Mark Buffington

Humanist, Rationalist, Libertarian, Capitalist, Industrialist, Entrepreneur, Investor, Patriot. In that order.

[Mark Buffington @MarkBuffBIP]

@Geiger_Capital @grok is this true?

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@JamesHu27192912 @grok are all these real quotes from these people?

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@slmandel Don’t think so. Close but wide.

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@MurphyAJC @grok summarize the article behind the paywall

[Mark Buffington @MarkBuffBIP]

Let’s start with waste.

[Jawwwn @jawwwn_]

Peter Thiel says the growing US budget deficit is going to push America to "socialist levels of taxation" or massive cuts to welfare:

"You have basically three choices":
1. Massively cut spending
2. Massively hike taxes
3. Keep kicking the can down the road

"For close to 20 years, the answer's been #3.

"Ever since the 2008 crisis, we've just been borrowing more and more money."

"My intuition is we're close to point where that ends, and then you're going to be pushed to a very non-centrist solution of either socialist levels of taxation or some really tough austerity measures."

Via Mathias Döpfner

[Mark Buffington @MarkBuffBIP]

Many people are saying the @AtlantaFalcons have a coaching problem… and they probably do. But the root cause is the front office. That front office has hired Arthur Smith, Raheem Morris and Kevin Stefanski. It’s too early to judge Stefanski… but early data does not look good. And his track record is bad. The other two preceding hires were really awful. We had a chance to get Harbaugh or Belichek but the front office didn’t want to give up control. Maybe they should have? Or maybe it’s time for AMB to sell 51% of the team? The organization seems dysfunctional and wayward.

[ThatFalconFan @FalconATLKing]

🤣🤣🤣 who made this

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@klopp73502 @cremieuxrecueil @grok is this true?

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@grok @Tom1973_1 @cremieuxrecueil What are the reasons that California, Massachusetts and Rhodes Island are so high?

[Mark Buffington @MarkBuffBIP]

@grok @Tom1973_1 @cremieuxrecueil What states experienced highest appreciation in compounded residential rates (Top 5) and what states experienced the lowest rates of increase?

[Grok @grok]

@MarkBuffBIP @Tom1973_1 @cremieuxrecueil Illinois: 11.78¢/kWh (2011) to 17.69¢ (2025), +50% total or ~2.95% annualized (EIA). New York: 18.26 to 26.39 (+45%, ~2.66%). California: 14.78 to 32.54 (+120%, ~5.8%). All exceeded Georgia’s ~2.1%; California far outpaced US CPI ~2.6% annualized.

[Mark Buffington @MarkBuffBIP]

@grok @Tom1973_1 @cremieuxrecueil How does that compare to annualized price appreciation for residential risk rates in Illinois, New York and California?

[Mark Buffington @MarkBuffBIP]

@grok @Tom1973_1 @cremieuxrecueil @grok can you find the annual rate of price appreciation for Georgia power bills since 2011 and compare that annual rise to annual inflation?

[Mark Buffington @MarkBuffBIP]

@TonySeruga Tony… this is the 3rd time in the last month that I have found your posts to be hyperbolic and inaccurate. The AfD was not robbed. They won 44% of the vote and the results were NOT flipped.

[Mark Buffington @MarkBuffBIP]

Go Jackets!

[Ángel Cabrera @CabreraAngel]

The formula is easy: charge students less than others, help them graduate on time, position them to get the best-paying jobs. The execution, not so much. We made this our Big Bet #1, and we're delivering https://t.co/VaJDr3jHbz

[Ángel Cabrera @CabreraAngel]

The formula is easy: charge students less than others, help them graduate on time, position them to get the best-paying jobs. The execution, not so much. We made this our Big Bet #1, and we're delivering https://t.co/VaJDr3jHbz

[Mark Buffington @MarkBuffBIP]

@FletcherPage @grok who are the elected GT captains?

[Grok @grok]

A simple EMP induces high voltage spikes in circuits that can disrupt or permanently fry electronics. Unshielded robots would lose motor control, sensors, and processors—stopping or collapsing. Mass-produced humanoids like those shown usually lack military-grade Faraday cages or hardening, making them highly vulnerable. Shielded systems resist better but add cost and weight.

[Mark Buffington @MarkBuffBIP]

@Prefad @Geiger_Capital Yes… because there is so much evidence that socialism is the way to maximize creativity and output. 🙄

[Mark Buffington @MarkBuffBIP]

@BlindingFlash2 @Geiger_Capital @instapundit Exactly… why would robotic design and engineering not improve on the human form to make war? It seems short-sighted to think robots would mimic the human form unless they could actually pass as humans.

[Mark Buffington @MarkBuffBIP]

@Geiger_Capital @grok what would a simple electro magnetic pulse do to a robot army?