Video - LG OLED65C7P 4K TV that is literally thinner then an iPhone (blows my mind). Did you know that Dolby's (an actual person) real love is NOT audio but video. He had a hand in LG OLED technology.
Audio - engine is a Marantz 9.2 channel Full 4K surround receiver (calling this a receiver is like calling an iPhone a "telephone"). . . . which powers two LAS2 Statement towers (less then half price - long story) which feature Aurum Cantus ribbon tweeters - in the middle is a Definitive Technology CS-9040 with an 8 inch Bass Radiator. Ceiling contains 4 speakers with two of those speakers containing two Pivoting Pure Aluminum dome tweeters and of course there are two 750 watt Dominion 10" subwoofers.
And one home security system thrown in. Still needs calibrating but waiting for more furniture and so forth to reduce echo.
My first home theater upgrade in 15 years.
Bottom line - sounds pretty decent.
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Not ruling out thunder snow later this afternoon - there could be some pretty heavy whiteout conditions later. 2-4 inches of a very fast moving snow event with a LOT of wind. Gusts to 40-45 will not be uncommon.
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BTW - back to movies for a second. There are LOT of fantastic movies out. What happened?? I remember years where I didn't like ANY of the nominations. This year I bet there are 10 movies at LEAST that I want to see.
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OH - remember Delta Airlines that stopped the NRA discounts and then Georgia killed a $40 million tax break? Only 13 people ever took advantage of that Delta deal. Not fond of corporate hand outs anyway.
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If case nobody noticed - there was HUGE bird migration into Wisconsin last Tuesday. You could see it on radar. They will be so sorry later today.
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Carl Ichon a good friend of Trump dumped $31.3 million in steel stocks a few days before Trump announced a 25% tariff on steel. Yet another coincidence.
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iHeartRadio is working towards filing for bankruptcy as it owns $20 BILLION and missed a payment.
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Kobe Bryant won an Oscar last night for Best Animated Short film "Dear Basketball".
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The NFL Eagles have a serious problem with their salary cap and are 9 million over budget. They have no 2nd or 3rd round pick. Nick Foles will get $7 million out of there.
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In baseball - Stolen bases are disappearing. I have always thought that you need a 67% success rate to make a SB worth while but in a forum I read (and will research this in literally seconds) that a man on second base only gives you a 12% greater chance of scoring . . .so does that mean you need to steal at an 88% rate?
BUT looking at my charts just now - the chance of scoring, 0 outs man in 1st us 41.6% The chance of scoring 0 outs man on 2B 61.4% - not sure where that 88% comes from. That is a 20% difference. With one out it goes to a 13% difference and 2 outs about an 8% difference. So stealing would be of most use with 0 outs (of course)
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Not sure if you have seen that Mueller's team had a leak. Seems he is treating Trumps team like a Criminal Enterprise" LOCK THEM UP . . . . . but wait until the mid terms.
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With the Trump tax break for corporations and the rich, American industry is about to break an all time record with $800 BILLION in stock buy backs (NOT giving it to their employees)! Many analysts are saying buy on these dips. Dips are when millionaires are made. Buy backs are a stock market safety net.
With strong buyback activity persisting and systematic de-risking behind us, we recommend investors to continue buying market dips," Dubravko Lakos-Bujas, JPMorgan's head of US equity strategy
Just sayin'
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Gotta laugh - Jared Kushner now has a lower security clearance then the White House Calligrapher and was not allowed into the WH for a dinner yesterday. And he is our acting Secretary of State ?
OK OK - enough random blither!
Good luck this afternoon.
