A long-standing favorite sketch of mine:
Slope of Hope Blog Posts
Slope initially began as a blog, so this is where most of the website’s content resides. Here we have tens of thousands of posts dating back over a decade. These are listed in reverse chronological order. Click on any category icon below to see posts tagged with that particular subject, or click on a word in the category cloud on the right side of the screen for more specific choices.
All In the Name of Democracy
Probably my favorite politics-related music video, and from a surprising source:
Semi-Elect
As much as I enjoy discussing politics, I have stayed far away from any political discussions on Slope. I once was a rather strident Libertarian, but I finally came to realize – – – and I'm quite serious about this – – – that I was projecting my own good sense and decency on the rest of the world and realized that, frankly, some folks actually DO need to be mollycoddled since they just don't have a clue. Libertarians, I'm afraid, have a rather optimistic view of human nature that perhaps might be misguided, as much as I wish that weren't the case.
I haven't been shy, though, about putting my stake in the ground not about my beliefs, but about my predictions: I think the popular vote is going to be one of those 48/52 or 49/51 type deals (with Obama squeaking out a victory) and a very lopsided Electoral College victory for Oh Bummer. In thinking about what's ahead for the markets, I would offer three scenarios.
Roseanne?
I must be really out of it, but I only just now learned that Roseanne Barr – yes, that Roseanne Barr – is running for President. Wow. Just wow.
The Election and Its Aftermath
Excerpted from the October 28 edition of Notes From the Rabbit Hole (NFTRH 210)
We are wrapping up October with markets far and wide in the midst of corrections of varying degrees.
The US stock market is following some old clichés in that it
apparently hates the uncertainty of the upcoming presidential election
and well, it is the spooky month of October after all. The market has done everything it was supposed to do this October and the correction is not yet indicated to be over.
