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Next time I run into Larry Hogan, the author of that piece and the Republican Governor of Maryland, I’ll make sure to ask him.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/07/16/larry-hogan-trump-coronavirus/?arc404=true Virus, 1. Trump, 0.

Sure. Of course tech isn’t purely pandemic-driven. But that is a part of it. Look at Amazon’s meteoric growth. NFLX, same deal. Google probably as well, although I don’t pay as much attention to it. And the rest of the market is in bad shape. Take out big tech and it’s flat over an extended period. That’s beyond debate.

My portfolio says I do. Let’s hear your advice, big boy.

Not terribly well, minus AMZN, AAPL, GOOG, and FB. https://wolfstreet.com/2020/07/11/wild-ride-to-nowhere-appl-msft-amzn-goog-and-fb-soar-to-new-high-rest-of-the-stock-market-is-a-dud-has-been-for-years/ Sure there’s hyperbole there. There’s more winners then the basket that I mentioned. But what’s driving growth right now? Big tech. Big time. Bottom line.

Sure. But it’s been amplified perhaps exponentially in the last six months.

Shoulda been yesterday. It was National Fry Day. Mc Donalds gave away free medium fries. Could have had a little more value on the lunch. But maybe McD’s will give away hamberders on Wednesday.

Me too. Let him know if you talk to him.

Maybe, maybe not. You might have timed the departure well. Who knows about jumping back in. It depends on where you are in life, what your goals are, what your needs are, etc. The wealth transfer prompted by the pandemic is ridiculous, though. I’ve made absurd money in the last four months (and given some back in the last couple of days, to be sure) while other people are scrounging for bucks to pay for groceries. And others who plodded along in an S&P index or large cap index are probably up a bit, but probably not up enough to justify the risk they’ve taken over the past couple of months. In any event, it’s not right. No matter what happens in November this disconnect between the true economy, the market, the haves, and the have-nots is something we have to address. Everyone who reads this (unless you’re Terry Pegula or part of the Bills brass) is on the wrong end of what’s going on here. We’re all working for peanuts, just in varying degrees, and the last four months have just made it worse.

Copying the libs to own the libs. Nice!

Different from the flag issue. And he still double-talks the issue (see Bubba Wallace comments).

2015 agrees with you. 2020 says that Trump will not condemn the flag. So 2020 says hoax.

At least those people would be earning money. Also, please accept this gentle reminder not to spend next month’s welfare check on MAGA/KAG gear. Perhaps instead you could use such funds to purchase a face mask. Thank you.

Hoax.

Speaking of traitors, do you condemn Trump’s refusal to speak against the Confederate flag?

Nope.

Hoax. Not under the eyes of the law. Or is that the part of the law that we just conveniently ignore because we don’t like it. Kind of like how Trump ignores the Constitution. Yeah he’s an odd one. Lots of anger in him. Sad!

Wilshire 5000. I’m killing it (not as much today as I was two days ago) because it’s a picker’s market and I’m overweight in individual techs (AMZN and GOOG, in front of a Fidelity tech index). The same tech companies that Trump is laying off of now because they’re about the only thing driving the market. Aside from AMZN, AAPL, GOOG, FB, MSFT, NFLX, and TSLA, what’s performing well right now? Not much.

Hoax. But at least you communicated clearly this time! Still waiting for you to identify the question from last week that you had posed to me about voter suppression. It was an alt-response.

I’ll answer the question on his behalf. No.

Hoax. That’s what all the facists call someone who disagrees with them.

Did Mexico finally agree to pay for the wall?

Why? It has marginal, if any, efficacy here. It’s kind of like a hoax treatment for the “hoax” virus. It’s a real stunner that Cali has more deaths than Wyoming.

My ilk? What ilk is that, hoss? What concept is “fairly universal?” FYI - I’m working through Art of a Deal right now. One of the things that fake bankruptcy business guru Donald Trump teaches is that one shouldn’t talk to losers. I’ll make an exception to the rule here. I support both the concept and the movement.

Hoax. I do. You mixed in a little police reference. Can’t even say it straight. and, for what it’s worth, the police have nothing to do with black lives matter. It is possible, and in fact easy, to support both. This exchange has left me no choice. Your false accusations of bigotry made in a failed effort to hide your your own superficial, baseless animi compel your placement on the bigotsaywhat? List. Congratulations. I guess.