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IMO you made the right decision. It's aggravating to have these kinds of things happen, but it makes it worse to dwell on it and, as you said, waste your time on it.

Our right to freedom of speech means, among other things, that the government may not punish us for insulting others or calling them offensive names. That said, had you responded that way you may have goaded him into attacking you. While the city could prosecute the guy for doing that, that's...

That's where we have a fundamental difference. IMO Trump is the problem, not the solution. I'm not going attack you over that, as I believe that everyone is entitled to vote for the candidate of their choice regardless of what others, including myself, think. I do think that everyone who is...

I don't agree with your opinion on that. I'll wager that I've seen more of the inside of the judicial system than you have to have a little better insight on that. Regardless, one case doesn't tell you anything about how the rest of the cases in the country are handled. Your view is one that is...

I don't see any liability on the part of the insurer or TPA that is related to your co-payments or for money you paid for things unrelated to the issue in dispute. The real dispute you have with them is over the $11k you paid. If, as I expect, you signed a settlement agreement for this that bars...

I agree, but those qualities seem to be in short supply this century.

In addition to the other comments, one expects some puffery in ads so you always have to be a bit wary of glowing claims made in ads. The ads should not, however, be outright false or misleading. On the criminal side, ads that contain false or misleading information in them are generally charged...

I wouldn't call it "the most significant case of judicial misconduct". The only thing that makes this case at all newsworthy is that she's pursuing a case against Trump. It would otherwise be a local matter that might be of some interest to people in that area.I consider her relationship issue...

I specified a well run business. :D Of course, a poorly run business might well hire all kinds of incompetent people, based on knowing some other incompetent person in the business or some other irrelevant factor. A lot of utilities fall into that latter category because they have no...

It's a mix of both. If you don't at least know the minimum knowledge needed for the job then in most well run businesses you wouldn't be hired even if a close buddy worked there in a position of influence. The exception is when the buddy is the owner of the business. Sometimes they'll hire a...

Yep, that's exactly the problem: forecasting out to the end of the year is difficult at best. You're welcome. I'm glad there was something useful in my somewhat rambling posts on the subject.

I've no problem with people reporting known fraud. That's not being a "snitch" but rather protecting those who were victims of it or who might be victims of it in the future. Minding your business is a good principle in many instances, but I draw the line at serious crime. And fraud is in that...

Correct. In order for the exchange of a qualified retirement asset to qualify as a RMD distribution, the exchange would have to result in you receiving some non retirement plan asset. i.e. not a roll over distribution. It's got to be a taxable distribution, not something in which the tax is...

Because at some time the holder of those assets will likely need to cash in those assets, and once they liquidate the retirement investment and park it in a bank account or buy some non exempt asset, it would be fair game for the creditor to attach. Of course actually doing that is not simple...

That depends on exactly what aspects of the property existed at the time that the owner knew or should have known may be a danger to others and whether the owner took reasonble steps to avoid that danger or sufficiently warn others of the danger. It's possible that both the owner and the mother...

It's impossible to know. Court filings are only a small part of what goes on in litigation. They are important parts of the litigation, of course, but there is a lot to do behind the scenes to prepare each filing and prepare for each hearing or trial. At this stage the lawyer will be gathering...

And the more gain you'll have per share sold, too. The two go together. After all, one share worth $100 and ten shares that are each worth $10 will both get you $100 when you sell them (ignoring any fees). Thus selling when high you do preserve more shares, but also you get hit with more capital...

Not to the cats scheming to take over the world!

Then maybe a former girlfriend's cat who liked to sleep on my face was field testing possible ways to do that. :D

When I was much younger I didn't understand why older folks made those kinds of comments. Today, I do. There are some things that teens in particular do today that just make no sense. If I was a teen it'd likely make total sense, but I'm not so I'm left mystified.