There are actually people of a sizable count (not just some fringe feminist) that posting things that actually assert that "white men should stop talking and acting and being involved in community and political life," or that "everything is our fault and we are a bunch of fearful rac...

That is the type of behavior that gives Christianity a bad name.  Generally, from what I understand, the modern day "Evangelicals" tend to either fall off the road into the ditch of pride (judgementalism) or the ditch of despair.  It frequently comes from interpreting the Bible from a per...

Heh, I was part of that.  Wasnt exactly fleeing to gold, but left my job and finally had access to rebalance my 401k the way I wanted to.  The timing worked well on the stock side.  In this day and age of electronic money, my 401k custodian used the modern conveniences of paper checks and US Mail, h...

What about the bit about how when a man speaks up in a group, he's assertive, while when a woman speaks up, she's being bitchy?  I've been so labeled for speaking up when a guy said something stupid & misleading.  Specific example.  At a meeting just 2 days ago talking about a proposed grant su...

Beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

“Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I came to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and a man’s enemies will be the members of his household. “He who loves ...

Not to be irreverent here, but why is so much made of the offer of forgiveness? If God is righteous and he made us and some of us turned out not to be righteous, is an offer of forgiveness really all that special? That almost seems like providing warranty service on the human soul when it goes hayw...

I would be interested in reading about actual calls to criminalize. This is from last year and not about this particular event, but… https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/assets/6-3-14_--_udall_amendment_letter_final.pdf The American Civil Liberties Union strongly opposes S.J. Res. 19, a propose...

moda0306 wrote: So if we're going to worry about human rights and Constitutional amendments right now, which ones should we worry about?

Ooh, ooh, I vote for 9 and 10!

MediumTex, I ran across this thread the other day and I really enjoyed your questions and trying to derive answers for them, so first off thank you for posting them.  I thought I would go ahead and post the answers I came up with in case they are still of use for you, or for anyone else (including m...

Gen X rulz, dudes!  Totally.

So does "controlled experimental conditions" mean inducing near death experiences?  Like in The 80s movie?

Funny. I just managed to convert my 401k to PP at about 9:30 WS time today. Works for me.

Thank you both.  Interesting point on the sequence of returns.  I grasped intuitively that bad years at the beginning of withdrawal would be hurtful, but hadn't really thought about strategies to minimize it beyond picking up additional income.  Seems like another good benefit for the PP to be able ...

Thank you both for your advice.  I was struggling a bit to understand the benefit of cash in the non-taxable account (like I said I'm new to this) but I think it hit me this morning:  In a contrived example, if I used my entire non-taxable account to hold bonds, and interest rates rose dropping the ...

Beeker.

Hi.  I'm about to start my first permanent portfolio.  Thanks to Craig for the book, the forum and the blog - they've been most helpful.  Thanks also to the forum members for all the valuable information you've shared which has also been very helpful. I'd like to post my strategy for dividing assets...