PRKR Hopes

Long-time readers know that, where at first I wrote mostly about “Money and Other Subjects,” this page might now more accurately be titled “Let’s Save Democracy (and An Occasional Stock Tip).”

Plus, I’m only supposed to write five times a week (and technically only on days the stock market is open). But as the stakes have grown ever higher, I sometimes post on Saturday and Sunday, too.

I should pay you overtime to read those, but the truth is that until BOREF hits (now 27 years and counting), I don’t have another dime to spare, so you’ll just have to suck it up for God and country.

This past Saturday was The Worst of the Worst.

Sunday was The Emperor and the Gladiators. (Cage matches on the White House lawn? Who is he — Caligula?)

Today:

PRKR

This longtime speculation — purchased only with money we could truly afford to lose — jumped 50% Friday, from 20 cents to 30 cents, in anticipation of today’s oral arguments in its long-running patent infringement case against Qualcomm.

ParkerVision hopes to be granted a jury trial, and, eventually, an award greater than the $173 million awarded in 2013 (not least given what will by then be close to 15 years’ continued infringement plus interest). The judge who later vacated that 2013 jury award, the company believes, erred.

The stock could be $1.50 in a couple of years or zero.

I have high hopes.

We shall see.

BONUS

Trump’s name may come off the Kennedy Center. He could still destroy it.

The Trump takeover of the center was an early indicator of the president’s careless ambition, his contempt for precedent, decorum, symbols and nonpartisan institutions. His angry messages since the court ruling prove without a doubt what has been obvious all along: He never cared for the center, for the arts or culture. It was all about him, his name, his brand.

Have a great week.