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- Thu Nov 10, 2016 11:09 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Enhancing Audio Playback
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4095
- Wed Nov 09, 2016 6:44 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Solar and wind are the future
- Replies: 67
- Views: 30157
Re: Solar and wind are the future
How does this concept fit in to the recent discussion about building materials?
https://passipedia.org/basics/what_is_a_passive_house
https://passipedia.org/basics/what_is_a_passive_house
- Wed Nov 09, 2016 5:31 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Tallying of early votes
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8542
Re: Tallying of early votes
And this is why a government issued picture ID should be required to vote. I think Voter ID cards are a better way to go to avoid the hassle of different forms of ID's and expecting voluntary poll workers to be an expert at fraudulent ID detection. That's what you got up there in IL. So if Democrat...
- Tue Nov 08, 2016 3:04 pm
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Bitcoin Mining
- Replies: 51
- Views: 29706
- Tue Nov 08, 2016 1:18 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Government [Non]Accountability Scream Room
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5724
Government [Non]Accountability Scream Room
Steve Ballmer is pretty bummed out about the election. A self-proclaimed "numbers guy," Ballmer said the truth is getting lost in the political rhetoric, and he wants to arm citizens with data to defend against lies by the campaigns. "Nobody seems to care about the facts," he sa...
- Tue Nov 08, 2016 1:17 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Tallying of early votes
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8542
Re: Tallying of early votes
I never heard that gore would have won in a recount. So what, if any, was the failure here? Terrible voting mechanisms (punch card), premature certification of close vote, fraudulent vote counting? In their words, what should FL have done to ensure that their electoral college votes only went to th...
- Tue Nov 08, 2016 11:43 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: The Really Big One
- Replies: 21
- Views: 10219
- Tue Nov 08, 2016 11:28 am
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Newbie question
- Replies: 22
- Views: 11592
Re: Newbie question
You can buy both individual Treasury bonds and TLT commission-free at Fidelity.
- Tue Nov 08, 2016 11:21 am
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Bitcoin Mining
- Replies: 51
- Views: 29706
Re: Bitcoin Mining
So bitcoin is not a _buy_ for MG then? :) No, as I already alluded, I feel other cryptocurrencies that fix Bitcoin's flaws or use blockchain technology (which do seem to be using the Bitcoin blockchain, even that Barclay's outfit I mentioned) have more upside potential at this point. The novelty is...
- Tue Nov 08, 2016 11:15 am
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Golbal debt/stiffed
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4270
Re: Golbal debt/stiffed
"kooky and unfounded ideas" Explain Hmm, he thinks there is some grand supercycle debt bubble or that sovereign debt is a problem per se. Watch his YouTube video on how the economic machine works and you'll see it referenced. Also he thinks the Fed can buy Treasuries directly or something...
- Tue Nov 08, 2016 11:12 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Tallying of early votes
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8542
Re: Tallying of early votes
That makes more sense. I thought in 2000 they were saying that mail-in ballots basically were never counted unless the race was close enough that it would make a difference. That was a bit upsetting to me at the time. Gore won 270+ electoral votes if the FL Supreme Court had decided to wait to coun...
- Mon Nov 07, 2016 7:57 pm
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Bitcoin Mining
- Replies: 51
- Views: 29706
Re: Bitcoin Mining
I believe bitcoin investing is still in the beginning. The price is going up over the last several months. More bitcoin millionaires and billionaires are being created every day as a result. I believe we will see a $10,000 coin. Well, they're only being "created" every day because they bo...
- Mon Nov 07, 2016 7:11 pm
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Bitcoin Mining
- Replies: 51
- Views: 29706
Re: Bitcoin Mining
Wait... what happened to the previous paragraph and all that "dime a dozen" "skeptical of alts"? I was referring to all of the me-too cryptocurrencies that don't offer anything that Bitcon doesn't (well other than a fancy name), i.e. Litecoin. This is still the beginning. Not fo...
- Mon Nov 07, 2016 1:57 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Single Payer Healthcare
- Replies: 62
- Views: 32719
Re: Single Payer Healthcare
We're not going to take it anymore. That's what around 200,000 physicians across the U.S. could be saying about Medicare. Two surveys confirm that many doctors are looking to either exit the federal healthcare program or quit taking new patients. Could this really happen, and if so, how could it im...
- Mon Nov 07, 2016 12:35 pm
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Bitcoin Mining
- Replies: 51
- Views: 29706
Re: Bitcoin Mining
Bitcoin is working great as a currency hedge in China and Venzeuela. So while it may not replace gold, it has none of the negatives and scarcity is guaranteed. I grow increasingly skeptical any of the me-too alternative currencies will be major players judging by their xxx/USD value, but ZeroCash is...
- Mon Nov 07, 2016 10:30 am
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Golbal debt/stiffed
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4270
Re: Golbal debt/stiffed
The amount of global debt is irrelevant, what matters is net worth. What is the global net worth, i.e. global assets - global debt? And beyond that what matters is maximizing economic productivity for paying the interest on the debt (either voluntarily or via taxation). Public debt is never paid off...
- Mon Nov 07, 2016 10:25 am
- Forum: Cash
- Topic: I-Bond Rate 11/1/16 - 4/30/17
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8240
Re: I-Bond Rate 11/1/16 - 4/30/17
2% target is on the PCE which excludes food and energy as if we all live without eating or electricity, etc..
I'll tell you one thing... when a steak goes up in price, I don't substitute hamburger for it. I want a bloody steak!
I'll tell you one thing... when a steak goes up in price, I don't substitute hamburger for it. I want a bloody steak!
- Sat Nov 05, 2016 10:23 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: American Solidarity Party
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8007
Re: American Solidarity Party
I was curious about it, and it seems that the Constitution Party is another of what they call a paleoconservative party: https://www.constitutionparty.com/our-principles/seven-principles/ It seems like a libertarian version of the American Solidarity Party. Given the continual failure of the "s...
- Sat Nov 05, 2016 10:15 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: American Solidarity Party
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8007
Re: American Solidarity Party
What is missing to make it all work is a consumption tax, i.e. national sales tax. What worries me about earned vs unearned income is it may not be a common defintion, but what the IRS decides. I don't have a high level of confidence that the IRS understand the many nuances of tax policy as far as i...
- Fri Nov 04, 2016 11:48 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: American Solidarity Party
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8007
Re: American Solidarity Party
P.S.: A Citizens' Dividend for "surplus revenue"? That could be different. And it's a fairy tale. But that's not what has been talked about here. I posted that article and it only affected the adults minorly, not their children. The adults may have saved more for retirement, worked less t...
- Fri Nov 04, 2016 11:39 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: American Solidarity Party
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8007
Re: American Solidarity Party
What is your justification for outlawing murder? Well, that's the crutch isn't it? Gotta find that delineation line we all can agree upon where a bunch of inhuman cells no one really cares about (except True Believers) becomes a defendable human being. It would be far easier to just be an extremist...
- Fri Nov 04, 2016 11:27 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Solar and wind are the future
- Replies: 67
- Views: 30157
Re: Solar and wind are the future
When I start my homebuilding company, I definitely plan to build everything out of Durisol or some near equivalent (Faswall, Apex block, Liteblock), eventually transitioning into developing a new product that does the job even better and doesn't require any supplemental concrete. But I've realized ...
- Fri Nov 04, 2016 3:46 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Taxi Drivers are Racist!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3511
Taxi Drivers are Racist!
Wow, you'd think if you didn't look like a gangbanger, the fear factor would be gone. I'd also like to know what color the taxi drivers were themselves.
- Fri Nov 04, 2016 3:21 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: American Solidarity Party
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8007
Re: American Solidarity Party
But since this is political, you have to question the motives behind what they claim to be saying, i.e. second order derivative. You can't just take what they say at face value as the functionally objective truth, especially when they will wield the coercive force in hand and weakness corrupts absol...
- Fri Nov 04, 2016 1:09 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: American Solidarity Party
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8007
Re: American Solidarity Party
A strange mixture of both far left and right positions. I'm not too keen on the idea of "raising consciousness of the Christian worldview." , so I doubt they would ever get my vote. I'm a big fan of the "increasingly secularized" world that they are bemoaning, preferring to keep...