Screwball

I'm not sure what this poly market stuff is and how it works, but I've heard about it. It appears to be another way to bet/gamble on "things" and it also seems to be used as a predictor of some sort type of thing. I wonder if the fact we've wanted attack Iran since at least when John McCain was a singer is priced in?

For a change of direction... This thread is usually about the F1 circuit, which I have great respect for. But here is another window into racing. No matter what they have, people will race it, and no matter where. They call it the Chili Bowl. The below clip is from Monday in Tulsa, Oklahoma. A 440,000 sq/ft building that is half pits, and half track. They bring in truck loads of dirt to build the track. It's about a 1/6 mile oval. The event runs Monday to Saturday. 400 entries. The cars are called midgets. Custom built Toyota or Honda engines mounted in a tube chassis, big money. The event features NASCAR drivers Kyle Larson and Christopher Bell who both have won the event (before anyone knew who they were), along with many well known dirt racers in the country, if you follow that kind of stuff.

Thank you. This goes back to my youth. Graduated in 74. 2 hrs from Kent State. Knew people who went there when Jack was there. He was my guy, just like Jim Leyland in baseball. They both made a difference in my life in strange ways you might say. On Jack (who follows me on Twitter - how cool is that); He made a statement one time I will never forgot. He was asked about being a dirty player on the football field, or something like that. He replied; "I'll play the game anyway you want to play it, and I'll let you make the rules" For more fun, Goggle up Elvin Bethea and the head slap.

That's what you get for scheduling a wedding during a Steeler playoff game - that's un-American! 🙂 I have a buddy who is a HUGE race fan. His daughter had to move a wedding date because of a race. That's how it's done. Oh, and those years of the Steel Curtain - you had to see it to appreciate it. They flat busted people up. A different game back then. Make the quarterbacks wear dresses said #58. He was the man. It was probably around 2000 they had a ceremony on a Monday night for the 75 team and interviewed either Dwight White or L.C. Greenwood, and asked how they thought they would do in today's game (25 years ago now - and 25 years after). He said "not very good." Why? Cause you can't beat anyone up. 🙂

I won't embed the Tweet, but a guy named Kyle Rowland of the Toledo Blade is covering the NCAA convention.

Ohio resident, lifelong Steeler fan. Mostly due to living in rabid Browns country. I'm also old, and the early 70s Steelers kicking the snot out of the Browns was really sweet. They run a good organization best I can tell, and have for a long time. Since Chuck Noll in 1969, they have only had 3 head coaches. That's pretty impressive in and of itself.

So a pol ****ed people? No, tell me it ain't so!

Quit digging.

Are you serious? I want some of what you are smoking. We are 38 trillion dollars in debt, and pay interest on said debt. From FRED, and I shouldn't even have to do this; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/A091RC1Q027SBEA And even on the 2 percent BS, that's a double every 36 years. Exponents are a bitch. You should know that.

We can't and won't inflate our way out of debt. That's just silly.

I've known quite a few guys over the years that were badasses. But they didn't start stuff. Good thing. One did the tough man contests. He was one of those 6'2ish type guys going about 220 who was a freak of human nature. And you couldn't hurt him if you hit him with a board. Great guy, ran his own business, but a neanderthal. Not him, but another guy I knew, was in a bar after work one night with a bunch of us. Some guy walked in, got a beer, looked around, and said; I can whip any mother(bleep)s ass in here. Guy I was sitting with says; you might be able to whip my ass but I'm not a mother(bleep) and off they went. I'd rather just drink beer and watch the entertainment.

NO, tell me it ain't so!!!!!! Jesus H Christ - anyone with two brain cells know how this works since the beginning of credit and interest. I'm glad I'm old.

Wild. Unrelated, but I wonder how many people have been in a fight. I spent years bartending as a second job, so it was kind of common to see them in that environment. Instant asshole, just add alcohol, and off they go. Most of the ones who started them, shouldn't have. They couldn't beat up their sister. Just stupid. Getting beat up hurts and is no fun. Some people like it and get a kick out of it - or they are stupid and start something they can't finish. There are bad asses and dumbasses. Don't be the dumbass. You're welcome.

Back in the day...let me think...1972/1973. We had a place called Midnight Auto Supply - the local junk yard. We would go out there around midnight with a flashlight and some tools and steal auto parts we needed for our car. They didn't have a dog. Good thing. Junk yards were a big thing back then. There was a huge yard in Crestline, Ohio, home of Gates Brown.

This is too funny. It looks like a mafia Don (no pun intended) leaning on their enemy. Mis-spent money charges if I read this right, about a renovation at the Fed? NO, that never happened in the history of the good old U S of ****ing A (not only the Fed but any .gov project). Too funny, but I digress... He wants zero interest, so do many others. Easy and free money creates more money - credit is money. Sign the paper - you just created money. The more money you create the bigger the pie. Who controls the pie, who gets it first, and who knows how it works better than (drum roll) the banksters. Then there is the whole paying it back thing, or not... The ponzi must continue - enter Bill Ackman - hedge fund billionaire, and the response from the old Reagan budget director. Michigan guy if I remember right. I always get a kick out of him. Quite a wordsmith, like him or not. He won't be a nominee for the next Fed chair, and I will bet my entire life savings on that. 🙂