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- Tue Oct 13, 2020 9:07 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Coronavirus General Discussion
- Replies: 5196
- Views: 1782496
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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?
Nice, subtle movie reference!tomfoolery wrote: ↑Sun Oct 04, 2020 12:37 amWhereas 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
- Tue Sep 29, 2020 3:00 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: 700 Miles For Heartbreak: An Alberta Story
- Replies: 92
- Views: 14345
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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?
Isn't that basically shorting the dollar, with leverage?
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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, ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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.
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.
- Wed Aug 12, 2020 8:09 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Biden/Harris Discussion
- Replies: 249
- Views: 228681
- Tue Aug 11, 2020 7:10 pm
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: The GOLD scream room
- Replies: 3689
- Views: 1659036
Re: The GOLD scream room
Same. I manually updated my spreadsheet today as a forcing function to keep myself humble next time things are going gangbustersCortopassi wrote: ↑Tue Aug 11, 2020 3:49 pmI don't think my PP has seen such a large one day swing %-wise ever?
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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
Besides drink heavily, you mean?
- 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.