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by yankees60
Sat Feb 15, 2025 4:52 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Trump Confusion Syndrome
Replies: 0
Views: 16

Trump Confusion Syndrome

Trump Confusion Syndrome https://www.mauldineconomics.com/frontlinethoughts/trump-confusion-syndrome Upfront Costs “Costs and Chaos” Confusion = Risk West Palm Beach, Dallas, DC, and Boca Raton? I think I’m going to start a new 12-step program. I sense there are a lot of potential members. The meeti...
by yankees60
Sat Feb 15, 2025 7:43 am
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: New Here - What are folks investing in
Replies: 32
Views: 24319

Re: New Here - What are folks investing in

Neat! I have a copy of the book for fake nostalgia reasons, but I was really late to the party. I only had limited access to Unix in college, and I used nearly all my time for this new thing called electronic mail. In those ancient days when I started college we only had fortran with punch cards! I...
by yankees60
Sat Feb 15, 2025 7:39 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Grilling Fauci
Replies: 40
Views: 20718

Re: Grilling Fauci

ppnewbie wrote: Fri Feb 14, 2025 11:42 pm
yankees60 wrote: Sat Jun 08, 2024 4:20 pmCapture.JPG
I think he funded gain of function research at the Wuhan lab through something called Ecohealth Alliance and USAID.
IF so ... was it done for any malicious intent? Any personal monetary gain? What was the motivation?
by yankees60
Sat Feb 15, 2025 7:37 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Trump Daily Press Conferences
Replies: 1
Views: 38

Re: Trump Daily Press Conferences

Is anyone watching Trumps daily press conferences. I am finding them extraordinary. I’ve never seen a president just sit there and take question after question while signing order after order and then hosting world leaders and the Elon comes in. I don’t agree with everything he is doing but I am st...
by yankees60
Fri Feb 14, 2025 9:45 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Putin Invades Ukraine II
Replies: 1242
Views: 1254501

Re: Putin Invades Ukraine II

The Greta interview of Zelenskyy Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Newsmax: Trump Can Help End War in Ukraine https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/volodymyr-zelenskyy-donald-trump-vladimir-putin/2025/02/14/id/1199179/ Whenever I hear him speak ... he gets a lot of credibility with me. Far more than that two term...
by yankees60
Fri Feb 14, 2025 8:58 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Asleep at the Wheel in the Headlight Brightness Wars
Replies: 0
Views: 76

Asleep at the Wheel in the Headlight Brightness Wars

Oncoming bright lights at night are definitely an issue for me. You? Asleep at the Wheel in the Headlight Brightness Wars The crusade against bright headlights has picked up speed in recent years, in large part due to a couple of Reddit nerds. Could they know what’s best for the auto industry better...
by yankees60
Thu Feb 13, 2025 2:22 pm
Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Study calls for US taxation of cryptocurrency
Replies: 23
Views: 11772

Re: Study calls for US taxation of cryptocurrency

Yeah they really don’t want cryptocurrency to be a currency. Digital assets are kosher though. I not that long ago heard on a podcast that every single time you make a cryptocurrency payment it's a taxable transaction, no different than a security sale. Each one needs to be reported with its gain /...
by yankees60
Thu Feb 13, 2025 2:20 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Putin Invades Ukraine II
Replies: 1242
Views: 1254501

Re: Putin Invades Ukraine II

You're 100% right, ppnewbie. Russia holds all the cards here. Russia is winning on the battlefield. The longer the conflict goes on, the more people die on both sides, but more on the Ukrainian side, and the more land that Russia wins. The most humane thing to do is to end this war as soon as possi...
by yankees60
Thu Feb 13, 2025 2:15 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Putin Invades Ukraine II
Replies: 1242
Views: 1254501

Re: Putin Invades Ukraine II

I gained confidence in Hegseth. He stated the obvious. If you go in to buy a car... you don't state the obvious to the dealer, "this is an all-cash deal" even if it is, even if you have a Rolex on your wrist and everyone can see it. You hold that close to your vest, let them think they ar...
by yankees60
Thu Feb 13, 2025 9:23 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Are Memecoins Valuable?
Replies: 1
Views: 91

Are Memecoins Valuable?

Anyone here own any? Are Memecoins Valuable? https://disciplinefunds.com/2025/02/12/three-things-i-think-i-think-bad-narratives/ 2) Are Memecoins Valuable? There’s been an explosion in so-called “memecoins” in recent weeks. Of course, our President ignited the trend with the introduction of Trump an...
by yankees60
Thu Feb 13, 2025 8:57 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Putin Invades Ukraine II
Replies: 1242
Views: 1254501

Re: Putin Invades Ukraine II

Hegseth is such a dork in my view. He destroyed Ukraine's bargaining position be pre-stating that they would not join NATO. IDIOT. That was a bargaining chip! US should have been mum about NATO, or even vaguely supportive in public... then behind closed doors, "You give back XXX square km of l...
by yankees60
Thu Feb 13, 2025 8:56 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Schwab podcasts discussing Federal effects on investing
Replies: 4
Views: 603

Re: Washington Wise Podcast

Click on title to access the podcast page, or look for it on your mobile device podcast app. Tariff Clouds Hover Over Stock Markets Tariff announcements have been coming fast and furious out of the White House, but are they more bark than bite? In this episode of WashingtonWise, host Mike Townsend ...
by yankees60
Thu Feb 13, 2025 8:54 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: MachineGhost?
Replies: 3
Views: 165

Re: MachineGhost?

Smith1776 wrote: Wed Feb 12, 2025 9:51 pm Don't worry, Vinny! We still love you!
Thanks, Smith1776!
by yankees60
Wed Feb 12, 2025 8:46 pm
Forum: Gold
Topic: Texas Bullion Depository is the Best Way to Protect Your Gold
Replies: 19
Views: 13877

Re: Texas Bullion Depository is the Best Way to Protect Your Gold

When I only glanced at the title and saw "Texas" and "Depository" I thought it was going to be something about the release of new Kennedy assassination information.
by yankees60
Wed Feb 12, 2025 8:44 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Putin Invades Ukraine II
Replies: 1242
Views: 1254501

Re: Putin Invades Ukraine II

I thought I saw 60,000 at wiki. Your figure doesn’t include combatants. Shouldn’t it? Of course you are correct. Ukraine has lost 45,100 soldiers on the battlefield since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with U.K. journali...
by yankees60
Wed Feb 12, 2025 8:43 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Yuval Levin on President Trump's Second Term
Replies: 5
Views: 1572

Re: Yuval Levin on President Trump's Second Term

Vinny, If you liked what Yural Levin had to say, I would recommend his book American Covenant to you and anyone else interested. The book takes a mostly non-partisan forensic approach to examining the Constitution and design of our government and further analyzing how we have deviated from it. Inte...
by yankees60
Wed Feb 12, 2025 5:16 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Putin Invades Ukraine II
Replies: 1242
Views: 1254501

Re: Putin Invades Ukraine II

Hegseth says that Ukraine won't join NATO. Too bad Blinken couldn't have said the same thing 4 years ago. Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian men would still be alive. Isn’t it tens of thousands? Just over 10,000 .... 12,456 How many people have died during the war in Ukraine? OHCHR has estimated th...
by yankees60
Wed Feb 12, 2025 11:45 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: MachineGhost?
Replies: 3
Views: 165

MachineGhost?

A few years ago when I spent much time in the forum archives I encountered much by MachineGhost. A prolific poster from 2011 to 2016 but who has not posted since then and who last seemed to be in the forum in any way in 2021. I never interacted with MachineGhost in real time. Only reading past writi...
by yankees60
Wed Feb 12, 2025 11:36 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: The Meme Thread
Replies: 324
Views: 322901

Re: The Meme Thread

Smith1776 wrote: Tue Feb 11, 2025 12:12 pm i lol’d


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He was SUCH a dichotomous character!

Being the dutiful, detail oriented, hardworking restaurant owner and then this vicious drug business person.
by yankees60
Wed Feb 12, 2025 11:33 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Putin Invades Ukraine II
Replies: 1242
Views: 1254501

Re: Putin Invades Ukraine II

Well said, ppnewbie. We pushed Ukraine into this war so they could be our blunt proxy weapon to hopefully degrade Russia, rather than encouraging a diplomatic dialogue to address Russia's legitimate security concerns at their western border. The US would certainly have security concerns if a foreig...
by yankees60
Wed Feb 12, 2025 11:29 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Putin Invades Ukraine II
Replies: 1242
Views: 1254501

Re: Putin Invades Ukraine II

Sorry I can’t help but be sarcastic here. We (the American public) are going to feel great about saving Ukraine when the war ends. And the US and possibly Russia are going to go in and pillage Ukraine’s natural resources as the price for peace and Ukraine will not be in NATO and they are going to l...
by yankees60
Wed Feb 12, 2025 11:28 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Putin Invades Ukraine II
Replies: 1242
Views: 1254501

Re: Putin Invades Ukraine II

It’s funny how we Americans think we are in charge at all times. - I am the law. - I take your money. - I say who gets your money - I will put missiles at your border if I want to. How’s that working out for Ukraine? Or do we even care how it’s working out? What got me about the interview is how na...
by yankees60
Wed Feb 12, 2025 11:23 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Putin Invades Ukraine II
Replies: 1242
Views: 1254501

Re: Putin Invades Ukraine II

dualstow wrote: Tue Feb 11, 2025 7:52 am He doesn’t have any formal say but he has a lot of “do.”
Now we've already heard our new Defense Secretary this morning inform that it is not going to happen.
by yankees60
Wed Feb 12, 2025 11:22 am
Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Study calls for US taxation of cryptocurrency
Replies: 23
Views: 11772

Re: Study calls for US taxation of cryptocurrency

Yesterday I went through a tax organizer sent out by the largest regional firm in the Hartford, Connecticut / Western MA area. Here are the relevant portions from it: Digital assets There are specific tax implications of investing in digital assets (e.g., virtual currencies, non-fungible tokens, vir...
by yankees60
Tue Feb 11, 2025 8:38 am
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Attention: Mathjak! Choose Your Tactical Asset Allocation Strategy Carefully
Replies: 5
Views: 422

Attention: Mathjak! Choose Your Tactical Asset Allocation Strategy Carefully

Choose Your Tactical Asset Allocation Strategy Carefully https://www.capitalspectator.com/choose-your-tactical-asset-allocation-strategy-carefully/ Morningstar last week advised that tactical asset allocation funds “failed—again.” That sounds ominous for this class of strategies, but a closer review...