NFL Football ls Back -- August 10, 2023

Locator: 45414B.

Biggest story today: regulators give free rein to driverless taxis in San Francisco. This is absolutely huge.

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Dividends -- Recent Announcements

Link here.

• Enerplus: an increase.
• TSM: a decrease
• Diageo: an increase (a recent Buffett buy)
• FOX: an increase
• CHRD: an increase -- whoo-hoo!
• SWKS (Skyworks): an increase -- whoo-hoo!

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NFL

On now: Houston Texans vs New England Patriots, NFL Network Live, Hulu.

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Music

With almost everything, I go through phases.

Music: I’m clearly in my Christies’ Yellow River phase.

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Salads

Current phase: Caprese salad. Perfect accompaniment to 106-degree weather. 

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Politics

Pelosi's long game: the Trump indictment. The Intelligencer. 

This is why "term limits" would be bad. 

Same with President Biden. It's up to the voters and the US Congress to sort this out. Not arbitrary laws.

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Courts

Recently I mentioned that I sold all my JNJ due to the unresolved court case.

This was in The WSJ today. 

This speaks volumes and tells me I made the right decision for me. 

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Amazon

As an investment, Amazon is looking more and more attractive. I've never cared for third party sellers on Amazon. This will eliminate some of the bad actors, I suppose, but that's not the reason Amazon is doing this:

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X Vs Threads

From the CEO of X: link here.