2024

[old salt]

More on Madame Khan's good work on behalf of Trustbuster Joe.
Let's see what you have to say when, out of the blue, she & Joe go after something of value to you.
They arbitrarily nearly destroyed a great bio-tech company which has done an incalculable amount of good.

Moving the goalposts and changing the conversation now that you're admitting you're fibbing about your portfolio.

Want to talk about Khan and the failures of past FTC heads? Happy to.

Start a new thread. Start with the FTC sitting on its hands since they broke up Ma Bell to allow countless monopolies that have all but eliminated competition in every business sector.

And then you'll realize that ALL the FTC commissioners (and the DoJ, for that matter) have royally screwed companies like mine, and consumers in general, by ignoring all the monopolies we have in America.

Start the thread. Happy to chime in, assuming you actually want to discuss this, and not just throw stones at Dems.

FU. How am I "fibbing" about my stock portfolio. It went down in value > 7 figures thanks to Khan's arbitrary, unpredictable attacks.
Fortunately, I'm diversified in other investments & holdings which Biden has yet to F-up...but he'll get to them in his 2nd term w/ his wealth tax.
How many other good faith investors endured similar stock losses due to Khan's & Biden's irrational grandstanding crusade ?

You're dealing in socialist mythology -- nobody working in their garage could bring to market the groundbreaking advances that Illumina has.

Hogs get slaughtered it what it sounds like to me….who advised you not to take some off the table? Personal responsibility.

It's a long term investment. Still way ahead. It will climb back up. Despite this irrational. arbitrary attack, nobody else can do what Illumina can do.
Too expensive in cap gains tax to cash out. Don't need the cash. No better investment at hand. We can wait. It will end up going to our foundation anyway.

[Typical Lax Dad]

More on Madame Khan's good work on behalf of Trustbuster Joe.
Let's see what you have to say when, out of the blue, she & Joe go after something of value to you.
They arbitrarily nearly destroyed a great bio-tech company which has done an incalculable amount of good.

Moving the goalposts and changing the conversation now that you're admitting you're fibbing about your portfolio.

Want to talk about Khan and the failures of past FTC heads? Happy to.

Start a new thread. Start with the FTC sitting on its hands since they broke up Ma Bell to allow countless monopolies that have all but eliminated competition in every business sector.

And then you'll realize that ALL the FTC commissioners (and the DoJ, for that matter) have royally screwed companies like mine, and consumers in general, by ignoring all the monopolies we have in America.

Start the thread. Happy to chime in, assuming you actually want to discuss this, and not just throw stones at Dems.

FU. How am I "fibbing" about my stock portfolio. It went down in value > 7 figures thanks to Khan's arbitrary, unpredictable attacks.
Fortunately, I'm diversified in other investments & holdings which Biden has yet to F-up...but he'll get to them in his 2nd term w/ his wealth tax.
How many other good faith investors endured similar stock losses due to Khan's & Biden's irrational grandstanding crusade ?

You're dealing in socialist mythology -- nobody working in their garage could bring to market the groundbreaking advances that Illumina has.

Hogs get slaughtered it what it sounds like to me….who advised you not to take some off the table? Personal responsibility.

It's a long term investment. Still way ahead. It will climb back up. Despite this irrational. arbitrary attack, nobody else can do what Illumina can do.
Too expensive in cap gains tax to cash out. Don't need the cash. No better investment at hand. We can wait. It will end up going to our foundation anyway.

So stop whining.

[old salt]

More on Madame Khan's good work on behalf of Trustbuster Joe.
Let's see what you have to say when, out of the blue, she & Joe go after something of value to you.
They arbitrarily nearly destroyed a great bio-tech company which has done an incalculable amount of good.

Moving the goalposts and changing the conversation now that you're admitting you're fibbing about your portfolio.

Want to talk about Khan and the failures of past FTC heads? Happy to.

Start a new thread. Start with the FTC sitting on its hands since they broke up Ma Bell to allow countless monopolies that have all but eliminated competition in every business sector.

And then you'll realize that ALL the FTC commissioners (and the DoJ, for that matter) have royally screwed companies like mine, and consumers in general, by ignoring all the monopolies we have in America.

Start the thread. Happy to chime in, assuming you actually want to discuss this, and not just throw stones at Dems.

FU. How am I "fibbing" about my stock portfolio. It went down in value > 7 figures thanks to Khan's arbitrary, unpredictable attacks.
Fortunately, I'm diversified in other investments & holdings which Biden has yet to F-up...but he'll get to them in his 2nd term w/ his wealth tax.
How many other good faith investors endured similar stock losses due to Khan's & Biden's irrational grandstanding crusade ?

You're dealing in socialist mythology -- nobody working in their garage could bring to market the groundbreaking advances that Illumina has.

Hogs get slaughtered it what it sounds like to me….who advised you not to take some off the table? Personal responsibility.

It's a long term investment. Still way ahead. It will climb back up. Despite this irrational. arbitrary attack, nobody else can do what Illumina can do.
Too expensive in cap gains tax to cash out. Don't need the cash. No better investment at hand. We can wait. It will end up going to our foundation anyway.

So stop whining.

Not whining. I gave a specific, real world answer to afan's challenging question.

Biden's arbitrary grandstanding policies hurt good faith investors & honest, well run companies, which do enormous good works.

[Typical Lax Dad]

More on Madame Khan's good work on behalf of Trustbuster Joe.
Let's see what you have to say when, out of the blue, she & Joe go after something of value to you.
They arbitrarily nearly destroyed a great bio-tech company which has done an incalculable amount of good.

Moving the goalposts and changing the conversation now that you're admitting you're fibbing about your portfolio.

Want to talk about Khan and the failures of past FTC heads? Happy to.

Start a new thread. Start with the FTC sitting on its hands since they broke up Ma Bell to allow countless monopolies that have all but eliminated competition in every business sector.

And then you'll realize that ALL the FTC commissioners (and the DoJ, for that matter) have royally screwed companies like mine, and consumers in general, by ignoring all the monopolies we have in America.

Start the thread. Happy to chime in, assuming you actually want to discuss this, and not just throw stones at Dems.

FU. How am I "fibbing" about my stock portfolio. It went down in value > 7 figures thanks to Khan's arbitrary, unpredictable attacks.
Fortunately, I'm diversified in other investments & holdings which Biden has yet to F-up...but he'll get to them in his 2nd term w/ his wealth tax.
How many other good faith investors endured similar stock losses due to Khan's & Biden's irrational grandstanding crusade ?

You're dealing in socialist mythology -- nobody working in their garage could bring to market the groundbreaking advances that Illumina has.

Hogs get slaughtered it what it sounds like to me….who advised you not to take some off the table? Personal responsibility.

It's a long term investment. Still way ahead. It will climb back up. Despite this irrational. arbitrary attack, nobody else can do what Illumina can do.
Too expensive in cap gains tax to cash out. Don't need the cash. No better investment at hand. We can wait. It will end up going to our foundation anyway.

So stop whining.

Not whining. I gave a specific, real world answer to afan's challenging question.

Biden's arbitrary grandstanding policies hurt good faith investors & honest, well run companies, which do enormous good works.

Whining over a specific example is still whining.

[a fan]

I gave a specific, real world answer to afan's challenging question.

No. You didn't.

The reason you lost seven figures in value isn't because of something the Biden admin. did. You lost that because you CHOSE to hold a bunch of this stock, and then CHOSE to not get out of it when ripples hit to take your profit, and then get back in.

Government actions and inactions hammer or bolster stocks ALL THE TIME, OS. And you know this. This is a mixture of trolling and gaslighting. I lost an export deal because of Trump's fake tariff war with Airbus, for example. Part of business, and this sort of thing happens ALL THE TIME. I'm just grateful the tariffs hit BEFORE we wasted time and money on exports.

And now, of course, you're telling us you didn't lose a penny. It's all still sitting there. Which makes me happy, honestly.


And if you had bothered to start a thread about FTC actions? You'd find that I agree with your criticism of Khan, and we'd likely find more agreement about past FTC heads, sitting on their **ses when it comes to monopolies, stifling competition and invasion.

But you wanted to yell at me instead.

[a fan]

Biden's arbitrary grandstanding policies hurt good faith investors & honest, well run companies, which do enormous good works.

Same as Trump. The difference is, not only did you not complain, you cheered it on.

R's and D's. That's all that is.

EVERY admin. affects big biz in particular, for good or ill. Invest accordingly.

And I know you do. Let's move on.

Unless, of course, you want to start a FTC thread. I"m game.

[SCLaxAttack]

More on Madame Khan's good work on behalf of Trustbuster Joe.
Let's see what you have to say when, out of the blue, she & Joe go after something of value to you.
They arbitrarily nearly destroyed a great bio-tech company which has done an incalculable amount of good.

Moving the goalposts and changing the conversation now that you're admitting you're fibbing about your portfolio.

Want to talk about Khan and the failures of past FTC heads? Happy to.

Start a new thread. Start with the FTC sitting on its hands since they broke up Ma Bell to allow countless monopolies that have all but eliminated competition in every business sector.

And then you'll realize that ALL the FTC commissioners (and the DoJ, for that matter) have royally screwed companies like mine, and consumers in general, by ignoring all the monopolies we have in America.

Start the thread. Happy to chime in, assuming you actually want to discuss this, and not just throw stones at Dems.

FU. How am I "fibbing" about my stock portfolio. It went down in value > 7 figures thanks to Khan's arbitrary, unpredictable attacks.
Fortunately, I'm diversified in other investments & holdings which Biden has yet to F-up...but he'll get to them in his 2nd term w/ his wealth tax.
How many other good faith investors endured similar stock valuation losses due to Khan's & Biden's irrational grandstanding crusade ?

You're dealing in socialist mythology -- nobody working in their garage could bring to market the groundbreaking advances that Illumina has.

So following along, OS wants us to believe all his eggs were in one basket and because Khan led a move on one company his portfolio imploded.

If he's telling the truth I now understand why he chose to be a pilot. Certainly has no aptitude for financial management.

Financial security 101 - Diversify.

Afan is only partially right. OS may be really smart and just trying to gaslight many of us. There is the other possibility, at least as it relates to personal finance.

[old salt]

I gave a specific, real world answer to afan's challenging question.

No. You didn't.

The reason you lost seven figures in value isn't because of something the Biden admin. did. You lost that because you CHOSE to hold a bunch of this stock, and then CHOSE to not get out of it when ripples hit to take your profit, and then get back in.

Government actions and inactions hammer or bolster stocks ALL THE TIME, OS. And you know this. This is a mixture of trolling and gaslighting. I lost an export deal because of Trump's fake tariff war with Airbus, for example. Part of business, and this sort of thing happens ALL THE TIME. I'm just grateful the tariffs hit BEFORE we wasted time and money on exports.

And now, of course, you're telling us you didn't lose a penny. It's all still sitting there. Which makes me happy, honestly.

And if you had bothered to start a thread about FTC actions? You'd find that I agree with your criticism of Khan, and we'd likely find more agreement about past FTC heads, sitting on their **ses when it comes to monopolies, stifling competition and invasion.

But you wanted to yell at me instead.

What Khan did to Illumina was totally unpredictable & unwarranted. Even Carl Ichan did not see it coming. It's value went through the roof when it decided to reacquire Grail, a subsidiary it had started, spun off & was invited to reacquire so it could bring to market a new life saving technology.

I haven't taken a loss because it's still worth significantly more than I paid for it, nearly 2 decades ago.
I don't know if I'll live long enough to see it regain it's true value from before it was gutted by Khan & Biden.
We plan to hold it & bequeath it to a charitable foundation we plan to start.

No need to start a new thread. You told me, in this thread, how fat my stock portfolio had become under Biden.
So I gave you a specific answer in this thread. No need for a separate diversionary thread.

[a fan]

More on Madame Khan's good work on behalf of Trustbuster Joe.
Let's see what you have to say when, out of the blue, she & Joe go after something of value to you.
They arbitrarily nearly destroyed a great bio-tech company which has done an incalculable amount of good.

Moving the goalposts and changing the conversation now that you're admitting you're fibbing about your portfolio.

Want to talk about Khan and the failures of past FTC heads? Happy to.

Start a new thread. Start with the FTC sitting on its hands since they broke up Ma Bell to allow countless monopolies that have all but eliminated competition in every business sector.

And then you'll realize that ALL the FTC commissioners (and the DoJ, for that matter) have royally screwed companies like mine, and consumers in general, by ignoring all the monopolies we have in America.

Start the thread. Happy to chime in, assuming you actually want to discuss this, and not just throw stones at Dems.

FU. How am I "fibbing" about my stock portfolio. It went down in value > 7 figures thanks to Khan's arbitrary, unpredictable attacks.
Fortunately, I'm diversified in other investments & holdings which Biden has yet to F-up...but he'll get to them in his 2nd term w/ his wealth tax.
How many other good faith investors endured similar stock valuation losses due to Khan's & Biden's irrational grandstanding crusade ?

You're dealing in socialist mythology -- nobody working in their garage could bring to market the groundbreaking advances that Illumina has.

So following along, OS wants us to believe all his eggs were in one basket and because Khan led a move on one company his portfolio imploded.

If he's telling the truth I now understand why he chose to be a pilot. Certainly has no aptitude for financial management.

Financial security 101 - Diversify.

Afan is only partially right. OS may be really smart and just trying to gaslight many of us. There is the other possibility, at least as it relates to personal finance.

The funniest part of the whole exchange? OS's "Socialist mythology" crack.

Anyone here want to guess if Illumina's founders were educated by socialist-government professors at Government State Universities paid for by us taxpayers before founding this company?

[Typical Lax Dad]

I gave a specific, real world answer to afan's challenging question.

No. You didn't.

The reason you lost seven figures in value isn't because of something the Biden admin. did. You lost that because you CHOSE to hold a bunch of this stock, and then CHOSE to not get out of it when ripples hit to take your profit, and then get back in.

Government actions and inactions hammer or bolster stocks ALL THE TIME, OS. And you know this. This is a mixture of trolling and gaslighting. I lost an export deal because of Trump's fake tariff war with Airbus, for example. Part of business, and this sort of thing happens ALL THE TIME. I'm just grateful the tariffs hit BEFORE we wasted time and money on exports.

And now, of course, you're telling us you didn't lose a penny. It's all still sitting there. Which makes me happy, honestly.

And if you had bothered to start a thread about FTC actions? You'd find that I agree with your criticism of Khan, and we'd likely find more agreement about past FTC heads, sitting on their **ses when it comes to monopolies, stifling competition and invasion.

But you wanted to yell at me instead.

What Khan did to Illumina was totally unpredictable & unwarranted. Even Carl Ichan did not see it coming. It's value went through the roof when it decided to reacquire Grail, a subsidiary it had started, spun off & was invited to reacquire so it could bring to market a new life saving technology.

I haven't taken a loss because it's still worth significantly more than I paid for it, nearly 2 decades ago.
I don't know if I'll live long enough to see it regain it's true value from before it was gutted by Khan & Biden.
We plan to hold it & bequeath it to a charitable foundation we plan to start.

No need to start a new thread. You told me, in this thread, how fat my stock portfolio had become under Biden.
So I gave you a specific answer in this thread. No need for a separate diversionary thread.

How do you calculate the true value? Which stocks are under performing their true value and which are underperforming? What other stocks in your portfolio are trading below their true value?

[Typical Lax Dad]

https://fortune.com/2023/12/18/illumina ... 7-billion/

Old Deceiver

[a fan]

No need to start a new thread. You told me, in this thread, how fat my stock portfolio had become under Biden.
So I gave you a specific answer in this thread. No need for a separate diversionary thread.

It's not a diversionary thread. It's telling you: yes, old salt, let's discuss Khan and other FTC actions.

You don't want to do that, and that's fine.

[SCLaxAttack]

I gave a specific, real world answer to afan's challenging question.

No. You didn't.

The reason you lost seven figures in value isn't because of something the Biden admin. did. You lost that because you CHOSE to hold a bunch of this stock, and then CHOSE to not get out of it when ripples hit to take your profit, and then get back in.

Government actions and inactions hammer or bolster stocks ALL THE TIME, OS. And you know this. This is a mixture of trolling and gaslighting. I lost an export deal because of Trump's fake tariff war with Airbus, for example. Part of business, and this sort of thing happens ALL THE TIME. I'm just grateful the tariffs hit BEFORE we wasted time and money on exports.

And now, of course, you're telling us you didn't lose a penny. It's all still sitting there. Which makes me happy, honestly.

And if you had bothered to start a thread about FTC actions? You'd find that I agree with your criticism of Khan, and we'd likely find more agreement about past FTC heads, sitting on their **ses when it comes to monopolies, stifling competition and invasion.

But you wanted to yell at me instead.

What Khan did to Illumina was totally unpredictable & unwarranted. Even Carl Ichan did not see it coming. It's value went through the roof when it decided to reacquire Grail, a subsidiary it had started, spun off & was invited to reacquire so it could bring to market a new life saving technology.

I haven't taken a loss because it's still worth significantly more than I paid for it, nearly 2 decades ago.
I don't know if I'll live long enough to see it regain it's true value from before it was gutted by Khan & Biden.
We plan to hold it & bequeath it to a charitable foundation we plan to start.

No need to start a new thread. You told me, in this thread, how fat my stock portfolio had become under Biden.
So I gave you a specific answer in this thread. No need for a separate diversionary thread.

Regain it's true value? There's two days when you weren't paying attention in Personal Finance 101. First the day on diversification, then the day when they discussed that true value is only incurred on the dates of the transactions. Do you have any ancestors that invested in Dutch tulips? Are you pissed at them that they didn't sell at the peak?

[Typical Lax Dad]

The pharmaceutical business:

https://www.nature.com/articles/nbt0715-679

Spent $8.4 billion. Got $0 out of it basically. Shut it down after a few years later.

[Typical Lax Dad]

I gave a specific, real world answer to afan's challenging question.

No. You didn't.

The reason you lost seven figures in value isn't because of something the Biden admin. did. You lost that because you CHOSE to hold a bunch of this stock, and then CHOSE to not get out of it when ripples hit to take your profit, and then get back in.

Government actions and inactions hammer or bolster stocks ALL THE TIME, OS. And you know this. This is a mixture of trolling and gaslighting. I lost an export deal because of Trump's fake tariff war with Airbus, for example. Part of business, and this sort of thing happens ALL THE TIME. I'm just grateful the tariffs hit BEFORE we wasted time and money on exports.

And now, of course, you're telling us you didn't lose a penny. It's all still sitting there. Which makes me happy, honestly.

And if you had bothered to start a thread about FTC actions? You'd find that I agree with your criticism of Khan, and we'd likely find more agreement about past FTC heads, sitting on their **ses when it comes to monopolies, stifling competition and invasion.

But you wanted to yell at me instead.

What Khan did to Illumina was totally unpredictable & unwarranted. Even Carl Ichan did not see it coming. It's value went through the roof when it decided to reacquire Grail, a subsidiary it had started, spun off & was invited to reacquire so it could bring to market a new life saving technology.

I haven't taken a loss because it's still worth significantly more than I paid for it, nearly 2 decades ago.
I don't know if I'll live long enough to see it regain it's true value from before it was gutted by Khan & Biden.
We plan to hold it & bequeath it to a charitable foundation we plan to start.

No need to start a new thread. You told me, in this thread, how fat my stock portfolio had become under Biden.
So I gave you a specific answer in this thread. No need for a separate diversionary thread.

Regain it's true value? There's two days when you weren't paying attention in Personal Finance 101. First the day on diversification, then the day when they discussed that true value is only incurred on the dates of the transactions. Do you have any ancestors that invested in Dutch tulips? Are you pissed at them that they didn't sell at the peak?

Was asleep when the lecture on intrinsic value was held.

[old salt]

More on Madame Khan's good work on behalf of Trustbuster Joe.
Let's see what you have to say when, out of the blue, she & Joe go after something of value to you.
They arbitrarily nearly destroyed a great bio-tech company which has done an incalculable amount of good.

Moving the goalposts and changing the conversation now that you're admitting you're fibbing about your portfolio.

Want to talk about Khan and the failures of past FTC heads? Happy to.

Start a new thread. Start with the FTC sitting on its hands since they broke up Ma Bell to allow countless monopolies that have all but eliminated competition in every business sector.

And then you'll realize that ALL the FTC commissioners (and the DoJ, for that matter) have royally screwed companies like mine, and consumers in general, by ignoring all the monopolies we have in America.

Start the thread. Happy to chime in, assuming you actually want to discuss this, and not just throw stones at Dems.

FU. How am I "fibbing" about my stock portfolio. It went down in value > 7 figures thanks to Khan's arbitrary, unpredictable attacks.
Fortunately, I'm diversified in other investments & holdings which Biden has yet to F-up...but he'll get to them in his 2nd term w/ his wealth tax.
How many other good faith investors endured similar stock valuation losses due to Khan's & Biden's irrational grandstanding crusade ?

You're dealing in socialist mythology -- nobody working in their garage could bring to market the groundbreaking advances that Illumina has.

So following along, OS wants us to believe all his eggs were in one basket and because Khan led a move on one company his portfolio imploded.

If he's telling the truth I now understand why he chose to be a pilot. Certainly has no aptitude for financial management.

Financial security 101 - Diversify.

Afan is only partially right. OS may be really smart and just trying to gaslight many of us. There is the other possibility, at least as it relates to personal finance.

My wife & I were smart enough to hook up with a fledgling broker, when we were all in our early 30's. We grew with him & learned along the way. He became the 4 time winner of USA Today's top national stock picker.

No aptitude for financial management ? No debt or interest paid on anything since we paid off our mortgage in our 'early '30's & went looking for a broker to invest with.

All eggs in one basket ? Can you read ? I told you we were diversified. Increase in property values on real estate holdings, 5% interest rates on CD's, S&P index funds in retirement instruments, & other tech stock holdings, + 2 pensions & lifetime SS pay in, more than make up for significant devaluation in one long term tech stock. obtw, nothing on margin. I just don't appreciate what Biden & Khan did to a great company that has done a tremendous amount of good & was not a threat.

[Typical Lax Dad]

More on Madame Khan's good work on behalf of Trustbuster Joe.
Let's see what you have to say when, out of the blue, she & Joe go after something of value to you.
They arbitrarily nearly destroyed a great bio-tech company which has done an incalculable amount of good.

Moving the goalposts and changing the conversation now that you're admitting you're fibbing about your portfolio.

Want to talk about Khan and the failures of past FTC heads? Happy to.

Start a new thread. Start with the FTC sitting on its hands since they broke up Ma Bell to allow countless monopolies that have all but eliminated competition in every business sector.

And then you'll realize that ALL the FTC commissioners (and the DoJ, for that matter) have royally screwed companies like mine, and consumers in general, by ignoring all the monopolies we have in America.

Start the thread. Happy to chime in, assuming you actually want to discuss this, and not just throw stones at Dems.

FU. How am I "fibbing" about my stock portfolio. It went down in value > 7 figures thanks to Khan's arbitrary, unpredictable attacks.
Fortunately, I'm diversified in other investments & holdings which Biden has yet to F-up...but he'll get to them in his 2nd term w/ his wealth tax.
How many other good faith investors endured similar stock valuation losses due to Khan's & Biden's irrational grandstanding crusade ?

You're dealing in socialist mythology -- nobody working in their garage could bring to market the groundbreaking advances that Illumina has.

So following along, OS wants us to believe all his eggs were in one basket and because Khan led a move on one company his portfolio imploded.

If he's telling the truth I now understand why he chose to be a pilot. Certainly has no aptitude for financial management.

Financial security 101 - Diversify.

Afan is only partially right. OS may be really smart and just trying to gaslight many of us. There is the other possibility, at least as it relates to personal finance.

My wife & I were smart enough to hook up with a fledgling broker, when we were all in our early 30's. We grew with him & learned along the way. He became the 4 time winner of USA Today's top national stock picker.

No aptitude for financial management ? No debt or interest paid on anything since we paid off our mortgage in our 'early '30's & went looking for a broker to invest with.

All eggs in one basket ? Can you read ? I told you we were diversified. Increase in property values on real estate holdings, 5% interest rates on CD's, S&P index funds in retirement instruments, & other tech stock holdings, + 2 pensions & lifetime SS pay in, more than make up for significant devaluation in one long term tech stock. obtw, nothing on margin. I just don't appreciate what Biden & Khan did to a great company that has done a tremendous amount of good & was not a threat.

So stop whining…. https://fortune.com/2023/12/18/illumina ... 7-billion/

Even Icahn moved on….unlike your characterization of his view.

[old salt]

More on Madame Khan's good work on behalf of Trustbuster Joe.
Let's see what you have to say when, out of the blue, she & Joe go after something of value to you.
They arbitrarily nearly destroyed a great bio-tech company which has done an incalculable amount of good.

Moving the goalposts and changing the conversation now that you're admitting you're fibbing about your portfolio.

Want to talk about Khan and the failures of past FTC heads? Happy to.

Start a new thread. Start with the FTC sitting on its hands since they broke up Ma Bell to allow countless monopolies that have all but eliminated competition in every business sector.

And then you'll realize that ALL the FTC commissioners (and the DoJ, for that matter) have royally screwed companies like mine, and consumers in general, by ignoring all the monopolies we have in America.

Start the thread. Happy to chime in, assuming you actually want to discuss this, and not just throw stones at Dems.

FU. How am I "fibbing" about my stock portfolio. It went down in value > 7 figures thanks to Khan's arbitrary, unpredictable attacks.
Fortunately, I'm diversified in other investments & holdings which Biden has yet to F-up...but he'll get to them in his 2nd term w/ his wealth tax.
How many other good faith investors endured similar stock valuation losses due to Khan's & Biden's irrational grandstanding crusade ?

You're dealing in socialist mythology -- nobody working in their garage could bring to market the groundbreaking advances that Illumina has.

So following along, OS wants us to believe all his eggs were in one basket and because Khan led a move on one company his portfolio imploded.

If he's telling the truth I now understand why he chose to be a pilot. Certainly has no aptitude for financial management.

Financial security 101 - Diversify.

Afan is only partially right. OS may be really smart and just trying to gaslight many of us. There is the other possibility, at least as it relates to personal finance.

My wife & I were smart enough to hook up with a fledgling broker, when we were all in our early 30's. We grew with him & learned along the way. He became the 4 time winner of USA Today's top national stock picker.

No aptitude for financial management ? No debt or interest paid on anything since we paid off our mortgage in our 'early '30's & went looking for a broker to invest with.

All eggs in one basket ? Can you read ? I told you we were diversified. Increase in property values on real estate holdings, 5% interest rates on CD's, S&P index funds in retirement instruments, & other tech stock holdings, + 2 pensions & lifetime SS pay in, more than make up for significant devaluation in one long term tech stock. obtw, nothing on margin. I just don't appreciate what Biden & Khan did to a great company that has done a tremendous amount of good & was not a threat.

So stop whining

I'm not. I'm responding.

[Typical Lax Dad]

More on Madame Khan's good work on behalf of Trustbuster Joe.
Let's see what you have to say when, out of the blue, she & Joe go after something of value to you.
They arbitrarily nearly destroyed a great bio-tech company which has done an incalculable amount of good.

Moving the goalposts and changing the conversation now that you're admitting you're fibbing about your portfolio.

Want to talk about Khan and the failures of past FTC heads? Happy to.

Start a new thread. Start with the FTC sitting on its hands since they broke up Ma Bell to allow countless monopolies that have all but eliminated competition in every business sector.

And then you'll realize that ALL the FTC commissioners (and the DoJ, for that matter) have royally screwed companies like mine, and consumers in general, by ignoring all the monopolies we have in America.

Start the thread. Happy to chime in, assuming you actually want to discuss this, and not just throw stones at Dems.

FU. How am I "fibbing" about my stock portfolio. It went down in value > 7 figures thanks to Khan's arbitrary, unpredictable attacks.
Fortunately, I'm diversified in other investments & holdings which Biden has yet to F-up...but he'll get to them in his 2nd term w/ his wealth tax.
How many other good faith investors endured similar stock valuation losses due to Khan's & Biden's irrational grandstanding crusade ?

You're dealing in socialist mythology -- nobody working in their garage could bring to market the groundbreaking advances that Illumina has.

So following along, OS wants us to believe all his eggs were in one basket and because Khan led a move on one company his portfolio imploded.

If he's telling the truth I now understand why he chose to be a pilot. Certainly has no aptitude for financial management.

Financial security 101 - Diversify.

Afan is only partially right. OS may be really smart and just trying to gaslight many of us. There is the other possibility, at least as it relates to personal finance.

My wife & I were smart enough to hook up with a fledgling broker, when we were all in our early 30's. We grew with him & learned along the way. He became the 4 time winner of USA Today's top national stock picker.

No aptitude for financial management ? No debt or interest paid on anything since we paid off our mortgage in our 'early '30's & went looking for a broker to invest with.

All eggs in one basket ? Can you read ? I told you we were diversified. Increase in property values on real estate holdings, 5% interest rates on CD's, S&P index funds in retirement instruments, & other tech stock holdings, + 2 pensions & lifetime SS pay in, more than make up for significant devaluation in one long term tech stock. obtw, nothing on margin. I just don't appreciate what Biden & Khan did to a great company that has done a tremendous amount of good & was not a threat.

So stop whining

I'm not. I'm responding.

This was also a response.

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Old Deceiver

Wait....OS, I guess I misunderstood.

Is your complaint with Khan is that she's trying rein in the monopolies that are killing our country?

Yeah. We don't agree. Not even a little.

FFS, my former Senator Ken Buck (R) supports breaking them up. So does anyone who supports health capitalism and competition.

So do consumers who don't want to be gauged.

The ONLY folks who want monopolies are 1%ers.....because it makes monopolies more profitable for their shareholders. So no, I'm not upset that Carl Ichan has one fewer yacht to water ski behind, sorry.

I thought you were complaining about Khans internal FTC issues.

ANYONE who breaks up monopolies and anti-competitive trade practices has more support.

It was the Republican-led FTC that went after Ma Bell. Books have been written about alllll the good things that came from that break up. Innovations, pricing, etc. etc.

This is a CONSERVATIVE, capitalist view. I can tell you monopolistic practices that happen in my trade until the cows come home.