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by Kriegsspiel
Fri Apr 29, 2016 3:55 pm
Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Hard money lending for the VP?
Replies: 13
Views: 9548

Re: Hard money lending for the VP?

MG, don't you live in California? From what I gather, California is a tax deed state, are you going out of state to get your tax liens? Yep, but I didn't know tax deeds were an alternative -- and perhaps superior -- way to invest.  Need to look into that. This isn't a bad retirement job to generate...
by Kriegsspiel
Fri Apr 29, 2016 3:40 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Cars
Replies: 33
Views: 7364

Re: Cars

Sprawl and back-to-the-land fantasies are just the natural result of cars. They cannot be fought without acknowledging the root of the problem: cars. Yes, that certainly is the annoying dichotomy about it.  My fear is that self-driving cars are actually going to allow people to do the back-to-the-l...
by Kriegsspiel
Fri Apr 29, 2016 6:08 am
Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Hard money lending for the VP?
Replies: 13
Views: 9548

Re: Hard money lending for the VP?

MG, don't you live in California? From what I gather, California is a tax deed state, are you going out of state to get your tax liens?
by Kriegsspiel
Tue Apr 26, 2016 1:39 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: The Left is eating itself
Replies: 116
Views: 43005

Re: Is Hilary winning primaries because of voter Fraud?

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/277537-actor-tim-robbins-blames-voter-fraud-for-sanders-losses Karma, it's what's for dinner. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cg5c-43WIAAJtQj.jpg Occam's Razor: people are so ashamed of what they've just done, they'd rather say they voted for Sande...
by Kriegsspiel
Tue Apr 26, 2016 6:47 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: $440,000 of taxpayer money used to murder 55 innocent people
Replies: 22
Views: 7245

Re: $440,000 of taxpayer money used to murder 55 innocent people

Of course any libertarian/anarchist paradise could be quickly invaded by even a second-rate state with a conscripted military.  A lasting anarchist society is as practical as a global Disneyland. It would just look like Afghanistan. I thought the meme was "without big government we would all be liv...
by Kriegsspiel
Tue Apr 26, 2016 6:28 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: The solution to nearly everything: Working less
Replies: 37
Views: 14607

Re: The solution to nearly everything: Working less

Keynes anticipated that, barring “disastrous mistakes” by policymakers (austerity during an economic crisis, for instance), the western standard of living would multiply to at least four times that of 1930 within a century. By his calculations, in 2030 we’d be working just 15 hours a week. It might...
by Kriegsspiel
Fri Apr 22, 2016 7:14 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Sophie, you didn't tell us you had been replaced!
Replies: 83
Views: 23117

Re: Sophie, you didn't tell us you had been replaced!

MG, Obviously everyone can have their own opinion whether jobs/lifestyles/expectations are boring. Some dude slaving away writing code in a shoddy apartment trying to launch a platform is similar to a painter littering her shoddy apartment with canvasses trying to get into the National Gallery who i...
by Kriegsspiel
Wed Apr 20, 2016 7:16 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: $440,000 of taxpayer money used to murder 55 innocent people
Replies: 22
Views: 7245

Re: $440,000 of taxpayer money used to murder 55 innocent people

So what planet do you recommend we all relocate to? I don't think interplanetary travel is available yet. So in the meantime the best bet is for a bunch of like-minded people to move together to a country that is a lot less intrusive in the affairs of its residents. Of course any libertarian/anarch...
by Kriegsspiel
Tue Apr 19, 2016 8:33 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Income Tax hacks
Replies: 9
Views: 5898

Re: Income Tax hacks

I'd rather have an HSA than an FSA; money in an HSA doesn't expire. I also just pay for medical stuff out of pocket, and let my HSA account sit there and compound.

Tax loss harvesting is another good one.
by Kriegsspiel
Thu Apr 14, 2016 11:20 am
Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Hard money lending for the VP?
Replies: 13
Views: 9548

Re: Hard money lending for the VP?

I wouldn't put my money into something if I didn't know what the hell I was doing. If you wanted to do hard money loans, I think the best way is to learn about it, get into your local REI scene, and find local real estate guys to lend to, and work with them and establish relationships. Something els...
by Kriegsspiel
Thu Apr 14, 2016 11:12 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: $440,000 of taxpayer money used to murder 55 innocent people
Replies: 22
Views: 7245

Re: $440,000 of taxpayer money used to murder 55 innocent people

Dropping a missile on a target you haven't positively ID'd? Based on SIGINT? Horrendous; that's not the way you should kill people.
by Kriegsspiel
Wed Apr 13, 2016 8:08 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Look Both Ways
Replies: 41
Views: 11061

Re: Look Both Ways

Reading this guys stuff makes me want to live in Europe again.
by Kriegsspiel
Mon Apr 11, 2016 9:44 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Bully for Baristas
Replies: 3
Views: 2781

Re: Bully for Baristas

WildAboutHarry wrote:
MachineGhost wrote:“locomotive in human pants.”
This has kind of a pornographic ring to it.  :)
I read that entire sentence in Ron Burgundy's voice, how the author intended it to be read.
by Kriegsspiel
Mon Apr 11, 2016 9:39 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Look Both Ways
Replies: 41
Views: 11061

Re: Look Both Ways

Thanks, MG. Can't wait to check it out. Ultimately though, self-driving cars are just an extension of the basic failure mode of modern urban design that requires cars in the first place. If you don't need cars, then you don't need self-driving cars, either. It's an expensive, high-tech solution to ...
by Kriegsspiel
Fri Apr 08, 2016 11:21 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Labor transitions, capital investment, and the societal meaning we all crave
Replies: 100
Views: 32540

Re: Labor transitions, capital investment, and the societal meaning we all crave

I only wonder if it was a mistake to use the third person plural.
by Kriegsspiel
Fri Apr 08, 2016 11:06 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Labor transitions, capital investment, and the societal meaning we all crave
Replies: 100
Views: 32540

Re: Labor transitions, capital investment, and the societal meaning we all crave

Maybe those people should just die and leave the world to the more economically adapted. Our world probably can't support them anyways.
by Kriegsspiel
Fri Apr 08, 2016 10:53 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Minimum Wage Now $15 an Hour!
Replies: 18
Views: 9495

Re: Minimum Wage Now $15 an Hour!

California should raise the median wage too, to let the middle class in on this action.
by Kriegsspiel
Mon Apr 04, 2016 7:52 pm
Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Back to the Simple, Dumb PP?
Replies: 26
Views: 14605

Re: Back to the Simple, Dumb PP?

As always, it would be very helpful if you were more specific. I don't want to hunt through thousands of your posts and probably still be wrong. So when you say the above, could you very specifically state what allocations you mean as they apply to your own portfolio? S/B/G/C? Also, do you mean LTT...
by Kriegsspiel
Sat Apr 02, 2016 12:02 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Free copy of my book (featuring PP)
Replies: 41
Views: 23861

Re: Free copy of my book (featuring PP)

I'm so jealous of the carless people. It's a shame more of the USA isn't built with carless mobility in mind. The west where I live is particularly bad, and although I've chosen to live in a pretty walkable neighborhood to mitigate it, it's still tough to avoid busting out the car a few times a wee...
by Kriegsspiel
Thu Mar 31, 2016 6:51 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: The Permanent Garden
Replies: 51
Views: 20219

Re: The Permanent Garden

Actually, this video from Growing Power explains the flow.
by Kriegsspiel
Thu Mar 31, 2016 6:47 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: The Permanent Garden
Replies: 51
Views: 20219

Re: The Permanent Garden

Ahh, I think I saw the one-pump thing here. Using greenhouses and a closed eco-system technology known as Aquaponics, Will Allen has taken urban farming to new extremes. In fact, a packed greenhouse produces a crop value of $5 square foot! ($200,000 per acre). So how is he doing this? * Maintaining ...
by Kriegsspiel
Wed Mar 30, 2016 9:13 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: The Permanent Garden
Replies: 51
Views: 20219

Re: The Permanent Garden

Also http://www.growingpower.org/. From their aquaponics page: We fill our growing pots with a mixture of coir and compost. The coir is made from discarded coconut husks and helps wick water to the plant’s root system. The compost provides extra nutrients to grow an abundance of crops within the sy...
by Kriegsspiel
Wed Mar 30, 2016 8:32 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: The Permanent Garden
Replies: 51
Views: 20219

Re: The Permanent Garden

What is the easy path to hydroponic growing? [?] There is a type of hydroponics especially suited to the home grower, called Bucket Hydroponics or the Kratky Method.  Start your seedlings in rockwool cubes, then suspend the plants above a solution of liquid fertilizer.  No water pumps, no aeration ...
by Kriegsspiel
Wed Mar 30, 2016 7:19 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: The Permanent Garden
Replies: 51
Views: 20219

Re: The Permanent Garden

I just watched the Back to Eden film, available here. It's a simple and passive method that probably qualifies for the title.