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The latest telephone scam.  I’m not sure what their profit was to be, or how they would use information, but here is what happened to me.   A call came in on my cell phone.   The caller told me that someone (and gave a name) was trying to set up a separate account on my cell phone charges.   What I needed to do was give her the security code from T-Mobile to prevent this. Presto, the code was sent by text to my phone.   Do I give the code number to this voice? Note, keep in mind the voice was muffled, and I had trouble hearing everything she said.   So, I said I would not send any info.   I asked for her name. It was Marie Homhs. When I asked for her phone number, the line went dead.   End of call. Conclusion? A scam - for sure.  Probably, I would be authorizing a new account, and this scammer would be making possible thousands of calls on my account.  It pays to be circumspect about giving information. To anyone. For anything. Online or by phone. ----------------

3/27/18. Now retired! Spend much time watching the stock market, where many of my $$ are invested. Last week was depressing. So, I watch the business news, a lot.   Fact about business shows: they trot in well dressed bull market advocates alternatively with equally well dressed bear market advocates. After enough of this, you are totally confused. What I've noticed about these "experts" is that each uses only a few parameters upon which they rely.   These are mixed with a rather heavy helping of intuition.  Just like us in every day living. Turning to politics, we are led to our leaders and which or what are the few parameters that guide them.   For Obama, it seemed that globalism and its corollaries were at the base of his thinking.   Namely, his desire to convert the world to a globalist Utopian dream.   Simple and idealistic.   For Trump, the parameters are not that clear, but he seems to prefers a more nationalistic view of the world where it remains divided int

Bill de Blasio . It used to be that college students would imitate adults.  Wearing suits and elegant attire, they would act as mature as they could. Nowadays, it is the reverse.  Adults are imitating college students, supporting all manner of youthful positions, mostly extreme uncompromising views – the typical fair of sophomores.  Case-in-point.  With NY City in grief over the loss of a police officer to assassination, the mayor jets off to Europe to hang with a bunch of protesters with seeming goal simply to protest. The man seems to be singularly immature, usually a recoverable illness, but not in his case. --------------------- Presidents . Clinton was bogged down a lot by personal issues. Bush was bogged down by wars in the Middle East. Obama was bogged down by trying to remake the US and the world into a globally unified enterprise.   The question is: Who’s taking care of our country?  This includes the bridges and roadways, the waterways and schools, the power plan

Analysis of recent presidential speeches. Trump: Discusses his version of the issues from his viewpoint, using his personal language.  Often he adds "bonbons." Interesting they are but often create news beyond their value.  After about 45 minutes, one tires of listening,  mostly because of repetition. Trump loves to meet his supporters in an open forum. Trump has learned to use the prompter.  Thankfully. Obama: Well crafted, well cadenced, well articulated speeches almost always based on ideology, not practicality, but extremely predictable. Very much like a college lecture, they simply drone on - and on. Eventually, one is unsure of whether he/she is tuned in or out.   Obama loves to give speeches to anyone. Obama relied on the prompter. Thankfully. Neither excel at spontaneous commentary.  Obama reveals ideology even further, sometimes sounding sophomoric; Trump sometimes expresses rather bizarre sentiments.

Trump.  Nowadays...  If you watch left-leaning channels, you will rarely hear anything positive about Trump.  If you watch the other channels, you will hear constant editorials about how Trump is not living up to promises.  I mean like we are only at about 100 days in.  The Dems are locked into a unity of contempt; the Reps seem to have more camps of interest than most countries have political parties, each criticizing Trump isn’t pure enough in their direction.  Promises???  Most newly elected officials simply say what's that?  Go figure. -------------------------------- Salt.  When I was a kid, years and years ago, almost every locker room had salt dispensers.  We were advised to take some any time we felt we needed the mineral.  Then, suddenly they disappeared, with the admonition that it was only rarely needed.  More damage than harm, etc. Now it’s back with trainers recommending the need for salt when working out or playing hard.  Go figure. ------------------

On Trump:   Two sides seem to dominate what we read.   The Trumpophobiacs who fear his presidency and wish to defeat it before it hardly begins.   The Trumpomanics who believe he will finally fix things and restore America upon its traditional course.   These have the tones of a classical Zoroastrian religious conflict: the arrival of a devil to be defeated vs. the new coming for redemption of all.    Please note he is merely a man trying to follow some internal compass to do what is right – just as Obama did.   But is it right?   Time will tell.   Adoration or condemnation is not the way to resolve your problem. If you believe one or the other, you surely will be disappointed.

Terrorist attack in Berlin.   It seems the perpetrator of the truck attac k at a Christmas market in Berlin left in the truck not only his immigration papers (to be deported) but also his wallet.   I’m a simple guy that would never leave my wallet in any place but my pocket.   Most guys are like this, as women leave documents in he r purse.   One basic conclusion is that our rather stupid perpetrator, Anis Amri, is deeply dead and concealed probably at the hands of his own group, with his documents used to deflect investigations from the trail.   Amri has a perfect profile for exploitation. Note, terrorists place little value on life, even their own. If what I’ve said makes sense, it signals a new approach to terrorism, one in which there is a serious and very secret core group willing to carry out terrorist acts, and moreover willing to sacrifice any and all toward that end.   The war of terrorists becomes ever more dangerous.   Their motto may be: to use the mass refugee pr

1. If the ad even mentions the word "affordable," to me it means I can't afford it or its not worth it.   Affordable has become a buzz-word for costly, for inept, or for deception. 2. Many auto ads are now signifying they feature an EBS, emergency braking system.   These show a driver being completely distracted from driving and then just at the point of a crash, the EBS takes over and saves the day. It will not affect you and I.   It will, however, affect the ever-stupid teenagers believing they are even more bullet-proof than already do.   The EBS will certainly cause deaths and then lawsuits. Many will die. This is a problem for the near future, with actual crash victims charging the manufacturer with faulty equipment or inaccurate expectations.    3. On Hillary's health issues - in the spotlight.   Is the Dem inner circle ready to throw Hillary under the bus in the interest of the progressive agenda?   Possibly. But how can they do it?   Curious quest