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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (131578)	4/2/2012 8:40:58 AM
From: Pogeu Mahone	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Mike You will be missed. Thanks for your great sense of humor. We will stay in touch. J&G

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (131578)	4/2/2012 9:55:31 AM
From: hdl	2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

sorry to see you go. you did not deserve the abuse. i put your post in keepers.

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (131578)	4/2/2012 11:00:40 AM
From: hdl	Respond to of 132070

2. T-Bills are very overpriced.. But they are so short term that you don't make a lot of money without betting a lot more than I want or can bet. The bonds seem to be resting after a mini crash in prices, but, on the next rally, I will either buy long puts or buy a reverse fund. Not double reverse, as last time. That requires too big a move too soon. i posted here a few times not to by double or triple or even reverse (inverse) etfs. and that was before disaster with tvix. you are not on the n j mafia. i am not trying to draw you back in (to this thread). but, i thought one day you might peak at your mail.

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (131578)	4/2/2012 11:38:21 AM
From: hdl	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

1. Gotta be short oil or gasoline or long puts at some point. The stuff is overpriced and ex a war with Iran, cannot sustain this price. That makes me prefer puts, where the risk is less than in a short. War could happen. I still like natural gas for the long haul, but am limiting my holdings to a third right now. being old, slow and fat i didn't pull the trigger and load up further on energy stocks after reading this.

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (131578)	4/2/2012 1:26:06 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 132070

That cuts me deep. Take your lefty crap somewhere else.

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (131578)	4/2/2012 4:52:11 PM
From: Madharry	Respond to of 132070

take care mike. its been fun.

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (131578)	4/2/2012 6:18:20 PM
From: re3	Respond to of 132070

very best wishes, Mike, please think about stopping by once in awhile.

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (131578)	4/2/2012 6:55:46 PM
From: bruiser98	Respond to of 132070

Thanks for your great sense of humor. I'll miss that and the sports comments for sure.

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (131578)	4/2/2012 7:35:05 PM
From: Curly Q	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Wow, this is a major event. This was a great thread, without Knighty will it still be? I've been reading this forum since 1996. About ten years before that, I heard a spoken word piece by Henry Rollins on WNUR, I think the name of it was liberal man meets conservative man. I remember it talked about how conservative man pounded the "concrete reality" into liberal man, eventually "war was declared" and afterwards, conservative man became liberal man. Liberal man became conservative man. And lately, this formerly flitting thread which covered a wide array of subjects like poker, markets, baseball has suddenly become kind of a battleground Hopefully, Knighty, you'll come out of your retirement!

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (131578)	4/2/2012 11:47:46 PM
From: marcher	1 Recommendation Respond to of 132070

mike, thanks for all you've shared! best wishes.

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (131578)	4/3/2012 11:46:40 AM
From: Clever Nick Name	8 Recommendations Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 132070

Mike, Don't let the bastards get you down, and don't let them drive you away. You are one of the few regular contributors left that add value to this site. This is your forum, and anyone who comes here soley with the purpose of unleashing personal attacks upon you, and disrupting the forum is as unwelcome as a fart at a formal dinner. Engaging with these louts is useless as it only magnifies the noise level they have created and advances their agenda of disrupting the forum. Such people can only be dealt with in the manner civilization has developed for centuries. They must be socially ostracized until such a time as they can demonstrate the ability to behave properly in polite company. The real estate thread was saved from a complete collapse in signal to noise last year by going moderated and banning one (1!!) poster. It is the only viable response to trolls. If you don't want the administrative burden of managing a moderated thread, I would be happy to set one up for you and wield the ban-stick.