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Yes, Bretton Woods was in place because it was already acknowledged that the U.S. would be the victor. Fortunately guys like Gen. George Marshall and Gen. Dwight Eisenhower learned enough at West Point that retribution after a was fools errand (e.g. Treaty of Versailles). Also, the experience of...

Yes I know BA has a huge order list, but the new hegemony calls. It's the final stages of the Bretton Woods Agreement, with our post-1963 generation of Professional Politicians, as Joe Kennedy Sr. had predicted. It's the U.S. debt that is calling the shots now. Like a guy who makes $80K but has...

Your sentiments are commendable, but now fading into the fog. I think I have read that the ChiComs want to "own" that business. The short legacy story of air travel is that Churchill and FDR had some kind of a deal (Industrial Policy deal). Britain would build the fighter jets (Spitfires), and...

If that's a Biblical reference, I'll have to take your word for it. All I know is that there are two universes: Virtues and Vices. Create two columns on a sheet of paper. Sort any nouns you want into the two columns. (Think of the Ten Commandments was a "Starter Set").

Not even that SML. Money is the wrong measure. It's what brought the money --> Ambition, and overcoming all the challenges. That is what brings the happiness. Not the money. And that is why all the Socialist schemes are doomed to failure. They can redistribute all the money they want. But they...

Yeah, too lazy. But more likely there are large numbers of people (mostly young) who are coming up short in their career ambitions. The "safety valve" out for most of them, is to teach themselves new skills. What's better than sitting at home in you underwear, day trading the market? But that...

The Battle of Midway (June, 1942) looked to be a failure for Nimitz for the first and second waves. Japan lost no assets. Third wave, different story. Japs lost 3 Aircraft Carriers in 5 minutes. A fourth one was lost later that day. Nimitz won the War in the Pacific, one battle. That's why most...

GS is at 55 Broad, I think.

The bond money has to go somewhere. (It can't all go into precious metals)

are you OK, man ?? :finger::finger::finger::finger:

Everybody in there is bonded.

No, I was a contractor working for Pershing. The floor was leased by Peat Marwick ... somebody?

What if there's a giant power failure. I'm not predicting one, but the possibility would weaken the price, considerably.

It's the same with FDA/Big Pharma. Same national defense/contractors. How about Fire Departmens/Arsonists Same stuff, different day. Been going on for centuries A new hustle

Ya know there was a horror show in the crude oil market I think it was April 20, 2020. Some trader was long (not a lot of contracts) at a great price. Problem was, It costs a ton to take delivery. Somebody wanted to make that point. So this one oil trader was the target. $WTIC swung negative (I...

Scattie's no nubie (noob?) Everybody knows different stuff. Cool your jets dude.

Give me a link for those photos please.

196 No, this started with the Marshall Plan (1948). It seemed obvious that flattened economies could not abide by any peace treaties Certainly didn't happen after World War I. So the U.S. would jump-start all those economies. The U.S. started a game of "Monoply" with all these countries. But...

All Religions have a core value of Vice and Virtue. In that way they are identical. But as a human, which is better: to live in Vice. Or to live in Virtue? Seven Deadly Sins (1) pride/vainglory (2) greed/covetousness, (3) lust (4) envy (5) gluttony/drunkenness, (6) wrath/anger (7) sloth...

At the end of World Two, Japan witnessed the power of Nuclear weapons. The Emperor surrendered, unconditionally. By the time General Douglas MacArthur arrived (as Military Governor), he had considered the historical culture, identified what separated Japanese from our western culture. The many...