The MTG stuff isn’t as obviously bad though it may well be insider trading. The more obvious stuff is people buying way out of the money calls expiring later that day and making 20x on them. Which seems to be happening ahead of news.

No silver bullet?

george

the US is one of the few countries that does not have a passport check upon exiting a country Yeah, when I was younger I felt slight disappointment for not being able to collect passport stamps when I leave the country.

My guess is scotus won’t go for this invasion/AEA bullshit. Between 7-2 and 9-0.

That would kick gasoline’s ass.

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/columbia-student-protests-suspended-d5a76974 Columbia University suspended 65 students involved in a pro-Palestinian protest Wednesday that took over part of the school’s main library. The students won’t be able to take their final exams or enter campus except to access their dorms. Seniors won’t be able to participate in graduation ceremonies, a school official said. Columbia barred 33 other people from campus, including students from other colleges and alumni who took part in the protest. “When rules are violated and when our academic community is purposefully disrupted, that is a considered choice—one with real consequences,” a Columbia spokesperson said.

NItrogen FTW. LOL I know a guy who got gassed by it. He was in a refinery in Indonesia and entered a vessel that had high nitrogen. Next thing he knew, he woke up in a hospital in Singapore. Said there was absolutely no sensation of anything wrong. One minute, breathing normally......... and then remembers nothing.

I enjoyed the story a lot but did not really need the fecal urgency part. We’ve all been there.

I just finished watching Succession (loosely based on Fox News/Corp and Rupert Murdoch), great show… amazing music… and slightly similar to what we are seeing now.

Well within his rights says mouthpiece of Trump(CF). Fired for being woke? The Evil Trumpire is almost beyond satire. The farce be with you.

@Axtremus But I was mentioning the exception to Horace’s post, you were simply providing an example of what Horace covered in his post.

Dude, it's Friday afternoon. The only question I'm asking at this stage of the week is whether to get the expensive IPA in a four-pack or the cheaper one in a 12. And I have to say, it's a pretty challenging question.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/acting-fema-chief-abruptly-ousted-ahead-us-hurricane-season-2025-05-08/ Cameron Hamilton, the acting director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, has been ousted from his position by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, a day after he told lawmakers in a hearing that he did not support eliminating his agency. The leadership change comes at a time when the agency, which is in charge of coordinating the federal government's response to disasters, is helping states and local communities prepare for the onset of hurricane season on June 1.

This may be way off base, but it seems like more so recently, presidents try and pick a Supreme Court judge who is like them. They probably did so before also, but it was not quite as detailed to try and do so. But still interesting when a president (or presidents after him) picks someone and they do not turn out how they expect.

I'm old enough to remember when Bill Gates manufactured a pandemic. And now he's helping??????

https://twitter.com/drprevost/status/1886469097560719594

@Doctor-Phibes said in What to wear?: I may have told this story before, but we first arrived in small-town Ontario, Canada in December. We were told that the office Christmas party was 'Strictly Formal Wear'. Pretty much everything was in storage, so I rented a tux, and Mrs. Phibes bought a nice dress. We showed up, and I discovered what was meant by the term 'Canadian tuxedo'. I was by far the most over-dressed person of the 400 or so peoplein the place. There were those little leather ties, a lot of cowboy boots, and I think at least one stetson. A couple of the more senior managers wore ties and jackets. Everybody was far too nice to say anything, so we still had a good time. I did, however, look and feel a proper Charlie. That is very funny. Something similar. A friend of me immigrated to the US from Greece when he was in his early teens, and his family settled in a "rough" part of Boston. Not knowing any better, on his first day at the US school, he went there in a shirt and tie. (That was the normal school uniform in Greece). You can guess how well that went over. LOL (He is a funny guy and tells the story much better than I do.)

Wow!! 80 years ago