From NJ Insider:
NJDOL: State Unemployment Rate At 7.6%
Preliminary estimates produced by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics indicate that total nonfarm wage and salary employment in New Jersey decreased in December by 7,700 to reach a seasonally adjusted level of 3,890,000. Losses were recorded in both the private (-7,100) and public (-600) sectors of the state’s economy.
The state’s unemployment rate fell by 2.6 percentage points to 7.6 percent in December, primarily due to New Jersey residents leaving the labor force rather than finding employment.
The December data suggest that employment recovery from its pandemic-related April low point appears to have stalled in the 4th quarter of the year. New Jersey has regained a total of 479,400 jobs in the six months since April, or about 58 percent of jobs lost due to the coronavirus pandemic and measures taken in response to it. However, since September, total employment has contracted by 2,100 jobs. See the technical notes at the end of this release for information about the impact of the coronavirus on this month’s employment estimates.
Based on more complete reporting from employers, previously released total nonfarm employment estimates for November were revised higher by 1,400 to show an over-the-month (October – November) increase of 8,500 jobs. Preliminary estimates had indicated an over-the-month gain of 7,100 jobs. The state’s revised November unemployment rate was unchanged, remaining at 10.2 percent.
In December, employment decreases were recorded in only four out of nine major private sectors. Sectors that recorded employment decreases include leisure and hospitality (-8,900), financial activities (-1,900), education and health services (-1,600) and information (-1,300). Sectors that recorded employment increases include construction (+3,100), professional and business services (+2,900), manufacturing (+300), trade, transportation, and utilities (+200), and other services (+200). The public sector recorded a decrease of 600 jobs over the month.
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Ah well…
chi, ARK takes in $1B yesterday, all seven of their funds taking in flows…passed both Blackrock and State Street in YTD flows….
ARK Innovation AUM
Jan 2015: $5.0 million
Jan 2016: $6.8 million
Jan 2017: $15.3 million
Jan 2018: $468 million
Jan 2019: $1.3 billion
Jan 2020: $2.0 billion
Jan 2021: $23.5 billion
Fabisu,
Now I do have a question. Your fathers generosity, did that extend to the kids in the projects, or was he a Tony Soprano and kept it in the “community”!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCzSUJv2kho
Lol. The community. You’re hot shit. It was 50 or 100 kids every Christmas, I can’t remember the number, maybe a little more. What was the cost? Maybe a few grand? I never asked. My father wasn’t rich, he just had a business that he built when he wasn’t risking his life fighting fires… real fires… like buildings engulfed in frames and cradling kids walking down a ladder backward in single digit degree weather in the dead of night. He dragged kids out of closets, from under beds, so terrified they couldn’t scream. Sometimes he saved them, sometimes they didn’t make it. And sometimes he got hit with rocks or a bottle when the community wanted to watch it burn. He almost lost his life twice in the line of duty. One time was when he fell down an air shaft as they were venting a roof. The sole of his foot was touching the back of his head as held on to a ledge in the shaft. Try to picture that image. Four of his buddies pulled him out, saved his life. The man worked two jobs for 40 plus years and I never heard him complain once.
chi, ARK takes in $1B yesterday, all seven of their funds taking in flows…passed both Blackrock and State Street in YTD flows….
Give her a trillion, she only picks winners! The whole economy can recover if we just let her pick the right stocks!
When did vaccinating 100 million in 100 days become 100 million shots in 100 days (50 million vaccinated)? This was basically the rate of vaccination on the day Trump left office.
Left /BRT:
Lather, rinse, repeat
Fast: FabMax is a horrid troll. That was awful.
Where do you guys suggest someone should invest over the next 5 -10 years?
Just remember, they hated on FAANG the last decade just as much as Ark right now.
BRT says:
January 22, 2021 at 7:48 am
chi, ARK takes in $1B yesterday, all seven of their funds taking in flows…passed both Blackrock and State Street in YTD flows….
Give her a trillion, she only picks winners! The whole economy can recover if we just let her pick the right stocks!
Want to see something crazy? Download the Night Sky app on your iPad and look for Starlink satellites.
And I’m not mocking you guys, seriously making me second guess myself on ARK. Looking for serious discussion.
Postcards and p0rn
“The Great Pumpkin says:
January 22, 2021 at 8:14 am
Where do you guys suggest someone should invest over the next 5 -10 years?”
Buy autodialing software. Purchase a database of people older than 75 who own real estate other than their primary residence. Keep calling until you find someone unsophisticated or mentally compromised. Make lowball purchase offers. Lock in the profits up front through the initial transaction instead of over time.
It seems to be your differentiated skill set. Put your skills to work.
The Great Pumpkin says:
January 22, 2021 at 8:14 am
Where do you guys suggest someone should invest over the next 5 -10 years?
Just remember, they hated on FAANG the last decade just as much as Ark right now.
BRT says:
January 22, 2021 at 7:48 am
chi, ARK takes in $1B yesterday, all seven of their funds taking in flows…passed both Blackrock and State Street in YTD flows….
Give her a trillion, she only picks winners! The whole economy can recover if we just let her pick the right stocks!
Fab; You do realize there are racists in the Democratic Party , and people who are proud Liberals who are some of the biggest racists I have ever met. As for Blacks and Hispanic Trump voters the numbers were small but certainly more than you might think. Liberals fail to understand that many Hispanics are very socially conservative.
Fab: And finally that was a cheap nasty shot at Fast Eddies Father and family. Actually quite shameful on your part.
Fast Your Father sounds like a wonderful man. Sounds a lot like my Father gone from 6:00 in the morning until 9:30 5 days a week for over 20 years, plus mBy Saturday’s and sometimes Sunday’s. All to take care of his family. Never once heard the man complain. He eventually gave up his second job when we were grown, but he kept that pace for all those years.
It is college applicant season again. Talking to high school seniors. Most are refreshing and interesting. Talking to a SJW later today. How do I know? The sent me a fcuking vitae unsolicited. I won’t go into all the details, but clearly this one by rights should be targeting to Brown, and maybe Oberlin as a safety. Anyway, on the vitae, the kid clearly stands out as someone working with a professional college counselor. The damned thing is curated and sterile. Then at the bottom they provide a list of not interests, but “adjectives”. One of those adjectives is AUTHENTIC.
The clincher? They are applying to the business school. I am utterly mystified.
If there is something to report later that is at all enlightening I will.
I generally always empathize with these great people, but I get the feeling not this one.
Her outlook from a Dec 18 interview : Ark future growth 20% YOY- and a Doozy of a correction in 2021.
Worth a look – Honest assessment from CW- Long w/stops trailing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfhgbZBWgBE
3b,
They were a certain breed, our fathers. The silent men, real men. Most of us should actually be ashamed. He was a great guy, like most of our fathers. They simply took care of business. My Dad and Mom worked hard, like a lot of others did during that time, it seems. It’s different today, right? I strive to do better, be better, try to quickly squash my whining. Maybe we all got a little spoiled. Not that the right or republicans have the answers but the left, the progressive left, the new democrats or whatever these f.ucks are called are simply insufferable and clueless in so many ways. I just detest what they stand for and how they conduct themselves.
Pravda changed it to 100 million shots in 100 days.
Other news outlets did not.
“Biden says he is “convinced” 100 million people can be vaccinated in first 100 days”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-19-vaccine-biden-plan-watch-live-stream-today-2021-01-15/
He didn’t say for what…… is he counting kids for MMR and HPV?
Juice Box says:
January 22, 2021 at 9:15 am
Pravda changed it to 100 million shots in 100 days.
Other news outlets did not.
“Biden says he is “convinced” 100 million people can be vaccinated in first 100 days”
Fast: Yes they were a different breed of men. Strong and silent, they did what needed to be done. They never came first. We are definitely softer today then they were. I never heard my Dad whine or complain. He loved his adopted country, and always said if the USA goes down the world goes with it. A lot of truth in that statement.
Either way the goal of 100 million shots in 100 days requires about 17,000 people trained to give vaccines at at least 400 mega sites across the country. That would be 58 shots given by each vaccinator every day for 100 days or 7 shots an hour for 8 hours of work. Then tens of thousands of more people for the paperwork, crowd control, parking etc.
Logistics of it using FEMA and the National Guard sure, but who can they recruit to give the vaccines? There aren’t 17,000 nurses willing to quit their day job to do this for three months.
And they call me skeptical.
And I’m not mocking you guys, seriously making me second guess myself on ARK. Looking for serious discussion.
You’ve been told already. It’s easier to beat the market when you control a little bit of money than when your funds take in more than Blackrock. Once you become big enough, you can’t beat the market by such margins because you are the market.
Indoor dining and retail re-opening in DC. Pandemic over folks. Biden solved it.
Juice: Amazon will get everyone vaccinated.
Let’s see if the Press does it’s job today…
Lots of complaints about our governor today on Social Media. Lots of older folks who cannot get the vaccine and others complaining that he will be out and about at the Burlington Mega center today. Gov Murphy and his wife were in DC for several days. They aren’t quarantining when they got back. The Guidelines say 7 days even with a negative test.
Can’t stop progress. If she is betting on progress, there is room to grow. She is good at picking innovative stocks. She understands better than most.
She can still outperform the overall market over the next 5 years. She is betting on the winners… she earns her money. She is really good at what she does.
BRT says:
January 22, 2021 at 9:35 am
And I’m not mocking you guys, seriously making me second guess myself on ARK. Looking for serious discussion.
You’ve been told already. It’s easier to beat the market when you control a little bit of money than when your funds take in more than Blackrock. Once you become big enough, you can’t beat the market by such margins because you are the market.
9:21 “They never came first….”
That’s not wut ur mom said.
Ex: One of my favorite lines from 20 years ago. I was out with two college friends and one had just had a baby. The dad said it was an easy birth.
“Two pushes at it was over. “
The other guy without even hesitating said “oh the pregnancy ended the way it started”
I totally lost my sh!t for about 5 minutes.
10:01 booooooom!!
Gary,
I was thinking about this last night and was curious what your opinion on this would be.
R: You can choose who you want to bake a cake for.
D: You cannot choose who you want to bake a cake for.
R: You cannot choose to abort your unborn child.
D: You can choose to abort your unborn child.
With that said, do you think Pelosi or McConnell really cares if gays can get cake? Do you think these two care about undesired pregnancies? So what do these two care about?
See, I think these two have exactly the same common goal. To enrich themselves. The cake and the right to choice are simply the sides they have both chosen which they think will provide an end to their means.
Meanwhile, the peanut gallery here spends all of their cerebral energy on arguing about cake and zygote rights.
Trump and Bernie (and to some, but a lesser extent, Warren) are the same. People rally behind them because they really don’t care about the cake and the zygotes. I believe they really are not in it to enrich themselves. They really believe they can improve our country and know that ridding the corruption (be it the end of corporate subsidies, the end of lobbying, campaign finance reform, quite honestly changing the laws so they don’t just favor the rich) is the key. Trump had the nation’s ear but got carried away blaming the refs (the media) and worrying about the cake and the zygotes. This is where he fcked up.
Now comes the establishment Democrats. They are already setting the narrative. Toothless mask mandates, lies about the former administration, the same deception tactics as they have always used. Who puts a private equity expert (250 million net worth) in charge of the Covid response? Even the Keystone project (which was secretly supported by the Obama registration as they chose to fund it) was deceptively ended. Every single major position in the cabinet and the rest of the administration is being filled with Dem operatives and lifetime lobbyists while claiming “unity.”
So Gary, what do you think? Is it still about cake and abortions? Cause that seems to be what you are always ranting about. Heck, over time, half of these positions flip flop from one party to the other. So how can it be about these positions?
As long as we keep electing establishment Dems and Republicans, then we are wasting our collective breaths complaining. Sadly, the one thing that unites all of us is the desire to make government accountable. I wonder why there is zero focus on this by either party?
Ex: it was kind of touché because two years earlier with the same two guys. The new dad guy met the zinger’s new wife. She had graduated from Smith and the new dad guy said “two billion women in the the world and she chose you. “. That was more of a beer out the nose moment.
Stu: I want to focus on actively trying to create zygotes and failing every time.
“Another issue the author might want to address. I’ll call it the “Chinese paradox.” This happens when you are such a large holder of an asset that you influence the market when you buy or sell. The Chinese are facing this problem: they own huge amounts of US Treasuries. If they sell a bunch, they drive down the price of the rest of their holdings. If they sell more, the price goes even lower. It can become a vicious circle.
Does ARK own so much TSLA – or any other stock – that they face this problem? As active managers, can they fully exit all positions without unduly devaluing their remaining shares? TSLA’s market cap is ~800 billion as of this moment. It appears that the float is ~80% of the outstanding shares. So if the market value of ARK’s TSLA holdings is in the 2-3 billion range, they own less than 1% of the float.
And because ARK funds are active, they can unload any time. So to me this comes down to whether your trust ARK to make good investment decisions. Relative to TSLA, they have all the liquidity they need.”
I look forward to the first down market day of 3%. The outflow from the ARK funds will be tremendous.
As I just started dollar cost avg into it, I pray for this day. I hope it holds the price down for at least a year. I’m long..
Libturd says:
January 22, 2021 at 10:26 am
I look forward to the first down market day of 3%. The outflow from the ARK funds will be tremendous.
Lib:Well said.
LOL
https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1352639655032872962?s=20
Thanks 3B.
If there was one thing I regret, it was not paying attention in English class back in grade school. I always have an incredibly difficult time putting into the written word my thoughts. Sometimes I feel like Charlie? in Flowers for Algernon, when his IQ returned to janitor level.
It is the same effect as a margin call.
Libturd says:
January 22, 2021 at 10:26 am
I look forward to the first down market day of 3%. The outflow from the ARK funds will be tremendous.
Lib,
Worthy assessment. I can’t just throw out the first thing that comes to mind, I have to think about it but I have work that I need to address. It makes sense, I’ll say that much. The media is complacent with the left1st mantra, pounding a negative narrative, a false image, fake news and information… one that counters classic America and it’s shredding our sovereignty and identity… the one that made us the greatest nation ever. Too much warped symbolism, not nearly enough substance. People are m0rons and follow propaganda. The hypocrisy leans left 90/10 in their favor.
“Fast: FabMax is a horrid troll. That was awful.”
“Fab: And finally that was a cheap nasty shot at Fast Eddies Father and family. Actually quite shameful on your part.”
Agree. Let it roll off your back Eddie.
Fabs is of the ilk who accuses wide swaths of people of horrible beliefs without knowing anything about them or their convictions.
In other words, he’s a real POS.
Lib, at 10:11a….THANK YOU!
“They were a certain breed, our fathers. The silent men, real men. Most of us should actually be ashamed. He was a great guy, like most of our fathers. They simply took care of business. My Dad and Mom worked hard, like a lot of others did during that time, it seems. It’s different today, right? ”
Yes, it is. The future is Female. It said so on Kamala’s socks.
Now go have a glass of estrogen tainted water, put on your pink hat, and join the parade.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/birth-control-in-water-supply/
“You’ve been told already. It’s easier to beat the market when you control a little bit of money than when your funds take in more than Blackrock. Once you become big enough, you can’t beat the market by such margins because you are the market.”
You’re trying to help him and he comes back with the response to the above at 9:51a that is basically “well, I still think she’s good”…
I would agree with you and add….
Having funds expand that rapidly not only cause the effects you describe above but it has a perverse effect on management style. You go from active investor to asset gatherer. What does she charge, 75bps? Three years ago she was grossing $3.5m off AUM…now she’s grossing $150m…her shop expenses in that period have maybe quintupled…..so she personally has gone from having a financial yeoman’s compensation to pushing nine figures…that dynamic is wildly perverse to performance….the manager becomes more interested in maintaining AUM and less concerned about returns…in her case this is particularly salient as the goalposts she herself set (and investors are buying into) is that her investments likely won’t show any performance over years…I’m not saying she structured it this way but the overwhelming incentive here is to simply maintain AUM and don’t do anything stupid to rock that boat (ie, take risk). I’ve seen it way too many times….outstanding private equity firms that explode in AUM with two new large funds over five years go from top end investing savants to trendline S&P…
Also, and I admit to not going to any primary materials but just taking what I read here as fact…she seems to talk her funds up, including framing future returns with numbers….huge red flag….no experienced manager would ever do that. Tells me, along with the explosion in assets above over such a short period, that she is too green and a bit undisciplined. Undisciplined managers blow up. Inevitably.
Anyone else ridding the GME short squeeze? I have zero faith in gamestop but could not resist throwing $2000 at it to see what would happen. Im at a nice profit where I can go buy some of grims finest and still have money for a nice v day gift for the wife. I have zero idea how the squeeze plays out but I understanding next week the shares are due.
Hasn’t FaAng been the market? Were you better off diversifying into all the companies they beat up? I don’t think you guys understand what ark is about. It’s a bet on innovation. There has never been an option like this before when it comes to actively traded etfs. It’s absolutely brilliant.
Is there a cap on putting money on disruptive innovative companies? Isn’t that the point, there is massive growth potential buying in at the beginning of the market disruption.
Look what people used to say about Amazon. Used to bash that company. She bought Amazon at 10 dollars. She understands the game.
“You’ve been told already. It’s easier to beat the market when you control a little bit of money than when your funds take in more than Blackrock. Once you become big enough, you can’t beat the market by such margins because you are the market.”
Got my appointment to get vaccine next week. 8 tabs open and constantly registering. What a trainwreck.
Anyone else ridding the GME short squeeze? I have zero faith in gamestop but could not resist throwing $2000 at it to see what would happen. Im at a nice profit where I can go buy some of grims finest and still have money for a nice v day gift for the wife. I have zero idea how the squeeze plays out but I understanding next week the shares are due.
haha, didn’t Michael Burry predict this months ago?
Amazon was making no money. It’s a joke of a company. These evaluations are a joke. That’s what was said of Amazon by a lot of people up until 2014.
People like wood ate it up, they saw the big picture while the others did not. They stuck to their safe stocks. That’s why they missed. No stomach for a company unless it has guaranteed earnings. Missing the forest for the trees..
Meanwhile this unprofitable company for years took over the market.
There is no way I’m not getting on this ark train. It’s not a bet on past growth they already had, it’s a bet on believing there is going to be major innovative disruption in the future. It’s a bet that the ARK team understands innovation better than myself.
BRT, Im a little late to the party I guess. It was fun though. Im out though
Reversion to mean. The most ignored, yet frequently occurring phenomenon. Yet, the masses are always attracted to the rare black tulips. Every time I see an article on TSLA, Bitcoin, and the like, I have trained myself to ignore them.
Lottery is almost a billion dollars tonight.
CASH OPTION: $716.3 MILLION
Fed Taxes = 37% $265 Million
NJ Taxes = 10.75% $7.7 Million
Net = $443 Million
Lib,
Could it be that you just don’t understand Tesla or Bitcoin?
I admit it, I was wrong on both. I didn’t understand it and I f’ing missed the boat because of that ignorance. Thinking i knew better than the market.
That’s why I trust the ark team with my money. They understand this much better than I do. I’m not missing this train that’s only getting started. They have discovered a winning formula and a team capable of carrying it out.
“Anyone else ridding the GME short squeeze?”
No, but these SPACs are an ATM for me unlike anything else except TSLA…
“one that counters classic America and it’s shredding our sovereignty and identity”
Debt is shredding its sovereignty and identity. Your father did not have option to put it on a credit card. When your income truly drives price, you can operate on fact and market adjusts accordingly. That is gone, now take as much as you want. We could also not print our way to wealth as tied to gold standard. When those barriers were removed in the 70s..well welcome to the new ‘classic’ America. Blaming left won’t get you there. Reading Ayn won’t get you there. Worrying about a transgender asst. secretary won’t get you there. You think the media or banks care about equality or LGBT issues? They care about marketing and money. Networks have to cast all-inclusive net to sell advertisers products. You won’t sell to them by telling them they will be punished by god, like FoxNews. Foxnews is a niche to make you feel like you are getting truth yet Fox network puts forward LGBT shows like glee. I agree it is over the top with brow beating message. Most of will agree but your view of classical America is gone bc of debt. When you realize that then what kind of America do you want to live in? One that bans cakes or one that allows freedom for all and gets past this sh&t with religion, race, god.
I don’t need to understand them. The only reason they are attractive is due to their stock price. Their story is inconsequential.
A lot of people didn’t understand WorldCom and Enron too.
Just remember. Whoever puts all their eggs in the same basket gets the most chickens.
“Every time I see an article on TSLA, Bitcoin, and the like, I have trained myself to ignore them.”
Lib, below is a bit unfair since long term I’m bullish on both but it’s too funny to not post…
https://twitter.com/KennethDredd/status/1352371056355368960/photo/1
“Net = $443 Million”
Don’t forget to PV it.
GME….LOL….53 to 72 from the time you posted….
LOLOLOL. Hit that register, at least for your initial and 50%.
You have much bigger balls than I do…..
GME Story is just too funny, don’t fight the angry social media herd.
“Bears have seen more than $1.74 billion mark-to-market losses this year, according to the financial analytics firm.”
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/gamestop-tug-war-gives-reddit-164728693.html
“Most of us should actually be ashamed.” Nice to start seeing some introspection, hopefully we get some personal growth.
Yes Left, I am asking for clarity on the generosity of his father. I had a discussion with Kettle way back, on how people grow up to be a product of their upbringing. Kids are not born racist, that is learnt. So to understand Gary, I want to understand his father. I used the clip as we know Gary loves those movies. So was his dad like Tony or Paulie Cicero, generous to the poor Italian, begrudgingly to the Irish and Poles and absolutely no to the black and brown. If that answer is no his father embraced all kids, then the question is why Gary is not like his father?
As for you, we still have; “I will get a still of the CNN shot down Capitol Street from yesterday with all the protestors in the plaza, on the stairs, and on the balconies with flags. Powerful shot.”
I am going to constantly remind you of that, so that every time you look at that photo, hopefully you see the Trump Flags that they used to replace the Stars and Stripes they tore down inside the Capitol. You see the Stars and Bars they paraded through the halls. You see the Stars and Stripes on poles they used to beat the Capitol Cops? Does the picture show that Gallows they built as well? That should get more discussion.
As 30 year stated “If you are on the same side as these folks you need to carefully examine what you stand for.”
9:07 internet /web based firms used to like to toss around the term “authentic”.
They take your money, but we’re selective of the source. Only real difference.
I think “optics” have replaced “authenticity”.
Hey Fab,
F.uck you, plain and simple. F.uck you.
leftwing, Im out on GME. I made a quick 14% for holding for 2 days. Like I said I have zero faith in the company longterm, but could see the momentum on this so I took a chance on making some weekend fun money.
Lib, I would disagree with part of what you posted. Donnie was never about the people. He was only ever interested in the power, the trapping and the grift. How much money could he shovel to his properties by staying at them. One in Five days at a Trump property and $150Million to play golf. I remember the Ireland trip, where instead of staying at the American Embassy or a nice hotel in Dublin, he shifted everything across the country to his Golf course. At some point details on all the kickbacks are going to come out.
He didn’t care about his base. He just needed the following and the adulation. At the end, it was all about the Immunity and he tried to burn down the Republic to maintain it.
As for Bernie and Warren (and myself), people need to be reminded about the difference between “Soc1al!st” and “Democratic Soc1al!st”. DS is like a L!bertarian with a heart. We believe in things like Cap1tailism, and Fiscal Responsibility. But the big difference is that we believe that Government should work for all people, not just the elite rich.
So I want to see all the programs passed, Free Healthcare, Free College, Infrastructure investment, Green initiatives. Pass it all and the GOP campaign to remove it. What you will find, is that, like Obamacare, once people get coverage for pre existing conditions, they actually like it and want to keep it.
No wonder FatsoTreason EddieBoy loved Trump so much, you want a daddy!. You want a big daddy figure to solve your problems and deal with them for you. Just like Trump had his psycho dad.
Got news for you. Those like your father and 3B’s father would have been the first to kick Trump’s little whiny behind for being a wealthy jerk and a useless sellout traitor.
TreasonBoy, you are in the wrong country. If you want a big strongman riding a horse barechested. Look for Russia, Putin is waiting for you to be his little b!tch.
Fast Eddie says:
January 22, 2021 at 9:12 am
3b,
They were a certain breed, our fathers. The silent men, real men. Most of us should actually be ashamed. He was a great guy, like most of our fathers. They simply took care of business. My Dad and Mom worked hard, like a lot of others did during that time, it seems. It’s different today, right? I strive to do better, be better, try to quickly squash my whining. Maybe we all got a little spoiled. Not that the right or republicans have the answers but the left, the progressive left, the new democrats or whatever these f.ucks are called are simply insufferable and clueless in so many ways. I just detest what they stand for and how they conduct themselves.
3b says:
January 22, 2021 at 9:21 am
Fast: Yes they were a different breed of men. Strong and silent, they did what needed to be done. They never came first. We are definitely softer today then they were. I never heard my Dad whine or complain. He loved his adopted country, and always said if the USA goes down the world goes with it. A lot of truth in that statement.
“As for you, we still have; “I will get a still of the CNN shot down Capitol Street from yesterday with all the protestors in the plaza, on the stairs, and on the balconies with flags. Powerful shot.”
And I stand by every one of those words. And those words have ZERO to do with racism. And besides the words on here you know ZERO about me.
You – YOU? – of all people speaking of introspection and personal growth? Asking for ‘clarification’ from Fast?
You are a small minded troll draping yourself in manufactured virtue and throwing spitballs at people (and their families) you don’t know. That is the sum total of the vast majority of your postings on here.
But in keeping with the traits of your ilk (such as throwing baseless despicable accusations) you go right ahead re-write history to your liking.
Walking I bought some in December, with some mad money, which I do rarely. It’s only a few hundred bucks, so I will see where it goes.
Murphy claiming that he didn’t need to quarantine upon his return, because quarantine isn’t necessary for essential workers, and his attendance of the inauguration was essential work.
Grim – Again, the Hypocrisy is hilarious, odds are with the lack of social distancing that occurred, transmission could have occurred. Had to squeeze everyone in for the photo op with the National Guard.
https://twitter.com/GovMurphy/status/1352679904450654209/photo/1
Here they are this morning at the new mega site in Burlington everyone chatting away ignoring the 6 ft rule.
https://twitter.com/BurlCoNJ/status/1352644224144052229/photo/1
lol, photo op with the national guard, right before they kick them out and tell them to go sleep in the parking garage.
Hey JCer,
Are you the one looking for a job? Just wondering how market is looking. It should be right now that companies are in hiring mode. I had a few hits but the usual lowball $65 hour stuff. Amazing how everything sits in this tight range of $60 – 70 on W2. It is like dealing with the recruiting Borg. All hail the consolidation/outsource power of the corporatocracy.
Washington Post reported that the coronavirus is raging among National Guard members.
“Maryland soldiers said the coronavirus is raging among National Guard members. One said he personally knows several soldiers who have been infected.
The soldier laughed when asked by a reporter to describe the protocols in place to mitigate spread of the virus.
“There’s none,” he said. “We are on top of each other all day, every day. We’ve given up.”
Nieves did not return a request for comment about coronavirus protocols.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2021/01/21/national-guard-senate-garage/
I have a friend in the national guard. It’s been spreading through them since September.
We see a vinaigrette of each others lives in here based on the words we post in here and I will hold you accountable for the words you post.
You stand by your words and happy with hanging the picture on your wall. I see it as racist, you don’t. I’m not going to speak for others, but I suspect I’m not alone in seeing you on the wrong side of this.
I get accusations thrown at me in here on a regular basis. Many are baseless and despicable (Hi Chi!). The difference between you and me is that, I don’t see it as an assault on my ego.
Looks like Lib was right when he said that a lot of people in here cant see the blatant racism that exists in everyday life. You are firmly in that group.
Fab – casting stones?
What town do you live in? Odds are you go home every night to your nice wacist segregated community.
Fab,
Keep in mind. Though many of the Capital stormers were probably racist (some were actually already proven to be), I highly doubt many in the crowd of protesters were. Just to be clear. With that said, if you want to hang a picture of the insurrection on the wall, more power to you. Just don’t be surprised by the reactions you’ll receive when people first see it.
Yes Juice, I am up by Gary in Republican He11 85% Lilly White.
Now where I’ve lived over the years, that’s a different story.
Not that it will ever get reported but, this morning Trump offered his hotel in DC to any National Guard members and police who need it.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/01/22/trump-comes-through-for-the-troops-offers-up-trump-hotel-after-banishment-to-parking-garage-1020053/
It is rumored national guard were ordered to leave after complaints from Democratic Rep. Bill Keating (MA) about lack of mask wearing.
I doubt we’ll ever know for sure…
I’m not looking for a job, but I should be……current one is not the best but at least while we are still in pandemic mode I know what I’m dealing with. I’m old fashioned in that I need to see what the office feels to really know what I’m getting into these places all have a vibe. For example at your employer the vibe is depressing, people seem beaten down, things are simply not effective. I figure once the CFPB fires back up and is putting the screws to the banks they’ll need people with my skill set to get them out of trouble and the high paying gigs might come back. During the reign of Obama I knew a few people pulling almost 2k a day working on sensitive regulatory projects. Today I know people pulling the same but it is because of their connections.
Bystander those wages align with what gets paid to likes of Infosys, Wipro, and Cognizant. My employer literally has thousands of these people, if it isn’t a specialized skill it goes to these people and preferably in India where they are paid half. H1B going rates is setting your wages now, that’s the reality you are competing with indentured servants.
There’s a guy on r/WSB (u/DeepF–Value) who turned $53,000 into 11,175,979 over 17 months. r/WSB has become better at vetting these and he has posted in the last month.
https://i.redd.it/xho46kzt7yc61.png
It is rumored that Left of Citron Research actually closed his position today, despite a defiant video he posted just yesterday.
I’m not sure when Bob Cohen landed those three board seats and if that has anything to do with Citron’s move.
Not that it will ever get reported but, this morning Trump offered his hotel in DC to any National Guard members and police who need it.
No, but it was reported that Jill Biden came over with a basket of 25 candy bars to smooth things over. My Edd supervisor does the same thing to us….because she came from elementary education. That’s how you bribe 7 year olds….not grown men. She definitely is a doctor in education.
“Looks like Lib was right when he said that a lot of people in here cant see the blatant racism that exists in everyday life. You are firmly in that group.”
You have every right to view yourself acting in a racist manner in the event you do any action, such as hanging a picture on your wall.
Quite frankly, any such view reveals more about you than it ever would about anyone else.
That viewpoint, however, is dramatically different than throwing a ‘racist’ label on me.
As I have explained too many times, that photo is very powerful for me (and hangs near other similar photos and documents) as a representation of the strength of our form of government which enshrines the ability of our populace, unlike many others, to petition their government for redress especially by a minority believing an abuse of power.
Your interpretation of what any action would mean for you is yours. But tread lightly, you cross the line of calling me a ‘racist’ – especially over the photo in question – and we are going to have a problem. Fair warning.
Boomer – Collusion is illegal too.
Funny how the internet mob can move stocks. Wall St is going to push Congress to reign in the Robothood’s of the world.
https://i.redd.it/xho46kzt7yc61.png
BoomerRemover….thanks for the share. So funny, I sent a similar guy to my partner on Jan 14 who had $47k in option contracts that were worth then $3m. That’s ballin’ too lol.
Funny, you have to watch Reddit now…I used to follow the RobinHood aggregate data but it was so valuable they pulled it and started charging for it. At hedgie type levels, not consumer.
As crazy as it sounds Reddit is really a window into the retail mob mentality which unbelievably is moving some parts of the market these days.
Mark it here….won’t surprise me if those parts of Reddit get shut down soon, or that type of activity moderated. Any group other than a thousands of on-line 20-somethings openly coordinating stock trades and product purchases with the explicitly stated goal of driving up the share price is textbook definition of market manipulation….Bet Citron already have their lawyers on it….He must be seriously butthurt.
As an anecdote..I made $7k trading today. I may never go back to work.
Thanks Uncle Fred!
They are going to have to arrest everybody. Call activity was TODAY was 913,114 contracts on GME.
Bloomberg broke it down.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-22/record-options-and-white-knuckles-for-shorts-fuel-gamestop-mania
Nothing funnier than threats among blog commenters
Juice, same guy, lol.
I’m looking at my 1/14 text, yeah, 1000 calls with a purchase at 0.40. Could have sworn it was 0.47 but definitely same guy with the shares. Insane.
These guys are crazy….flout every tenet of basic investing with very real 100% loss profile and they just hold…
“Nothing funnier than threats among blog commenters”
Laugh Joyce. Your perogative.
I personally do not find being called a racist funny, amusing, or anywhere near acceptable. And I’m not just going to chuckle it off. I’m fcuking tired of these people thinking they can run roughshod over others in the most distasteful way possible.
left – Robinhood takes from the rich and gives to the poor. Power of social media.
Taking down Regimes CHECK
Insurrections CHECK.
Killing it. CHECK
BTW – Asia WeChat is well ahead of us on this.
left – I find it amusing that an angry white guy and a well off one at that who lives in a homologous town is calling people racist.
Jcer,
Yep. No argument there. I thought a poster here got let go in fall and was looking for work.
“Taking down Regimes CHECK
Insurrections CHECK.
Killing it. CHECK”
Juice meme that and post and you’ll get pure adulation over there lol.
Let’s experiment leftwing. I scratched this together and posted it on /wallstreetbets
https://imgflip.com/i/4ux53k
leftwing,
It was in reference to both Fabius’ (I’m going to hold you accountable) comment and your response. I don’t see either going anywhere.
Lib
How many of the protesters signed on to the rhetoric “all Mexicans are Rap1sts!” Also if you are in a crowd or marching with the ProudBoys, Oathkeepers, Stars and Bars etc, you have to ask the question “Do they sit where they stand?”
Protests organized that are allegedly in support of things I do not like are bad. If they turn violent, all of the people in attendance are bad.
Protests organized that are allegedly in support of things I like are good. If they turn violent, it is not a reflection of the majority of good people in attendance.
Oh, and the small number of maybe bad actors were funded by outsiders.
Thanks for saving me the keystrokes Joyce.
It’s funny. Fab Slacks thinks people don’t like him because of his politics. The truth is, it’s his inability to see things clearly through his political bias that bothers so many.
Opps, my bad, but Oh well.
You want to discuss in person. I dont have a problem meeting up. I have met many on this board in person. I would have went to Grims last month, but as I said, if I showed up Gary would probably not.
They were redoing our roads a few months ago. One of the road crew was cousins with a person in the neighborhood. It got back to them, our neighborhood was the least friendly in town. The moms on the mass group text were like “oh my god, let’s make them goodie bags to show how nice they are!”. It took all the power in the world for me to not chime in saying maybe just take your empty trash cans back so they can pave the road for you…and maybe just wave hi instead of acting like they are “the help”.
Here’s my post from yesterday. Now apply it to the National Guard being dismissed from the buildings and sent to sleep in the parking garage with one bathroom. Jill Biden just proved she is the equivalent of the uppity house wives in my neighborhood. They don’t want candy bars, they would like to be treated like people.
Protests can always turn violent at the drop of a hat. “Peaceful protestors” just need a match to light their gasoline. Crowds have always been full of stupid and once they get going, it’s all downhill until they are dispersed.
I learned this at a Rage Against the Machine concert at Nassau Colloseum in 1999. The crowd thought it fit to rush the floor from the seats. This was before any music started. Jumping over security guards and barreling through them. The floor hit maximum density and people were getting crushed. Security had to resort to catching people midair in the leap into the floor from the seats and beating the crap out of them to stop them from rushing.
Do not dare give Ms/Mrs/Dr/First Lady/She/Her that kind of treatment. She may have been married when she was sleeping with Sleepy Joe but really what kind of red blooded patriotic American woman would she be if she did not trade up a bar owner for a Senator.
BRT – re: “I learned this at a Rage Against the Machine concert ”
Was at Woodstock 99. Super Hot day. Rage must be capitalists through and through. Water was like $5 a bottle at that one WAY BACK in 1999. I might have drank bong water that night…..
Be curious to know the full story on the solar/permits (Bill Maher)
https://youtu.be/8_eeavqZ8V8
It’s interesting and bizarre to me that certain people can only see things through not only a political lens but a biased one as well. And we’re not talking about “the deplorables “ either, these are “highly educated” people like Fabius and Comrade and Gary and others. No one is completely unbiased, of course. But I just can’t imagine being that way.
Libturd says:
January 22, 2021 at 7:47 pm
Thanks for saving me the keystrokes Joyce.
It’s funny. Fab Slacks thinks people don’t like him because of his politics. The truth is, it’s his inability to see things clearly through his political bias that bothers so many.
I would say Zack de la Rocha was the real deal. I mean, I agree with very little of his views but he walked away from the band to march with mexican rebels for 10 years. We realized they were full of crap when we went to see them and Beasties play at the “Free Mumia” concert at the meadowlands. We went home to Rutgers computer labs and printed out 1000 pages of the trial. Started reading it and were like “this guy is guilty a sh!t”
Morello is a limosine socia1ist who now endorses machine candidates. When I was 21, my friend and I went to see Tom Morello play acoustic as “the nightwatchman” in Greenwich village. We had no idea what it was going to be like since his skills on the electric guitar wouldn’t translate there. We got there 20 minutes after the doors opened. It was 20 bucks. Holy crap…the walls were lined with Russian c0mmunist art. Jeannine Garafolo was on stage screaming how evil capitalism was. Some kid walks buy with a clip board asking us what brought us here to the “c0mmunist revolution”? We looked at each other like “uhhh, we just wanted to see Morello play”. He goes, “how did you like his set?”. Apparently, he played for 15 minutes at the door opening. We were like “ok, peace, we are out”.
I wanted to take my wife to the Cubs world series game because she’s a fan. Seats were going for like $15k…it was insane. But I spotted good ol Tom Morello in the crowd…
Always loved the music, even most of the lyrics of the first 2 albums. But I saw right through their ignorance at age 19-20.
One of my first concerts. Bringing canned food for entrance.
https://youtu.be/R2S6OfhYWmI
But upon selling, he learned that “the dirty little secret of depreciation is recapture,” he said. The IRS charges 25% tax on the total amount of depreciation taken on a property that has been rented, and regular capital-gains tax (15% or 20%, depending on your tax bracket) on the appreciation from the cost basis to the sales price, said Lisa Cahill, a certified public accountant and chief financial officer of Realean Real Estate in St. Petersburg, Fla. By contrast, if Mr. Sydlansky and his wife had sold the home after moving out, they could have pocketed the gains tax free, up to $500,000.
BRT – Thanks for the story… “I wanted to take my wife to the Cubs”
So you too perhaps married a nice smart pretty midwestern woman.
Smart man, teacher, and what is next? Any aspiration to be a politician?
Deep throat said “Follow the money”, this time round its “Follow the bitcoin”
The more that comes out on this, the worse it gets.
https://twitter.com/PaulLeeTeeks/status/1352765319274663936
I had the conversation this week with my kids on the 1st amendment, where it stops and where it ends, cancel culture and wokness. With the 1st, I respect anyone’s right to protest even if I don’t agree with the message. That said, you go on the protest, you own the message and you own the label. So if you were in Charlottesville and you got canned in your job, that’s life. Zygote protests are a little different as you have some Religious protections.
If you are at a BLM protest, throwing C0 ckta1ls, see you in the big house, same if you are coming out of the burning Best Buy with a 42″ flat screen.
Now the Zygote protests are a great example. If you go on a protest and a lone wolf caps an employee, is that on the whole group? That’s a No. If you go on a protest with a group you know f1re b0mbs clinics and the clinic gets torched, that’s a Yes on the whole group.
In the same vein, what if you rocked the 70s and 80s watching the Dukes of Hazzard and had a set of Dixie Air Horns on your 76 Orange Pinto? If today you recognize that symbolism for what it was and have moved on from that, I can give you a pass. If you are still rocking a Stars and Bars on your 2021 F150, its a No.
What if someone was just at a BLM protest, peaceably, but others were violent… okay if they are canned? those protesting peaceably
Smart yes…pretty yes…midwestern, no…haha NJ through and through. Cubs were the first team she ever saw and it just stuck. I think I’ll finish out my 25 teaching, be fully vested to get screwed on pension and open up my own food truck. The business can follow me when I escape NJ. Either that or start a farm.
Funny, Morello came up in my News feed today. I think its a bit harsh trying to lay Woodstock 99 on him.
http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2021/1/22/tom-morello-says-its-cringey-and-embarrassing-that-some-fans.html
I remember the twitter wars where fans are telling him to stay in his lane and lay off the politics. he’s asking them if they ever actually listened to the lyrics.
“Some of those that work forces
Are the same that burn crosses”
Joyce, the bakery owner is well within their rights to fire the BLM protestor. As I said, you march in the parade, you have to own the message. In the same vein a peaceful protestor in Charlottesville can be canned, even if they didn’t drive the car.
If I went on an Occupy Wall St protest, my company would can me in a heartbeat.
Bystander nailed it. “They care about marketing and money.” How many here that work in Corporate America have had the BLM and diversity emails. There will be many people who if they are identified as being there on Jan 6th will be canned. Even those that didn’t cross the barricades.
8:51 Morello went to Harvard, friend of mine knew him.
He’s somehow become buddies with Springsteen perhaps Bruce
liked the youthful vibe, I dunno. I liked the guitar work in his Chris Cornell
collab Audioslave, but then I always abhor screaming front men and tend to like those who can actually carry a tune.
Best Tune from Audioslave IMHO:
https://youtu.be/jXaQmqVO7z4
It’s comical. You always hear all this talk of people leaving jersey in the headlines. If that’s the case, why is Wayne forced to add so much housing? 1400 units for one property? That’s like a small Bergen county town population. Add in all the other developments and what’s the population increase going to be? 10,000 to 20,000 more people?
Please don’t tell me everyone is leaving jersey…I really wish it was the case. My town is being destroyed by overpopulation. Stop building in jersey and let these people move to Florida or Texas.
https://www.tapinto.net/towns/wayne/sections/government/articles/woke-wayne-gets-immunity-back-in-affordable-housing-hearing?fbclid=IwAR2N-86aYcL-g-c9Ug5fxYFC_JgINucmocnRIrdqZ5PSwbFjvaS97R7k130
I don’t understand why they can’t make affordable housing in places like Passaic and Paterson. Build a giant building for them there. Fix those areas, don’t f’k up nice areas.
Not rocket science, but have mental midgets at work with affordable housing. They can’t afford to pay for affordable housing, so they make these ludicrous deals with developers to help pay for it. It makes me so angry…so ignorant.
Develop or die, this is the way.
You got it all backwards – Towns die when people don’t want to put 1,400 new units in.
Large tract properties like Toys and GAF are destined to turn residential. This is enshrined in our zoning and master planning. As long as residential is considered a preferred use over commercial and industrial, this will be the case.
This is why you don’t live across the street from ping pong central.
Which way do you want it? You can’t have both unless you are willing to just buy the property yourself.
I want smart development, not over development. How many people is Wayne going to have after this? Talking maybe over 70,000 people. Good for future real estate values and the economy, but there is a cost. There is no free lunch, the character of the area is changing.
I just laugh when people make wild claims that no one wants to live in jersey and everyone is leaving. If that’s the case, why such enormous demand to build on every parcel of land.
So get a loan, buy the properties, and keep them vacant for everyone else to enjoy.
You are right, and thanks for pointing that out. Can’t stop development if the price of land keeps going up.
Maybe I will play the billion dollar lottery and hope I get lucky!! Buy the toys lot out and donate it to the town in the form of a park/museum.
Joyce,
You are way too logical this place.
Dufus,
Why? Because money is free. People are jumping in both feet. No risk. Bubble mentality, malinvestment driven by Fed. Read the freaking blog.
8:51 Morello went to Harvard, friend of mine knew him.
He’s somehow become buddies with Springsteen perhaps Bruce
liked the youthful vibe, I dunno. I liked the guitar work in his Chris Cornell
collab Audioslave, but then I always abhor screaming front men and tend to like those who can actually carry a tune.
Did you just claim Chris Cornell couldn’t carry a tune? Cornell’s voice started to fade later in his career but in Soundgarden, the guy’s vocal abilities were unparalleled. I think it was the substance abuse issues combined with his style that did a number on his voice box later in life.
From that Morello article:
I believe it’s fine to ignore the message and just enjoy the music…but to be completely surprised at my ideological point of view in 2020, when you’re very familiar with elements of my 20-album catalog, it’s surprising to me
Umm, this is where I lose respect for him. First off, this guy was my original guitar hero and he’s the reason I picked one up at age 18 and learned how to play. But at that time, he was doing the circuit parading around for Ralph Nader’s Green party saying the Democrats and Republicans have become a homogeneous party catering to corporate interests and war mongers. When you fast forward to 2020, he’s gravitated away from that and has become a spokesman the democratic party. To be honest, he still brings up valid points like how the DNC’s primaries are an insult to democracy but he’s clearly joined a team.
I bet if towns could keep a portion of the sales tax you would see an increase in demand by towns for non mall like commercial properties, or at least mixed development with retail, offices, and restaurants on ground floor and apartments or condos for the higher floors.
No evictions for Landlords and you get to carry the back rent for 30 months!
https://re-nj.com/njaa-pushes-back-as-murphy-calls-for-multiyear-repayment-plans-for-past-due-rent/
These people who skipped rent get an extra 30 months. They’ll never pay a dime and it’s going to be a waste of time to try to even recoup it.
NYC is crazy these days, no subway riding anytime soon that is for sure.
https://twitter.com/ABC7NY/status/1352296332300578823
Holy fiick
It’s for the Children.
NO IN-PERSON CLASS MONDAY AFTER MONTCLAIR TEACHERS REFUSE TO RETURN
https://www.montclairlocal.news/2021/01/22/montclair-school-district-blinks-first-no-in-person-class-monday/
Our Super Spreader Governor should be in quarantine.
NEW YORK (WABC) — Between 150 and 200 members of the National Guard who provided security for President Joe Biden’s inauguration have tested positive for the coronavirus.
A total of 25,000 National Guard men and women were deployed to Washington in the aftermath of the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Hundreds of troops were forced out of the Capitol and into a nearby parking lot in close quarters the day after the inauguration.
That same U.S. official said the number of positive tests could still rise in the coming days.
Well if the media didn’t terrify people in a blatant attack on Trump, you wouldn’t be dealing with this.
You still don’t have offices opened up… can’t gather in restaurants, but we expect schools to open up?
I want to go back. I want to open the economy up. Unfortunately, people are too afraid. Hopefully, this changes soon as trump is gone.
Juice Box says:
January 23, 2021 at 11:11 am
It’s for the Children.
NO IN-PERSON CLASS MONDAY AFTER MONTCLAIR TEACHERS REFUSE TO RETURN
https://www.montclairlocal.news/2021/01/22/montclair-school-district-blinks-first-no-in-person-class-monday/
Evidence of why socia!ism doesn’t work. There are bad people out there…f helping them.
Juice Box says:
January 23, 2021 at 11:04 am
NYC is crazy these days, no subway riding anytime soon that is for sure.
https://twitter.com/ABC7NY/status/1352296332300578823
Yup.
This is as brilliant as the affordable housing policy.
BRT says:
January 23, 2021 at 11:04 am
These people who skipped rent get an extra 30 months. They’ll never pay a dime and it’s going to be a waste of time to try to even recoup it.
NYC is crazy these days, no subway riding anytime soon that is for sure.
These people will learn quickly we will go back to the days of NYC where you look at everyone else around you as a potential attacker.
… the DNC’s primaries are an insult to democracy but he’s clearly joined a team.
Speaking of primaries, ALL of them… political parties are private organizations. When will we stop spending taxpayer money on their private voter preference elections?
Is this good or bad?
https://www.nj.com/hudson/2021/01/state-puts-hudson-county-in-charge-of-distributing-vaccines-to-local-health-departments.html?outputType=amp
Is this good or bad?
https://www.nj.com/hudson/2021/01/state-puts-hudson-county-in-charge-of-distributing-vaccines-to-local-health-departments.html?outputType=amp
What’s the issue? I saw Christopher Moltisanti driving them to the site.
BRT – I used to see Michael Imperioli dining out in lower Manhattan all the time. He had a bodyguard! Lol
In the 70s, my parents always taught us to stand in the center of the platform since pushers then were prevalent. Between the increase in graffiti, shootings, subway pushers and drug use, we are officially back in the 70s. The rapid increase in gas prices feels symbolic too as well as the Biden election (Carter2). All we need now is for Iran to act up and for there to be a nuclear disaster. Hip hop today is as bad as disco was then too.
9:34 no it was a reference to “Zach” his previous band mate.
I was in the mud (mosh pit) for Soundgarden’s Lollapolooza show.
If you watch Coming to America, you see how god awful the subways were. I can’t believe people have such short memories.
lol, Spider had a bodyguard. It’s funny. Floyd Mayweather, I get it when I saw him with a bunch of bodyguards. He’s a boxing champion yet probably anyone North of 190 would pick him up and chuck him through a window. I heard Tyson Fury has bodyguards as well. When you are the 6’7 gypsy king of boxing, I don’t quite get that one.
That bodyguard was for Imperioli’s nose.
Ciel Rouge in Chelsea, it was his place not sure if he still owns it. He was there all the time..
Joyce, regarding your Hudson County question. It’s a good thing.
It’s very very likely because of the North Hudson Community Action Corporation’s network of clinics which have satellite health centers all over Hudson and Bergen County as they have taken over as defacto Public Health Depts for those towns.
They are reliable and efficient enough that Hackensack UMC and Englewood MC contract to them to operate their state mandated charity care clinics. It is one of Sen Menendez pet project.
https://nhcac.org
Charity Care? Hudson county machine hacks. They will bill Medicare/Medicare up the wazoo for the shots.
https://nhcac.org/president-ceo-message/
Excellent, sobering reporting over at Vanity Fair, sourced and detailed, on the fateful Capitol siege from the DoD’s (Miller) POV.
“Miller told me that when Trump made him head of the Pentagon, in November, “the bar was pretty low.” He had three goals. “No military coup, no major war, and no troops in the street,” before observing dryly, “The ‘no troops in the street’ thing changed dramatically about 14:30…. So that one’s off [the list].”
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/01/embedding-with-pentagon-leadership-in-trumps-chaotic-last-week
The action reminds me of no fictional story as much as 1988’s Akira, where a frenzied Colonel Shikishima tries to prevent total societal collapse, under pressure from apocalyptic cults, violence and other explosive mayhem in Neo-Tokio.
The article is a bit of a long read, but worthwhile. Full of interesting tidbits for folks of all political persuasions and affiliations.
Have a good weekend, folks.
AP,
I’ll give the article a read a little later, but I just wanted to say…
“No military coup, no major war, and no troops in the street,”
As sad and pathetic as Trump was at [most] times, how great would it have been if our previous presidents set a similar “low bar” of no major wars?
Joyce, agreed. Washington’s farewell address comes to mind.
Joyce,
I second that.
Why are they still rioting in Portland? Have not the residents and businesses had enough? More senseless stupid destruction.
NYC, Manhattan in particular is fu@ked, no one I know young or old wants to go back to the office. Back to the 70s indeed!!
Why are they still rioting in Portland? Have not the residents and businesses had enough? More senseless stupid destruction.
My sister lives in Portland. I’d say about 70% of the people are in full support of it because they are just west coast loopy, smoking too much weed, and suffering from the white guilt of having zero black friends. That includes her. Anyone that is against it is afraid to speak out because they will be called a Nazi and assaulted.
As sad and pathetic as Trump was at [most] times, how great would it have been if our previous presidents set a similar “low bar” of no major wars?
https://babylonbee.com/news/biden-tells-freezing-troops-sleeping-in-garages-to-be-patient-theyll-be-in-iraq-soon
BRT,
Funny article, but the bottom line is what the Democrats did with them is disgusting.
And you can’t blame Trump for that.
I’m pretty sure all the senators and their staff deserve flack for that garage debacle. It goes to show you how little respect they have for them despite all their posturing.
“Federal law enforcement officials are privately debating whether they should decline to charge some of the individuals who stormed the U.S. Capitol this month — a politically loaded proposition but one alert to the practical concern that hundreds of such cases could swamp the local courthouse.”
Ahh, just like in divorce court. Judges are too lazy to prosecute criminals. Why work when you can just dismiss and forget about it.
BRT: it’s insane. That’s the end of that city. The sane ones will leave.
I really hope this doesn’t happen. Those there that broke the law, or laws, should be prosecuted. If it goes by the wayside, it will be like when Obama took over all the talk about prosecuting Bush administration for war crimes quickly faded. Really the majority of the anti-war movement vanished. In comparison, while no banksters were prosecuted at least the the conversation lasted a while.
Phoenix says:
January 23, 2021 at 4:58 pm
“Federal law enforcement officials are privately debating whether they should decline to charge some of the individuals who stormed the U.S. Capitol this month — a politically loaded proposition but one alert to the practical concern that hundreds of such cases could swamp the local courthouse.”
Ahh, just like in divorce court. Judges are too lazy to prosecute criminals. Why work when you can just dismiss and forget about it.
By January 19th there were 1 million COVID vaccines given each day in the United States. Biden just announced his “bold” “plan” to give 100 million vaccines in 100 days — in other words, exactly what the Trump Admin was already doing.
Candidate Biden promised to “quickly end” the pandemic, but now, he says “there is nothing we can do to change the trajectory of the pandemic in the next several months.”
https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1352712833511919623
Washington DC is once again “normal.”
And since there are no longer any news organizations left in the country, I’m sure these two very significant pieces in information are new to most people here. Food for thought.