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Supposedly, he’ll be sentenced in September. And, considering the wackos in NY, anything is possible. The world is in for some strange times. Just imagine. A political prisoner in jail in NY wins the presidential election. You can’t make this stuff up.

Trump can win the election from jail. Wait and see.

RFK Jr. is doing the right thing. He realizes that the number one priority is to keep Harris out of the White House. Every little bit helps.

3%? Only if you believe in fairy tales. As for Fed’s rate cut? They don’t want the system to implode. And now, who knows? Probably more inflation, at least for a while. Some people are seeing deflation, longer term. And that might just happen. Imagine all the bubbles that could pop.

Well, the fact that you’re healthy enough to be worried about overseas coverage means you’re doing ok. Some people don’t even make it to retirement age. Others have so many health problems that they’re in no shape to travel at all.

I’ll see what I can find. I saw a news story earlier today. Supposedly, they caught the guy. That was hours ago. Edit, I’m having trouble posting links. Just do a search. AZ suspect in custody. There are stories on the BBC, CNN, etc

I always knew there was a carry trade, but I never really realized the extent of it. Decades of so-called “free money” for Wall Street. Borrow Yen at zero percent and buy US Treasury bonds yielding substantially more than zero. And all the free money went to purchase US stocks. One bubble inflating another. They say the unwinding is far from over. Then again, it could all revert to business as usual to keep the party going.

Schwab International?

Didn’t they catch the guy? Or is that story not real?

If you have an Advantage policy that includes overseas coverage, that could be an option for some people. But not all Advantage policies will have that feature, so anyone choosing that option should be careful.

Nixon tried price controls in the early 70s. That didn’t work.

You miss my point. The issue is not necessarily the proximity of St. Petersburg or Moscow to Ukraine. There’s also the issue of the proximity of the Ukraine border to Russia’s strategic apparatus. Radar sites, missile sites, and so on, within Russia and close to Ukraine. That proximity and the very real possibility that those assets would be in close striking distance from Ukraine are the threat. As for any real plan to deploy offensive missiles? Such weapons could be deployed in no time. And, given the current state of hostilities, Russia must surely assume that that’s exactly what would happen.

Have you looked up the actual rule or policy? Off the top of my head, it would seem as though repatriation might provide an exception to the general rule. I’ll see what I can find. edit. I’m having trouble copying a link on my IPad. So, do this search: social security and POMS. when you get to the POMS page, go to the menu and scroll down to enroll in Medicare Part B. Then, look for a link that takes you to a page that explains when you might be entitled to a “special enrollment period.” They list a number of scenarios that would qualify a person to enroll outside the usual enrollment period, You can apply if you think it might work. There’s a form to fill out.

I bought a new IPad Pro from IStudio, but it comes with a warranty and I purchased Apple Care, so I figured if anything went wrong I’d be dealing with Apple for warranty service, one way or the other.

Google photos works well. With a Google account, you get a certain amount of free storage.

Supposedly, part of Russia’s strategic defense network is in close proximity to Ukraine. So they aren’t necessarily concerned with just the presence of nukes in Ukraine. They also feel non-nuclear missiles on their border could be a threat to their defense network. For Russia, that’s a red line,

Apple is supposed to be coming out with a totally redesigned Mac Mini sometime soon. I think I read September. That might be interesting.

That’s a problem, whether you realize it or not. Russia will, at some point, strike back at the perpetrators. It won’t end well.

It might not be so easy to change the “rules” anymore, given the recent Supreme Court case limiting Chevron. Anyway, I’m well aware of the political dynamics. Reagan started the mess back in 81. The original idea was to cut taxes so as to “starve the beast.” That didn’t really work, though, as over the years the political process was gridlocked much of the time and the politicians of both parties found it all too easy to just borrow the money needed for all the government programs. Unfortunately, the Fed enabled it all. With a 35 trillion dollar debt, the country is now in trouble. Before long, the interest alone on that debt will be enormous, Sooner or later, it won’t work anymore. I’m not optimistic that either political party will ever have the will to actually reign in spending. They often talk a good game, but then nothing happens. Instead, we get the inflation tax. They don’t call it tax, but it’s a tax just the same. And it hits the most vulnerable people.

At some point, if these attacks on Russia continue and if Russia deems them to pose a threat to their country, both Ukraine and much of the rest of Europe will find out the hard way that attacking Russia was a very bad idea. Apparently, NATO is heavily involved in the recent incursions into Russia. Anyway, it will all end badly if it doesn’t stop soon.

For what it’s worth, I just glanced over the Project 2025 page. I didn’t see anything about cutting overseas Social Security payments. I realize the Republicans have proposed raising the full retirement age for future retirees. That certainly won’t affect anyone currently receiving benefits and probably wouldn’t have much impact on those nearing retirement. Anyway, the country is 35 trillion in debt, so, one way or another, there will be a lot of cuts in the future. The current game seems to be to inflate away the debt and cheat retirees with phony CPI numbers. Just the other day I read about the decline in the value of the benefits since the year 2000 because the CPI hasn’t kept up with inflation. Housing, food, energy, insurance, medical costs, etc.

Believe what you want. My point was that it would be silly to make any retirement decision based on what “might” happen to Social Security. As I said, there isn’t much money involved and the retirees would raise too much of a stink.

I seriously doubt that the GOP would cut overseas SSA payments. Trump has said he would never touch Social Security, and, in any event, what would be the point? There isn’t that much involved, and many people would simply switch back to having a U.S. direct deposit. You read too much propaganda. Medicare? That’s another matter. There could be changes to that program at some point.

The polls? Remember how accurate the polls were in 2016? Anyway, people should know by now that the polls don’t mean much. They’re mostly a propaganda tool.

And yet these same people continue to maintain that the biological males should be allowed to fight biological females because they identify as such. So, if it’s not “woke,” call it what you want. It’s still nonsense.