Rick Mazzoli

Hardest working man in the government.

The reason we're here is that tens of millions of people will punch a hole in a wall if they hear someone used food stamps to buy soda but they're fine if the right-wing podcaster turned fbi director uses his taxpayer funded private jet to go party whenever he feels like it bsky.app/profile/thed...

Suprematism, by Nikolai Suetin, 1920-21, 📸 by @tiltoncreative

Canada's got their "elbows up."
their hockey team too.

😕

He would emigrate to the US, serving with the US 2d Infantry Division landing on Omaha Beach D+1, but was soon wounded and evacuated. Immigrants made, and make, this country.

my dad, 1926

With Shovels and Skis, Italy’s Alpini Are an Unsung Force at the Winter Games

www.nytimes.com/card/2026/02...

Gov. Pritzker's letter to Donald Trump demanding a refund on tariffs.

Cut the check, Donald Trump.

Pritzker’s invoice to White House:

(via @nbcnews.com) @govpritzker.illinois.gov

the S.Ct. would have saved his butt if trump were only smart enough to take the out. "I respect the S.Ct. ruling. We're moving on."

But no!
it appears trump is going to use another statute to keep tariffs (trade taxes) in place.
prices will remain high. more inflation. no Fed rate cut.

i'm a voter who has been paying inflated prices.
i assure you I will remember.

Liberation Day has finally arrived

Trump created the "mess."
How difficult or easy it is to fix a mess is irrelevant for Constitutional purposes.
trump must fix his mess.

In dissent Kavanaugh warned that any refund process could be a substantial “mess.”

Irrelevant.

Trump created the mess. Trump needs to fix it.

U.S. Was Only Major World Destination Where Tourism Declined in 2025 This year is off to a poor start, too.

Tourism is booming worldwide, except in the U.S.

Trump begs for every government building to be named after him - Kennedy Center, Dulles, Penn Station - but not the new detention centers like Alligator Alcatraz. Trump doesn’t want history to remember his cruelty, but it will.

Why hasn’t Donald Trump sued anyone who has accused him of being a pedophile?

"Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me...."
— F. Scott Fitzgerald, “The Rich Boy” (1926)

this guy used AI as AI was suppose to be used.
give him a raise.

those Founding Fathers were sneaky sobs to do that.
probably madison.

that's how we dressed in the '60's.
same haircut too.

isn't using AI to pass an AI test exactly what AI is designed to do?
seems this partner understands AI.

"I always enjoyed watching us beat Indiana" -- Barack Obama roasts Reggie Miller

Obama looks good! As much white hair as me. Always with that easy smile.
Wife looking good too.
I miss 'em.

you id 1 of the additional fees: storage, whether it be a home owned safe one buys or a bank to store your bullion.
another fee is selling. Buyer will want an assay. is it really one ounce, 10 oz, 100 oz, etc? People have been known to shave off the metal.
there's an assay fee.
... and commission.

When William the Conqueror emigrated from Norman France to Hastings in 1066, he wasn't all that crazy about Anglo-Saxons.

most of us don't understand the commodities markets or the hidden costs of holding hard assets.
I spent time as a securities broker for a large national brokerage firm "bringing Wall Street to Main Street."
I learned, the only gold you should "invest" in is the stuff you can wear.
[not advice]

What does “Dow 50,000” actually tell you—anything about the economy, or just that a number got bigger? Dow 50,000 is a milestone, not a measurement. The level of the Dow is basically arbitrary: it’s… "Dow 50,000" Sound Nice. Until Justin Wolfers Shows You That U.S. Markets Are Coming 21st Out of 23.

The Dow was at 43,488 when Trump took office. It just hit 50,000.

So if you had invested $43,488 in the US, you would now have $50,000. But if you had invested the same amount in the rest of the world, you would now be worth $60,000.

Lemme do a expla-youtube-nation
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYL5...

smart of you.
took me a bit to recognize the trend.
I'm even putting some money back into Europe.
[not investment advice]