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- Mon Nov 19, 2018 6:33 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Fear is the mind-killer
- Replies: 108
- Views: 49808
Re: Fear is the mind-killer
You continue to intrigue me, PS. Finish the quote... I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. Sounded like a Buddhist quote until I go...
- Thu Nov 15, 2018 1:03 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Fear is the mind-killer
- Replies: 108
- Views: 49808
Re: Fear is the mind-killer
All of us here are INTJ-ish control freaks. It is so easy for us to become convinced that we can control things. Letting go of that is one of the hardest things for people like us! I now believe that loss is inevitable. Denying this is a kind of obsessive-compulsive disorder. If your kids (or grand...
- Wed Nov 14, 2018 12:29 pm
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Purpose of the PP
- Replies: 152
- Views: 78350
Re: Purpose of the PP
The year that gold had it's major meltdown helped convince me to stick with the PP. Unlike Bud, I just don't look when I suspect I won't like what I see so when I finally did I was pleasantly surprised to see that the whole portfolio was down only about 2%. Contrast this with 2008 when stocks had a ...
- Wed Nov 14, 2018 10:58 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: It's all about China
- Replies: 123
- Views: 65335
Re: It's all about China
http://www.unz.com/freed/intelligent-design-two-weeks-in-chengdu-and-environs/ Fred Reed on his trip to China.... For anyone who knows what China was before Deng Xiaoping took over in 1978, after Mao made his greatest contribution to his country–he died–the growth of prosperity astounds. Many criti...
- Mon Nov 12, 2018 9:13 am
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Purpose of the PP
- Replies: 152
- Views: 78350
Re: Purpose of the PP
I'm sure you've heard of Einstein's definition of insanity.buddtholomew wrote: ↑Mon Nov 12, 2018 8:53 am Everyone having fun?
PP sucks!
I don’t care what anyone says, WORST portfolio imaginable.
Garbage.
If you really are convinced of what you are saying then why do you continue with it at all?
- Sat Nov 10, 2018 11:22 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: YouTube Junkie
- Replies: 1231
- Views: 648318
Re: YouTube Junkie
I loved Dan Crenshaw's (the veteran) response: "Good rule in life: I try hard not to offend; I try harder not to be offended."Kriegsspiel wrote: ↑Fri Nov 09, 2018 9:53 pm Veteran mocked on 'Saturday Night Live' wins House seat
Based response to PTSD question.
Too many people practice that in reverse nowadays.
- Thu Nov 08, 2018 10:12 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Kavanaugh
- Replies: 208
- Views: 95468
Re: Kavanaugh
Oh boy..... https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/08/supreme-court-justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-85-has-broken-her-ribs-in-a-fall.html Kavanaugh was bad enough, but if Trump replaces RBG it will get UGLY Certainly people will be angry... But he could nominate Amy Coney Barrett and how could they stop it? If R...
- Thu Nov 08, 2018 9:39 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Figuring Out Religion
- Replies: 4052
- Views: 1455190
Re: Figuring Out Religion
If one comes at the scriptures with a secular rational approach looking for historical inaccuracies and contradictions, it's going to be like shooting fish in a barrel...too easy. And for the human "editors" ? of the NT, running down historical inaccuracies/contradictions was likely not a...
- Wed Nov 07, 2018 3:18 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Figuring Out Religion
- Replies: 4052
- Views: 1455190
Re: Figuring Out Religion
Thanks for the hand of fellowship extended to the pagan anti-Christ. ;) Good to be a part of the discussion. When religious threads go negative I simply leave as I don't see the point. While I've held on to my faith since I was a teenager I've always felt I needed to engage with science, secular ph...
- Wed Nov 07, 2018 12:52 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Kavanaugh
- Replies: 208
- Views: 95468
Re: Kavanaugh
Well, that was an interesting election result. No way to know for sure but my guess is that if it had not been for the Kavanaugh hearings, the Democrats would have probably won the senate as well as the house. Instead they actually lost 3 seats. Normally, I don't really care all that much of late wh...
- Wed Nov 07, 2018 11:25 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Figuring Out Religion
- Replies: 4052
- Views: 1455190
Re: Figuring Out Religion
Thanks for the hand of fellowship extended to the pagan anti-Christ. ;) Good to be a part of the discussion. When religious threads go negative I simply leave as I don't see the point. While I've held on to my faith since I was a teenager I've always felt I needed to engage with science, secular ph...
- Mon Nov 05, 2018 9:49 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Figuring Out Religion
- Replies: 4052
- Views: 1455190
Re: Figuring Out Religion
Yeah, pretty major hammer. Balance would suggest you also quote verses 1-14. And oh yeah, the next chapter puts it all in context which I always find to be useful information. Arguably, the hammer came down as described. Pick one, Assyrians, Babylonians, Romans. Any would likely do for fulfilling t...
- Mon Nov 05, 2018 9:37 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Figuring Out Religion
- Replies: 4052
- Views: 1455190
Re: Figuring Out Religion
Yeah, pretty major hammer. Balance would suggest you also quote verses 1-14. And oh yeah, the next chapter puts it all in context which I always find to be useful information. Arguably, the hammer came down as described. Pick one, Assyrians, Babylonians, Romans. Any would likely do for fulfilling t...
- Sun Nov 04, 2018 1:02 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Figuring Out Religion
- Replies: 4052
- Views: 1455190
Re: Figuring Out Religion
Yeah, pretty major hammer. Balance would suggest you also quote verses 1-14. And oh yeah, the next chapter puts it all in context which I always find to be useful information. Arguably, the hammer came down as described. Pick one, Assyrians, Babylonians, Romans. Any would likely do for fulfilling t...
- Sat Nov 03, 2018 12:27 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Figuring Out Religion
- Replies: 4052
- Views: 1455190
Re: Figuring Out Religion
Following is an interesting discussion of God and why bad things happen. There is a longstanding tradition in Lutheran theology (going back to Luther) of distinguishing between God's proper work (that of loving, caring for and saving humanity) and His alien work (His wrath over and punishment of si...
- Sat Nov 03, 2018 12:09 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Kavanaugh
- Replies: 208
- Views: 95468
Re: Kavanaugh
Ladies and gentlemen, we have another recanter. https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/1863210002 Of course she recanted. Now that the white male patriarchy is fully entrenched on the supreme court and the Nazis have complete control over all the branches of government she probably feared for her life. (I'm ...
- Thu Nov 01, 2018 9:27 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Kavanaugh
- Replies: 208
- Views: 95468
Re: Kavanaugh
On a slightly related note, Harvey Weinstein has an accuser who was 16 at the time, 16 years ago. https://www.yahoo.com/news/lawsuit-alleges-harvey-weinstein-sexually-assaulted-girl-16-235845622.html Also somewhat related to Kavanaugh, I haven't heard from any liberal (either personally, online or ...
- Thu Nov 01, 2018 12:28 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Kavanaugh
- Replies: 208
- Views: 95468
Re: Kavanaugh
On a slightly related note, Harvey Weinstein has an accuser who was 16 at the time, 16 years ago. https://www.yahoo.com/news/lawsuit-alleges-harvey-weinstein-sexually-assaulted-girl-16-235845622.html Also somewhat related to Kavanaugh, I haven't heard from any liberal (either personally, online or ...
- Tue Oct 30, 2018 10:39 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: The Left is Eating Itself Pt. II
- Replies: 850
- Views: 470824
Re: The Left is Eating Itself Pt. II
Scary thought of the day.... Given Newton's third law, that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction, what will be the effect of the pipe bomb incident on the psyches of those on the far left? None. Their TDS is already stage 4. Did you see Pat Buchanan's article today, comparing th...
- Sat Oct 27, 2018 10:46 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: The Left is Eating Itself Pt. II
- Replies: 850
- Views: 470824
Re: The Left is Eating Itself Pt. II
Scary thought of the day....
Given Newton's third law, that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction, what will be the effect of the pipe bomb incident on the psyches of those on the far left?
Given Newton's third law, that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction, what will be the effect of the pipe bomb incident on the psyches of those on the far left?
- Sat Oct 27, 2018 9:23 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: The Man in the High Castle
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3432
Re: The Man in the High Castle
Just finished binge watching the third season last night. Now I'm depressed because I have to wait a whole year for season 4. Having heard it was going to get more into the parallel universe stuff I thought it might get silly but it was quite fascinating. My only complaint is that now I think I'm go...
- Fri Oct 26, 2018 10:40 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: The Left is Eating Itself Pt. II
- Replies: 850
- Views: 470824
Re: The Left is Eating Itself Pt. II
Sorry to have brought up the subject of abortion. What I was trying to say in my post about Democrats is that for years I voted the way Sophie did, just from the opposite end of the spectrum. It wasn't so much that I favored Republicans but that Democrats disgusted me. Learned my lesson in 2000 when...
- Thu Oct 25, 2018 12:45 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: The Left is Eating Itself Pt. II
- Replies: 850
- Views: 470824
Re: The Left is Eating Itself Pt. II
I used to think of the left as being kinder to individuals, while Republicans were cold-hearted corporate shills. The Left recognized that people can have misfortunes e.g. they can get sick or get into accidents, and that the measure of a person is not the extent to which they can avoid these thing...
- Mon Oct 22, 2018 3:36 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Universal Basic Income vs Universal Basic Assets
- Replies: 44
- Views: 20409
Re: Universal Basic Income vs Universal Basic Assets
I see that Spartacus wants to give all poor kids a $50k nest egg for a decent start in life https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/10/22/17999558/cory-booker-baby-bonds . Details about who would qualify as poor are sketchy. Sounded like race might be a factor from the article. Probably cheaper...
- Mon Oct 22, 2018 3:27 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Nerds! Help!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7993
Re: Nerds! Help!
No idea what the prices in Philadelphia are like compared to NYC, but I'm paying $58 for internet service alone. For a landline, I bought an Obitalk ($50 for the box) and use Google Voice. Monthly cost is zero. Google Voice has its issues like dropping calls, but if that gets too annoying there are...