I'm not sure about the rest of the analysis, but the blithe dismissal of dividends seems pretty foolish.

It may be that these are "loss-leaders". Give the scan away for (basically) free, and some percentage of people scanned will need hospital services. It's very likely they'll get those services at the same hospital. I don't know whether that's good or bad: they're delivering on their promis...

dualstow wrote: ↑Sat Jul 20, 2019 11:48 am A friend sent me this.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/19/busi ... theft.html

Please see viewtopic.php?p=178219#p178219

Whenever there's a debate about whether or not "men" can get pregnant, it's worth asking what the definition of "man" is. One side of the debate will have a very clear definition, and the other side will be totally unable to define the word "man". Without being able to ...

This is the face of the New Left. God bless 'em, they deserve one another. Trans Activist Sues Brazilian Wax Business after Owner Refused to Shave Her Balls https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/07/trans-activist-sues-brazilian-wax-business-after-owner-refused-to-shave-her-balls/ Holy smokes. Of co...

That is absolutely horrifying.

4. Hopefully everyone already knows that prostate cancer screening has been declared useless. I only remember Ben Stiller urging men to get tested. I just reviewed that after reading your post. Hmm. https://www.healthnewsreview.org/2016/10/ben-stiller-prostate-cancer/ All I know about prostates is ...

O0 The etymology of mid- in this case is ‘with’, like German mit, so that would work. However, mid-person sounds like non-gendered, period. Haha Another weird one is "fishwife". A "fish-person" sounds like a character from a bad sci-fi movie. Edit: Oh! And what should we call ma...

Municipal Speech Enforcement “Gendered language like ‘manhole’ will soon be banned from Berkeley’s city codes,” CNN, July 18 Source:https://www.wsj.com/articles/conversation-killers-on-campus-11563472438?mod=hp_opin_pos_1 I guess "personhole" kind of works. What's the "non-gendered&q...

Kriegsspiel wrote: ↑Wed Jul 17, 2019 1:21 pm This might sound crazy, but I think NFL cheerleaders are hot, too.

Well... Mostly.

So WiseOne, would you mind clarifying your point of view specifically with regard to the battery of tests that GPs recommend as patients cross particular ages? (In my case, 40?) I'm not sure exactly what they are: colonoscopy, heart CT, etc?

Lots of things that were and are wrong about the country are encapsulated below. I can just imagine the battle that raged over this language. I'll bet the slave-holding wanker plantation owner politicians wanted to inflate their political power in Washington by partly counting their slaves, but oh,...

Okay, I'm wierd. But animal companions are WAY better than sex. You only say that because you apparently have never found the right partner. Regardless, it's not an either/or. YIKES!!! Where are you going with this?? Somewhere out there, there are dog/cat owners who also have good sex. :D Oh. hmm. ...

Our new pastor, Rev. Bryan Wolfmueller, delivered a great sermon today on the parable of the Good Samaritan. The gist being "you have no right to a 'not my neighbor' list".
https://www.stpaulaustin.org/sermons/se ... ays-fails/

dualstow wrote: ↑Sun Jul 14, 2019 7:03 am 9) but this should be at the top of the list: cat.

Thanks for the advice, but I understand they're tough and stringy, with little flavor.

Wouldn't you want your "forever" stocks that you never sell to be in taxable? And then in your tax shelter, you can buy and sell without cap gains taxes, so you can have your trading there?

For example, 1 oz gold krugerrands. Random year is cheaper than 2019 coins, fine. 1980 coins are on sale at Apmex, but they are more expensive than 2019 issue coins. Are they collectors’ items or something? I think the answer to your last question is yes. At some point gold coins take on a numismat...

Cortopassi wrote: ↑Tue Jul 02, 2019 2:15 pmIf the last month in gold doesn't have your head spinning, you are a very calm person.

Or you're not paying attention. Which the PP is good at letting you do.

NASA headed towards giant golden asteroid that could make everyone on Earth a billionaire . https://media.giphy.com/media/rl0FOxdz7CcxO/giphy.gif When I saw that headline the only thing I could think of was that someone has a serious problem understanding the fundamental laws of economics - namely ...

That article claims this creates greater volatility. Yet 2 years ago all the financial media was saying these same exact issues were the reasons why volatility had disappeared. So which is it? It is whatever gets them clicks at the time. Media will generate any article that can get them clicks. 80%...

dualstow wrote: ↑Sat Jun 29, 2019 2:54 pmP.S. behavioural - I thought you were an American with that 1776 in your handle.

Adam Smith was Scottish, wasn't he? With "Wealth of Nations" published in 1776?

Nice link, Krieg. Here's an image from that page:

I think Moda is saying that the phenomenon of people blaming things outside their control for things going wrong in their lives is not unique to one side of the proverbial aisle. As far as how prevalent it is one place versus another, I don't know. Can anybody come up with something approaching hard...

If I store it at home, I’ll get shot. I feel better keeping it at the bank. Agreed. There was a home burglary in my neighborhood a few weeks ago, and the owner was home at the time (midday). The burglar severely beat the man and escaped with a safe. The man died later in the hospital. Although I do...

There was a forum transition (the one before last, I think?) in which the avatars were all lost. It's easy for me to think that wouldn't have happened on my watch, but I don't know the issues that were involved. Maddy's cabin and Moda's Matthew Lesko are together in the ether somewhere. Maddy, I do ...