Not just WS & the Fed, Mel. Smart people have lost trust in the whole damn setup.

What's your problem, Matt? There is a very nice wall around the Kremlin. CCP has one as well.

Cathy "This really is a canonical case of the most despicable crime of human trafficking." I keep going back to the George Washington quote about God favoring our great country as long as we honor him and his few simple rules. If not, all bets are off. Like Pope Che...we are way off the reservation now. First we aborted 50 million babies; then we sold their body parts for a profit; now we traffic in live humans in plain sight; and we of course laugh in the face of the Constitution he and his fellow Founders created. I think George would have declined risking his life for a people such as this.

RSE, I think our world changed between Nov 2020 and Jan 2021 in that we are firmly divided into those who now "get it" and those who do not. Pence and all of the other Bidness As Usual crowd are enemies of We The People and our Constitution, every bit or even more than those we "knew" all along we against us. Simple as that. Black and White. Femall.

A-mom...you know how once a year the dictionary publishers add words that are now in common use? Well, when I am king I am going to impose the opposite. After 2020, I plan to remove the word "novel" from all usage.

The comments about Pence are dead on. Ahoe. First Degree. https://www.lucianne.com/2021/03/04/mike_pence_speaks_out_against_2020_election_irregularities_his_warning_stuns_conservatives_triggers_liberals_55069.html

Mike Pence: "After an election marked by significant voting irregularities and numerous instances of officials setting aside state election law, I share the concerns of millions of Americans about the integrity of the 2020 election. That’s why when I was serving as presiding officer at the joint session of Congress certifying the Electoral College results, I pledged to ensure that all objections properly raised under the Electoral Count Act would be given a full hearing before Congress and the American people." Mike Pence : Ahoe trying to fool the peeps one more time.

SBW "I mind the database. That needs to be opposed." Barn Door : Horses Loose Ship : Sailed Cat : Out of Bag Water : Under Bridge this is fun. Next somebody important will say you have to pass a bill before you are allowed to know its content.

Clarice, I stand by my discovery from a year ago. Start with the standard throw away blue masks. Take a razor blade and spilt the seams under each fold. Done carefully, it is invisible to the Karens out there. Enjoy.

Actually, "mask" can be a verb...like when a painter "masks" the trim before spraying. amirite? As to the second point, I third that emotion.

So my wife has been complaining these last few months that anytime we watch some show and one of the characters does something bad or even just stupid, I mutter "Just kill him." (I blame Buckeye) So with that as a backdrop, imagine my tears reading the attached: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/taxes/e2-80-98it-just-sucks-e2-80-99-america-e2-80-99s-jobless-owe-thousands-of-dollars-in-taxes-on-their-unemployment/ar-BB1e7DSy

Jack "...then its been a hoax all a long." Are you REALLY going to make me quote Harry Reid again? "It worked, didn't it?"

Too late, Jack. F'em.

I know Jimmy! Trust me.

Silly Jimmy. If you are expecting anybody in any branch of the Federal Government to check or balance anything, then you have learned nuthin!

Tom "Sounds to me like Wray committed perjury today." Another tree falls in the forst... If a Democrat lies and nobody cares, did he really lie at all?

I read somewhere last week that deaths from all causes in the US last year spiked up from 2.9M range to 3.5M. If THAT is true (have no idea if it is), then we might have to adjust our lines.

A-mom "All is not yet lost." Man at the 50th floor window shouts to the guy who fell from the 100th floor: "How's it going????" "So far, so good!!!"

Ain't nuthin, Neo. Magic Johnson scored more women.

Buckeye, I still think your 500yd solution is the best.

fdcol pretty much nails what many of us are thinking, and it accounts for the diminished "energy" at JOM, seems to me. I know I share his POV exactly: "Gotta be honest. Still in a major funk since the election. Haven’t had much interest in watching the bogus news ... ANY “news”, which I’m sure isn’t anything but a bunch of frigging lies and B.S. And a corresponding lack of interest in opining on much else, either." The only tweak I would make is that the news IS lies and BS, but the part that IS real news - all those EO's and other actions - are every bit as bad or way worse than we expected, should Trump be deposed. But to many of us, no surprise whatsoever.

RSE "Why you need a good information technology lawyer for complex IT agreements:" Because you need somebody who has a very, very large E&O Insurance policy?

Jane, screw SCOTUS. It is as broken as the other two branches of the Federal Govt, just as partisan, and just as uncaring about the US Constitution. WeThePeople are on our own.

Good guys, both of them, Jack.

...Pals of pals. And partners of partners. Office neighbors in Arlington. Got into trouble around the time of Enron but recovered.