Changed the title of my posting today several times.   Why Democracy?  Still celebrating the recovery of the USA on November 3.   Why Iran?  Looks like they "won" their war against the USA and Israel. One fallout from the midterms is that President Donald Trump will be stuck with a Democratic Congress that will force him to end this war. Netanyahu is in big trouble. Polymarket has Gadi Eisenkot at 62.7% to become the next prime minister of Israel. Kalshi has Eisenkot at 49%,  with NO ONE 37% and Netanyahu 8%. Then there is Stephen Miller, who on Monday will become the new Chief of Staff to President Donald Trump: Miller, only 41 years old, is Trump's attack bulldog. He represents the epitome of cruelty in the White House, even more so than Trump. “Stephen Miller is a dangerous xenophobe and reckless extremist who has American blood on his hands,” tweeted top House Democrat Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY). He is why ICE is so hated. So if the President wanted ...

There was an unexpected stock market correction yesterday, hoping it wasn't the beginning of a crash.  Wall Street suffered its worst loss since 2020, when COVID came.  Nasdaq was particularly crushed. Bet you don't know much about this index? Launched in 1971 as the world's first automated stock exchange. World, meaning 51 countries. Lists 5500 companies. The Nasdaq Composite Index has 3370 stocks. The Nasdaq-100 includes 100 corporate entities, but features 101 or more tickers because companies sometimes issue multiple class of common stock. Is worth between $31 trillion and $41.4 trillion, depending how free-float and constituent market caps are aggregated. To promote diversity, listed companies are required to have female directors on their board, and members from underrepresented groups....or explain their absence. Since the close yesterday of the Nasdaq-100 at 26,629.81, the index has dropped 6.36% from its all-time high on 6October2026. Thus, the market value of the...