Grover Norquist on C-Span now for the next 45 minutes! With NO commercial interruptions! Now *that* is a hard-core, friday night party! O0 That 8:00 AM this morning. Nice listening to his weasel answer to a caller confronting Mr. Tiny, Starve the Government seek and accept a PPP loan for his Founda...

vnatale wrote: ↑Fri Jul 10, 2020 7:02 am Grover Norquist on C-Span now for the next 45 minutes! With NO commercial interruptions!

Now *that* is a hard-core, friday night party!

Xan wrote: ↑Mon Jul 06, 2020 9:14 pm I disagree with the assumption that the person who gives up his life for another is less valued. I think it's quite the opposite. Look at Christ, for example.

Wouldn't it be more accurate to say their death is valued rather than their life?

Smith1776 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 06, 2020 8:48 pm Seen today at my local bullion dealer. Apparently I can get a new dong for pretty cheap!

Are you suggesting that's what's been holding your dating life back?

Women are more worthy than men if you value continuation of the species. It takes only one man if you want a thousand babies but it takes hundreds of women. ;) Secondly, you really think you have free will? ;D From a procreation point of view, I don't disagree with your first comment. But clearly s...

blue_ruin17 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 05, 2020 10:36 am Always maintain physical exposure to lead and brass.

The other two "precious" metals to include in your investment strategy!

I don't think there's any greater way to say "you matter; you can do things" than to say that it is your duty to protect and defend the women and children in your life, even to the point of your own death. That's an interesting way of looking at it, Xan, but it's implicit in that line of ...

I don't think it's partisan at all..it's just amazing and disappointing to me how now "everyone's got to do it". Like somehow this is the only, and most important issue in the world. The officers have been arrested and charged. The system is processing it. Great, move on. Instead, it someh...

pp4me wrote: ↑Mon Jun 08, 2020 11:32 am Nancy Pelosi and company "taking a knee" somewhere in congress.

I can't even.... what is happening in this country???

I expect a much lower crime rate with no police. Why? Short answer in two phases: 1. Short run: Lots of armed citizens. (Note that armed citizens have a much lower rate of incorrect use of force than police, because they don't have "qualified immunity" to protect them, although in anarchi...

I Shrugged wrote: ↑Tue Jun 02, 2020 6:47 pm flagrant Memorial Day weekend celebrating.

Nothing meaningful to add in response to the question, but I found your wording, particularly the aspect of "flagrant....celebrating" quite amusing

Presumably you are white like myself? People many times make a reference to "white privilege". I think it should be better stated as "black penalty". <snip...> Yes, I am "white" (IMO this is such a large bucket these days). A lot of people have not had their way paved ...

tech, especially, but all, I grew up in a working class family, dad was a mechanic, mom was a housewife, our grandparents lived with us. My parents were 1st generation immigrants. My brother and I both graduated college. He is a Dr, I am an engineer. All our kids will have degrees and some with adv...

Peaceful protests are fine. But riots must be put down by force, and looters must be shot . Anything else is encouraging more violence. I'm not sure I'd go quite as far as you state above, but agree that riots must be put down by force. Instead, what we saw here is 1) the looters were largely ignor...

I think this might be somewhat related to this topic. How close or far do you live from any of the unrest of the last several days? A couple of blocks. Rioters/looters were parking on our street last night, walking up to do their mayhem in the more commercial area. I don't disagree that violence is...

Most importantly, are you going to continue to shelter at home until a vaccine is available ? If not, what is your plan? Given there is no vaccine against the cold and flu viruses, I find it interesting all the talk about a vaccine for COVID19. Is it just wishful thinking? How long are people going...

Freedom works both ways. Granting freedom to industry/business takes away freedom from it's workers as the workers have no ability to choose . Being fired is not a choice for most people. It is a governments duty to protect its citizens, and my state is failing to do so. A certain particular sect l...

But those that do not, they just lost their freedom to be protected from the virus, because now they are stuck having to go back to work or be fired. I'm not sure "freedom" is the right word here. Firstly, I don't think you can have a freedom not to be exposed to something, and secondly, ...

Another in the "recommended" and "good book" column. I've re-read it a number of times and have enjoyed it each time.

Those are veterinarians. I thought the original reference was to veterinarian technicians? I'd assume they would be subject to much less stress than the veterinarians. Vinny I feel we're way off on a tangent now, but will try to close the loop. Yes, the original discussion was vet techs and the art...

vnatale wrote: ↑Wed May 06, 2020 10:02 am

drumminj wrote: ↑Wed May 06, 2020 9:17 am
I recall reading that vets have a high suicide rate as well. I suspect vet techs would be exposed to the same causes?

If true, that is shocking to me and something that would have never crossed my mind.

Vinny

A quick search yielded this: https://time.com/5485552/veterinarians-suicide/

vnatale wrote: ↑Tue May 05, 2020 7:54 pm
I never thought that vet tech's were that well paid? Low five figures? While I'm assuming that physican assistant's are minimum six figures?

Vinny

I recall reading that vets have a high suicide rate as well. I suspect vet techs would be exposed to the same causes?

31 and watching all my friends be in multi-year enriching relationships and getting married. I can't even get a girl to hang around for 2 months. I'm seriously starting to wonder if there's something wrong with me. FWIW Smithy I was 34 when I finally found the right one for me. 8 years later and it...

I've always used kitco.com for gold + silver quotes.

If I was mostly taxable I'd use 15%/35% and probably end up leaving it alone for years at a time. Mine's all taxable, and I haven't rebalanced yet (I think I'm 4 years in, now?). However, I have been adding by buying the lagging asset, which has certainly influenced things a bit. At the moment, my ...