Liberals.............

The Forest was shrinking, but the trees kept voting for the Axe, because its handle was made of wood.

And they thought it was one of them.

Minnesota Snow Geese with DAD

 

47 @ WORK

Yes.  Hell yes, I voted for this.  Another 4 years and it will have a bright future.

Don't stop!

We're just gettting started.  The graft and corruption will be exposed to the world.

Dad Caught One!

 

NDTOY

Sold entire position at the open.  

Earnings weren't there.  Revenue wasn't there.

  

San Diego Running Career

 

This photo was published in the March, 1983 issue of THE RUNNER magazine.

I am fairly easy to recognize.  The girl in the white to my left was a great runner and unfortunately had to have surgery after this race.   Later she had a very successful career in real estate in south Florida.

This photo was taken near the end of the 1982, America's Finest City (San Diego) Half-Marathon when the race finished in Balboa Park.   

For most of the 1980's my training route in San Diego was either a 5-mile course along the shores of Mission Bay or on the Boardwalk from Grand/Garnet down to South Mission.   

 

 

The Quiet Company

It was 1979.  No one in the securities business would hire me simply because I zero relationships to call on in San Diego.  They told me to get some sales experience.  The only person I knew was my roommate, Eugene "Geno" Collora.  What a great guy.   If memory serves he even bought a life insurance policy from me once.  Geno was the best of the best.  Honest, hard-working, good cook, exercise fiend, and knew how to laugh like anyone on the Jersey Shore. 

  

TRUETT HANES, World Record Holder

Mr. Hanes broke the world record today for the most number of pull-ups completed in a 24 hour period.

Stunning and epic record for sure.

I did a few pull ups this morning at Planet Fitness.  I can't imagine this many.

10,001 

The D.O.G.E. Chief, Elon Musk

Elon Musk hires programmers, who design systems that catch returning rockets in midair. 

Do you think that he knows anyone qualified to audit government databases?

He will find billions of dollars being wasted that belong to tax-paying citizens of the United States of America.

FROM "AMUSE ON X"

The United States Senate was once hailed as the “world’s greatest deliberative body.” It was a chamber of statesmen, a forum where decorum and debate reigned supreme, and where a president’s nominees were judged not by partisan allegiance, but by character and competence. That noble ideal died long ago. The confirmation hearing of Tulsi Gabbard for Director of National Intelligence (DNI) under President Trump was just the latest evidence that the process has devolved into an unrestrained spectacle of political theater, where nominees are not vetted but publicly humiliated.

Yesterday’s hearing was disgraceful. It was not an exercise in “advise and consent.” It was an ambush. Democrat senators, armed with selectively edited quotes and prepackaged smears, didn’t seek to assess Gabbard’s qualifications or her vision for the role. Instead, they barraged her with gotcha questions, interrupted her attempts to respond, and twisted her words in real-time. The objective was never to deliberate. It was to embarrass her on national television, to stage a spectacle for their base and their media allies. And in this pursuit, they made it abundantly clear: The Senate’s confirmation process is irreparably broken.

The Lost Tradition of Deliberation

The Constitution grants the Senate the power of “advise and consent” to ensure that presidential appointments meet a basic standard of competency and ethical fitness. The Founders, ever wary of unchecked executive power, designed this process as a check against cronyism. They did not, however, intend for the Senate to function as an obstructionist body that rejects qualified nominees solely based on partisan animus.

In the early days of the Republic, confirmation hearings were private affairs. Senators genuinely sought to understand a nominee’s character, asking probing but respectful questions. The process was swift—George Washington’s nominees were often confirmed in a single day. Even controversial picks, like John Marshall for Chief Justice in 1801, were debated earnestly rather than subjected to personal destruction.

That began to change in the late 19th century, when the Senate grew more partisan. By the mid-20th century, confirmation hearings for Supreme Court justices became political battlegrounds, with ideology taking precedence over qualification. The modern era, beginning with the destruction of Robert Bork in 1987, has cemented a new standard: If the opposing party controls the Senate, expect a brutal and disingenuous inquisition.
Tulsi Gabbard: A Case Study in Senate Dysfunction

Tulsi Gabbard’s hearing was a textbook example of how the Senate has abandoned its duty. A former Democratic congresswoman who became a political independent, Gabbard is no stranger to standing up to her former party’s orthodoxy. But her apostasy was precisely what made her a target.

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse demanded that she answer for statements she never made, cutting her off whenever she attempted to clarify. Senator Richard Blumenthal repeated falsehoods about her past remarks, only to ignore her when she offered a direct rebuttal. Senator Mazie Hirono, in her usual performative outrage, lectured her on supposed disqualifications that she conveniently ignored when Democratic presidents nominated radical leftist activists to key intelligence positions.

What was clear from the start was that the decision had already been made. These senators were not there to advise. They were there to obstruct. The hearing was a performance for the cameras, not an attempt to assess whether Gabbard was fit to serve as the nation’s top intelligence official.
Two Solutions: Restore Decorum or Drop the Pretense

If the Senate is to reclaim its dignity, it must either restore the traditional norms of confirmation hearings or fully embrace the reality of the partisan battlefield and level the playing field.

One possible solution is to return to private deliberations. Nominees could be vetted behind closed doors, where grandstanding is impossible, and the focus remains on qualifications rather than political spectacle. The British Parliament handles appointments in a far less sensationalist manner, and the Republic would be better for following suit.

If public hearings must remain, rules should be reformed to ensure fairness. Senators should be required to allow nominees a reasonable amount of time to respond before they are interrupted. False claims should be struck from the record. Most importantly, senators who demonstrate clear bad faith should be sanctioned.

Alternatively, if decorum is gone for good, nominees should be allowed to fight back. If senators are permitted to interrupt nominees at will, nominees should be granted the same right to interrupt misleading or bad-faith questioning. If a senator distorts a nominee’s record, the nominee should be free to ridicule their ignorance in real-time. If the confirmation process is to be a cage match, then at least let both sides throw punches.

Better yet, eliminate the entire charade and require an up-or-down vote within a set timeframe. Let the president have his Cabinet. If the Senate cannot prove that a nominee is unqualified, corrupt, or a legitimate national security risk, then the default should be confirmation. The current system exists solely to provide senators with more time to grandstand for television, not to ensure good governance.

A Nation That Looks Like a Joke

What happened to Gabbard is not new. The same disgraceful treatment was inflicted upon Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in his congressional hearing. Each time, the country is subjected to the same embarrassing circus, and each time the process erodes further.

The Senate should be the world’s greatest deliberative body. Instead, it resembles the Roman Colosseum, where political opponents are dragged in for public execution while the mob—whether on Capitol Hill or in the corporate media—cheers for blood.

If the Senate cannot behave like adults, then it is time to strip them of the ability to play these cynical games. History offers us examples of grandstanding backfiring spectacularly. The 1991 Clarence Thomas hearings, for instance, saw public sympathy shift in his favor as Americans recoiled at the blatant spectacle. Similarly, the failed smear campaign against Robert Bork in 1987 led to a backlash that forever changed how nominees prepare for Senate inquests. When the Senate abandons fairness, the American people notice—and they remember. The American people deserve government that is serious.

Only took 15 long years...........

 Wednesday, November 03, 2010

The only things I want ......

from our politicians are tax reform, immigration reform/enforcement, to discontinue the puppet wars in the Middle East, social security reform and above all, some fiscal sanity.

Asking too much?

Probably but  a man can still dream can't he?

Proud to be an associate member

 

Egg $$$$ Gone Wild

Did you know the cost of a case of eggs for Waffle House to purchase is $175.00 today?

Ralph Emerson said it best................

The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.

GENESIS

We live on a blue planet

That circles a ball of fire

Next to a moon that moves the sea

And you don't believe in miracles?

Friday at the close, it's time for NINTENDO

Solid week. Sold some, and bought some. Added to some, cut back some. Added to my position in NTDOY (Nintendo) shares when they entered NEW HIGH GROUND. Nintendo stands at its historic peak in terms of global fanbase, with 127 million users, up from only 23 million six years ago. With that comes the idea of diversifying away from traditional console-related business cycles to profit from Nintendo’s intellectual property through various channels. This exemplarily includes Movies, Theme Parks, and Merchandise to keep momentum up beyond console cycles.

I often buy stocks going into all-time high price levels. Nice being where there isn't any overhead supply getting dumped on the market! Volume picked up and I might add more next week, earnings estimates look decent. Who thinks I should pyramid the position every point up like Bill O'Neil did with Price Club shares (PCLB)?  Not me, I don't need the risk.

A couple names had to be eliminated. I don't fall in love with stocks and am good at cutting losses. I have honed that skill over 45 years! They weren't doing what I had wanted them to do. Not that they care what I think, the stocks don't know I own them and wouldn't behave any differently if they did.

In the markets, pain is essential, and so is having a plan. My plan is to have my portfolio at an all-time high when the market is at an all-time high.  I am comfortable that my plan is working.

I always have a plan, often my plan is NOT the market's plan.

Overall it was a good week. A solid week.

I had a funny thing happen the other day. I was on the phone with American Express talking to a customer service person who just happened to be living in the Philippines. She had no idea I could hear the loudest rooster crowing in the background. I told her there was a mighty loud rooster out her window!

We both had a giggle.  It's refreshing to see our President, yours and mine, off to such a powerful start to his term.  Thankful for his attitude and desire to make America a better nation.

If you feel so inclined, get in the mood and move your feet to this music.  

Have a great weekend. Do something fun, get off your phone, read something interesting, eat healthy, and enjoy some exercise!

 

COMMON SENSE

 

Fauci. Serial killer!

Fauci is the most prolific American serial killer of the 21st Century.

He’s not a hero nor a respected man of science. 

He funded the creation of COVID, knew about its origins in a lab, and lied to the American people.

Here is Robert Kennedy Jr. weighing in on Fauci.

https://x.com/newstart_2024/status/1871960309901975729/video/1

Robert F. Kennedy reveals how Fauci experimented on, tortured and murdered innocent orphaned children who had no parents or guardians to protect them. He had their bodies buried in a mass unmarked grave so no one would find out. "Tony Fauci made sure that none of those kids had guardians, which is illegal, and then he hid what he was doing from the boards. He took foster homes in 6 states, and he turned over to the pharmaceutical industry." "He made sure that the people who were running those foster homes did not even have medical training. Most of them were immigrants from the Dominican Republic. They knew nothing about medicine or responsibilities, and they were sick." "And when they realized slowly what they were involved in doing to these children, that they were torturing these children. And, you know, there's videos of these children, an old BBC documentary that will make you cry." "I promise you, you can not look at these without weeping. You know, one of these kids, a 12-year-old, who's trying to protect the 8-year-old, and he has a tube in his stomach. And he's telling them, you know, I tried to fight them, and that's what they do." "If you fight them, you can't fight them. You need to just take the drugs, and the kids didn't wanna take them because the drugs were making them horribly sick. And Celia Farber was this amazing researcher who worked on this chapter for me and did a lot of the original research on it." "She went up to Hawthorne, New York to the Gates of Heaven Cemetery. She found the cemetery where Fauci was disposing of the corpses of these children who who died in his illegal experiments." "She found an open pit. It was actually covered by a, by an astroturf carpet. She opened the astroturf carpet and she saw hundreds and hundreds of tiny little coffins stacked haphazardly on upon each other because these are children who have no parents and nobody was there to protect them." "And Tony Fauci treated them as collateral damage, and, you know, his objective was to enlarge the markets for these pharmaceutical companies who he had partnered with by allowing, HIV, these toxic toxic chemotherapy drugs to be given to children." "And then the next experiments, which are in the next chapter, which are equally horrendous is his experiments in on Africa."

So Long Biden............

The filth, the lies, the corruption are over.

The TRUMP SuperStore in Knoxville, TN was packed yesterday when I drove by on my way to COSTCO.

I was amazed that so many COSTCO employees I talked to yesterday did not own shares in the company. I bought another chunk of shares on Friday morning when the stock was up a couple of bucks. It closed up about $23. I own three properties, and all are within driving distance of a COSTCO store. The farthest is Montana, where the store is only a couple hours away.

We have cooler weather coming in the next couple of days and burning oak faster than flights to Epsteins PEDO island by the scum bag politicians.   I love a great fireplace and this one is hard to beat. 

It's snowing in Dixie today, the pines are getting white.

One more day before 47 takes charge.  

God Bless America. 

D.O.G.E.

There are no antibiotics to defeat the legions of parasites that work in Washington.

It will be very difficult bordering on impossible to remove them.

Let's hope common sense returns Monday!

Be honest

I am not certain what planet you grew up on if you don't believe that Trump won three consecutive elections.   Biden, the imposter for a President served his term for the 46, the middle one. 

The Democrat lies and corruption in the voting count made it impossible to detect at the time.

I have a hunch the Trump Team will get that nonsense rectified.

GHOST

 

47 at Work...............

Compassion defined.

As Jerry Doyle would have said, "TWISTED"

I remember when my Mother had a stroke during open heart surgery and became a vegetable for 8 years.  The unnecessary padding of the medical bills, paid for by insurance were in the millions.

I remember the last few months of my father's life.  The amount of drugs and procedures were mind-boggling.  All in the name of the almighty dollar.

The longer I am alive the more fear I have of medical advice from a physician.

Look around at all your tribe.  Look at the drugs dispensed, the "come back in a couple weeks" visits, the unnecessary procedures, and the money grab from the insurance companies.

Sick.

Insane.  

Looters in Los Angeles

Shoot on sight.  Stop the madness.  

There aren't enough Koreans on rooftops!

Bang away at looters, border invaders, arsonists, and keyboard criminals who will be starting to steal "AID" money handed out by the Federal Government.  Biden guaranteed it!

YOUR TAX DOLLAR DONATION!

Democrats at work!

East Palestine: $750 Loan

Maui: $750 Loan

Southeast US: $750 Loan

LA: 100% of the Recovery Costs!

It pays to be a blue state!

Karen Pence

All you needed to know about Mike Pence was on display today by his wife, Karen Pence.

What a display of sheer crass.

Why wouldn't I?

 

Democrats at Work

I left California in 1989.  

Good timing for sure.  

Here is Los Angeles County.

Insufficient controlled burns and vegetation management. 

Water pressure issues impacting firefighting efforts. 

Policy decisions impeding the capabilities of local fire departments.

 

Poor coordination between different levels of government and agencies. 

Disastrous local leadership (not filling reservoirs or maintaining firebreaks).

Los Angeles mayor is on vacation in Africa.

The Los Angeles Fire Department chief is a DEI advocate. 

Biden Administration stopped doing controlled burns.

The fire hydrants don't have water.

But hey, you have a few more female fire fighters in the ranks! At least you got that going for you.

2025 is off to a grand start of Cali stupidity.

As Elon would call it,  insane. 

Ghost Ranch Porcupine

 

Last coyote set of the season!

 

SOROS or HILLARY CLINTON

Who was the better trader?  Asking for a friend.

Simply too good not to revisit this liar and thief.

Worlds best trader? Think again

LFG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I still respect price, volume, and breadth.

The year didn't end the way I had thought it would.

The flu in whatever form it took had me flat out down.

I made a cardinal mistake that has turned out rather well.

I still make mistakes, usually daily.   

Thank God for the million mistakes I have made, they made me a better trader and investor.

I'm off to a grand start in 2025!  It's hard to believe we have the rocket fuel to continue to go for throttle up!

I never argue with the stock market.  The stocks don't know I own them and wouldn't behave any differently if they did.  

Besides having a solid outing in the market today, it is beautiful to know that Ms. Kamala Harris is certifying HER LOSS to Donald J. Trump.   The lies, corruption, and deceit of Democrats will be further exposed during the Administration of 47!  

I am often asked what stocks I own.  Names can change in a nanosecond but these companies are in the portfolio today.

Here are a few that are currently owned by the Parisian Family.

SMTSF

HD

BRK/B

COST

ALAB

NXT

HUMA

WBD

GDX

TSLA

TOST

SOFI

CLF

MXL

Coach Saban, Alabama

Coach Saban saw the writing on the proverbial wall!  NIL, Transfer Portals, and $$$$$ only lead one way!

His career was unequaled.

17 seasons

206 career wins

$120 million in pay

124 NFL Draft picks

11 SEC Championships

2x AP Coach of the Year

5x SEC Coach of the Year

Six National Championships

To play a round of golf with him and get his take on the nonsense going on today, priceless.

MY GROK Score.............

Based on posts found on X, your GROK score would be approximately 65 out of 100.

This is too high!  Way too high.  I thought it would be much lower!

Given the simple fact that there isn't a Democrat on X who doesn't deserve some commentary, it is prima facie evidence my score is out of line!

Cast that in stone!

Most Democrats I know (and thank God I don't hang with any of them)  would much rather see the Trump 47 Administration fail and fail miserably than see the United States of America continue on its trajectory of greatness.

Hard to believe in 2025!

Your government at work boys and girls................

A guy shoots Trump in the head live at a rally “protected” by the Secret Service.

- No manifesto

- No cell data

- No texts

- No emails

- No interviews of parents

- No footage of his home

- No background

- No accomplices 

This is the real cover-up

HAPPY YEW YEAR!

It's too astounding not to read again in 2025!     If you own a single share of stock you need to enlighten yourself.

The Story of DEEP CAPTURE and Patrick Byrne