SloaneRanger

re: April jobs number 175k, well below 240k estimates. Markets rally

Posted by SloaneRanger on 5/7/24 at 5:40 pm

[quote]I just don’t understand this incessant need to find every little reason why something is bad whenever an economic report is released. If it’s a really good report, then y’all will find some obscure, highly volatile metric, that nobody has focused on before, even when the metric was worse in ...

Money Talk

re: Worst cities to live

Posted by SloaneRanger on 5/6/24 at 9:53 pm

[quote]How is the crime and racism in bham? Want to check that town out oneday[/quote] Racism? Not sure how to respond to that. By and large, people get along fine and the overwhelming majority of people are past that (although admittedly some of the local politicians would have you believe it’s ...

re: Worst cities to live

Posted by SloaneRanger on 5/6/24 at 9:27 pm

Birmingham? No. Even if you limit it to the city limits, it is way better than a lot of other places....

re: Mexico Beach / Port St. Joe, give me advice and it is worth the drive?

Posted by SloaneRanger on 5/6/24 at 9:24 pm

Depends what you’re looking for exactly. If the beach is the focus, you might look at Cape San Blas or St. George Island. The last time I drove through MB, there was still a lot of work repairing Michael damage. That’s been a few years, and should be done by now. But I’ve always thought of MB as a ...

Travel Board

re: Over 1,000 pro-Palestine protesters are attempting to disrupt the Met Gala in New York

Posted by SloaneRanger on 5/6/24 at 7:38 pm

Good. Hope they get in and destroy some expensive stuff....

re: High Density Housing, 287,000 square feet of retail proposed for Nicholson Drive in BR.

Posted by SloaneRanger on 5/6/24 at 12:49 pm

When will people learn when it comes to the utter destruction apartments bring to communities?...

re: Sen. Sanders announces he’s seeking another term, to make 60 years in public office at 89.

Posted by SloaneRanger on 5/6/24 at 11:55 am

[quote]i'd like to take time to remind everybody that this man has never been employed for a moment in his life that wasn't from taxpayers.[/quote] Exactly. He even got tossed from the hippie commune because he was worthless and wouldn’t work. He is the personification of everything that is wrong...

re: TIL: Columbia University’s president is an Arab Muslim

Posted by SloaneRanger on 5/6/24 at 7:19 am

Damn, if you read that bio you realize just how truly fricked the UK is....

re: April jobs number 175k, well below 240k estimates. Markets rally

Posted by SloaneRanger on 5/6/24 at 7:07 am

When did I say “all?” I said mostly, and I stand by that because it’s true. You know they also track and break out the stats for US born and foreign born workers, right? Why don’t you look at how that’s gone over the past year or so and report back. Oh, and the availability of low paying, part ti...

Money Talk

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re: Islamic British scholar: Democracy most likely replaced by Sharia law

Posted by SloaneRanger on 5/5/24 at 11:12 am

A lot of unhappy white womenz going to be shopping for burkas....

re: Hamas armed wing says it is responsible for Israel-Gaza border crossing attack

Posted by SloaneRanger on 5/5/24 at 10:17 am

[quote]They do not care about the Palestinian people.[/quote] Meh, it seems like the Palestinian people as a whole are down for all this. I can think of a solution to this problem but it would upset a lot of people....

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re: If a citizen wants to flee Canada they could face a $25K departure fee

Posted by SloaneRanger on 5/4/24 at 7:00 pm

Funny that they don’t list mass third world immigration or an authoritarian regime among the reasons for people fleeing....

re: Jazz Fest - Brigtsen’s, Clancy’s, or Gautreau's?

Posted by SloaneRanger on 5/4/24 at 6:14 pm

[quote]But please make the menu more readable![/quote] That’s what it looks like when they give it to you at the restaurant....

Food and Drink

re: When do you consider Private Markets for your portfolio?

Posted by SloaneRanger on 5/4/24 at 5:23 pm

These can be very illiquid, and are unsuitable for most people. Unless you have a lot of money and know how to evaluate these investments, I’d steer clear....

Money Talk

re: China and Russia may be plotting to invade Taiwan

Posted by SloaneRanger on 5/4/24 at 10:55 am

Uh, I think Russia has its hands full....

re: They're not sending their best

Posted by SloaneRanger on 5/4/24 at 6:47 am

At least WAFB was somewhat honest about it and identified him as an alien. A lot of media outlets would have called him “a Baton Rouge man.” It is ridiculous how much crime and violence has been caused by these illegal invaders....