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by glennds
Sun May 21, 2023 8:46 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Which is worse?
Replies: 18
Views: 18948

Which is worse?

I've been watching the fight between Disney and DeSantis with some interest. It seems to encapsulate two issues so common in US politics today - one being the choice between bad and worse, and the other being the enemy of my enemy is my friend, even if they violate my principles. Florida comes out w...
by glennds
Sun May 21, 2023 4:51 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: How To Build A Bond Ladder
Replies: 24
Views: 31851

Re: How To Build A Bond Ladder

Elon needs to buy this place and unban everyone Maybe that was just a joke, but you say it like there are tons of people who were banned for no legitimate reason. I can only think of a few who were banned. And if their comments were given safe quarter, this forum would be on the way to becoming a h...
by glennds
Fri May 19, 2023 2:39 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Schwab's Liz Ann Sonders Says The 'Fed Put' Looks Dead
Replies: 22
Views: 20758

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...
by glennds
Thu May 18, 2023 7:38 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Schwab's Liz Ann Sonders Says The 'Fed Put' Looks Dead
Replies: 22
Views: 20758

Re: Schwab's Liz Ann Sonders Says The 'Fed Put' Looks Dead

One thing you've accomplished is to get this idea into my head that inflatable characters can be seen as a sort of metaphor for inflation. Yesterday I saw one and all I could think of was inflation/deflation and how the whole thing was such a balancing act. This is just how my brain works, so it's ...
by glennds
Tue May 16, 2023 10:43 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Schwab's Liz Ann Sonders Says The 'Fed Put' Looks Dead
Replies: 22
Views: 20758

Re: Schwab's Liz Ann Sonders Says The 'Fed Put' Looks Dead

Think about how many Goldman Sachs alumni have populated the Fed and Treasury Department over recent years. Ask yourself whether Goldman and the community of mega hedge funds have any particular influence, and whether it is a coincidence that easy money policy has been super lucrative for them. Tha...
by glennds
Mon May 15, 2023 1:53 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Schwab's Liz Ann Sonders Says The 'Fed Put' Looks Dead
Replies: 22
Views: 20758

Re: Schwab's Liz Ann Sonders Says The 'Fed Put' Looks Dead

Similarly I question whether there has been a trend over the past 2-3 decades of the Supreme Court ... also prioritizing special interests over public interests. Examples? Here are two: Citizen's United - for the first time the Supreme Court extended the free speech clause of the First Amendment to...
by glennds
Mon May 15, 2023 1:05 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Schwab's Liz Ann Sonders Says The 'Fed Put' Looks Dead
Replies: 22
Views: 20758

Re: Schwab's Liz Ann Sonders Says The 'Fed Put' Looks Dead

The Fed's dual mandate is to control inflation and strive for something close to full employment. That's the official story, yes. Just like the official mandate of the Supreme Court is to ensure the American people the promise of equal justice under law. Hey glennds, Would you mind expanding on thi...
by glennds
Sun May 14, 2023 2:36 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: U.S. money supply suffers sharpest contraction since Great Depression
Replies: 14
Views: 4181

Re: U.S. money supply suffers sharpest contraction since Great Depression

A man WITH a sense of humor! Before I put it here I did do a wikipedia search to see if the web sites was one of those extreme and less trustworthy web sites. Did not find anything. Plus in reading the article it was not at all hysterical and seemed to be quite fair, balanced, and comprehensive. He...
by glennds
Sun May 14, 2023 11:29 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: U.S. money supply suffers sharpest contraction since Great Depression
Replies: 14
Views: 4181

Re: U.S. money supply suffers sharpest contraction since Great Depression

Wasn't the money supply something that our KGB paid particular attention to? From reading the below it does not seem to contain good news for our financial future. Vinny U.S. money supply suffers sharpest contraction since Great Depression https://economiccollapsenews.com/2023/05/11/u-s-money-suppl...
by glennds
Sun May 14, 2023 11:24 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Schwab's Liz Ann Sonders Says The 'Fed Put' Looks Dead
Replies: 22
Views: 20758

Re: Schwab's Liz Ann Sonders Says The 'Fed Put' Looks Dead

barrett wrote:
Sun May 14, 2023 5:12 am
The Fed's dual mandate is to control inflation and strive for something close to full employment.
That's the official story, yes.
Just like the official mandate of the Supreme Court is to ensure the American people the promise of equal justice under law.
by glennds
Sat May 13, 2023 8:04 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Home Freeze Drying
Replies: 46
Views: 55653

Re: Home Freeze Drying

When I make kimchi, I ferment it for three days at room temp, but then it goes into the fridge where it continues to build complex flavors. I hope the fridge isn’t doing something to the bacterial flora & fauna. From what I understand you're doing it perfectly. The fridge doesn't ruin the bacteria ...
by glennds
Sat May 13, 2023 1:40 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Home Freeze Drying
Replies: 46
Views: 55653

Re: Home Freeze Drying

Also, is a refrigerator any more antiobiotic than freeze drying? (It might be, but I honestly don’t know) I don't know, but when I mentioned antibiotics I was talking about pharmaceuticals which basically strip bomb the flora in the gut. In the context of the book I mentioned, he talks about benefi...
by glennds
Sat May 13, 2023 10:45 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Home Freeze Drying
Replies: 46
Views: 55653

Re: Home Freeze Drying

In Richard Wrangham’s ‘Catching Fire,’ the author posits that we developed bigger brains and better nutrition because we started cooking. Maybe because cooking facilitated the ingestion of more animal protein? One case for damaged gut flora is that it is an unintended consequence of our modern feti...
by glennds
Fri May 12, 2023 10:17 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Home Freeze Drying
Replies: 46
Views: 55653

Re: Home Freeze Drying

Do you like smoke flavor? Looking at the net I'm imagining building a fire nearby and letting the smoke waft through it once in a while. A friend has a freezer full of elk meat and now I'm thinking we should make some elk jerky out of it. The net is (unfortunately) some plastic material. I wouldn't...
by glennds
Fri May 12, 2023 8:43 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Home Freeze Drying
Replies: 46
Views: 55653

Re: Home Freeze Drying

While I definitely think that freeze drying is the bee's knees, if you find yourself in the desert, a good net will dehydrate most anything. I've been living off of jerky for the past few weeks. The real stuff is nothing like commercial jerky...... Do you like smoke flavor? Looking at the net I'm i...
by glennds
Wed May 10, 2023 4:37 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Silicon Valley Bank Failure
Replies: 130
Views: 346552

Re: Silicon Valley Bank Failure

It may be an apples and orange comparison because 2008 was a completely different set of conditions. The worst of it was not concentrated in the FDIC institutions.The biggest failures in 2008 were investment banks. There is a note on the graphic that says they are excluded. Lehman Brothers alone was...
by glennds
Mon Apr 10, 2023 10:29 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: How much to save for retirement
Replies: 101
Views: 74299

Re: How much to save for retirement

I could write volumes on the issue of tort litigation, but cutting to the chase, the idea of huge jury verdicts in nursing home cases is a myth. The one plaintiff's case in which I was involved led me to do a comprehensive review of past jury verdicts in care facilities, and the awards in even the ...
by glennds
Mon Apr 10, 2023 8:33 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: How much to save for retirement
Replies: 101
Views: 74299

Re: How much to save for retirement

I could write volumes on the issue of tort litigation, but cutting to the chase, the idea of huge jury verdicts in nursing home cases is a myth. The one plaintiff's case in which I was involved led me to do a comprehensive review of past jury verdicts in care facilities, and the awards in even the ...
by glennds
Sun Apr 09, 2023 11:20 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: How much to save for retirement
Replies: 101
Views: 74299

Re: How much to save for retirement

glennds, am I correct that it's your position that the bad publicity of this kind of thing and the threat of lawsuits keeps it from being a big deal? Xan, No. If that was your impression, let me correct it. First off, nursing home abuse whenever or wherever it occurs is always a big deal. What I am...
by glennds
Sun Apr 09, 2023 10:37 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: How much to save for retirement
Replies: 101
Views: 74299

Re: How much to save for retirement

One, how is the average person supposed to save up an additional $4 million or so (this is presuming they had to plan for the worst-case scenario of, say, $200K annually of full-time around the clock care for roughly twenty years i.e. assuming they will be stricken with Alzheimer's and several othe...
by glennds
Sun Apr 09, 2023 10:11 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: How much to save for retirement
Replies: 101
Views: 74299

Re: How much to save for retirement

This statistic is telling in regards to your third point: "The United States has the 12th highest obesity rate in the world at 36.2%." Vinny, If you ignore the Polynesian and South Pacific island nations, the United States is number one reigning champion in obesity. https://data.worldobesity.org/ra...
by glennds
Wed Apr 05, 2023 4:14 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: How much to save for retirement
Replies: 101
Views: 74299

Re: How much to save for retirement

A private duty caregiver is a phenomenal solution with a lot of important ifs. Assuming you could find the right person with the right personality for your particular loved one (maybe not an easy person themselves), If they are willing to live in, then in theory you have 24/7 coverage. But would the...
by glennds
Wed Apr 05, 2023 10:14 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: How much to save for retirement
Replies: 101
Views: 74299

Re: How much to save for retirement

Did your friend catch anything on tape? Yes, apparently quite a bit. Depending on how long ago this was, and what state it happened, your friend might want to shop that tape around. If it is a state with enhanced remedies under elder abuse and neglect legislation, there will undoubtedly be a big he...
by glennds
Tue Apr 04, 2023 2:52 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: How much to save for retirement
Replies: 101
Views: 74299

Re: How much to save for retirement

Horrifying, Maddy. I'm curious how you found out about the situation with the friend's mother? Was the mother able to believably describe what happened? My friend saw his mother's distress over something that was happening--enough so that he was motivated to put a tape recorder under the bed. Did y...
by glennds
Tue Apr 04, 2023 10:45 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: How much to save for retirement
Replies: 101
Views: 74299

Re: How much to save for retirement

The existence of those commercials indicates to me that this is a serious and ongoing problem, rather than that bad stuff doesn't happen because of the threat of lawsuits. The fact that terrible nursing homes exist would seem to indicate that the mechanism of state penalties / governor embarrassmen...