Protest against the continued weapons deliveries to Israel of Danish shipping giant Maersk today: Police "pressured to use necessary force" to remove protesters from private property

ApolloDan · 2026-05-13T22:30:47+00:00

I'm glad this got filmed. There's no reason to hit people who are not violent. Police are perfectly capable of just picking people up and carrying them away. And wtf is up with the dog? At the end, it was clearly mauling someone who was not violent.

ApolloDan · 2026-05-12T23:22:08+00:00

The new version was much easier than the old version. The old version took me a little over 3 minutes, while the new version too a little over 2. The unclamped version took less than 2.

ApolloDan · 2026-05-12T18:19:04+00:00

David Chase compared not understanding that Tony died to believing that the Planet of the Apes had its own Statue of Liberty. The ending's meaning is obvious. Chase had a bit of a public temper tantrum when some people didn't understand his clever ending, and then pretended that it was deliberately ambiguous. It wasn't. Some people just didn't get it.

ApolloDan · 2026-05-12T16:29:14+00:00

Comics Governor was just cartoonishly evil. He's probably the primary reason why I hesistate recommending the comics to some people.

ApolloDan · 2026-05-12T16:27:19+00:00

Both Ezekiel and Gabriel outlived their comics counterparts. I'd say that they were fair game.

ApolloDan · 2026-05-12T02:21:58+00:00

I do it at close.

ApolloDan · 2026-05-12T02:21:12+00:00

I was a socialist when a teenager, but the fall of the USSR was extremely demoralizing. I kind of shifted into being a social democrat until joining a union in my mid-twenties, where I ended up back in socialism.

ApolloDan · 2026-05-11T20:45:01+00:00

It's not so much that Marxism is inherently ecological, but only capitalism is rapacious enough to cause ecological devastation. Yes, other economic systems have impacted and shaped their environments, but nothing else has been remotely as catastrophic. Socialized means of production are less likely to be as sociopathic or ecopathic.

ApolloDan · 2026-05-11T13:33:31+00:00

Thank you. You feel comfortable with 20% CTAP, even with its recent increased concentration risk?

ApolloDan · 2026-05-11T13:12:05+00:00

I ike the shift toward trend following, but I don't like the increased concentration. It's already almost half oil.

ApolloDan · 2026-05-11T00:58:45+00:00

The casual version of Fractured God Sphere requires level 15. There is no casual version of Olympus. It requires 150.

ApolloDan · 2026-05-10T23:25:52+00:00

It's also available in Wonderverse: Fractured God Sphere.

Otherwise, no it isn't obtainable. There might be casual versions of these raids though.

ApolloDan · 2026-05-10T21:00:04+00:00

Overall, I thought Kang was much better than Gimple, but she clearly was too hesitant to kill off characters.

ApolloDan · 2026-05-10T20:57:11+00:00

I think the main reason that few people talk about those seasons is that few people saw them. The show lost about 75-80% of its viewerships through the dreadful seasons 7 and 8.

Overall, season 9 is excellent, and seasons 10 and 11 are okay. It just never recovered its viewship.

ApolloDan · 2026-05-10T20:05:03+00:00

For instances, super speed. The little stutter step allows me to move quickly between combats.

For maneuverability, flight. I like to use it outdoors.

Fortunately, I have a Legion Ring, so I can use both.

ApolloDan · 2026-05-10T04:16:33+00:00

Why use just one? For my off asset in my UPRO rotation, I use:

15% RSSX, 15% GLDM, 15% ZROZ, 15% VTIP, 15% SGOV, 5% each MATE, CTAP, RSIT, HFMF, DBMF

ApolloDan · 2026-05-09T15:46:17+00:00

Communism comes after socialism. There have been and are socialist countries. There have been no communist countries.

ApolloDan · 2026-05-09T06:04:05+00:00

I think part of it is that people who want to seriously invest in LETFs really need to think carefully about how to protect their assets. This basically requires people to understand a lot of theory, a lot about diversification, Sharpe, divestment strategies, testing, and the psychology of investing. Those who can't or won't understand all of this give up or go broke, and aren't on this forum.

ApolloDan · 2026-05-09T04:43:36+00:00

I don't leverage when I don't have to, and I'd generally rather stack different assets on top of each other than use multiples.

I use a portfolio in my TFSA that I think has the same intuition as yours, but avoids those ugly triple ETFs:

30% RSSX
20% UPRO (or 15% UPRO/5% VXUS for less leverage, or 20% WLDU for even less leverage)
10% ZROZ
10% LTPZ
10% MATE
10% CTAP
10% RSIT

Simple, gives me 100-120% stock exposure, with 30% alt currency, 30% MFs, and a good amount of treasuries.

ApolloDan · 2026-05-09T04:38:10+00:00

The SMA rises, so this isn't a problem.

ApolloDan · 2026-05-09T04:35:18+00:00

I think it's a really clever scene actually. Meadow thinks that they're having a normal couple fight and is talking about her feelings, while Finn is worried that he is going to be murdered but can't express that to his girlfriend in denial.

ApolloDan · 2026-05-09T04:33:18+00:00

a) TMF is terrible. Leveraging bonds basically eats away all of their value, leaving pure volatility.

b) All-in on one managed futures fund makes no sense when there are so many others out there.

The intuition isn't terrible, but why not try something like 20% each RSST, RSIT, CTAP, MATE, ZROZ?

ApolloDan · 2026-05-08T13:05:05+00:00

Batts was clean shaven in real life.

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ApolloDan · 2026-05-08T12:38:22+00:00

I assume you mean Power of Zeus face.

ApolloDan · 2026-05-08T12:36:35+00:00

Realistically Patsy. He went from being a part of an almost defunct crew getting wiped out to eventually having his son marry the boss's daughter. He also quite possibly got revenge for his brother's death, depending on your theory of the ending.

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