Blazing Saddles

Visited 15 Spanish towns and cities 10/4-11/6. Madrid & Barcelona, the 2 biggest, then Segovia Valencia, Cartagena, Alicante and Almería. Next Granada Malaga, Marbella, La Ronda, Cordoba and Sevilla, then Cadiz, Portugal Albufeira, Lisboa, Fatima, Porto and Braga. Last city was Salamanca.Valencia#1

🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: MIT engineers develop a breath test that detects pneumonia in minutes no X-rays, no lab wait. Just a single breath Two MIT engineers, Loza Tadesse and Aditya Garg, have developed a breath test that can detect pneumonia in minutes.

Flower Post, Crepe Myrtle’s of the South.

Procol Harum’s Denmark performance of “A Whiter Shade of Pale” is regarded as one of the greatest live renditions of the song ever recorded. The band performed with a 72-piece orchestra and a 50- to 70-member choir. Edited for format. Watch the full version on YouTube.

Another trip to Bellingham WA. Made National news over Trans and LBGTQ+ classes in Public Schools. I went to very nice end of year party for the Elementary School kids, they had fun face painting games and pizza.

With Marley out in Bellingham WA. Spring has sprung.

💖💚💛 love is love 💖🤎🧡

I’ve been living NVDA earnings releases for 4 years now. It has dominated the market, the Nasdaq 100 & Composite & S&P each quarter. Money managers position the weeks before looking at that 3-8% pop NVDA delivers. NVDA does fail earnings, but Money Mgrs can go the other way on their +- opinion.

Deborah Sandidge Photography Reddish Egrets

This is great.

When a Border Collie has no sheep to herd …and the Cat being so Catlike 😸

Kevin the dog picking out a toy: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/Unexpected...

I guess Trump is pissed that a large part of worldwide LNG production is threatened. He’s pinning it on Israel.

A little Wild Kingdom in Central Florida

My West Coast trip, Bellingham WA Whatcom County during 100 yr river floods.

The Smoking Gun. Ghislaine Maxwell Jeffery Epstein and Donald Trump. #ghislainemaxwell #michaelwolff #jefferyespstein

FL trip

Let’s see how many $FIG shares I get. Put in an order for 250 sh, $33 IPO price. Stock tripled at open, so I hope I get my full allotment. Sofi was part of the underwriting IPO team. Whoohoo, Grandissimo pop.

For all the fellow travelers, here’s Amy Goodman, with my other favorite socialist, rambling what it could be: “The Economy Is Rigged”: Robert Reich on Zohran Mamdani, The Democratic Party, Inequality, and Trump - ZNetwork Just forget that capitalism brought you everything you’ve owned or used.

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A 7-year-old lioness reunites with the man who raised her after she was abandoned as a cub 🦁❤️ He slept beside her outside so she'd grow up as naturally as possible. Now she tackles him with love-hugs, face rubs, pure joy-until they collapse in a pile of trust. 🫶 #WildBond #HeartmeltingNature

Sunday, June 15, data from about 40% of No Kings events held accounting for over 2.6m attendees. According to our math that puts between 4-6 million people range. Roughly 1.2-1.8% of U.S. population attended a No Kings event in the country yesterday. Approx 5m swag, but they don’t do event numbers.

Mark Fitzpatrick of the International Institute of Strategic Studies in London Article on Iran’s nuclear status open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...

mol.im/a/14793935 Peaceful protests, let’s see. Jury is out and the clowns and rioters look to be out. The Feds are looking to go after rioters as they did after the Jan 6, 2021 “Insurrection.” Fair play as many innocents are too close to the fire.

A pattern emerging, is the last 4 assassinations or attempts of major conservative political figures has been ongoing since Jul 2022, Shinzo Abe in Japan, Robert Fico in May 24, Donald Trump in Jul 24 and now Miguel Uribe in Colombia this week. What gives with shooting Right Wing political figures.

Some N GA flowers this June.

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Surprise, Trump Pick Who Shut Down Anti-Russian Disinformation Unit Has Kremlin Ties! Our Neo-Nazis and Putin, Numero-Uno NN. Hitler’s Propaganda Minister. Goebbels famous quote, “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it."

I believe all the favorite portfolio managers they trot out on CNBC, they protect them, as CNBC should post their YTD and 3 yr return. These experts just might have serious underperformance that CNBC conveniently covers up. I’m up 10% YTD, how are the supposed experts doing?

Last two days in Paris, May 19-20. Sun came out.

Heidelberg 5/8/25.

Evening Seine River Cruise, Apr 28, 2025

Sainte-Chapelle Ile de Cité, Paris

Impressionists from Musee D’Orsay, Paris Van Gogh and Monet.

Paris for a week. Lovely and lots of good walking

No one is mentioning the market bouncing back the last 2 days. Goes to figure, everything negative, slam Trump, something positive, ignore and find something else to slam. One-sided enemigo on Trump 24/7. Stuff he does, maybe 30-50 % works out. The critics, not in ring, just armchair warriors.

Knock off Roses are Peaking. Azaleas are finishing up.

I just bought 2 issues at yesterday’s mkt spike down, sold puts $SMCI, Sep 20 strike paid me $2.31 to hold stock. Stock has to break 17.70 currently 30.88, nice cushion. Also bought a 100 sh of $CMG my Chipotle dog. Lowered basis to 50.50 stock now 46.72. Don’t like retest of lows c’est la vie.

Putin NEEDS war. We don't. We need to honor our promises, our treaties, our place as a world power.

Pressed the button efiled my lovely taxes this am. TAXACT if anybody knows them. I love them GONE, another year, another dollar. #fedtaxes

I will finish my 100K of mkt rearranging and buying today. Buy bk covered call on $CRWD $600 gain project, double my $VRT position in IRA from 100 to 200 sh $68 target, add 100 sh to $MSTY position 200 to 300 sh.