David Emery on Saturday Apple video: Nose to nose with the dogs (2025) - 'OK, -that- would make me try a AVP to watch the dogs. (When I was a kid, we had a German Shorthair Pointer that we showed for a bit. I even won 1st in ‘Junior Handler’…)'
on 'Tim Cook is the one who pisses me off the most' - 'Today’s review of biased Apple News NY Post GUTHRIE! China paid U.S. born Olympian Hollywood Bigwig Selling Talent Agency due to Epstein. Ex ESPN star felt ill sitting near “Demon” J.D. Vance at Olympics. Goldman Sachs top lawyer resigns due to crude email with Epstein. Rosie O’Donnell quietly slips back into U.S. Girl Scout age 6 makes history by selling most boxes of cookies. FoxNews Guthrie Guthrie Guthrie. Passengers fight on jet at 30,000 feet. Review of barbecue techniques by Dem politicians. Podcast hosts express concern about conservatism after Trump How Homeland Security shut down can affect you Olympic skating star failure. Rosie quietly comes back to U.S. Figure skating coach shot in drive-thru robbery. Bondi attacks Massie Women’s group fights against trans dancer. Apple Top News DHS shuts down. High profile resignations as Epstein case fallout spreads. American skater proves he’s mortal. Medical freedom fuels worst measles outbreak in 30 years. Scientific America—Biggest ocean mysteries plus why invasive spotted landflies are thriving. Vanished star may be a newborn black hole. '
on Premarket: Apple was red, turned green - 'Apple closed out the trading week at $256.78, down $5.95 on the day. Apple ended trading last Friday at $277.86. At today’s closing price, the shares shed $22.08 in value over the five trading days this week.'
on 'Tim Cook is the one who pisses me off the most' - 'He’s one of the whinier Bullwark associates. The image is perfect. This is the “Woke” that I hate. Mindless.'
on Apple triggers Trump's ire - '“But if it lists the “top news stories”, isn’t that just a list of the news stories that are being read most by Apple News subscribers…?” No, I believe it’s actually a selected group of articles curated by Apple News’ editors. It’s that curation to which they seem to be objecting.'
on 'Tim Cook is the one who pisses me off the most' - 'What does he think such a strike will do? Cause Apple to do what? Actively resist Trump by …? Let’s say Apple raises a rainbow flag over every store and office building. Or Cook refuses an invitation to the WH? Or asks for his personal $1 million donation back? And Trump then instructs the FTC to stop all imports of iPhones, iPads, Watches, and Macs until an investigation on fraud, corruption, and possible anti-semitism is completed. That would cripple Apple more than any short boycott of their products. What to do? Heck, I think Cook giving full-throated support for DACA and migrants was pretty big, but no media pointed that out.'
on 'Tim Cook is the one who pisses me off the most' - 'P.E.D. Said: My take: It’s not just Apple. See Galloway’s Resist and Unsubscribe page, which identifies ten Ground Zero companies and eight in the Blast Zone. **It’s very easy for a person such as Galloway to suggest what ox to gore. Is it too obvious to assume that Galloway is not invested in any of those 18 companies that he listed as Ground Zero companies or in the Blast Zone? He states: “The most potent weapon to resist the administration is a targeted, month-long national economic strike — a coordinated campaign that attacks tech companies and firms enabling ICE — to inflict maximum damage with minimal impact on consumers. In sum, the shortest path to change without hurting consumers is an economic strike targeted at the companies driving the markets and enabling our president.” So, “inflict maximum damage with minimal impact on consumers”? Great! Now think of how to “inflict maximum damage” with minimal impact on consumers AND investors and we’ll really have something.'
on 'Tim Cook is the one who pisses me off the most' - 'Something tells me that Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Larry Ellison, Mark Zuckerberg, and a bunch of the other tech leaders are far, far worse than Tim Cook. But hey, it’s easier to pretend that Tim Cook is the worst of them all, because the others actually don’t care at all what anyone says or does.'
on 'Tim Cook is the one who pisses me off the most' - 'I like Tim Miller. An essay he wrote for The Bulwark is the reason I subscribe to their stuff and follow Bill Kristol on social media. He is a former political adviser and strategist to Republican candidates who bolted from his party relatively early in their drift toward illiberalism and then toward real fascism – sacrificing big bucks in order to do so. So Miller has earned the right to tell me why I should be willing to sacrifice a little bit myself. But he actually seems skeptical of Galloway’s little effort here. And me too. I do find myself having marginally unkind thoughts about Scott Galloway as I watch him here. His comments and methodological assumptions seem wishful and half-baked. But that might just be my visceral recoil any time I see lips move in the center of a face so deadened by Botox that it is literally devoid of any affect whatsoever. But putting these ad hominem issues to one side, I admire any reasonable effort to resist or oppose Trump at this point. I don’t blame Tim Cook particularly. Early on I spoke up in his defense. But his more recent moves to pay homage to Trump – the Melania documentary and the White House dinner for the Saudi leader who directed the bone-saw execution of a U.S. journalist in particular – just got to be a little too much for me. I feel sure Tim Cook hates this. I can imagine him losing sleep over what his higher ethical responsibility is in this impossible situation. And I do not know. I do sometimes imagine an alternate timeline – one directed by Frank Capra – in which all those with great power and influence in our country had stood up early on and said “I won’t go along, I won’t allow you to bask in my hard-one credibility, I oppose your economically absurd trade policy and your cruel and racist and contractionary immigration policy, and I am going to use every opportunity to point out to our customers and shareholders what your policies are costing them …” What if …? And I just don’t know. What I do know is that it’s still early days in the second Trump Administration. And our government has gotten meaner and more abusive and more authoritarian faster than anybody imagined. Somebody needs to do something. Who will it be?'
on 'Tim Cook is the one who pisses me off the most' - 'I think of this just like I think of all the ways certain individuals use Apple as a trampoline; with total scorn. And with zero concern for Apple. Heck, I WELCOME the dinging of Apple’s short term valuation! Because buybacks….'
on 'Tim Cook is the one who pisses me off the most' - 'Yes, yes, yes, this is all Apples fault! Not the millions of voters who voted in this administration. Not spineless GOP in Congress who enable this Administration, or GOP wanting to destroy the ACA for over a decade for now while their Dear Leader works on ‘concepts of a plan’. It’s Apple, and their millions of phones who allow young men to stick their noses on the tiny iPhone screens. Fuck you, Galloway.'
on 'Tim Cook is the one who pisses me off the most' - 'I used to admire Galloway, not anymore. Today he’s as petulant as Trump, without the following. Galloway is willing to hurt innocent people to strike an indirect blow against Trump, a blow that will take longer to unfold than the midterms and general election of 2028.'
on Apple's worst day since April - 'I am wondering if anyone was a frontrunner in shorting Apple’s stock yesterday. Especially someone from Bloomberg, NY Post or from the Administration.'
on Why Apple bought Severence - 'Severance is one of the best shows I’ve ever watched. I hope that them bringing it in house might speed up its production schedule. I know that they had some hiccups going into their second season.'
on Premarket: Apple was red, turned green - 'Robert, you seem to have a pretty good handle on companies that the market undervalues. Are you willing to share any names of specific companies you’re looking at? Even if you share that information after you make your move, it might be helpful to some of us. Thanks!'
on Why Apple bought Severence - 'Only slightly OT:: Apple’s balance sheet carries $0 for Intangibles and Goodwill. All their IP whether tech or entertainment plus their Brand are not counted. So what? Right now, investors in hyperscalars worry about inadequate depreciation for CAPEX in data center build outs. AAPL carries no such risk.'
