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"The claim that Russian trolls and bots rigged the election has zero actual evidence behind it." The word rigged implies they determined the outcome. I don't know if we will ever know that for sure. But what we do know for certain is that they were very active in trying to influence the...

AR-15 AK-47 etc.

Correction. Soros isn't seeking international governance, he is pushing international cooperation. Google Soros at Davos. Listen to the talk he gave this year to the World Economic Forum. Soros is an amazing guy. He is old and had to read his speech, but wow, what wisdom!

Balanced opinion. Thank you. Can you comment on the idea of just banning sale or ownership of weapons typical of those used by military forces?

I understand. Though we wish it weren't so. sometimes companies succeed despite unscrupulous behavior at the top. Is shorting such a company, assuming that the bad behavior will get recognized and punished, wise?

First Thanks to Tsing Tao for starting this thread. It's helped me realize that if we had the will it is not impractical , though it would be expensive, for the U.S. to rid itself of military weapons in civilian hands, all semi-automatic handguns, all other handguns with barrel lengths so short...

Trump may be exhibiting signs of a mental problem that go beyond his obvious narcissism. No astute U.S. politician, let alone a sane President, would say what Trump said, in the way he said it, without immediately qualifying or correcting the statement. Is this a clue to his mental state...

True. Has has shifted verbally. He did the same to the DACA kids, told them he had their back. Then 48 hours later he turned his back on them. White house said he would sign an order making bump stocks illegal. Has he signed anything yet? The man is a pathological liar!

I think Ackman shorted HLF for the wrong reason in the first place. A beginners mistake. He should have known better. It was in the nature of a raid. Others realized he had goofed, recognized the depth of Ackman's pockets, and jumped in for quick Profits. Soros bought! You sound smarter...

But how would Trump have known the narrative was "false"? At that point he would have had no way of knowing what "the narrative " was other than that the FBI was looking into Russian involvement in the 2016 election. And were he not involved and innocent, he certainly would have no way to know...

Good questions!

That is your opinion; not mine.

"presumably socialism is more ethical" It would be a mistake, I think, to make a blanket assumption with regard to "socialism". The same as it would be to make a blanket assumption with regard to capitalism. That's why I qualified my remark to indicate that paying little attention to...

But admittedly you'd have to be a fairly dimwitted American not to be able to divide, multiply, add and subtract by ten in your head. Whereas mental arithmetic in 32nds or 64ths, unless you are a professional carpenter, is not so intuitive. Let's just decimalize everything and get on with...

On the PBR news this morning they reported that Melania's mom had gotten a green card, apparently sponsored by Melania. Melania, worked here illegally as a model while on a tourist Visa* and later acquired an H1-B that allowed her to work legally. Now her husband, the Donald, wants to end...

Perhaps the answer lies in regulation of options and bonuses. Require options to have a 30 day, or less, expiration. So there is less chance of being able to bet on a horse after it's crossed the finish line. And make tying bonuses to stock price illegal. But of course that's all wishful...

The least expensive strategy for them and their clients is to buy mostly good dividend paying stocks with strong potential for capital gains and then make minimal changes in the portfolio over time. When corrections hit, simply do nothing other than to use them as an opportunity to put cash to...

Yes of course. However, the typical retail trader will have great difficulty making money with options because of pricing. There are lots of option strategies that look good on paper until you try to find options that can meet the requirements of your fantastic paper trades. One of the major...

Yes. Exactly.

This was announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos this Year. There is all ready 100 million raised for a pilot project. It is coming, and it will have vast consequences for your Child's generation...