From the Newweek website....

Wisconsin Newspaper Blasts Kyle Rittenhouse Not Guilty Verdict: He 'Is No Hero'

Did the jury declare him a hero or did they just say he was not guilty of the crimes he was charged with?

I'm hoping Trump doesn't run so De Santis can get the nomination. It's not that I don't like Trump but he comes with too much baggage at this point and if he gets elected he'll be a lame duck president before he even gets started. I think 8 years of DeSantis would be just what the country needs rig...

Maher considers himself to be a "traditional liberal". As such he connects with people like me who also fall into that category and think WTF about the current left wing of the party. Is there an equivalent voice to the right of center who is witty, well-spoken and not afraid to be critic...

Crazy. I guess those who wouldn’t find a clue in the names Rosenbaum and Grosskreutz that the victims bullet recipients are probably not people of color, (If they were African American, they would have been named Redtree and BigCross), are the same folks who would not seek out multiple and perhaps ...

Ron Destantis is signing an anti-vaxx mandate bill today in Brandon, Florida. That seems to be more symbolic than anything else right? Biden's people claim that OSHA overrides any state rules as far as workplace safety. So if using OSHA to force vaccines goes thru then the state law would not matte...

Twitter abounds with people threatening violence toward him. Why do I get the feeling they don’t understand the case, or care to? What the media reported before and during the trial is vastly different from what came out at trial. All of the leftists believe he was a white supremacist who sought ou...

dualstow wrote: ↑Fri Nov 19, 2021 3:15 pm ACQUITTED
on all counts

Added: Not that my opinion matters, but I think the jurors did a good job, and justice was served. Kyle is a free man tonight. I am happy for him.

I'm surprised. I was expecting a hung jury since they were deliberating so long.

Fed balance sheet? Is that an oxymoron or what? I understand gyroscopic investing but how do you "balance" anything with the word "Fed" in it? You can't. You just have to live with it and play the game as best you can.

I spent a bit of time reading the prospectus for IAUM and comparing it with both IAU's and those for GLD, GLDM, AAAU and OUNZ. Now I'm far from being an expert in parsing boilerplate and CYA legalese but there are clearly significant differences between these ETF's in terms not just of volume and l...

I saw someone on the news last night, don't remember where, but they said that 1 in 4 college students had contemplated suicide during the month of June.

They attributed it to COVID but I don't know how true that is.

Anyway, Smith1776, you are apparently not alone.

Ron Destantis is signing an anti-vaxx mandate bill today in Brandon, Florida.

Do masks reduce risk of COVID19 by 53%? How about 80? Will Evidence Based Medicine Survive COVID19? https://vinayprasadmdmph.substack.com/p/do-masks-reduce-risk-of-covid19-by Scientists have lost any consistent standards for evidence appraisal. Non randomized data with dirty measures of exposure an...

I spent a bit of time reading the prospectus for IAUM and comparing it with both IAU's and those for GLD, GLDM, AAAU and OUNZ. Now I'm far from being an expert in parsing boilerplate and CYA legalese but there are clearly significant differences between these ETF's in terms not just of volume and l...

You sound as totally fucked up as I was at your age. Today I'm 72 and life is great. I did just return from a trip to Maui where me and my Filipino wife of 15 years got in a big fight because I got drunk drinking Blue Moon on the porch of our AirBnb and crying at the beautiful sunset just before we ...

Had a fellow programmer who had carpal tunnel which she eventually had outpatient surgery for. She said whatever it was they did, it was a simple operation, the relief was immediate, and she should have done it years before. Never had that problem but I've been diagnosed with cubital tunnel syndrome...

Converted all IAU in FIdelity IRA's to IAUM. Interesting thing happened when re-purchasing the same amount. First I had to read and agree to a statement that I was a knowledgable investor and knew what I was doing. Then I was required to change the investment objective from "Conservative" ...

Thanks for the info.

My IAU is in tax-deferred so I will be switching tomorrow.

I think you should wait and live your whole life before deciding whether it was worthwhile or not. You never know what's going to happen and what do you really have to lose if your life is so bad that you are at rock bottom? You could end up winning the lottery and marrying the most beautiful girl i...

Scott Atlas has written a book called "A Plague on Our House" about his time in the Trump White House dealing with the medical beaurocracy during COVID. I don't recall ever reading this kind of white house insider memoir before but I think I will read this one as soon as I can get it at a ...

dualstow wrote: ↑Wed Nov 10, 2021 4:17 pm

pp4me wrote: ↑Wed Nov 10, 2021 3:12 pm So I will do it tomorrow.

Good luck. My wait time was only about 10 minutes this time.

Well, so much for that. Apparently Veterans Day is a federal holiday.

Every morning when I get up I tell myself I'm going to call TD at the number they gave me when I emailed them about why the website says my account was closed, which it was, but when I try to open up a new one they say I already have an account. Then I ask myself why ruin a perfect day when I have s...

Something positive :) I am thankful that people are being held to account. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TDADlxy1GU COVID has killed about 5 million worldwide so far. Has a very long way to go before it comes even close to the number of people killed by totalitarian governments in the 20th centu...

The question is, however, what utility do they have in the real world? If I go to the store and there are 50 people inside wearing masks and not one of those 50 people has COVID then the masks aren't protecting anybody from anything are they? So with 50 people in a store what are the odds that one ...

Corto, TIPS have two principal issues, which I think makes them unsuitable for PP investors: 1. Interest rate risk. Unlike I-bonds, where the interest rate is known and guaranteed at the time of purchase, TIPS can turn negative, wiping out your gains from interest or capital gains (or both). I take...

I should amend my blanket statement above that I don't wear masks because I don't believe they work. That's not an entirely accurate statement of my thinking on the subject. I believe they might work and maybe do in some situations. I've seen stories about laboratory tests that do show that they inh...