BUCKHORN EXCHANGE, DENVER

TRIFECTA!   Overpriced, lousy service, and poor food.   

 

Who said the Criminals aren't in charge?

   1     porn star (Stormy Daniels)

    2     convicted perjurer (Michael Cohen)

    3     convicted extortionist (Michael Avenatti)

    4     adulterer and perjurer (Fani Willis)

    5     adulterer and divorce fraudster (Nathan Wade)

    6     corrupt pervert judge (Nipple Judge Arthur Engoron)

    7     corrupt judge with family ties to prosecution (Juan Merchan)

    8     crazy old pervert who fantasizes about rape and named her cat "Vagina T Fireball" (E. Jean Carroll)

    9     prosecutor who has been credibly accused of international extortion schemes (Jack Smith)

    10     corrupt Soros-funded prosecutor (Alvin Bragg)

    11     corrupt prosecutors who campaigned off targeting Trump (Letitia James. And Fani Willis).

White/Native American Supremacy

No one alive chose their parents.  I am who I am.  Native American Blood (Ojibway, Anishinabe, Chippewa, call it what you will)  and some German Blood, and probably some others.

You better understand the WARNING SIGNS!

1. Full time employment

2. Uses Proper grammar

3. Literacy

4. Responsible Parenting

5.Signs the front of checks

6.Knows their father

7.Being on time

8.Doesn’t litter/Maintains tidy neighborhoods

9.Follows Directions

Intermission

10. Community Pride

11.Possesses a valid ID

12.Practical degree or skill

13. Auto insurance

14.Good credit rating

15.Questions authority with respect

16. No criminal record

17.Pays Taxes

18.Supports Law Enforcement

19.Owns a belt

20.Can say the word “ask”

21. Doesn't feel entitled to “reprayshuns”

22.Won’t assault another human for his sneakers

23. Doesn't hold a pistol sideways to fire

24. Doesn't put $2000 24-inch spinners on a car worth $400

25. Tends to display a high degree of creativity and inventiveness.

Think about this..............

Question: Why is there no cure for cancer?

Answer: There's NO money in it.

Learned to love the game

 

Backing off from the daily machinations of the stock market has given me more time on some beautiful TN golf courses.    

PLASMIC ECHO

The great men and women in the field, those who toil for the benefit of great Americans, have to be ashamed of their leadership.

New lows daily for the Agency.   

My Dad was a LEO.   He wouldn't have believed any of this would be possible.  

Conservative American Here

Since retiring in 2019 and giving up the day-to-day responsibility of managing OPM, (other people's money) I have concentrated solely on growing my own.  When COVID took over, I roared off to my ranch, sat tight, and traded rather aggressively.  Naturally in tax-qualified accounts, one needn't worry about short-term gains.  These are my 2021 IRA closed transactions while COVID was scaring the world.  As you can see, the returns were far more than the stated % return because the account was only a couple of million, not the total dollar amount traded of eight million which is shown.  

2021 Aggressive Account

As time has passed, I have taken more time to consider the state of the American financial system I have altered my approach to my own financial well-being.  Yes, I still sell call options on stocks.   Yes, I still own passive investments. Yes, I still own real estate and have added to it.  Yes, on occasion, when the charts tell me,  I trade rather aggressively.  Yes, I still own far more stocks than bonds.  Yes, I still own large and small companies.   

One thing is for sure boys and girls.  Deficits matter.  Debt matters and interest on debt matters.  We will have a financial crisis on our hands.   Bonds are rich. Stocks are rich.  The FED honcho's have raised rates by 500 basis points.  They are clueless;  that whole bunch should be shown the door which is my definition of transitory.  They can't knock inflation down and have run out of bullets.

I am not a pessimist. 

America is being governed poorly.  We are headed to a financial disaster. 

Be smart about who you vote for this fall.      

  

Truth Bomb after Truth Bomb

Tucker Carlson Drops F-Bomb In Fiery Take on The Joe Rogan Experience

“If I get another f*cking lecture from Joe Scarborough (MSNBC) about ‘defending democracy’... then I’m going to go crazy.”

Tucker says the system is “not even a close approximation of a democracy” because “When they stand up and pass a $60 billion funding bill for Ukraine, when 70% of the population doesn’t want it, when they’re ignoring the actual problems in our country, like the economy and the border, and they’re hauling in Congress over the weekend to pass something that people don’t want while ignoring the things that people do want. And if they do the same kind of thing again and again for, like, 50 years, and they call it a democracy, that will drive you insane because it’s just too dishonest.”

Tucker Carlson urged them to stop lying about our “democracy” because this is how the government really works:

“Why not just say, ‘We don’t give a shit what you want. We are getting something out of this Ukraine funding, whether it’s the thrill of being masters of the universe or whether it’s money from the defense contractors, whatever we’re getting out of it is more important to us than your opinion. This is not self-government. You don’t run this country. We do. Shut up and obey.’ If they at least said that, you’d be like, ‘Okay, I get it. Those are the terms.’ But if I get another f*cking lecture from Joe Scarborough about ‘defending democracy’ when this is not a democracy, it’s not even a close approximation of a democracy, then I’m going to go crazy because I just can’t deal with the lying.”

University of FAFO Advanced Study Course

 

New Lesson Old Message

 

Friday Follies

Going into the weekend, sellers are in charge.  Short sellers emboldened!   

Economic news, political news, most news is pure shit these days.  Half of it unbelievable.  Probably most of it.  

My stock exposure is minimal.  No need to get in the way.  Hero's are in comic books, they don't sit at my trading desk.

Look around, boys and girls!  Gold prices trending, Biden is OTL,  missiles ready to launch, Musk catching hell from Africa's Zimbabwa, (that bastion of intellectual thought), cops (LEO's) getting shot left and right, bird flu, cow flu, 3.2 flu for spring breakers, FISA warrants trendy with the FBI,  covid masks fashionable, covid shots still selling, and lastly, this week I was able to see up close and personal what the business of healthcare is all about.  Ron White has more in him and all he has to do is watch the news!  America, 2024.  Fully engaged in their cell phones and social media nonsense!

My friend from Wisconsin sent me some nice photos that he took while we were bird-watching in Mexico a couple months ago.  For sure the only bright spots on my screen today.

This too shall pass.   Remember the purpose of markets is to separate the weak from the strong.

Enjoy the black-necked stilts and the lone snow goose in Baja!

I reckon the goose take-away is that sometimes you may find yourself out of your element but stay the course if you have what you need!

 

Funny and true.............

FBI

Following Bidens Instructions     

Never. Ever. Forget.

Invest.  In yourself, your education, your financial affairs.

You CAN NOT save your way to being rich.

Erase "CAN'T" from your vocabulary

2022 KENTUCKY DERBY WINNER!

Always BELIEVE! RICH STRIKE for the WIN!

BLS can't lie about this graph!

 

San Diego, Hitters Paradise, Hall of Fame Venue

I think there was one Saturday night when the entire bullpen was in there!   

Team Dream. The Kidder Peabody Playground!

Will never become outdated!

Spring  2009

Dear XXXXXXXXXX,

So, you are in Los Angeles.  Big town.  California hype.  Lots of people.  I know you are enjoying your trip, keeping your eyes and ears open.  Watching, seeing.  You are also in my prayers.  

California is a tough place.   One of my favorite comments when I lived there was that everybody wants to be a star.  It is also an expensive state to live in.  Taxes are very high.  The sunshine in southern Cal is for sure, priceless.  I lived farther south than where you are now and it is one of the most beautiful beach cities on earth. LaJolla. 

I hope you get to meet some people out there that you can learn some things from.  I think you are perceptive about life and that will serve you well in the future.  Ask some of those people you are serving what they would have done differently in their lives.  Listen very carefully for the excuses.  You will hear them.  Listen carefully.

You see, the vast majority of people spend their lives in search of the "perfectly legitimate excuse". They see that as an acceptable replacement for success.  They are negative.  Maybe at your age, you already know some “negative” people.  Negative people look for someone or something to blame. Their life can be summarized as the "quest for the perfectly legitimate excuse". They never really grasp personal responsibility. The closest they come to feeling good is the placebo effect they get from hanging around like-minded people and participating in group gossip and complaining sessions.  Some people, and you probably know a couple already, have turned to using pot as part of their excuse in life.  You see, and this is very important to understand, to get what you've never had, you must do what you've never done.

Understanding this short quote can be the difference between winning or losing; between greatness or mediocrity. It captures the essence of discipline and discipline in life is what will make your life great.  Your Dad has a tremendous amount of discipline.  You know that and it has contributed to a large part of his great success.  If I can wish one thing for you to take away from this trip it is the importance of keeping your balance, keeping your focus and keeping your discipline to pursue your goals.  Your goals, not your mothers goals for you, not your fathers' goals for you. Your goals.  Your passions.    To do that, you will have to step out of your comfort zone.  When you do that, you experience great personal growth.

Always dream and believe that the best is yet to come.  I still do.

With best wishes, 

Dean Parisian

Lies. Disinformation. Misinformation. BS.

Avoid them. At all costs.

Truth will not be found in any of these organizations.

Hasn't every single one of these "news" outlets completely ignored the fact that Joe Biden showered with his daughter, who thinks she may have been molested.

CNN
Washington Post
Media Matters
NY Times
NPR
MSNBC
Atlantic
Bloomberg
Fox News
Investopedia
ABC News
BBC
NBC News
Huffington Post
CBS News
Politico

@70 Looking Back 5 years ago...........

This paragraph is still one of my favorites five years after I wrote it.  It doesn't seem to wear out!

"History doesn't have a reverse gear and there are no do-overs in parenting. We all have the same amount of time every single day to do our best. I always tried to accept the world for what it was and work hard to exploit the opportunities I was given. Sometimes they are hard to see. This past year I have shut off the TV and stayed away from the trance of the lies and bias of a defeated establishment. Hunting has shown me how important pacing one's life is and how important being able to haul ass is too. It's proven that you are only out of the game when you quit. There are a lot of high peaks and deep canyons in life, all possible to get over if you want to pay the price, your price, not mine. Those trips many times will take from you, to get you out of that comfort zone. Those ridges and that rough water will always be there. In my mind, I live deer every day all year long and have for years. What keeps me going is that I know my time is limited for quality hunting. The day will come when I won't get to hunt like I did. The legs won't allow it, so I feel like I have to give it everything I can, while I can. I still can. In closing let me tell you what I would like to see at 65 in 2019. To see less fraud and farce. To see fewer lies from society. To see less instant replay and less end-zone theatrics. To see less bullshit and more personal responsibility. Less government ie my tax dollars and more man up and do it. To see fewer tweets from our President on the stock market and Hillary Clinton brought to account. To see a far smaller balance sheet at our Central Bank and a Fed audit. To see a level playing field in our capital markets infrastructure. To see less war and less class warfare and to continue to hear less of a large sucking sound in D.C. In a perfect world, to have the Montana legislature shorten the mule deer season by a week to 10 days for more bucks, bigger bucks for the kids and hunters who hunt.

Hey, 65 isn't too old to dream!

Thanks for coming along with me!"

Never forget the things that make life far easier..........

Human is not a synonym for rational.

Don't confuse net worth with self-worth.

Success has nothing to do with money and everything to do with how you feel about yourself.

People can do whatever they think they can do.

I've never met a successful pessimist.

I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come.

The extra mile is never crowded.

Americans underestimate the value of pure freedom.

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

Hustle never has an off night.

Don't fear giving up the good to go for the great.

2024 Shed Hunting

 

It was a tough year.  More ranchers are keeping alfalfa bales in the river bottoms to keep deer localized when horns are dropping.  How things change in Montana!

Pop a Pill, Drop the Pounds

Grandpa always said the best way to lose weight is to keep the fork away from your mouth.  Now, they are popping pills!

Obesity rampant, gym memberships galore, the health of America dwindles.

This is a good read.

Fat fanishing via PILLS!

My take is fairly simple.  FWIW from where I sit.  Obesity is NOT a disease. It is a symptom. So are type 2 diabetes, cancer, heart disease, stroke, and chronic inflammation.

All are SYMPTOMS of severe metabolic dysfunction brought on by diet.

You can end them by changing your diet. Eliminate all added sugar, scale back your carbohydrate intake to a trickle, and eat lots of vegetables, fruits, meat, eggs, and dairy. You will be healthy within a year with almost no other effort.  Curb your booze while you are at it.

Now, there is one other catch; eat NOTHING processed. If it comes in a box, bag, bottle, or tub don't eat it. After two weeks you will feel better than you have in years.

Virtually EVERYTHING you have been told about diet in the last 50 years has not only been wrong, it has been a deliberate LIE. Solely to enrich a few powerful industrial lobbies and individuals. Never believe ANYTHING that the government or large industries tell you about diet. That includes dietitians and nutritionists.    

Biden Labor Department (update on 4-9-2024, Bureau of Lies and Subterfuge)

I can't think of a Biden agency that puts out more lies.  

Fabrication.  Lies.  Distortion.  Dishonesty. Disinformation.  Tales.  Evasion.

Take your pick.

It's all on display in the Biden Labor Department.

Read this and weep.   For America.

Lies and More Lies

UPDATE:  Well look at this!  Imagine Dean Parisian being right once again!

Read this and weep boys and girls.   The ooze and slime are thick!

Advance Information: FOR SALE

Looking back years later........................

I don't like to play the LOOK BACK game and say I told you so.   Doesn't make me look as smart as I am.  Better to just keep quiet.   Most people live in the rearview mirror and say "I shoulda done this" "I shoulda bought that" "I knew that was going to be huge" or "I knew that was going to be a great investment".  Those people aren't living, only existing.   They don't know risk and the value of time and have no clue about the 8th Wonder of the World, compounding returns, whether in interest or in the stock market.

This post looks back at my prognostications on the finances of the United States.

With a background in economics and enough common sense derived from being in the markets for 30  years, I decided, on a hot summer day in Atlanta, Buckhead actually, to go down and stage a one-man protest.  Ben Bernanke was staying across the street at the Ritz Carleton and he had his government minions guarding him from seeing my poster.   What do you think of my poster-making skills?  

I called it.  Everything has come true.  Trillions upon trillions in debt, devaluation of the currency, inflation, lies, it just doesn't end with these crooks and shysters in government.  

  

Never. Ever. Forget.

If you have a couple of minutes out of your busy life watching social media reels and perusing your META life of those you love and hate, just do this.  Read.  This. 

NEVER. EVER. FORGET

Wall Street Journal

 They lost me when they went "WOKE".

It's coming. The sky is falling. "R" is here!

The dreaded "R" word!  Recession!    I will say it again, you read it here first, the recession will start the day after Trump takes office.   The liberal media loons will go crazy blaming the Trump presidency on policy causing a recession.

Today, the stock market goes on its merry way.  Again, another day of ATH's.

All.  Time.  Highs.    Buy RSP or SPY, preferably a combination of the two names, and just do nothing.    Just. Do. Nothing.  Just sit.

Here is a precursor of what is happening due to Bidenomics.  America's penchant for eating out is drying up.   

I took this off of ZeroHedge today.

"Darden Restaurants, a top full-service US restaurant group with 1,914 locations across 50 states under its eight brands—Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, Cheddar's, Yard House, Ruth's Chris, The Capital Grille, Seasons 52, Bahama Breeze, and Eddie V's—warned on Thursday that lower-income customers are pulling back on spending. 

"Transactions from incomes below $75,000 were much lower than last year, and at every brand, transactions fell from incomes below $50,000. Similar to Q2, this shift was most pronounced in our Fine Dining segment," Chief Executive Officer Rick Cardenas told investors on an earnings call.

A pinched low- and middle-income consumer comes as no surprise given elevated credit-card balances and rising delinquencies, as well as depleted personal savings. Furthermore, negative real wage growth has been a disaster for the working poor in the era of failed Bidenomics."  

It still amazes me that most people involved in the stock market think that day trading or buying and selling is the way to make money.   The big money is doing the work in bad times and doing what I call, "winnowing" down the names I want to own.  As a cowboy, there is only so much room at the water trough.  You want to keep your best livestock well-fed and watered.  You want to own the best horses and give them plenty to drink.  If lucky, they will produce for you year after year.  I was fortunately very ready when the market began to roll back in November.  There was a silver lining to having had COVID back then and being in front of the computer day and night.  I didn't have the strength to be hunting, fishing, or trapping full-time last fall.  So, I was ready.  The big money is made by sitting.  I wish I knew 40 years ago what I know now.  A big shout-out to the million charts, scans, and screens I have been able to learn from via the William O'Neil database, now called MarketSurge, formerly called MarketSmith, and to the blue and green Daily Graphs books I had Federal Expressed overnight to review each and every weekend.  It was an expensive investment at the time, but now it's an investment I couldn't operate without.  Human emotions haven't changed in 10,000 years.  Fear and greed are in ultimate control of stock prices.  I am forever grateful.  

They changed my life.     

   

  

ELON MUSK. He says it best...........

"The woke hide their evil in a moral cloak."

"This is a battle to the death with the anti-civilizational woke mind virus.

My positions are centrist:

- Secure borders

- Safe & clean cities

- Don’t bankrupt America with spending

- Racism against any race is wrong

- No sterilization below age of consent.

Is this right-wing?"

Think DISASTER! Think TITANIC!

 

In the markets as in life, remind yourself of your boundaries.  Never think it can't happen to you.   I keep this beautifully framed picture on an office wall, easy to see, obviously to remind me daily.   Don't think it can't happen to you.

There is no reason to be stupid in the markets and kill yourself and your trading equity.   Yes, I experienced some tremendous drawdowns which didn't put me out of business but the worst one came at the absolute worst possible time when my Mother passed away.   It was about 25 years ago this week.

It was bad news on top of bad news on top of bad news.

Never believe it can't happen to you.  

  

From the ECONOMIC COLLAPSE BLOG! Michael Snyder put this up!

More than half of all Americans over the age of 65 “are living on incomes of $30,000 or less a year”…

And, for some, the retirement crisis is already here. Just over half of Americans over the age of 65 are living on incomes of $30,000 or less a year, according to the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey. The largest share — just under 23% — have incomes between $10,000 and $19,999.

Millions of elderly Americans are barely surviving at this point.

Meanwhile, the Biden administration has been flying hundreds of thousands of migrants that have no legal right to be here directly into the country…

It means that while record numbers of migrants were flowing over the southern border last year, the Biden White House was also directly transporting them into the country.

Use of a cell phone app has allowed for the near undetected arrival by air of 320,000 aliens with no legal rights to enter the United States.

It comes after a controversy over a 2022 transportation program in which the administration used taxpayers money to move migrants throughout the country on overnight flights.

You have got to be kidding me.

Let me give you another example.

Since 2020, the income needed “to comfortably afford a home in the US” has gone up by 80 percent…

According to Zillow, the income needed to comfortably afford a home in the US has leapt 80% since 2020, far exceeding what the BLS reports has been a 23% increase in median household income over the same period.

The real estate website found home buyers today need to make more than $106,000 a year, up $47,000 from 2020, a change driven largely by higher prices and borrowing costs.

“Housing costs have soared over the past four years as drastic hikes in home prices, mortgage rates and rent growth far outpaced wage gains,” said Orphe Divounguy, a senior economist at Zillow.

But instead of doing something about that, politicians in California actually want to provide interest-free home loans with no down payment required to newly arrived migrants…

Assembly Bill 1840 would change existing law to allow illegal immigrants to be eligible for the California Dream for All Fund, which provides interest-free loans for a down payment on a home for first-time buyers.

The bill was introduced by California Assemblyman Joaquin Arambula, a Democrat, who last month told GV Wire, a Fresno-based news outlet, that he “wanted to ensure that qualified first-time homebuyers include undocumented applicants.”

You have got to be kidding me.

Don’t stop reading now, because there is more.

On Thursday, we learned that the number of layoffs in the U.S. last month was the highest total that we have seen during February since 2009…

The pace of job cuts by U.S. employers accelerated in February, a sign the labor market is starting to deteriorate in the face of ongoing inflation and high interest rates.

That is according to a new report published Thursday by Challenger, Gray & Christmas, which found that companies planned 84,638 job cuts in February, a 3% increase from the previous month and a 9% jump from the same time last year.

It marked the highest layoff total for the month of February in data going back to 2009.

That is terrible news.

But instead of finding jobs for American workers, New York Governor Kathy Hochul wants to “prioritize” hiring newly arrived migrants for state jobs…

New York Governor Kathy Hochul is pushing a plan to prioritize hiring illegal aliens for state jobs by eliminating certain requirements like the civil service exam and high school diploma.

The aim is to expedite the process for illegal immigrants to secure state jobs once they have work permits.

You have got to be kidding me.

Last but not least, let’s talk about what is going on in Washington right now.

In preparation for the State of the Union address, a “large steel fence” was being put up around the U.S. Capitol…

Ahead of President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address this evening – what concerns do the political elites on Capitol Hill have that require security crews to erect a large steel fence around the immediate perimeter of the Capitol Complex?

In several posts on X, FOX News Senior Congressional Correspondent Chad Pergram said the steel, grated 12-foot fence around the Capitol Complex was erected on Wednesday night on the orders of the Secret Service.

Apparently our leaders in Washington have no problem with being protected by walls.

Unfortunately, our southern border has been left wide open and it is being estimated that approximately 10 million migrants have come pouring into this nation since Joe Biden entered the White House…

The number of illegal immigrants in the country has roughly doubled under President Biden. The United States had some 10.2 million illegal immigrants in 2020, and another 10 million have entered during Biden’s presidency. If the 20 million illegal immigrants were all in one state, it would be tied with New York for the fourth most populated state.

And here’s even worse news. If Biden wins a second term in office and there is no serious reform of U.S. immigration and asylum laws — both of which are very real possibilities — we can expect a continuing increase in the rate of immigrants crossing the border illegally.

You have got to be kidding me.

We already have tens of millions of people that are deeply suffering in this country.

To allow millions more to come marching in doesn’t make any sense at all.

We can’t even afford to take care of the people that we already have.  We are completely broke, and we have been adding another trillion dollars to the national debt about every 100 days.

We are literally committing national suicide,

The SOTU RANT!

I turned it off.   The lies were thick with words for the LEFT.

What a sordid address to America and those who work and grew up in this country.

Biden's SOTU Speech was disgusting.

• Fund Ukraine.

• Trump is a threat to democracy and America itself.

• Abortion is good.

• American Economy is stronger than ever.

• Inflation wasn't Biden's fault.

• Illegals are Americans too.

• Republicans are responsible for the border crisis.

• Trump is bad.

• Biden stands with trans children.

• J6 was the worst insurrection since the Civil War.

XERS

Tell me again what's not to like?

$XERS

Xeris Q4 revenue hit $44M, a 34% increase YOY.  2023 total revenue reached $164M, up 49% from the prior year. Ended 2023 with $72M+ in cash. Achieved over $6M cash flow positive in Q4. 2024 guidance: Total net revenue of $170M-$200M, year-end cash of $55M-$75M.

I own a few shares.    I like the story.

Good things ahead.

Long XERS

JOE KERNAN of CNBC

Joe, you are always welcome at Ghost Ranch.  Bring the family, bring the dogs to Montana! 

You are the last of a great breed of journalists.

It was a treasure today to watch you shred the Secretary of Transportation.  The POTUS called him "Secretary Booty Juice."

You have far too much honesty and common sense for COMCAST.

NO ONE SAYS IT BETTER!

I still have hero's,  Elon Musk is the latest.

His grit, truth, and honesty are out there for all to see.

No bullshit.  He puts his money where his business lies.

He had this to say about criminal aliens who invade our nation.

"America will fall if it tries to absorb the world. That is why I am banging the drum so much about this issue."

Another financial debacle in Indian Country.

 

This was a great idea.   Promoters didn't have a clue.  Died before its time.

Native American Advisors, Inc. was to be one of the investment managers.

347 230 7298

 Scammers.  New York,  New York

804 660 6019

This phone number belongs to dark-web thieves.   Richmond,  VA

Scum.

Summer of 1984

"SUCCESS IN A FREE COUNTRY IS SIMPLE.  GET A JOB, GET AN EDUCATION, AND LEARN TO SAVE AND INVEST WISELY.  ANYONE CAN DO IT."

William J. O'Neil

In 1984 I was in Los Angeles when William "Bill" O'Neil was starting his newspaper, Investors Business Daily.  I was invited to a Los Angeles Stock & Bond Club luncheon where Bill was presenting his newspaper.

I would not be where I am without the strategy, discipline, and risk-control of the O'Neil system.

It's a beautiful Monday in Colorado

This is better than first tracks at Tin Pants on Vail Mountain.

NIKE was right from the beginning.

 

On and On and On and On

Riding and driving the ONON train like Bo Keeley headed to a racquetball tournament on the big iron!

Every.  Point.  Up.

 

70 One with the Salt!

In 2023 I bought our home in Los Cabos to stay healthy.

At 70, it's tougher to stay healthy.   I have always loved and respected the water, from early swimming lessons on the Pomme de Terre River in Morris, MN to summers in the Missouri River waters of Lake Sacajawea in North Dakota, obtaining my W.S.I. certificate in the natatorium at UMM, lifeguarding in the summer of 1975 at Page Lake near Hancock, MN to ocean water swimming for a decade in the 1980's at LaJolla Cove in LaJolla, CA where I worked for Drexel Burnham Lambert on Prospect Street.  Now LaJolla Cove has the stench of seal excrement and is often off-limits due to ocean pollution coming up from Mexico to say nothing of the recent shore landings from maritime criminal aliens!  Life happens.  Life often changes.

Look close and see an orange buoy, well offshore, to the left of me.  That buoy is my goal, daily.  Sometimes several times a day depending on wind and wave conditions and what is happening on the trading turret.  The water clarity, the fish, the rays, the pelicans, the frigate birds, the gulls, the osprey, the yachts, and the breaching whales are all here in the waters of mile-long Palmilla Beach.  If you ever travel to Los Cabos, specifically Palmilla, near San Jose del Cabo do yourself a favor.  Check out the sights and sounds of Palmilla Beach at sunrise.  I promise you one thing.  You won't forget it.  Ever.  

  

COLORADO Wake Up!

Yellowstone National Park concluded its longest study on the reintroduction of wolves and the purported “trophic cascade” made famous by a video claiming wolves change rivers. The researchers monitored 21 riparian sites over 20 years and the following was their conclusion…

“We conclude that the restoration of large carnivores to the food web failed to restore riparian plant communities on Yellowstone’s northern range”

In short, the oft-cited benefit of wolves restoring the environment was found to be false - at least over a 20-year period. I’ve often said and will say again that human timelines are much shorter than nature’s timelines and we humans tend to be impatient.

What we do know is that since wolf reintroduction in 1995, the northern Yellowstone elk herd’s population has gone from approximately 17k to less than 4k in 2013 to about 6k today. We also know that elk make up 85% of a wolf’s diet, wolves kill about 22 big game animals per wolf per year, and wolves cause a 32% (specifically 24-43%) decrease in pregnancy rates in elk leading to lower calf to cow ratios which makes it harder for elk numbers to recover.

This doesn’t make wolves good or bad - it’s just facts about a prolific and efficient apex predator. What it does mean is that all species need to be managed. Colorado’s wildlife is in for a rude awakening with no CPW plan to control the wolves’ population or establishment of a carrying capacity.

Laken Riley, murdered by a criminal alien

Police have recommended the killer be charged with felony murder, false imprisonment, kidnapping, and concealing the death of another.

And the laughs just keep coming.............

After centuries of conflict in the Middle East, the Chicago City Council has passed a ceasefire resolution. 

What should be the Chicago City Council's next focus?

Cold Fusion
13.8%

Faster-than-light Travel
16.1%

Build a New Death Star
41.3%

Potholes
28.8%

2,059 votes·Final results

What did I miss?

It was a stellar morning on Palmilla Beach.  The color of the orioles, the sparkling water, the whales breaching, the Ocean 9 course alive in color, the fresh coffee, hell, come to think of it, it just seems like another day in paradise.  But, somebody has to do it.   And it just as well be me.   

Why not?   I paid the dues.   The only cost of entry was working half days, six to six.   Life is good and getting a hell of a lot better.   Every day.

I haven't been keeping up with much on the macro front in America.  Am holding a lot of cash, far more than anything "normal" and will get back in the saddle when I get back to the ranch.  The markets aren't going anywhere.  They are open 6.5 hours of the day in New York and one can place bets accordingly around the world at any given time.

For now, let me ask you.

Where is America headed?  We have a 40-year high of inflation.

Taxpayers have been hoodwinked into spending billions in Ukraine

There are millions of violent primitives flooding the country.

The yield curve is still inverted.

And we have a liar with dementia being called President of the United States.  The stooge continues to sell America his "JOE" sandwiches, unfortunately, we all have to take a bite.  If you have any ideas on where the U.S. is headed fire away.  I listen to about everyone.  

Today, right here, right now, is a good day to pray and to give thanks.

To say that I am grateful for the life I have is an understatement.  They always called me a dreamer but there is absolutely no way my life has turned out the way I thought it would. We all face great challenges in life. All of us. It is a privilege we all have just to wake up in America.

I thank my Creator daily for the will and motivation that my parents fostered towards education. The privilege of education. We all have it. It is what prompted me to start my scholarship at the University of Minnesota. My scholarship helps leverage resources to produce long-term meaningful impact for students who need them the most and to help break the cycle of poverty, addiction, moral courage, and the suffocating absence of opportunity in Indian Country.

Call it American privilege, I get it, you should too. Gratitude is an awful powerful human emotion and I am elated to have plenty of it.

Every. Single. Day.

Miigwech.

   

National Margarita Day

Last year I turned 70 and changed up my lifestyle.  I decided to sleep better, feel better, lose weight, be kind to my body in the few short years I have left on this revolving rock, and curtail my consumption of alcohol.   I was not a huge drinker, to begin with.   A beer here, a scotch there, some wine with dinner, just probably an average consumer.  I sure haven't gone cold turkey, I still will have a cold beer once in a while, especially after a good day of exercise and on occasion will join in at whatever party I am at.

I did have a beer at a great Super Bowl party this year and last night was invited to a party to celebrate National Margarita Day.  I am not certain if it was National Margarita Day in Mexico, Canada, or the United States but it didn't matter.

The friends, the food, the flavorful marg's were stunningly delicious.  Like martinis back in the day, one is never enough, and two is always, too many!  That mantra only applied to martinis because two or more tequila shots were always a conduit to taking clothes off in public!   The wild times in Mexico in the 1980s were a testament to that, maybe just living through those times was enough and to top it off I honestly NEVER walked on any vehicle hoods while the car was in motion, unlike my friends.    

I not only want to thank the wonderful Canadian hosts of the party who laid out such a beautiful spread of food and drink but to all the people from Canada I met!  These young ladies are terrific fun and humorous stories follow them 24/7.

I could have been hired as a dance instructor,  chauffeur, or security guard but I hope to see another few years of National Margarita Day in Mexico, same place, same time!  Neighbors by chance, friends for life.  

ELON MUSK

I was always serious about people who put their money where their mouth is.

Hunters who get it done, brokers who touted stocks who actually owned a few shares, life insurance agents who actually owned life contracts of the policies they were pitching, trappers who actually put up good numbers year after year, investors who didn't blow up their accounts every few years,  attorneys who took the right side of things, you know, it was like life itself.

Zero tolerance for bullshit.   People who DO and SAY what they are going to do.

Elon Musk comes to mind.   No shortage of money or honesty.  He deserves so much from so many for putting up his money and being honest.

Check out his latest commentary on the wacko's at GOOGLE.

"I’m glad that Google overplayed their hand with their AI image generation, as it made their insane racist, anti-civilizational programming clear to all"

ATT Board of Directors

Once in a great while I will invest in companies with questionable management teams that might have a Board (of Directors) loaded with greatness, talent, vision, and ability, combined with previous business experience. 

There isn't a Board of Directors that has less vision, less talent, less business integrity, and less business savvy than the current AT&T Board. 

The shareholders of the AT&T Corporation should demand immediate action to replace the Board and management.

How much shareholder equity needs to be squandered before enough is enough? 

Have shareholders lost enough?  Do they want to lose more?

It just doesn't end with this crowd of talking heads.

 

What am I missing here?

Any American who votes for Biden is voting for more repression, more lockdowns, more rights eroded and lost, more wars, more inflation, more hatred, more lies, more illegals, more shit in the streets, more homelessness, more lawlessness, and a hell of a lot more corruption.

Be specific in your answers..............

ATLANTA CAN'T. MAKE. THIS. UP

It's Friday, and markets are lethargic.   Laughing with my crew on the latest developments in an Atlanta, GA courtroom the last couple of days.  

Grey Goose:   $45

Trip to Belize for your side piece's 50th birthday:   $10,000

Wearing your dress backward on national television:   priceless

When I was in law school I learned that a few felonies are enough to get someone disbarred.   Is anyone going to enforce laws in Georgia?