I share this only because I have often seen stories like this as proof of global warming climate change. http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/01/03/3850232/snowy-owl-invasion-of-us-extends.html Actually, it's been a pretty normal winter in Florida so far - 78 today. I've seen much warmer and also much co...

I remember the day my daughter called me up and asked if I'd heard they had captured Osama Bin Laden. I turned on the TV and got the news it was Saddam Hussein. No difference in her mind. I told her I couldn't vote for McCain because of his cute little tune sung to the tune of the Beach Boy's song B...

This could get a lot more interesting than Duck Dynasty. http://www.rantsports.com/nfl/2013/12/30/green-bay-packers-rumors-aaron-rodgers-involved-in-gay-relationship-with-personal-assistant/ Is Aaron Rogers, quarterback of the Green Bay Packers gay? I'm guessing yes. If you follow football you might...

When reading the pros and cons of the PP before adopting it a few years ago the major contrary argument seemed to be that the impressive performance over the last decade or so was due to the price of gold and that this was destined to come to an end when the price came back to earth. Well, I guess t...

Their might be pain ahead. It looks like we're getting tax-loss selling today. I hope it doesn't break the June lows. If it doesn't.....who will be selling in Jan or Feb? If you're thinking about selling your gold, why not do it today? Can you sell in Jan and still book the tax-loss? I sold the las...

I'm so out of touche I didn't even know you could adopt grandchildren.  :P In case I made it sound confusing, she was originally my granddaughter but I adopted her because her parents weren't doing anything to support her and I couldn't even get health insurance for her. So I went to court and had ...

The one thing that bugs me about all of the "gay talk" on television is that it causes my kids to ask awkward questions that I'm not really ready to talk to them about yet.  It's hard to have "the gay talk" when you haven't even had "the straight talk" yet. Tell me abo...

I really couldn't care less about Mr. Robertson's re-reinstatement as I never watch the show but I'll take a smack-down of bullying groups like GLAAD or Jesse Jackson and his grievance machine any day.

Mountaineer wrote: Secondly, to ns2: 

I assert you have misunderstood Scripture

Merry Christmas

Interesting theory that the whole thing was staged......

http://takimag.com/article/manufacturin ... z2o84HgUAk

The Bible says that God is a very present help in time of trouble (Psalm 46:1) I assert that this is not true. Why do you feel that way? Simply anecdotal evidence - and you can actually look to the book of Job in the Bible to see what I'm saying. Was God a very present help in the time of Job's tro...

I don't know of a single successful accomplishment that Obama can point to but I do know that he was a "Community Organizer" and that he also won the Nobel Peace Prize just for getting elected president. If anybody can point to anything of real value that he accomplished along the way to h...

I think possibly the PP may be broken for a while. If you look at the long term history it is a good strategy but past performance is no guarantee of future success as the sophisticated investors here understand much more than the average investor. I'll give it another year. If it's down again this ...

The Bible says that God is a very present help in time of trouble (Psalm 46:1)

I assert that this is not true.

Camille Paglia is always an interesting read. Good quote from Camille Paglia: "I speak with authority here because I was openly gay before the 'Stonewall Rebellion,' when it cost you something to be so," she said. "And I personally feel as a libertarian that people have the right to f...

Great piece by Mark Steyn on the subject.... http://www.nationalreview.com/article/366896/age-intolerance-mark-steyn Quote: Most Christian opponents of gay marriage oppose gay marriage; they don’t oppose the right of gays to advocate it. Yet thug groups like GLAAD increasingly oppose the right of Ch...

I remember some older folks getting riled up on the Boglehead forum around late 2008 in a thread called, "Young Investor Excited About Market Crash". Or something like that. I forget the exact title, but it was an investor in her twenties who was indeed excited about being able to buy sto...

So, Duck Dynasty is the most watched cable TV show ever... When do the shareholders sue A&E for neglecting their fiduciary duties by acting in a manner that caused the end of that (assuming very profitable) show b/c the rest of the Robertsons aren't going to keep doing the show w/o Phil? I don'...

I only understand the PP principles well enough to predict that the answer from the experts here will be no, but I will be interested in the answer to your question myself.

When you say "if you expect a homosexual to do that", I take it you mean to overcome their natural instincts...to be homosexual? They shouldn't have to do that any more than you or I should have to become gay. They play by the same rules as us, as they also cannot take a sledgehammer to t...

Speaking from a strictly Darwinian point of view I would think that a strong aversion to homosexuality, as a threat to the survival of the species, would be a natural instinct shared by most of humanity That is almost certainly true, but it is an instinct that our higher selves must overcome. We mi...

We are basically spoiled being the poster child of investment theories during the last ten years of market turmoil.  Payback is hell. It could be this way for awhile until things even out.  No one knows when but just when you least expect it, things could turn back up. Yes, but why does the payback...

I lasted about 30 seconds as my instincts told me I was about to get a heavy dose of Marxist ideology. I went back and gave it another chance,  however, clicking to the end to get the summary and at least he wasn't calling for a massive redistribution of wealth at the point of a gun - just kinder an...

I would say that falls into the category of homophobia. What a strange word "homophobia". Speaking from a strictly Darwinian point of view I would think that a strong aversion to homosexuality, as a threat to the survival of the species, would be a natural instinct shared by most of human...

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/duck-dynastys-phil-robertson-indefinite-666808 I've never watched Duck Dynasty but this is a fascinating story, as I understand it is the most popular show in the history of Cable TV. Leaving aside what one actually thinks about homosexuality, the evolutio...