“That’s the sad thing with life, there’s people always leaving just as other folks arrive”

Yeah, it definitely sucks. Hopefully they improved the 401k match, so if you’re in your 20's you might be able to about break even. But if you’re in your 40's or 50's, you’re screwed.

It’s illegal to take your pension away. Your company likely just capped your benefit at what you had earned at that point, and took away future benefits that you hadn’t earned yet.

Well, it’s like crack. Back in the 80's, when inflation was high, a 7.5% return assumption was reasonable, or possibly even too low. But once that assumption is in place, it becomes addictive and painful to lower.

Towers Watson, not Watson Tower.

Beatty was obviously pretty sure that something was wrong. But I think he was like 5% worried that the card was right and somehow he was the confused one, and then when he showed it to Dunaway for confirmation, she just read the thing.

Don’t forget Willie Wilson and William “Mookie” Wilson.

I mean, his uniform is too tight and all, but it does appear like he’s about to hit a line drive.

“This sir is currently neither the time nor place for such a discussion, but if you’d like we could congregate after work to discuss the matter independent of the interest of our employer”

Well, there’s also the idea in America where, if you’re smart enough and work hard enough, you can get rich. That tends to make people think that anybody who’s rich must be smart and work hard.

Rich man’s Bridget Anne Kelly (literally).

You need to ask yourself if you would feel the same way had Trump won the popular vote but lost the electoral college. I suspect that you would not.

Not necessary? Someone was wrong on the internet! Steps had to be taken.

Yeah, but you stated in a way that demonstrated that you don’t understand probabilities.

You don’t seem to understand probability, or what a low percentage is.

Um, do you know the name of Silver’s website? Hint: the number of electoral votes is a clue.

Whoa, 2 to 1 favorites never lose, just like any baseball player hitting .333 never gets a hit!

Wait, if your manual car is in neutral and your foot is off the brake, what keeps you from rolling forward or backward? Or do you only do this on completely level roads?

Isn’t he kind of overlooking the fact that he, you know, owns the arena. I guess that doesn’t really help him that much from a cash flow perspective - although I assume he collects rent from concerts, etc - but it’s some pretty valuable real estate.

A friend of mine got sucked into Nikken- the magnet people - years ago. He spent tens of thousands of dollars that he didn’t have on inventory. It seemed like he was always just about to advance to the level where he’d be raking in money, but then Nikken would move the bar and he would need to start over. Complete…