Luck or did you time it I had sold some commercial property, and was going to be hit with significant capital gains taxes. As stocks and commercial bonds fell throughout the latter part of the year, I kept selling, booking losses, and replacing with similar components. I wiped out my gains while st...

Smith1776 wrote: ↑Thu May 15, 2025 11:41 pm Just got a new 14" MacBook Pro today!

M4 Max, 36GB RAM, 1TB SSD.

Damn sweet machine.

Did I disclose I bought a refurbished? Under $1,000.

M3, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD, 15". The last spec is most important to me since I'm used to many 27" monitors on this desktop.

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Is this a correct statement?

"Gold has done as well or better than the S&P 500 for last 10- and 20-year period."

dualstow wrote: ↑Mon May 12, 2025 3:11 pmIMG_9774.jpeg

That'd be OUR president! No one has ever seen anything like it!

ochotona wrote: ↑Fri May 09, 2025 9:49 am White Sox not Cubs

Yes. Later saw that on MSNBC.

As an American League baseball fan .. glad he made that choice!

The Cubs are close to that other team in New York. Get way too much attention for how little they achieve.

I'm very satisfied that the poor and marginalized, migrants. and the Global South generally , continue to have someone in their corner. I view his Papacy as the second Latin American Papacy, as much as it is a North American Papacy. He is a naturalized Peruvian citizen, after all, and he was a Bish...

dualstow wrote: ↑Wed May 07, 2025 8:35 pm I wonder what they want with a little forum.

It's not like if they establish a beachhead here that that allows them to conquer all the rest of the world's forums ...

Xan wrote: ↑Wed May 07, 2025 8:20 pm Hi folks,

Sorry about the recent availability issues. It looks like we're receiving a DOS attack from Singapore, Russia, and Vietnam. I've blocked a bunch of IP addresses.

Thanks for defending us!

Has this appeared / been discussed here? https://www.sustainability-times.com/climate/biggest-ever-believe-me-trump-declares-discovery-of-worlds-largest-gold-mine-a-multi-billion-dollar-shock-to-global-economy/ “Biggest Ever, Believe Me”: Trump Declares Discovery of World’s Largest Gold Mine a Multi...

I asked this: What are some creditable articles on a regular basis regarding the amount of military casualties and deaths during the Ukraine War https://www.perplexity.ai/search/what-are-some-creditable-artic-Kh8vaWQ0SFa5FVynokiZ6w#0 The response: Credible Sources for Regular Updates on Ukraine War ...

Trump again repeats his not to believed "fact" that 5,000 soldiers (from both sides) are dying each week. That'd be 250,000 per year; 750,000 in total. Why do we do not get news about all these deaths on a current basis? We did get the news that the Russia strike killed 12 civilians. So we...

An update. The forum has had about 125 new members since August 2024. However, they've only had a combined 9 posts in total.

Remember that the quote says “killed or wounded”, not “killed.” But, you got me to check wikipedia anyway, because these are not numbers that I’m familiar with. I have looked up casualties of different wars, but they don’t stay with me. The 800,000 figure does match up, but only with Ukraine’s esti...

dualstow wrote: ↑Sat May 03, 2025 12:24 pm No. Why would it?

I am expressing no opinion on the salary information. I'm stating that in the light of our own country's deaths and casualties in wars going back 75 years cumulatively that it makes the 800,000 look suspect.

dualstow wrote: ↑Fri May 02, 2025 3:15 pm I was more curious about the salary stats.

But doesn't it call into question the 800,000 number?

dualstow wrote: ↑Fri May 02, 2025 3:12 pm Ha! You’re right!
I hadn’t even noticed. Just had to post that.

I had almost been suspecting that you'd done it on purpose!

Some numbers: According to the Kremlin, in June 2024 about 700,000 Russians were on the frontline. The average Russian soldier’s salary is now close to $2,000 a month, twice the national average … Since the start of the invasion, over 800,000 Russian troops have been killed or wounded; … War has be...

A full year to the day since the last post in this IMPORTANT topic!

What I just put on Facebook: Watched this with someone last night. We each made comments to one another while watching. We both agreed on our reactions to all we were hearing. The POSITIVE: 1. It's always struck me during all these times Trump speaks to anyone (here, his free interactions with the p...

Wasn’t the shooter Luigi? I was thinking more of this Luigi. I spent some years in Providence. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Manocchio This is all news to me. I grew up in Rhode Island and lived there from 1951 to 1973. Never heard of him until now. It says: "He was the boss of the New E...

Ah. I’ve actually heard a few episodes of ‘Have Gun Will Travel’ on a cassette of old radio shows (already old shows when I was a kid). I don’t remember the ‘Case of’ part The name of the show was "Have Gun, Will Travel". I interpreted that to mean if he had his gun he'd travel. I was ask...

3 Risks Of The Permanent Portfolio Oct. 08, 2020 8:32 PM Summary What's changed since the strategy was created. Why 2020's great performance can't continue. Three potential strategy improvements. I want to like the permanent portfolio. It’s a simple low-cost strategy with an excellent track record. ...

"Tax on Corporate Profit Margins" finally someone says it. Funny cuz reddit loves corporate tax but they're in shambles over tariffs. Trump's not going to betray his megacorp donors....if markets drop more than 20% we'll get the printer. Well we better cuz Ive been bagholding EDV since Ob...

From over 4+ years ago. Don't know if anyone ever put it here, though. But now here it is! https://seekingalpha.com/article/4378268-3-risks-of-the-permanent-portfolio 3 Risks Of The Permanent Portfolio Oct. 08, 2020 8:32 PM Summary What's changed since the strategy was created. Why 2020's great perf...