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Celebrate

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Celebrate a great life, never mourn it.

A life valued, oddly perhaps at first, but valued.

A child welcomed, an adventure claimed, a pathway blazed.

All because a young mother made a choice.  A great one, that– it turns out– has benefited all humanity.

Almost ironic how a man like this can talk about “connecting the dots,” and “destiny” and “karma.”

A boy adopted.

Like Larry Ellison, John Lennon, Charles Dickens, Nelson Mandela… and many others...

56 years of precious, valuable and shared life.

Celebrate.

R.I.P. — and thanks, Steve Jobs.

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UPDATE:  I bot QLD (large), early yesterday and GDX and GDXJ (medium) right before the close last night.

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38 comments

  1. checklist

    Nice thought.

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  2. mike

    well said Jake. Such a loss.

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  3. Hugh Hendry

    Well said Senator Gint.

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  4. FastEddie

    Eloquent… A choice that changed the world as we know it. Thanks for sharing.

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  5. Superpositron

    i.R.I.P

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  6. Yogi & Boo Boo

    Nice job Jake. Thanks.

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  7. Bullish

    Well said.

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  8. huh?

    Best speech I have ever heard. RIP

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    • JakeGint

      Yes, it’s really another “gift” I guess.

      How many “Steves” have we lost, one wonders?

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      • South of the Mason Dixon
        South of the Mason Dixon

        Very nice.

        Life is precious. Life is glorious. We seem to have forgotten that. Easy to destroy. Easy to dismiss. Easy to mock. Easy to throw away.

        So many souls never given a chance to be great.

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    • huh?

      On another note…Don’t think we have escaped Black Thursday…Its coming.

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  9. #6

    Such a bummer.

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  10. Mr. Cain Thaler

    It’s funny; I’ve never cared for Apple products and wasn’t much interested in following what Jobs was up to. Yet there’s no denying his influence and abilities, and I still feel like I’ve lost out somehow.

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    • JakeGint

      When a particularly bright flame goes out, the whole world is a little darker.

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      • muktukchuck

        Profound comments in your post Senator. I too am just 1 generation away, as my father was adopted.

        Like CT, never been a big Apple fan, mainly because I am averse to being told what is “good” or a “must have” — the kind of dogma referred to in the Stanford speech. Nonetheless, a great force for innovation has left us, much too early.

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        • JakeGint

          I am a CRAAPL contrarian myself. That does not detract from my great respect for what that man has given us.

          For the record, Edison was an asshat, too.

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    • South of the Mason Dixon
      South of the Mason Dixon

      Indeed. I happily gave up my one and only Apple product a couple years ago, the iPhone, in favor of an Android. Not interested in the proprietary arrogance of the Apple brand.

      The man was simply too young to pass.

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  11. JakeGint

    I am happy about this outcome for two reasons:

    1) I think Hank is making a stance on principle, even if his comment was a bit extreme.

    2) I have always HATED that stupid entry-ditty since they rolled it out 20 years ago.

    Now please, don’t ruin it by putting a Faith Hill song in there to replace. Howabout a highlight reel from the week before… or anything but lame, hokey country music?

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    • DMG

      I’m hoping for “Achy Breaky Heart” by the one and only, Billy Ray Cyrus.

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      • duck

        If you are lucky it will be a duet with Miley

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        • DMG

          Great idea. Miley rocks. Maybe a trio with Justin Bieber? That would be the cat’s arse.

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          • JakeGint

            Don’t play. I have an 11 year old, so I have to deal w. all that shit.

            Karma comes for you, my brother.

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    • EXK challenged

      I agree the intro needed to be changed…ABC disastrously tried to replace the song with different bands introducing the game. The comment he made was hysterically offbase but he made his point.
      But he made the decision. More power to him.

      Side question, earlier you said you were a contrarian on CRAPPLE…why…NOBODY said you HAVE to buy any Apple product. We all have free will and chouce.

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      • JakeGint

        I don’t like how it’s got its own cult of asshat yuppie noobs.

        There are plenty of animations that make my point on youtube.

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  12. huh?

    Im getting head faked left, right and center…This is fucking crazy.

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  13. DMG

    Great vid: ‘0bama by the numbers’

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  14. huh?

    Keeping things in perspective I would like to share the following image.

    http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Da-Bears.jpg

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  15. poopzie

    “”The comment he made was hysterically offbase but he made his point.
    But he made the decision. More power to him.””

    What a stupid form of logic – ” I choose to throw babies off the bridge at night ”

    So because I made a decision, more power to me, or since I took a stance on something that makes it right or me a better person? What an asinine way of looking at things you hicks have.

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  16. Woodshedder

    GRRRRRRRRRRRRR…….VERLANDERRRRRRRRRRRRRR

    CA NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOpe.

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