I go back and forth on this. Cash is supposed to be for tight money. That’s a laugh in this new world banking order. So I don’t care what anyone does with their cash portion. LTTs have done their deflation job quite well. Hard to make a case going forward. To me a five year substitution for both is ...

Well, Tortoise is to answer for himself, but personally I consider it fair to count family expenses too. If it was just me, I have already enough of assets generating passive income to declare myself financially free. I even keep my current well paid job (approx. 200K USD/year..) just for pursuing ...

Just ran into my former neighbor. His wife died got COVID and died last month. She’d have been mid 70s, with some conditions. Damn.

I have always felt that I don't want to see hot money come into the PM market. For long term holders, I think it's more likely to be a bad thing. I don't want gold to fluctuate like Bitcoin, for example. Steady as she goes.

Some people think that graph represents the results of dropping the gold backing of the dollar, and then the Fed's easy money. I tend to agree, especially with the latter. Financial engineering pay very well these days.

https://www.wnd.com/2021/01/rush-limbaugh-establishment-gop-willing-fade-oblivion-end-maga/ Rush on the establishment republicans.. At the time, Rush was a big a neocon as there was. I wish he wasn’t dying. I find his conversion fascinating. got bored with neocon rush years ago, i agree interesting...

I have real life experience in a few. We’ve visited/rented, and owned. Overall they are great because you meet people easily, and everyone is super friendly. If you are happier as a hermit, they are not for you. But nobody much cares what you do or don’t do. They are living their own lives. Just mak...

.... Great rant! No, there is nothing that makes a US school principal or plumber worth $100k while one in some secondary country makes 10k. Nothing. Of the powerful nations, only the US survived WW2 in good condition. So we had the world at our feet. And we got fat and smug. We thought it was our ...

I for one welcome our new swamp overlords.

This is about the most lopsided result I’ve seen in a poll here. Interesting.

Just listen to my man Joe, he has your answer (only 16 seconds to watch): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDRK0MyuuIM I wonder if Joe would be willing to prove that by learning to code himself? Well you know, he is a very talented person. Lots of original ideas. Very accomplished. And not afraid of...

And you and I would be in agreement about that. But what is so confusing to me is that my criticism on this board of elites is met with shrieks that I'm a communist. I'm curious where exactly our philosophies differ then? Well I’m a 1 percenter, successful entrepreneur who employed a lot of people ...

Well the swamp/Wall Street/government (but I repeat myself) is mounting a counter- offensive today. Can you expand on the government's role? No, but to me it walks, looks, and quacks like a duck. Just look at all of the actions being taken against WSB, all at once. So I don't know if it's a conspir...

Just listen to my man Joe, he has your answer (only 16 seconds to watch): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDRK0MyuuIM Yeah, I'm enjoying reading Reason magazine again. They've been complaining about Biden's executive orders and proposals nonstop, after throwing their hat in the ring to endorse him. ...

Well the swamp/Wall Street/government (but I repeat myself) is mounting a counter- offensive today. Can you expand on the government's role? No, but to me it walks, looks, and quacks like a duck. Just look at all of the actions being taken against WSB, all at once. So I don't know if it's a conspir...

When I heard that Robinhood has no cost trading, I figured they have to be skimming something off the spreads, somehow. It will be interesting to find out. https://robinhood.com/us/en/support/articles/how-robinhood-makes-money/ Overview Our mission is to democratize finance for all. Earning revenue...

When I heard that Robinhood has no cost trading, I figured they have to be skimming something off the spreads, somehow. It will be interesting to find out.

There's rumblings in the subreddit about potentially making SLV the next short squeeze target. A coordinated SLV effort could be truly disruptive as there simply isn't enough physical metal to cover all of the paper trades in the market. It looks like the "System" is ready to start implem...

So is this supposed to represent an achievement in terms of "social justice?" Are we supposed to celebrate the fact that the downtrodden have managed to make the same corrupt (and illegal) financial machinations work for them, too? Equally corrupt. Equally unprincipled. Equally despicable...

Well the swamp/Wall Street/government (but I repeat myself) is mounting a counter- offensive today.

Simonjester wrote: https://babylonbee.com/news/merriam-web ... upposed-to

Oh God that's too good!

I changed it so the votes are secret. Sorry for missing that the first time.

What do you think, is it real or is it phony?

Normally I'd invoke the Greater Fool Theory. That might still be appropriate.

They said Trump wanted to be a dictator. Yet, Biden is setting records for executive orders. I'm starting to experience cognitive dissonance!