CajunTiger92

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what will become the standard rhetoric

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He is Hitler
He is dumb
He is a racists
He wants poor people to starve to death
He wants old people to eat cat food then starve to death.
He wants to start WWIII

If anything, the left is consistent.

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It's extremely rare to get room upgrades even for good or platinum these days.

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We recently got an upgrade to a Club Level room at a Ritz using the platinum. Guess we got lucky. It was a one night stay, which may have helped.

We spend some time just walking near the piers and parks, had lunch at Fish Market.

In the gas lamp district we had dinner at Rustic Root which was good. It is known for having a great roof top area. We had reservations for the roof top but they were changed after they booked a private event for the entire roof top.

There is a small speakeasy bar, Prohibition Lounge, across the street from there that is worth checking out. You enter through a “law office” door.

One night we ate dinner at Bencotto in Little Italy. It was very good. My wife got the pasta they make in a cheese wheel and it was great. You can watch him make it in the wheel.

6th and G is a good breakfast place in East Village if you like whimsical, funky kinda places.

Balboa Park is great place walk around and to check out.

This down turn likely has a ways to go imo. AMD and the other chip stocks are at the epicenter. I’m not interested in it at this point on the long side. I’m short in the chips space.

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Vanguard 10y outlook for large cap US growth stocks is like 1% annualized.

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The SP500 did worse than that for the 10 years following the popping of the Internet bubble in 2000. I was investing in those days and it was brutal.

During the financial crisis, and all the volatility, I bought a bunch of options really cheap one day that ended up being worth over well 10x the next day. I think in two trades I made something like $50k, a large some of money for me back then.

We liked Annecy and Chimonix. We rode the gondola up and walked around. We didn’t have time to hike but still worth the trip up there. Unfortunately it was cloudy at the top with no visibility so we didn’t go there.

In Annecy we walked around the canal area where the shops and restaurants are. A nice place to have lunch/dinner and drink some green beer (La Verte au Genepi).

The Roosevelt is a great option, particularly if you have a good travel card like the Amex platinum.

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Priority Pass membership

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Domestically, it has really bad wait times in my experience. The only time I’ve been able to get in without a wait is when I have an early flight and there is no one in the airport. The wait at the Atlanta airport made it totally useless. I was glad to have access to Delta’s lounge.