Bravo, Mr. Trump (My Saint), for giving it to the Stock Market
[May Youtube and all victims recover quickly; my prayers are with a truly great company and it's employees] Note to CNN: Mr. Mudd is all you need in the way of outside expert.
POTUS
As many of you know, I don't like everything Mr. Trump does (Big spender PRUITT at top of my disdain list) but readers of this blog also know that I consider Wall St the devil incarnate.
Amazon
To be clear, I like the convenience of Amazon but what kind of people do we become when possibly the only source of exercise is taken away from us--going to the store. Soon, even groceries will be brought to our doorstep.
I would love for the MSM to run poll asking if the public is aware of the pyramid scheme and the zero-sum game that is our beloved financial institution. I'm convinced that few would know of the devil that is in the details. The reader need only consider that dirtbags like Mr. Zuckerburg (don't let him tell you that he's acting out of SEC regulations) can't wait to sell their option shares while the shares are still high. If it were permissable, Mr. Zuckerburg¹ would sell the day after the IPO because the stock price is never allowed to go below the IPO else what's "Papa Warbucks" for if not to buoy the price of the stock whenever it's in their interest to do so? Do you know of what I speak? It's this, Zuckerburg sells stock and the stock price goes down. At this point, Daddy Warbucks buys stock so that the price drop doesn't cause a panic. Who's Daddy Warbucks? That bastard is the one who brokered the IPO and now does everything possible to keep the price high.
So what, you ask; aren't pensioners benefitting from the Stock Market? Unfortunately, yes, but even when they can collect their retirement funds, it comes at another's loss. Come on now, money doesn't grow on trees. If you and I own the same stock and you sell, my stock will lose value. Daddy Warbucks will try his darnest to maintain the price but he's got a limited amount of funds and, at one point, he's got to say, "sorry," the market forces caused you to lose a bit. In 2008, Daddy Warbucks had no funds and many retireees wondered what happened to all their money. President Obama came up with the money to keep financial companies afloat while saying screw you to the pension holders. Word to the wise: if you play the Stock Market and lose, there'll be no one to save your sorry butt.
There's something better as I've outlined here on this blog. Basically, at one level, volatility is not allowed; instead, stockholders are given dividends at an optimized level. At another level, the stocks can still be traded but only by day traders and other "gamblers" who are well-aware of the risks.Pension funds are prohibited from gambling on the Market.
Amazon has done a number on small mom and pop businesses but what government should do is demand that Amazon utilize those small biz's as satellite warehouses for their products. Make their inventory known to Amazon. Folks, it's either that or we should start considering paying everyone in the country a wage--whether or not they work.
Syria
Here again, Mr. Trump shines as he promises to withdraw troops from Syria. He is doing what the previous president--the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize--could not do preferring to keep the MIC going strong as former President Bush had dictated.
The Wall
I'm glad to see that Mr. Trump has found a way to use the military to defend our Southern border until he gets funding in exchange for DACA. When it comes to fulfilling his campaign promises, I place Mr. Trump at a higher standing than Mr. Obama who failed with regard to wars, public health option, and police brutality. I personally am not in favor of walls but I do like a president that keeps his word to those who elected him.
Media
[just watched BK--no parting smile--I'm dead. . got the school ma'am scowl.]
Morning Joe
Have you ever considered that there's a silver lining to tariffs. What if our run-away consumerism gets a needed slap in the face. What if our Nation's failing businesses find themselves gearing up to make a more competitive product. Wth our automation expertise, we don't need hordes of people to make our products cheaper. Horrors, we can even make them last longer by eliminating planned or unplanned obsolescence.
I say, let it play out, there is no one who understands economics--NO ONE. New business models, for one, distrupt/benefit society in unseen ways. Mr. Bezos should, at the very least, understand that, regardless of alegged benefits, disruptions are also norm and, we don't know which will prevail. I hope he takes proactive action against threats that endanger continued success at Amazon. As an independent--to a fault--I suggest he starts by selling WaPo. MSM acquires their employees further showing your tentacles. Mr. Bezos, can you say "oligarch?"
Morning Joe rails against autocrats and I don't like them either; but I don't like corporatism which could be called corporate autocrats, and THAT, MSNBC just loves.
Should Morning Joe have Washington Post people on his show defending pappa boss Bezos?
Browser
FireFox developed--all of a sudden--a problem with using my password manager. I can't be bothered, I'll have to go back to Chrome. HOWEVER, I just tried Chrome and I couldn't log on to Blogger. The Microsoft autocrat continues its slip shod operating systems!
¹ Zuckerburg supporters might be quick to say that his motivation is noble--that he just intends to build his philantropic empire--but isn't this done at the expense of OUR philantropies?
POTUS
As many of you know, I don't like everything Mr. Trump does (Big spender PRUITT at top of my disdain list) but readers of this blog also know that I consider Wall St the devil incarnate.
Amazon
To be clear, I like the convenience of Amazon but what kind of people do we become when possibly the only source of exercise is taken away from us--going to the store. Soon, even groceries will be brought to our doorstep.
I would love for the MSM to run poll asking if the public is aware of the pyramid scheme and the zero-sum game that is our beloved financial institution. I'm convinced that few would know of the devil that is in the details. The reader need only consider that dirtbags like Mr. Zuckerburg (don't let him tell you that he's acting out of SEC regulations) can't wait to sell their option shares while the shares are still high. If it were permissable, Mr. Zuckerburg¹ would sell the day after the IPO because the stock price is never allowed to go below the IPO else what's "Papa Warbucks" for if not to buoy the price of the stock whenever it's in their interest to do so? Do you know of what I speak? It's this, Zuckerburg sells stock and the stock price goes down. At this point, Daddy Warbucks buys stock so that the price drop doesn't cause a panic. Who's Daddy Warbucks? That bastard is the one who brokered the IPO and now does everything possible to keep the price high.
So what, you ask; aren't pensioners benefitting from the Stock Market? Unfortunately, yes, but even when they can collect their retirement funds, it comes at another's loss. Come on now, money doesn't grow on trees. If you and I own the same stock and you sell, my stock will lose value. Daddy Warbucks will try his darnest to maintain the price but he's got a limited amount of funds and, at one point, he's got to say, "sorry," the market forces caused you to lose a bit. In 2008, Daddy Warbucks had no funds and many retireees wondered what happened to all their money. President Obama came up with the money to keep financial companies afloat while saying screw you to the pension holders. Word to the wise: if you play the Stock Market and lose, there'll be no one to save your sorry butt.
There's something better as I've outlined here on this blog. Basically, at one level, volatility is not allowed; instead, stockholders are given dividends at an optimized level. At another level, the stocks can still be traded but only by day traders and other "gamblers" who are well-aware of the risks.Pension funds are prohibited from gambling on the Market.
Amazon has done a number on small mom and pop businesses but what government should do is demand that Amazon utilize those small biz's as satellite warehouses for their products. Make their inventory known to Amazon. Folks, it's either that or we should start considering paying everyone in the country a wage--whether or not they work.
Syria
Here again, Mr. Trump shines as he promises to withdraw troops from Syria. He is doing what the previous president--the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize--could not do preferring to keep the MIC going strong as former President Bush had dictated.
The Wall
I'm glad to see that Mr. Trump has found a way to use the military to defend our Southern border until he gets funding in exchange for DACA. When it comes to fulfilling his campaign promises, I place Mr. Trump at a higher standing than Mr. Obama who failed with regard to wars, public health option, and police brutality. I personally am not in favor of walls but I do like a president that keeps his word to those who elected him.
Media
[just watched BK--no parting smile--I'm dead. . got the school ma'am scowl.]
Have you ever considered that there's a silver lining to tariffs. What if our run-away consumerism gets a needed slap in the face. What if our Nation's failing businesses find themselves gearing up to make a more competitive product. Wth our automation expertise, we don't need hordes of people to make our products cheaper. Horrors, we can even make them last longer by eliminating planned or unplanned obsolescence.
I say, let it play out, there is no one who understands economics--NO ONE. New business models, for one, distrupt/benefit society in unseen ways. Mr. Bezos should, at the very least, understand that, regardless of alegged benefits, disruptions are also norm and, we don't know which will prevail. I hope he takes proactive action against threats that endanger continued success at Amazon. As an independent--to a fault--I suggest he starts by selling WaPo. MSM acquires their employees further showing your tentacles. Mr. Bezos, can you say "oligarch?"
Morning Joe rails against autocrats and I don't like them either; but I don't like corporatism which could be called corporate autocrats, and THAT, MSNBC just loves.
Should Morning Joe have Washington Post people on his show defending pappa boss Bezos?
Browser
FireFox developed--all of a sudden--a problem with using my password manager. I can't be bothered, I'll have to go back to Chrome. HOWEVER, I just tried Chrome and I couldn't log on to Blogger. The Microsoft autocrat continues its slip shod operating systems!
¹ Zuckerburg supporters might be quick to say that his motivation is noble--that he just intends to build his philantropic empire--but isn't this done at the expense of OUR philantropies?
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