Positada
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Positada
@Positada
Living the dream. Trader of the Year 2002. Sub-3 Marathoner 2012. Still trade, still run.
New York’s Backyard 参加日 Mayıs 2014
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Homeowners should pay property taxes, because they, for example, uniquely benefit from the existence of the sewers connected to their house.
Non-homeowners, presumably, wouldn't mind if the streets were full of shit and piss and derive no benefit from their absence.
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@CartoonsHateHer there's a lot going on here. Her maiden name was Bouvier
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Given that it's St. Patrick's Day I have to confess I thought that Jackie Kennedy's maiden name was O'Nassis up until....maybe like a week ago
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@TheCinesthetic But that clip is from the 1931 film. Big hint: there's sound in it
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@dylanruffo @DougKass Ok? Holding the S&P still beats trying to time the market, on more or less every measure, for more or less every participant
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With S and P cash now -23 handles, we have taken in the short Index calls for a profit.
What a fine market for opportunistic traders.. not so much for the buy and hold crowd. @dougkass
Dougie Kass@DougKass
Adding to Index Short Calls @thestreetpro With S&P cash +5 handles I am adding to my Index short calls. By Doug Kass Feb 23, 2026 9:39 AM EST @dougkass @tomkeene @business
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@TheCinesthetic Saw it twice in the theatres, might possibly be the only one on Earth who did, and then came 9/11
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Wet Hot American Summer (2001) flopped with critics at first because they took it too seriously. The movie is actually a brilliant parody of summer camp films, and its absurdity is exactly what makes it so enduring.
cinesthetic.@TheCinesthetic
What is a parody that was done so well that most people to this day don't realize it was a parody?
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@asymmetricinfo Outward Bound still exists. My son did it two summers ago at age 16, was life changing
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My generation had Outward Bound to pull us out of modern society and connect us to a simpler, more organic way of life. Similarly, the next generation may need a program that confiscates their phones and runs them through a series of John Hughes level teen revels.
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@charlescwcooke The late '90s were great not because of rates but because the economy and market boomed and optimism reigned. An amazing time to enter the workforce. I thank my lucky stars my mom went off the pill in the early '70s, thus allowing me to be a part of it
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Everyone seems to idolize the late 1990s. I understand. I do, too, in many ways. In 1996, the average mortgage rate was 7.76%. In 1997, it was 7.57%. We went through a period of low interest rates, but it wasn't normal. That the rates are normal-ish again isn't the problem. (3)
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I know that this is an unpopular thing to say, but, whatever other problems there are with our housing market (and there are many, I agree), it was 2021 that was the outlier for interest rates, not now. Interest rates are quite low, historically. (1) x.com/FluentInFinanc…
Andrew Lokenauth | TheFinanceNewsletter.com@FluentInFinance
A $400K mortgage is now $3,000/month. A $400K mortgage was $1,500/month in 2021. $1,500 more each month for the same home.
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I will be logging off after today for lent
Positada@Positada
@xwanyex Last post for six weeks or are you changing your tune this year? Happy Mardi Gras
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What people mean by “broad economic gains have lifted millions out of poverty”
HowRYouBud@HowRYouBud
@xwanyex “I just completely reject that we are wealthier than we were 20 or 30 years ago in any way that matters.” I think this will confuse people and they won’t consider the rest.
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@realEstateTrent And the average random bagel, pizza, Chinese food, etc etc etc is better in NYC than the best of each in LA
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I’m sorry, but an average random burrito in California is better than the very best burrito in New York City
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@damintoell Half a rotisserie chicken with half a bag of 90 second rice, doused in Frank's Red Hot is my go-to lunch. Four minute prep time, all in cost between $3.50 and $5, depending on where I got the chicken ($5 Costco vs $8 at the other local supermarkets).
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The rotisserie chicken thing is bait for you to yell at them. It’s about a place called Rigor Hill Market that sells a $48 organic rotisserie chicken (with rice pilaf!).
The Wall Street Journal@WSJ
Gen Zers and millennials are swimming in student debt and may never own homes, but they’re splurging on gut-healthy juices and rotisserie chickens. on.wsj.com/3OjPW6M
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@StevenCheah serious danger of burning half the calories of that first beer lol
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I encouraged the boys to walk to the bar that was 0.5 miles away. Everybody is mad at me now. This incline is insane.
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HISTORIC SNOWPACK CRISIS | Without substantial late-season snowfall, Colorado faces potentially severe consequences, including drastically reduced water levels in the Colorado River system and an elevated wildfire risk during summer months -> 9news.com/article/weathe…
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@SCP_Hughes New York did the same thing in the early 19th century. Worked wonders.
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Notice how the authorities laid out a street network far in advance, and then allowed piecemeal development plot-by-plot. This once-common approach yielded a cohesive street network but also allowed a highly competitive throng of small builders to flourish.
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@100YearsAgoLive This man will unfortunately be going places.
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Fascinating that $DIS is having a CEO transition, and the person they offer to the media is the lead director overseeing the succession process. 🤔
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@marcthiessen I made more money on snow days ages 15-17 than I did in the corporate workforce nearly a decade later. Not even counting the satisfaction afterwards
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I’m disappointed that no kids ever came by my neighborhood and offered to shovel snow, could have made hundreds, even thousands this week. What’s happened to this generation?
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