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- Tue Apr 05, 2016 11:35 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Trump reveals how he would force Mexico to pay for border wall
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6574
Re: Trump reveals how he would force Mexico to pay for border wall
I prefer to think of it as Karma given the fact the we basically stole about 1/4 of their country. Most of that 1/4 of Mexico's land was in fact unsettled due to the threat of Indians. If the United States "stole" anything it was barren land marauded by aboriginal nomads, and certainly n...
- Tue Apr 05, 2016 10:47 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Trump reveals how he would force Mexico to pay for border wall
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6574
Re: Trump reveals how he would force Mexico to pay for border wall
We are not talking about "asking" Mexico to do anything. We are talking about issuing what is tantamount to an ultimatum backed by the threat of draconian economic sanctions. Any country would consider such a thing to be, if I may borrow a diplomatic phrase, a "hostile act." And...
- Tue Apr 05, 2016 9:54 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Trump reveals how he would force Mexico to pay for border wall
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6574
Re: Trump reveals how he would force Mexico to pay for border wall
I'm glad I'm holding several bitcoins as a "remittance-hedge". Day 1: President Trump announces suspension of cash and capital flows into Mexico from the United States. Day 2: Mexico announces a new treaty of friendship with Russia including the right to build a naval air station at Madero...
- Sun Apr 03, 2016 9:54 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: The Soul of the South
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1371
Re: The Soul of the South
The Levite tribes of Christian love that show No care nor pity for a neighbor's woe; Who meet, each distant evil to deplore, But not to clothe or feed their country's poor; They waste no thought on common wants or pains, On misery hid in filthy courts and lanes, On alms that ask no witnesses but Hea...
- Thu Mar 31, 2016 11:40 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Legalize It All - How to Win the War on Drugs
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2886
Re: Legalize It All - How to Win the War on Drugs
[...] The lesson drawn by commentators is that it is fruitless to allow moralists to use criminal law to control intoxicating substances. Many now say it is equally unwise to rely on the law to solve the nation's drug problem. But the conventional view of Prohibition is not supported by the facts. ...
- Thu Mar 31, 2016 9:31 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: What Really Happened in Ferguson
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7212
Re: What Really Happened in Ferguson
Every group in America would seem to need their own "Anti Defamation League" to get ahead of the media's near-endless libels. As it stands, a tenth or a hundredth of the people who were lied to about Ferguson will ever hear the truth in arrears, the police and this nation's institutions w...
- Thu Mar 17, 2016 1:35 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: The Senate Ought to Confirm Obama's Nominee
- Replies: 35
- Views: 12788
Re: The Senate Ought to Confirm Obama's Nominee
C I don't assume that the Democrats take the senate. It was just a hypothetical. I think it's likely that Trump wins the presidency and Republicans keep the senate. Throwing out principles, this is all tactical. Confirming Merrick is risk mitigation in case Hillary wins, because they can't and won'...
- Thu Mar 17, 2016 12:21 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: The Senate Ought to Confirm Obama's Nominee
- Replies: 35
- Views: 12788
Re: The Senate Ought to Confirm Obama's Nominee
It's obvious that in the current climate and level of polarization, Republicans are never going to like a Democratic supreme court nominee, and the reverse is true too. However, despite this, Republicans confirmed Sotomayor and Kagan, and Democrats confirmed Roberts and Alito. Obama just isn't goin...
- Thu Mar 17, 2016 11:11 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: The Senate Ought to Confirm Obama's Nominee
- Replies: 35
- Views: 12788
Re: The Senate Ought to Confirm Obama's Nominee
I find it odd that many of the Trump supporters on this forum are in favor of appointing a Supreme Court nominee, who, if nominated, will more than likely fight Trump on several of his signature issues: a border wall, a temporary ban on Islamic refugees, and a re-examination of birthright citizensh...
- Thu Mar 17, 2016 10:39 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: The Senate Ought to Confirm Obama's Nominee
- Replies: 35
- Views: 12788
Re: The Senate Ought to Confirm Obama's Nominee
I find it odd that many of the Trump supporters on this forum are in favor of appointing a Supreme Court nominee, who, if nominated, will more than likely fight Trump on several of his signature issues: a border wall, a temporary ban on Islamic refugees, and a re-examination of birthright citizenshi...
- Wed Mar 16, 2016 6:36 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: The Senate Ought to Confirm Obama's Nominee
- Replies: 35
- Views: 12788
Re: The Senate Ought to Confirm Obama's Nominee
I'm sort of astonished that Obama came up with a straight white guy for a nominee. I was starting to think that there wouldn't be any more white male heterosexuals added to the court. There's a little more to today's ethnic/gender/sexual orientation circus than "straight and male". Merr...
- Mon Mar 14, 2016 2:22 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Putin Declares Victory - Orders Russian Troops to Begin Leaving Syria
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3443
Re: Putin Declares Victory - Orders Russian Troops to Begin Leaving Syria
What leadership. I believe it was the Spartan Agesilaus who said that fighting long wars is, in-effect, teaching one's enemies how to fight you. Putin will likely been seen by posterity as one of the few strong Western leaders of this rotten era.
- Sat Mar 12, 2016 9:45 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: The Revenge of the Lower Classes and the Rise of American Fascism
- Replies: 78
- Views: 27836
Re: The Revenge of the Lower Classes and the Rise of American Fascism
All that is fine other than the "lower" part. What is the criterion for "higher" and "lower"? I can't speak for PS, but I'm guessing "higher" and "lower" was meant in the economic sense, e.g. forgoing an area of "high-status" BMW 7-series ...
- Sat Mar 12, 2016 9:13 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: The Revenge of the Lower Classes and the Rise of American Fascism
- Replies: 78
- Views: 27836
Re: The Revenge of the Lower Classes and the Rise of American Fascism
Slowly I'm coming to realize that I'm basically a class traitor. I am naturally a member of this elite class, and I happily benefit from the economic opportunities it affords me, but I don't like living in the kinds of societies it creates--fast-paced, exhausting, stratified, expensive, obsessed wi...
- Wed Mar 09, 2016 10:51 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Big Surprise [not] - Hillary odds on favorite to win in 2016
- Replies: 23
- Views: 13231
Re: Big Surprise [not] - Hillary odds on favorite to win in 2016
But she does have the blessing of the mass media. Their "votes" count for a lot. Have you noticed that every published photo of Trump tries to make him look as bad as possible? It's obvious the media doesn't like him, and that may even be quite understandable, but I'm thoroughly disgust...
- Sun Mar 06, 2016 5:13 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: The Revenge of the Lower Classes and the Rise of American Fascism
- Replies: 78
- Views: 27836
Re: The Revenge of the Lower Classes and the Rise of American Fascism
The multiculturalism boat has sailed. We decided to be a multicultural society before there even was a United States of America, when the first African slaves were brought to this continent. American multiculturalism continued when the federal government failed to commit complete and total genocide...
- Sun Mar 06, 2016 10:22 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: The Revenge of the Lower Classes and the Rise of American Fascism
- Replies: 78
- Views: 27836
Re: The Revenge of the Lower Classes and the Rise of American Fascism
But however we got here, we have a multi-ethnic society, and I think you have to tailor solutions to that reality. I don't see how you can possibly talk about transforming a multi-ethnic society into an all-white society without the discussion turning dark pretty quickly. America has not yet "...
- Sun Mar 06, 2016 10:07 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: The Revenge of the Lower Classes and the Rise of American Fascism
- Replies: 78
- Views: 27836
Re: The Revenge of the Lower Classes and the Rise of American Fascism
One of the things that made it so great was the diversity of cultures there, and the ability to experience them easily. You could go down to Chinatown for dim sum lunch, or to Little Italy for late night coffee, the Ukrainian area on the east side, etc. The above arrangement sounds more like Apart...
- Sat Mar 05, 2016 9:49 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: The Revenge of the Lower Classes and the Rise of American Fascism
- Replies: 78
- Views: 27836
Re: The Revenge of the Lower Classes and the Rise of American Fascism
These Americans want a kind of freedom—a freedom to hate. They want the freedom to use words like “nigger,” “kike,” “spic,” “chink,” “raghead” and “fag.” They want the freedom to idealize violence and the gun culture. They want the freedom to have enemies, to physically assault Muslims, undocumente...
- Sat Mar 05, 2016 8:58 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: The Revenge of the Lower Classes and the Rise of American Fascism
- Replies: 78
- Views: 27836
Re: The Revenge of the Lower Classes and the Rise of American Fascism
Last paragraph, with which I agree wholeheartedly. There is only one way left to blunt the yearning for fascism coalescing around Trump. It is to build, as fast as possible, movements or parties that declare war on corporate power, engage in sustained acts of civil disobedience and seek to reintegr...
- Thu Feb 11, 2016 11:19 am
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: The GOLD scream room
- Replies: 3693
- Views: 1770163
Re: The GOLD scream room
If only GTU had held out for a few more months the fund would likely be selling at a premium now, invalidating Sprott's under-performance claim. What a shame.
- Thu Jan 28, 2016 6:43 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Taxes and Trump
- Replies: 77
- Views: 20104
Re: Taxes and Trump
Sorry if that all seems complicated. When you try to talk about the flaws of our current tax-code and the benefits of one going forward, you essentially need to say WHY the current complications need to go rather than talking about "a few brackets" and getting rid of "some deduction...
- Wed Jan 27, 2016 2:11 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Taxes and Trump
- Replies: 77
- Views: 20104
Re: Taxes and Trump
Sorry if that all seems complicated. When you try to talk about the flaws of our current tax-code and the benefits of one going forward, you essentially need to say WHY the current complications need to go rather than talking about "a few brackets" and getting rid of "some deduction...
- Wed Jan 13, 2016 3:14 pm
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: BP for VP?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4485
Re: BP for VP?
You might look into PEO as well. Been around since 1929 and currently trades at a 16% discount. The discount, however, has been persistent and a decade ago stood at ~8%, but a sudden reversal of fortunes in the energy sector could cause it to narrow. Fees, at 0.63%, are good for a CEF but a middl...
- Thu Jan 07, 2016 2:24 pm
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: Sprott Intends to Make Exchange Offers for Central GoldTrust and Silver Bullion
- Replies: 192
- Views: 99368
Re: Sprott Intends to Make Exchange Offers for Central GoldTrust and Silver Bullion
Still holding GTU as I'm not sure how long it will take Sprott to assimilate Gold Trust. The discount has narrowed from when I bought in at ~9% (it's now 1.5% last I'd checked) so I'm already ahead, but it is possible we could see a premium given the recent worries in foreign markets. While a prem...