My absolute favorite obvious contradiction for right wing conspiracies as a generality is that on one hand, the government is so corrupt and incredibly inept that it can do nothing right. Yet, on the other hand the government is so wickedly brilliant that it can infiltrate and control every aspect ...

Hey Stuper1, I think it's a pretty common situation that many of us have: being heavy on the tax advantaged accounts and light on after-tax funds. On the other hand, funds in a Roth IRA are highly valuable. When I found myself in a similar situation to yours, I took a middle path. That is, I still ...

If what I've been reading here is correct, as long as it's all lies all the time, it's all good! Is that a serious response to what I'd just written? If so, please quote me where I am saying that? No, sorry. Just an off-the-cuff sarcastic comment when I should have already gone to bed. “Here” meant...

If what I've been reading here is correct, as long as it's all lies all the time, it's all good!

Ran across this today — definitely confirmation bias for me, but, interesting https://abovethelaw.com/2022/12/hello-youve-been-referred-here-because-youre-wrong-about-twitter-and-hunter-bidens-laptop/ What I do think is that the information coming out of Twitter now is quite biased That article was...

This is just a silly internet forum. Kinda hard to take anyone too seriously.

Deep State apologists are always like:

1. That's not happening, it's a conspiracy theory.

2. Okay it's happening, but so what, it's always been happening.

3. You f***ing morons should be glad it's happening!

LOL

Interesting perspective on Twitter Files #8... did all of this start with the Arab Spring, and is it connected to Black Lives Matter?

https://twitter.com/TheLastRefuge2/stat ... 5547217920

But wait, there's more!

Finally, I will ask you a pointed question regarding January 6th. Is there any defending Trump's lack of action for hours? Was there any way he was not guilty of gross dereliction of duty? Is this not a fireable offense, making you ineligible for any future public office? If he had behaved like tha...

When I have seen someone banned it was not because of their political views, it was a civility issue. I think there is an assumption that conservatives were banned for being conservatives. What really happened is assholes got banned for being assholes. Some were conservative and some were not, but ...

It just keeps getting worse... is anyone able to defend any of this?

Maybe everyone is out Christmas shopping?

My candidates would be: pmward murphy_p_t SomeDude Apologies if I have named anyone in good standing. If I had to narrow it down to just one -- my best guess would be the middle one. Most recently it would have been SomeDude and murphy_p_t. It wouldn't have been pmward. Some people have left and wi...

This is just one of those topics that will never be fully resolved. It’s hard to convince people, but even harder to convince them that they’ve been fooled. That goes in both directions. It’s pointless to try to “prove” anything to people, but it can be interesting to consider their opinion and how ...

There are 45 tweets, be sure to see them all...

There are websites such as How Bad is my Batch that allow you to check your batch number against the VAERS database. Of course there will be varying opinions on the value of all of that.

Here's a chart of excess mortality in the US, 2015 - Present:

https://www.usmortality.com/excess-mortality/percentage

The age range filters are kind of interesting.

Sorry to hear about your coworkers. I think everyone here finally burned out on covid and related topics several months ago (or more). I do remember that at one point, maybe even before the vaccines rolled out, that excess mortality was a frequent topic of discussion. It would be interesting to go b...

Part 2 - Twitter's secret blacklists

Here's a bit more about James Baker:

Six Degrees from James Baker: A Familiar Figure Reemerges With the Release of the Twitter Files by Jonathan Turley

Anyone wonder why there are so many former FBI people at Twitter?

Here we go…

Part 1

Vinny, your framing of this as being about the Cult of Trump is blinding you to what’s really going on.

That may be true (depending on the variables), and Kitces is undoubtedly smarter than I am. But there's a lot more risk involved. A person that wants to ensure that their younger spouse is left with a consistent, reliable income might choose a different path. I'll be working the numbers and consider...

The reason I am planning to delay until age 70 is that my wife (lower earner) is 8 & 1/2 years younger than I am and would get a much higher spousal benefits when/if I predecease her. Me claiming at 70 and my wife - a few months later - at 62 is the strategy recommended by the open source SS ca...

The point is that any outsider that poses a threat to The Regime would get the same treatment. Are you able to clearly define "The Regime" in detail? How they communicate. How they are self-perpetuating. How ones gets entry to being part of it. How ones gets removed from it. Many other de...