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How could I be surprised? Most feature films, music and sporting events ARE advertising, more than anything else. They barely try to hide it. That's my point. People say they don't like commercials, so they get HBO, Tivo's, podcasts, etc., and yet they have no problem letting advertisers...

Why is it that everyone who thinks "gold" is the answer are always going around talking about how much gold is worth in terms of fiat currency that they believe is worthless? They'll say that US Dollars are worthless and just paper, but then they'll tell you how well they're doing because the...

There's nothing misleading about this. The so called "experts" (not sure why they are so-called, or appear in quotation marks) are correct. They are referring to liabilities that don't appear as debt. Pension liabilities, future health care costs, etc. They are not debt, because they are not...

I loved you in that Austin Powers movie.

I do think it's funny that we've come so far to eliminate advertising from movies, music, and television, only to freely give a whole lot of personal information to people who's sole purpose is to target us for more advertising. What's even more funny is that no one will pay for any content...

What are you going to use to pay for the bullets? Your pretty mouth?

Maybe one of those Youtube videos on "how money is made" came from one of those Polka Dot Door segments. I saw one once when I was a kid that showed how shoes are made.

The same way that all your neighbours will pay off all of their mortgages.

The US has been off the gold standard for many years. Most countries are not backed by a gold standard. You don't need gold to back the US debt. You don't need gold to back a currency.

The numbers in that map don't include the "non-debt" government obligations, like future old age security benefits and health care costs that governments will have to pay. The present value of those obligations, if they were added in, would at least double the numbers on that map.

Sounds pretty civilized. I guess this guy just needs to travel more. The world isn't as safe everywhere as it is in Malaysia.

For riding around town, you don't need a $1000 bike. $200 is probably too little, but for a bit more you can get something satisfactory.

Is this going to turn into another tuff guy thread, with shotguns and kung fu?

That there is exactly why we need police.

That's about right. If they can put suspension on a bike in that price range, then the suspension components would be really crappy, and they will have taken huge shortcuts elsewhere on the bike, to get it into that price point. You'll end up with a bike that isn't very good, and suspension...

You're right. London right now is a heck of a lot more civilized than Mogadishu. It's a shame if that's your standard for civilized behaviour.

Don't buy a bike from Walmart or Canadian Tire, no matter what you do. They come in a box and are assembled by the staff there, and I wouldn't trust an unknown part-time staffer at Walmart with my life. You're going to ride this around in traffic. You need to know your brakes will work and...

Maybe a bit. How about "for a country that claims to have such a fine tradition of decent behaviour"...?

Good point. Entirely possible that the "victim" had just taken said item doing a bit of looting of his own.

So much for the ideal of the English Gentleman. The country has descended into barely contained anarchy. For a country with such a fine tradition of decent behaviour, it's a shame to see how low it's sunk. Of course, they'd like to blame all the dirty immigrants for ruining their culture, but...