tokenBoiler

So far, Trump is the only one who has said he will definitely be arrested this week. Everyone else is reporting speculation, that generally traces back to Trump's statements. I guess he knows what he did. ETA: I guess he knows his marks, too: [link=(https://www.mediaite.com/politics/tru...

[quote]The fear has started because a bank that basically gave risky loans to tech startups/crypto has gone belly up. The media really does have a lot of people scammed. [/quote] As I understand it, it wasn't loans. SVB had too much of their assets in long-term Treasuries. When the VC mone...

[quote]what happens to the mortgages that a bank owns if they fold like SVB?[/quote] Wells Fargo forecloses. ...

[quote]It's interesting to think about the fact that detailed satellite imagery is available to anyone who wants to pay for it can lead to lots of "random teenage students" discovering critical movements of enemy personnel and materiel.[/quote] I think it's also interesting that Ukraine seems to hav...

[quote]Why was SVB not low risk? [/quote] They failed. What percentage of banks have failed due to the slowing rate of VC spending? If they were low risk we'd expect to see more of them. Just because people were collecting money while ignoring the risk, doesn't mean it didn't exist....

13 or 17 week T-Bill while you decide. ...

I'm a little surprised that a casino can't do an ACH transfer....

[quote]”Life” and “Rise” rhyme like dog and hat.[/quote] Now it's gonna write a diss track on you, and it's ending in gunfire. ...

[quote]The practice of robbing Peter to pay Paul has reached it's limit. [/quote] The practice of allowing free reign to a well-connected web of idiot executives is no where near its limit, though....

Any deliberately loud one. ...

[quote]Not at all. We fly AWACS aircraft all over the Black Sea everyday[/quote] Yeah, and I know both sides play the "I'm not touching you" game. I guess I always envisioned it as being long figure-8s more or less parallel to the borders, not so much driving up a waterway right towards a major cit...

[quote]Interesting[/quote] I have no expertise whatever, but that approach track certainly seems ... provocative. [img]https://c8.alamy.com/zooms/9/d76c976101374626bee9d492b87252c7/f4p9ea.jpg[/img]...

Little terrorists are reading an unapproved book. ...

[quote]Prigozhin today is once again seen explaining how invaluable Wagner is for Russia, and how retreating from Bakhmut will lead to the collapse of the whole Russian front. [/quote][quote]Besides. Why is he talking about retreating from Bakhmut at all, if just yesterday he was claiming to have “n...

[quote]My dad is a boomer and said when he played little league, the parents didn’t even come to the games. It was all about the kids, by the kids, for the kids. Even their “coach” was another kid just a few years older. Good times. [/quote] I'm a boomer and this is my memory, too. ...

[quote]Social media happened.[/quote] It started way earlier than that. My parents both grew up with Carl Stotz (founder of Little League) in Williamsport. According to them, his basic intent was just to provide enough organization so the little kids would know if they showed up at this time and...

[quote]Ranchers can no longer afford to be paid pennies on the dollar for the beef they produce[/quote] And consumers can no longer afford to pay $6.00 / pound for 70/30 hamburger. A lot of money is going somewhere. ...

[quote]A hearing is set for November 22 in Harris County, Texas, where FanDroppings LLC is located. [/quote] Wait, what? Houston? Hell, I'm never going to believe another recipe I see on this site. ...

Dunno how it is where you are, but here in Indiana I don't trust anybody on the road to do anything rational. Signal, no signal, this lane, other lane, I assume they're going to target me, and I don't turn out until I know I can avoid whatever they do. ...

If it catches you by surprise when they finally tell you, you're a horrible parent. ...