Look Who’s Got The Happy Gene
“Sunshine” — if you’ve ever seen Barney Frank on TV — is likely not the nickname that first leapt to mind. Indeed, I’ve had the privilege of knowing the former chair of the House Financial Services Committee for more than half a century and can’t imagine there was a time anyone ever called him that — unless ironically.
Which makes Barney’s inaugural column in The Hill this week all the more noteworthy.
He is optimistic:
. . . I believe the outcome of Donald Trump’s malign, ridiculous assault on the election results is evidence not of the fragility of our democracy but of its durability . . .
Things are looking up.
Or maybe I just feel that way because:
> PRKR jumped another 23% yesterday, quadruple its price from five weeks ago (but don’t sell much if you bought it with money you can truly afford to lose because there’s a reasonable chance of good news in May, in their trial against Qualcomm).
> CTHR jumped 40% yesterday, much of it in after-hours trading, to triple its price last March. I have no idea what’s going on, but something seems to be — it traded more than 5 million shares, 25 times its daily average. Time to lighten up, I guess.
Monday, I linked to a televangelist who couldn’t stop laughing at the preposterous notion Biden had won.
Here’s a question: Reforming the God vote: Can evangelical Christians be redeemed from bigotry and hatred?
(And here’s a suggestion: Don’t try to change someone else’s mind. Instead, help them find their own motivation to change. A good read.)
Quote of the Day
For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die.
~Ted KennedySearch
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