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This is great,
https://fs.blog/2013/05/the-buffett-formula-how-to-get-smarter/

And gives me an excuse for reading more.
https://fs.blog/best-articles/

And buying more books!

George H.
 
On 5/9/19 4:25 PM, George Herold wrote:
This is great,
https://fs.blog/2013/05/the-buffett-formula-how-to-get-smarter/

And gives me an excuse for reading more.
https://fs.blog/best-articles/

And buying more books!

George H.

Sorry, Warren, but I want to be a fully automated luxury gay space
communist when I grow up.

<https://www.amazon.com/Fridge-Magnet-Automated-Communism-Socialist/dp/B07GJXJGPT>
 
On Thursday, May 9, 2019 at 6:01:44 PM UTC-4, DecadentLinux...@decadence.org wrote:
bitrex <user@example.net> wrote in news:Tj0BE.33555$ve4.24938@fx06.iad:

Sorry, Warren, but I want to be a fully automated luxury gay space
communist when I grow up.


I want to go live on the planet Tralfamador.

I'd rather be on Omicron Persei 8. I hear the Popplers are great!

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bitrex <user@example.net> wrote in news:Tj0BE.33555$ve4.24938@fx06.iad:

Sorry, Warren, but I want to be a fully automated luxury gay space
communist when I grow up.

I want to go live on the planet Tralfamador.
 
On Thu, 09 May 2019 13:25:01 -0700, George Herold wrote:

This is great,
https://fs.blog/2013/05/the-buffett-formula-how-to-get-smarter/

And gives me an excuse for reading more. https://fs.blog/best-articles/

And buying more books!

Well, if we're into book recommendations, here's my tip:

https://tinyurl.com/y22xnp9k

It tells about how a fawning, conniving Western media covered up Stalin's
systematic starvation of the Kulaks during the 1930s. A timely warning
from history as to the how Communism ultimately invariably plays out.
A shame it hasn't been reprinted as remaining copies are very hard to
find and consequently pretty expensive.



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On Friday, May 10, 2019 at 9:37:26 PM UTC+10, Cursitor Doom wrote:
On Thu, 09 May 2019 13:25:01 -0700, George Herold wrote:

This is great,
https://fs.blog/2013/05/the-buffett-formula-how-to-get-smarter/

And gives me an excuse for reading more. https://fs.blog/best-articles/

And buying more books!

Well, if we're into book recommendations, here's my tip:

https://tinyurl.com/y22xnp9k

It tells about how a fawning, conniving Western media covered up Stalin's
systematic starvation of the Kulaks during the 1930s. A timely warning
from history as to the how Communism ultimately invariably plays out.
A shame it hasn't been reprinted as remaining copies are very hard to
find and consequently pretty expensive.

Of course socialist didn't think much of communism when Karl Marx first invented it, and threw him - and the proto-communists - out of the international socialist movement in 1871.

Mikhail Bakunin comment from the period has to be one of the better prophecies around

<https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/801264-if-you-took-the-most-ardent-revolutionary-vested-him-in>

The problem with communism is that "the leading role of the party" makes it undemocratic and thus totalitarian.

Stalinist communism was a bit too totalitarian for even H G Wells - despite his "Modern Utopia". Bertrand Russell didn't think much of it either.

Malcolm Muggeridge is a rather more light-weight figure. He edited Punch from 1953 to 1957 years. He does get credit for having seen through Stalin, but he wasn't exactly unique in this, and his religiosity in his later years was unattractive.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Muggeridge

Stalin had quite a bit in common with Trump, and people outside the Soviet Union did try to avoid irritating him.

--
Bill Sloman, Sydney
 
On 5/10/19 8:23 AM, Bill Sloman wrote:
On Friday, May 10, 2019 at 9:37:26 PM UTC+10, Cursitor Doom wrote:
On Thu, 09 May 2019 13:25:01 -0700, George Herold wrote:

This is great,
https://fs.blog/2013/05/the-buffett-formula-how-to-get-smarter/

And gives me an excuse for reading more. https://fs.blog/best-articles/

And buying more books!

Well, if we're into book recommendations, here's my tip:

https://tinyurl.com/y22xnp9k

It tells about how a fawning, conniving Western media covered up Stalin's
systematic starvation of the Kulaks during the 1930s. A timely warning
from history as to the how Communism ultimately invariably plays out.
A shame it hasn't been reprinted as remaining copies are very hard to
find and consequently pretty expensive.

Of course socialist didn't think much of communism when Karl Marx first invented it, and threw him - and the proto-communists - out of the international socialist movement in 1871.

Mikhail Bakunin comment from the period has to be one of the better prophecies around

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/801264-if-you-took-the-most-ardent-revolutionary-vested-him-in

The problem with communism is that "the leading role of the party" makes it undemocratic and thus totalitarian.

Stalinist communism was a bit too totalitarian for even H G Wells - despite his "Modern Utopia". Bertrand Russell didn't think much of it either.

Malcolm Muggeridge is a rather more light-weight figure. He edited Punch from 1953 to 1957 years. He does get credit for having seen through Stalin, but he wasn't exactly unique in this, and his religiosity in his later years was unattractive.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Muggeridge

Stalin had quite a bit in common with Trump, and people outside the Soviet Union did try to avoid irritating him.

The American media and American high society was too busy fawning over
Hitler in the 1930s to care much about goings-on in Russia; Russia and
the Slavs in general were thought a technologically backwards land of
fuzzy-hat wearing cartoon characters that might as well have been on the
moon, not much different from popular ideas of Japan probably.
 
On Fri, 10 May 2019 11:37:22 -0000 (UTC), Cursitor Doom
<curd@notformail.com> wrote:

On Thu, 09 May 2019 13:25:01 -0700, George Herold wrote:

This is great,
https://fs.blog/2013/05/the-buffett-formula-how-to-get-smarter/

And gives me an excuse for reading more. https://fs.blog/best-articles/

And buying more books!

Well, if we're into book recommendations, here's my tip:

https://tinyurl.com/y22xnp9k

It tells about how a fawning, conniving Western media covered up Stalin's
systematic starvation of the Kulaks during the 1930s. A timely warning
from history as to the how Communism ultimately invariably plays out.
A shame it hasn't been reprinted as remaining copies are very hard to
find and consequently pretty expensive.

Save your money. Venezuela and North Korea are happening now.


--

John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc
picosecond timing precision measurement

jlarkin att highlandtechnology dott com
http://www.highlandtechnology.com
 
On Thu, 9 May 2019 22:01:39 +0000 (UTC),
DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org wrote:

bitrex <user@example.net> wrote in news:Tj0BE.33555$ve4.24938@fx06.iad:

Sorry, Warren, but I want to be a fully automated luxury gay space
communist when I grow up.


I want to go live on the planet Tralfamador.

The food is better on Earth.


--

John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc
picosecond timing precision measurement

jlarkin att highlandtechnology dott com
http://www.highlandtechnology.com
 
On Friday, May 10, 2019 at 7:37:26 AM UTC-4, Cursitor Doom wrote:
On Thu, 09 May 2019 13:25:01 -0700, George Herold wrote:

This is great,
https://fs.blog/2013/05/the-buffett-formula-how-to-get-smarter/

And gives me an excuse for reading more. https://fs.blog/best-articles/

And buying more books!

Well, if we're into book recommendations, here's my tip:

https://tinyurl.com/y22xnp9k

It tells about how a fawning, conniving Western media covered up Stalin's
systematic starvation of the Kulaks during the 1930s. A timely warning
from history as to the how Communism ultimately invariably plays out.

You are blaming Stalin's insanity on Communism? I never thought anyone would claim politics caused mental illness.

--

Rick C.

+--+ Get a 1,000 miles of free Supercharging
+--+ Tesla referral code - https://ts.la/richard11209
 
On 11.05.19 0:04, Rick C wrote:
On Friday, May 10, 2019 at 7:37:26 AM UTC-4, Cursitor Doom wrote:
On Thu, 09 May 2019 13:25:01 -0700, George Herold wrote:

This is great,
https://fs.blog/2013/05/the-buffett-formula-how-to-get-smarter/

And gives me an excuse for reading more. https://fs.blog/best-articles/

And buying more books!

Well, if we're into book recommendations, here's my tip:

https://tinyurl.com/y22xnp9k

It tells about how a fawning, conniving Western media covered up Stalin's
systematic starvation of the Kulaks during the 1930s. A timely warning
from history as to the how Communism ultimately invariably plays out.

You are blaming Stalin's insanity on Communism? I never thought anyone would claim politics caused mental illness.

In politics insanity is a quite normal prerequisite.
 
On Fri, 10 May 2019 15:04:23 -0700, Rick C wrote:

You are blaming Stalin's insanity on Communism? I never thought anyone
would claim politics caused mental illness.

Wow! You're exhibiting Bill Sloman levels of reasoning ability here.




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On Friday, May 10, 2019 at 7:00:10 PM UTC-4, Sjouke Burry wrote:
On 11.05.19 0:04, Rick C wrote:
On Friday, May 10, 2019 at 7:37:26 AM UTC-4, Cursitor Doom wrote:
On Thu, 09 May 2019 13:25:01 -0700, George Herold wrote:

This is great,
https://fs.blog/2013/05/the-buffett-formula-how-to-get-smarter/

And gives me an excuse for reading more. https://fs.blog/best-articles/

And buying more books!

Well, if we're into book recommendations, here's my tip:

https://tinyurl.com/y22xnp9k

It tells about how a fawning, conniving Western media covered up Stalin's
systematic starvation of the Kulaks during the 1930s. A timely warning
from history as to the how Communism ultimately invariably plays out.

You are blaming Stalin's insanity on Communism? I never thought anyone would claim politics caused mental illness.

In politics insanity is a quite normal prerequisite.

That's the point. Communism is not about politics. It's about economics, much like socialism. Politics is the barrier to implementing a rational economic system.

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Rick C.

+-+- Get a 1,000 miles of free Supercharging
+-+- Tesla referral code - https://ts.la/richard11209
 
On Saturday, May 11, 2019 at 9:33:49 AM UTC+10, Cursitor Doom wrote:
On Fri, 10 May 2019 15:04:23 -0700, Rick C wrote:

You are blaming Stalin's insanity on Communism? I never thought anyone
would claim politics caused mental illness.

Wow! You're exhibiting Bill Sloman levels of reasoning ability here.

Cursitor Doom flatters Rick C. It only takes regular levels of reasoning ability to recognise that Stalin was nuts. Cursitor Doom can't manage that, but he is severely cognitively challenged.

--
Bill Sloman, Sydney
 
On Saturday, May 11, 2019 at 8:17:53 AM UTC+10, John Larkin wrote:
On Fri, 10 May 2019 11:37:22 -0000 (UTC), Cursitor Doom
curd@notformail.com> wrote:

On Thu, 09 May 2019 13:25:01 -0700, George Herold wrote:

This is great,
https://fs.blog/2013/05/the-buffett-formula-how-to-get-smarter/

And gives me an excuse for reading more. https://fs.blog/best-articles/

And buying more books!

Well, if we're into book recommendations, here's my tip:

https://tinyurl.com/y22xnp9k

It tells about how a fawning, conniving Western media covered up Stalin's
systematic starvation of the Kulaks during the 1930s. A timely warning
from history as to the how Communism ultimately invariably plays out.
A shame it hasn't been reprinted as remaining copies are very hard to
find and consequently pretty expensive.

Save your money. Venezuela and North Korea are happening now.

Nobody sees either of them as "socialist paradises". Venezuela is merely a failed state, and North Korea is run a by a criminal gang who pretend to be "socialists" but do it so unconvincingly that only the likes of John Larkin and Cursitor Doom are gullible enough to swallow the story.

In the 1930's the Soviet Union had managed to get a long way towards spreading electricity supply over the whole country

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOELRO_plan

Lenin had claimed that "Communism is Soviet government plus the electrification of the whole country." This would have been an impressive achievement if he'd lived long enough to make it happen. The political environment was less impressive. North Korea's acquisition of nuclear weapons and long range missiles is perhaps comparably impressive, but it does absolutely nothing for the population of North Korea. Rural electrification was popular in the US at much the same time, and the Soviet successes in that area got favourable attention.

--
Bill Sloman, Sydney
 
On Saturday, May 11, 2019 at 10:14:29 AM UTC+10, Rick C wrote:
On Friday, May 10, 2019 at 7:00:10 PM UTC-4, Sjouke Burry wrote:
On 11.05.19 0:04, Rick C wrote:
On Friday, May 10, 2019 at 7:37:26 AM UTC-4, Cursitor Doom wrote:
On Thu, 09 May 2019 13:25:01 -0700, George Herold wrote:

This is great,
https://fs.blog/2013/05/the-buffett-formula-how-to-get-smarter/

And gives me an excuse for reading more. https://fs.blog/best-articles/

And buying more books!

Well, if we're into book recommendations, here's my tip:

https://tinyurl.com/y22xnp9k

It tells about how a fawning, conniving Western media covered up Stalin's
systematic starvation of the Kulaks during the 1930s. A timely warning
from history as to the how Communism ultimately invariably plays out..

You are blaming Stalin's insanity on Communism? I never thought anyone would claim politics caused mental illness.

In politics insanity is a quite normal prerequisite.

That's the point. Communism is not about politics. It's about economics, much like socialism. Politics is the barrier to implementing a rational economic system.

Unfortunately, communism relies on "leading role of the party" to manage the politics, and that was recognised as an error back in 1871.

“If you took the most ardent revolutionary, vested him in absolute power, within a year he would be worse than the Tsar himself.”

<https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/801264-if-you-took-the-most-ardent-revolutionary-vested-him-in>

Mikhail Bakunin died in 1876, which makes the line remarkably prophetic.

--
Bill Sloman, Sydney
 
Rick C <gnuarm.deletethisbit@gmail.com> wrote in
news:b7b60272-5a24-408e-aa2e-3c54ccc0b45a@googlegroups.com:

On Friday, May 10, 2019 at 7:37:26 AM UTC-4, Cursitor Doom wrote:
On Thu, 09 May 2019 13:25:01 -0700, George Herold wrote:

This is great,
https://fs.blog/2013/05/the-buffett-formula-how-to-get-smarter/

And gives me an excuse for reading more.
https://fs.blog/best-articles/

And buying more books!

Well, if we're into book recommendations, here's my tip:

https://tinyurl.com/y22xnp9k

It tells about how a fawning, conniving Western media covered up
Stalin's systematic starvation of the Kulaks during the 1930s. A
timely warning from history as to the how Communism ultimately
invariably plays out.

You are blaming Stalin's insanity on Communism? I never thought
anyone would claim politics caused mental illness.

Yeah... Trump was a fucking absolute lunatic long before he ever
decided to try politics.

This nation is truly in a sad state.
 
On Fri, 10 May 2019 15:17:32 -0700, John Larkin
<jjlarkin@highland_snip_technology.com> wrote:

On Fri, 10 May 2019 11:37:22 -0000 (UTC), Cursitor Doom
curd@notformail.com> wrote:

On Thu, 09 May 2019 13:25:01 -0700, George Herold wrote:

This is great,
https://fs.blog/2013/05/the-buffett-formula-how-to-get-smarter/

And gives me an excuse for reading more. https://fs.blog/best-articles/

And buying more books!

Well, if we're into book recommendations, here's my tip:

https://tinyurl.com/y22xnp9k

It tells about how a fawning, conniving Western media covered up Stalin's
systematic starvation of the Kulaks during the 1930s. A timely warning
from history as to the how Communism ultimately invariably plays out.
A shame it hasn't been reprinted as remaining copies are very hard to
find and consequently pretty expensive.

Save your money. Venezuela and North Korea are happening now.

And Cuba.

https://apnews.com/42b62f24be9b4e0d9f764f1a3fa9647a

Imagine a country so screwed up that it depended on *Venezuela* for
support.

The universal feature of communism seems to be hunger.


--

John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc

lunatic fringe electronics
 
On 5/11/19 11:45 AM, Tom Del Rosso wrote:
John Larkin wrote:
On Fri, 10 May 2019 15:17:32 -0700, John Larkin
jjlarkin@highland_snip_technology.com> wrote:

On Fri, 10 May 2019 11:37:22 -0000 (UTC), Cursitor Doom
curd@notformail.com> wrote:


https://tinyurl.com/y22xnp9k

It tells about how a fawning, conniving Western media covered up
Stalin's systematic starvation of the Kulaks during the 1930s. A
timely warning from history as to the how Communism ultimately
invariably plays out.
A shame it hasn't been reprinted as remaining copies are very hard
to find and consequently pretty expensive.

Save your money. Venezuela and North Korea are happening now.

And Cuba.

https://apnews.com/42b62f24be9b4e0d9f764f1a3fa9647a

Imagine a country so screwed up that it depended on *Venezuela* for
support.

The universal feature of communism seems to be hunger.

But the full history of that "fawning, conniving Western media" and the
left in general has to be retold and not forgotten, now that they deny
they ever denied the genocide, and pretend to be concerned about the
Russians etc.

The UN has an official definition of genocide that includes killing
people for their race or religion, but not for politics. That's because
we stupidly gave Russia and China a say in the UN charter and they
wanted to continue killing people for their politics. The western left
still thinks like Stalin, so we have retail businesses with signs in the
window forbidding Trump supporters. It's illegal to do that on racial
or religious grounds.

It must be really frustrating sometimes being a wingnut; holding the
intrinsically contradictory ideas that the left is simultaneously made
up of sniveling, weak, limp-wristed snowflakes who are also the most
powerful destructive and divisive force there is in the world, on the
equal of Stalinist Russia.

In most right-wing philosophies I've looked at that's where the Jews fit
in. they're the "brains" of the operation who secretly conspire with
malice to give the weak and genetically unfit the level of power they
need, above their natural genetic station, to challenge the Aryan race.
 
On 5/11/19 10:59 AM, John Larkin wrote:
On Fri, 10 May 2019 15:17:32 -0700, John Larkin
jjlarkin@highland_snip_technology.com> wrote:

On Fri, 10 May 2019 11:37:22 -0000 (UTC), Cursitor Doom
curd@notformail.com> wrote:

On Thu, 09 May 2019 13:25:01 -0700, George Herold wrote:

This is great,
https://fs.blog/2013/05/the-buffett-formula-how-to-get-smarter/

And gives me an excuse for reading more. https://fs.blog/best-articles/

And buying more books!

Well, if we're into book recommendations, here's my tip:

https://tinyurl.com/y22xnp9k

It tells about how a fawning, conniving Western media covered up Stalin's
systematic starvation of the Kulaks during the 1930s. A timely warning
from history as to the how Communism ultimately invariably plays out.
A shame it hasn't been reprinted as remaining copies are very hard to
find and consequently pretty expensive.

Save your money. Venezuela and North Korea are happening now.

And Cuba.

https://apnews.com/42b62f24be9b4e0d9f764f1a3fa9647a

Imagine a country so screwed up that it depended on *Venezuela* for
support.

The universal feature of communism seems to be hunger.

The universal feature of communism is that 20th century communist
nations that last for any length of time are outliers; what usually
happens is the CIA assassinates any democratically-elected leaders who
get those kind of ideas, and funds right-wing paramilitary groups who
execute and torture a few thousand or tens of thousands of the local
population who thought it might be worth trying, and install a puppet
fascist dictator far more amenable to US corporate interests then any of
this "democratically-elected" nonsense.
 

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