Movies Watched -- Theeb

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In Arabic. 100 minutes long, so just the right length. About a Bedouin boy in Hejaz Province (the western part of the Arabian peninsula), 1916. He gets stranded in the desert and has to save himself. "If the wolves offer friendship, do not count on success. They will not stand beside you when you are facing death." A story of survival, self-reliance, strategic alliances, and honor. "The strong eat the weak." I didn't fast forward so it gets at least a yellow rating. After watching the other 90+ movies from 2015 on my list, I'll decide if it should be upgraded to green.   

Taught by big brother

Nobody Sweeter Than You

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Discovered via the Spotify algo, bless the algo. 

http://KEXP.ORG presents Grace Love & the True Loves performing "Nobody Sweeter" live in the KEXP studio. Recorded February 17, 2016. Host: Kevin Cole Audio Engineer: Kevin Suggs Cameras: Jim Beckmann, Luke Knecht & Justin Wilmore Editor: Scott Holpainen http://kexp.org

Cigar Report -- CAO Flathead V660 Carb

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This is a bigger boy (6 x 60), "Gordo," box pressed though less aggressively box pressed than this AVO -- the 60 ring gauge makes the rectangle feel less funny in the mouth (the AVO is only 54). Harder draw than I'm used to with these super premium cigars, but it had an even burn and very quickly mellowed. It took me 75 minutes to smoke it and was very pleasant, despite the hard draw. 

MidCap Short Still Valid

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I wrote a post on April 30th titled, MidCaps Set Up Short After Perfect Q1 Long. That set-up failed four weeks later, which is typical of my public plays. But the short set up again just a week after being stopped out, and triggered two weeks later below $272.62 (protective stop above $278.33). The minimum idiot wave move for MDY from here is $222.50 down to a "typical wave C" drop at $210 - $205. In a real crash-crash scenario, it could drop below $180. 

I don't know anything about "Brexit," but I do understand that the dissolution of the EU would be a real mess and markets could be foretelling this with the projected down moves I've detailed above (and below on the chart).

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Tweets for June 24, 2016

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Tweets for June 22, 2016

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Tweets for June 21, 2016

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Cigar Report -- AVO Syncro Nicaragua Toro

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AVO is a Davidoff brand, I guess, and the filler is some unusual combination of things inside an Ecuadoran Connecticut wrapper, but it was a mellow smoke, with a good draw and even burn (until the very very end where the burn went raggy). Took just under 60 minutes to smoke this Toro (6 x 54). A word about the shape: this thing is box pressed, I mean seriously box pressed, it's like smoking and holding a rectangle. I didn't like that aesthetically. It's a fine cigar, don't get me wrong, I just didn't like the feel of it.