It was Trump himself who referred to the "Deep State Department," in relation to all this, to the obvious chagrin of Dr. Fauci who was standing right beside him. I suppose he'd know.

Couldn't it (top part of your list) just be ascribed to incompetence? As for Amazon, they're trying to discourage- shut down- price gouging. But, setting aside the C-word, what is your theory, Maddy? Honestly, I don't have a theory, but if I had to speculate, I'd say that the paradoxical response w...

Please elaborate (conspiracy-theory?) Also, just curious...is your avatar photo an actual photo of a house/cabin that you own? I detest the term "conspiracy" because it continues to be used whenever a viewpoint differs from the approved narrative. That said, here are a few things that sim...

I was listening to a financial commentator (don't remember his name) who offered the opinion that bond mutual funds are extremely risky at this point in time. Had something to do with the fact that every investor can dump his shares at the click of a mouse, but that the fund itself cannot so easily ...

I've followed Denninger for well over a decade now, and although I personally find him to be an insufferable narcissist, his seemingly insatiable desire to be right makes him loath to engage in unfounded speculation. His penchant for banning anyone who offers an opinion without reasonable evidence i...

I posted a couple of weeks ago about a friend with an obvious surgical emergency. She was literally turned away from the ER, then sat in the ER of another city for nearly 6 hours while surrounded (immune compromised due to chemo) by people hacking like crazy. She eventually received surgery, in anot...

I'm imagining a situation where the Treasury refuses to take any more of the Fed's garbage and begins issuing its own currency. Essentially shoots the Fed dead, leaving the individual banks holding the bag. FDIC would be used to make depositors whole, but the banks would be left hanging. Is this a c...

But it is my understanding that the Fed needs to settle up at the end of the year with the treasury department. All gains/losses get transferred over to Treasury. I assume others here can confirm? And if the Treasury Department, at the time of settling up, were to simply say "Not this time. . ...

the Fed is buying Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities (MBS) to the tune of $125 billion PER DAY. It sounds like they are soaking up everything toxic in the investing world on their balance sheet. "Hey pension funds, wanna use some of those dangerous securitized subprime car loans that we...

Well chloroquine and chlorine sound alike. . .
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/0 ... k-cleaner/

Revenge against the Bogleheads for all the grief they put us through.

UV-C lamps are used in biomedical labs for that purpose. They're quite affordable.

Smith1776 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 23, 2020 6:14 pm I think the most viable idea is to simply find out who, if any person, on this forum lives on a big plot of farmland. We choose that person's place as our "base" to meet at, and we go from there.

Hmmm.

In today's news, college professors are running scared that their on-line lectures will be picked up by right-wing media.
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/03/ ... ing-sites/

Thanks for your very thoughtful reply, pm.

In the big picture, what does this mean for the future of the Permanent Portfolio? I'm not just talking about inflation; I'm talking about a market that is now 100% rigged. Is it rational to continue to place faith in the inverse correlations that underlie the PP philosophy?

CLAW IT BACK.

Is there any reason why the fiduciaries who made wildly irresponsible bets, and who profited handsomely during all of the last decade, shouldn't be required to disgorge their ill-gotten gains?

I've stocked up on quinine water, just in case. There's still plenty around. I figure that if all fails, I can develop a taste for gin and tonics.

Getting back to the initial premise of moving money market money into short-term bonds, please expand on your thinking. Is it specifically the Federal Money Market (default sweep) fund that concerns you, or money market funds in general? Pros and cons of opting for a treasury money market fund in li...

In today's headlines: "Transgenders Being Denied Lifesaving Surgery" Yes, you guessed it: All those white, racist, homophobic people on ventilators are preventing transgenders from getting their genitalia altered. https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/03/21/coronavirus-report-claims-tran...

If the CDC hadn’t focused for years on “gun control” and “social justice,” it would have been better prepared for coronavirus PANDEMIC.

https://www.naturalnews.com/2020-03-18- ... demic.html

How does this period feel compared to 2008/2009? Yes, I can see the stock market numbers, I can see some old forum posts, but it's not the same as being there. The most salient difference, it seems to me, is that the 2008 downturn was so much more drawn out. I don't recall any drastic intra-day mov...

If declines 13%, (to 2358) trading will again pause for 15 mins If falls 20%, (to 2168) the markets would close for the day. Oh and then there's this... [chart depicting two successive Hindenburg Omens] https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/ciruit-breaker-halts-us-stock-markets-open-15-mins Hoping othe...

"This is America, and I'll do what I want."
https://mashable.com/article/people-bar ... istancing/