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Been kind of pissy work, but got tired of getting cut catching the knife.
Been nickel, diming, and two bits with a portion of shares and now the gap of green and red have closed on my price per share. Now its starting to go green. Yahoo.
Seems like I'm trying to catch a falling knife here. Not sure where the flippen bottom is. In at (not all today) 21.22, 21.08, 20.96, 20.75, 20.47, 20.18, 20.04, 19.93, and last 19.88. Getting kind of bloody, hopefully something bounces somewhere here. Going to start day trading instead of swing maybe.
So are they going to go back up to 433 something to do some more clonking today? The early bird special. LOL
We should start a board like score cells on football for exact time in the day they grab the rug. LOL
.let's hope it stays above $ 9.00
"Wave of US labor unrest could see tens of thousands on strike within weeks"
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/oct/01/us-labor-unrest-unions-strikes
When the masses get kicked and pushed around to much, they start pushing and kicking back.
"From healthcare to Hollywood, workers are demanding higher wages, fighting cuts and seeking better safety and conditions
Crystal Kan, a storyboard artist, draws pro-labor signs on cars of union members during a rally at the Motion Picture Editors Guild IATSE Local 700 on Sunday in Los Angeles.
Crystal Kan, a storyboard artist, draws signs on union members’ cars during a rally at the Motion Picture Editors Guild IATSE Local 700 on Sunday in Los Angeles. Photograph: Myung J Chun/Los Angeles Times/Rex/Shutterstock
Michael Sainato
Fri 1 Oct 2021 04.30 EDT
Tens of thousands of workers around the US could go on strike in the coming weeks in what would be the largest wave of labor unrest since a series of teacher strikes in 2018 and 2019, which won major victories and gave the American labor movement a significant boost.
The unrest spans a huge range of industries from healthcare to Hollywood and academia, and is largely focused on higher wages, fighting cuts and better working and safety conditions, especially in light of Covid-19.
‘I was doing a job where people who were sitting next to me were getting paid three to four times as much as me,’ one contract worker said.
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It also plays out against a backdrop of an economy bouncing back from the torrid experience of widespread economic shutdowns during the coronavirus pandemic, but one that is still marked by profound inequality.
However, the pandemic is also seen as potentially providing a shot in the arm for US labor unions by increasing bargaining power amid increased union drives and labor shortages in some industries.
About 24,000 nurses and other healthcare workers at Kaiser Permanente in California represented by the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals will vote on a strike authorization from 1 to 10 October. The union took issue with Kaiser Permanente’s 1% wage increase for workers, cuts to wages for new staff, and benefit cuts in the company’s most recent offer.
“We have people burned out, complaining of mental health issues and PTSD. We’re in a situation as a union where we’re concerned about the future of nursing, [and] how we recruit and retain nurses and other healthcare professionals,” said Denise Duncan, president of UNAC/UHCP and a registered nurse.
About 700 building engineers at Kaiser Permanente in the San Francisco area are already on strike.
An additional 3,400 health workers in Oregon and 7,400 health workers with USW at Kaiser Permanente also announced strike authorization votes. Other unions representing thousands of workers at the company with expiring union contracts are considering strike authorization votes.
In an emailed statement, Kaiser Permanente’s senior vice-president of human resources, Arlene Peasnall, said: “Kaiser Permanente’s Labor Management Partnership was created 24 years ago, and has a great track record of serving as the framework through which we can solve sometimes very difficult problems. Instead of abandoning it, in the spirit of the partnership we ask union leaders to continue to work constructively toward an agreement, rather than call on nurses and other employees to walk away from patients who need them during this pandemic.”
A nurse from the Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills medical center holds an electric candle during a candlelight vigil in memory of those lost during the coronavirus pandemic in Woodlands Hills, California, in May.
A nurse from the Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills medical center in California holds an electric candle during a candlelight vigil in memory of those lost during the pandemic. Photograph: Valérie Macon/AFP/Getty Images
After four months of negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE)announced a strike authorization vote for 60,000 workers across the film and television industry in the US. If the union moves forward with the strike, it would be the first among Hollywood production workers since the second world war.
Hollywood workers have reported long workdays and unsafe schedules that have worsened during the pandemic. Pay rates for many workers have remained low, at just above the minimum wage in the Los Angeles area, while streaming services and shorter television series have also depressed wages.
“They wouldn’t have much to film if we weren’t here building everything for them,” said Joe Martinez, a IATSE Local 44 member and special effects technician. “They need to start looking at it from a perspective of what would happen if we weren’t there. And then it changes the whole dynamics, because there’s no way they would ever have a central product if we weren’t there.”
The voting starts 1 October, with 75% of each local union’s delegates required to vote in favor of the strike authorization. The AMPTP argued IATSE left a “generous, comprehensive package” on the bargaining table for a strike authorization vote.
Several other large groups of workers have voted to authorize strikes around the US while continuing new union contract negotiations, such as 2,000 Frontier Communications workers in California, transit workers in Beaumont, Texas, and Akron, Ohio, about 450 public works employees in Minneapolis, Minnesota, dining workers at Northwestern University, and hundreds of group home workers in Connecticut.
Graduate workers at Harvard and Columbia University are currently holding strike authorization votes and Illinois State University graduate workers have authorized the bargaining team to call for a strike vote.
About 1,100 coalminers in Alabama have been on strike for the past six months and 2,000 carpenters in Washington have been on strike since 16 September.
On 12 September, 10,100 John Deere production and warehouse workers in Iowa, Illinois and Kansas, represented by nine locals with the United Auto Workers voted 99% in favor of a strike authorization if a new six-year union contract isn’t attained through negotiations with the company.
After the strike vote, some union members held a protest outside John Deere headquarters in Moline, Illinois, over the company’s first contract offer.
John Deere’s Harvester Works facility in East Moline, Illinois. Workers protested against the company’s first contract offer.
John Deere’s Harvester Works facility in East Moline, Illinois. Workers protested against the company’s first contract offer. Photograph: Daniel Acker/Reuters
According to workers at the strike authorization meetings, John Deere’s first contract offer included increases in healthcare costs, including premiums and deductibles, the end of a no plant closure commitment in the union contract agreement, and reducing eligibility for overtime after eight hours a day to only after exceeding 40 hours in a week. The current union contract expires on 1 October.
“The initial offer is really a slap in the face,” said Chris Larsen, a member of UAW Local 74 in Ottumwa, Iowa, who has worked at John Deere for 19 years. “There are a lot of dissatisfied people.”
John Deere has reported record profits in 2021, breaking their annual profit record in the first nine months of this year with new earnings records set each quarter in 2021 so far. The company reported a net income of $4.7bn on 2 August, compared with their previous record profit year in 2013 where the annual net income was reported at $3.5bn.
A spokesperson for John Deere declined to comment on the initial offer.
Elsewhere 2,500 nurses and other hospital staff represented by the Communications Workers of America are fighting for a new union contract with Catholic Health at three hospitals in the Buffalo, New York, area. At Catholic Health’s Mercy hospital 2,000 workers voted 97% in favor of authorizing a strike to start on 1 October, when their current contract expires.
Tina Knop, a nurse at Mercy hospital, argued unsafe staffing ratios, lack of support staff and supply shortages have worsened working conditions through the pandemic, and made it more difficult to adequately care for patients.
“What we’re fighting for is to have better staffing and Catholic Health to come forward and work harder to actually staff their facilities,” said Knop. “They’re not providing us with support, emotionally or physically, and all they want to do is cut our pay, take away the pension targets, and charge more for our health insurance.”
Cheryl Darling, an immediate treatment assistant at Mercy hospital, recently tested positive for Covid-19 though she is vaccinated, but only found out from a rapid test she took before visiting her mother at a local nursing home. She described chaotic working conditions at the hospital due to staffing shortages from housekeepers to nurses, leaving workers struggling to keep up with the workloads.
“I’m afraid to go into work, because I don’t know what my day is going to be like,” said Darling. “I go to bed the night before work and I’m a bundle of nerves, because I don’t know where they’re going to put me or what my work conditions are going to be.”
In a statement, Catholic Health’s president, Eddie Bratko, said: “I want to assure our community that our top priority is the welfare and safety of our patients, and our hospital will remain open and operational during a strike to continue providing safe, high quality care.”"
We're all "traders", in and out at some point. I don't know where you're looking in the Market, but there is no "stability" right now and at this point, they aren't projecting any in short term, in fact saying the opposite.
I've made $10+ per share in the last few days on LWLG short term trading in and out (there are no shares available to "short" at TD, at least to us little guys and gals), while others that holding have lost $2-4 in their portfolio and some from the price they paid at the top. And there will ALWAYS be shares to buy and gains to be made for any long term holds. I have some now waiting for the next exuberant top of hill, and I like nothing better to turn any shares into long term. Nothing against the company, I just play the hand that is dealt, and what I see. I stopped getting personally attached to any stock some time ago like many on these stock boards. It's just a stock, and there are literally thousands of other fish in the sea, and none of them need any emotional attachment.
And no matter what the Fed does, it doesn't feed the Elephants.
LWLG still has probability of more pullback, right along with the rest of the market. There is a lot of selling over there and every time they push it up there becomes a stronger selling spree. I've just been playing it along with the sellers. Whether it's the company, longs, employees, or shorts, it doesn't matter, there is more shares entering. It broke through the little bit of support at the gap fill, and now it's bumping it's head on it as resistance. The best support now is the 8.55.
Doesn't matter if the Dems get everything, and the Market pumps and fakes that everything's fine now and smooth sailing ahead and create a upward spike. There is just too many elephants in the room, high price RE above most means, supply issues that have broken the worlds shipping system that won't be fixed any time soon, inflation, ignorance of health care issues, on and on. Just too much pressure. Some things just are going to break, as some things are breaking now.
All that will effect every thing and every stock, no matter what temp pumping of stock, etf, etc of price. I'm down to 20% of anything held (my self preservation mode which I haven't been in since the last Recession), just day trading or shorting for now, more work, but at least it's making money instead of having the risk that I don't want, and I can see this volatility continuing for some time right now.
Hey nowwhat, adjust your adjacent line a little bit, then it can matchup with my possible line. LOL Obviously the support wasn't solid enough and just to weak. No really big news, so nothing to support it. Just the volatile nature of a speculative stock was at work.
Sold about a third when the support broke, buy back better. Probably should of reduced more, but that FOMO thing kept hitting me in the back of the head, the little devil.
My 10.13 gap still in play as noted on my chart here: https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=165975909
Anything goes, nobody knows.
The updated:
Man I'm looking at a 25 support if things continue. But what do I know, I'm just a flipping amateur with my lucky pajamas on. LOL. I've got to go get a pro.
A Crypto-Trading Hamster Performs Better Than Warren Buffett And The S&P 500
A Crypto-Trading Hamster Performs Better Than Warren Buffett And The S&P 500
September 25, 202111:57 AM ET
DEEPA SHIVARAM
Twitter
Spinning on the hamster wheel allows Mr. Goxx to select a cryptocurrency to trade. Choosing one of two tunnels to run through allows him to buy or sell.
YouTube/Screenshot by NPR
What if we told you there was a hamster who has been trading cryptocurrencies since June — and recently was doing better than Warren Buffett and the S&P 500?
Meet Mr. Goxx, a hamster who works out of what is possibly the most high-tech hamster cage in existence.
TikTokers Are Trading Stocks By Copying What Members Of Congress Do
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TikTokers Are Trading Stocks By Copying What Members Of Congress Do
It's designed so that when Mr. Goxx runs on the hamster wheel, he can select among dozens of cryptocurrencies. Then, deciding between two tunnels, he chooses whether to buy or sell. According to the Twitch account for the hamster, his decision is sent over to a real trading platform — and yes, real money is involved.
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Look, we're not telling you to follow in this hamster's financial decisions or that this process is scientific in any way. The human behind this hamster's account and money has not been made public.
But what we can tell you is his portfolio is up nearly 20% since he started trading in June, according to his Twitter account. And as of Sept. 12, Mr. Goxx was performing better than Bitcoin, the Nasdaq 100, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway and the S&P 500.
Mirror, Mirror, On The Wall: Can Animals Recognize Their Reflection At All?
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Mirror, Mirror, On The Wall: Can Animals Recognize Their Reflection At All?
Tougher Rules Are Coming For Bitcoin And Other Cryptocurrencies. Here's What To Know
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Tougher Rules Are Coming For Bitcoin And Other Cryptocurrencies. Here's What To Know
While Mr. Goxx's methodology is random at best, it does remind us that where people get their financial advice from is certainly changing.
We've seen people getting tips from TikTok and from two kids in Baltimore.
And in recent years, there's been more stock-picking on Wall Street from bots. NPR's Planet Money even built its own in 2017 that invested money based off President Donald Trump's tweets.
Well what a difference a week makes when I did my 34's. Not. Placed some bets at the 29. Quite some show here.
Seeking Alpha Version:
I don’t know about you, but I am sick and tired of reading article after article telling me how inflation is going to kill our stock market, how the Fed tapering is going to kill our stock market, or how the rising dollar is going to kill our stock market. None of these perspectives are consistent or even accurate when taken from a historical perspective.
As I outlined in my last article, the entire premise of inflation is that there are many more dollars chasing after a limited number of assets. Should this not normally cause the stock market to rally?
Moreover, anyone that claims that the Fed backing away from the market is a bearish indication has clearly not even bothered to look at recent history. In late 2015 into 2016, the Fed began backing away from the market, yet the stock market rallied 60% in an almost straight line higher. Isn’t it a shame when narratives that are constantly proffered to the masses have no basis in fact or history? But, since it sounds good, many investors buy into this fallacy.
But, what is funny is that when we rallied higher this past week after the Fed announced its continued intention to taper, we saw titles to articles such as “Stocks rally as investors shrug off Fed tapering signals.” Yet, so many of you are so certain that the Fed backing away from the market is a bearish indication for the market.
Lastly, I am seeing many claims that the current rallying dollar is bad for the stock market. I have two issues with this perspective. First, during inflation, should the dollar not be declining rather than rising? And, second, has anyone even cared to look at what the market did during 2011-2018 when the dollar rallied from 74 to 103+? For those that have not bothered to look, both the stock market and the dollar rallied together for those seven years.
It really is a shame when so many analysts and article writers are simply not burdened by the facts of history. It is so much easier to sell a commonly accepted fallacious narrative than actually deal with the true facts on the ground.
When asked why he changed his opinion, John Maynard Keynes was purported to have responded – “when the facts change, I change my opinion. What do you do, sir?”
Yet, do all the bearish article writers ever reconsider their bearish perspectives when, week after week, market price action continues to prove them wrong? Do you?
So, with all these certainly negative indications for the stock market, maybe we should simply declare that the lifetime of the stock market is over, as there is nothing positive to be able to push the market higher.
As for me, I am still looking up to our next target in the 4900-5000SPX region as we look towards 2022.
The funny thing is that there is never a shortage of bears that tell me how wrong I am. I was told I was wrong for looking to 4000 from 2200SPX back in March of 2020. I was again told I was wrong for next looking to 4250 from 4000. And, I was again told I was wrong for looking to 4440-4600SPX from 4250SPX.
But, the real funny thing is that I was then told how wrong I was for expecting a 200-300 point pullback from the 4440-4600SPX region. Well, it seems that the more I am viewed as wrong, the more money I and my subscribers seem to make, as I think we just got the minimum pullback expectation I have recently warned you about. (smile)
So, please feel free to tell me how wrong I am for next expecting us to rally to the 4900/5000SPX region as we look towards 2022. Of course, I can always be wrong. But, the pattern we have been tracking for years has been quite accurate each step of the way.
Yet, what many of you still have not accepted is that the stock market and the economy are not the same thing. And, if the 2020 rally did not convince you, then it is likely nothing ever will.
As far as the market is concerned, while we have seen the 200-point pullback recently which I was expecting before we rally to 4900SPX, I am going to need to see a 5-wave rally completed through the 4500SPX region to confirm the rally to 4900 is in progress. In fact, if the market breaks down below the 4420SPX region in impulsive fashion (an Elliott Wave term of art meaning a 5-wave structure) before we rally to complete an initial 5-wave structure over 4500SPX, then we can see one more loop lower and another 200+ point decline before we are ready to rally to 4900SPX.
But, don’t worry. You do not have to get FOMO (fear of missing out) just yet. Should we complete that 5-wave structure over 4500SPX, the market will likely then provide us with a corrective pullback back into the 4400-4450SPX region before we are ready for that rally to 4900SPX.
So, while many of you will continue to focus on the debt ceiling, or on an impending government shutdown, or on more Covid news, or on more inflation news, or on a myriad of other issues you deem important about the market, I will continue to follow market structure which is a lot more of a reliable determinative factor regarding market direction than anything else. And, again, if you have not learned the truth of my last statement yet, then you have clearly not been paying attention for the last several years.
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4457130-sentiment-speaks-the-stock-market-is-over?mailingid=25162979&messageid=must_reads&serial=25162979.1345830&utm_campaign=Must%2BRead%2BSeptember%2B27%2C%2B2021&utm_content=seeking_alpha&utm_medium=email&utm_source=seeking_alpha&utm_term=must_reads
Own a little of PLUG. I think this will benefit them even if the company doesn't get it directly, the ripple effect will be in play. From the latest bulletin email I get from the gov Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (this is from the Advanced Manufacturing Office):
Advanced Manufacturing Office
September 27, 2021
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced $17.9 million in funding for four research and development projects to scale up American manufacturing of flow battery and long-duration storage systems. This funding will help provide the materials needed to expand the grid with new, clean energy sources, deliver affordable electricity to disadvantaged communities, and help reach the Biden Administration’s goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
“We’re moving at lightning speed to harness renewables and access to long duration storage is critical for dispatching this clean energy for use whenever and wherever it’s needed,” said Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm. “DOE’s investment to boost battery storage technology coupled with our first-ever Energy Storage for Social Equity Initiative will help generate jobs, build more resilient communities and ensure cleaner, healthier environment for all Americans.”
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"public servant to lobbyist"
What no "spend more time with family" lol
Bar nothing happening ext hrs, my cost to sit at the table came to 8.4063.
Going well for them anyways. LOL
Boy I hear you. I'm a heavy veg and fruit guy. Very little processed, and quit fast foods long before
Covid. The fruit and veggies are going bad way to soon and are rotten inside to many times, quality is just too low overall and pricing is getting out of hand. Supply lines suck, and WATER is becoming a real deal and will continually get worse as time progresses. Farmers in certain areas are struggling to handle the cutbacks, can't grow without water or the right weather (Climate changes are very real along with the massive smoke problems).
Extremes cost big money, and the majority of the population is at or beyond their limits.
Anteed in a little here a for a little under 9 and mid 8's. Still researching this one a bit, so just seeing where this might go. Photonics is the next level to where we have to go, lot of money been going into it in the last decade especially and increasing dramatically (or should I say photonically LOL).
Who the leaders are in the next yr or two will have to be seen.
I was just talking about the classifications of stocks and which classification that I put LWLG in. The poster who I replied to was using Absolute methods for the "value" of LWLG. It's not in the Value stock category and one can not use Absolute methods for Speculative stocks. It just doesn't work and it becomes "garbage in, garbage out" in ones data analysis and the results or evaluations will be in error and will result in bad analysis. The best category to put it in is Speculative (ie: Income, Penny, Growth, Defensive, Speculative, etc, etc). LWLG is in the high risk, high reward area.
What level of risk is everyone's point of view and beliefs. I do believe this has good odds of mass commercialization, partnerships, or even acquisition, and of course revenue. That's why we're all here.
But it is all "speculative" at this point. I try (not always succeeding) to fill my Speculative stocks with the lower end of risks in that category which where I place LWLG (ie: a 7, maaaybe 8, but never 9 or 10 on the Moody's scale for example). I am not saying that it will take years or longer to have revenue, or successful commercialization (giving that "high reward" part in the stock price), just that it may not be in the Value category of stocks for quite some time. In order to be using the Absolute methods for "value", LWLG will have to mature quite a bit and of course won't be at this level of entry price and a lot lower rate of return, but maybe safer if that's what one is looking for.
As I stated before, there is a lot forces in the market and industry out there that can knock down even the best of product or best CEO. There is always that risk factor out there. How much risk is always just "speculative".
I do admit this company and CEO has gone up that mountain of resistance quite well and at the minimum it's only a hill or even topping over it, again just "speculating". Another reason I'm here, there is only a small percentage of "pennies" moving onto the big boards, and only a small percentage of those do without splitting, completely decimating the share structure, or overall fraud and shenanigan's. That's saying a lot, and I say Kudos and respect to them for that, which made the stock in the lower end risk factors.
We'll just have to see when or if our "speculations" turn out.
This is not a Value stock. LWLG is a Speculative stock. You're on the wrong block and in the wrong neighborhood or the wrong scan. One can't evaluate using Absolute methods (ie: cash flow, growth rates, DDM, DCF methods, etc), for Value and Absolute methods you might want to set your scan on Blue Chips. The best one can do is compare relatively (ie: against comparable stocks in the same industry and other Speculative companies).
No one here should be under any illusions that this area is not high risk, high reward (or big loss as the case may be). Moody's had a risk factor of 7 (can change daily I believe) and in the red zone (scale 1-10 with 10 being the highest risk). That's purely algorithmic of course and based on the fact that LWLG is a relatively new company that's listed where serious investment starts looking at them and still lacking some of data that goes into the algorithms.
Lightwave might go into a Growth stock, but being a Value stock I believe is a few years away at best or longer, "if ever". What might happen is that they get acquired like Cisco with Lightwire and Hauwei with Caliopa. There is a few others that can't remember right now but point is given. Or merge or partnership and advancing into a new form leaving the old behind.
Being a Speculative stock, they could go belly up and disappear entirely. A lot of good products have failed due to other reasons than the product itself. I personally don't believe that is what's going to happen, but I also realize that the risk factor is there.
There's nothing wrong with having personal rules for investing only in Value and not "speculation". I keep my Speculative money at a smaller percentage of my whole and I don't put any money in "pennies". That's just me and my rules for me and my risks that I want to take, everyone has their own.
Value stock category that you're looking for is not here though, and won't be for quite some time in my opinion, "if ever" as you stated (but not for the same reasons as why probably). And definitely one can't use the Absolute methods that you're trying to use.
Judge erupts at Capitol rioter: 'You've disgraced this country'
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., erupted at a Capitol riot defendant on Friday after the individual pleaded guilty to a single charge in connection with the Jan. 6 attack.
U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton made the comment to defendant Anthony Mariotto of Florida during a plea hearing, CNN reported.
According to court records, Mariotto pleaded guilty to a single charge of parading, demonstrating or picketing in the Capitol building. He is scheduled to be sentenced Dec. 17.
“You’ve disgraced this country in the eyes of the world, and my inclination is to lock you up,” Walton said, according to CNN. “To see someone destroy, or try to destroy, the Capitol is very troubling to me."
Mariotto was facing five charges in connection with the riot in which supporters of former President Trump breached the Capitol in an effort to block Congress from ratifying President Biden's electoral victory. Mariotto pleaded not guilty to all charges in April.
According to an FBI affidavit, Mariotto posted a photo on Facebook of himself in the Senate gallery. A person who knew Mariotto saved a screenshot of the post and shared it with law enforcement before Mariotto's Facebook page was deleted.
Under Friday’s agreement, prosecutors dismissed four other charges against Mariotto, Politico reported. He faces up to six months in prison.
According to the outlet, Walton lashed out during discussions about detaining Mariotto before pending sentencing.
Walton, an appointee of former President George W. Bush, expressed fears that the riot set a precedent for future unrest around elections.
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., erupted at a Capitol riot defendant on Friday after the individual pleaded guilty to a single charge in connection with the Jan. 6 attack.
U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton made the comment to defendant Anthony Mariotto of Florida during a plea hearing, CNN reported.
According to court records, Mariotto pleaded guilty to a single charge of parading, demonstrating or picketing in the Capitol building. He is scheduled to be sentenced Dec. 17.
“You’ve disgraced this country in the eyes of the world, and my inclination is to lock you up,” Walton said, according to CNN. “To see someone destroy, or try to destroy, the Capitol is very troubling to me."
Mariotto was facing five charges in connection with the riot in which supporters of former President Trump breached the Capitol in an effort to block Congress from ratifying President Biden's electoral victory. Mariotto pleaded not guilty to all charges in April.
According to an FBI affidavit, Mariotto posted a photo on Facebook of himself in the Senate gallery. A person who knew Mariotto saved a screenshot of the post and shared it with law enforcement before Mariotto's Facebook page was deleted.
Under Friday’s agreement, prosecutors dismissed four other charges against Mariotto, Politico reported. He faces up to six months in prison.
According to the outlet, Walton lashed out during discussions about detaining Mariotto before pending sentencing.
Walton, an appointee of former President George W. Bush, expressed fears that the riot set a precedent for future unrest around elections.
“What if the next time around, the Democrats lose the presidency and start a riot?” Walton asked, according to Politico. “I guess you think that would be all right in light of what you did, right?”
This wasn’t the first time Walton lashed out at a Capitol riot defendant.
In late July, Walton confronted another defendant for flouting a requirement to wear a mask when meeting with pretrial services or appearing in court.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/573926-judge-erupts-at-capitol-rioter-youve-disgraced-this-country
Thanks nowwhat2. I like your charts and comparisons between time spans. It's just statements of fact in black and white in particular moments of time. One has to be intuitive and that's a great exercise for the mind. One has to literally read in-between the lines (the lines of triangles). Your comparisons here show where a downtrend got reversed and powered upwards and broke the downwards trend and currently may be in a positive trend, giving caution to exuberance high points. It's only one form of all things needing to be paying attention to, but it does show one part of the whole. Just my opinion.
NDA's can be a double edge sword, very needed for the company protection and for our investment, but can also hide detrimental need to know info from the public.
The business in general also needs delegation of duties. There just isn't enough hrs in the day for just one or a few to do everything.
Does anyone know if they have replaced Pecinovsky (Director of Material Development) and Lui (Vice President of Sales and Marketing) and who would that be if so. Lightwave doesn't have any positions listed on their site. "left to spend more time with family" is just a stock answer and more often than not there is always more to it. Maybe nothing, maybe not. Of course it's our business as investors in a public company who the key personnel are and their background is.
I like that one. That one sounds hot and green. What does it do? LOL Whatever it was, it opened and closed above a forming support line.
Do you happen to have a link to any numbers of their modulators. All I could find on their site were links to their news wires stating sub volt. And that would be like "duh", have they got them under even a 100 fJ/bit or are the modulators still in the 100's of fJ/bit power usage? What size are the modulators? How far are they in the whole process to scale up to production. That's just a few of the questions that I would have as an investor. Polariton modulators are putting out over 500 GHz which is the only number I see briefly to compare in the newswire.
I'm not the Expert though, and I'm sure a few here could maybe answer with their knowledge.
Might be closer to a dragonfly doji, but no matter what wax you put it in, it would need some next day confirmation. I don't think the candle really is saying much of anything. Just another day.
Well that didn't last long. Come back here, I wasn't done with my plate. LOL
If it ever gets back down around there, depending on the reasons for it being down there, I'm sure I'll probably be putting more than a just a few bids in. Lets hope it's not for reasons like the "Great Depression" where everything and everybody gets slammed. If so, I'll be ready down at whatever bottom the market does. Anything is possible, but that's why they call it gambling and risks we take.
It also has the 50 day line around there also.
You are correct for pointing that out, maybe that was it. I still say there is a technical gap still down at 10.13, although even I have a few GTC down there, I don't know if the odds are good of it going there.
Also, maybe traders just going out getting bored. Except for a few particular days, it really doesn't have enough action or consistent volume for active trading. Maybe some longs reducing their holdings could be in play, who knows.
Institutions would be nice, we might have a bit before any major percentage of holdings for them anyways. I think small retail investors and their new money has a bit more effect for now. Even if resistance isn't turned into support, it's still a good chart and I'm going to take some advantage of that and step up my investment somewhere here under the 12, maybe under 11.
We'll see if the 12 holds and completes a solid support.
Surprise I came out some green today. Thought I might have some losing deuces, and picked up another pair of queens. LOL Made about 8 bucks a share in 1 1/2 trips. Looked good until it didn't and started to go down, and I almost folded then in a five minute candle it shot up then went out and it dipped again so I did it again. Crazy stuff, manipulation to their benefit I guess. Not much, but a lot better than red.
Should have waded in a bit more yesterday, but getting to old I guess to be that fearless. LOL
Wonder what tomorrow brings.
Nice bet. Congrats. I'll check it out. I may fold here and just take a little red, not sure yet, tomorrow another day. Been mostly just day trading, and a little bit short. I sold out of about half my longs when the signs were telling this dump, also sold out of my RE this year, except my house, my little sisters house, and some land, all free and clear. So I have some cash burning, so looking around for some bottoms or other good places to place. Bought miner at the bottom of their channel and filling the old gap, still has one more to fill, and little more new tech. We know that interest rates aren't much better than stuffing a mattress.
The talk is about China, and the "contagion" is valid to a certain point, but I think we all know that the market in general is overvalued and needs some major correction. But we've seen that before, and the market just keeps barreling along. I think they have protections in place so the house doesn't lose so much as with Lemann cluster!!k, so no dart throwing this time around I don't think.
I'm not ignoring or knocking the MOS technology, heck some of my interest in computing came from owning a Commodore way back. "The Internet" I learned from a bunch a pixilated little orange lettering and fax tones on a 10" screen. But that architecture is starting to hit a brick wall and trying to advance the old school silicone chip is a lost cause. To much imaging, A.I., telecommunication, biomedical, etc, etc. It has to change, there is no other option. What changes is the question. What is your input on what is going to happen or has to happen to meet the ever increasing demand of computing power.
Your just rambling now, grow up man.