dualstow wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 02, 2023 6:14 pm

Condolences, Dieter.

Thanks

I found this interesting - why the US dollar will remain the global currency

https://youtu.be/LiR54FPQiCs

It's probably considered one of the least small / value-ie of the available offerings, but I use Vanguard Small-Cap Value Index Fund Admiral Shares (VSIAX) (the mutual fund version) Was easiest for me SCV has underperformed Large Balanced for a while; although this last year it sucked a lot less -- ...

-15.15 (edit: bad formula said -9.53) on my modified GB-ish part of my portfolio

Cashless. Ouch.

Does anyone have goals or accomplishments they are aimed towards for 2023? Similar to last year — lose weight, get stronger, play more music Last year — was doing well on all until death of parent mid year and my getting COVID a few weeks after. So, gained about 10lb last year, although did get str...

Happy new year all — May returns be positive

<snip> I feel like I should clarify my positions. Putin bad. By our standards, Russia is kind of barbaric at their core. Ukraine is probably not angelic. It's a corrupt place and I feel sure that Zelinsky is skimming money during this. It's what they do. I feel very bad for the Ukrainian people. NA...

More from Perun —

Ammunition Shortages in Ukraine

https://youtu.be/deK98IeTjfY

I haven’t made it to the end yet, but, looks like no one is projected to completely run out

But don’t have as much as want, and likely less sometime in 2023, but won’t have to put bayonets on the ends of Howitzers

Well, how are you definitions neutral?

I assumed it was not to be part of either NATO or CSTO

What was Russia's precipitating event on February 24, 2022 so that its last recourse was to invade another country? What had happened the day before to cause this drastic measure? Vinny, I don't believe there was a single precipitating event as such i.e Russia retaliating after being attacked by Uk...

Glennds and vantale, I hereby invoke Godwin's law. If you're really being serious, Godwin's law is mostly aimed at the use of Hitler comparisons in the context of the Holocaust which you know is not the case here. Godwin's law itself can be applied mistakenly or abused as a distraction, diversion o...

I know folks are on different sides of this, but hopefully all can appreciate the humor in this I won't comment on the humor aspect, because I've learned I'm not qualified to judge humor. I'll just grant for the sake of argument that it's funny (at least if you're no older than 12, maybe 16, years ...

I know folks are on different sides of this, but hopefully all can appreciate the humor in this

This is a relatively short Lex. Less than an hour. There is something in this with everyone to agree with it within it. It is from three months ago. Lex reminds us that he did visit Ukraine during the war and, at some point, will be giving us a podcast regarding it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...

I was editing my message while you were replying

But I’m not letting Russia off the hook for saying no negotiation until NATI/US agrees that all of Ukraine is Russia. Where have you seen this demand? I haven't seen it. I read a lot of diverse sources including RT and listen to the official statements from Maria Zacharova and I've never heard this...

More discussion among people who know more and have far more experience than any of us ... https://www.c-span.org/video/?525027-1/ukrainian-parliament-member-presidents-us-visit DECEMBER 22, 2022 Ukrainian Parliament Member on President's U.S. Visit A Ukrainian Parliament member joined former U.S. ...

Russia may take the eastern part and Poland the western part. This looks increasingly inevitable. The poles are definitely the most belligerent about NATO going to war with Russia on a Ukrainian battlefield. With Ukraine destroyed (seems inevitable since NATO is saying there is no possibility of ne...

One opinion on what might have happened if NATO hadn’t helped Ukraine https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/12/zelensky-congress-speech-us-ukraine-support/672547/ It is excellent. Thanks for bringing it to our attention. You’re welcome Found on a YouTube channel — Preston Stewart US Army v...

One opinion on what might have happened if NATO hadn’t helped Ukraine

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archi ... rt/672547/

What is considered left wing media? Liberals I know tend to see most mass media as corporatist conservative or centrist at most And Fox as right wing entertainment, not news https://www.businessinsider.com/fox-news-karen-mcdougal-case-tucker-carlson-2020-9 https://www.npr.org/2022/12/22/1144926308/f...

Although holy tracking error — IIRC, SCV hasn’t kept up with SP500 until quite recently

Russia may take the eastern part and Poland the western part. This looks increasingly inevitable. The poles are definitely the most belligerent about NATO going to war with Russia on a Ukrainian battlefield. With Ukraine destroyed (seems inevitable since NATO is saying there is no possibility of ne...

Below is an excellent podcast with Jack Matlock, US ambassador to Russia from 1987 to 1991, who was heavily involved on the US side as the Cold War wound down. He says we didn't win the Cold War; it was a negotiated peace, and neither side "won". We started to lose the plot when we started believin...

Vnatale — my second comment is about some folks saying that with Musk the truth is coming out from Twitter, but I see it as now the right wing running the show and available information