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Forum: Trials and Errors 23rd January 2015, 11:21 AM
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Posted By stilicho
In this case, however, Sollecito and Gumbel are...

In this case, however, Sollecito and Gumbel are co-authors of Honor Bound and jointly responsible for its contents. Among the plentiful lies included in the "memoir" is a detailed account of an...
Forum: Trials and Errors 23rd January 2015, 03:16 AM
Replies: 3,748
Views: 477,284
Posted By stilicho
In a stunning new development, Andrew Gumbel...

In a stunning new development, Andrew Gumbel (Sollecito's ghostwriter) has directed his legal advisors to distance himself from the allegations included in Honor Bound. It's a wise decision although...
Forum: Education 2nd January 2015, 12:17 PM
Replies: 907
Views: 74,125
Posted By stilicho
A lot of these people don't know Ottawa and can't...

A lot of these people don't know Ottawa and can't add fractions either.
Forum: Economics, Business and Finance 31st October 2014, 10:31 AM
Replies: 1,024
Views: 129,631
Posted By stilicho
Silver's just getting pummelled today along with...

Silver's just getting pummelled today along with most commodities. It's hobbling along around $16 and threatens to go past that mark. Gold, its suffering commodity brother, is dropping even more...
Forum: Economics, Business and Finance 8th October 2014, 11:57 AM
Replies: 1,024
Views: 129,631
Posted By stilicho
And that's what they do. I've worked with a few...

And that's what they do. I've worked with a few estates recently where the beneficiaries directly liquidate the stuff so they can actually use the money. I don't know of any, in my personal...
Forum: Economics, Business and Finance 6th October 2014, 01:17 PM
Replies: 1,024
Views: 129,631
Posted By stilicho
My point, on all these threads, is that a...

My point, on all these threads, is that a declining price is a buy signal and a rising price is a sell signal (just for simplicity's sake). You only see the bulls at the wrong time. If I liked...
Forum: Economics, Business and Finance 3rd October 2014, 02:56 PM
Replies: 1,024
Views: 129,631
Posted By stilicho
Why has this thread gone inactive? ...

Why has this thread gone inactive?

http://www.kitco.com/LFgif//agsep14.gif
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 30th July 2014, 02:21 PM
Replies: 5,441
Views: 464,752
Posted By stilicho
Amanda's Violent Past

Explosive news from reliable sources links Amanda to violent drug dealer criminals in Italy:
...
Forum: Trials and Errors 27th June 2014, 03:34 PM
Replies: 816
Views: 123,882
Posted By stilicho
Echols wasn't "a bit of a disturbed teen" when he...

Echols wasn't "a bit of a disturbed teen" when he fabricated provably false claims in his books including allegations of sexual assault against an inmate since executed and claims of repeated stints...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 19th June 2014, 12:59 PM
Replies: 9,680
Views: 903,512
Posted By stilicho
No cites? I'm not surprised since you just made...

No cites? I'm not surprised since you just made this up.

No, Amanda does not mention Sailor Moon or any animated show during her court testimony. She writes twice, in her book, about Sailor...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 19th June 2014, 11:41 AM
Replies: 9,680
Views: 903,512
Posted By stilicho
As it turns out, Amanda and Raffaele have filed...

As it turns out, Amanda and Raffaele have filed their appeals to the Italian Supreme Court separately:

http://thefreelancedesk.com/amanda-knox-trials-meredith-kercher-case/

So this isn't just...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 16th June 2014, 01:48 PM
Replies: 9,680
Views: 903,512
Posted By stilicho
Strange. In the real world, meanwhile,...

Strange.

In the real world, meanwhile, Italian media has at last confirmed that Amanda and Raffaele have appealed their lengthy sentences to the ISC:
...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 12th June 2014, 01:57 PM
Replies: 9,680
Views: 903,512
Posted By stilicho
This statement is predicated only on the word of...

This statement is predicated only on the word of the powerful and connected public relations campaign engaged by the Knox/Mellas/Sollecito families to spread misinformation and confuse the casual...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 8th June 2014, 05:15 AM
Replies: 9,680
Views: 903,512
Posted By stilicho
Exactly. Jim and his pals have been sitting on...

Exactly. Jim and his pals have been sitting on this explosive evidence for over six full years and left it to the Sollecitos to get it printed in some ridiculous tabloid.

The road above the...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 3rd June 2014, 12:17 PM
Replies: 9,680
Views: 903,512
Posted By stilicho
Exact Words...

Here's the precise Italian phrase used by Sollecito in front of Judge Matteini:

Non sono certo se Amanda è uscita quella sera, non io ricordo.

That is a withdrawal and it was made in front of...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 24th May 2014, 12:24 PM
Replies: 9,680
Views: 903,512
Posted By stilicho
Raffaele will end his life in prison. I am...

Raffaele will end his life in prison. I am surprised you don't know him that well. Have you read his book? It's rather instructive.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 24th May 2014, 12:19 PM
Replies: 9,680
Views: 903,512
Posted By stilicho
Raffaele's alibi is, was, and always will be his...

Raffaele's alibi is, was, and always will be his computer. He does not, has not, and never will depend on convicted liar Amanda Knox to supply him with an excuse.

Raffaele's family has deployed...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 23rd May 2014, 08:55 PM
Replies: 9,680
Views: 903,512
Posted By stilicho
Actually Raffaele doesn't support Amanda's story...

Actually Raffaele doesn't support Amanda's story at all.

Raffaele claims that he signed a prepared document at 03:30 and that he had no idea that Amanda had signed anything implicating Patrick...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 23rd May 2014, 08:48 PM
Replies: 9,680
Views: 903,512
Posted By stilicho
They needed an alibi ranging from roughly 12:00...

They needed an alibi ranging from roughly 12:00 on 01-NOV until roughly 12:00 on 02-NOV. They don't. Their stories don't match and frequently contradict one another. Now Raffaele's cousin is...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 23rd May 2014, 08:41 PM
Replies: 9,680
Views: 903,512
Posted By stilicho
Did you review what Raffaele's cousin posted on...

Did you review what Raffaele's cousin posted on Twitter? Do you know what this means?

I have not read all of Raffaele's book. I have read all of Amanda's and I am very well acquainted with the...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 23rd May 2014, 07:33 PM
Replies: 9,680
Views: 903,512
Posted By stilicho
Raffaele Distances Himself Further.

Grinder is on the right track here and this should be considered by those championing Knox. One correction: they aren't each other's alibi. Sollecito offered an alibi for Knox, categorically...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 29th April 2014, 10:15 AM
Replies: 9,680
Views: 903,512
Posted By stilicho
Both Knox and Sollecito told the police they were...

Both Knox and Sollecito told the police they were consuming drugs the evening of Meredith's murder. Knox admitted that she had lied about drug use and changed her story during the November 5...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 29th April 2014, 10:11 AM
Replies: 9,680
Views: 903,512
Posted By stilicho
The Nencini court has finally confirmed the end...

The Nencini court has finally confirmed the end of the Lone Wolf "theory". He has confirmed that Sollecito's kitchen knife was used in the attack. Sollecito will be in prison before the conclusion...
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 1st February 2014, 03:36 AM
Replies: 58
Views: 5,557
Posted By stilicho
Didn't the compliant Scandinavians who adopted...

Didn't the compliant Scandinavians who adopted Christianity do so largely to avoid the fates of the other Baltic tribes who overtly resisted? And to accrue the benefits of being not only militarily...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 1st February 2014, 03:05 AM
Replies: 10,999
Views: 762,599
Posted By stilicho
Almost 150 people world-wide want Killer Knox...

Almost 150 people world-wide want Killer Knox safeguarded from serving her 28.5 year sentence.

:seroflmao:
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 31st January 2014, 03:17 PM
Replies: 10,999
Views: 762,599
Posted By stilicho
Fortunately, Amanda cleared up the whole question...

Fortunately, Amanda cleared up the whole question of her involvement in Meredith's murder in her GMA interview today. An excerpt:



:boggled:

Dean's List at the University of Washington. ...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 31st January 2014, 01:08 PM
Replies: 10,999
Views: 762,599
Posted By stilicho
His new story is that he was already in Austria...

His new story is that he was already in Austria and recrossed the border after he found out they hadn't ordered preventive custody.

TCS is right, though. Sounds an awful lot like what a guilty...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 30th January 2014, 02:05 PM
Replies: 10,999
Views: 762,599
Posted By stilicho
Justice for Meredith at last. Cassation ruling...

Justice for Meredith at last. Cassation ruling to follow so it's not officially over but truth, reason, and science emerge victorious once again.
Forum: Economics, Business and Finance 28th November 2013, 01:50 PM
Replies: 5,244
Views: 360,017
Posted By stilicho
Your friend is a skinflint for giving you five...

Your friend is a skinflint for giving you five bitcoins only to reclaim them once the price he could get exceeded $1,000 per unit. Did he at least buy you a supper with the proceeds of the returned...
Forum: Economics, Business and Finance 28th November 2013, 01:42 PM
Replies: 5,244
Views: 360,017
Posted By stilicho
That's why this thing isn't a real currency. ...

That's why this thing isn't a real currency. When a handful of individuals owns a fifth of it as inventory it's more like a collectible--art pieces, vintage automobiles, moon rocks, etc.

The...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 7th November 2013, 12:45 PM
Replies: 402
Views: 36,872
Posted By stilicho
I heard his popularity is rising since the...

I heard his popularity is rising since the admissions. True?
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 28th October 2013, 04:21 PM
Replies: 9,958
Views: 553,487
Posted By stilicho
Nice shell game. No, the significance of the...

Nice shell game. No, the significance of the Vogt scoop is not in the desultory FOIA request but in the three prominent US criminal cases, cited in her article, where Hampikian's work was...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 23rd October 2013, 11:25 AM
Replies: 157
Views: 7,301
Posted By stilicho
And yet you've been exposed to Wal-Mart...

And yet you've been exposed to Wal-Mart advertising. How did you become immunised against its effects?

As for Costco, you must surely be aware that its business model is entirely different than...
Forum: Economics, Business and Finance 3rd October 2013, 11:10 AM
Replies: 5,244
Views: 360,017
Posted By stilicho
It certainly is the make-work project of the 21st...

It certainly is the make-work project of the 21st Century.
Forum: Economics, Business and Finance 2nd October 2013, 01:31 PM
Replies: 5,244
Views: 360,017
Posted By stilicho
Bloomberg has a very good analysis with links to...

Bloomberg has a very good analysis with links to previous very good analyses:

http://go.bloomberg.com/market-now/2013/10/02/if-this-isnt-the-end-of-bitcoin-what-is/

As always, the question is...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 8th September 2013, 10:58 PM
Replies: 12,280
Views: 859,770
Posted By stilicho
For the same reason you would if your daughter...

For the same reason you would if your daughter had been murdered in Italy and the case against her killers had still not been finalised.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 8th August 2013, 03:06 PM
Replies: 12,280
Views: 859,770
Posted By stilicho
So what you're saying is that Hall's confession...

So what you're saying is that Hall's confession is irrelevant since the weight of evidence was insufficient for a conviction in the first place. Is that the kind of word-play that launched the...
Forum: Economics, Business and Finance 8th July 2013, 02:08 PM
Replies: 933
Views: 107,128
Posted By stilicho
Only if you sold it but that's not what you...

Only if you sold it but that's not what you recommend and never what you recommend. Gold-bugs don't sell the stuff. They wind up with their executors liquidating it into something useful for their...
Forum: Economics, Business and Finance 8th July 2013, 02:02 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,707
Posted By stilicho
http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/...

http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=61546652

The Northern Lights Variable Trust - Dent Strategic Portfolio fund went out of business in 2011.
...
Forum: Economics, Business and Finance 27th June 2013, 03:47 PM
Replies: 933
Views: 107,128
Posted By stilicho
Any mining venture that also has their hand in...

Any mining venture that also has their hand in the energy sector is OK plus, of course, the extraction process supply chain (a couple good Korean heavy industry firms).

Randy Cass, of BNN's...
Forum: Economics, Business and Finance 27th June 2013, 12:29 AM
Replies: 933
Views: 107,128
Posted By stilicho
No I am not a mining or metals guy at all. I...

No I am not a mining or metals guy at all. I spent some time in the energy sector but I have been in the financial services sector now for over fifteen years.

The funny thing is that metal...
Forum: Economics, Business and Finance 26th June 2013, 12:40 PM
Replies: 933
Views: 107,128
Posted By stilicho
It's just you, trust me.

It's just you, trust me.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 18th June 2013, 11:07 AM
Replies: 12,280
Views: 859,770
Posted By stilicho
Indeed. I expect Knox will be petitioning the...

Indeed. I expect Knox will be petitioning the authorities to allow her to serve out her time at Walla Walla.

As Humanity Blues once said: "It's over."

Only, this time, it is. Buh-bye...
Forum: Economics, Business and Finance 10th June 2013, 12:40 PM
Replies: 106
Views: 9,373
Posted By stilicho
This is a much more useful list: ...

This is a much more useful list:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_received_FDI

Or this one:
...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 14th May 2013, 03:19 PM
Replies: 86
Views: 3,707
Posted By stilicho
But, your honour, I'm using Open Source Pun...

But, your honour, I'm using Open Source Pun Technology™. (Ignore that trademark Symbol™--damn, another one).
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 14th May 2013, 12:33 PM
Replies: 86
Views: 3,707
Posted By stilicho
The eyes tend to glaze over when confronted with...

The eyes tend to glaze over when confronted with arguments that basically reduce to "I don't like Monsanto, so..." They're always blaming Big Farma. :boxedin:
Forum: Economics, Business and Finance 16th April 2013, 10:36 PM
Replies: 116
Views: 9,225
Posted By stilicho
They aren't insuring against anything. Gold is...

They aren't insuring against anything. Gold is not currency. It hasn't been for ages. Even in the days of the gold standard it still was not the currency but instead a pegged (fiat, if you will)...
Forum: Economics, Business and Finance 16th April 2013, 03:58 PM
Replies: 116
Views: 9,225
Posted By stilicho
You've stumbled on two truths about gold. It's...

You've stumbled on two truths about gold. It's very unpredictable and the gold-bugs won't sell to realise any gains. In fact, you can read on various forums right now that the gold-bugs are now...
Forum: Economics, Business and Finance 16th April 2013, 02:33 PM
Replies: 116
Views: 9,225
Posted By stilicho
I voted "don't know" on the prediction thread...

I voted "don't know" on the prediction thread before all this happened and I agree that we really don't know. The problem with gold-bugs is that they never identify an appropriate level at which...
Forum: Economics, Business and Finance 15th April 2013, 02:02 PM
Replies: 5,244
Views: 360,017
Posted By stilicho
That's actually the kind of thing I'm looking...

That's actually the kind of thing I'm looking for. Do we have a rate of growth for this thing? Also, is there a reliable count not only of the number of transactions but also the number of...
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