The Ukranians are turning 70 years worth of accumulated military hardware owned by the most likely military opponent Europe has into a large pile of scrap metal for us. That’s probably worth supplyin… (View Post)

Bonds on the USS books are supposed to be valued at either current market value (if tradable) or based on a DCA analysis of the company in question if not. Either way they will have written off these… (View Post)

Yes. Probate delays (of which getting a death certificate is one small part) are tying up properties that could be being occupied by people that need housing, or want to move for a better job. Is thi… (View Post)

IIRC almost all the celebrities involved were clients of the same PR firm, who not entirely un-coincidentally had a large stake in the entire thing. (View Post)

On the positive side: the cost of solar power continues to drop like a rock - it’s following a silicon chip-like technology curve. There’s going to be some thrashing about over the next decade, but t… (View Post)