Watched the whole season of "Diagnosis" last night. Had to get past the fact that it was produced by the New York Times but I thought it was about as good as "reality TV" gets. It's basically a non-fiction version of "House" and the female doctor who wrote for the Times...

According to library records the last book I checked out was "The Mandibles". I think it might have been recommended by somebody on this forum. I don't remember reading more than a few pages, however, and I can say the same of the prior three that I checked out. I just keep them on the lam...

He had a fine life before he ran for President. Now he is attacked 24/7 by the vast majority of the media as well as the other Democrats. Yet he is continuing to try to fulfill the promises he made to his supporters, when he could much more easily give up and go back to his previous life. Sounds li...

I think he will probably be re-elected if he can keep his head when all those around him are losing theirs and blaming it on him (re: Kipling). Not necessarily connected to Trump's re-election but I thought this was an excellent article about the juvenile state of partisan politics..... https://www....

I initially went all in with the PP in 2008 but transitioned to the GB about 3 years ago. The reason I did that was precisely for the reason people often warn about with the standard 4x4 - that it will be hard to stick with in times of prosperity when stocks are outperforming (hello Bud and Mathjak)...

Ah, you’re just starting Breaking Bad. I’m jealous. O0 You’re in for a treat. Watched El Camino last night and thought it was pretty good. Obviously wait until after BB before watching if you already haven't (you will probably be confused by the flashbacks if you don't). Like Better Call Saul it's ...

grapesofwrath wrote: ↑Wed Oct 23, 2019 8:36 am I would think Treasury Direct is safer than Vanguard/Schwab/Fidelity because it has virtually no customer service.

Exactly my point but we apparently see things in reverse as to whether or not that is a good thing.

I use Personal Capital. Haven't found anything that compares for free. You might be contacted by a "personal adviser" trying to sell you active management but they do know how to take no for an answer if you give it to them straight. You have to give them access to all your accounts if you...

The history of math and science is interesting. Still, in *math* class, I suspect math majors (graduates) would prefer to just teach math. My first-year college calculus class had a "history of math" extension (one hour a week in the evenings) as part of the honors program. I found it ver...

Not sure if anyone’s noticed, but the flow of information on the internet has changed a bit since Drudge was a “major influence” TWENTY YEARS AGO. I may travel in too small of circles but almost everyone I talk to about politics who identifies as a conservative or right leaning libertarian still sa...

If that sounds like a paranoid delusion on my part, well excuse me. I've seen such paranoid delusions come to fruition on this hostile planet we live on. Very unlikely yes, impossible no. Ask people in South Vietnam and Venezuela. It's not paranoid and not delusional. No need to apologize. Hey isn'...

I only keep my physical gold where I can get my physical hands on it any time I want. If somebody like Elizabeth Warren gets elected she's going to need around 32 trillion dollars to fulfill her campaign promises just for Medicare for all and that was before the latest thing I read that she said tod...

What makes you think that Fidelity and Vanguard are somehow safer than the U.S. Treasury? If this question is directed at me I thought I gave the reason in my post. I have no idea which of those three are the most or least hackable. I just believe that if I was hacked I would rather deal with Fidel...

I figured this out a long time ago. Nowadays I only go the Urgent Care clinic when I am truly in need, like almost exactly two years ago when I had shingles. And they have very good doctors at the urgent care clinic I visit. Unlike other doctors they don't even schedule a follow up visit just so the...

Those photos are truly awesome. Glad to see you have a real talent to explore in your retirement years and that you are obviously enjoying it. Haven't found one myself yet but maybe I haven't looked hard enough. I was an excellent computer programmer when I retired a few years ago but so far the onl...

Not sure if anyone’s noticed, but the flow of information on the internet has changed a bit since Drudge was a “major influence” TWENTY YEARS AGO. I may travel in too small of circles but almost everyone I talk to about politics who identifies as a conservative or right leaning libertarian still sa...

I used to buy the maximum amount of allowable I-bonds at Treasury Direct for both me and my wife but I quit doing it and even cashed them all out a few years ago. Although they did seem to have good security when it came to authenticating the website seemed very unsophisticated. Eventually I decided...

I watched most of the Thomas hearings and learned all about the pubic hairs comment which Anita Hill said he made to her in the break room at work. And though it wasn't clearly established, some evidence was introduced that he may have rented pornographic movies at an adult book store (which I don't...

I like Donald Trump because he has balls but I'm not yet convinced that he has big enough cojones to stand up to the generals and the military industrial complex and do what he campaigned on because he secretly knows his balls are inferior to theirs. Tulsi is an Iraq war vet and medic who has seen b...

He's a likable fellow as many people seem to agree and this might very well win him the presidency but if you look at his record you can see that he has a very strained relationship with the truth. If you aren't old enough to remember the first time he ran for president he had to drop out because of...

Damn if I don't like this woman more and more..... https://www.mediaite.com/election-2020/tulsi-gabbard-fires-back-at-queen-of-warmongers-hillary-clinton-for-suggesting-shes-a-russian-asset/ I don't agree with all of her policy proposals but unlike the other DEM candidates she seems to still believe...

Not sure if anyone’s noticed, but the flow of information on the internet has changed a bit since Drudge was a “major influence” TWENTY YEARS AGO. I may travel in too small of circles but almost everyone I talk to about politics who identifies as a conservative or right leaning libertarian still sa...

A Russian military intelligence unit has had the decades-long goal of destabilizing Europe. But that's ok, let's like make friends with Putin. :P https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_29155 based on https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/08/world/europe/unit-29155-russia-gru.html I wonder what the decades lo...

I don't know what will be on the news tonight with all the networks except Fox but I really don't need to watch to make a prediction. The main topic of conversation will be the godawful thing that Donald Trump did or said that day which will be the most outrageous thing that any American president ...

I don't know what will be on the news tonight with all the networks except Fox but I really don't need to watch to make a prediction. The main topic of conversation will be the godawful thing that Donald Trump did or said that day which will be the most outrageous thing that any American president e...