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More homes, better transit, safer walking, higher QOL
So you're saying millions of voters were (are) out to lunch and they determined (determine) our political future?
That's a cheery thought.
That's a cheery thought.
December 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
So you're saying millions of voters were (are) out to lunch and they determined (determine) our political future?
That's a cheery thought.
That's a cheery thought.
Anyone who watched the Republican convention and saw the enthusiastic waving of 'Mass Deportations Now signs night after night knew what was coming.
December 21, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Anyone who watched the Republican convention and saw the enthusiastic waving of 'Mass Deportations Now signs night after night knew what was coming.
Umm. Paris is not 'culturally homogeneous.'
December 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Umm. Paris is not 'culturally homogeneous.'
In an alternate universe a TWU president might try to persuade undecideds using facts and logic.
December 21, 2025 at 1:52 AM
In an alternate universe a TWU president might try to persuade undecideds using facts and logic.
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Roads are for cars and sidewalks are for cars. What's left?
Roads are for cars and sidewalks are for cars. What's left?
December 21, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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Roads are for cars and sidewalks are for cars. What's left?
Roads are for cars and sidewalks are for cars. What's left?
Except Elizabeth Warren is a marxist native-American pretender and Donald Trump is a true American. 😉
December 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Except Elizabeth Warren is a marxist native-American pretender and Donald Trump is a true American. 😉
Ah, Rogers Park. I lived there in the 1970s. How much has it changed?
December 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Ah, Rogers Park. I lived there in the 1970s. How much has it changed?
...and the Cabin John Bridge.
December 19, 2025 at 11:35 PM
...and the Cabin John Bridge.
So the 100s of Wall Street research pieces describing the "missing middle" phenomenon in retail sector after sector are all in my imagination?
December 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
So the 100s of Wall Street research pieces describing the "missing middle" phenomenon in retail sector after sector are all in my imagination?
We live in walking distance to my son's elementary school in a Maryland suburb of DC and my son had to take a school bus because two streets that are basically highways with traffic lights are situated between our house and the elementary school. 2/2
December 17, 2025 at 6:25 PM
We live in walking distance to my son's elementary school in a Maryland suburb of DC and my son had to take a school bus because two streets that are basically highways with traffic lights are situated between our house and the elementary school. 2/2
I walked to elementary school in Queens, NYC and took a public transit bus to Junior High and High School. 1/2
December 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I walked to elementary school in Queens, NYC and took a public transit bus to Junior High and High School. 1/2
See, retail investors, PE is not so risky. 😉
December 16, 2025 at 8:14 PM
See, retail investors, PE is not so risky. 😉
Leaving NYC aside, why is/was the Silicon Valley6 economy not great while the MAG 7 et. al. were/are making tons of money?
December 16, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Leaving NYC aside, why is/was the Silicon Valley6 economy not great while the MAG 7 et. al. were/are making tons of money?
Not giving states and localities the $ and logistical support to absorb immigrants was a bad policy.
December 15, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Not giving states and localities the $ and logistical support to absorb immigrants was a bad policy.
One can argue investors are comparatively well educated.
About one quarter of respondents to an NSF survey gave an incorrect answer to the question: "Does the earth revolve around the sun, or vice versa?"
About one quarter of respondents to an NSF survey gave an incorrect answer to the question: "Does the earth revolve around the sun, or vice versa?"
December 15, 2025 at 10:29 PM
One can argue investors are comparatively well educated.
About one quarter of respondents to an NSF survey gave an incorrect answer to the question: "Does the earth revolve around the sun, or vice versa?"
About one quarter of respondents to an NSF survey gave an incorrect answer to the question: "Does the earth revolve around the sun, or vice versa?"
Thanks for bringing this to our attention.
December 15, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Thanks for bringing this to our attention.
A sad era for what was once one of the most highly regarded Federal agencies. Now Paul Atkins is in hot pursuit of Brad Cook as the worst SEC chair.
www.sechistorical.org/museum/galle...
www.sechistorical.org/museum/galle...
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Welcome to the online museum and archive of the history of financial regulation, providing access to primary materials on the creation and growth of the regulation of the capital markets from the 20th...
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December 14, 2025 at 11:59 PM
A sad era for what was once one of the most highly regarded Federal agencies. Now Paul Atkins is in hot pursuit of Brad Cook as the worst SEC chair.
www.sechistorical.org/museum/galle...
www.sechistorical.org/museum/galle...
If you trolled less, some people who don't like you might like you.
December 14, 2025 at 2:53 AM
If you trolled less, some people who don't like you might like you.
Eyeballing the chart, ending value is something like 900 times starting value? Seems pretty good to me. (Granted, this is not inflation-adjusted.)
December 13, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Eyeballing the chart, ending value is something like 900 times starting value? Seems pretty good to me. (Granted, this is not inflation-adjusted.)
Who could have predicted? /snark
December 13, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Who could have predicted? /snark
I was right about sunspots causing the stock market to crash. It just took a while.
December 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I was right about sunspots causing the stock market to crash. It just took a while.
Thanks Susan Collins, et al. for not blocking Kavanaugh's nomination.
December 13, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Thanks Susan Collins, et al. for not blocking Kavanaugh's nomination.
Thank-you.
Jay Clayton and Paul Atkins made/makes a big deal about the decline in # of public cos. and # of IPOs. They want to weaken investor protections to remedy a situation the SEC created in the first place by making it so easy for private cos. to access investment $.
Jay Clayton and Paul Atkins made/makes a big deal about the decline in # of public cos. and # of IPOs. They want to weaken investor protections to remedy a situation the SEC created in the first place by making it so easy for private cos. to access investment $.
December 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Thank-you.
Jay Clayton and Paul Atkins made/makes a big deal about the decline in # of public cos. and # of IPOs. They want to weaken investor protections to remedy a situation the SEC created in the first place by making it so easy for private cos. to access investment $.
Jay Clayton and Paul Atkins made/makes a big deal about the decline in # of public cos. and # of IPOs. They want to weaken investor protections to remedy a situation the SEC created in the first place by making it so easy for private cos. to access investment $.
A first cousin of the nimby two-step:
This project is bad ‼️ because there is no affordable housing.
This affordable housing project is bad ‼️ because it will attract too much traffic and be out of character with the neighborhood.
This project is bad ‼️ because there is no affordable housing.
This affordable housing project is bad ‼️ because it will attract too much traffic and be out of character with the neighborhood.
December 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
A first cousin of the nimby two-step:
This project is bad ‼️ because there is no affordable housing.
This affordable housing project is bad ‼️ because it will attract too much traffic and be out of character with the neighborhood.
This project is bad ‼️ because there is no affordable housing.
This affordable housing project is bad ‼️ because it will attract too much traffic and be out of character with the neighborhood.