Reading Time: 2 minutes (Originally written in Chinese; English version generated via Google translate at the bottom) 美国中西部大农村出来的高管，总的来说还是没认识到这个世界的复杂(公司小气不请保安，自己掏钱也得请保镖啊）。巴菲特一年的保镖/保安费大概是几十万吧。二十多年前微软的巴尔莫来村里，也有保镖。我觉得他是帮股东挨了这几枪。 我在美国工作24+ 年，基本上所有大的医疗保险公司都用过，我个人感觉 UNH 的服务还是相对靠谱的。有很多不靠谱的保险公司-光收钱不办事的很多。 还有我较鄙视网上的美国义和团/键盘侠，砸本国人的日本车，各种医闹：美国的医疗系统，医疗保险问题，主要是政客们搞出来的。共和党的政客们要负主要责任：我敢保证他们是拿保险公司捐款的大头。美国应该可以学习其它西方国家搞全民医保。美国（极端）资本主义，以盈利为唯一目标，过于依赖市场的黑暗我是领教过一些的。我记得几年前亚马逊把得了癌症的员工裁了，纽约时报当时报道过。 附：美国的医疗系统，庞大无比，有她先进之处（新药，新设备，新的治疗方法），但是确实 it has some drawbacks，我最近也是有亲身体会。 其实昨天最早是从小红书上看到这个消息的-希望国人不是因为幸灾乐祸才发的。 More bad people – Fake bomb threat targets 2 Maple Grove homes owned by family of slain UHC executive Brian Thompson Executives from rural areas in the Midwest of the
Reading Time: 2 minutes A Chinese version (google translated) is here. First some background. Time: 6 Reasons Why Joe Biden Pardoned Hunter Biden MSNBC (Opinion): The unfair prosecution of Hunter Biden is over — finally The View cohosts react to Joe Biden pardoning Hunter Biden: ‘This is why people don’t trust Washington’ Personally, I agree with all the above.
Reading Time: 4 minutes Or that honor will go to Trump? I don’t know. One thing I do know is if past experience predicts future, it doesn’t look good 🙁 The only good news is as you can see from the google search, past experience doesn’t always predict future 🙂 The problem I see is we don’t have a
Reading Time: 2 minutes Comey concedes he may have been responsible for Trump’s election Bill Clinton Casts Blame on Hillary’s Presidential Defeat, Explains His Jeffrey Epstein Ties Trump picks Kash Patel to head FBI : FBI directors by law are appointed to 10-year terms as a means of insulating the bureau from politics. Wray, whom Trump tapped after firing
Reading Time: < 1 minute I watched a bit of “Growing Pains” on Apple TV last night: the 2nd show that has the Bruce Springsteen show tickets. I purchase the series from Apple, probably in year 2016, when Alan Thicke, who acted as the dad in the screen, Dr. Jason Seave, died. I recall I watched most of the series
Reading Time: < 1 minute Below moment is likely not isolated to summer. Sometime between March and July this year (year 2024). One day I took MacBook on sofa, and sit about 6 ft from my 14 year old. We were at the two ends of the sofa (couch). Her response: dad, you are not going to sitting here for
Reading Time: 3 minutes Removed from S&P 500 E.g., $FBIN – Fortune Brands Innovations Inc? Below is from Google Search Labs | AI Overview Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. (FBIN) was not removed from the S&P 500, but it did separate from its parent company and change its name:Fortune Brands Home and SecurityOn October 3, 2011, FBIN separated from Fortune
Reading Time: < 1 minute Rudy Giuliani is in the news again because he said he doesn’t have cash to pay the two election workers in Georgia. BI: Rudy Giuliani’s mother-daughter defamation victims still haven’t received millions of dollars of his assets. BI has a good summary of Rudy Giuliani over the years in 2018 – Rudy Giuliani’s Went From
Reading Time: < 1 minute One of the life lessons I learned over the years is – avoid toxic people at all cost. Charlie Munger mentioned it a few times. This is the latest example as to why: Man arrested, charged in woman’s St. Louis death after Clayton abduction: “Investigators believe that Mosby and the victim, identified as 37-year-old Michelle
Reading Time: 2 minutes I have not bought used car for a while, my last two used cars are both Toyota Pre own certified: basically I found the car online, went for a test drive at the dealership and bought them. But this morning I had opportunity to visit a used car dealer in my old neighborhood: I lived
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