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by drumminj
Tue Oct 13, 2020 9:07 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Coronavirus General Discussion
Replies: 5196
Views: 1782496

Re: Coronavirus General Discussion

MangoMan wrote:
Tue Oct 13, 2020 8:35 pm
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Who knew I've been administering self-testing protocol during the entire pandemic!
by drumminj
Thu Oct 08, 2020 9:12 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Why the push to register to vote?
Replies: 7
Views: 1190

Re: Why the push to register to vote?

Imagine if everyone refused to vote for the lesser of two evils and only 1% of the country voted. Wouldn’t that send a strong message the system is screwed and needs change? It may send a message, but it's a "someone aught'ta do something" message, which of course no one will. The political class w...
by drumminj
Sun Oct 04, 2020 4:39 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Trump has Covid-19
Replies: 202
Views: 32851

Re: Trump has Covid-19

Technically, they are more important than us. If that wasn't just shoved in my face all the time, though, I'd probably be ok with it. Sincerely trying to understand here, since you didn't respond to my previous question..... You're upset with the people who are making personal choices and going abo...
by drumminj
Sun Oct 04, 2020 11:39 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Trump has Covid-19
Replies: 202
Views: 32851

Re: Trump has Covid-19

Again, I look at the "normalcy" portrayed by these pictures, and not afforded to the rest of us peons and that more than anything is what upsets me. I believe the point was made earlier, but it's not the president nor the federal government who is denying you such "normalcy". It's your governor/loc...
by drumminj
Sun Oct 04, 2020 9:53 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Without 2A, What Good Are the Other Amendments?
Replies: 134
Views: 22765

Re: Without 2A, What Good Are the Other Amendments?

tomfoolery wrote:
Sun Oct 04, 2020 12:37 am
Whereas the people who hate guns or are afraid of them are the ones in favor of gun control and make comments like a woman's breasts feel like a bag of sand
Nice, subtle movie reference!
by drumminj
Tue Sep 29, 2020 3:00 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: 700 Miles For Heartbreak: An Alberta Story
Replies: 92
Views: 14345

Re: 700 Miles For Heartbreak: An Alberta Story

Smith1776 wrote:
Tue Sep 29, 2020 10:37 am
Here's the ring and us holding hands.

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Smith, trust me...I've dated my share of unstable women and let me tell you...from the pic I can tell that's definitely a crazy woman's hand >:D

Someday soon you'll realize you dodged a bullet there!
by drumminj
Tue Sep 29, 2020 9:33 am
Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
Topic: An odd choice for a VP: Wellesley
Replies: 24
Views: 9556

Re: An odd choice for a VP: Wellesley

Appreciate all the insights offered in this thread. I don't have anything of substance to contribute to the discussion here other than to share that over the course of the past few years I've invested in Wellesley in addition to the PP, mainly for a bit more diversification (strategy and institution...
by drumminj
Sun Sep 13, 2020 7:54 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Effect of delayed election results
Replies: 24
Views: 6126

Re: Effect of delayed election results

This year I’ll have to stay up and watch the returns. Last time I didn’t want to see Hillary’s win so I just went to bed. I guess I missed some fun TV. Last time I was up until at least 4 AM. I don't think Trump came out until about 3:30 AM? It was all somewhat surreal. I think Trump felt the same ...
by drumminj
Sun Sep 13, 2020 7:52 pm
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Bonds and the PP -- still make sense?
Replies: 59
Views: 13736

Re: Bonds and the PP -- still make sense?

Kriegsspiel wrote:
Sun Sep 13, 2020 6:37 pm
I'm thinking about getting a mortgage.
Isn't that basically shorting the dollar, with leverage?
by drumminj
Sat Aug 29, 2020 4:41 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 2251
Views: 1153179

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

So my home internet has been down for about a week and I've been tethering off my phone for an internet connection. I have an LTE speed data cap of 8GB and I get throttled down to 3G for anything past that. So, basically, I've been living in the year 2008 for the past couple days. You're living the...
by drumminj
Fri Aug 28, 2020 7:04 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Jeff Bezos is Now Worth 200 Billion
Replies: 101
Views: 14813

Re: Jeff Bezos is Now Worth 200 Billion

Would it be so hard for the 99 percent, if they really cared, to stop buying from Amazon? Problem solved. Exactly. IMO it's consumers who killed all the small-town, mom-and-pop stores, as they chose to stop spending money there. The market "spoke". Jeff Bezos and Sam Walton didn't do that. Whether ...
by drumminj
Sat Aug 22, 2020 9:06 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Racial IQ Gap, Nature versus Nurture
Replies: 35
Views: 6264

Re: Racial IQ Gap, Nature versus Nurture

There's an additional explanation. A much simpler one. As someone who lived in Kenya as a child, I can speak from firsthand experience that most of the rural tribes run as a basic mode of transportation. Seriously, the idea of getting somewhere in a jeep or a car is not an option, so if you have to...
by drumminj
Tue Aug 18, 2020 6:10 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Some 2020 General Election Polls
Replies: 439
Views: 101940

Re: Some 2020 General Election Polls

As for the DACA recipients, that is on their parents and those who encouraged them to come here illegally. Giving them amnesty will just make the problem worse. Here's the problem with anything other than deportation: I would be okay with giving them permanent residency and no path to citizenship, ...
by drumminj
Tue Aug 18, 2020 5:41 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Some 2020 General Election Polls
Replies: 439
Views: 101940

Re: Some 2020 General Election Polls

But the only President in my lifetime who has not tried to expand his own powers but has instead told Congress and state/city executives to do their jobs is... Donald Trump. This includes but is not limited to DACA, handling the riots, and pandemic response, none of which is the job of the executiv...
by drumminj
Tue Aug 18, 2020 5:39 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Some 2020 General Election Polls
Replies: 439
Views: 101940

Re: Some 2020 General Election Polls

Humanely speaking can you really bear to pack them all back off to a home country they can't even remember? "Humanely speaking" sets up a very slippery slope. Humanely speaking, can you really bear to let people sleep out in the cold? Humanely speaking, can you really bear to let people starve to d...
by drumminj
Fri Aug 14, 2020 8:28 am
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: POLL: How did you overcome the fear of tracking error?
Replies: 62
Views: 15554

Re: POLL: How did you overcome the fear of tracking error?

Problem is, when I did that, what freaked me out was the recent overvalued price level of TLT and SPY. This just makes me very hesitant to keep going and ignore the market noise. How do you know what's overvalued and what's not? Are you smarter than the broad market? If you think you know better th...
by drumminj
Wed Aug 12, 2020 8:47 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Who still supports BLM after this?
Replies: 69
Views: 16519

Re: Who still supports BLM after this?

Do people making these statements know how insurance works - the concept of deductibles and premiums?

I heard the same thing when the looting/riots happened in the Seattle area. Like somehow no harm is done because the business owners may have insurance.
by drumminj
Wed Aug 12, 2020 8:09 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Biden/Harris Discussion
Replies: 249
Views: 228681

Re: Biden/Harris Discussion

Smith1776 wrote:
Wed Aug 12, 2020 8:08 pm

What's even more gross is how eager some people are to just eat up the giant pile of bullshit Biden has served up. >:(
Clearly you too have logged into LinkedIn in the past day!
by drumminj
Tue Aug 11, 2020 7:10 pm
Forum: Gold
Topic: The GOLD scream room
Replies: 3689
Views: 1659036

Re: The GOLD scream room

Cortopassi wrote:
Tue Aug 11, 2020 3:49 pm
I don't think my PP has seen such a large one day swing %-wise ever?
Same. I manually updated my spreadsheet today as a forcing function to keep myself humble next time things are going gangbusters :)
by drumminj
Thu Aug 06, 2020 7:40 pm
Forum: Gold
Topic: What's going on with silver?
Replies: 211
Views: 167035

Re: What's going on with silver?

My big concern with the metals run up is that this could be the aftermath of the 2008/2009 banking crisis all over again. It seems to me that the last time there was this kind price action it was due to a fear of inflation stemming from all the QE and stimulus. When consumer price levels didn't sur...
by drumminj
Wed Aug 05, 2020 6:55 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Resolved: that President Trump has praiseworthy accomplishments
Replies: 13
Views: 3587

Re: Resolved: that President Trump has praiseworthy accomplishments

How do you evaluate his handling of this virus crisis? Did he and his administration put the full force of the government behind it in terms of managing it in a logical, organized manner? Do you believe he put his personal interests LAST in all the actions he took and all he said while putting the ...
by drumminj
Wed Aug 05, 2020 8:13 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: GOP fears Trump attacks on mail in voting will discourage their own voters
Replies: 21
Views: 4889

Re: GOP fears Trump attacks on mail in voting will discourage their own voters

Side Note: I just got an email notification for this thread. That's the first email notification I have received for any thread I have commented on here in close to a year. Hmmm. Xan mentioned in another thread that the email daemon for the forum hadn't been running. I suspect that's what was sendi...
by drumminj
Tue Jul 28, 2020 10:17 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Coronavirus General Discussion
Replies: 5196
Views: 1782496

Re: Coronavirus General Discussion

I have been using this website as a key to clue me in on what to expect. But even, then, every place I go has posters up : "New Order from Governor Fulano : As of tomorrow, yada yada yada" How could I take any of this seriously, even if I wanted to believe? Thanks for posting this Mark. I hadn't th...
by drumminj
Tue Jul 28, 2020 10:10 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Suggestions for how Trump could do better
Replies: 29
Views: 7383

Re: Suggestions for how Trump could do better

Mark Leavy wrote:
Tue Jul 28, 2020 5:22 pm
What do non-techie folks on this board do for sanity?
Besides drink heavily, you mean? >:D
by drumminj
Mon Jul 27, 2020 11:03 pm
Forum: Gold
Topic: What's going on with silver?
Replies: 211
Views: 167035

Re: What's going on with silver?

Gold had a quick $40 drop as well.