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by Ad Orientem
Sun Nov 29, 2020 11:40 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Team Trump’s legal arguments veering into paranoid kook-land
Replies: 23
Views: 4073

Re: Team Trump’s legal arguments veering into paranoid kook-land

...If the president hoped Republicans across the country would fall in line behind his false and farcical claims that the election was somehow rigged on a mammoth scale by a nefarious multinational conspiracy, he was in for a surprise. Republicans in Washington may have indulged Mr. Trump’s fantast...
by Ad Orientem
Sun Nov 29, 2020 11:09 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: YouTube Junkie
Replies: 1231
Views: 626238

Re: YouTube Junkie

Hal wrote: Sun Nov 29, 2020 3:55 am The Great Reset

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfIDUB9moQY

For those looking for an executive summary...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Reset

I plan to watch the video a little later when I have some free time.
by Ad Orientem
Fri Nov 27, 2020 8:29 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Team Trump’s legal arguments veering into paranoid kook-land
Replies: 23
Views: 4073

Team Trump’s legal arguments veering into paranoid kook-land

Sen. Joseph McCarthy liked to insist he had evidence of Communists in the government, but he couldn’t show you the names right now. The number of Communist infiltrators on his secret list changed from speech to speech. Listening to President Trump’s legal team claim over and over again that they ha...
by Ad Orientem
Fri Nov 27, 2020 5:30 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Here is the evidence
Replies: 56
Views: 10234

Re: Here is the evidence

To be honest, I don't care enough to put in the work to go dig back in my reading history to find the citations. But I will take note to bring any new ones that I come across here. However, if you are following this so closely you could refute us all if you could bring real actual legal evidence to...
by Ad Orientem
Fri Nov 27, 2020 3:59 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Here is the evidence
Replies: 56
Views: 10234

Re: Here is the evidence

Quote of the day... “Free, fair elections are the lifeblood of our democracy. Charges of unfairness are serious. But calling an election unfair does not make it so. Charges require specific allegations and then proof. We have neither here.” -Judge Stephanos Bibas, a Trump appointee, on behalf of the...
by Ad Orientem
Fri Nov 27, 2020 3:51 pm
Forum: Gold
Topic: Poll: What percentage of your gold is held in physical form?
Replies: 49
Views: 23390

Re: Poll: What percentage of your gold is held in physical form?

Tread carefully friend. The IRS is not known for their sense of humor.
by Ad Orientem
Fri Nov 27, 2020 3:38 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: YouTube Junkie
Replies: 1231
Views: 626238

Re: YouTube Junkie

Mark Leavy wrote: Fri Nov 27, 2020 12:38 am Loch Lomond


Ella Roberts.jpg

One of the saddest of songs.
by Ad Orientem
Thu Nov 26, 2020 4:46 pm
Forum: Gold
Topic: Poll: What percentage of your gold is held in physical form?
Replies: 49
Views: 23390

Re: Poll: What percentage of your gold is held in physical form?

Most of my gold is in IAU. I do have a small percentage that's physical along with modest pile of silver that I bought speculatively a couple of years ago. Good stuff. I do think that silver is more "useful" in physical form than digital form. Since silver is less valuable it would theore...
by Ad Orientem
Thu Nov 26, 2020 4:38 pm
Forum: Gold
Topic: Poll: What percentage of your gold is held in physical form?
Replies: 49
Views: 23390

Re: Poll: What percentage of your gold is held in physical form?

Most of my gold is in IAU. I do have a small percentage that's physical along with modest pile of silver that I bought speculatively a couple of years ago.
by Ad Orientem
Wed Nov 25, 2020 5:05 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Trump self pardon
Replies: 56
Views: 11132

Re: Trump self pardon

TRUMP PARDONS FLYNN

https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-says ... _lead_pos2


And so it begins.
by Ad Orientem
Wed Nov 25, 2020 12:11 pm
Forum: Gold
Topic: The GOLD scream room
Replies: 3693
Views: 1740475

Re: The GOLD scream room

Bitcoin in the PP? I'm going to need a more established track record showing it's long term performance as an accepted store of value. Get back to me in 6000 years or so and we can talk about it.
by Ad Orientem
Wed Nov 25, 2020 11:49 am
Forum: Gold
Topic: The GOLD scream room
Replies: 3693
Views: 1740475

Re: The GOLD scream room

i would like to know gold has a chance to cross 1900 this year or not ? The future is unpredictable. That said a lot of the expensive suits on Wall Street remain bullish on gold. And FTR I tend to agree. I certainly like gold more than bonds. Citigroup recently predicted $2500/oz for 2021. I'm not ...
by Ad Orientem
Mon Nov 23, 2020 10:49 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Whoa: Nearly a Third of Democrats Believe the Election Was Stolen From Trump
Replies: 134
Views: 25127

Re: Whoa: Nearly a Third of Democrats Believe the Election Was Stolen From Trump

The problem is that even though many Democrats know that the election was stolen away from Trump in the middle of the night they just don't care. Lack of a moral compass, perhaps? ...The evidence of coordinated fraud is so obvious the only way to claim it doesn't exist is to be ignorant of any fact...
by Ad Orientem
Mon Nov 23, 2020 9:14 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Will you get vaccinated for COVID?
Replies: 157
Views: 28286

Re: Will you get vaccinated for COVID?

To the OP's original post... Yes. Don't you think you already had it, Ad? I do. But I was not tested as tests at the time were only available to those who were seriously ill. So I don't know for certain. Also I don't know the duration of any immunity assuming I did have it. Is there a mechanism whe...
by Ad Orientem
Mon Nov 23, 2020 9:06 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Will you get vaccinated for COVID?
Replies: 157
Views: 28286

Re: Will you get vaccinated for COVID?

Xan wrote: Mon Nov 23, 2020 9:02 pm
Ad Orientem wrote: Mon Nov 23, 2020 8:24 pm To the OP's original post...

Yes.
Don't you think you already had it, Ad?

I do. But I was not tested as tests at the time were only available to those who were seriously ill. So I don't know for certain. Also I don't know the duration of any immunity assuming I did have it.
by Ad Orientem
Mon Nov 23, 2020 8:24 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Will you get vaccinated for COVID?
Replies: 157
Views: 28286

Re: Will you get vaccinated for COVID?

To the OP's original post...

Yes.
by Ad Orientem
Mon Nov 23, 2020 6:24 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Whoa: Nearly a Third of Democrats Believe the Election Was Stolen From Trump
Replies: 134
Views: 25127

Re: Whoa: Nearly a Third of Democrats Believe the Election Was Stolen From Trump

By the way I should also mention I think Biden has taken this whole thing very well considering. He has said he wishes he could begin his transition officially, but that he is willing to be patient and that he is not going to try to fight for it in the courts. He is not trying to fight Trump in a s...
by Ad Orientem
Mon Nov 23, 2020 4:01 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Whoa: Nearly a Third of Democrats Believe the Election Was Stolen From Trump
Replies: 134
Views: 25127

Re: Whoa: Nearly a Third of Democrats Believe the Election Was Stolen From Trump

"But, Joe Biden’s problems are not simply because many Republicans believe the election was stolen. It’s true that the poll showed a significant partisan divide on this issue: 75 percent of Republicans believe it is very likely (61 percent) or somewhat likely (14 percent) that the election was...
by Ad Orientem
Sun Nov 22, 2020 8:58 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Whoa: Nearly a Third of Democrats Believe the Election Was Stolen From Trump
Replies: 134
Views: 25127

Re: Whoa: Nearly a Third of Democrats Believe the Election Was Stolen From Trump

There is an unbelievable amount of bovine fertilizer coming from the fever swamps of the internet. I have no interest in any of it. What I am interested in is what transpires in court. That is where the rubber will meet the road. So far Trump and his surrogates have been almost invariably laughed ou...
by Ad Orientem
Sun Nov 22, 2020 4:55 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Whoa: Nearly a Third of Democrats Believe the Election Was Stolen From Trump
Replies: 134
Views: 25127

Re: Whoa: Nearly a Third of Democrats Believe the Election Was Stolen From Trump

Quote of the day...
“Right now Trump is throwing rocks through windows, he is the political equivalent of a street rioter,” John Bolton
by Ad Orientem
Sat Nov 21, 2020 9:08 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Whoa: Nearly a Third of Democrats Believe the Election Was Stolen From Trump
Replies: 134
Views: 25127

Re: Whoa: Nearly a Third of Democrats Believe the Election Was Stolen From Trump

A federal judge in Pennsylvania dismissed on Saturday night a lawsuit by the Trump campaign that had claimed there were widespread improprieties with mail-in ballots in the state, ending the last major effort to delay the certification of Pennsylvania’s vote results, which is scheduled to take plac...
by Ad Orientem
Sat Nov 21, 2020 6:44 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: YouTube Junkie
Replies: 1231
Views: 626238

Re: YouTube Junkie

https://youtu.be/VtG_5YHaWms

The last serious outbreak of plague in the United States
by Ad Orientem
Sat Nov 21, 2020 4:52 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Why Trump will be inaugurated in January
Replies: 22
Views: 4408

Re: Why Trump will be inaugurated in January

When it comes to Donald Trump, I'm reminded of the old adage that "if you can't see the con, then you're the mark." Trump is, and has always been, a conman.