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I missed it while listening for the umpteenth time from our wealth advisor why we should sell because overweighted. He's worried by a sudden Fed rate hike. Politics will be more determinative in my view.

When I was a young father, I used to make my own. My kids loved them.

Like poetry.

Better "extinguished" than extinct, like wise leadership nearly everywhere. Pogo is right and Godot never comes except in occasional false flags. But at least TSLA is up today. I remember the effort of solace by my first wife's Wellesley roommate: "what do you expect from a day which begins by...

The Dems should go highest and use one of their reconciliation options—they have four now if memory serves.

Our wealth manager has urged us to take some profits in light of Tesla recent growth (last two years). We moved enough cash to pay off mortgage, without selling TSLA which is still at 90+ percentage of holding.

I don't want my grey poupon splashed all over my tie.

Not an attorney but taught a lot of USG over the years, this sounds like a serious challenge to states' rights so is only a remote possibility.

Live long!

Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable My public high school was kind of a feeder school for MIT, Buzz Aldrin graduated about four years prior to me and at one point I was impressed the Director of MIT Admissions knew my high school counselor. A Belgian...

None of this negates the virtue of science understanding by leaders. That vacancy is bad for leaders in business and government, as well as for followers. Who do we hail here? Some of the founders were contributors to science of their day, notably Franklyn, Jefferson in agronomy and...

Why would they want to change attitude on Tesla? Top leadership mostly educated in engineering, as opposed to law, here. That's why they are so much better at business. Cf Harvard Business Sch. "managing our way to decline," several years ago (compared to Europeans). Bezos and Musk–-great...

I wonder if this macro drop is negative reaction to reversal by government on climate change? Should be the reverse,...oh, the market.

For decades I defined politics as the struggle for control of peoples' picture of reality. So it is in businesses which advertise and pay dividends (bribes for purchase).

The Long (sic) Ranger was my favorite radio program as a child. Chemo sabe, sabe.