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I mentioned in another thread that I read somewhere that solar has decreased in cost by 80% in the last 6 years. Here is where I read that from the official Google blog. https://blog.google/topics/environment/100-percent-renewable-energy/

Thanks for the info. It sounds interesting I just purchased it. BTW, The ebook version Rothbard's excellent book on the great depression is free here if you are interested: America's Great Depression, by Murray N. Rothbard (free ebook) America's Great Depression, by Murray N. Rothbard (Hardcover, not free) Most people think of Rothbard as an Austrian Economist, but he is also an excellent writer and historian who can make even dry subjects interesting. If you really want a treat read his 1600 page history of the United States stretching from pre-Columbus era to just after Revolution: "Conceived In Liberty" (Free ebook and audio versions) "Conceived In Liberty" (Hardcover, not free)

OMG! What an evil monster! The world will have access to more energy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We're all going to die!!!!! Oil is already very cheap You ignore potential environmental externalities This will delay investment into less-invasive energy production, especially solar energy Companies investing in solar energy research will stop if Exxon Mobil continues to explore for oil? Musk is going to throw up his hands and shut down Solarcity, throw a gas engine in the Model S, and convert all his super charger stations to Mobile stations? The price of solar has been reduced massively in the last few years (I think I read somewhere the price has dropped 80% in the last 6 years). If the price keeps coming down at that rate, or even a quarter of that rate, solar will do just fine without stopping XOM from looking for oil.

OMG! What an evil monster! The world will have access to more energy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We're all going to die!!!!!

This is interesting, but I'm glad that I didn't know the results of the election in advance. I thought the market would crash if Trump won, so had I known he was going to win I might have sold off a lot of my portfolio before the election. You don't only need to know the outcome of the election, but you also need to know what it means for the markets.

Slate? I just love rkbabang! Yeah, who wouldn't love me? Slate isn't exactly a Trump loving conservative site.

Back to the topic: http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/12/06/boeing_disputes_trump_tweet_about_4_billion_air_force_one_contract.html

I guess that is an interesting piece of information to use as a thought experiment, but unfortunately he didn't purchase those stocks without hedging.

I enjoyed Antifragile, it wasn't life changing or anything, but made you think about things in a different way at least while reading it. I agree with you about Dan Kahneman and Sam Harris. I've never read anything by Nate Silver, a quick search only lists one book on Amazon, "The Signal and the Noise". It looks interesting.

LOL, basically me and Doo are just boring nice guys I didn't accuse you of being nice or boring. I prefer "misguided".

I think there are a lot of us. We are lacking a party to represent us. Libertarian. Then I am not adequately describing myself with the terms socially liberal & fiscally conservative. I fall in the same bucket of socially liberal and fiscally conservative. And yea fiscally conservative and Libertarian are definitely not the same thing. Libertarians seem to have an allergy to paying taxes no matter what the outcome. As a fiscal conservative I'm in favor of efficiency. In favour of the government doing what it does best and no more. For example I'm in favor of single payer health care because it's delivered cheaper not because of a great love of government. I don't care if I pay my money to the gov't or to an insurance company. But I'm not in favor of gov't run airlines. The private sector has done that very efficiently and it should stay that way. I'm also not ok with massive surveillance programs where you have armies of employees/contractors that get fat paychecks to read my email. Also as a fiscal conservative I am also looking for the gov't to keep its fiscal position roughly in balance over a cycle. By no means does that mean a balanced budget mandate. I recognize that during bad times the gov't needs to run deficits but those should be balanced by surpluses during good times. It definitely doesn't mean it ok to hand out tax cuts like Halloween candy to top earners early and often. Definitely not when you're running deficits. I believe that those views have a whiff of libertarianism in them, but with views like that I'm pretty far from actual libertarians. I like this political compass that I found here: https://directionlessbones.wordpress.com/2009/09/04/the-political-compass-and-class-politics-a-better-wa-to-classify-ideologies/ And also included in this message. What most Americans think of as Libertarian would be located on the classical liberal line between liberal and conservative. You and DooDiligence sound like you are near that line but in the grey. I'd place myself in the green anarchist-capitalist section.

I think there are a lot of us. We are lacking a party to represent us. Libertarian. Then I am not adequately describing myself with the terms socially liberal & fiscally conservative. That is because you probably mean: Socially liberal, but not too socially liberal, & fiscally conservative, but not too fiscally conservative. I believe the term is moderate. That's the nicest thing I've been called recently - thanks... You are welcome, but not too welcome.

I think there are a lot of us. We are lacking a party to represent us. Libertarian. Then I am not adequately describing myself with the terms socially liberal & fiscally conservative. That is because you probably mean: Socially liberal, but not too socially liberal, & fiscally conservative, but not too fiscally conservative. I believe the term is moderate.

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I used to think that I was too, but then I realized that they are not as orthogonal as it seems from the first glance. Usually the first thing "fiscal conservatives" aim their knife at is social programs. I agree however that the waste and graft in government and its contractors should be cut and controlled. It's not as trivial as the Orange T suggests. Some pressure is probably good though. That's because the obvious place to cut is the military and that is off limits to the Republigoons, so they go after social programs instead. "Orange T"! I love it.

I don't know, but I do know that doing something and tweeting about it are quite different things. True enough, Obama said he was going to end Bush's wars (and was given a Nobel Prize just for saying it) yet expanded the number of bombings massively, as well as the number of countries being bombed. There is a huge difference between saying you are going to do something and actually doing it, but Trump can't do anything yet. When he says he is going to do something liberals hate everyone acts as if it is a done deal and he has already done it, when he says he's going to do something good, like cut spending, he's criticized because he hasn't done it yet (even though he isn't in office). Is there anything this guy could do or say that you'd be ok with? Yes; he could say this was all just a publicity stunt & he's stepping down before the inaugeration... LOL. That would be awesome. Best president ever!

Your so living in the past.... :-) Hilary is gone, gone, gone..... Yes she is :) and there are no smiley faces large enough for that. I don't know. I wouldn't write her of yet, she's like a cockroach .... Plus there's many others just like her ready to take her place. Surprisingly fitting for the cockroach analogy ;) Do you really think the Democratic Party will let her run again in 2020 and guarantee Trump a second term? Yes of course there are always more. cockroaches are a good analogy right down to the bunkers they will hide in after starting a nuclear war. The cockroaches will be the only survivors.

Your so living in the past.... :-) Hilary is gone, gone, gone..... Yes she is :) and there are no smiley faces large enough for that.

I don't know, but I do know that doing something and tweeting about it are quite different things. True enough, Obama said he was going to end Bush's wars (and was given a Nobel Prize just for saying it) yet expanded the number of bombings massively, as well as the number of countries being bombed. There is a huge difference between saying you are going to do something and actually doing it, but Trump can't do anything yet. When he says he is going to do something liberals hate everyone acts as if it is a done deal and he has already done it, when he says he's going to do something good, like cut spending, he's criticized because he hasn't done it yet (even though he isn't in office). Is there anything this guy could do or say that you'd be ok with?

Yeah I get it you guys hate Trump, but do you think Hillary would have cared even if the planes cost $100B?

It's my understanding you can direct your broker/accountant of which to use. Some may even let you choose to customize at the position level instead of the account level. Just got to make sure it's all well documented and correct in the event you get audited. What TwoCitiesCapital said. I've done it @position level in the past. I'm not an accountant though and I haven't been audited so far, so FWIW and all that. I do my own taxes, so I'll stick to FIFO. Keep it simple.

I've always used FIFO. I didn't realize you had a choice. I've always thought the IRS required FIFO.

That is what happens when there is no hope of improvement. In a capitalistic society even the poor get better and better off. The only reason there is a wealth disparity is that the pie is growing exponentially. When your piece is growing every year and life keeps getting better, you might bitch about others getting more and vote for handouts if possible, but you don't start lopping off heads.

Foreigners may not realize watching hockey isn't a prereq to live in Canada either. I don't watch it and I don't watch either of the NFL or the CFL. But I do love NCAA football. Fascinating! I always thought that every Canadian had to play hockey as a child (lose at least 3 or 4 teeth) then the ones who don't go on to play professionally were required to spend the rest of their lives watching others lose their teeth.

I predict you're wrong. Bieber is Canadian. But whatever. Us Canadians are just glad he moved to the US. He's your problem now. Make with him what you wish. Sure but that won't matter after the U.S. and Canada merger in 2038. A joke I hope... or I will be getting my guns out. You can come to the UK - with any luck it will be one of the most open countries in the world by then, *and* we have socialised medicine ;) I'm in as long as I'm not expected to watch that drama you call football. :P Foreigners may not realize it, but watching American Football isn't a requirement to live here. I think the last NFL game I sat down and watched was when the Patriots were in the Superbowl playing the Bears when I was young sometime in the 80's. Even back then I enjoyed the commercials more than the game. My wife and I like to make plans on Superbowl Sunday, because wherever you go it isn't crowded.