jas007

You're probably right. Just recently, Taiwan Semiconductor announced plans to move large production facilities to Arizona. Trump knows what's coming.Taiwan Semiconductor knows what's coming. And Trump understands the importance of Geopolitical spheres of influence. For example, he just ordered the US military tp draw up plans to retake the Panama Canal by force. Western Hemisphere = US sphere of influence. It's going to happen. We'll see what happens to Greenland and Canada, but the same mindset will be at work.

There's only one kind of dead. Still, you may well just be ending one chapter of a life that never ends. So, you screwed things up this time. Next time, you'll do better. It's good if you look at things that way, I think.

They'll never understand. And the big thing they don't understand is that Trump has the ultimate "trump card," so to speak. He's the duly elected president of the United States with a sweeping mandate. He, and only he, determines US foreign policy. And if enough people begin to push back, whether it's through the courts, against Elon Musk, or through the influence of card carrying Neocons like Rubio, it's Trump that will finally determine how this all plays out. Push him hard enough and he'll realign the world geopolitical landscape. Push him hard enough and he'll abandon NATO and it's supposed Article 5 "guarantees." Push him hard enough and it's a done deal. Putin and Trump have already spoken, bypassing Rubio and any potential interference by that Neocon. And so it will soon come to an end. The war is over. Russia won. And Trump knows Russia won. The killing will soon stop. And when the deal is sealed, the Deep State, the Leftists, and the Neocons will have no on to blame but themselves.

In my case, I already have AIS phone service with a data plan and can use my iPhone as a hotspot. I already have NordVPN, not necessarily for this purposes, but once you have the subscription, you can use it on all your devices. And, as I've said, I can purchase additional data if I happen to need any, through the AIS app. So, that's about as good as I can do, all things considered.

Possible issues: Man in the Middle attack. Rouge hotspots. Just to name a couple. I wouldn't use public wi-f-in a million years.

Am I the only one here who understands why accessing the Internet via public wi-fi is a bad idea?

Chalk it up to the long term effects of a massive public brainwashing campaign, financed by the USA. It's been going on for years, in one form or another. Most people actually believe the nonsense. Propaganda works very very well. The second I heard that Hillary blamed her election loss on "Russian Collusion," that told me everything I needed to know. How much did they spend on the Mueller investigation? Those people were so convinced they were invincible, they got 51 intelligence officers to sign onto their nonsense scheme.

I have an iPhone with service through AIS. I don't like to use any kind of public wi-fi, so when I travel, I use my I-Phone as a hotspot for online browsing. My phone comes with a data plan, but if the allowed data runs out for some reason, I can buy additional data right through the AIS app.

Again, where is it etched in stone that that will always be the case? For now, you're right. But don't think for a second that couldn't change.

Sure. That's the point. Nothing is certain. Even an S&P 500 index fund is not the safe haven it once was. Everybody thinks that, though, which is why it's no longer necessarily true. People hold such funds as some sort of security blanket, and yet once that's the conventional wisdom, look out! What would happen if 90% of the Index's investors all headed for the exit at once?

The first question is this: what kind of income does the person have? Thai baht? Some other currency? And how is that income ever to be stabilized? No matter what you do, prices fluctuate. Even if you own a condo in your name, what's to keep every other cost in the world from increasing? People in the USA are right now seeing the fallacy of home ownership as some sort of shelter. They may own the home, but if every cost associated with home ownership increases as the value of the dollar decreases, where are they? Property taxes, homeowner's insurance, maintenance costs. As the Fed inflates, the value of their house declines.

Unless I'm missing something, isn't that presuming a bit much? What happens if the bank becomes insolvent? No interest, no dividends, no nothing. At this juncture, is there really anything that's 100% guaranteed? I don't think so.

I managed to escape the USA before they could murder me with their COVID jabs, and I didn't feel like having a digital "passport" of any kind. So I got on a plane and the rest is history. I'm 73 and I could die today, or, I could have another 20 or 30 or 40 years. If family history is any guide, I'll probably be around for a long time. But if not, it won't be because I didn't try. In any event, I'm sure being dead isn't anything to worry about. From what I've read, something like 125 billion human beings have lived so far, but the gene pool survives.

Make work? There's work, but some people either don't do it or they do it as slowly as humanly possible. I could sit here all day and tell you stories. Some you wouldn't believe. One place I worked had a lady who ran here own little real estate agency right at her desk. I'm not sure if she ever did any other work. But she did get paid every two weeks. At another place, there was some man that sat out in the hall all day, every day. And yet he was supposed to be working there, somewhere. In that same building, depending on which section you ventured into, you could smell the aroma of marijuana being smoked,. At another place, there was a person who was the "Union Rep." She somehow managed to parlay that into a full time job, even though it was only supposed to take half a day. I also spent two years on active duty in the US Army during the Vietnam era. Talk about people sitting around and doing nothing.

How many government agencies have you worked for? I think I've worked for about four, with some time in between. Anyway, some are more well managed than others, but I'd have to say that every place I've been had about 50% of the people who were basically worthless. They might show up to work, but that's about it. Once they're there, they do nothing. The problem is identifying who is who. Civil service rules, unions. It's difficult to make quick cuts. But those cuts are needed and wouldn't hurt anything.

If I'm wrong, I'll gladly come back and concede/ But I'm not wrong. The deal is all but done.

You still don't get it, do you? That was for public consumption, only. Behind the scenes, this NATO quickly agreed that Ukraine will never be a part of NATO. And if you think otherwise, just watch and wait.

He doesn't have to. NATO is done. Over. Finished. They don't have the money, and they certainly can't put boots on the ground. Anyone whoo thinks otherwise is brainwashed beyond all belief.

Well, if you knew what you're talking about you'd know he didn't start this one. Wake up! Russia won the war. Putin holds all the cards. And Trump knows this. The killing will stop soon.

That's probably how it's going to be. And Zelenskyy surrenders.

I wouldn't put it quite that way, but yes. If Russia's existential strategic interests are ever threatened for any reason, then Russia would of course counter those threats.

Everything. You should probably just look it up. It's about to be removed from the drinking water in US cities, and the side effects on the human body are not good.

The program is intact for now, and full benefit payments should continue until approximately 2034. After that, and unless there's some fix to the program, benefit payments could be reduced as much as 25%. Payments go out automatically, so for most, that should mean no interruption. Benefit payments are indexed to the CPI. Of course, those figures are a big lie and mostly fiction, but it's best the nothing.

If it wasn't on this thread it was on another. This is nothing new at all for Putin. It's exactly what he has been saying all along. No ceasefire until Russia is assured of a lasting peace, including assurances that there will be. no NATO in Ukraine. It wants assurances that its existential strategic interests are protected. I presume it's Rubio that's the problem here. His "shuttle diplomacy" between Ukraine and Russia, coupled with the fact that he's probably unduly influencing Trump, has the whole process at an impasse.

There's an old saying on Wall Street: "There's no substitute for experience, and experience is expensive." In other words, she should probably forget it. The easiest way to make money is long term. And the best way to do that is to dollar cost average into well researched stocks that you understand. With dollar cost averaging, you put in an equal amount every month, but when stocks are lower, and that automatically gives you more stock at the time. Exactly what you should be doing. As Warren Buffet would say: "Be fearful when everyone is greedy, and greedy when everyone is fearful." I used to day trade, but the best I could ever manage was 38% a year. About the same as the S&P500 index for that year. And in doing that, I was tied up to computers and monitors all day long. I could have just as easily bought an S&P500 index fund and done something else every day. Some brokerages let you open an account to "paper trade" imaginary money. That can be somewhat educational, but you waste a lot of time, and using imaginary money isn't the same as using real money. There's a girl on YouTube your wife could watch that doesn't charge anything, but she gives a lot of good advice for anyone wanting to pursue day trading. Her YouTube channel is "Humbled Trader."