Hi Budd, Anyways, no I don’t own any (but I have been researching it for years). I am not opposed to it anymore than I am other types of high-risk venture. In fact, the ONLY reason i even commented was because this forum is really beginning to misclassify bitcoin in a crazy way. Can bitcoin be the n...

I think others have stated here that Bitcoin is more like a growth stock and I think that is more accurate. One thing I can think that will make it more like gold is if you were trying to flee with capital and you thought you could get it across borders. Maybe it is just my personal sentiment but I...

If you pay a little extra you can literally cut the entire line, go into the sistine chapel 15 minutes before the public is allowed in the building, they will turn the lights on for you, and let you take all the photos that you want. The concierge desk at luxury hotels have the connections to those ...

https://www.gyroscopicinvesting.com/forum/download/file.php?id=1849 So business leadership is 20x more effective and valuable than it was in the 60s? The graph is not representative of reality. It is cherry picking the top 350 CEOs. Guess what apparently happens when you REMOVE just those 350 cherr...

I'm also curious why ordinary individuals organizing their interests on wallstreetbets receives bipartisan support but ordinary individuals organizing their interests in a similar forum to improve their wages at fast-food restaurants or walmart invites ire from the political right? Both parties are...

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[edit: Mark posted while I was typing] In other news, Facebook has blocked Ron Paul from managing his page "due to repeatedly going against our community standards". What exactly are their "community standards"? I haven't looked into this. Was there a specific post from Ron Paul...

Mark didn't say they were required to let you do whatever. He just asked whether or not it scared you that they have so much power. Yes, but it's confusing for me when Mark doesn't seem to fear handing full control of our policing and legal system to private corporations, but fears the power of pri...

Please stop parroting what the media fed you and think for yourself. Even the article you linked is clear that no one if asking the government to take sides. Twitter lets 'Hang Mike Pence' trend the same day Parler is banned from Google. No one is asking for special treatment, only equal treatment....

The fact remains that social media compaines advertise themselves as a space to share content. Conversations that would have previously taken place in public spaces are now happening online. While I understand that these online conversations are hosted by private companies I feel that there should ...

If everybody is ignoring their constitutions, state lines might not matter. Check out this guy's map: https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/8380a36a-0b1a-4851-a5cb-09901849b995/ddqiz35-c9385bc3-af08-48de-94ed-049a30143810.png/v1/fill/w_1239,h_645,q_70,strp/factions_of_the_second_...

In a simplified world the price is only affected by the bid-ask spread when a sale happens. If there are 5 known Mickey Mantle baseball cards in the world and I find a 6th one in my basement, the price does not change until the world knows about it by me selling it. If the sale is a private transact...

That was a great read ahrunforthehills. Thank you. No, thank you Mark! Only a small handful of posters keep me checking in on this forum from time to time (too many ego-driven posts for me). However, many of your insights/experiences are especially fascinating to me. This is also exactly why the US...

The US's relationship with gold seems pretty straight-forward... There are 2 outcomes for the US (and the world) in regards to fiat currency: 1. The status quo is maintained (the US wins) or 2. The system collapses and the world returns to a partial (or full) gold standard (the US wins). The US has ...

Which part strikes you as odd? I would be pretty certain that some % with a very stock heavy portfolio got out on the way down in March and haven't been able to get back in, always waiting for that other shoe to drop which hasn't yet, and have missed out on gains. I have one friend who exactly did ...

I would not be retired and living peacefully off of the PP if I had not encountered this forum 10+ years ago. Say WHAT???? When did that happen?? The "Budd" I knew was terrified of the PP because of the gold and because it didn't perfectly track the stock market. I thought you were going ...

Meh. Defamation lawsuits against the media is a big nothing-burger. Sounds like these companies are just doing it for the PR. Suing someone for defamation and actually winning is extremely hard. I think the odds are like 12%... and that is if you are suing a person. Suing the media would be INSANELY...

https://www.politicalcompass.org/chart?ec=0.13&soc=-2.92 Not really surprising since I think everyone here is either a crazy liberal or conservative nut-job :P I shudder at the idea of being stranded on an island with either. Really, I think I personally see forward movement as inevitable. The ...

Yes, but not because I am offended by people's views. In fact, I feel the politics section has helped me. The politics sections has pulled back the curtain on many posters. It is easier to understand their thought process, how much data they gather, where/how they gather it, how much bias they use w...

I don't know how to get through to you. i will say a lot of us are learning about legal concepts in the meantime. Normally i don't advocate feeding the trolls but this is great stuff. I'm personally learning from you thanks! DITTO.. Here here! Maddy, I really appreciate all this info - it makes it ...

Have any of you read the book "Quiet" by Susan Cain? I think it was in that book that she provided an example about the difference between western cultures (primarily extrovert) and eastern cultures (primarily introvert). How when a foreign exchange student from China came to America was ...

Have any of you read the book "Quiet" by Susan Cain? I think it was in that book that she provided an example about the difference between western cultures (primarily extrovert) and eastern cultures (primarily introvert). How when a foreign exchange student from China came to America was s...

When the affidavit can't even keep Minnesota and Michigan straight what gives you any confidence that anything else in there is correct? You can keep throwing the spaghetti...but at some point the reasonable voices like Christie come out and start calling the whole thing a national embarrassment. A...

Do you dig into any of the stuff you post? Mr. Ramslands affidavit is so professionally researched that the districts included in his case mix up Michigan with Minessota. (Screen shots of listed districts not included) This is why these cases keep getting tossed out left and right. ---- " The ...

I'd probably become a "Wackadoodle" if I had some bimbo running her mouth like that in my ear! Just watching the video reminded me of fingernails scratching on a chalkboard. How would you react to being in an airport and having someone, uninvited, following you around? Considering that he...