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Confirmation Hearings for the Trump's incredibly bad choices for cabinet leadership positions.  Traitors, drunks, rapists, pet killers and television personalities were the first choice of the mentally ill old man.  

My Senator, Dan Sullivan is all over his social media singing the praises of these folk so we should expect most of them to be confirmed.   

Hegseths hearing should be starting about now.  

 

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Pelosi's husband owns and operates Financial Leasing Services, Inc., a San Francisco–based real estate and venture capital investment and consulting firm.  He's the one listed as making trades in this article: https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/politics/stock-tracker-nancy-pelosi-investors

Jared Kushner got 2 billion investment from Saudis post working in government.

Were in the wrong profession, although my utility investments in nuclear power plants has exploded with AI boom. 

The Pelosi's are simply wise investors.  Is that right?

https://nypost.com/2025/06/21/us-news/pelosi-added-millions-to-net-worth-last-year-report/

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Trump has said in the past that she had insider trading but as is his MO hasn't backed it up.  It's enough to just smear her.  Which is interesting because back in April Trump was accused of the same thing.  

I'm not naive enough to not read between the lines of her wealth.

But I also am a "show me the proof".  If Trump has this information why hasn't he or others making these accusations pressed charges or at least opened an investigation?   Maybe they will.

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Pelosi earned more than $130 million in stock profits, return of 16,930%, during time in Congress: report

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pelosi-earned-more-than-130-million-stock-profits-return-16930-during-time-congress-report

She sure has profited in her time.  But I'm not sure how I like this framed because it looks at time from of 40 years.  When I look at myself the last 40 years, I started with zero and have a 403B I can retire on (unfortunately not in the millions like her though) probably a return of thousands myself.  

The rich do get richer.  Off topic:

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Forbes senior editor Chase Peterson-Withorn told Morning Edition the annual world's billionaires list has $2 trillion more in wealth from just a year ago. In total, they have an estimated $16.1 trillion in riches.

"It's a great time to be a billionaire," Peterson-Withorn said.

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/01/nx-s1-5345950/forbes-billionaires-list

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Tweety said:

Trump has said in the past that she had insider trading but as is his MO hasn't backed it up.  It's enough to just smear her.  Which is interesting because back in April Trump was accused of the same thing.  

I'm not naive enough to not read between the lines of her wealth.

But I also am a "show me the proof".  If Trump has this information why hasn't he or others making these accusations pressed charges or at least opened an investigation?   Maybe they will.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pelosi-earned-more-than-130-million-stock-profits-return-16930-during-time-congress-report

She sure has profited in her time.  But I'm not sure how I like this framed because it looks at time from of 40 years.  When I look at myself the last 40 years, I started with zero and have a 403B I can retire on (unfortunately not in the millions like her though) probably a return of thousands myself.  

The rich do get richer.  Off topic:

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/01/nx-s1-5345950/forbes-billionaires-list

I'm paying no attention to what Trump says about this.  This isn't new news, and I can see with my own eyes.  There's enough evidence. 

I know when it comes to Democrats wrong doing, you need a smoking gun.

Your return on your 403B isn't even in the same galaxy as Pelosi's return on stock investments.  That should make you mad.

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Beerman said:

I'm paying no attention to what Trump says about this.  This isn't new news, and I can see with my own eyes.  There's enough evidence. 

I know when it comes to Democrats wrong doing, you need a smoking gun.

Your return on your 403B isn't even in the same galaxy as Pelosi's return on stock investments.  That should make you mad.

 

I would like to know what NYP means by "return of" which is different than rate of return over average rate of return over time.  

For example my retirement funds have grown 70,000% since I started.  Or if you take out what I put in maybe 20,000% since I started.  I would like to know what they mean by a "return of..." because they aren't saying "rate of return" or time weighted performance.  I think the 16,000 number is misleading and manipulative.

If you can clearly see there's evidence, don't you want a statement that "she conducts insider trading" which is a crime to be investigated, proven and charged?

Since we've both been posting here you know my style.  When I hear something outrageous I won't go along with it, but deeper dive or ask for proof.  I did this when I hear "he colluded with Russia" or "Trump won the election".  

 

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Tweety said:

 

I would like to know what NYP means by "return of" which is different than rate of return over average rate of return over time.  

For example my retirement funds have grown 70,000% since I started.  Or if you take out what I put in maybe 20,000% since I started.  I would like to know what they mean by a "return of..." because they aren't saying "rate of return" or time weighted performance.  I think the 16,000 number is misleading and manipulative.

20,000%?

So, for example if you and your employer put in $100k, you now have $20 million.

Congrats!

 

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Beerman said:

20,000%?

So, for example if you and your employer put in $100k, you now have $20 million.

Congrats!

 

No.  Sorry I wasn't clear.  I meant that I started with zero and ended up with $200,000.  How much of an increase is that?  It's not right to look at this and criticize me for making $200,000 over 40 (actually 32 years) and increasing my wealth by thousands of percentage points.

What's more important to me is average rate of personal return or time weighted performance.  I don't know what it is since inception but this year it's pretty good 12.5% in my 403B and 11% in one I don't contribute to but has the roller over of the various other ones I've had from the other owners of where I work.

That's way less than investors like Buffet and Pelosi and her husband who know what they are doing.  The New York Post reported that Pelosi netted a 14.5% average annual return (not sure of the timing of that).   Berkshire's (Buffet) has been nearly 20%.

There's no doubt her cumulative returns over 40 years have been significant and I have a little more understanding of the 16,930% return on investment and beating the market by 581%, and the timing of some of her investments are suspect.  

So again, if the evidence is clear, prosecute.  

 

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Tweety said:

No.  Sorry I wasn't clear.  I meant that I started with zero and ended up with $200,000.  How much of an increase is that?  It's not right to look at this and criticize me for making $200,000 over 40 (actually 32 years) and increasing my wealth by thousands of percentage points.

What's more important to me is average rate of personal return or time weighted performance.  I don't know what it is since inception but this year it's pretty good 12.5% in my 403B and 11% in one I don't contribute to but has the roller over of the various other ones I've had from the other owners of where I work.

That's way less than investors like Buffet and Pelosi and her husband who know what they are doing.  The New York Post reported that Pelosi netted a 14.5% average annual return (not sure of the timing of that).   Berkshire's (Buffet) has been nearly 20%.

There's no doubt her cumulative returns over 40 years have been significant and I have a little more understanding of the 16,930% return on investment and beating the market by 581%, and the timing of some of her investments are suspect.  

So again, if the evidence is clear, prosecute.  

 

Much of what you ended up with was put in by you and your employer.  That isn't counted as part of your return.  If I start with zero. invest $100 into something and end up with $110, my return in 10%, not 110%.

Insider trading, especially by a congressional member, is difficult.  And, I'm sure they covered their tracks well.

There is however enough evidence for me to have my well-informed opinion.  Kinda like how many feel about an insurrection.

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Beerman said:

Much of what you ended up with was put in by you and your employer.  That isn't counted as part of your return.  If I start with zero. invest $100 into something and end up with $110, my return in 10%, not 110%.

I understand and thanks for clarifying employer contributions aren't part of a return.  Take that further.  Say that $10 in 40 years turns into $100,000?   The average rate of return might be 10% which is good.  Most people are shooting for 5%.  Still I can manipulate that figure and say I've increased my wealth many fold by thousands of percent going from $10 to $100,000 in 40 years.  I was just saying I was thinking that's what the click bait of the NYP was doing.  But they did the same I've found with Buffet, his # was 5,500% ish.  

I understand all of what you're saying.  No need to go back and forth.

As for your last statement about insurrection, I can appreciate the gathering of information and forming an opinion based on what we see and how we interpret it based on many things.   

 

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I'm sure you all know by now much "Trump" won the election bothered me and still does to this day.

In that vein Trump pardons his accomplices in the conspiracy.

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 "President Trump is putting an end to the Biden Regime's communist tactics once and for all."

https://www.npr.org/2025/11/10/nx-s1-5604174/trump-pardons-2020-election

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Our country's standing is sinking lower and lower, in part because of the jokers that are in charge . 

F.B.I. Director Is Said to Have Made a Pledge to Head of MI5, Then Broken It

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/world/europe/kash-patel-fbi-mi5.html?unlocked_article_code=1.0E8.ruWE.AQL2DJNLYp2V&smid=url-share

Patel's inexperience and pugnaciousness is ruining international relationships with top spy agencies. This will take years to build, if there is ever a chance. 

 

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Another sign that the US is destroying ties with our strongest allies. 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/politics/uk-suspends-caribbean-intelligence-sharing-us

The UK is withholding intelligence about the caribbean because they think blowing up small boats is illegal. 

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https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-venezuela-immigration-ice-fbi-raids-no-criminal-charges

This is a long read. It talks about the raid on an apartment building in Chicago this Summer, when federal agents propelled out of Blackhawk helicopters to arrest building occupants. The reason was supposedly to capture and arrest Venezuelan gang members. It turns out, only 2 arrests were made, and one of those had no criminal history. 

DHS's so-called war on terrorism is meant to terrorize. 

 

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