Proud Dad. Proactive convictions on US politics & Israel.🇺🇸🇮🇱 Former Wall St Partner. Stocks. Commodities. Domains. Ideas I enjoy sharing. Your choice! :-)
I just unpinned from my profile the Southport, CT photo with the sign, “Beware of Falling Clams” showing the image of seagulls dropping clams onto a pathway to break them open. My caption noted that if clams were falling from the sky, who knew what could be next.
But… it’s a
@RpsAgainstTrump
40/44 ex trump cabinet level people unwilling to work for him again AND not voting for him is a powerful condemnation. Where is the rest of the Republican party - other than
@GovChristie
,
@Liz_Cheney
,
@MittRomney
,
@RepKinzinger
and a handful of others willing to denounce this
@BrianKarem
@RepRaskin
Thanks Brian. Jamie an incredible human and patriot! In this time of dysfunction, terror, tragedy, so grateful to have a committed source for good in DC.
@ImtiazMadmood
@HilzFuld
Imtiaz - Putting the war reporting in this form hopefully helps the deaf and blind and unwise Western media to see, hear, think and stop blaming Israel for simply defending itself from the existential and blatant treachery and murder.
@BillAckman
@Harvard
Thanks Bill. That is an excellent idea. As a Harvard MBA and a human, I also have axe in this issue.
Meanwhile Harvard has not yet condemned the Hamas action. Give me a break. It certainly impacts my view of supporting the school big time.
@BillAckman
@BarackObama
Yea... it’s a problem Bill. While I appreciate your well intentioned voice and efforts to draft Jamie Dimon, I sure DONT GET your positive Vivek & RFK head. Best answer for strength, vision and bipartisanship is
@GovChristie
.
@IvankaTrump
Thanks for the message which I will take as genuine. But my suggestion… use your influence to save the country from your father, who represents the antithesis of your message.
@EladStr
Hadar and Itay,
Will keep alive in our essence your image, your fight, your twins, your fellow Israelis, this terror, our commitment to peace and honor thru tragically necessary force...
@BillAckman
@MIT
This quote from departing MIT Professor Karchmer is a real condemnation of the failed MIT leadership:
“During a time when the Jewish and Israeli students, staff and faculty were particularly vulnerable, instead of offering the support they needed, the broader MIT community
@ValaAfshar
@chamath
Chamath lost me years ago as a disingenuous, self-interested dude masquerading as a benefactor of the little guy. I would never play in that guy‘s pen.
@ImtiazMadmood
Imtiaz… Your posts bring history forward. There is an element of emptiness as the world blames Jews rather than celebrating Jewish art, science and values. It is an emptiness and at the same moment a powerful, elemental perseverance knowing this truth and Jewish suffering while
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@BillAckman
@RobertKennedyJr
Bill - I am truly surprised that you left out one key element in your 1-7 series of points - namely the concept of integrity. While bad actors always exist & some will put profit first, I believe that the major US drug companies & their leaders DO have integrity.
As someone
@RpsAgainstTrump
Thank you for honoring Alexei Navalny and foreshadowing the horrible trajectory that weak D and R Congressmen and Senators are allowing to unfold.
I often hear of how Democrats and Republicans quietly whisper their disgust with leadership and the trajectory of America. Yet
@RpsAgainstTrump
You lost it Chris!!! Yea no argument around Biden’s deficiencies; just that being an alleged traitor and felon, and a guy whose lack of values will leave him in the garbage heap of history, is far worse.
@GovChrisSununu
@JewishWarrior13
@SenSchumer
Just listened to the speech. One of the last lines in his speech was hoping that Israel could “transcend the cycle of bloodshed and revenge.” That line is an outrageous abuse of reality. Israel is only fighting for its existence; it’s not “seeking” bloodshed; and certainly not
@RpsAgainstTrump
Hard to understand how Scott can so obviously be selling out for a perceived opportunity at the expense of principle.
In fact in the context of a “life well lived” joining up with the trump dysfunction and disrespect and myopic self-interest and lack of any character is an
@MosabHasanYOSEF
Add this to your list:
- Most of the Western press, for requiring Israel to conduct a war without civilian casualties, a unique and sadly impossible requirement when measured against all others wars, while never giving credit for its efforts in this regard or the existential
@RpsAgainstTrump
Tuberville is as low as you go. A Senator in name only; more a nobody who is playing a “holier than thou” and hugely destructive role in US military preparedness.
Thanks to
@real_vijay
for a remarkably informative, beautifully written, unbiased, easy to understand, deeply insightful, objective, positive perspective on
#bitcoin
. Thank you Vijay!
@TigayBarry
Barry … Posted this earlier:
Just listened to the speech. One of the last lines in his speech was hoping that Israel could “transcend the cycle of bloodshed and revenge.” That line is an outrageous abuse of reality. Israel is only fighting for its existence; it’s not “seeking”
@DIVER_UA
@khodorkovsky_en
My view - It’s clearly intentional. It’s meant to create an aura of truth and reality (around Putin’s surreality), that is still fully manageable by Putin. It’s simply a manipulation within a manipulation. A set of Matryoshka Dolls! If it were otherwise, after the first question,
@AdamKinzinger
The Afghan issue is critical for America’s integrity. The abandonment of our Afghan allies over the past few years has been absolutely inexcusable.
@RitchieTorres
Right on Ritchie. Your voice touches all of us with its understanding, logic and loyalty to America and democracy, Israel, and the human values that the US fought for in WWI and WWII, and that Israel is now battling.
Thank you so much, in this time of so much confusion and
@CherylWroteIt
@JustinTrudeau
@CanadianPM
Canada WAS a country of beauty and tolerance. While most of the Canadian people are still those we have always known, Trudeau has so bludgeoned Canada’s image and policies that an ocean of majesty has turned, as you eloquently and sadly note, into a dirty, muddy pool of racism
@TigayBarry
Thanks Barry. The portrayal of Israel today is a hard to believe vicious misrepresentation and caricature by the world’s media, countries and most politicians. Antisemitism in a viral and visible display in the guise of humanitarian concern without regard to the perpetrators
@BillAckman
Totally with you Bill. While you consistently put yourself on the line for what you see is right, that dude hides under the mother’s skirt of baseless cliches and empty claims.
Keep it going! You never know - you could end up being the catalyst for
@GovChristie
!
@DavidM_Friedman
Thanks David and agree. A way to frame it:
Tiny country Israel lost 1200 people on 10/7 plus to date 300 soldiers plus all hostages still held captive; a country in pain and in an existential fight threatened by Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, confronted on 2 borders with the goal of
@VivekGRamaswamy
Your ideas often make no sense to me. An 18 year old can serve in the military, but needs to pass a civics test to vote? So our younger population has the obligations of citizenship but not the rights? Instead, lets devote more money to education … In fact lets totally revamp
@ImtiazMadmood
Was not aware Imtiaz.
It is a numbing world yet thank goodness for Israel and the Jewish core of values and “ko-ach” - the Hebrew word for strength.
Still, humans like to be appreciated - it’s just natural - yet for all Jews do for the world we are reviled by many and by an
@DavidM_Friedman
Thank you David. Sadly, Biden, Blinken and team are out to lunch with no truly visceral understanding of the issues; no ability to navigate the challenging Mideast shoals; and no commitment to actually standing up for RIGHT vs political expediency.
@HilzFuld
Hillel - Tough to stomach the Hamas propaganda; worse that so many in the West buy into the lies of terrorists; even worse it puts pressure on Israel forcing tactics and strategy that puts Israeli soldiers at greater risk and makes the mission even more difficult. And on top of
@historyinmemes
A fun post that answers a question that most of us haven’t really thought of, namely, “What’s the origin of the Michelin star ratings?!!!”
From
@CherylWroteIt
:
“Instead of destroying Hamas and giving the Gazans the opportunity to progress and thrive, the world instead wants to destroy Israel and turn it into Gaza.”
The tragedy of our time is that Western “leadership” is giving permission to evil over goodness.
Calvin,
@calvinfroedge
, is right on point with the call for an $SBSW bottom. I also think the time has come for the market to finally recognize what the platinum group metals are all about. Sibanye Stillwater has far more than the PGMs... but for the moment that is my focus.
Of
@TigayBarry
Israel and the Palestinians. It’s the difference between right and wrong; good and evil; integrity and crookedness; caring and abuse; freedom and terror; beauty and ugliness; education and manipulation; the future and the status quo; growth and despair; innovation and
@LHSummers
@Harvard
Lawrence - Most of us, as center Dems or Republicans are disgusted by the lack of ownership and destructive self-interest and/or delusion of Washington behavior and now Harvard’s silence. As a Harvard MBA its another whack contributing to the emptiness, sadness, disgust that is
@Jkylebass
@BillAckman
Right on Kyle. Outrageous that Harvard kept Gay at her $900k salary. Kind of like, “Your forcing us to act but we don’t buy it.” Really? She was fired for cause. Don’t get it.
@GovChristie
@GuyAdami
Chris is one tough dude with both a BIG heart & a BIG brain who GETS IT! You have my vote Chris & my gratitude for getting into the ring. You’re that unique BULL with character & charisma & compassion!
@TigayBarry
Totally & obviously logical to anyone who is sincere & cares about peace & humanity. Contrary to the misguided demonstrations which ignore Hamas terror hijacking of Gaza, peace & a non-Palestinian managed evolution away from war would lead to great prosperity.
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#silver
’s upside.
@abbydphillip
@kaitlancollins
Abby, you are a spectacular voice of historic and present day insight and vision for the future. Always grateful as you share your thoughts and thrilled for that tiny beauty and package of magic that you have brought into the world. :-)
Biden
@potus
, Schumer
@SenSchumer
and their team of Democratic turncoats are piling on one slur and indignity after the next. With absolutely unthinkable disloyalty and destruction of the international order and US interests in myopic, blind and virtually inhumane choices, and in
@khodorkovsky_en
Remarkable to me that Washington isn’t listening closely to everything you say, having gone thru your trial by fire… while continuing to advocate with the inside experience few have.
@seungminkim
@RadioFreeTom
As much as Jim Jordan‘s behavior tracks trumps lack of character and integrity, if the Republicans were to pick this dude, it’s on their head. Their choice their consequence... but unfortunately, at our expense. Beyond any logic if charged with doing the peoples’ business and
@tribelaw
Thanks Lawrence. Albert, you
share your Dad’s commitment to America with clarity and vision and a visceral and eloquent awareness of what it’s all about! Thank you!
@GOPIsrael
A sad commentary on America. Would she also have supported a call for a ceasefire in WWII? This battle today to eliminate Hamas is as existential for Israel as the war to eliminate the Nazi scourge.
@DavidM_Friedman
Thanks David. That “team” in the Whitehouse (more a gaggle of geese) can’t hear, see or think to the great detriment of America, Israel & our allies. And that’s being generous. In fact it’s as if it’s massively coordinated donut makers, filling with malintent disguised as cream.
@RepJeffries
Hakeem,
Great that you are fighting to lower costs. Why don’t you fight to safeguard democracy and get a candidate who is young and vibrant who has a high certainty of beating the Republican clown?
Instead, you are focusing on everything else, ignoring the elephant in the room,
@abbydphillip
@kaitlancollins
By the way Kaitlin, I think you, too, are a voice of precision and perspective. Also gratefully thankful for your reporting! :-)
@JakeWSimons
Sadly evil exists that seeks to impose its message with brutality. With the advances of human society, war SHOULD be an anachronism but it’s not because of existential threats like the evil of Hamas threatening Israel.
Civilian collateral damage is a horror of war, yet in the
@Dal_The_Fox
@LyleR153
Doesn’t work that way. I would venture that in the history of warfare, Israel has taken more pains to avoid civilian casualties than any country, ever.
Yes, there have been the horrors of likely thousands of civilian deaths in Gaza. It is a terrible and unavoidable consequence
@TigayBarry
Well said. So true. Tough world. Yet no one is tougher than Israel and, beautifully at the same time, has more heart and soul. Thanks Barry.
@jimsciutto
Thanks Jim. Appreciate your reporting. On the Trump era, I remaine confounded by the Republican party’s extraordinarily misguided & indeed continuing complicit & corrupted behavior, choosing party & position over country & character. Please stay on that theme. Thanks Jim! Rick
@SaraEisen
@ChenaultKen
@CNBC
Zero ownership and zero caring for the injustice to Jews on campus and by extension, the world.
Give me a break. Society, in so many places, including this guy who must (or at least should know better), is gravitating to the lowest common denominator.
@BillAckman
@Harvard
Thank you Bill. Shocking but then again, in the context of the world’s historical behavior, not a shock. But such an absence of wisdom and character from one of our preeminent institutions is just simply disgusting.
@deanbphillips
Dean you are a class act. And clearly when it comes to both character and competence I would take Joe over the other guy who lacks both. Let’s hope, if it proves to be Biden vs trump, that enough people feel that way.
@TaviCosta
Hey Tavi,
I personally think almost everyone would have a good feeling, holding a 1 ounce silver coin in their hand. Even Buffett! What the heck!? A precious and industrial metal for $25 bucks, 1/85 the price of gold when the historic average is 1/15 of the price of gold, having
@goldseek
In the same theme, total annual supply of gold including recycling, 150 million ounces, is worth about $300 billion. As the world’s soundest currency - (after all what is a currency but a recognized store of value) - that’s not a lot.
Meanwhile the annual silver supply of 1
@lbmaexecutive
Really?! A totally arrogant and self-serving move designed to maintain the ability of LBMA members to manipulate
#gold
pricing for profit at the expense of allowing free market price discovery.
@hajiyev_rashad
Feels like a coil and will SPRING… “When” is tougher than “Why!”
There is massive capital out there and FOMO is a human force, that IS REMARKABLY RELEVANT IN THE PRECIOUS METALS SPACE, given the very narrow portal.
One billion ounces of annual silver supply from production
@DavidM_Friedman
The Democratic establishment has no clue that they are pushing stalwart centrist Democrats so hard that for the first time we are beginning to contemplate the alternative.
We are getting pushed by their blind allegiance to Biden and the resulting gamble with the country. We’re
@HilzFuld
My parents taught me you can only control what you can control.
Unfortunately hate and evil and barbarism coexist with the beauty and strength in humanity.
With wisdom and character and perseverance, (and right now a lot of pain) goodness prevails.
There is no point, and it
@BillAckman
Hey Bill,
With all your tremendous and fair minded giving, so sorry you and Neri are forced to deal with such garbage… On behalf of all of us thank you for being the tip of the spear …
@Jkylebass
@USNavy
You’re ON IT Kyle. I, for one, think it is hugely productive for the world’s welfare to be able to responsibly co-exist, cooperating on many mutually beneficial dimensions. BUT that requires China to honor the “rules of the road,” AND a tough but fairminded (assuming its mutual)
@deanbphillips
It’s now very easy and allowed at leadership positions throughout Washington to blame and not take ownership and responsibility. I agree with you completely, Dean. It’s not just Trump. It’s not just Biden. It’s not just all of their followers who turn a blind eye, but it’s many
@yaakovkatz
@POTUS
This concept of moral equivalence, equating actions of Hamas with actions of Israel, is a terrible injustice to Israel, the theme of peace, and to humanity.
Unfortunately many in and out of power are cluelessly traveling in a fog of intentional or unintentional bias and double
@brickerjet
@jimcramer
@CNBC
Y O U Sir, are seriously out to lunch questionning the deeply objective, deeply caring, sharing of info and ideas that Jim Cramer offers to his appreciative audience. Jimmy works 15 hours a day to help all of us. What do you do? Given Jim’s efforts I found your comment offensive.
@jonfortt
Hey Jon,
You are to good to just be cute.
Bill‘s ax with Gay was all about her outrageous comments, and her behavior, not providing a safe environment on campus for Jewish and Israeli students, faculty and community members, running an unrelenting double standard of destructive
@LyleR153
A ceasefire is a perpetuation of terror and DEAN HAS IT WRONG. This war is existential for Israel and Hamas must be eliminated.
A ceasefire only makes sense as momentary pause for the release of the hostages.
It makes absolutely no sense in the absence of the hostage release,
@RepJeffries
Actually, Hakeem, your job is to take care of all of your constituents, certainly including hard-working Americans, and also thinking about the future of democracy, which you all pretend to revere but instead act in a narrow and very unproductive way.
You guys make a lot of
@TFMetals
Wow! Out of 1.4 billion, this incredibly brave woman stands up, likely representing vast numbers of people that are beginning to realize their human desire for freedom is universal, able to collectively challenge a managed society where gaping weakness has inevitably appeared.
Re Tony Makuch,
#Kirkland
CEO,
@BlackAlex58
points out that I am wrong (thank you Alex!) & that Tony does have an incentive re a $KL sale w $10 million in stock & $8 million in change of control payments at age 62.
@GOPIsrael
Marc - It’s bull coming out of
@VP
and
@POTUS
. None of their speeches and talking points address the real issues. Here is a copy of a post I did earlier (now updated) in response to Kamala’s speech:
“I just listened to the speech… She does call for “an immediate cease fire, for
@GovChristie
Chris, its a more intense word than “ashamed.” It’s about, for starters, the House and Senate members especially the 137 congressional men and women and the eight Senators who refused to certify the election on January 6th, breaching their oath of office (which is how they will
@RnaudBertrand
Wow! Never would have expected those US comments! One answer to all of this is the Hong Kong 100 year lease model - maybe reduced to 50 years (or 30 if necessary) - short of going to war.
@htsfhickey
Thanks Fred. Appreciate your comments always and grateful for sharing your thoughts on $AGI and $AEM during your “quiet” period. You are the best at what you do! An Olympic “Gold” “Metalist” :-) … and I will give you the “Silver” medal … and “metal” as well!!!
@mihaschw
Thank you Miha and thank you Danny. Danny’s words are clear and exactly on point.
Having made a film on the Holocaust, Glazer’s behavior, abusing all who died at the hands of the Nazis, as well as Israelis, the IDF and Jews everywhere, was abysmal.
Danny should do whatever he