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To: ild who wrote (42327)	12/7/2005 12:53:47 PM
From: Knighty Tin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

ild, Those who support Clinton also knew of his very human foibles and could take a joke. Those who support Bush believe he's perfect and that a criticism is blasphemy. And the only jokes they know involve torturing animals. <VBG>

To: ild who wrote (42327)	12/7/2005 1:05:49 PM
From: Steve Lokness	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

"I never had problems sending jokes about Clinton........ But I'm very reserved in sending jokes about GWB. The problem is that many jokes about GWB don't look like jokes any more." Many of my conservative friends would just stop talking to me and would walk away as they seem to take the jokes about Bush personally. Why is that? Most seem embarrassed that they voted and supported him, but the blind allegiance is hard to shake. Steve

To: ild who wrote (42327)	12/8/2005 6:10:27 PM
From: chainik	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 116555

Ild, I have practically no experience with closed end funds and noticed that at some point you were short JOF when it was traded at a huge premium to NAV. Is there any rational explanation why the premium was so big? Before introduction of GLD, I found it useful to check premium/discount of CEF. Do you know whether anybody is using systematically these type of data for contrarian purposes? I am thinking about buying FVL (First Trust Value Line 100 Fund) which is traded at 13% discount to NAV - as an alternative to Hussman (g). IMO the big discount reflects the willingness of market players to speculate on AAPL GOOG and the like and to stay away from safer choices. When the s**t hits the fan, the discount is likely to evaporate. OT I recently sent a silly joke about xxxx to my Russian classmate who lives in US. She was sooooo pissed off (g) I don't like the jokes about xxxx because they remind me anekdots about Brezhnev; for good reason, unfortunately.