Speaking as an academically-oriented animal physiologist, For some reason, I have found vets (or animal physiologists) to be very open minded.  They seem to have a little more horse sense (sorry, bad pun!) than most doctors I know.  You may want to check out Dr Bernstein's diabetes forum.  I've see...

I'm a longtime Boglehead.  A year ago I was concerned the ecomomy could possibly tip over into depression/hyperinflation.  So to hedge myself against either case, I kept my stock funds but started splitting up my cash savings into long term corp bonds and gold.  Then I discovered the PP postings on ...

EM2, Convincing a diabetic to ignore mainstream medicine is like convincing a boglehead that perhaps there is a better approach to investing than "the Boglehead way."  I try not to push my beliefs on anybody.  I may mention the PP to people but I don't press the issue if they aren't intere...

Why the ADA Really Opposes Low Carb Diets “While agreeing that carbohydrate restriction helps people with type 2 diabetes control their blood sugar, ADA spokesman Nathaniel G. Clark, MD, tells WebMD that the ADA does not recommend very low-carb diets because patients find them too restrictive. ‘We ...

I guess that is the kind of stuff that persuaded you. What baffles me is that Pharma goes against this. Insulin is off patent isn't it? I can show you a dozen studies similiar to this (and I do in my bullet paper).  In one of the main biochemistry texbooks used in medical schools, diabetes is defin...

Farmer D, I'm fascinated by your low carb cure for typeI diabetes. Why does pharma push whole grains? How does pharma gain? What does your doctor say about it? In all honesty, despite the opinion of the entire internal medicine department at Wilford Hall Medical Center, I think I'm a type 2 diabeti...

When I was younger I imagined that I would grow into a type of shared group rationality that I could enjoy with other mature people who had successfully purged their minds of dumb thoughts. What I have found instead is that life for many people is like peeling an onion made up of nothing but layer ...

On this other forum I frequent (you may have heard of it), there is a belief that stock returns will outpace all other asset classes forever. How f***ing stupid do you have to be to believe that? Has the world gone mad? Very frustrating. They are correct of course.  For example, From 1929 - 1932 yo...

In case anyone is interested, I see Doug casey is putting on a video cast on the current economic situation.  Lew Rockwell, Terry Coxon will also appear with Doug.


http://www.americandebtcrisis.com/?ppref=CDD420XX0911A

Gee Storm,
Guess you missed the news that S & P upgraded US debt to AAAA+ last night.

Which specific article is it? Maybe I didn't write that clearly enough.  What I meant was I referred them to the appriopriate article that answered their question each time they called, so I actually had them read several of Craig's blog posts/FAQs.  Questions questions dealt with things like 1) Ho...

Recently I was able to get two friends interested in the PP.  Over the past two weeks I've gotten 5-6 phone calls from these people asking me to clarify certain points.  Outside of giving some pointers on how to buy gold, most of the time I just had to point out the appropriate article in Craig's bl...

Preface:  Please note that I have no any relationship with any of the companies I mention below.  Below is my Reader’s Digest version of how and where to get the best deals on precious metal coins.  Keep in mind the following is just my opinion.  Anyone contemplating a purchase of precious metals by...

Has anyone here ever used Northwest Territorial Mint?  If so, just wondering what you thought of their service, prices, "mark up over spot", etc?  Thanks. NWTM charges very high premiums that are way above average.  Compare their prices to well known companies like Gasinesville Coins or P...

Here's John T Reed's take on Warren Buffet's Op-ed.  Interesting as usual.

http://johntreed.com/headline/2011/08/1 ... ity-stunt/

Moda, There's tons of books, newsletters, web sites, etc that bang the drum for the hyperinflationary scenario.  Most of these people fall into the category of gold fund managers, newsletter writers selling their unique startegy, various media attention whores, and assorted gold bugs/survivalist tha...

Just checked the Bogleheads forum earlier today.  Once again someone is back testing returns using a modified PP where the gold component is replaced by TIPS.  Many knowledgeable economists and financial experts believe hyperinflation will result from all the money printing and soverign debt issues ...

FarmerD, You certainly have more experience in the scientific arena than I do, so I respect your insights into the process. Nevertheless, regardless of whether climate change turns out to be as extreme as some scientists proclaim, I think that the local pollution from fossil fuels as well as their ...

From what I have read, the science surrounding CO2 and the greenhouse effect is not a theory but a fact. There is a well established connection between atmospheric greenhouse gases and planet temperature in the scientific literature dating back to the mid 1800's. . You are completely correct about ...

Farmer, The Oregon petition is a perfect example of everything that is wrong with the climate change debate. This article does a pretty good job debunking it: http://www.skeptic.com/eskeptic/08-11-12/ But I think you don't have to look further than one of the petitions creators Frederick Seitz who ...

.    [/quote] That's a great perspective.  To echo stone's comment above, what in your view is flawed about speculating that if we re-create the atmospheric conditions of a previous era that we would expect to see similar climatic conditions to those that existed in that prior era? [/quote] There's ...

On a personal note, whenever someone gives me an opinion, I always try to figure out that person biases.  We all have biases, even me.  Over my career as an environmental engineer in the Air Force, I met dozens of highly degreed enviornmental scientists including climatologists.  When I asked them w...

When 98% of scientists say pregnant women shouldn't consume alcohol, responsible women don't. When 98% of scientists say CO2 emissions are causing climate change, it is a Bilderberg Illuminati conspiracy to rob humanity of its freedom? I cannot understand this viewpoint. I find manmade climate chan...

It's cheaper than gold now. That hasn't happened in a long time (if ever). At some point platinum will be a good speculative play.  MT, About 6 months ago I compiled a bunch of data on historical PM prices (I just pulled numbers off various internet sites) so I could see how the current gold/silver...

Historically there has been about a 2% to 3% spread on gold bullion. That equaled up to 6% lost on any trade that you buy at 3% above spot, and sold at 3% below spot. In recent years, that spread has jumped to 5% to 6%. If you're buying and selling 3% above and below spot on gold transactions, you'...