A friend recently met with her elderly mother’s financial advisor. My friend figured that the financial advisor was a clever fella because her mom made a 15% return last year.
A 15% return-on-investment sounds good to the uninformed, but it isn’t necessarily so great.
DeWine tells CNN Trump should reconsider action on Haitian immigrants
This week, the Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration can remove the Temporary Protected Status designation for hundreds of thousands of Haitians and Syrians, opening the door for those immigrants’ deportation.
It’s right there in the name, “Temporary”. Governor DeWine is not happy that it’s time for the Haitians to leave America.
When I started teaching at Normandy in 1995, I was coming off of an engineering career that was mentally challenging because every project was unique and exhausting because of the long hours on site and extensive travel.
I was enthusiastic. Normandy was a great school for me because nobody was paying attention. I could do whatever I wanted, and I wanted to do so many things. I didn’t care about the time, money or effort, if something seemed like a good idea, then we did it. The mural was a good idea.
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TWZ: U.S. Military Has Used Long-Range Kamikaze Drones In Combat For The First Time
The U.S. has used LUCAS kamikaze drones for the first time in combat, U.S. Central Command acknowledged on Saturday. The drones, based on the Iranian Shahed-136, were launched from the ground by Task Force Scorpion Strike (TFSS).
This seems like one of those, “ain’t life funny” articles.
City Journal: A Simple Policy to Reduce Food Prices
Using food to make fuel is such a stupid idea, politicians won’t even consider changing the rule.
EPA rules effectively require that automotive gasoline sold in the U.S. contain 10 percent ethanol…The amount of energy contained in a gallon of ethanol, it turns out, is only slightly higher than the fossil-fuel energy needed to grow and process the corn that produces that ethanol.
Human trafficking and under-age women are what landed Jeffrey Epstein in prison, but he was doing much more than that.
NYT: JPMorgan Admits It Shut Trump’s Accounts
NYT: JPMorgan Admits It Shut Trump’s Accounts
In a response to a lawsuit filed last month by Mr. Trump and the Trump Organization, JPMorgan, the nation’s largest bank, said for the first time late Friday that it cut off more than 50 Trump accounts in February 2021, shortly after Mr. Trump’s first term ended.
Let that sink in. A month after a president leaves office, The nation’s largest bank attempts to financially cripple him. JPMorgan provided no explanation, so it’s not known who told them to freeze the accounts.
No More Cents- A Fond Farewell to the Penny
Thus, on November 12, the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia held a small ceremony where the U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach struck the last penny that would be released into circulation.
Pennies have been a losing deal for twenty years. Nobody seems to care that they are gone. Maybe I am just in a bubble.
That’s good. I am not traveling for Thanksgiving, but the price of gas eventually effects the price of everything.
According to the article, gas is only $2.87 per gallon in Hawaii. Seems like Hawaii would always have the most expensive gas in the country.
A new theme park is coming to Saudi Arabia thanks to MrBeast
Bill Gates has to be our worst billionaire. He started the Gates Foundation to fix intractable problems so everyone would love him. He managed to jam himself into tough problems, screw things up, then move on to the next problem. Just unbearable.
MrBeast is trying something fun.
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