Investor Steve Eisman on AI scares: companies are trying to create crisis
Eisman was hugely successful for his clients and know BS when he steps in it.
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“Greybeard” reclaims his record as oldest man to complete the Appalachian trail
He finished five days ago. Both short videos are worth watching. lots of fun. And another. Can’t get enuff of ol” Greybeard.
Gloria Steinem
One of the original promoters of abortion. From NPR – Gloria Steinem, trailblazing journalist and activist, dies at 92
Cody Bellinger guns down Boston with his arm.
What a throw, the radar gun timed it at 99.7 MPH. The Yankees don’t score many runs these days and this saved their 1-0 win yesterday over the Red Sox.
Drukenmiller takes on Scott Bessent
Stanley Druckenmiller is an investment titan – 30 years with never a down year in the market. The op ed is in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal and he is criticizing a certain action the Treasury is expanding, to try and regulate interest rates. I’ve excerpted some of it. Deuckenmiller’s sensible answers to our problem at … Read more
Message from Dolly Parton’s family
Planned in advance – Touching, even though I was never a particular fan.
Dolly Parton
Gone at 80 years old. From the NY Times https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/arts/music/dolly-parton-dead.html?campaign_id=60&emc=edit_na_20260825&instance_id=180914&nl=breaking-news®i_id=87616590&segment_id=225389&user_id=1c634a87d1656cc79c8753416632bbac Dolly Parton, the country singer, songwriter, entertainer and entrepreneur whose rags-to-riches story, outsize persona and prodigious vision and talent placed her in a class by herself, died on Tuesday in Nashville. She was 80. The death was announced in a video posted on social media … Read more
Long weekend camping again in Upstate NY
From Friday the 14th to Monday the 17th, again at the Putnam Pond Campground several miles west of Ticonderoga. The 4th year in a row meeting up with our good buddy Laurie, the third year at Putnam Pond. Lots of really cool hiking opportunities off the campground or a short drive from it. A dozen … Read more
Pigs fly – Lifelong Dem Alan Dershowitz on leaving his Party
Dershowitz, an emeritus law professor at Harvard, author, and out spoken liberal. He re-registered in 2024 as an Independent and this year joined the Republican Party. Stunning turnabout as he rejects the socialism and antisemitism.