FIX HEALTH CARE and the MARKET WILL FIX ITSELF

We have been watching PICARD and DJ was not really familiar with Capt. Picard on Star Trek: The Next Generation.  Back in those days people hated Next Generation because it was not REAL Star Trek.  That changed as the show kept getting better and better.

So we have been watching all the episodes that were rated 7.5 or higher (according to the IMDB database) and last night was S3E6  Booby Trap.  

As the Enterprise flew into a debris field three notes repeated over and over hauntingly.  I had heard those notes before.  Then it came to me.  Patton. There is a winter scene near the end of the movie  where Patton prays to God for good weather (he actually did that) and his Army is back on the move to rescue Bastogne the next morning.  The scene is ground level with snow and infantry is running across frozen fields   ta da da      ta da da    ta da da

I got chills both times I heard it.  ta da da      ta da da    ta da da   I heard it last night and I got chill but did not know why until I realized it was the same notes.  

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There was a cannabis stock I DIDN'T suggest ANYBODY buy called TLRY.  When I was purchasing my small amount of CGC for $20 TLRY was nearing $250 a share.  NOW?  it's at $2.75.  I would say that was the tip of a HIGHLY SPECULATIVE market. 

California has made 2 BILLION in cannabis sales in 2 years. 

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MEANWHILE - many people are at home now.   After Hurricane Harvey in 2017 it was found that there was a 60% rise in television watching during crises.   It was also found that normal office workers watch 21 hours and 56 minutes of TV per week.  HOWEVER people that work at home average 25 hours and 2 minutes   hmmmmmmm!  an extra 3 hours a week. 

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US Airlines have spent a considerable amount of money in the last few years buying back all their stocks to reward investors instead of spending any money on things like equipment improvements, wage increases, or perhaps establishing a rainy day fund for a global travel shutdown.  And now they want a socialist style tax payer funded bail out from the government because they are poor at handling money.

But their investors got rich!  In fact 52% of all profits on the S&P 500 went to stock buy backs, not workers.  IN FACT American Airlines, Alaskan Airlines, Delta, Southwest, and United spent 95.8 percent of their free cash flow on stock buybacks.

And are now asking for a socialized tax-payer government bail out? 

Cruise lines? They only pay 0.8% tax anyway as most ships are registered to foreign lands even though they are based in Florida. - not our problem. You screwed yourself this time.

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There is a fight in the motorcycle industry as Indian (my favorite bike) is back in business as of 2014 trying to dislodge Harley.  The problem is bike sales are down 50% since 2006.  So far they have taken about 20% of the Harley market.  Meanwhile Harley dropped the ball and their overall market share has gone from 53% to 49% of all bikes sold.

Watch for a HUGE ad blitz by Indian as they are ramping up a bike war. 

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WEAR GLOVES if you go out!  No seriously.  It's a good way to keep germs away.  AND THEN - don't lick your gloves (perhaps more important then actually wearing them).

And don't forget - now more then ever order out for food.  order out Yum Yum, James Street Pizza or any restaurant that is closing to human occupation and if you can give a slightly better tip then normal. 

The good news is this is probably the end of the Orange ones Presidency as most people have now seen he is clueless.

When Trump became president there was a big national disaster hand off meeting with Trump and 18 members of his team and Obama's National Emergency Response Team.  Hurricanes, Earthquakes and PANDEMICS were all discussed in detail, what to do, how to manage it and potential problems.

From someone that attended the meeting it seems they were not THAT interested and of the 18 in attendance, 12 are no longer even in government leaving 6 who were not in government before in charge.  Perhaps SOMEBODY should have been paying attention as they were warned. 

The National Pandemic Response Team (which Trump disbanded last year)TOLD THEM there was a pandemic coming and America was not prepared.

 BAD NEWS - GO AWAY!  This is only a good news Presidency.

Now America is 9 days behind the Italy cluster f*ck situation.  SADLY because of Trump his team of businessmen who know nothing about healthcare. We are about to go where America  has never gone before.   

They keep putting all of their energy into trying to fix the economy and the "stock market" keeps telling them FIX HEALTH CARE and the MARKET WILL FIX ITSELF.  But being businessmen they aren't getting the connection.

Yup - getting people outside of government is such a great idea. Let crooked businessmen run the country.

sigh