Well, socialism is just a broader spectrum.

seajay wrote: ↑Fri Mar 14, 2025 3:20 pm

dualstow wrote: ↑Fri Mar 14, 2025 10:44 am My Dad is texting me to congratulate me on the 3000.

Crickey. How old is your dad?

80s

yankees60 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 14, 2025 11:24 am I still remain Mr. Literal who fails to see any figurative unless completely obvious!

What a hypocrite!*






*That was sarcasm

I filled out a very long survey in paper a few years ago and got maybe $100 for it. Never again, though. too many questions.

Jack Jones wrote: ↑Fri Mar 14, 2025 12:24 pm We should note that people are not born this way. The socialist horrors the Chinese have endured have destroyed tradition, family, and spirit. This was an aim of the socialists, and they succeeded.

Absolutely.

My Dad is texting me to congratulate me on the 3000.

yankees60 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 13, 2025 9:09 am Also this (end of writing by me).

I thought it was clear and apparent that I had been making introductory comments before presenting information from the article. I’m sorry, Vin, I didn’t mean to cause such a fuss. It was apparent, or at least not that hard to figure out. I was being facetious. But, would it kill you to put some qu...

When the dollar was backed by gold, bonds were already gold bonds. It would be cool to have your employment contract priced in gold. That reminds me, I read that originally a Dutch gilder was equivalent to a day’s work. Back then there more woodcutters and not too many IT professionals, but I loved...

I take umbrage at the defunding of the alpaca farming.

Thanks, Jack.

yankees60 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 18, 2025 9:01 am I discuss some of the strategies favored by Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger.

Didn’t know you were an author on Seeking Alpha.

Treated differently?

Tyler is a giant.
Thank you, Kevin. I feel better about moving this to the vP section now (not that I felt guilty before).
Yes, gold fulfills all the int'l we need for the pp.

Combustion engine ⇢ electric

… "Oh, woe is China!" . Well VWO ETF which has a big China allocation is dead even with VOO over the last 252 trading days. "Woe is Germany!" EWG is up 27% but VOO is 13.4% over the past year. I am holding EWG and IEMG. I cannot imagine holding Germany this decade. They make car...

Simpsons have done it all!

Awesome

… When others know where 'your' money is - and have control capacity, that's no longer your money its just a loan, open to being partially/fully confiscated at any time - such as via unavoidable punitive taxation (which takes many forms such as via currency debasement). You become a slave - self se...

Some of you may get your wish yet.
Yeah, I get it, you only wish in the past tense or past perfect tense — totally different
An armed man was shot outside the White House last night.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/03/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-drones-deaths.html • A Thousand Snipers in the Sky: … The drastic shift is changing the way wars may be fought in the future. (New York Times) I remember watching Ben Kenobi talk about the “Droid Wars” in the Star Wars s...

seajay wrote: ↑Sat Mar 08, 2025 12:18 pm Don't wish anyone dead. Rather had he died

Is there really a difference? It’s ok, you’re safe. In the UK you won’t get a visit from the Met unless you complain about Muslims.

Vin, why are you bolding and then requoting?

Well, certainly I’ve seen nasty comments from Trump supporters on social media. Plenty. Seajay would be pleasant company, and they would not. No doubt.