Quote from: TPTB_need_war on January 18, 2016, 05:27:56 PM

...My writing is very sloppy and missing words (that I hear in my head but forget to type), because I am far too overloaded due to the rate of posting and number of waking versus sleeping hours, in addition to all the other work and tasks I am attempting to do. You all simply can't expect one man to be superman. Impossible. Even the coherence of my writing and thoughts declines as the load increases...

I realise I may have been unwittingly pedantic in reading your text Wink

Quote from: TPTB_need_war on January 18, 2016, 05:27:56 PM

It is a documented fact that brain damage results from these sort of patterns of activity (lack of sleep, etc). Especially not good for age 50.7 and trying to cure come chronic dysfunction of the bile duct that has systemic effects in terms of chronic fatigue syndrome, peripheral neuropathy, headaches, whole body itchiness (to the point of having wounds all over my body when I scratch while sleeping) and other symptoms which mimic Multiple Sclerosis (but I now envision I don't have MS but rather the yellow stomach is more likely pancreatic or gall bladder issue, maybe cancer or blockage for other reason)...

Even though you now feel it is less likely you have MS, and it might not be appropriate regarding your particular situation, I was wondering if you had across this news regarding a promising breakthrough:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-35065905

"...UK doctors in Sheffield say patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) are showing "remarkable" improvements after receiving a treatment usually used for cancer.

About 20 patients have received bone marrow transplants using their own stem cells..."

Quote from: TPTB_need_war on January 18, 2016, 05:27:56 PM

...Around August or so with the approachin 2015.75, I was on the lookout as to whether the decline to the bottom would come precipitously. But then someone shared with me a copy of Armstrong's gold report and I became aware that the predicted low was roughly March 2016. So then I began to expect the final capitulation low would come Q1 2016...

Thanks for the clarification.

Quote from: TPTB_need_war on January 18, 2016, 05:47:02 PM

...Here is what I am doing... (albeit I have only about $20,000 at the moment and it isn't even my money...I have roughly $0 networth...yikes Shocked

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US Dollar until gold makes it's low March 2016 (or thereabouts and < $1000 perhaps < $850), then buy physical gold coins (not bullion!) or an ETF proxy short-term while retaining some US dollars (until as late as early 2017 before capital controls will be pervasive) and wait for the cryptocurrency arena to become more clear. There is appears to be great risk of a major implosion of crypto land.

Trade gold or dollars for crypto as the situation becomes more clear.

Of course no problem with speculation with 1% of net worth (maybe 5% total max for speculative longshots) in promising technological ventures, but don't go all-in on anything which doesn't have the momentum and clarity that Bitcoin had in late 2012 and early 2013. And don't ever buy so much of a speculative longshot, that you lose your objectivity such as what IMO has happened to some of the hardcore Monero/Aeon investors (which would force one to go around thumping their chest instead of listening and continually readjusting based on available data).

Note I probably won't buy gold because I don't have enough capital to make it worth while, can't obtain the coins in Philippines, and I don't want to re-enter a brokerage again to buy an ETF. So it will be all US dollars for me.

Interesting. A couple of the above coincide with my own various "hedges" against the uncertainty ahead - and I recently abandoned plans of returning to any kind of crypto for the time being. Having an offshore account too was another consideration (for a comparitively modest sum), though can't really be sure which countries would be stable (I recall earlier discussion on this in another thread); having looked into the supposedly purged Iceland, but can't be certain that is the case. Fortunately, I can get hold of physical gold coins easily here, but would be watching for government intervention like a hawk during any subsequent rise, ready to get out quick and perhaps buy land with the proceeds (while remaining aware of the possible pitfalls), if crypto still appears uncertain.

But hey, I'm not looking for a response to this, realising you have other fish to fry at the moment. Just ruminating aloud, so to speak. But a time for decisive action is at hand, I think. One shot now could set off an avalanche.