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by ppnewbie
Sat Mar 01, 2025 8:31 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Putin Invades Ukraine II
Replies: 1347
Views: 1300355

Re: Putin Invades Ukraine II

Very sad to watch Zelensky blow it so badly. IMHO He should resign so the war can end. Also Trump was skillfully handling Zelensky’s foolishness. Then Vance caused a serious problem. Vance is a young inexperienced guy who should have stayed quiet. If he had the deal would have closed. Intentional/b...
by ppnewbie
Sat Mar 01, 2025 1:23 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Putin Invades Ukraine II
Replies: 1347
Views: 1300355

Re: Putin Invades Ukraine II

Very sad to watch Zelensky blow it so badly. IMHO He should resign so the war can end. Also Trump was skillfully handling Zelensky’s foolishness. Then Vance caused a serious problem. Vance is a young inexperienced guy who should have stayed quiet. If he had the deal would have closed.
by ppnewbie
Fri Feb 28, 2025 11:36 am
Forum: Gold
Topic: Great Idea by Judy Shelton - Gold Bond
Replies: 9
Views: 905

Great Idea by Judy Shelton - Gold Bond

Treasury bond that pays you back, in dollars, the gold price after a certain number of years. Tie borrowing to gold without having to have convert to gold.
by ppnewbie
Fri Feb 28, 2025 10:47 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Putin Invades Ukraine II
Replies: 1347
Views: 1300355

Re: Putin Invades Ukraine II

Zelensky will be at the White House today to sell his country to the US.
by ppnewbie
Mon Feb 24, 2025 6:01 pm
Forum: Stocks
Topic: Excellent Interview with Larry [Swedroe]
Replies: 2
Views: 1147

Excellent Interview with Larry [Swedroe]

He goes through many of the behavioral biases that cause people to underperform. Also he pretty much nails why its so hard to sell a winner and buy a loser (IE rebalance).

by ppnewbie
Sun Feb 23, 2025 1:11 pm
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: New Here - What are folks investing in
Replies: 41
Views: 28597

Re: New Here - What are folks investing in

Golden Butterfly in my 401k and basic stock in taxable that is slowly backing into gold, treasuries, small cap value. But still mostly stocks. I also would not do cash in the 401k in hindsight. Hi 👋🏻 Which etfs do you have on it and why GB instead of HBPP? 🤗 IAUM / VTI / mostly VBR, AVUV (consideri...
by ppnewbie
Sun Feb 23, 2025 1:01 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Grilling Fauci
Replies: 51
Views: 25753

Re: Grilling Fauci

What it is was an aburdly transparent creation of a virus in a lab that was funded by a convoluted chain of US funding because this type of virus development is possibly the most dangerous technology on the planet and I believe is not legal.
by ppnewbie
Fri Feb 21, 2025 6:24 pm
Forum: Gold
Topic: Good experience selling to JM Bullion
Replies: 21
Views: 16205

Re: Good experience selling to JM Bullion

Very helpful thread. I’ve heard there is no reporting requirements when you sell under a certain amount to a local coin shop. Is that true? And if so is it also true for large dealers like Apmex and jmbullion. Incidentally I just purchased from jmbullion for the first time. Good experience.
by ppnewbie
Fri Feb 21, 2025 6:10 pm
Forum: Stocks
Topic: The Great Taking.We don’t really own our stocks
Replies: 3
Views: 600

Re: The Great Taking.We don’t really own our stocks

I believe ownership of stocks was previously private property and it has been changed. Your broker historical has been a custodian of your stocks. But now they are something else.
by ppnewbie
Thu Feb 20, 2025 6:53 pm
Forum: Stocks
Topic: The Great Taking.We don’t really own our stocks
Replies: 3
Views: 600

The Great Taking.We don’t really own our stocks

https://youtu.be/dk3AVceraTI?si=K7A9ytWrvCr4Ta7U Basically I believe the gist of it is a broker use your stocks as collateral when they are doing financial “things”. If they can’t pay the money they borrowed back your stock is going to the creditor. I believe it’s article 8 of the uniform civil code.
by ppnewbie
Thu Feb 20, 2025 6:40 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Putin Invades Ukraine II
Replies: 1347
Views: 1300355

Re: Putin Invades Ukraine II

You may be right about the Russian settlement of that region but I have heard he only sent a small portion of his army to fight. Something like five or ten percent. That does not sound like he was trying to conquer Ukraine. Regardless of that, he may be successful based on the negotiated outcome. A ...
by ppnewbie
Thu Feb 20, 2025 11:32 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Putin Invades Ukraine II
Replies: 1347
Views: 1300355

Re: Putin Invades Ukraine II

I think the probabilities of a war are what can be more determined. There is a .01 percent chance I will fall off a cliff if I am in the middle of the desert. 5 percent if I am near a cliff. 80 percent if I am standing next to a cliff besides a crazy person. 70 percent chance of getting run over by ...
by ppnewbie
Wed Feb 19, 2025 8:37 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Putin Invades Ukraine II
Replies: 1347
Views: 1300355

Re: Putin Invades Ukraine II

https://palexander.substack.com/p/f-trump-and-his-sh-y-supposed-peace …said Ryan O’Leary, an Iraq war veteran who leads Chosen Company, one of the largest foreign volunteer units in Ukraine. “Any peace deal is ultimately up to Ukrainians alone, who should be included directly in talks. Neither Trum...
by ppnewbie
Wed Feb 19, 2025 8:34 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Putin Invades Ukraine II
Replies: 1347
Views: 1300355

Re: Putin Invades Ukraine II

https://palexander.substack.com/p/f-trump-and-his-sh-y-supposed-peace …said Ryan O’Leary, an Iraq war veteran who leads Chosen Company, one of the largest foreign volunteer units in Ukraine. “Any peace deal is ultimately up to Ukrainians alone, who should be included directly in talks. Neither Trum...
by ppnewbie
Wed Feb 19, 2025 8:24 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Putin Invades Ukraine II
Replies: 1347
Views: 1300355

Re: Putin Invades Ukraine II

and Ukraine will not be in NATO Why would it want to? Many trusted the US, adopted the dollar as a primary trade settlement currency in place of gold and accepted it exporting inflation to help fund a massive military might for collective defense - but now see the light (trust and support was mispl...
by ppnewbie
Tue Feb 18, 2025 1:51 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Grilling Fauci
Replies: 51
Views: 25753

Re: Grilling Fauci

And if you think about the pure absurdity of fauci claiming with a straight face the coronavirus came from a market adjacent to the lab where the ecohealth alliance was funding research into the exact virus. These people should be held accountable. And going so far as to attempt to discredit and rui...
by ppnewbie
Tue Feb 18, 2025 1:42 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Grilling Fauci
Replies: 51
Views: 25753

Re: Grilling Fauci

Keep in mind this hearing took place during the Biden administration. USAID is already one casualty. These guys are probably furiously making deals to stay out of DOGE and Trump’s crosshairs. https://oversight.house.gov/release/hearing-wrap-up-ecohealth-alliance-should-be-criminally-investigated-for...
by ppnewbie
Tue Feb 18, 2025 1:20 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Grilling Fauci
Replies: 51
Views: 25753

Re: Grilling Fauci

Capture.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? Vaguely I believe it was to circumvent the US prohibition on gain of f...
by ppnewbie
Tue Feb 18, 2025 1:02 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Putin Invades Ukraine II
Replies: 1347
Views: 1300355

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 ppnewbie
Fri Feb 14, 2025 11:42 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Grilling Fauci
Replies: 51
Views: 25753

Re: Grilling Fauci

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.
by ppnewbie
Fri Feb 14, 2025 11:36 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Trump Daily Press Conferences
Replies: 1
Views: 321

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 sti...
by ppnewbie
Fri Feb 14, 2025 11:25 pm
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: New Here - What are folks investing in
Replies: 41
Views: 28597

Re: New Here - What are folks investing in

“The Unix Programming Environment” by Kernighan and Pike literally changed my life. I can string together a few different commands and do what other folks at my office would take at least a hundred lines of Python and several hours. And I just do it on the fly. Need to watch Severance. Another perso...
by ppnewbie
Fri Feb 14, 2025 6:21 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Curusoe Economics
Replies: 0
Views: 435

Curusoe Economics

Good way to break down simple economics
https://crusoeeconomics.com/wp-content/ ... N-2019.pdf

From the blog I just came across (I think I saw it here):
https://crusoeeconomics.com/
by ppnewbie
Fri Feb 14, 2025 6:18 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Harry Dent: ‘Crash of a Lifetime’ Coming in 2024
Replies: 35
Views: 120092

Re: Harry Dent: ‘Crash of a Lifetime’ Coming in 2024

I read his book. I think it was called "Sale of a Lifetime" or something like that. He is very entertertaining. He definitely lost me when he said sun spots correlated to market movements! All of these people have something interesting to say. It is fun to listen to, occasionally insightfu...
by ppnewbie
Fri Feb 14, 2025 4:10 pm
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: New Here - What are folks investing in
Replies: 41
Views: 28597

Re: New Here - What are folks investing in

Hi Everyone, Just a side note — I was surfing wikipedia yesterday, starting at SMS and eventually I ended up at Bell Labs and its once upon a time operating system, Plan 9. Lo and behold, the mascot, Glenda, is Burley’s avatar! 👍 Oh man a Plan 9 reference! As a Unix nerd I just came across that whe...