tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-142512502024-03-17T22:01:16.951-05:00 DEANPARISIAN.COM Manages Parisian Family Office. Began Wall Street, 82. Founded investment firm, Native American Advisors. Member, White Earth Chippewa Tribe. Was NYSE/FINRA arb. Conservative. Raised on Native reservations. Pureblood, clot-shot free. In a world elevated on a tech-driven dopamine binge, he trades from Ghost Ranch on the Yellowstone River in MT, his TN farm, Pamelot or CASA TULE', his winter camp in Los Cabos, Mexico. Always been, and will always be, an optimist. Dean Thomas Parisian http://www.blogger.com/profile/04173119671749016005noreply@blogger.comBlogger4084125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14251250.post-45243863339866136902024-03-10T11:08:00.004-05:002024-03-10T11:26:36.799-05:00Think DISASTER! Think TITANIC!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcaiFPhfyLq0TYFrh2d0MhdOq2CSCLi1VRsuPatsbmxnh6SySKcIhMcd16Upz7skWPdqRMZyxSu0GzFyPIgjLW6MtyCWSz_kBUb-fdIIxQ76T50sdAVmAsK5Vtb6WwQEwYHLQqPZq8MghT-cp-o6H6KH-awolwIGExRlctyQ67Irgdbl6eiIvx/s2048/IMG_9102.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcaiFPhfyLq0TYFrh2d0MhdOq2CSCLi1VRsuPatsbmxnh6SySKcIhMcd16Upz7skWPdqRMZyxSu0GzFyPIgjLW6MtyCWSz_kBUb-fdIIxQ76T50sdAVmAsK5Vtb6WwQEwYHLQqPZq8MghT-cp-o6H6KH-awolwIGExRlctyQ67Irgdbl6eiIvx/w640-h480/IMG_9102.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>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.</p><p>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 bad news on top of bad news on top of bad news.</p><p>Never believe it can't happen to you. </p><p> </p>Dean Thomas Parisian http://www.blogger.com/profile/04173119671749016005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14251250.post-87166889350032448592024-03-08T18:01:00.001-06:002024-03-08T18:01:14.943-06:00From the ECONOMIC COLLAPSE BLOG! Michael Snyder put this up!<p><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Liberation Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">More than half of all Americans over the age of 65 “are living on incomes of $30,000 or less a year”…</strong></p><blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Liberation Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;">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.</p></blockquote><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Liberation Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;">Millions of elderly Americans are barely surviving at this point.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Liberation Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Meanwhile, the Biden administration has been flying <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13155765/biden-illegal-migrant-flying-program-national-security-vulnerability.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1470b2;">hundreds of thousands of migrants</a> that have no legal right to be here directly into the country…</strong></p><blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Liberation Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;">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.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;">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.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;">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.</p></blockquote><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Liberation Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;">You have got to be kidding me.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Liberation Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;">Let me give you another example.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Liberation Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Since 2020, the income needed <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/income-needed-afford-home-us-has-soared-80-2020" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1470b2;">“to comfortably afford a home in the US”</a> has gone up by 80 percent…</strong></p><blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Liberation Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;">According to Zillow, the <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">income needed to comfortably afford a home in the US has leapt 80% since 2020</strong>, far exceeding what the BLS reports has been a 23% increase in median household income over the same period.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;">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.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">“Housing costs have soared over the past four years as drastic hikes in home prices, mortgage rates and rent growth far outpaced wage gains,”</strong> said Orphe Divounguy, a senior economist at Zillow.</p></blockquote><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Liberation Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">But instead of doing something about that, politicians in California actually want to provide interest-free home loans with no down payment required <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/political/california-moves-expand-zero-down-interest-free-home-loan-program-illegal-immigrants" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1470b2;">to newly arrived migrants</a>…</strong></p><blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Liberation Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;">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.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;">The bill was introduced by California Assemblyman Joaquin Arambula,<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"> a Democrat, who last month told <a href="https://gvwire.com/2024/01/19/arambula-bill-would-ensure-undocumented-eligible-for-state-home-loan-program/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1470b2;">GV Wire</a>, a Fresno-based news </strong>outlet, that he “wanted to ensure that qualified first-time homebuyers include undocumented applicants.”</p></blockquote><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Liberation Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;">You have got to be kidding me.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Liberation Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;">Don’t stop reading now, because there is more.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Liberation Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">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 <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/layoffs-surged-february-highest-level-since-2009" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1470b2;">since 2009</a>…</strong></p><blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Liberation Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;">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.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;">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.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;">It marked the highest layoff total for the month of February in data going back to 2009.</p></blockquote><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Liberation Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;">That is terrible news.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Liberation Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">But instead of finding jobs for American workers, New York Governor Kathy Hochul wants to <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/kathy-hochul-s-plan-to-prioritize-illegal-immigrants-for-ny-jobs/ar-BB1jepKk" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1470b2;">“prioritize”</a> hiring newly arrived migrants for state jobs…</strong></p><blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Liberation Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;">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.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;">The aim is to expedite the process for illegal immigrants to secure state jobs once they have work permits.</p></blockquote><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Liberation Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;">You have got to be kidding me.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Liberation Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;">Last but not least, let’s talk about what is going on in Washington right now.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Liberation Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">In preparation for the State of the Union address, a <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/political/open-border-biden-erects-fence-around-capitol-building-ahead-state-union" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1470b2;">“large steel fence”</a> was being put up around the U.S. Capitol…</strong></p><blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Liberation Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;">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?</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;">In several posts on X, <a href="https://twitter.com/ChadPergram/status/1765521403246195080?s=20" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1470b2;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">FOX News Senior Congressional Correspondent Chad Pergram</em></a> said the steel, grated 12-foot fence around the Capitol Complex was erected on Wednesday night on the orders of the Secret Service.</p></blockquote><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Liberation Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;">Apparently our leaders in Washington have no problem with being protected by walls.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Liberation Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Unfortunately, our southern border has been left wide open and it is being estimated that <a href="https://thehill.com/opinion/4423296-matthews-illegal-immigrants-double-under-biden-and-thats-just-the-start/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1470b2;">approximately 10 million migrants</a> have come pouring into this nation since Joe Biden entered the White House…</strong></p><blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Liberation Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;">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.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;">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.</p></blockquote><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Liberation Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;">You have got to be kidding me.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Liberation Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">We already have <a href="http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/this-is-a-tale-of-two-americas-and-those-at-the-bottom-of-the-economic-food-chain-are-being-hit-extremely-hard/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1470b2;">tens of millions of people</a> that are deeply suffering in this country.</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Liberation Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;">To allow millions more to come marching in doesn’t make any sense at all.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Liberation Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">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 <a href="http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/never-go-full-weimar-americas-monetary-base-has-grown-6-times-larger-since-2008/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1470b2;">about every 100 days</a>.</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Liberation Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;">We are literally committing national suicide,</p>Dean Thomas Parisian http://www.blogger.com/profile/04173119671749016005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14251250.post-26412208120129796692024-03-08T08:38:00.004-06:002024-03-08T08:38:25.571-06:00The SOTU RANT!<p><span style="font-size: medium;">I turned it off. The lies were thick with words for the LEFT.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">What a sordid address to America and those who work and grew up in this country.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Liberation Sans", Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Biden's SOTU Speech was disgusting.</span></p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Liberation Sans", Arial, sans-serif;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Fund Ukraine.</span></p></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Trump is a threat to democracy and America itself.</span></p></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Abortion is good.</span></p></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;"><span style="font-size: medium;">American Economy is stronger than ever.</span></p></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Inflation wasn't Biden's fault.</span></p></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Illegals are Americans too.</span></p></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Republicans are responsible for the border crisis.</span></p></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Trump is bad.</span></p></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Biden stands with trans children.</span></p></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 21px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;"><span style="font-size: medium;">J6 was the worst insurrection since the Civil War.</span></p></li></ul>Dean Thomas Parisian http://www.blogger.com/profile/04173119671749016005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14251250.post-11572383666232031962024-03-06T10:08:00.003-06:002024-03-06T10:08:33.191-06:00XERS<div>Tell me again what's not to like?</div><div><br /></div><a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%24XERS&src=cashtag_click">$XERS</a><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"> 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.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">I own a few shares. I like the story.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Good things ahead.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Long XERS</span></div>Dean Thomas Parisian http://www.blogger.com/profile/04173119671749016005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14251250.post-17320597940644353902024-03-05T18:23:00.004-06:002024-03-05T18:25:49.382-06:00JOE KERNAN of CNBC<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Joe, you are always welcome at Ghost Ranch. Bring the family, bring the dogs to Montana! </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">You are the last of a great breed of journalists.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">It was a treasure today to watch you shred the Secretary of Transportation. The POTUS called him "Secretary Booty Juice."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">You have far too much honesty and common sense for COMCAST.</span></p><p><br /></p>Dean Thomas Parisian http://www.blogger.com/profile/04173119671749016005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14251250.post-57479578297922217592024-03-05T18:05:00.006-06:002024-03-05T18:05:50.799-06:00NO ONE SAYS IT BETTER! <p><span style="font-size: medium;">I still have hero's, Elon Musk is the latest.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">His grit, truth, and honesty are out there for all to see.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">No bullshit. He puts his money where his business lies.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">He had this to say about criminal aliens who invade our nation.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">"America will fall if it tries to absorb the world. That is why I am banging the drum so much about this issue."<br /></span><br /></p>Dean Thomas Parisian http://www.blogger.com/profile/04173119671749016005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14251250.post-62309680852464097372024-03-05T15:01:00.002-06:002024-03-05T15:01:36.750-06:00Another financial debacle in Indian Country.<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY2XtHp2UF5QeAo7oiiArrXDpNoTu300jKjhxJ-R43O4jqwPEGLHYEiXUmwfX-1e0QOW3lpvlw5Y8syRUcqKBQqdNfGR0hLz8H1aatKAXicIFqYIxle-daLSGObFp5qKP1FpP6MmxPWyeGCCvFYeRLnQpzSxJ51pLheEWxI66Ae8oaoqGf9Mbq/s1024/IMG_9076.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY2XtHp2UF5QeAo7oiiArrXDpNoTu300jKjhxJ-R43O4jqwPEGLHYEiXUmwfX-1e0QOW3lpvlw5Y8syRUcqKBQqdNfGR0hLz8H1aatKAXicIFqYIxle-daLSGObFp5qKP1FpP6MmxPWyeGCCvFYeRLnQpzSxJ51pLheEWxI66Ae8oaoqGf9Mbq/w400-h300/IMG_9076.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>This was a great idea. Promoters didn't have a clue. Died before its time.</p><p>Native American Advisors, Inc. was to be one of the investment managers.</p>Dean Thomas Parisian http://www.blogger.com/profile/04173119671749016005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14251250.post-34821853911629937392024-03-05T13:39:00.005-06:002024-03-05T13:40:30.536-06:00347 230 7298<p> <span style="font-size: large;">Scammers. New York, New York</span></p>Dean Thomas Parisian http://www.blogger.com/profile/04173119671749016005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14251250.post-33240218927668488482024-03-05T13:03:00.001-06:002024-03-05T13:41:03.050-06:00804 660 6019<p><span style="font-size: medium;">This phone number belongs to dark-web thieves. Richmond, VA</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Scum.</span></p><p><br /></p>Dean Thomas Parisian http://www.blogger.com/profile/04173119671749016005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14251250.post-22490560117600527552024-03-04T19:42:00.001-06:002024-03-04T19:49:56.621-06:00Summer of 1984<p><span style="font-size: medium;">"SUCCESS IN A FREE COUNTRY IS SIMPLE. GET A JOB, GET AN EDUCATION, AND LEARN TO SAVE AND INVEST WISELY. ANYONE CAN DO IT."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">William J. O'Neil</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">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.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I would not be where I am without the strategy, discipline, and risk-control of the O'Neil system.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNkMAX0JEzuE11v1IRAyFpFmMmfnt0Oyg0ch9r64YrbxhgIeOVJjUdkcdHz4v-BRdSLFmEIq8Z2_p7dsU3FSPOwIQalsFJP-2Lq7LxcwmB9xVV-wozaSm_9QL7Ryxj6I8RI4CRmwJZgs9t5HtptRUQfcSzaBmzIYgWFy5PXYKi5OviWROcJkSc/s640/image0%20(32).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNkMAX0JEzuE11v1IRAyFpFmMmfnt0Oyg0ch9r64YrbxhgIeOVJjUdkcdHz4v-BRdSLFmEIq8Z2_p7dsU3FSPOwIQalsFJP-2Lq7LxcwmB9xVV-wozaSm_9QL7Ryxj6I8RI4CRmwJZgs9t5HtptRUQfcSzaBmzIYgWFy5PXYKi5OviWROcJkSc/w400-h300/image0%20(32).jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOcbX11m6G-8GTdOw9J2QR-QpTefnmKAUnCGGnL6ujiIpy-7rIZGbzrnFAEe9qgxIEuDaBe3KtJ5HoqVKZEL3Q4RaCCbdrInVF3QDgxasW9MHaaYLzOVvtGrQNHu4HNPnFsxK-UfD8zEDylv5oGdbaT8inDrmq1dglMPWRrG2mJn7r6l-2viJ4/s640/IMG_9074.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOcbX11m6G-8GTdOw9J2QR-QpTefnmKAUnCGGnL6ujiIpy-7rIZGbzrnFAEe9qgxIEuDaBe3KtJ5HoqVKZEL3Q4RaCCbdrInVF3QDgxasW9MHaaYLzOVvtGrQNHu4HNPnFsxK-UfD8zEDylv5oGdbaT8inDrmq1dglMPWRrG2mJn7r6l-2viJ4/w300-h400/IMG_9074.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Dean Thomas Parisian http://www.blogger.com/profile/04173119671749016005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14251250.post-61761128390615215172024-03-04T10:49:00.002-06:002024-03-04T10:49:29.979-06:00It's a beautiful Monday in Colorado<p><span style="font-size: large;">This is better than first tracks at Tin Pants on Vail Mountain.</span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHG4k3jb2DUatim0euaNP5cPgzaHoVC19yI2T3bFO_s7AoCb03MxOcmFy0wcW2FbNrKVxEvYhiDudK-rFq4pNEw0po2TO2A1gSESFRlXdC-HSskDKDfQi_8O2te1As3JzLZJlnwiJel_tiO9G6H3Owl6FJC1jvsf8hwS7HJctVc6HGOnM6eDGA/s640/IMG_9065.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHG4k3jb2DUatim0euaNP5cPgzaHoVC19yI2T3bFO_s7AoCb03MxOcmFy0wcW2FbNrKVxEvYhiDudK-rFq4pNEw0po2TO2A1gSESFRlXdC-HSskDKDfQi_8O2te1As3JzLZJlnwiJel_tiO9G6H3Owl6FJC1jvsf8hwS7HJctVc6HGOnM6eDGA/w640-h480/IMG_9065.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Dean Thomas Parisian http://www.blogger.com/profile/04173119671749016005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14251250.post-21231883628092844382024-02-29T10:08:00.002-06:002024-02-29T10:08:11.656-06:00NIKE was right from the beginning. <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJxRTgT4wburfPDrJSIntQ5qZjw1IKZCjgnOwzAk-3tnvDDwBrS99ynzIsjCojfmxeskY6VornirH4IMFfgYXGKdBYiPbAwmyr2OocfQ5NqV5f7YDkkfWHK5twD7QiihwOhSwFrq7cPP6LlDR8DwkIAdwVRkrxlBgDO8RByLgr7q6yx9gGtNNI/s640/IMG_9013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJxRTgT4wburfPDrJSIntQ5qZjw1IKZCjgnOwzAk-3tnvDDwBrS99ynzIsjCojfmxeskY6VornirH4IMFfgYXGKdBYiPbAwmyr2OocfQ5NqV5f7YDkkfWHK5twD7QiihwOhSwFrq7cPP6LlDR8DwkIAdwVRkrxlBgDO8RByLgr7q6yx9gGtNNI/w400-h300/IMG_9013.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Dean Thomas Parisian http://www.blogger.com/profile/04173119671749016005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14251250.post-45125995928277525682024-02-27T14:11:00.003-06:002024-02-28T10:00:29.979-06:00On and On and On and On<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Riding and driving the ONON train like Bo Keeley headed to a racquetball tournament on the big iron!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Every. Point. Up.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p>Dean Thomas Parisian http://www.blogger.com/profile/04173119671749016005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14251250.post-79039834988330393762024-02-26T19:31:00.008-06:002024-02-26T20:28:31.770-06:0070 One with the Salt! <p><span style="font-size: medium;">In 2023 I bought our home in Los Cabos to stay healthy.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">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.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizsehfQPew2fz5hD4Y4tIUcSdqeafZaDbWJUbI2EDMhiEE4ZFczXhe6aTBkr0iIa0gIT1Qqvq3cwXBEwcmQY6eJ-0iEyvfU9a3QKEHpgxS2gcfxcIFNG9Ix5ASC1St8wNxR_YNXjJeQV5GkdkeQGrCGp2gJ0fv58cU3ocU8Enal9L7TBF7XWZi/s640/IMG_8927.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizsehfQPew2fz5hD4Y4tIUcSdqeafZaDbWJUbI2EDMhiEE4ZFczXhe6aTBkr0iIa0gIT1Qqvq3cwXBEwcmQY6eJ-0iEyvfU9a3QKEHpgxS2gcfxcIFNG9Ix5ASC1St8wNxR_YNXjJeQV5GkdkeQGrCGp2gJ0fv58cU3ocU8Enal9L7TBF7XWZi/s16000/IMG_8927.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="font-size: medium;">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. </span></p><p> </p>Dean Thomas Parisian http://www.blogger.com/profile/04173119671749016005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14251250.post-91683894379761459522024-02-26T12:39:00.003-06:002024-02-26T12:39:23.329-06:00COLORADO Wake Up!<span style="font-size: medium;">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…</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />“We conclude that the restoration of large carnivores to the food web failed to restore riparian plant communities on Yellowstone’s northern range”<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.</span></div>Dean Thomas Parisian http://www.blogger.com/profile/04173119671749016005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14251250.post-63827694849215012012024-02-25T22:16:00.008-06:002024-03-03T17:23:06.521-06:00Laken Riley, murdered by a criminal alien <p><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Liberation Sans", Arial, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: large;">Police have recommended the killer be charged with felony murder, false imprisonment, kidnapping, and concealing the death of another.</span></span></p><p><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Liberation Sans", Arial, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p>Dean Thomas Parisian http://www.blogger.com/profile/04173119671749016005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14251250.post-81644668494669436452024-02-24T13:50:00.003-06:002024-02-24T18:23:36.551-06:00And the laughs just keep coming.............<span style="font-family: verdana; 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border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-overflow: unset; white-space: inherit;"><br /></span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Dean Thomas Parisian http://www.blogger.com/profile/04173119671749016005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14251250.post-30568603606857101712024-02-24T11:00:00.010-06:002024-02-24T20:57:29.793-06:00What did I miss?<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">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. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">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.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">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.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">For now, let me ask you.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Where is America headed? We have a 40-year high of inflation.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Taxpayers have been hoodwinked into spending billions in Ukraine</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">There are millions of violent primitives flooding the country.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The yield curve is still inverted.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">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. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Today, right here, right now, is a good day to pray and to give thanks.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />Every. Single. Day.</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0.25em 0px 0.75em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Miigwech.</span></p><p> </p></div>Dean Thomas Parisian http://www.blogger.com/profile/04173119671749016005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14251250.post-48164366227831530032024-02-23T08:26:00.001-06:002024-02-23T08:33:18.455-06:00National Margarita Day<p><span style="font-size: medium;">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.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">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.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">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. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKvvTQwAvgSRqsA5gbEbseo1luTsEapCRQj91bUuyjgL2GLaM7QO4N2Y7jvljVbxIgvjgKypMKlhOmFqlkrS_aLCB7kVt9ZbJhjb0aOIvLOqfWrfxtvOzjva2TeKZaLT_ghuZZYixO_yToZmUI0fF8TWaDQCA0O0q4m_0Z1gnG8SXfoV7Y_9ZO/s640/IMG_8861.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKvvTQwAvgSRqsA5gbEbseo1luTsEapCRQj91bUuyjgL2GLaM7QO4N2Y7jvljVbxIgvjgKypMKlhOmFqlkrS_aLCB7kVt9ZbJhjb0aOIvLOqfWrfxtvOzjva2TeKZaLT_ghuZZYixO_yToZmUI0fF8TWaDQCA0O0q4m_0Z1gnG8SXfoV7Y_9ZO/s320/IMG_8861.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="font-size: medium;">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.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">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. </span></p>Dean Thomas Parisian http://www.blogger.com/profile/04173119671749016005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14251250.post-1792579328903849152024-02-23T07:57:00.000-06:002024-02-23T07:57:21.220-06:00ELON MUSK<p><span style="font-size: medium;">I was always serious about people who put their money where their mouth is.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">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.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Zero tolerance for bullshit. People who DO and SAY what they are going to do.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">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.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Check out his latest commentary on the wacko's at GOOGLE.</span></p><span style="font-size: large;">"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"</span><p><br /></p>Dean Thomas Parisian http://www.blogger.com/profile/04173119671749016005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14251250.post-3678863781730269512024-02-22T09:26:00.001-06:002024-02-22T09:42:35.853-06:00ATT Board of Directors<p><span style="font-size: medium;">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. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">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. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The shareholders of the AT&T Corporation should demand immediate action to replace the Board and management.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">How much shareholder equity needs to be squandered before enough is enough? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Have shareholders lost enough? Do they want to lose more?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">It just doesn't end with this crowd of talking heads.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><br /></p>Dean Thomas Parisian http://www.blogger.com/profile/04173119671749016005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14251250.post-42951114260873696132024-02-21T16:02:00.004-06:002024-02-21T16:02:50.393-06:00What am I missing here?<p><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Liberation Sans", Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">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.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Liberation Sans", Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Be specific in your answers..............</span></span></p>Dean Thomas Parisian http://www.blogger.com/profile/04173119671749016005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14251250.post-69786580465013581842024-02-16T12:16:00.012-06:002024-02-16T15:24:20.587-06:00ATLANTA CAN'T. MAKE. THIS. UP <div><span style="font-size: medium;">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. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Grey Goose: $45</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Trip to Belize for your side piece's 50th birthday: $10,000</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Wearing your dress backward on national television: priceless</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">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? </span></div>Dean Thomas Parisian http://www.blogger.com/profile/04173119671749016005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14251250.post-90343727215277830412024-02-14T14:50:00.002-06:002024-02-14T15:57:52.304-06:00TWO MANDATORY READS! <p><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/08/23/despite-trillions-spent-us-military-hasnt-won-real-war-1945"><span style="font-size: large;">America Winning Wars?</span></a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.unz.com/isteve/fbi-homicide-data-blacks-account-for-58-of-known-murder-offenders-in-2022/"><span style="font-size: large;">2022 MURDER Statistics</span></a><br /></p>Dean Thomas Parisian http://www.blogger.com/profile/04173119671749016005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14251250.post-15009550886917875552024-02-14T11:34:00.003-06:002024-02-14T11:34:26.779-06:00Congress of the United States<span style="font-size: large;">You just voted to print $95,000,000,000 to give to foreign wars.</span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Let's not pretend you give a dam about inflation the next day.</span></div>Dean Thomas Parisian http://www.blogger.com/profile/04173119671749016005noreply@blogger.com0