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by flyingpylon
Fri Jun 13, 2025 10:34 am
Forum: Gold
Topic: The GOLD scream room
Replies: 3952
Views: 2559279

Re: The GOLD scream room

boglerdude wrote: Fri Jun 13, 2025 4:07 am > I’ll see you in the Daily Check-in thread?

Imagine thinking you can stop vinny
"You can't stop him, you can only hope to contain him."
- Dan Patrick, ESPN
by flyingpylon
Fri May 23, 2025 9:27 pm
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Can’t bring myself to rebalance by buying treasuries
Replies: 4
Views: 1203

Re: Can’t bring myself to rebalance by buying treasuries

Is there an age at which any of you would still hold long bonds (i.e. how many years younger would make a difference)? I realize that’s not the only factor here, just curious.
by flyingpylon
Wed Apr 09, 2025 3:10 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Martha Stewart
Replies: 2
Views: 2264

Re: Martha Stewart

You shouldn't take Trump literally... except for when you should. ;D
by flyingpylon
Sat Apr 05, 2025 1:05 pm
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Not yet coming here? [to the Forum]
Replies: 28
Views: 11662

Re: Not yet coming here? [to the Forum]

Most of the current discussions on this forum are not really about the Permanent Portfolio, and it's been that way for years.
by flyingpylon
Fri Mar 21, 2025 8:23 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Yes America, Trump and Trumpism are here to stay
Replies: 39
Views: 19095

Re: Yes America, Trump and Trumpism are here to stay

The Minnesota State Senator who filed a Bill defining TDS as an actual mental illness in Minnesota was arrested for soliciting sex from a minor. Good people! https://www.fox9.com/news/minnesota-senator-justin-eichorn-arrest There are pervs in every segment of society and plenty of these stories to ...
by flyingpylon
Sun Mar 16, 2025 8:13 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Yes America, Trump and Trumpism are here to stay
Replies: 39
Views: 19095

Re: Yes America, Trump and Trumpism are here to stay

Hope this person gets the help they need.
by flyingpylon
Mon Mar 03, 2025 12:01 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: DOGE killed off IRS Free File
Replies: 17
Views: 7152

Re: DOGE killed off IRS Free File

yankees60 wrote: Mon Mar 03, 2025 9:08 am
ochotona wrote: Mon Mar 03, 2025 7:43 am Sure, for now. Software works until it doesn't if it isn't being actively maintained.
In Trumpland .... it's the quintessential only think about today.
You guys are trying too hard to perpetuate a particular narrative. It just makes you look silly.
by flyingpylon
Sun Mar 02, 2025 10:11 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: DOGE killed off IRS Free File
Replies: 17
Views: 7152

Re: DOGE killed off IRS Free File

The team that built Free File was let go but the service still exists.

https://www.irs.gov/filing/irs-free-fil ... s-for-free
by flyingpylon
Thu Feb 20, 2025 5:17 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Putin Invades Ukraine II
Replies: 1386
Views: 1439954

Re: Putin Invades Ukraine II

glennds wrote: Thu Feb 20, 2025 2:35 pm To say Ukraine started the war is like saying a rape victim had it coming, so it's her fault, not the rapist's.
Doesn’t seem like he was putting it quite that way.
by flyingpylon
Thu Feb 20, 2025 9:26 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Putin Invades Ukraine II
Replies: 1386
Views: 1439954

Re: Putin Invades Ukraine II

yankees60 wrote: Thu Feb 20, 2025 9:16 am DID Ukraine start the war??!!!

Trying to determine if I should be believing our current president when he says things.
Here's one take on what started it: https://x.com/seanmdav/status/1892302423387000885
by flyingpylon
Wed Feb 19, 2025 10:23 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: We should all write to our members of Congress and demand tax reforms
Replies: 57
Views: 24624

Re: We should all write to our members of Congress and demand tax reforms

Mountaineer wrote: Wed Feb 19, 2025 10:15 am Where are all the "for the little man" Ds on that list in the last paragraph above?
orange man bad
by flyingpylon
Thu Feb 13, 2025 10:14 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Are Memecoins Valuable?
Replies: 2
Views: 4810

Re: Are Memecoins Valuable?

I have a tiny bit of Dogecoin that I purchased for entertainment value... given recent events I am increasingly fond of it. 8)
by flyingpylon
Sat Feb 08, 2025 4:19 am
Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
Topic: BTC in the PP
Replies: 446
Views: 416730

Re: BTC in the PP

Step 2 is reach retirement age in the middle of one of the biggest bull markets in history.
by flyingpylon
Thu Feb 06, 2025 9:30 am
Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Marc De Messel Portfolio
Replies: 27
Views: 32640

Re: Marc De Messel Portfolio

You mean it would be worth more than $1,000 now. Just for those who haven't noticed the incredible spike in bitcoin prices lately. I bought $300 worth of bitcoin a while back, and now it's worth over $3,000. I should probably cash it in, but I can't stop wondering whether bitcoin might go to $100,0...
by flyingpylon
Thu Jan 30, 2025 10:23 am
Forum: Gold
Topic: The GOLD scream room
Replies: 3952
Views: 2559279

Re: The GOLD scream room

Anyone heard from buddtholomew lately?
by flyingpylon
Tue Jan 28, 2025 7:07 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Is mass deportation economically rational?
Replies: 7
Views: 2617

Re: Is mass deportation economically rational?

glennds wrote: Tue Jan 28, 2025 5:17 pm Let's think about this in simple terms of revenue and expense.
How do we decide which laws should be evaluated this way?
by flyingpylon
Tue Jan 28, 2025 4:49 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: US Citizen / Military Vet detained in ICE raid
Replies: 47
Views: 13161

Re: US Citizen / Military Vet detained in ICE raid

I suppose, Dieter. I just think that if we compare every form of heavy-handedness to Nazis, then “nazi” loses all meaning. The only people more hyperbolic than Trump are his opponents. Who is more hyperbolic remains to be seen It's not even a contest. One can never be too hyperbolic if you are desc...
by flyingpylon
Tue Jan 28, 2025 4:42 am
Forum: Stocks
Topic: Stock scream room
Replies: 1547
Views: 979230

Re: Stock scream room

The thing about DeepSeek is that it’s vastly more efficient than existing AI tools and thus has the potential to destroy the existing business models built around them. Some say it’s the start of a new world in AI. It takes time for markets to appreciate that level of change, it could get choppy or...
by flyingpylon
Mon Jan 27, 2025 3:15 pm
Forum: Stocks
Topic: Stock scream room
Replies: 1547
Views: 979230

Re: Stock scream room

The thing about DeepSeek is that it’s vastly more efficient than existing AI tools and thus has the potential to destroy the existing business models built around them. Some say it’s the start of a new world in AI. It takes time for markets to appreciate that level of change, it could get choppy or ...
by flyingpylon
Sun Jan 26, 2025 10:28 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Putin Invades Ukraine II
Replies: 1386
Views: 1439954

Re: Putin Invades Ukraine II

On the whole war .... another example of "don't take him literally"? If so, how do you take him on this matter? https://www.nbcnews.com/investigations/trumps-promise-end-ukraine-war-day-meets-harsh-realities-rcna188167 Trump's promise to end the Ukraine war in a day meets harsh realities ...
by flyingpylon
Sat Jan 25, 2025 7:22 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Birthright citizenship
Replies: 50
Views: 13499

Re: Birthright citizenship

American Indians get their US citizenship via the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 instead of the US Constitution. If provisions of the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 and the Constitution (as interpreted or amended) are in conflict, which one controls? The short answer is I don’t know and anything ca...
by flyingpylon
Sat Jan 25, 2025 7:17 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Birthright citizenship
Replies: 50
Views: 13499

Re: Birthright citizenship

Seems like the EO only applies to people who are born within the United States after 30 days from the date of the order. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/protecting-the-meaning-and-value-of-american-citizenship/ This one / for now, anyways Yeah, even this one is an unconstitu...
by flyingpylon
Sat Jan 25, 2025 3:23 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Birthright citizenship
Replies: 50
Views: 13499

Re: Birthright citizenship

American Indians get their US citizenship via the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 instead of the US Constitution.
by flyingpylon
Fri Jan 24, 2025 12:37 pm
Forum: Gold
Topic: The GOLD scream room
Replies: 3952
Views: 2559279

Re: The GOLD scream room

What we're hearing aren't direct orders from him as our superior; what we hear are his pronouncements. They indicate the direction he'd like to go; where his head is on things. I'm not saying it's good, but that's the way to be listening. I was always lost on figurative speech. Never could read bet...