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by Stewardship
Sat Sep 19, 2015 5:14 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Figuring Out Religion
Replies: 4052
Views: 1385932

Re: Figuring Out Religion

To me it suggests that God took the Israelis into account when giving them laws, just like a parent would do with their child.
by Stewardship
Sat Sep 19, 2015 4:28 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Figuring Out Religion
Replies: 4052
Views: 1385932

Re: Figuring Out Religion

Is it wrong to kill babies?  Was it wrong back when we were hunter/gatherers and the clan knew exactly how many mouths it could feed and practiced infanticide on those they could not support?  Moral relativism. The Pharisees tested Jesus Himself by asking a similar question.  Instead of about killi...
by Stewardship
Sat Sep 19, 2015 3:56 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Figuring Out Religion
Replies: 4052
Views: 1385932

Re: Figuring Out Religion

But sadly I doubt your post will gain much interest among the participants in this thread. That's okay.  I'm just trying to knock down some hurdles one may come across in their journey and let God do the heavy lifting (the calling.) Afterall, "No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me dra...
by Stewardship
Fri Sep 18, 2015 3:46 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Figuring Out Religion
Replies: 4052
Views: 1385932

Re: Figuring Out Religion

Don't jump to conclusions when coming across difficult passages in the Bible. Fr. Robert Barron on Violence in the Bible https://youtu.be/1A65Wfr2is0 If you read the Bible in such a way that it leads you to say violence is a good thing, I should be more violent, or that God is hateful and violent, t...
by Stewardship
Fri Sep 18, 2015 1:53 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Figuring Out Religion
Replies: 4052
Views: 1385932

Re: Figuring Out Religion

I'm perfectly comfortable with the idea that our consciousness suggests that there may be something external to us directing everything, but that still leaves us with the challenge of figuring out which religious belief system (if any) provides an accurate articulation of the intuition you are desc...
by Stewardship
Fri Sep 18, 2015 12:53 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Figuring Out Religion
Replies: 4052
Views: 1385932

Re: Figuring Out Religion

The thing that nagged me most when I was an agnostic wasn't the question of death, but the question of my own existence and consciousness which would just about require the existence of a power beyond the universe as I perceived it. Have these questions (your existence and consciousness) been tackle...
by Stewardship
Sat Sep 12, 2015 3:48 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Another large stash of cash
Replies: 5
Views: 3600

Re: Another large stash of cash

I think estate planning would play into a big part of the equation here.  That is outside of my area of expertise however  ;D
by Stewardship
Sat Sep 12, 2015 3:40 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Advice Needed re Large Stash of Cash
Replies: 25
Views: 10816

Re: Advice Needed re Large Stash of Cash

Just be certain that it's a sufficiently brown skinned attorney. What does that mean?  Why would the attorney's skin color matter? I suppose since " prejudice is alive and well " as stuper1 asserts, a brown-skinned attorney would be less likely to be prejudiced toward a browned-skinned client.  ::)
by Stewardship
Mon Sep 07, 2015 12:32 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Advice Needed re Large Stash of Cash
Replies: 25
Views: 10816

Re: Advice Needed re Large Stash of Cash

Well the senility is a problem.  It's now up to her to manage the money as she sees fit.  Not many people are comfortable with having large sums of cash in their house. Nor would everyone be comfortable walking into the bank with a large sum of cash that they found that a senile spouse had hidden. ...
by Stewardship
Mon Sep 07, 2015 4:07 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Advice Needed re Large Stash of Cash
Replies: 25
Views: 10816

Re: Advice Needed re Large Stash of Cash

You mentioned "standard questions".  Do you know what those questions are?  That's what I'm trying to figure out, to make sure she knows what to expect. Whatever questions the bank wants to ask to aid in filling out the CTR and determining whether a SAR needs to be filed for suspicious activity.  T...
by Stewardship
Sun Sep 06, 2015 5:36 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Advice Needed re Large Stash of Cash
Replies: 25
Views: 10816

Re: Advice Needed re Large Stash of Cash

He didn't trust the bank, and apparently she doesn't either if she is worried about how they will respond to a perfectly legal transaction.  The bank isn't going to refuse the money.  They'll ask standard questions and fill out the CTR form and send it to the feds just like they do with all transact...
by Stewardship
Tue Aug 18, 2015 4:00 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Immigration / open borders debate
Replies: 38
Views: 15629

Re: Immigration / open borders debate

I love the arguments that even though government action A, intended for some purpose, has caused a problem, we can't stop A, so we need another government action B to counteract it. Harry Browne pointed out why A could not achieve its original purpose, namely that it relied on force, which always h...
by Stewardship
Tue Aug 18, 2015 3:31 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Immigration / open borders debate
Replies: 38
Views: 15629

Re: Immigration / open borders debate

I like a lot of libertarian ideas, but implementability matters. The most beautiful, theoretically correct idea in the world isn't worth a hill of beans if it can't be implemented, which in politics means that it's supported by a majority or an extremely passionate, well-organized, well-funded, pol...
by Stewardship
Tue Aug 18, 2015 1:36 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Immigration / open borders debate
Replies: 38
Views: 15629

Re: Immigration / open borders debate

The program is rife with abuse. Of course it is.  Its a government program. Law abiding or not it doesn't matter. It matters to you.  Or at least it seemed earlier in this thread when you were pointing out illegals as a group have no respect for the law.  Would you say legal immigrants as a group h...
by Stewardship
Tue Aug 18, 2015 5:07 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Immigration / open borders debate
Replies: 38
Views: 15629

Re: Immigration / open borders debate

But the fatal flaw in highlighting them is the implicit assumption that these problems are somehow politically rectifiable with an infusion of libertarianism, as though a plurality or majority of the U.S. population is somehow going to become sufficiently libertarian as to cause the government to a...
by Stewardship
Tue Aug 18, 2015 4:55 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Immigration / open borders debate
Replies: 38
Views: 15629

Re: Immigration / open borders debate

Actually the government has made it relatively easy for people to immigrate legally and illegally. They just put the focus on bad immigration that helps large companies get cheap labor instead of citizens that want a stable and safe society. The H-1B non-immigrant visa requires employment in a spec...
by Stewardship
Mon Aug 17, 2015 5:50 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Immigration / open borders debate
Replies: 38
Views: 15629

Re: Immigration / open borders debate

If not, let me state for the record that open borders liberals/libertarians are idiots. Calling on govt to fix a govt-created problem... Who's the idiot now? Is this a trick question? No!  Government has made it very difficult for law-abiders to immigrate and very easy for law-breakers.  Like with ...
by Stewardship
Mon Aug 17, 2015 2:58 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Immigration / open borders debate
Replies: 38
Views: 15629

Re: Immigration / open borders debate

craigr wrote: If not, let me state for the record that open borders liberals/libertarians are idiots.
Calling on govt to fix a govt-created problem...

Who's the idiot now?
by Stewardship
Sat Aug 15, 2015 4:11 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Hillary's Private Emails: The Vise Slowly Tightens (What if...)
Replies: 27
Views: 9806

Re: Hillary's Private Emails: The Vise Slowly Tightens (What if...)

Ad Orientem wrote:
Mountaineer wrote: I think these two might get along too.  Might need a resurrection.  Looks like it will be a rather large party.

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Poor taste.
Don't be sexist.  Its perfectly fine for women to wear pantsuits.
by Stewardship
Sat Aug 15, 2015 4:06 am
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Speculative Rebalancing
Replies: 20
Views: 11477

Re: Speculative Rebalancing

jsnikeris wrote:
Well, when it Looks Like Rain, I want a rainy-weather portfolio.

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Understood.  So that chart makes it look like rain to you?
by Stewardship
Sat Aug 15, 2015 3:56 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Hillary's Private Emails: The Vise Slowly Tightens (What if...)
Replies: 27
Views: 9806

Re: Hillary's Private Emails: The Vise Slowly Tightens (What if...)

Mountaineer wrote: If it comes to pass, in the land of the woebegone SALs, I will most definitely have to do a poll of this illustrious forum members to determine the exact amount of booze required.  I would not want to have any left over that could be absconded by the derlicts in DC.  ;)
lol
by Stewardship
Fri Aug 14, 2015 6:11 pm
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Speculative Rebalancing
Replies: 20
Views: 11477

Re: Speculative Rebalancing

After reviewing some of the literature on market valuation, it seems to me that the stock market is currently overpriced. I'm aware that an orthodox PP implementation eschews speculation of any kind, but how bad of an idea would it be to tactically underweight an asset class while still remaining w...
by Stewardship
Fri Aug 14, 2015 2:02 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Hillary's Private Emails: The Vise Slowly Tightens (What if...)
Replies: 27
Views: 9806

Re: Hillary's Private Emails: The Vise Slowly Tightens (What if...)

Desert wrote: If Trump and Hillary are both eliminated, I'll throw a major party at my place.
I think that is likely.  We'll be invited, right?
by Stewardship
Thu Aug 13, 2015 3:16 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Explain differences in property taxes
Replies: 24
Views: 7565

Re: Explain differences in property taxes

Also Nevada has no income tax and below-average property tax.