I just realized something. Under my name and avatar my join time on the forum is specified as "Fri Apr 21, 2017 4:01 pm."

Which definitely means I joined the forum when I was at work. My join time will forever be a testament to my laziness.

The Vancouver Bullion and Currency Exchange's Burnaby location was totally sold out of everything except for 10 ounce silver bars. Today I managed to catch a break at the downtown branch and added a bit to my physical holdings with a MapleGram and two 1 ounce silvers.

You guys had to Google an Alien reference?

For shame.

For shame.

FOR SHAME.

Terrible productivity this afternoon as I've been spending too much time on our forum. (An enjoyable time, to be fair.)

Last post of the day for me to hold myself accountable. Have a great evening, guys.

Here's my results.

insurgency by an armed citizenry can work, think guerilla warfare, not only is it effective but at a speed that would make your head spin arms dealers will be selling them equipment to match force... I seriously doubt it would come to that though, because as others have pointed out, the American mi...

When I say that owning a gun is not so much about burglars etc., I don't mean to say it's not an effective deterrent. What I was implying was that the principle of gun ownership and the second amendment is first and foremost about the public's relationship to government. It is, as a principle, so d...

Hey guys. We've been talking about some pretty heavy topics lately. I want to give us a break with a quiet and content Lily picture. <3

I hope everyone on the forum is safe from danger... and viruses.

Owning a gun has scant relevance to defending yourself against terrorists, burglars, or flying saucers. It’s about defending yourself against a police state that does not care for your well-being or your liberties. Of course I agree with your comments about the police state. But you're wrong about ...

Strong agree here. Mobbing private businesses and the homes of ordinary citizens is nowhere close to what you might call the intelligent aggression I was alluding to earlier.

First off I would like to thank Smith for starting this interesting topic and the forum members for intelligent discussion. A couple of questions/thoughts.... In the US, did peaceful demonstrations or violent riots ever change anything? I always remember General Haigs quote back in the 80's Could a...

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/30/us/derek-chauvin-george-floyd.html?fbclid=IwAR3v-y0Hkk7mU2AwC1_lvcjjtmGADhGxJry3N-v0l7rIaKFgNK4DO_dcZtY A New York Times article which dovetails nicely with what we've just been talking about. " Thousands of Complaints Do Little to Change Police Ways " th...

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/hacked/id1049420219 The latest episode of my favourite podcast Hacked is now out. This one is about the market for bots that auto-buy new sneakers for the reseller market. It's all about speed so that when the new shoes are released you can scoop up as many as p...

dualstow wrote: ↑Mon Jun 01, 2020 3:50 pm
You reminded me of this clip of James Baldwin talking about different people taking up arms.
https://youtu.be/ZVjZipnb_hc. EDIT: sorry, forgot to paste it, initially.

Powerful.

Is that Dick Cavett??? Before my time, but I know him well because he had Bobby Fischer on his show!

Unpopular opinion incoming: Sometimes violence is the answer. I don't necessarily mean in the context of the riots/protests happening now. I'm not necessarily saying any of that is justified. But speaking in a broader context. I've been hearing lots of voices about how every protest, every movement,...

This thread ended up going way better than I thought. As opposed to civil rights leaders and politicians, the person whose opinion I'm really looking forward to hearing is Dave Chappelle. I like his bit where he said, I think every African American should get a permit to carry a firearm. ( Nearly s...

This thread ended up going way better than I thought. As opposed to civil rights leaders and politicians, the person whose opinion I'm really looking forward to hearing is Dave Chappelle.

Recently, tighter gun control laws were enacted here in Canada, and that has spurred some off the cuff thoughts on my part regarding the news lately. For those who are proponents of gun control who are outraged at the killing of innocent people like George Floyd at the hands of the police, or the de...

I have a confession. Given my recent ticketing fiasco at the hands of the local police, I get a strange sense of satisfaction seeing everyday citizens fighting the police. I'm awful, I know.

I'm buying MapleGrams on Monday and no one can stop me!!!!!!! ^__^

Hal wrote: ↑Sat May 30, 2020 6:51 pm

Probably would be worthwhile watching this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2iK5NI37Iw

Looks interesting. Thanks!

Libertarian666 wrote: ↑Sat May 30, 2020 3:29 pm
Silver is great if you like hideous volatility.
Have I told you the story about how I bought silver on the day of the top in January 1980?
On margin.

Please elaborate.

That's a story we've got to hear.

Libertarian666 wrote: ↑Sat May 30, 2020 3:31 pm
In general I use the old rule of thumb that a greater number of moving parts means more failure modes.
I'm sure HB would have agreed with me.

I tend to agree.

Absolutely not. But not entirely because of the risk of government intervention. Who guarantees the counterparty? Thanks for the reply, Libertarian666. There are two counterparties responsible for delivering the return of the index: CIBC and National Bank of Canada. The law requires that counterpar...

Libertarian666 wrote: ↑Sat May 30, 2020 1:58 pm 356 pages? I'm glad I have a lot of spare time and that I read fast.

There's a notable section on silver in the second half that I was very interested to read. I've been thinking of adding some silver along with platinum and palladium to my VP.