Tom Faranda's Folly

Terribly sad. The reporter who speaks at the end and mentions her four children in Catholic school; heartfelt.  

The woman and the dude with the British accent are not normal Squawk Box (the 6-9AM CNBC business show) hosts. And they were not helped by the questions their producers had them ask Lutnick. He is normally pretty average when interviewed but I thought he gave an excellent defense of Trump economic policies. Well worth … Read more

Very unfortunate that it’s true. And Vance gives some good stats proving it. A couple of years ago in New York we almost got pro democrat gerrymanderng, but it was so egregious the courts stopped it. 

We report you decide. Etc, etc.

It's the law of unintended consequences – but in this case a good consequence. This came up while he was discussing the Soccer World Cup with the President of FIFA.   

She is certainly correct. Free market people do not believe the government should own parts of private companies.  Of course the original Biden deal of giving Intel billions was also stupid. So the Trump argument would be that we converted a gift and loans int equity in the company.  

The protest is outside the DC offices of Palantir, who have government contracts and have aided Ukraine. These don't look like your normal protestors.  

Our fave's the first one – The Old Fashioned – and the last one – the Boulevardier. Farandaville Boulevardier recipe is below the Anders video. Farandaville boulevardier – As the drink is a riff on the Negroni, subbing bourbon for gin, we usually go with the classic 1:1:1 ratio. 1  oz. Bourbon 1 oz Compari … Read more

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