{"id":42080,"date":"2018-03-07T11:41:30","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T16:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/?p=42080"},"modified":"2018-03-07T11:41:30","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T16:41:30","slug":"gary-cohns-latest-bet-working-in-washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/?p=42080","title":{"rendered":"Gary Cohn&#8217;s latest bet. Working in Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">My Wall Street friend says Gary Cohn &#8220;was a daring trader. Made big bets on bonds and interest rates and won more times than not.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Writes the <em>New Yorker:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/garycohn-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-42096\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/garycohn-1.jpg\" alt=\"garycohn\" width=\"720\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/garycohn-1.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/garycohn-1-300x50.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">His departure is a blip for Wall Street.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Stay the course.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Check. Check. Check.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I&#8217;m waiting in the Palm Springs Airport cell phone waiting lot.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">No call from Susan?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I check my phone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">No cell phone service.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The cell phone waiting lot is <strong>waiting<\/strong> for cell phone service!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Aptly named.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Check. Check. Check.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">My old motto.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Win a pair of sunglasses with magic qualities.<\/strong> <\/span>Watch this ultra-short video.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 400px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-42080-1\" width=\"400\" height=\"224\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/SpecialSunglasses.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/SpecialSunglasses.mp4\">https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/SpecialSunglasses.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Your airline boarding pass is toxic.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Don&#8217;t discard your boarding pass. Tear it up. Your pass has all your vitals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It can be used to clone you financially.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Watch why.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-42080-2\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Boarding_pass-1121.mp4?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Boarding_pass-1121.mp4\">https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Boarding_pass-1121.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Two great Tom Clancy books to listen to in your car<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This one is about North Korea, and very pertinent to what&#8217;s happening today:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/tomclancyFullForce.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-42089\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/tomclancyFullForce.jpg\" alt=\"tomclancyFullForce\" width=\"250\" height=\"287\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To buy it, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Clancy-Full-Force-Effect-Novel\/dp\/0553551981\/ref=sr_1_1_twi_aud_6?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1520372986&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=tom+clancy+full+force+and+effect\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This one is about what&#8217;s happening in the Kremlin. It also very pertinent to what&#8217;s happening today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ClancyCommanderinChief.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-42091\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ClancyCommanderinChief.jpg\" alt=\"ClancyCommanderinChief\" width=\"254\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ClancyCommanderinChief.jpg 254w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ClancyCommanderinChief-174x300.jpg 174w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To buy it, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Clancy-Commander-Chief-Jack-Novel\/dp\/1101988819\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1520377970&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=tom+clancy+commander+in+chief&amp;dpID=51RAS4A3FlL&amp;preST=_SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&amp;dpSrc=srch\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>More useful travel tips<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/porndisabled.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-42086\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/porndisabled.png\" alt=\"porndisabled\" width=\"480\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/porndisabled.png 480w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/porndisabled-300x214.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>More wonderful puns. <\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Great for your children and grandchildren.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\">Haunted French pancakes give me the crepes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\">I know a guy who&#8217;s addicted to drinking brake fluid, but he says he can stop any time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\">A thief who stole a calendar got twelve months.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\">A dentist and a manicurist married. They fought tooth and nail.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\">Police were summoned to a daycare centre where a three-year-old was resisting a rest.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\">Did you hear about the fellow whose entire left side was cut off? He&#8217;s all right now.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\">The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine last week is now fully recovered.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\">He had a photographic memory but it was never fully developed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\">When she saw her first grey hair she thought she&#8217;d dye.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/HarryNewton.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21218\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/HarryNewton.jpg\" alt=\"HarryNewton\" width=\"200\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/HarryNewton.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/HarryNewton-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nHarry Newton, who loves listening to the Tom Clancy CDs in his car. 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