Same here, as I get a lot of email to vote on individual securities. I just happened to see the thread after glossing over the email.

The Bogleheads are more restrictive than here, which is good and bad. Like Singapore. You can't discuss politics. You can't even suggest that the price of milk is rising too fast for the minimum wage- It will be deleted. However, the threads are on topic and there is no real fighting. Sometimes thre...

Did you guys see the (now locked) thread at bogleheads about the Vanguard proxy vote?
If you're investing with Vanguard, you should read it, or at least Vanguard's explanation of their side.

WiseOne, et al, let me know if there is a paywall. (Might be able to get by using anon mode). http://nautil.us//blog/outraged-by-the-google-diversity-memo-i-want-you-to-think-about-it?utm_source=Nautilus&utm_campaign=b941d1b3a8-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_08_18&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_dc96ec...

MangoMan wrote:Ha, I thought that I was the only one 'still' waiting for the GF to be ready to leave.

I believe it was the inspiration for Eric Clapton's "Wonderful Tonight."

#1 you mean.

Well, well, well. It's being rumored, the alleged source being the "hard left" Southern Poverty Law Center--that Jason Kessler is a left-wing activist previously associated with Occupy. It'll be interesting to see how this unfolds. Unfolded - Jason Kessler posts derogatory tweets about wo...

Rather than accept the result of the democratic process, secessionists decided to break the country apart and start a war to keep it that way. http://theweek.com/articles/718986/how-america-forgot-true-history-civil-war Jeez, that sounds like a description of the entire left and some of the right t...

I would have booked Amtrak's special eclipse train, but have an international trip coming up. No time.
And honestly, I didn't get authentic safety glasses in time and am afraid to look.

In my opinion, it is better to quote a whole post, including all the sub posts even if it gets messy, I can't stand that quote bloat myself. I understand why people do it if they're on a phone. In fact, right now I'm on an iPad, with no forward arrow and shitty selection capabilities. I spend a lot...

Weepy White nationalist, crying Cantwell

http://www.newsweek.com/white-supremaci ... ant-651682

If the past is any guide, banned titles become the cool things to read.
Even so, I don't like it.

That is troubling. I don't know what "classic books" you're referring to. Please list the titles. . . Is this proof enough? https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/dec/05/to-kill-a-mockingbird-removed-virginia-schools-racist-language-harper-lee https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education...

I guess that was moda's problem with the Orwellian meme.
Orwell was writing about suppressing freedom of thought and erasing memory, but in Charlottesville the history books remain. And videos, and web pages...

uh-oh, this is getting out of hand.

What rise- oh. Cool.

I love it! I have seen African Americans speak in support of the confederate flag. Don't know if they're the same group.

I see what you mean. The quote may not be appropriate here, like you say. Removing a statue is not the same as renaming it. By the same token, though, saying "I'm bored with statues and I prefer books" seems odd. There's plenty of renaming going on too: streets, schools, parks. All part o...

I see what you mean. The quote may not be appropriate here, like you say. Removing a statue is not the same as renaming it.
By the same token, though, saying "I'm bored with statues and I prefer books" seems odd.

@Corto: It was one of those few times I agreed with Trump, since he was implying that no, it would be going to far to pull Jefferson. (I was actually typing something along similar lines to moda just now in the Durham thread). Leave a statue up, piss people off. Take a statue down, piss other people...

I mean statues aren't supposed to take the place of books, long or short. Very seldom the costs and dark side of the history of the person/event involved. There are, as you know, a growing number of museums dedicated to remembering massacres and tragedies, but how much do you really want crammed in ...

Watched it last night, Desert. Good speech. Someone sent me the Vice video this morning, too, which I look forward too. Vice is always good. One more video, one which many of you have probably already seen. New Orleans is one of my favorite cities. Here's the mayor of NO talking about history and mo...

moda0306 wrote:I actually kind of like monuments. But I'm bored with them.

Ok, now you sound trollish. Or if you're serious, perhaps something worse.

Cortopassi wrote:
Except for a few hours during the Brexit vote, my gold holdings have been in the red since 2013...

2011 for me. Fires in Birmingham, UK.
But hey, Libertarian666 was virtually all gold and doing ok.

I want that horn. I'm not even kidding.
https://goo.gl/images/ioTZ42