Zak's threads
Regarding a UBI
by
Zak
on 5 Mar 2021
63 comments, latest
a month ago
"Some people will take the money and sit around and do nothing, but so what?" I was thinking about this, and came up with the following. Tldr : eliminate income ...
Student loan forgiveness
by
Zak
on 5 Feb 2021
73 comments, latest
4 months ago
If college education actually cost $100k (for example) to provide, then why is it unrealistic that the student pays it off over an amortized period of time at a low ...
Idea for student loan crisis
by
Zak
on 9 Mar 2023
18 comments, latest
a year ago
Just had an idea for the "student loan crisis". First, universities are supposed to be educating students. If they can't educate them with a basic financial understanding of the value ...
Nonviolent extremely effective way to protest Biden election
by
Zak
on 12 Dec 2020
2 comments, latest
a year ago
I hear a lot of you complaining. If you really really really want an effective, non-violent means of protest here it is: 1) Use a label maker to print out ...
Ok THIS is ripe for lots of fun
by
Zak
on 5 May 2023
2 comments, latest
2 years ago
https://stophate.calcivilright You can anonymously report "hate incidents" . This should be flooded with reports of the homeless hurtling racial disparities (and feces) at people on the street. Maybe the homeless ...
Housing first in Finland - a success! But what is NOT said?
by
Zak
on 10 Jan 2023
6 comments, latest
2 years ago
https://scoop.me/housing-first I love this article. Housing first people probably love this article. And the housing first people probably have no idea why I also love it. In short, it's because ...
Possible law: proportionality
by
Zak
on 15 Nov 2022
9 comments, latest
2 years ago
Currently in California we have multiple social issues. Conservatives put forward the viewpoint that we should be limiting taxes and oversight, and spending our social service dollars first on taking ...
I agree with Gavin Newsome (one thing only)
by
Zak
on 7 Jul 2022
6 comments, latest
2 years ago
https://kion546.com/news/2022/ Newsome announced that CA will make its own insulin. I can finally say I just plain agree with him on something. All the bullshit talk about lowering drug prices ...
Can you sexually identify as Covid 19 immune or self vaccinated?
by
Zak
on 3 May 2022
9 comments, latest
3 years ago
Since nothing about genetics plays a role in your identified gender, can you just identify as Covid-19 immune? Since gender is not based on biology, it can't be claimed that ...
How to hedge against housing price declines?
by
Zak
on 25 Apr 2022
68 comments, latest
3 years ago
Hi all, After purchasing a house a few years ago, even though I swore I was going to lose money, it turns out that for the time being, and on ...
MMT is being derided.. funny
by
Zak
on 8 Feb 2022
9 comments, latest
3 years ago
https://noahpinion.substack.co
Inflation taxes
by
Zak
on 4 Apr 2022
1 comment, latest
3 years ago
It struck me a few years ago that in addition to the standard "your money is worth less" form of stealth tax that money printing brings about, there are a ...
Fed says we "may" have a housing bubble
by
Zak
on 31 Mar 2022
6 comments, latest
3 years ago
https://www.dallasfed.org/rese
New NFL Washington Team Name : Commies (no joke)
by
Zak
on 2 Feb 2022
11 comments, latest
3 years ago
Literally team name of Commanders, or short form : The commies . Also new nickname for the stadium: the commode ... Woot! go NFL!!! Link: https://www.espn.com/nfl/story
but bitcoin!! bitcoin bitcoin!!
by
Zak
on 23 Feb 2021
368 comments, latest
3 years ago
I just saw bitcoin silence today and wondered wtf, where was all the cheering? I know it's still up at like 40k, but uhh.. how did 20% of this amazing ...
Twice impeached, or twice exonerated?
by
Zak
on 3 Mar 2021
5 comments, latest
3 years ago
I keep seeing these headlines about Trump being first president impeached twice. Isn't a better headline, twice exonerated of twice failed congressional partisanship? A 5-4 supreme court decision is still ...
CNN reporting fed might be wrong on inflation
by
Zak
on 28 Jul 2021
5 comments, latest
3 years ago
You could almost knock me over with a feather after I read this: https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/28 Cnn is saying "hey if the fed is wrong, this is big trouble" WHAT?!?!? CNN!??!?! Then ...
Epstein murdered
by
Zak
on 19 Jul 2021
9 comments, latest
3 years ago
Wow https://www.foxnews.com/us/jef This is the very first time I have heard there was another person IN THE CELL with Epstein ! As far as I heard, this was NEVER reported, ...
Alternative to bitcoin that even bitcoin haters could like
by
Zak
on 25 May 2021
36 comments, latest
3 years ago
Everyone who sees bitcoin as a giant pyramid scheme, I have an alternative. Gold Coin! No, I'm not just being funny, I don't mean just a plain old gold coin. ...
Fighting fact checking censorship with slander (edit: libel) laws? (wuhan lab )
by
Zak
on 27 May 2021
7 comments, latest
3 years ago
Patnet poll: Do you think it is libelous (edit, ty) to publicly broadcast that you are removing someone's video content on your platform because your fact checkers called it untrue, ...
This video is VERY good why people succeed or fail
by
Zak
on 19 May 2021
15 comments, latest
4 years ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch? This guy does an amazing job of talking about what he calls "capitalization", or people's ability to basically convert into success, and what some of the factors are that ...
Mass shooting faces
by
Zak
on 16 Apr 2021
3 comments, latest
4 years ago
mass-shootings.info The FBI's definition of a mass shooting is 4+ people injured. This causes gang crime to skyrocket the number of "mass shootings" . I'd also like to see a ...
Not sure if you have seen this
by
Zak
on 12 Apr 2021
Posted 4 years ago
https://www.investopedia.com/t I heard rumblings about how this was happening, but this (9 months old) is the first article I saw with the data of what open market bond purchases the ...
Mortgage resets.. questions for the coming months...
by
Zak
on 9 Mar 2021
11 comments, latest
4 years ago
With the bond yield adjustment, what are variable interest loan payment changes looking like? Does anyone know what % of current loans are variable rate? With forebearances, some of the ...
new gender identity
by
Zak
on 23 Feb 2021
1 comment, latest
4 years ago
I think I might actually take this one up. New gender identity : transparent. pronoun : silence. Please do not address me or speak to me, as my preferred pronoun ...
article 1 section 6
by
Zak
on 22 Jan 2021
10 comments, latest
4 years ago
"They shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses, and in going ...
Investment review
by
Zak
on 18 Nov 2020
5 comments, latest
4 years ago
Several weeks ago, I partially pulled back from the market to avoid what I perceived as risk around the election. Of course, the market immediately told me I was foolish ...
Counter to no evidence .. prove my vote wasn't illegally cast
by
Zak
on 17 Nov 2020
3 comments, latest
4 years ago
Ok this is my slightly evil idea. What if all 72 million (or some large portion of) Trump voters each sent a 1 page letter to each of GA, PA, ...
A liberal tax scheme I actually like
by
Zak
on 5 Nov 2020
15 comments, latest
4 years ago
https://apnews.com/article/san It's direct. It's simple. There is a clear way to not pay it. And you are free to choose whether to pay it or not, and control it though ...
Alternate take on Biden w/ regard to Hunter
by
Zak
on 28 Oct 2020
11 comments, latest
4 years ago
Ignore that we are in a campaign for a second, and that Trump is the shitty alternative. We are supposed to be electing a leader. Fatherhood is about leading a ...
Arson starting to burn down developments again
by
Zak
on 25 Mar 2014
1 comment, latest
11 years ago
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireS We started seeing this during the last crash. Arsonists looking to collect insurance burning down their projects.
California drought solutions
by
Zak
on 4 Feb 2014
20 comments, latest
11 years ago
Every couple of years we see stories of huge flooding in the mississippi river region, or the snake river region, or the missouri river region. Meanwhile dams in the ...
When will inventory pick up in San Diego
by
Zak
on 12 Apr 2013
1 comment, latest
12 years ago
Inventory has been dismal for months now in San Diego, with huge prices. Although we are off from peak, it is back to only about 20-25% off from the ...
Possible chance for group inflation hedge - gold mine
by
Zak
on 28 Jan 2013
7 comments, latest
12 years ago
I've recently found a literal gold mine for sale that was shut down because of wild fire just before the run up in gold prices. Most of the mine ...
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