Posts by vividgull10

Mark Harris66 said:How can they claim to know anything about violence when they haven't seen a war in 200 years?
Their last actual conflict was back in 1814...

Easy enough.
Give them ten days of extreme circumstances and a little nod to their glorious Viking warrior past.

Suddenly you’ve got warriors who are arguably more intense than any group in the Middle East that hasn't seen peace in generations.

Collective consciousness is a hell of a thing, and a 200-year gap means absolutely nothing to it.
You don't seriously think guys marching off to war fueled by battle cries are doing it based on "individual, rational habits," do you?

In today's climate, Swedes come across as a totally neutered people, especially to outsiders. They barely grasp restlessness or waiting in line, let alone raising their voices or using force. But anyone thinking they don't have a breaking point is dead wrong. Usually, when people like that finally snap, it's incredibly brutal.
Personally, I think that's exactly what's coming: they'll endure it—with that typical Swedish naivety and calm—until something triggers a sudden, violent shift. And then, everyone's going to see just how much they can actually do.

Austria is on a one-way street at this point.
Ideologically, they’re way more aligned with the Visegrád Group than with Brussels, which is too busy negotiating with Turkey and importing millions of immigrants.

lonebadger6 said:Your post was nuked for making offensive generalizations and trolling.

I'm not sure how they even define that, but we're already playing in a gray area with these interpretations anyway.

Thanks for the reply, regardless.

As far as I'm concerned, you can lock this thread.

What’s even the point of this sub if people can't manage basic decency, like giving a quick reply?

Today, in the Immigration Issue thread (the sticky one)

My post got nuked and I have zero clue why.
If anyone has a second to take a look, I'd appreciate it.

Thanks!

Lisa Patel4 said:Suppose someone handed you five years of total control to do whatever you wanted.

What would your political platform actually look like?

Supply-side economics, obviously.
Massive deregulation—paired with a much stronger judicial system—and stripping the government down to the absolute bare essentials.

velvetcyclist95 said:16:05 An Airbus A300 carrying 37 tons of humanitarian aid for refugees is scheduled to touch down at Osijek Airport tonight at 10 PM. The airport director, Domagoj Marinić, told The Washington Post that this is a special cargo flight organized by the UNHCR, bringing in supplies like tents, thermal blankets, and solar lamps for people fleeing the Middle East and Central Asia.

The Emirates are sending over tents and other gear...

Maybe we could pass some of that along to the Canadians to give them a hand.

Or they could just not send anything and let them deal with it over there.

Harold Martin10 said:So, what’s the actual issue here? The Social Security system ended up looking like this because everyone just did whatever they could to secure their own retirement whenever they had the chance. Only about 20% of male retirees actually met all the requirements at the moment they retired—and honestly, the whole pension system has become a massive black hole for the American economy.

I wasn't critiquing you, I was critiquing myself.
No big deal 😉

Harold Martin10 said:One of the biggest issues in this country is the scammers pretending to be disabled veterans or similar—basically just a bunch of people who figured out how to rig the system to grab benefits and pensions they never actually earned.

And here I thought you were someone worth taking seriously.

David Parker44 said:That’s exactly the point... those people who didn't bother to vote? They act like they’re some kind of "neutral" observers. Like they don't carry any responsibility for the outcome, right? As if you can just skip out on your civic duty and then turn around later and play the moralist. You want to blow the whistle on how things are going now? Fine. But don't expect anyone to care when you didn't show up when it actually mattered.

And what exactly would make voting an "obligation" for me? Care to explain? 🤣

Benjamin King2 said:Oh, come on—you actually participated in the election, which makes you directly responsible for the result. Now that you aren't happy with how things turned out, suddenly it’s the fault of everyone who didn't even bother to leave their house that day? 😁
I pay my $100, and I tip well for $233, so do you want to pay a hundred bucks if you (once again) pick the wrong guy? 😛

that's easy money 😍

Noah Gray2 said:I don't really see it that way. Sure, maybe in the short term? But looking at the big picture, when companies are desperate for cheap labor, they eventually have to bump up those wages just to stay competitive. It climbs until it hits a certain ceiling, right?

To put it more precisely...

In a recession with a legal minimum wage in place—then yeah, that's true.
On the flip side, when the economy is actually running normally, wages go up (specifically where employers are actually competing for workers, obviously).

google: LRAS&SRAS (classical vs. keynesian model)

I still don't get it, and honestly, I don't think I ever will. How the hell does the people (anywhere in the world, really, this isn't just about us) manage to screw up democracy so badly? They treat it like some broken appliance instead of what it actually is. It’s just pure chaos without a damn schedule.

A coward's ride on the train (American Rhapsody)

There’s a reason they call it a sovereign debt crisis

Chris Long12 said:Cause and effect.

1. It's a consequence, not the purpose.

2. Because that is just how the political system functions (voting, lobbying, political contributions, etc.). Power and control. They want to regulate every single aspect of society, so you end up with a mountain of agencies with questionable needs, ever-expanding budgets, and commissioned studies; then studies of those studies; and then studies about the studies of those studies. 🤣
A massive pile of new laws and political platforms, especially those "temporary" measures that never actually end, and so on.
But I suppose that isn't a conspiracy; it's just the nature of things, which has been historically evident in countless countries.

3. Well, it’s like that metaphorical monster with tentacles. And that famous Hobbesian work.
http://books.google.com/books/about/L...MC&redir_esc=y

4. Consequence, not purpose.

5. If that were true, it would mean this was directly coordinated with the government. But it isn't. Quite the opposite, actually—companies are fleeing high-tax jurisdictions and heavy regulations for places where they aren't.

Just as an attachment 😉
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-1...0-billion.html

I’m no economist, but this sounds like total nonsense to me—honestly, it reads more like a cheap political flyer than actual analysis:

...Unfortunately, both indices have their flaws. The issue with the Laspeyres index is that it assumes households buy the exact same basket of goods in period t as they did in period 0. In reality, when prices shift, consumers substitute expensive goods for ones that have become relatively cheaper between period 0 and period t.
By keeping the basket identical across both periods, the Laspeyres index ignores that substitution effect, which ends up overstating the inflation rate.

Look, if we accept that price is a reflection of exchange—which is what economics should be about, since the field literally built price theory—then there’s zero difference in inflation between these two scenarios:
1) I keep buying the same product but pay more for it.
2) I swap out my old product for a new one that costs less.

In both cases, the inflation is effectively the same. The only difference is how I "paid" for it. In scenario 1, I paid with cash; in scenario 2, I paid with my quality of life.

Since there’s no objective way to measure quality of life, but there is a solid price theory, everything ultimately boils down to price—specifically, the price gap between the old product and the substitute.
So, I don't see the problem.
The only inflation rate that actually matters is the one measuring the price change of the exact same product.

Patrick Moore3 said:Draughtin Lesar:

If owning two houses makes you rich, what does that make the people stacking gold?

http://www.foxnews.com/news/economy/if-owning-two-homes-makes-you-rich-what-about-gold

😂

Just finished reading the news and he immediately jumps in here. 😁

Give the guy a break. He's in the business of chasing votes, not the business of actually fixing things. 🤷

dustyheron5 said:On the other hand, you have people pointing to a death cross on gold's technical charts... but that doesn't work the same way for gold as it does for stocks—in fact, it suggests the exact opposite:

@Jim Rickards
A friend told me that dismissing TA is foolish—I had to remind him about the 2008 " Death Cross ", right before #Gold rallied to $1900
Retweeted by Jim Rickards

Pure contra-indicators if you ask me... just look at the data. 😂

True, but don't forget James Rickards always stresses keeping 10-20% in gold as a conservative-aggressive play. That's a pretty significant detail too.

dustyheron5 said:I love buying when everyone else is losing their minds and blood is being spilled on the streets. Based on the comments from retail traders and amateur speculators, you can tell this is actually a perfect time to pick things up. 😁

As a little something for those who don't succumb to mass hysteria or panic attacks, I’m sharing an excellent article for study:
http://www.larsschall.com/2013/02/17...rtant-signals/

:mig

As a follow-up to that, here is a quote from the legendary Warren Buffett:
"Investing today may well be harder than it has been at any time in our three decades of existence," writes Warren Buffett in his year-end letter. The Federal Reserve's "relentless interventions and manipulations" have left few purchase targets for Baupost, he laments. "(The) underpinnings of our economy and financial system are so precarious that the un-abating risks of collapse dwarf all other factors.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/12-br...#ixzz2LTkmuF3u

Anyone who went short in September/October is up about 10-15% right now, depending on when they jumped in.
Anything else is just missed opportunity.

Patrick Moore3 said:What kind of guarantees? Like, actual certificates?

Basically, none at all.