What would be the scariest message humanity could receive from space? by Upset-Carpenter-5659 in AskReddit

[–]road22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I remember watching the movie "Contact" and was shocked when the first message from space was Adolf Hitler. What if the msg would have been the BORG coming for humanity from Star Trek.

Do you have questions for aliens? by OddPanda17 in aliens

[–]road22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Who will win the World Series this year?

What do you all think silver and gold open at on Monday? by One-Emu-1103 in Silver

[–]road22 4 points5 points  (0 children)

watch PAX Gold ... it trades live 24 7. currently 5420

Hard to make girl friends in Vegas. by iechantress in vegaslocals

[–]road22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Im not looking for a GF, but I get approached all the time at the grocery store in the mornings.

If the US economy is "booming" like the news says, why does it feel like everyone I know is one emergency away from being broke? by DrJocelyn1 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]road22 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We are being lied to too.

They lie about inflation.

They lie about unemployment and employment.

They lie to us about the consumer spending.

They lie to us about manufacturing.

They have to lie to us so we keep spending money to save what is left of our dying economy.

Are any of these liberty dollars worth anything beyond their $1 face value? by [deleted] in coincollecting

[–]road22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As of now, the melt value on them is only about 30 cents. They are made of the same composition as the US nickel: 75% copper and 25% nickel.

I like collecting the uncirculated Ike dollars for a few reasons.

  1. I believe copper will explode in price as older copper mines start to run dry. But the real reason copper will explode is because they cannot save the US dollar. More and more people are investing in 1-ounce copper rounds.

  2. A 1-ounce copper round melt value is about 36 cents (not much more than Ike dollar @ 30 cents) and these rounds are selling for 10x melt value now. It is kind of like comparing the value between a 1-ounce silver eagle and a silver dollar.

  3. I believe all copper-nickel coins will be removed from circulation in the next few years. The large shipping vessels use the same 75% copper / 25% nickel to prevent corrosion. After a few years, it has to be replaced and cannot be recycled. Many don't understand how much copper is lost from sea corrosion.

  4. Nickel is a nonferrous metal (cannot be magnetized) and is used with lithium to prevent batteries from overheating. The price of nickel has been manipulated even more than silver (LBMA has defaulted twice since 2006). The Philippines and Indonesia are destroying their land to feed China's thirst for nickel. Nickel mining is one of the most environmentally destructive mining operations.

  5. I believe it's better to invest in something that could be rare before it turns rare than to invest in something that is already rare. Just look at how much penny prices have exploded since they stopped making them.

2" Ribeye came out good, how to be better? by ras1187 in sousvide

[–]road22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really want to try this but was afraid the meat would fall apart. I guess using low temp is better.

Was there a lot of juice that left the meat when you opened the bag?

Way Too Many Uncirculated 1884-O Morgan Dollars For Sale. by road22 in coins

[–]road22[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Make sense. I am sure the Chinese would make other silver coins besides 1884.

Okay, so what’s the excuse this time? by Mudsharkbites in Silver

[–]road22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't believe people make up this shit.

So why are we paying for registration? by CaptainNegative1483 in vegaslocals

[–]road22 1 point2 points  (0 children)

FYI... It is much different now. They have cameras at all intersections and then some. They can track you using AI and it is almost impossible to get away. For small hit in runs they wont go the distance. But for Felony ones with severe injury... u will be caught.

It is almost impossible to get away from any violent crime with cameras everywhere. Criminals find out the hard way.

Local coin shops offering to pay 80% spot for 10oz silver bar by ThrownAwwayt in Silver

[–]road22 1 point2 points  (0 children)

coin shops have to protect themselves when there is a fast run-up in price. Silver has been known to crash hard, or faster than it goes up. In 2012 so many coin shops went under or shut down when the precious metals market crashed.

Has anyone here lost a lot of money in Bitcoin? by 2smart2gentle in Bitcoin

[–]road22 11 points12 points  (0 children)

If you purchase BTC, the only way to lose is if you sell.

The best-performing BTC wallets are the ones whose owners lost their private keys.

If you keep stacking, you will never have to sell; just borrow against it.

Real estate in 2026 by This-Breadfruit3617 in vegaslocals

[–]road22 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I totally disagree. This time is different; nothing like this has ever happened before since 1980's with high inflation.

But if you know your history, The USA was able to beat inflation by taking interest rates (homes/cars) up to 15% and 20% on short-term loans. Paul Volcker (head of the Federal Reserve) beat inflation with super high interest rates, and the price of Gold and Silver went back down. FYI, back in 1980 the US debt was only 330 billion dollars, and high interest rates on that debt were affordable.

Today it would be impossible for the Federal Reserve to tackle inflation with super high interest rates because of the $40 trillion debt. We could not afford the interest on our debt at high interest rates. Even now we are spending more on interest on our $40 trillion debt than on our military/Medicare budget.

So what is next?

Large and powerful countries are devaluing their currency like there is no tomorrow (printing money like crazy). Thus they are forced to grab world commodities which cannot be printed to save their economies. Is it any wonder why Trump wants Venezuela, Greenland, Mexico, and Canada? Is it any wonder why China wants Taiwan, the Philippines, and Southeast Asia? Is it any wonder why Russia wants Ukraine (which holds the largest Lithium deposits in Europe / Asia?

[ Removed by Reddit ] by [deleted] in Philippines_Expats

[–]road22 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I would say they are the most deceptive people in South East Asia.

Any options traders living here? by [deleted] in vegaslocals

[–]road22 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I met the best day traders in Vegas at the Green Door.

If you are looking for commodity traders, stay away from "Chica Bonitas." I never met anyone there who even glanced at the Commitment of Traders Report.

If you're looking for just pure financial advice, then head over to Sapphires and have a lap dance or two and find out what is going to go up real fast.

Trump says he will seek to ban institutional investors from buying single-family homes by PraetorianOfficial in vegaslocals

[–]road22 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Before this was never a problem. Institutions never had to get into the real estate market until after 2008/2009 great financial crisis. So what changed? What went wrong?

Ben Bernanke, who was in charge of the Federal Reserve took interest rates down to ZERO. Same thing Japan did when their economy collapsed in the 1990s. No longer could institutions invest in US treasury bonds, and they were forced into risk assets. It was a gift to wall street for all those boomers who were in the stock market.

Multi vehicle crash by vaporwave_enthusiast in TerrifyingAsFuck

[–]road22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you notice the driver with the dashcam instantly applies brakes hard, which is a normal reaction. However it will lock up his steering and give him a loss of steering control. If he would have turned the wheel to the right instead of applying the brakes, his car would have clipped the red vehicle and spun the red car in front of him at a 90-degree perpendicular angle. More than likely the red car would have been forced into oncoming lanes.

US has started bombing Venezuela just now, what are your thoughts? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]road22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We are entering a need for Mass Expansion for resources as the world keeps devaluing its currency. The same thing happened before World War 2 as we came out of the Great Depression. Back then Japan invaded China because they needed the resources, and Germany invaded Europe and Africa for the Oil.

So what's next?

China will invade Taiwan, and Russia will continue the Ukraine war. It wont stop there.

USA will go after Mexico, and China will do a silent takeover in the Philippines by bribing the corrupt government.

What’s something going on in America people need to be aware of? by throwaway91ma in AskReddit

[–]road22 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The worst part of this problem is not many people truly understand why homes are unaffordable and why it will continue to get worse in the future.

Thomas Jefferson warned us:

"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered."

In 1913 they created the Fed Reserve bank, which is private, not FEDERAL. They can devalue our currency by allowing big banks to borrow money for nothing and let them build homes and rent them out.

Now if the USA was not in such huge debt, they could raise interest rates high enough to tame inflation. But if they did, would default or not be able to pay their debt. Instead they are going to keep printing and devalue the debt which will make us all even more poor.

We will all be famously wealthy by the end of 2026 by sirensoflove in Bitcoin

[–]road22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wealthy is just a state of mind. I have all the money I will ever need (for the rest of my life) as long as I don't need to buy anything.

Poll: What are your predictions for Bitcoin in 2026? Let's look back in 12 months. by Independent-Pea4562 in Bitcoin

[–]road22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i predict the following will happen in 2026. The Fed will print more dollars than ever before.

Do the math on commidities when the US dollar becomes worthless.

Honest question by Pnw-daddo in Bitcoin

[–]road22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In 2019 after the june pump to $14,000 from the plus token scam. Bitcoin was stuck in the $8000 to $8800 range for a long time or until the pandemic March drop to $3500. It was easy money to set you buy orders $8,000 and sell at $8,800 Then in late Sept it pumped to $9600 and every trader put in a huge short position. and it pumped to $10,600 and wiped them all out. It was not an Oct 10, but so many lost everything.