During his long career, CNN's Wolf Blitzer hasn't been known as an antagonist of the left. In fact, most viewers would consider him a friendly interviewer for Democratic politicians who want to get out their talking points. Perhaps that's why Speaker Nancy Pelosi went into full meltdown mode when Blitzer asked her a question she didn't want to answer, and made repeated attempts to get her to respond. Watch the video below. It starts out OK, but Pelosi slowly goes off the rails, with the wheels really starting to come off around 4:40. The problem for Pelosi is that she really wants the … [Read more...]
Sheep Get Killed: How to Be a Wolf
Originally posted March 5, 2013. Your voice could save your life. Using it effectively is the single most important defensive tactic I learned in my latest self-defense and survival training course. Over the eight-hour course “Introduction to Defensive Shooting,” the third installment in a four-part shooting development series at Sig Sauer Academy in Epping, New Hampshire, there’s a lot of screaming. On the way home, my friend and I, voices shot, were rasping about how much information was thrown at us. As our academy director and instructor, Adam Painchaud, warned us in the morning, … [Read more...]
Obsessed Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (RI) Embarrasses His State
During the hearings on the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court of the United States, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse delved deep into a conspiracy theory, embarrassing not only himself, but the state of Rhode Island for having elected him. The Editorial Board of The Wall Street Journal reports: Viewers of cable TV might recall when Glenn Beck would get out the chalkboard after the financial panic and lay out in astonishing detail the multiple and supposedly nefarious connections among Goldman Sachs, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and various others in the vast Wall Street … [Read more...]
Why Vanguard is too Big: Part VIII: You Can’t Know What You Don’t Know
Let’s clear something up real quick. If you’re invested with Vanguard and it’s a major undertaking to shift your portfolio to Fidelity Investments—there are worse places to be stuck. In an industry littered with terrible, high-cost products, you’re lucky to be at low cost, no front or back-end load Vanguard. But what you might own at Vanguard and seeing how its assets continue to expand is concerning. As an aside, Vanguard has had some great managers retire such as the GNMA fund’s Michael Garret, from sub-advisor Wellington Management. You never hear about his retirement party. It makes it … [Read more...]
To Where Will You Flee?
Do you have an escape plan? Do you live the island life? Getting prepared for the worst is a way of life, even if it looks out of place. This summer, a friend was standing in my garage and saw all of these blue 55-gallon water barrels and said “Looks like a scene out of Breaking Bad.” That’s the price of being prepared. Here’s what I did, I hope you are with me. Storing Water for the Winter You don’t have to be crazy to store water. Over the weekend I completed my winter water storage. Below is a great video on how you can do it with 55-gallon barrels. I too bought mine at … [Read more...]
If You Flee Don’t Die Here
Your Survival Guy is here to report this Columbus Day Monday, that the streets of Newport were buzzing this weekend with newly arrived transplants from places like New York City. They tote their Chanel bags and have puffy lips adorned with bright red lipstick, looking like fish out of water. If you were looking to buy real estate here, that ship has sailed. Scanning the real estate transactions, you see buyers with names you don’t remember being part of your child’s Little League team or school homeroom. Instead you see last names you don’t recognize, followed by: Family Trust, LLC, or … [Read more...]
How Low Rates Can Be a Killer
Investors have a short-term memory—they forget what losing money feels like. Do you remember how everyone was reaching for yield leading up to the real estate crash? I do. A lot of wealthy investors lost big time money trying to lock in a few measly points more than what the risk free treasury was (not) paying. Then the crash hit, and they not only didn’t get those extra points, they lost all of their principal. I’m talking big money. Then, like clockwork, came the Monday morning lawsuits. Investors cried that they should have been made more aware of the risks they were taking. Some … [Read more...]
Why Vanguard is too Big: Part VII: What Do You Have to Lose? A LOT
You wouldn’t believe the conversation I had yesterday with a prospective client. It’s as if he’s done everything we’ve recommended over the years and we were set to talk yesterday—after all of those years later—to see how it all turned out. I’m here to tell you, quite well, indeed. This gentleman is wealthy beyond his imagination and I bet, having not met him face to face yet, I wouldn’t be able to pick him out of a lineup. That’s the beauty of quiet wealth: You control how you move about the world with no pressure to live up to some silly image. Long ago, my new friend and his wife … [Read more...]
How DO YOU Treat the Lunch Ladies?: VP Debate REVIEW
In considering last night’s debate, I can’t stop thinking about Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Kamala Harris as school teachers we’ve all had at some point in our life. Last night, Pence was the teacher you remember as being tough, yet fair, and you knew the rules of the road. With Harris, you remember the teacher who was always running late to class, absent all the time for career “advancement” days, or sick, and the rules are “because I said so!” You can see teacher Mike greeting the lunch ladies by name and thanking them for the extra cookie. When Harris walks through the line, she … [Read more...]
Here’s Why Biden Picked Kamala Harris for Veep
Originally posted August 12, 2020. You’re telling me you want your Guns and Your Training. I’m telling you to do it now because, with Kamala Harris as Biden’s pick for VP, you can bet they’re coming for yours. Harris is a puppet for the anti-gunning billionaire elites that have not a clue how to protect their family without hired help. Elites tell you an AR-15 is a machine gun. That’s just stupid. An elite will tell you “they’ll never be a public servant” because public servants work for them (or they have a guy who knows a guy). “Who wants the aggravation?” they say. Elites escape the … [Read more...]
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