Nice Guy Eddie

Correct me if I’m wrong but Mark and Irv never told anyone that they were their innie version, correct?

Yes, CEOs always tell the truth about how layoffs will be run.

I think it’s more that crypto decided to get behind Trump and tell him that he’s the best. In turn, he will help them out.

The propaganda from unknown sources apparently worked.

I foresee that when walking through a crowded airport, or wherever, smart glasses can alert you to your college buddy sitting in the bar that you just passed. Or remind you that you might want to eat in the airport before getting on the plane. Then Meta or Google receives a commission from the restaurant. Think the Minority Report world minus the pre-crime aspect.

Gotta love when one of your stocks unexpectedly drops a 5.7% extra dividend payment in your account.

Sounds like we’re using similar strategies. I hate tobacco with a passion but happy to own their dividend stocks. I grew up watching my parents smoke constantly, and that was what I smelled like. I figure the universe owes me those dividends today guilt-free. find me a solid, consistent revenue stock that pays out a 4-5% yield, and I will accept that boring money all day.

I don’t see how AI won’t be anything but huge for Meta. Obviously it’s a gigantic capital cost upfront but it will pay off. Start getting users conditioned to typing/talking with AI and Meta will began to learn even more about them and their current state of mind. Then you can pinpoint more relevant ads to them with a higher sales conversion. That will be valuable. Turns into a money printing flywheel. im in healthcare and advertising in Meta is considered fairly weak. It can help with awareness but we and Meta really have limited ability to know when the user needs healthcare today to throw advertising at them. I could see AI helping to recognize what’s going on in that household. $-maker.

From the comments looks like it’s about 20:1 ratio of disapproval with Bill McCartney. I had a boss who went to one of the Promise Keepers stadium events and had one of their books on his desk. This was maybe ‘98. Nice guy. I hope he’s moved on from them.

Would love to see the DOJ sue Abbott for not following federal law regarding flag etiquette. And take the case the trumpiest federal judge in Texas who will tell Abbott to follow federal law.

Golf is a sport?

I've heard some bad reviews that they're jumping around too much with the characters like with Game of Thrones, except they're not Game of Thrones. I'm praising GoT while they still had source material not the ending.

Zuckerberg is about to make billions more with Meta. Eliminate jobs via killing moderation and moving jobs to lower costs states. And he's going to put more and more AI on their apps. Their income will go up whiles costs go down. Wall St. will reward that with a doubling of the stock price. I own tobacco stocks but I refuse to own Facebook, not counting their inclusion in index funds that I can't stop.

Too many in the GOP want Rambo as the Secretary of Defense because that's bad ass. They're also the ones who only consider Special Forces to be real military and not the other millions who serve. The one saving grace about Hegseth is that he looks to be incompetent. The pentagon is full of very smart people that will direct him and he will have no clue what is going on. Will he and Trump get their dream of renaming bases for Confederate traitors? Sure but that's who they are. They will celebrate that as major victories while they lose the war.

Burrows won 85-55 with the help of Dems but it's good to note that there are 86 republicans and 62 Dems in the Texas House. This wasn't 2 or 3 GOP members joining the Dems in voting in Burrows. It creates an interesting situation where the GOP easily has the majority but that majority does not want Burrows as the Speaker. Natural result when the GOP is far from united. As mentioned, those voting for Burrows or abstaining will be targets to remove in 2026. At least we get a minimum of 2 years of Abbott and Patrick not getting everything that they want. Burrows is on the record that he won't stand in the way of school vouchers, so there's an expectation it will pass in some form.