Renaissance Technologies, on of the world's most secretive, and successful, quant fund ... has had an internal falling out after the election. The principals are billionaires, and the firm has 55 billion dollars in assets. They can buy or sell people like Bill Clinton for chump change. Anyway, some of the principals supported Hillary and some supported Trump ... to the tune of millions of dollars. One of them was the second biggest boner to Hillary. After the election, one of the principals had a meltdown, he really hates Trump and his entourage, and kept speaking out publicly, and getting involved in post-election politics, after he promised not to. That guy got fired today. The original story is behind the WSJ paywall ...
https://www.wsj.com/articles/you-have-to-stop-renaissance-executive-tells-boss-about-trump-support-1487845803
Voters are just ants to these people. People like the Clintons are just boy toys. There is real power in the world, and they are exerting that power. Ave Caesar!
And may the richest billionaire win!
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Praise the Almighty Dollar! Blessed be its Holy name!
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Ants indeed.
Quote from: Sorginak on February 24, 2017, 05:39:02 PM
Ants indeed.
The ants will inherit the Earth. Are you a Red ant or a Black ant?
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I'm pretty sure that's a termite.
Quote from: PopeyesPappy on February 24, 2017, 11:35:46 PM
I'm pretty sure that's a termite.
The other white meat ;-)
Injured termites get cannibalized by their fellows .. waste not want not.
Who are the termites and who are the ants? the D, the R, or the financers?
I don't know if the ants can inherit the earth or not. The roaches will still be around after the next nuclear war, but will the ants survive?
That's all conspiracy theory.
And, BTW, the cockroaches won't inherit the earth. They can't survive winters; they need our warm buildings. Ants can however.
Actually, if humans vanished tomorrow, most creatures would not notice the difference and other large mammals would thrive. The seas would be filled with fish, and whales would increase, and there would be lions, rhinos, and tigers spreading around.
Can I be a dragonfly? I want to be a dragonfly.
Quote from: Jason78 on February 26, 2017, 05:28:17 AM
Can I be a dragonfly? I want to be a dragonfly.
I admire dragonflies. A grand old order of predatory insects extraordinaire. Magnificent mosquito-catchers. I grandly allow you to be one.
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Real estate is real wealth. CDOs and REITs and Stock/Bond derivatives ... no so much.
Quote from: Baruch on March 01, 2017, 08:13:12 PM
Real estate is real wealth. CDOs and REITs and Stock/Bond derivatives ... no so much.
The map is entirely arbitrary. You could equally change it to show everything from California to Illinois and down through Oklahoma as being of minor economic value compared to the east and west coasts.
I think the map is only considering the amount of area, not specific geographical regions.
Quote from: Unbeliever on March 02, 2017, 04:28:44 PM
I think the map is only considering the amount of area, not specific geographical regions.
But real estate is ... location, location, location!
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Andrew Jackson avoided this. Lincoln tried to avoid it, by printing Greenbacks. Conspiracy theory says the Rothschilds and Queen Victoria were behind his assassination.
Quote from: Unbeliever on March 02, 2017, 04:28:44 PM
I think the map is only considering the amount of area, not specific geographical regions.
Geographical area does not represent population, though many people assume it does. In fact, the central part of the US has only a small part of the general population.
Quote from: Cavebear on March 05, 2017, 05:01:05 AM
Geographical area does not represent population, though many people assume it does. In fact, the central part of the US has only a small part of the general population.
Glad the central part of the US doesn't have population, just food. How will sanctuary cities fare, when the National Guard cuts off all food going into them?
Quote from: Baruch on March 05, 2017, 07:55:34 AM
Glad the central part of the US doesn't have population, just food. How will sanctuary cities fare, when the National Guard cuts off all food going into them?
Ok, that's it. I'm just ignoring you from here on...
Quote from: Cavebear on March 05, 2017, 08:01:49 AM
Ok, that's it. I'm just ignoring you from here on...
This was proposed (isolation of sanctuary cities) just today ... better than fighting urban warfare, house to house. Or do you support sanctuary cities? I happen to be pro-Hispanic myself. And yes, this has to do with Trump and his opponents, not specific to the funding of the election.