BILL DUDley

Just too good not to share!   See how these liberals flip-flop?

All politics, all the time.  Check out this link on ZeroHedge.

BILL DUDley

Ms. Cheatle

It must be the season for dropping out and resigning!

Bye Bye American DEI!

Kimberly Cheatles gets to leave before she cracks under pressure. Enhanced interrogation techniques found she was full of shit so she took Congressional advice and walked away with a retirement/severance package. 

She didn’t rat out their plan to kill Trump, so they’ll reward this unqualified hire, who’s been a big source of embarrassment. 

I think I should pray for her.  She is probably in grave danger.

The truth will come out even if it has to be leaked out.  I predict it will be a horror show of incompetence. 

Cut. Cut. Cut.

 

Reprint from 12/07/2005

Just too dam good not to share again nearly 20 years later.

The self-dealing among seat-holders, Tommy selling to Bobby, then Bobby selling to Tommy, and on and on and on. The price only went one way!

The move in seat prices over the last 11 months from around the $970,000 mark to $4,000,000 is one of the best moves in the stock market this year. Has anyone figured out the "self-dealing" to run prices higher? There are entities who own 5, 10, 25, over 40 seats who have been buying more to run the price up going into the merger. Anyone figure out who was doing the selling?

Uninformed seat-holders maybe? 

Nawwwwww. Not a chance

The NYSE became a for-profit organization and its private membership disbanded. The 1,366 NYSE seat owners profited from the sale, each receiving 80,177 shares in the new public company, $300,000 cash, and $70,571 in dividends.

JD VANCE

He's a lawyer, a Marine, a businessman, a husband, a father. 

Remember, Obama was a community organizer.

Did I get that right?

Fat Fatties

I am so dam tired of fat people.  People so dam fat they can't do shit.

Fat prevents two things.

One, it prevents opportunity, and two, it precludes possibility.

Fat is earned.   My only suggestion to not be fat is to do one thing.

You can take this to the bank.

Keep your fork away from your mouth.

This is taken from ZEROHEDGE:

According to a 2013 review, fat is not merely a passive store of energy but is, in fact, a highly “sophisticated organ” that regulates metabolic processes and branches of the immune system. Fat tissue is also crucial in regulating many organs and is closely linked with brain function.

Fat provides numerous benefits, Kristen Smith, a registered dietitian, manager of bariatric surgery at Piedmont Healthcare in Georgia, and spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, told The Epoch Times. These include supplying energy, supporting cell growth, protecting organs, and aiding in the absorption of essential nutrients.

Dr. Sulagna Misra, a medical doctor and founder of California-based Misra Wellness, also told The Epoch Times that fat keeps our bodies warm and insulated and serves as a way for the body to store fuel. Additionally, it functions as an endocrine gland with significant activity.

Fat is composed of adipose cells, which produce hormones like estrogen and leptin, cytokines (proteins involved in cellular communication) such as tumor necrosis factors (TNFs), and pro-inflammatory markers. When present in excess, these adipose cells can lead to metabolic or hormonal dysregulation.

Subcutaneous Fat

Subcutaneous fat, located directly beneath the skin, is the most abundant type of fat in the body, according to Ms. Smith. It is also the most metabolically favorable form of fat. Often considered neutral, subcutaneous fat can protect against coronary artery disease and Type 2 diabetes.

According to an article in the International Journal of Obesity, subcutaneous fat is linked to a protective glucose and lipid profile, reduced metabolic risk, and lower levels of inflammatory cytokines. This type of fat appears more passive than abdominal fat and “exerts its protective properties by long-term fatty acid storage.”

However, excessive subcutaneous fat, particularly in the upper body, can be harmful. Research has found that upper body subcutaneous fat is associated with increased cardiometabolic risk factors.

Visceral Fat

On the other hand, studies suggest that high levels of visceral fat raise one’s risk of developing cardiovascular events. Visceral fat is belly fat that surrounds internal organs and is deeper in the abdominal cavity.

Visceral fat is more insulin-resistant, sensitive to lipolysis, and metabolically active. It can generate free fatty acids and uptake glucose more than subcutaneous fat. Additionally, it is a more robust predictor of death.

There are significant differences between fat depots and their associated risks of metabolic disorders. Visceral fat has been shown to generate inflammation and is considered a greater risk for metabolic disorders. Visceral and subcutaneous fat are metabolically distinct tissues.

The Framingham Heart Study measured the relationship between visceral fat and depressive symptoms in 1,581 women (average age 52 years) and 1,718 men (average age 50 years). The study found a relationship in women but not in men. However, a link between subcutaneous fat and depressive symptoms was not observed, underscoring the differences in metabolic activity within each fat depot.

There is also a link between stress, cortisol, and abdominal fat deposits. Stress increases exposure to circulating levels of cortisol, leading to an increased appetite and the mobilization of fat from the periphery (outer areas of the body) to the central region. Cortisol is known to redistribute fat from the outer areas of the body to the abdominal area.

According to a 2011 article in Obesity, various factors could influence the relationship between obesity and depressive symptoms, including inflammation. Visceral fat appears to have “a unique and important contribution” to the inflammatory state, the authors wrote.

Ms. Smith explained that visceral fat typically increases with age and heightened stress levels. Studies indicate that the distribution of body fat is more important for overall health than the total amount of body fat. An unbalanced diet high in fatty foods and carbohydrates, combined with a sedentary lifestyle, creates conditions that promote the accumulation of visceral fat, she said.

Liver Fat

According to Dr. Misra, liver fat consists of fatty tissue stored in the liver, typically as fuel. Liver fat accumulates following excess consumption of sugar and fat (glucose and triglycerides). Diets high in sugar and saturated fat often lead to the accumulation of liver fat. Excessive liver fat can significantly impair liver function. The liver is crucial for metabolism, hormone production, and many other functions, which is why obesity often leads to metabolic and hormonal disorders.

Regarding the role of diet in liver fat accumulation, total energy intake, rather than fat intake per se, is the key mediator of liver fat content. Hypo-energetic diets (calorie deficit) decrease liver fat regardless of total fat content, while hyper-energetic diets (excess calories) increase liver fat.

Dietary fat composition could also affect liver fat accumulation, with diets rich in saturated fat increasing liver fat content more than diets with more unsaturated fats.

Added fructose sources also seem to be of concern when it comes to liver fat. It has been shown that fructose metabolism is faster than glucose and more is converted to liver glycogen. Additionally, ingested carbohydrates are more likely to contribute to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) than dietary fat intake; NAFLD increases the risk of liver damage.

4 Ways to Reduce Harmful Fat

“Monitor what you eat, listen to your body, get good quality and quantity sleep, integrate play, eat more vegetables and fiber, choose cleaner and less processed foods, cook at home, and exercise regularly (especially weight training),” advised Dr. Misra. Keep the following four tips in mind:

1. Avoid processed foods: These include deep-fried or ultra-processed foods, sodas, candy, and commercial baked goods. Foods sweetened with fructose should be avoided or enjoyed only in moderation. Read the labels and avoid ingredients like “partially hydrogenated oils” or “high-fructose corn syrup.” These deplete your body of necessary nutrients and convert to fat quickly.
2. Try a high-intensity workout: High-intensity, high-volume training encourages visceral fat loss and improves carotid artery health, facilitating blood flow to the brain.
3. Stay active: Sedentary behaviors, particularly watching TV, have distinct associations with fat depositions.
4. Eat enough fiber: Increased soluble fiber intake is associated with less visceral fat accumulation—regardless of body mass index (BMI). Increased soluble fiber intake combined with increased physical activity slows the natural progression of visceral fat.

A New Definition of Obesity

Authors of a 2006 review in Current Diabetes Reviews called for a new definition of obesity based on the anatomical location of fat rather than its volume, particularly when assessing cardiometabolic risk.

The review suggested that the term “metabolic obesity,” which refers to visceral fat accumulation in both lean and obese individuals, may better identify those at risk of cardiovascular disease.

Dr. Misra added that there are diseases or situations in which the BMI may be normal, but the person may have a high amount of visceral fat. “I prefer to address each person individually because ‘normal’ weight is a spectrum, and weight gain is complex,” she concluded.

Truth and zero honesty from Kamala Harris!

Kamala Harris is a Democrat.  Democrats lie in just about every aspect of American life.   Democrats believe the majority of Americans are okay with living in a country with no borders, that flies military-age men from all over the world to American cities, puts them on welfare, and registers them to vote. American taxpayers pay for all of this.   It is the ultimate voter nullification.

Your citizenship in this country means absolutely nothing.

Thoughts on the Democratic Party

Spineless individuals with no solid core principles willing to be herded to wherever their party bosses tell them!

Special counsel Robert Hur described the President as an “elderly man with a poor memory,” with “diminished faculties in advancing age.” That's a nice way of saying Biden is too mentally incompetent to know he was committing a crime when he was hoarding classified documents in his garage and closet, yet the Administration says he is competent to still run the country.

Now we have a California liberal running for President. America, let that sink in! What else do you need to know?

Yes, one of the greatest frauds of several generations. And they would have continued it if not for the debate, though they tried with lame excuses like "he had a cold". The entire Democratic Party apparatus lied to the American public simply so it could remain in control. And they wonder why our trust in government institutions is in the cellar. Now they tell us that a candidate that has never won a primary, has a demonstrated failure in her singular assignment as V.P., and could not even carry her own state -- the state of California, no less, is qualified to be President.

Harris, the Border Czar allowed over 10,000,000 criminal (they broke the law to enter) aliens to gain access to your tax dollars.

Had enough of Democrats yet?

Loggers for Trump

I have been running a chainsaw for about 20 years fairly consistently.

I don't do gas logs.  I burn wood. We run through a fair amount of firewood with three fireplaces every fall/winter/spring.  

Love running a saw that is running hot and has a sharp chain.

Saturday was sweet!  I got after it.   I dropped timber so big it scared me.

We are expanding access to a part of my farm that has been nearly impossible to access.  Instead of hiring excavators, I thought I would and could do it myself.

No problem.   Just got after it.

Ear protection, great gloves, sharp saw, heavy boots, glasses, what's not to like!

    

"Deliriously Wild"

I have been around Wall Street jargon for about 40 years. 

I learn new terms every day!    I have a friend who takes an avid interest in the family finances and she introduced me to that term the other day.

She was making reference to recent market action.

When I start hearing terms like that it puts the fear of the Lord Almighty in me!

Markets cycle.  Bad times follow good.  Good times follow bad.

No need to marry them and lose capital needlessly.

Be careful out there.  Things can happen fast, don't think in terms of boundaries.  There are none.

Monday, July 15th at the market close

Had a solid day.   Don't have much equity exposure to tech trading names now, sold a majority of movers off a month ago.   It was a solid first half of 2024.

My growth is in the COST, the HD, the PLTR, the SOFI, and a bit of TWKS, a tiny company that is now being run by a good friend,  and of course a slug of ETFs like FFTY and BOUT across a myriad of indices.   As I grow older, 70 now, I prefer risk in the ETFs versus the individual names.  I don't have the time to make it over again and the ETF space is easy and unique.  Trump and Vance will improve the economy with a solid check on America's finances.  Unlike your finances, ours (in America) suck. 

The goal is to be happy and do good, to live and give back, to laugh and love often.  It was a good day.   If I can get hard work lined up with good luck maybe I can knock out a gain of 25% this year.   I only compete against myself.  The only people I am trying to impress are the 8-year-old version and the 80-year-old version of Dean Parisian.    It is the total portfolio against me.  The goal is not to lose much while winning.  Sure I have had several days (3) where the portfolio dropped over $500,000 in a day.    Yes, bad things happen to good people but did I sell?   No, I didn't sell then and am not selling now.  Why you ask?

Simple.

Live in America, have my health, and have a system I trade.  And thank you MARKETSURGE!   May God bless JD Vance and Donald Trump and their families who will help America achieve.

The best is yet to come.  Believe it.  

Monday, July 15th at the market open...............

Financial markets opening up as expected.

What a weekend.  An inch away from American history being changed.

The current president was on television again last night spitting out more babble.   He is unable to complete a sentence without an error. 

It is impossible for him NOT to muck things up when reading a speech.

This guy will do billions of dollars of damage to the American taxpayer before November.

Make your vote count America. 

Glancing around the 'net I see too many liberals' tears in my cup........I'm going to have to save some for my morning coffee tomorrow!

They want every last one of you................

It is so obvious.   And you don't do a dam thing about it.

1. Open the border to the Third World

2. Give them aid and free housing

3. Oppose "racist" Voter ID laws

4. Rig it so they're able to vote

5. Permanent one-party rule

Wall Street Journal. Finally, some truth!

Wall Street Journal. Talking Truth

Only correct answers............

 

Common Sense, Honesty and Ethics

It's stunning to realize that the most cynical, evasive, and dishonest President in my lifetime occupies the White House.

Someone from the oligarchy needs to step up and fix this mess and find a competent leader for the presidency. 

Our country is a joke.

If you don't believe me add 10% for the Big Guy!  

At 70.....

I asked a friend who has crossed 70 & is heading towards 80 what changes he feels in himself?

He sent me the following:
1. After loving my parents, siblings, spouse, children and friends, I have started loving myself.
2. I have realized that I am not “Atlas”. The world does not rest on my shoulders.
3. I have stopped bargaining with vegetable & fruit vendors. A few pennies more is not going to break me, but it might help the poor fellow save for his daughter’s school fees.
4. I leave my waitress a big tip. The extra money might bring a smile to her face. She is toiling much harder for a living than I am.
5. I stopped telling the elderly that they've often told that story. The story makes them walk down memory lane & relive their past.
6. I have learned not to correct people even when I know they are wrong. The onus of making everyone perfect is not on me. Peace is more precious than perfection.
7. I give compliments freely & generously. Compliments are a mood enhancer not only for the recipient but also for me. And a small tip for the recipient of a compliment, never, NEVER turn it down, just say "Thank You.”
8. I have learned not to bother about a crease or a spot on my shirt. Personality speaks louder than appearance.
9. I walk away from people who don't value me. They might not know my worth, but I do.
10. I remain cool when someone plays dirty to outrun me in the rat race. I am not a rat & neither am I in any race.
11. I am learning not to be embarrassed by my emotions. It’s my emotions that make me human.
12. I have learned that it's better to drop the ego than to break a relationship. My ego will keep me aloof, whereas with relationships, I will never be alone.
13. I have learned to live each day as if it's the last. After all, it might be the last.
14. I am doing what makes me happy. I am responsible for my happiness, and I owe it to myself. Happiness is a choice. You can be happy at any time, just choose to be!
I decided to share this for all my friends. Why do we have to wait to be 60 or 70 or 80, why can't we practice this at any stage and age?

Just speak honestly. Speak the truth.

You know it.  I know it.  Stop kidding yourself.

Mediocrity doesn't hang with high achievers.   They talk shit, do little, make no money, find excuses, belittle, find more excuses, belittle education, read little, are truthfully lazy, and don't engage with people on the move.  They are everywhere these days.

They are scared of those working to get better, those achieving goals and dreams, living large, and leaning into their high expectations.

Likewise, high achievers don't hang with mediocrity.  They don't have the time.  

The food chain has its place.  Prey or predator.  Big dog or hanging on the porch.  Big hat, no cattle.  They have all the answers and know everything they just don't have any money and have no clue about how to make money, make it grow, and use it to make life better.  I often call it no vision, no goals, no dreams, and none in sight.   And not a clue about choices versus chance and what that means.  They are easy to spot!  They are everywhere these days. 

Nick Saban was right then and he is right now.

Ryan Day believes in the same thing. 

Life is too short.  Better yourself.  Daily 

Donald! Do NOT pick BERGUM! Here's why............

DJT needs to look close at this guy............

NO to Doug Bergum

 

Schwab "ACTIVE TRADER"

Tell me again Mr. Chucky Schwab why you won't allow active traders to flatten accounts with a simple button like so many of your competitors?

It is truly amazing how antiquated Schwab is!

The only redeeming part of the merger with T.D. Ameritrade is Think or Swim.

Chuck, get out of your castles and make a few calls. 

Joe Biden on America's BIRTHDAY!

Here is the latest from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C.   The freaked-out crack addict, China profiteer, Ukraine energy expert, and convicted felon Hunter Biden is now in the building!

He must be reviewing the accomplishments of the Biden Administration over the last 3.5 years.

Biden has only brought mass migration from a dissolved border, which has made cartels rich, increased drug-, human-, and child trafficking, is destroying cities, putting pressure on schools, police, housing, and health care, and made our southern border the most deadly in the world.  Biden has dictatorially and unconstitutionally paid off hundreds of billions in student loans; and made the world much more dangerous, as Biden’s energy policies are essentially funding Russia and Iran; and destroying women’s sports by making them compete against men.

Did I miss anything?

I did miss something.  Remember 10% for the BIG GUY?

It's a clown world in the White House today.

YOUR HEALTH

Yesterday, July 2nd, I happened to wade into an office that supports the delivery of health care. 

I had to wait a bit to pay a bill and was sitting in a waiting room of fellow Americans.  I could barely contain myself with wonder and bewilderment.

When will the average American stop and smell the roses?

You don't need a health care professional to give you permission to be healthy.  No Sir, no ma'am you don't.

No Doctor or Nurse needs to give you the go-ahead to better yourself with better health.   

Why don't you just do it yourself?  Get the ass off the couch.  Put down the sugar water.  Give up food out of a box.  Walk.  Run.  Swim. Stretch.  Drink water.  Stay away from sugar.

Give up drinking alcohol.   Give up all the dam medicine you are taking.

Throw the medicine out and start eating an apple a day, an orange, a banana, a salad, some meat.

Take a few vitamins.  Drink more water.  Move about.  Just get off your fat lard ass and start moving.

If you think for a single nanosecond that health care and Big Pharma give a rats ass about your health and getting healthy, think long and hard.

Think again.   America is toast as far as health.  You don't take drugs to lose weight.  You don't take pills for this, for that, for most everything.  Pills suck.  American health care sucks.  Ask any honest provider of health care.

And the health of America sucks.   Look at the obesity in America.  Look at the lard asses walking around in every store, lined up at every fast food place, lined up at the Doctors office.  Maybe they will all die from ink poisoning down the road.    It's a shit show out there and Doctors are making bank daily.   Good on them!

Profiting at the expense of stupidity and laziness, the American way.       

Honesty

 

Falsehood of the MIC

The MIC is a complete and utter financial disaster for Americans.

The stupidity of Americans is appalling.  Most think the MIC is there to protect us from harm internationally.

The harm comes at you every day in the form of interest on debt and the declining value of the U.S. dollar.

You are being taken to the cleaners daily.   Put that tidbit in your bong or pot pipe this weekend while celebrating your new tattoo.

 

On Americas Birthday

Admit it.   The clown world we live in is starkly different from what you hear and see from the demented boyz and galz in the MSM these days.

If Biden were sharp and had an off-night last Thursday he would have been out and about on the talk shows doing Q & A's with media pundits to proclaim how great he is physically and mentally.  Instead, they trotted him out (in the early evening) to read again from a teleprompter about how bad the Supreme Court Justices are!  

You can't make this up!   A tool of Obama, now President!

Here, check this out from ZeroHedge today while you are here .......

"Speaking with Axios while the Biden family met at Camp David on Sunday, White House Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates insisted: "Not only does the President perform around the clock, but he maintains a schedule that tires younger aides, including foreign trips into active war zones, and he proves he has that capacity by delivering tangible results that pundits had declared impossible."

Except (you know it's bad when...) journalist Carl Bernstein told CNN on Monday that there have been at least 15 occasions in the last 18 months "where the president has appeared like he did at that horror show (his debate performance)," and that in the last six months, there have been a marked cognitive decline that has caused some of his sources to approach Chief of Staff Ron Klain to express concern."

Biden has dementia.  You know it, I know it.  But remember this, all it takes is a girl between the ages of 4-12 to be spotted by Joe Biden and he is unstoppable.  Ask Jill if you don't believe me.  Or just look at all the video clips circulating around on the internet of Joe touching them up.

One more thing,  a 6 handicap?  GMAFB