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by MachineGhost
Sun Nov 13, 2016 7:35 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: The Authoritarians
Replies: 56
Views: 25869

Re: The Authoritarians

Here's my SparkNotes: Democrats = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychoticism Republicans = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroticism And the "right" in "right-wing" does mean right on the political spectrum because the author is a Canadian liberal that was trying to understand the Tea Party movement...
by MachineGhost
Sun Nov 13, 2016 2:34 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Figuring Out Religion
Replies: 4052
Views: 1386771

Re: Figuring Out Religion

Did a man called Jesus of Nazareth walk the earth? Discussions over whether the figure known as the “Historical Jesus” actually existed primarily reflect disagreements among atheists. Believers, who uphold the implausible and more easily-dismissed “Christ of Faith” (the divine Jesus who walked on w...
by MachineGhost
Sun Nov 13, 2016 1:11 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Tyler, is that your cat?
Replies: 12
Views: 5496

Re: Tyler, is that your cat?

You guys seem to rebalance awfully frequently and not every 2-3 years as rebalancing bands dictate. You are letting your losers run and capping your winners. Maybe not frequently, but I did rebalance after a year and several months as Harry suggests an annual rebalance is ok. I'm low on bonds and n...
by MachineGhost
Sun Nov 13, 2016 12:40 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Lifestyle Design - where to live
Replies: 36
Views: 19959

Re: Lifestyle Design - where to live

Did I miss the answer to my question somewhere in your "colorful" commentary? :D No, I don't have any specific place in mind yet. Just biases. Not a bias: Not red or black, ever again. I wonder if moda lives in #49? ;D I guess its no surprise why #1 in CA is the most expensive area. Could the Reall...
by MachineGhost
Sun Nov 13, 2016 12:38 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Tyler, is that your cat?
Replies: 12
Views: 5496

Re: Tyler, is that your cat?

You guys seem to rebalance awfully frequently and not every 2-3 years as rebalancing bands dictate. You are letting your losers run and capping your winners.
by MachineGhost
Sun Nov 13, 2016 12:37 pm
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Trump's Effect on the PP
Replies: 88
Views: 65510

Re: Trump's Effect on the PP

The last 3 days are dust in the wind—just as a few bad days in 2013 were, or those 3 great days (whenever), or the years that the PP lagged the broad market, or when it outperformed it when needed most. All that is old news buried under a smooth flowing, longer-term trendline—but only if one does n...
by MachineGhost
Sun Nov 13, 2016 12:35 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Trump's economic entanglements
Replies: 17
Views: 8677

Re: Trump's economic entanglements

If Obama, Warren, Hillary, or Bernie don't stand up and tell the protesters to knock it off, the Democrats are really going to suffer in the court of public opinion. They are making Trump a sympathetic figure. I have not heard any Dem advance this thought as of yet. War is the health of the state. ...
by MachineGhost
Sun Nov 13, 2016 12:32 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: How Donald Trump Plans To Help Goldman Sachs
Replies: 1
Views: 1588

Re: How Donald Trump Plans To Help Goldman Sachs

Trump's turning into a loser already.
by MachineGhost
Sun Nov 13, 2016 12:25 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Will Comey be prosecuted under the Hatch Act?
Replies: 16
Views: 8746

Re: Will Comey be prosecuted under the Hatch Act?

My point is that if we're a country of laws, laws should matter. Comey knew what he was doing. It's against the law. How can anyone (even "us centrists/moderates/libertarians ... unbiased to either political ideology") think it's OK for him to get away with this? I'm sorry, but you're either princi...
by MachineGhost
Sat Nov 12, 2016 9:30 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Trump's economic entanglements
Replies: 17
Views: 8677

Re: Trump's economic entanglements

After having a grand old time making fun of Republicans for going whackadoodle bananas when Obama was elected president, it's awfully ironic to see Democrats now doing the same thing. I guess those tribalist impulses are stronger than they thought! I'm not sure he can help it any more than Reub cou...
by MachineGhost
Sat Nov 12, 2016 7:05 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Social Security Withheld vs Privatization
Replies: 9
Views: 4646

Re: Social Security Withheld vs Privatization

Helvering v. Davis (1937): Social Security ""contributions" are in fact taxes. Fleming v. Nestor (1967): "To engraft upon the Social Security system a concept of "accrued property rights" would deprive it of the flexibility and boldness in adjustment to ever changing conditions which it demands... I...
by MachineGhost
Sat Nov 12, 2016 5:40 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Trump's economic entanglements
Replies: 17
Views: 8677

Re: Trump's economic entanglements

Why in the world would you think he has any intention to fix anything? He's an outsider not a careerist politician vested in the status quo. Isn't it abundantly clear that he cares about nothing except himself and is nothing but a con-man? You mean, like careerist politicians? You have to use a jud...
by MachineGhost
Sat Nov 12, 2016 5:26 pm
Forum: Bonds
Topic: It's Done!, not to confuse with I'm Done!
Replies: 17
Views: 10173

Re: It's Done!, not to confuse with I'm Done!

Good God MG, what algo is that! The $WTIC crude oil prediction is breathtaking! Scary as hell for me in the oil industry... up past $60 then down back to $30? It look provocative, but how was it made? The gold one is what I am hoping for... revisit the $1050 area one more time. It's just a composit...
by MachineGhost
Sat Nov 12, 2016 5:13 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Will Comey be prosecuted under the Hatch Act?
Replies: 16
Views: 8746

Re: Will Comey be prosecuted under the Hatch Act?

She wasn't running for sainthood. And, I'm not saying she's squeaky clean. What I am saying is that there's literally no comparison between her misdeeds and Trump's. We're really talking about character here. On balance, I believe she's a good TM person - whereas he's not. Okay, if you don't think ...
by MachineGhost
Sat Nov 12, 2016 4:43 pm
Forum: Bonds
Topic: It's Done!, not to confuse with I'm Done!
Replies: 17
Views: 10173

Re: It's Done!, not to confuse with I'm Done!

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by MachineGhost
Sat Nov 12, 2016 4:05 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Lifestyle Design - where to live
Replies: 36
Views: 19959

Re: Lifestyle Design - where to live

MG, so to clarify, which color are you looking at for yourself? Not black or red and that's not to be inferred as racist. ::) #5 must be where everything is grown in CA that "steals" our water. #1 should be DANGER WILL ROBINSON! #79 is interesting too, its the very northern part of the elevated zon...
by MachineGhost
Sat Nov 12, 2016 2:50 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Tyler, is that your cat?
Replies: 12
Views: 5496

Re: Tyler, is that your cat?

dualstow wrote:
MachineGhost wrote:Passive is for suckers!
I wouldn't want MG (or CNBC) to answer any other way. O0 But passive is for the wise.
How wise do you feel after the nearly 100 basis point move in T-Bonds lately? ;)
by MachineGhost
Sat Nov 12, 2016 2:34 pm
Forum: Bonds
Topic: It's Done!, not to confuse with I'm Done!
Replies: 17
Views: 10173

Re: It's Done!, not to confuse with I'm Done!

If it makes anyone feel better, the coin shop dealer (a Trump supporter) was shocked at what happened, he expected what was happening during election night to persist, stocks dumping and gold rising. But he says this is all relatively temporary, nothing is magically fixed with Trump and expects gol...
by MachineGhost
Sat Nov 12, 2016 2:32 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Tyler, is that your cat?
Replies: 12
Views: 5496

Re: Tyler, is that your cat?

Passive is for suckers!
by MachineGhost
Sat Nov 12, 2016 2:27 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Will Comey be prosecuted under the Hatch Act?
Replies: 16
Views: 8746

Re: Will Comey be prosecuted under the Hatch Act?

No mystery about Comey -- he had to release the news before the insurrecting agents leaked it. It was a coincidence of bad timing but it would have been far better for the FBI's sinking credibility not to release it after the election. I don't think rickb fully understands how pissed off and angry t...
by MachineGhost
Sat Nov 12, 2016 2:15 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Will Comey be prosecuted under the Hatch Act?
Replies: 16
Views: 8746

Re: Will Comey be prosecuted under the Hatch Act?

(which certainly seems to be truth), to what a vile criminal Hillary is (which seems to be nothing but a BIG LIE). Are you Reub from an mirror universe? Are you at/under 35? Let's view some of the scandals of the esteemed Clinton family: Foundationgate (Ongoing) Emailgate (2015) Benghazigate (2013)...
by MachineGhost
Sat Nov 12, 2016 1:48 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Trump's economic entanglements
Replies: 17
Views: 8677

Re: Trump's economic entanglements

He's 70 years old -- the oldest President ever -- and a billionaire several times over. He doesn't need to engage in crony capitalism to get richer unlike Slick Hilly or Romney. That was part of his allure as well as knowing how the corrupt game is played inside. You can't first fix a broken system ...
by MachineGhost
Sat Nov 12, 2016 12:09 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Lifestyle Design - where to live
Replies: 36
Views: 19959

Re: Lifestyle Design - where to live

Hallelujah! I've been looking for a map like the below for years, but just couldn't find it. So what I did was block out all the scorching hot boring Mediterranean/desert hell, the mind-numbing hot flat rolling plains/plateau hell and the hot sticky dripping wet humid tropical forests. Black is Medi...
by MachineGhost
Sat Nov 12, 2016 9:33 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Figuring Out Religion
Replies: 4052
Views: 1386771

Re: Figuring Out Religion

That's not really religious, its common sense.