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Bitchin Dave's Newsletter - August 4th

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If you aren't aware, the state of Florida has a passenger train service that runs between South Florida and Orlando called Brightline.  This is the only privately run passenger service in the nation (or at least that's what I've heard).   The issue at hand is that they are claiming that they are losing money .... and may declare bankruptcy.  But I wanted to dig into that a little.  Let's start with a short (and pretty superficial) history lesson.  The company running the service is a direct descendant of Henry Flagler's Railroad (if you don't recall that story,...
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Bitchin Dave's Newsletter - July 28th

The Tour de France wrapped up this weekend, and while there are always fun takeaway moments, the bigger story was the heat, even in the mountains! Temperatures got as high as 110F in the low lying lands, and in the upper 80sF in the mountainous regions.   People (not in the race) died as a result of the heat.  And there were forest fires that raged in areas, which meant that they had to alter the route of the final day as a result of those fires.  ...
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Bitchin Dave's Newsletter - July 21st

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Housekeeping: I hope everyone had a fun 4th of July celebration, and took in some part of America turning 250.  Yes, things are about as absurd as they've ever been, but this is still a great nation that in some ways is still finding its feet.   The World Cup reached its conclusion this past weekend.  In spite of it all (more in a minute), the games were mostly fun and competitive, and the fans were great (tartan army? viking row?  yes, please).  I know futbol (or soccer. if you like) isn't for everyone, but I find the strategy of it all enticing.  And the players are very athletic - did you know the average player runs close to 8 miles in a 90 minute game?   ...
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