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Re: Taxes
So maybe this whole "we pay half of our money to the government!" meme is a bunch of baloney pushed by people trying to make you mad and turn off your brain so you'll make bad decisions that just so happen to serve their purposes. LOL, maybe not. Add in sales tax, real estate tax (even if...
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 3:38 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Occupied Land acknowledgements
- Replies: 16
- Views: 812
Re: Occupied Land acknowledgements
When did acknowledging that your institution is on “Located on Occupied and Unceeded XYZ Ancestral Homelands” become a thing? Is it anything other than empty virtue signaling? I have yet to encounter this. What are examples of this? There are no examples of this. It doesn't exist, just like DEI doe...
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:52 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Occupied Land acknowledgements
- Replies: 16
- Views: 812
Re: Occupied Land acknowledgements
When did acknowledging that your institution is on “Located on Occupied and Unceeded XYZ Ancestral Homelands” become a thing? Is it anything other than empty virtue signaling? See, the problem is that literally every grain of dirt was once inhabited by someone else (who wasn't a white male oppresso...
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:48 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Occupied Land acknowledgements
- Replies: 16
- Views: 812
Re: Occupied Land acknowledgements
When did acknowledging that your institution is on “Located on Occupied and Unceeded XYZ Ancestral Homelands” become a thing? Is it anything other than empty virtue signaling? I have yet to encounter this. What are examples of this? There are no examples of this. It doesn't exist, just like DEI doe...
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 3:03 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Should ESG Investing Be Criminalized?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 689
- Sun Feb 04, 2024 12:12 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Should ESG Investing Be Criminalized?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 689
Re: Should ESG Investing Be Criminalized?
I'm not sure criminalized is the right word. It's fine to advertise your fund as ESG and then invest accordingly, since investors know what they are signing up for. OTOH, any fund that is not specifically listed as using ESG as a criteria should have no other purpose than to maximize profits for inv...
- Wed Jan 24, 2024 1:53 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: I know who I will be voting for President!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1823
Re: I know who I will be voting for President!
Dean Phillips is a non-starter as long as he continues to be a proponent of DEI (aka reverse racism).
Ya, Vinny, I know you don't believe it exists, even after the whole Harvard scandal.
Ya, Vinny, I know you don't believe it exists, even after the whole Harvard scandal.
- Mon Dec 25, 2023 7:34 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: The Red State Brain Drain Isn’t Coming. It’s Happening Right Now.
- Replies: 62
- Views: 351972
Re: The Red State Brain Drain Isn’t Coming. It’s Happening Right Now.
gender assignment procedures, or Gay Lesbian Queer issues The gripe isn't with those issues, it's with those issue as they relate to minors. It's completely hypocritical and stupid to say that a 10 year old is too young to smoke, drink, or get a tattoo, but is mature enough to make permanent, life ...
- Fri Dec 22, 2023 2:06 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: The Red State Brain Drain Isn’t Coming. It’s Happening Right Now.
- Replies: 62
- Views: 351972
Re: The Red State Brain Drain Isn’t Coming. It’s Happening Right Now.
gender assignment procedures, or Gay Lesbian Queer issues The gripe isn't with those issues, it's with those issue as they relate to minors. It's completely hypocritical and stupid to say that a 10 year old is too young to smoke, drink, or get a tattoo, but is mature enough to make permanent, life ...
- Thu Dec 14, 2023 1:58 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: The Red State Brain Drain Isn’t Coming. It’s Happening Right Now.
- Replies: 62
- Views: 351972
Re: The Red State Brain Drain Isn’t Coming. It’s Happening Right Now.
I believe the thrust of the article was that blue states have higher life expectancy than red ones. Any disputing that? No, but I dispute that simply moving from blue to red will shorten your life somehow. That's nonsense. Furthermore, I think that instead of citing "wealth and education"...
- Thu Dec 14, 2023 1:26 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: The Red State Brain Drain Isn’t Coming. It’s Happening Right Now.
- Replies: 62
- Views: 351972
Re: The Red State Brain Drain Isn’t Coming. It’s Happening Right Now.
I don't think doing abortions in the 9th month is OK at all, but think about this: 1. Mother-to-be presents in the emergency department with a severe emergency in the 9th month I specifically referred to elective abortions in the ninth month. If the health of the mother is at stake, that should be ...
- Thu Dec 14, 2023 11:05 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: The Red State Brain Drain Isn’t Coming. It’s Happening Right Now.
- Replies: 62
- Views: 351972
Re: The Red State Brain Drain Isn’t Coming. It’s Happening Right Now.
Seems to be an accurate assertion. However, the concluding paragraph from below states: "Still, the overall trends are clear. People living in blue states – by and large – tend to live longer, healthier and wealthier lives." https://theconversation.com/americans-are-increasingly-moving-to...
- Wed Dec 13, 2023 1:58 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: The Red State Brain Drain Isn’t Coming. It’s Happening Right Now.
- Replies: 62
- Views: 351972
Re: The Red State Brain Drain Isn’t Coming. It’s Happening Right Now.
My real issue is with the exceptions. I think those who argue that the progeny of a rapist deserves to be brought into the world by means of the body of the victim are excessively cruel. Such a stance assigns zero value, zero meaning for what it's like to be the victim of a sexual assault, and to h...
- Wed Dec 13, 2023 11:33 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: The Red State Brain Drain Isn’t Coming. It’s Happening Right Now.
- Replies: 62
- Views: 351972
Re: The Red State Brain Drain Isn’t Coming. It’s Happening Right Now.
Who would want to do an OB/GYN residency in Houston as compared to Chicago? I would. And if the migration stats between states are any indication, so would a majority of those prone to move. Do you think allowing elective abortion in the ninth month like CO does is a better plan? Both sides are com...
- Sat Aug 19, 2023 2:15 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Which is worse?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 25679
Re: Which is worse?
D. Is there any proof that tilting an ETF to ostensibly "conservative" or "liberal" companies actually works? Who cares if it works. Maybe some people would just rather invest in companies that share their same values and not invest in companies that "hate them". As lo...
- Wed Aug 16, 2023 5:40 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Which is worse?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 25679
Re: Which is worse?
D. Is there any proof that tilting an ETF to ostensibly "conservative" or "liberal" companies actually works? Who cares if it works. Maybe some people would just rather invest in companies that share their same values and not invest in companies that "hate them". As lo...
- Tue Aug 15, 2023 4:58 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Which is worse?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 25679
Re: Which is worse?
That is a fair point. And the free market IS penalizing Disney. Their movies are bombing and park attendance is way down YOY. Same with Bud Light and Target. But it's not so simple. If I want to not buy stock in Disney or Target bc I don't agree with their "values", that means I can't buy...
- Tue Aug 08, 2023 5:32 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Which is worse?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 25679
Re: Which is worse?
Privately held businesses can do what they want (at their own peril), but public corporations should absolutely stay out of politics and remain neutral on social/cultural issues. You literally offend half the country when you don't. In my view, it is also a lapse of fiduciary responsibility to shar...
- Mon Jul 10, 2023 2:33 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Do you listen to Scott Adams?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 22842
Re: Do you listen to Scott Adams?
Maybe if "they" could expect an intelligent discourse from their posts, they would.
- Fri May 26, 2023 7:21 am
- Forum: Bonds
- Topic: The debt celing soap opera explained so simply that even a member of Congress can understand it
- Replies: 18
- Views: 12617
Re: The debt celing soap opera explained so simply that even a member of Congress can understand it
Okay, that's just scary that they are even discussing that in 2023.boglerdude wrote: ↑Fri May 26, 2023 1:53 am
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- Mon May 22, 2023 12:00 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Which is worse?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 25679
Re: Which is worse?
Should a private sector company like Disney have involved itself by commenting on the Don't Say Gay bill? No Privately held businesses can do what they want (at their own peril), but public corporations should absolutely stay out of politics and remain neutral on social/cultural issues. You literal...
- Fri May 19, 2023 3:27 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Schwab's Liz Ann Sonders Says The 'Fed Put' Looks Dead
- Replies: 22
- Views: 28330
Re: Schwab's Liz Ann Sonders Says The 'Fed Put' Looks Dead
Something else is going on there. I can't find any information online explaining how Stanford's endowment managed to double in just one year. Either the fund managers took a huge risk and won big, or one or more entities made massive, unprecedented donations to the endowment over the past year. If ...
- Fri May 19, 2023 3:24 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Schwab's Liz Ann Sonders Says The 'Fed Put' Looks Dead
- Replies: 22
- Views: 28330
- Fri May 19, 2023 6:03 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Schwab's Liz Ann Sonders Says The 'Fed Put' Looks Dead
- Replies: 22
- Views: 28330
Re: Schwab's Liz Ann Sonders Says The 'Fed Put' Looks Dead
I dunno if these numbers are true, that Stanfords endowment went from 30 billion in 2020 to 75B, but in any event it explains the glee with which universities forced the jabs into 18 year olds https://www.visualcapitalist.com/worlds-top-endowment-funds/ Not sure I follow. I assumed that since the j...
- Thu May 18, 2023 6:45 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: How To Build A Bond Ladder
- Replies: 24
- Views: 43538
Re: How To Build A Bond Ladder
This has been going on for at least a year if not 2, and you guys are just now getting annoyed? Seriously?