mrmarklin
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I’m the owner/manager of an office of around twenty people. If someone is behaving inappropriately, they will be let go. Can’t work here anymore. Their motives and or reasons for the problems are not my problem. If they refuse to correct it, they must be gone.
I won’t jeopardize the other employees or the business with problems, even if I’m sympathetic.- Anddenex, Grunt and NeuroTypical
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15 hours ago, Fether said:
Moroni 7:45
“Charity sufferereth long”
what does this phrase mean?
secondary questions:
Is it correct to say that charity is an all encompassing view of the world? i.e. If I love my children, my wife, but gossip about those I disagree with, then can I say I have charity for my family? Or is it more accurate to say I do not have charity at all?
It means: No good deed goes unpunished. 🤐
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10 hours ago, LDSGator said:
Fair enough. You obviously have no idea what living under a “dictatorship” really is like, but fair enough.
Hint: Google Afghanistan.
Probably more experience than you. In 1993 I was in Guatemala when there was a government coup.
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10 hours ago, Fether said:
Sources? Can you provide a background on why you think congress, the senate, the president, and the Supreme Court are all wannabe dictators?
Because according to the US constitution, there is a bill of rights. Abridging things such as church attendance, or any peaceful assembly is specifically prohibited. Where, except in a politician’s feeble brain, is the government’s right to mandate me doing anything I don’t want to do in this phony emergency?
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10 minutes ago, LDSGator said:
Do you know how arrogant this makes you sound? Who are you to call the average American “sheep”?
I’m a royally arrogant guy, but the average American is much smarter than we give them credit for.I repeat: I don’t obey mandates from wannabe dictators. I won’t argue the merits, but it’s in the US constitution.
Obviously, if one doesn’t live in the US there can be different rules. -
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My wife and I have a deal. I bring home the bacon and she cooks it.
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On 4/4/2021 at 12:09 PM, Carborendum said:
Glock is Telestial. Ruger is Terrestrial. Browning is Celestial.
1911.
Colt, gentlemen. Always the best. The others came late to the party.
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On 12/28/2020 at 6:03 PM, NeedleinA said:
What part of Russia are you from @Backroads
Still up for debate.This pic was posted on quite another forum. Consensus was it’s a dude.
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- Gotta lose the unibrow. 🙄
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There is only one relevant question here: Is she hot?😃
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On 9/7/2020 at 12:50 PM, Jonah said:
In a communication to Peter, the verses say "Yea, he has undertaken a greater work; therefore
I will make him as flaming fire and a ministering angel; he shall minister for those who shall
be heirs of salvation who dwell on the earth. And I will make thee to minister for him and
for thy brother James; and unto you three I will give this power and the keys of this ministry
until I come"Why would John minister for all those on earth whereas Peter would minister for John and
James?John was the Apostle who asked to not die, but minister to the people until the Millenium.
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It's difficult to believe that a 14yo can give consent (in absence of parental supervision) to a sexual act to any adult. Much less someone almost ten years older.
While not actually condoning this situation, the law, by mitigating the penalties of such an act, is immoral IMHO.
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On 8/12/2020 at 8:08 AM, Still_Small_Voice said:
I am wondering though how much debt our country can continue to take on. Current United States national debt is close to $26,600,000,000,000 (26.6 trillion) today. At some point in the future the debt bubble will explode. When it does it will cause great financial ruin. It could be many years from now but it will happen if Congress and the President do not restrain financial spending.
The US has over $300 trillion in assets.. Not close to broke.
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6 hours ago, NeuroTypical said:
Do you ever advise people to buy low and sell high?
Maybe I'm missing your point - are you saying buying at 2000 and selling at 3500 is only possible because we're in a SHTF moment?
Unless you are a market insider you cannot time the market. And even then.............
If you want to sell high and buy low, get into a “balanced” Mutual Fund. This is your best chance. And even then...........
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On 8/5/2020 at 10:45 PM, Still_Small_Voice said:
Gold and silver are possible back ups after you have six months to a one year of food storage and also a week supply of water storage in my opinion.
I also suggest a long gun that fires a caliber of at least 9 millimeter Luger in power (a more powerful rifle cartridge is better) and a pistol with storage of at least four hundred or more rounds of ammunition per firearm.
Some of you should subscribe to Recoil magazine and similar. 😆
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On 7/27/2020 at 2:29 PM, Still_Small_Voice said:
I wonder if the stimulus spending (printing trillions of dollars) is also at play in the surge of gold and silver prices? Ironically the precious metal palladium has taken the place of platinum it seems. Platinum is now selling at less than 50% of the price of gold. It is at $942 per ounce as of July 27th.
Printing money is a potential problem. But a lot more goes into inflation analysis than that.
Debt is also a problem, if the debtor has a bad debt/equity ratio. Luckily, the US has a lot of equity, with asset numbers into the hundreds of trillions. So the debt is very manageable from an equity point of view.
Problems do arise if income does not cover debt interest. This is typically temporary in an economy as large as the US. But as we have learned, the financial pain can be significant. -
As an investment advisor, please be cautious about buying gold or silver as any sort of investment. It costs money to store properly, and also pays no income. It’s a SHTF only deal. And that’s very unlikely, at least here in the US.
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This is a true Story.
I was in Switzerland last September 2019 eating in a nice restaurant in Lucerne with several friends. The conversation varied, but at one point I held out against Socialism and railed against the evilness of it. Topics were changed and we went on to other subjects.
As we were eating dessert, a couple came to the table and stated that they had overheard the conversation about the evils of Socialism. They were from Russia, and had lived there during the Soviet period. Now living in Chicago, they stated that anyone who has lived in a socialist society hates socialism. They hated it, that's why they emigrated from Russia as soon as they could. They came to hate their local politicians in Chicago, and were looking to leave there as well.
No one who has lived through what happened behind the Iron Curtain likes socialism except the ones who had privileged positions in those societies.
As far as the NHS goes, I have been in the UK many, many, times and have some good friends there. My friends wife made a very good living selling...………….wait for it...…………...Health Insurance! The NHS is not for everyone for sure.
Also it is a big political football. Almost daily in the press the NHS has front page headlines. Good or bad depending on the POV of the newspaper. So why any normal government would want to take on the responsibility for the general health of their population is beyond me. A way to buy votes, I assume.
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On 7/11/2020 at 7:12 PM, Plein Air said:
I should have phrased that --- I am open to suggestions of specific places I could move to...... original post edited. Thanks for catching that incorrectly phrased wording.
I am retired, have maybe 10 years left before I die from a fatal, incurable illness. I have lived all over the US and in Canada. I am definitely moving somewhere fairly far from where I live now, once our home sells, just looking at options that get me out of the USA for a while so I can watch the crap storm from afar.
There is Sweden. They had not lock down for covid, and it is a first World modern country. Not a lot of crazies. Be prepared to pay high taxes, however.
I have been there. It seems a good country.
The Holy War
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Only one true “Holy War”. The rivalry for the Axe (a real object) between Cal and Stanford.