the drug prices are extremely reasonable. Got my Flu Shot and Shingrex Vaccines at the supermarket, too.

I'm no expert, but that's a sink plunger not a a toilet plunger.

Speaking of water pressure, about a month ago I had a toilet installed that includes a PowerFlush system.

It makes a very satisfying WOOOOSH sound. I still giggle every time.

The quack doctor learned about it on the web.

Justin and at least one of his companies are being sued for misappropriating over $ 1 million of money entrusted to him. The plaintiff requested an injunction against JC and his company to prevent them from taking any more funds out of a bank account that held what remained of the money. JC never responded to the action and it was granted by the judge.

He may have enough of what he stole to make some security deposits and maybe a few payments. After that he will need to ramp up his scamming or else he and the new Mrs. C will be back in the double wide.

When Costello was arrested not too long ago, the police report listed his home address that turned out to be a double wide trailer.

Today I went on an early morning drive and passed by a house (in a very upscale neighborhood) that had a home-made billboard sitting in their front yard

"The media is the enemy of the people."

American flags adorning each side.

I'd say that Trump attempting to discredit the media (except for OAN, of course) is pretty far up the list of heinous acts.

Such a shocker that he and Ivanka would be together. /s

From all that I've seen about Justin, she'd be lucky to break away from him without being liable for some of his debt. He's broke.

It also means she can't be compelled to testify against him.

IMO, any incumbent who tries to mess with the democratic process needs to GO! That includes Trumpty, of course.

In my town we had a Mayor who was vehemently against some proposal - I don't even remember what the issue was. The matter was put on a special referendum ballot so the people could decide. The Mayor got his "municipal attorney" to issue an opinion of the statute on referendums. It stated that the referendum would pass if it was approved by at least 75% of the TOTAL votes cast in the prior election.

Per the attorney, the prior election had 3 open Council positions and there were 5,000 people who voted. Therefore there were 15,000 TOTAL votes cast in the prior election. 75% of that is 11,250, so that's how many votes would be needed to pass the referendum. In a town of 5,000 voters.

The interpretation may have been correct (I believe it has since been corrected) but the intent was clearly different.

Even though I thought that Mayor was an OK guy, I voted against him in the next election simply because of the way that he tried to subvert the will of the people.

He lost.

Here (NJ) they look up your name in a book. The line with you name also has your signature from when you first registered to vote. You sign the book next to your name and they hand you a piece of paper (that you also sign) that you hand to the person wo/manning the electronic voting booth.

If you don't sign anywhere, what action do they take to prevent you from voting multiple times?

Interesting that there is no vinegar in the brine. I always use vinegar.

I found this line amusing:
"I usually put it on the couch and cover with a blanket."

What's under the blanket?

Pickles.

Oh.

Rule #1 of doing anything with cucumbers: get a mandoline with a safety guard/glove. I have a full size mandoline, but also bought this one from Amazon for some quick and easy slicing: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001QGPHXM/

I use the cukes mainly for making pickles. Many dinners include Greek salads with English cucumbers.

Which brings up the subject of feta cheese. What's with all these brands of feta that use cows' milk? BLECH. A friend turned me onto the DODONI brand, which is made in Greece and uses sheep and goat milk. Wegmans carries lots of feta varieties, mainly under their own brand (all made with cows' milk) but they also have an Israeli brand, Pastures of Eden, which is made with sheep milk. It's pricey but pretty darn good stuff.

I don't know anything about the drug manufacturing business, but somehow I don't picture that labor is a big component of their costs.

Capital expenditures to build the factory, raw materials, packaging, utilities, etc. but how many employees? I wouldn't think that many.

I'm imagining that one of the reasons that the generic drug manufacturers are located in countries such as India is that they can operate without the direct oversight of certain regulators.

Trump and "that ramp"

I'm sure you've played in charity tournaments where there is a big prize for anyone who gets a hole in one.

About 20 years ago I was playing in an event benefiting a Police Benevolent Association. Anyone who got a hole in one on a particular Par 3 won a new car. As is the practice, these things are covered by an insurance policy...the event pays a small premium and insurance pays for the prize if anyone wins.

Normally the insurance folks send a monitor to make sure things were on the up and up. In this case I guess they trusted that the cops would handle that duty.

**3** cars were won that day. I still see some of the cops who played in that tourney -- nearly all have since retired. If I bring up that day and the cars that were won I get a sly smile in return.

This is New Jersey, after all.

I expect you are limiting that opinion to crimes that he committed in 2020 and prior. There is always hope that he will continue his felonious behavior after he becomes a private citizen once again. leopard/spots zebra/stripes and all that.

Could Biden's AG bring back Berman or Bharara? They'd love to lead an investigation of the entire Trump criminal enterprise. Perhaps the Trump spawn could be wrapped into a nice little indictment.

Yes, and in some ways more significantly, he is a disgusting human being.

I dunno. Trumpty's actions are designed to appeal to the 2nd Amendment radicals, the Bible thumpers, the flag huggers, the racists and the law and order at all costs types. If those groups see something that they like they tend to overlook the grift and will support him no matter what.

And Trumpty knows this.