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- Tue Aug 23, 2022 2:11 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Cognitive Health of Biden vs. Trump
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2041
- Sun Aug 21, 2022 4:38 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Inflation - What are you doing different
- Replies: 58
- Views: 9054
Re: Inflation - What are you doing different
Thanks everyone.
- Fri Aug 19, 2022 10:50 am
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Housing Market
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1574
Re: Housing Market
Maybe this is an indication that the CPI understates inflation. Michael Saylor makes the point that inflation is not a scalar, it is a vector. The more luxury the good, the greater the inflation, e.g. cost of an Ivy league education has outpaced CPI. Owning a home is a bit of a luxury, so I would ex...
- Fri Aug 19, 2022 10:42 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Inflation - What are you doing different
- Replies: 58
- Views: 9054
Re: Inflation - What are you doing different
Thanks! It went well. It took me three failed interview attempts, but on the fourth I succeeded. I feel better about inflation now; I did my part for my family. Great news!! Were the positions higher paying than your prior or did you have to negotiate salary? I don't think I made it to the salary n...
- Fri Aug 19, 2022 7:08 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Trump reelection bid
- Replies: 188
- Views: 34273
Re: Trump reelection bid
In my conception, freedom is not an immutable fact graven in nature and on the heart of man. It is not inherent in man or in society, and it is meaningless to write it into law. The mathematical, physical, biological, sociological, and psychological sciences reveal nothing but necessities and deter...
- Fri Aug 19, 2022 6:17 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Inflation - What are you doing different
- Replies: 58
- Views: 9054
Re: Inflation - What are you doing different
I'm applying to higher paying jobs. I spent 10 years at my last job, but after 1 year at my current job, this Biden economy has me begrudgingly interviewing again. I'm quite happy with my current position, but this inflation has me feeling like the frog slowly cooking in a pot. I’m sorry to hear it...
- Thu Aug 18, 2022 10:38 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Session chat app
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1267
- Wed Aug 17, 2022 6:54 pm
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Synthesis of the PP and GB portfolios
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3593
Re: Synthesis of the PP and GB portfolios
I remember hearing a narrative that we are actually in a secular deflationary environment - that's why all the government money printing was only getting us 2% inflation (until last year). But fund managers are always good at talking a good story....hence the appeal of a risk parity portfolio which...
- Tue Aug 16, 2022 10:38 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Trump reelection bid
- Replies: 188
- Views: 34273
Re: Trump reelection bid
#3, paper no, voter ID yes, single day voting also no...rationale: we should make voting easier not harder for real people. Built properly, electronic voting would be extremely hard to hack if not impossible. Safer than paper. BITCOIN lovers, step in here please. Your moment to shine/brag up the te...
- Tue Aug 16, 2022 10:24 am
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Synthesis of the PP and GB portfolios
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3593
Re: Synthesis of the PP and GB portfolios
2. Regarding TIPS: There's leeriness about them on this board for various reasons, including their poor performance vs. LTT's during the '08 financial crisis, their very short history and the old "don't buy your fire insurance from the arsonist-in-chief" argument. I used to buy into those...
- Mon Aug 15, 2022 3:53 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: A Visit To Rhinegold
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1513
A Visit To Rhinegold
http://voluntaryist.com/backissues/070.pdf
Print it out, read it in your easy-chair.
Scratch that, it's not printing correctly.
Print it out, read it in your easy-chair.
Scratch that, it's not printing correctly.
- Mon Aug 15, 2022 3:48 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Michael Badnarik dead at 68 years old
- Replies: 2
- Views: 680
Re: Michael Badnarik dead at 68 years old
https://badnarik.org/michael-badnarik-1954-2022/ wrote:My spirits are high. I have absolutely no regrets. There is nothing on my bucket list that I have not accomplished… in style. If it is possible to have lived a perfect life, I have done it.
- Mon Aug 15, 2022 3:42 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Cognitive Health of Biden vs. Trump
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2041
- Mon Aug 15, 2022 2:32 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Cognitive Health of Biden vs. Trump
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2041
Re: Cognitive Health of Biden vs. Trump
What's the case against DeSantis? From what I read about his actions against Disney, he seems like a thug. Before he made the bill law, DeSantis said of Disney: “You’re a corporation based in Burbank, California, and you’re going to marshal your economic might to attack the parents of my state? We ...
- Mon Aug 15, 2022 2:29 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: The Left is Eating Itself Pt. II
- Replies: 850
- Views: 453036
Re: The Left is Eating Itself Pt. II
Perhaps the left wing people are more willing to eat produce with insects, bird droppings, fungi, and assorted weed material. Just kidding - sort of! I worked for a large agricultural company that made herbicides, fungicides and insecticides. Extensive tests showed the vegtables and such produced u...
- Mon Aug 15, 2022 2:15 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Trump reelection bid
- Replies: 188
- Views: 34273
Re: Trump reelection bid
So the question would be for those who voted for him once or twice .... why not this time around? What did he do and when for him to finally lose your vote? I didn't vote for him, but my beef is that he had his chance. He got his opportunity to drain the swamp. Let's give someone else a shot. This ...
- Mon Aug 15, 2022 2:07 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Cognitive Health of Biden vs. Trump
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2041
Re: Cognitive Health of Biden vs. Trump
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q86f4ZsvJ6I
Hopefully we get at least one viable candidate between the two main parties. I couldn't bring myself to vote for either the last two presidential elections. I'll vote for nearly anyone the R's put up except for Trump or Desantis.
Hopefully we get at least one viable candidate between the two main parties. I couldn't bring myself to vote for either the last two presidential elections. I'll vote for nearly anyone the R's put up except for Trump or Desantis.
- Wed Aug 10, 2022 8:10 am
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Are most people here sticking with Treasuries?
- Replies: 341
- Views: 166013
Re: Are most people here sticking with Treasuries?
Such a defensive portfolio is probably effective at achieving its goals, at the cost of ease of access if you're really going to go all in on asset custodianship for your gold and cash. And of course this won't be free so the returns will be lower compared to more paper/liquid assets that expose yo...
- Wed Aug 10, 2022 8:03 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Renewable electricity sources are now a no-brainer
- Replies: 131
- Views: 64461
Re: Renewable electricity sources are now a no-brainer
I knew it. I could just tell. He's the kind of roofer who simply doesn't like metal roofs. That's fine. But it means this isn't the guy to install a metal roof for you. He may be great, decent, honest, trustworthy, the works... but he's not the right roofer if you want a metal roof. I already have ...
- Wed Aug 10, 2022 7:58 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Inflation Reduction Act
- Replies: 79
- Views: 11041
Re: Inflation Reduction Act
Things might make more sense if people shed the false dichotomy of D vs R and reframe it as establishment vs non-establishment (or regime vs non-regime, elites vs non-elites, etc. as you prefer). D and R are just two wings of the same bird. I totally agree. However, I've noticed the R's are current...
- Tue Aug 09, 2022 5:35 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Inflation Reduction Act
- Replies: 79
- Views: 11041
Re: Inflation Reduction Act
Life is struggle….no matter how far the human race advances in living standards we will just keep moving the goalposts and define the present as a “struggle”. What’s going to be a real struggle is trying to figure out how to relocate a billion people + coastal infrastructure if we don’t start takin...
- Mon Aug 08, 2022 10:43 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
- Replies: 2293
- Views: 1345981
Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
It may be a coincidence, but today has been one of the most productive and optimistic days I've had in a long while. I don't think it is. I find it useful when I'm feeling stuck. Just the same patterns over and over again and I can't seem to improve things. Not much happens the day of, but over the...
- Mon Aug 08, 2022 10:38 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Inflation Reduction Act
- Replies: 79
- Views: 11041
Re: Inflation Reduction Act
So the market would transition smoothly to less polluting forms of energy on a timeline that coincided with the latest scientific research regarding climate change? I'm not saying what we have is working as far as government regulation, I'm just doubting that the alternative idea of some of the mos...
- Sun Aug 07, 2022 12:34 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Why did Pelosi cross the road?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 2698
Why did Pelosi cross the road?
Seriously, what was she thinking? These idiots are in power for two years and now we're at war with two superpowers simultaneously.
- Sun Aug 07, 2022 8:34 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
- Replies: 2293
- Views: 1345981
Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Doing psilocybin tonight. See you guys when I come back from my trip! 8) Oh my god. Why is everything awesome. Uhhhhhh. Well, that was something. Haha, nice! Did you eat some mushrooms? Or some other method? Dosage? Was it a meaningful experience? I haven't done a proper psychedelic dose in awhile,...