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That's a lot of text, but I fail to see your point. Is there one? In keeping with the spirit of the author; freedom is not a goal, but a direction. And broadly speaking, we're movi…

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I actually think about this paradox relative to the uptick in crime in major cities. Take SF for example where crime has seemingly spiked and there's no willingness to enforce the …

> You do not extend tolerance to those who would deny your humanity. Probably a bad ethos to harbour, one that I imagine quickly rationalizes violent behavior. And I think we're al…

> Take some risk profile and then bet that low cost automatically balancing stock/bond Vanguard fund beats 90% of hedge funds over 10 years based on risk adjusted return. That woul…

Please read the article. It's explained clearly under Protege Partners, LLC's Argument. > Mr. Buffett is correct in his assertion that, on average, active management in a narrowly …

> So is your argument that we just haven’t been through a cycle or else the hedge funds would have come out ahead? If they didn’t come out ahead after all of the turmoil, they are …

> The fact that hedge fund managers live from the fees tells what they really think about their skills. Never gamble using your own money. Most hedge funds don't gamble, but some d…

This bet is disengeneous as *most hedge funds operate under risk neutral long /short strategies that seek to generate returns irrespective of market conditions. Want to know what a…

Enron and Valeant are two of the most significant examples of corporate malfeasance over the past 20 years; McKinsey or its partners were directly involved in both. That's not cher…

McKinsey or its partners have been directly involved in Enron, Valeant, and now an opioid crisis that's claimed thousands (if not millions of lives). "In for a penny, in for a poun…

The most concerning part about this is the following excerpt which highlights how Twitter is working at behest of the government in India: > Earlier, government sources said the IT…

> Virtually all trading platforms have blocked users from opening positions on these symbols. Can you be more specific? Robinhood & Webull are the only two that I'm aware of.

That tactic worked out well during the French Revolution...

> Based on this experience, I strongly support voting in person, with an ID. Shhh, a view like this will get you banned from Twitter... ;)

> This is sad because most of what you've said can be applied to lotteries as well, which historically has been criticized as being a "tax" on the poor. The end result is the same:…

Oh no, the largest modern day monopoly will no longer pay for political goodwill.

Curious if Twitter will carry-over their draconian (and selectively enforced) censorship rules to Revue. I assume this was discussed as part of the acquisition? Will publishers hav…

Can you elaborate on this? I'm very interested, especially given your perspective. The 2004 election also had its fair share of electronic voting criticism: https://en.wikipedia.or…

I think this is a good thing, hopefully it will bring to light any flaws that may exist in Dominion voting systems while testing whether any of these grandiose claims hold up to sc…

Institutional hedge funds got greedy and they're getting punched in the gut by retail investors; personally i think it's nice to see. A few comments on the price action: 1) true sh…

Just wanted to say thanks again for the thorough response!

This is helpful, thank you. Was the contrast brain MRI to make sure you didn't have tumors that were subsequently impacting your hormone production?

Did you have blood work done to diagnose low T? My understanding is that T levels can vary based on the time of day they're taken, so they likely need to be taken multiple times. I…