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Saving Jack Kerouac

[Ed. Note: Dr. KSS writes about medicine and biotech stocks for the Irregulars. He has agreed to our trading restrictions, and his words and opinions are his own. Enjoy!] His tidily rhyming names perhaps destined him for fame. While Jack Kerouac’s work and popularity were before my time, his cultural and literary restlessness assure him […]

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mona123 on Friday File: Buying a “Bad to Less Bad” REIT, Plus Updates on TTD and IIPR / May 17, 3:07pm

...and thank the gods for IIPR. I'm a VERY small fish in this MKT. pond. I have had the most 'challenging' year of my li...

Gena on “SSA-521: How to Boost Your Social Security Payments By $1,033 Per Month.” / Apr 15, 12:50pm

I was on disability when I came to the age of Social Security. The government automatically switched me over. I though...

damarkley on Yield Shark / Apr 10, 3:56pm

What is the "Social Security Catastrophe Plan" they're hyping?...

Travis Johnson, Stock Gumshoe on “SSA-521: How to Boost Your Social Security Payments By $1,033 Per Month.” / Apr 1, 1:50pm

This was a much more compelling "tweak" to social security before they changed the rules in 2016 -- now I think you can ...

Dave on “SSA-521: How to Boost Your Social Security Payments By $1,033 Per Month.” / Mar 22, 4:58pm

I think the whole idea for this form would be best for someone who has not really started collecting social security yet...

Deborah K. Wheeler on “SSA-521: How to Boost Your Social Security Payments By $1,033 Per Month.” / Mar 22, 12:41pm

What if you had drawn SS at 62 then went on Disability. Will they put you back on Social Security at 65/66 or keep you o...

tamyg3 on Top “Liberty Vouchers” Teased for “Relentless Income” / Feb 26, 3:06pm

WOW IM KNEW TO THIS WEBSITE AND LIKE YOU ALL AM SOOO GLAD THAT IT EXISTS TO GATHER INFORMATION AS I HAVE BEEN DRAWN IN A...

marple on “By March 19, 2019 Donald Trump Could ‘Reboot’ the U.S. Dollar” sez Jim Rickards / Aug 30, 10:43pm

I left the sound off & just skimmed it (nice that we have that option), but the topic was scaring me, anyway, so I'm...

Lee on

How You Can Profit From the $1 Trillion “1531(b) Program” / Aug 9, 8:55am

Exactly. I keep getting tons of offers that then want more money than I get monthly from social security....

magicweaver on What’s “Washington’s Private Pension Plan” being teased by Palm Beach? / Jul 26, 8:45pm

Me too, but maybe not quite a disappointed as you. I have spent the last three months listening to webinars, reading eve...

Danelle Hills on Ask a Stupid Question… / Jun 30, 2:38pm

Can you shed any light on Money Morning Profit Alerts' "audit of Social Security" that results in many of us "may be owe...

jamie2017x on “‘Piggybacking’ Switzerland’s Social Security Program” for Monthly Checks of up to $3,204? What? / Jun 25, 10:40am

I'm heavily involved in the Swiss Social Security system and indeed do intend to bank huge checks from them. However I l...

lori lomas on What’s “Washington’s Private Pension Plan” being teased by Palm Beach? / Jun 25, 12:53am

Well its nice to know that the SS I was finally approved for, is the same amount given to foreigners who simply come her...

Hans Christian Brando on What are “Trump Bonus Checks?” / May 3, 10:33am

This particular scam is the naughty stepchild of the one that appears in your junk email (okay, at least in mine) every ...

Joan Kennedy on What’s “Washington’s Private Pension Plan” being teased by Palm Beach? / Apr 7, 11:16am

I am so disappointed! I'm 86, have no money aside from a small Social Security monthly income, and am too old to get in...

Travis Johnson, Stock Gumshoe on What’s “Washington’s Private Pension Plan” being teased by Palm Beach? / Apr 5, 3:53pm

That "most illegal Somalis and illegal Syrians are awarded a minimum of 5 years US Disability" is a ridiculous statement...

Lyryn on What’s “Washington’s Private Pension Plan” being teased by Palm Beach? / Apr 5, 1:32pm

Factually, every almost yearly COL increase is absorbed via Medicare rate increases. Last year entire 3%, this year over...

sonny on What’s “Washington’s Private Pension Plan” being teased by Palm Beach? / Apr 4, 7:05pm

Well our Gov. Thieves could easily pay an additional 11 , 15 20 K a year or just double everyone's current Social Securi...

yukonjack on What’s “Washington’s Private Pension Plan” being teased by Palm Beach? / Apr 4, 5:16pm

Our government is going broke paying out the average of about $1300/month in regular Social Security. So how can everyo...

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Stansberry Research “ID COIN” / Mar 9, 3:07pm

Jean, It's BRAND NEW !! We don't even have it. China and India do. It will store everything you have driver's license...

JoeS on

Club house for Politics, Religion, etc. (volume 8) / Feb 15, 9:54pm

hedy- Yes I did start the discussion and you don't get to pick my source. I know your source and it has nothing to do w...

JoeS on

Club house for Politics, Religion, etc. (volume 8) / Feb 15, 4:39pm

Ok hedy this topic is old. Not sure why you are debating this? Just a bit further and you see 75% of "All" immigrants ...

Gail Schwartz on Real Wealth Strategist / Feb 5, 9:45am

Well blue cat that is hardly enough for me. $500? I just blew $500 for a video game system & Game. I just Got off th...

deboruth on Can you really earn $6,880 from a “little-known Social Security contract?” / Jan 19, 1:46am

This pitch for Agora's $79 "Lifetime Income Report" -- presumably foreplay for later and greater spending -- strikes me ...

blue cat on Real Wealth Strategist / Jan 11, 8:51pm

Typically these companies are paying in the range of 5-7% annually. So a $10000 investment will give about $125 checks ...

goldtharhills on What’s Navellier’s “Crytpocurrency Master Key” — is it “the “Holy Grail of cryptocurrency investing?” / Dec 28, 1:47pm

I wish I had a bitcoin fraction for every newsletter pitch - and there are hundreds of them each year as Travis likely k...

get_smart on “By March 19, 2019 Donald Trump Could ‘Reboot’ the U.S. Dollar” sez Jim Rickards / Nov 30, 7:10pm

With new products being produced in technologies in medical, entertainment, and green energy. With the automation of jo...

bob on Can you really earn $6,880 from a “little-known Social Security contract?” / Nov 17, 11:43am

A current email scam invites people to take advantage of “a little known Social Security contract” which enables you...

John Whitten on “By March 19, 2019 Donald Trump Could ‘Reboot’ the U.S. Dollar” sez Jim Rickards / Nov 8, 4:35pm

One thing I would like to point out. The Federal Government has already defaulted on Social security. They did it by cha...

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Club house for Politics, Religion, etc. (volume 7) / Oct 28, 7:26pm

THE CORRUPTED AND UNREFORMABLE AMERICAN ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, AND SOCIAL SYSTEM Or, WHY I BELIEVE IN HARD ASSETS ...

thinairmony on Pain Management Versus Opioid Addiction: A Troubling Quandary / Oct 5, 9:20pm

Bad thing about cannabis or any derivative and being on Social security is that it is handled at the federal level. And...

xnlover on Real Wealth Report / Sep 29, 4:17pm

Since April 2017, when Marckyle posted this, OBMP has gone from $0.25 to $0.08. He claims (in a post below) not to be a...

Ed Weave on Are Americans really Legally Piggybacking “Canadian Social Security?” / Aug 13, 4:30pm

I read the "Canadian Social Security" with an eye toward the reasonable claims and their justification, not the fluff. ...

Esther on locked content

Club house for Politics, Religion, etc. (volume 7) / Aug 11, 11:09am

From the article on capitalism....this tickled my funny bone. "The Preamble of the Constitution sets forth a goal to "p...

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Social Security Payments?...

bobechs on What’s Fitz-Gerald’s “Big Tobacco Must Pay” Teaser all about? / Jun 28, 4:12pm

Answer: Social Security pension benefit, if that's what your contributions entitle you to and you are of age to file, o...

Esther on locked content

Club house for Politics, Religion, etc. (volume 7) / Jun 27, 6:39am

Ben, everyone is going broke, and increasing Medicaid meant the States were spending more at a time when they couldn't ...

Esther on locked content

Club house for Politics, Religion, etc. (volume 7) / Jun 22, 6:24pm

https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/politics/when-illegal-aliens-dead-people-vote-elections-change/ H...

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Big Tobacco Must Pay Master-Settlement handbook from Total Wealth Alert Keith Fitz-Gerald / Jun 14, 6:29pm

I am 73 year old veteran who started smoking at the age of 13. I have advanced Emphysema from smoking tobacco. I am am ...

fredsgirl on Here We Go Again! Another Plot to Suppress Life-Saving Cures! / Jun 1, 7:24pm

What a load of sh!t. I have family in the drug industry and another in mental health care working in the geriatric divi...

terry on “SSA-521: How to Boost Your Social Security Payments By $1,033 Per Month.” / May 24, 11:25am

When you turn FRA (full retirement age) or even take it early, if you have been married at least 10 years your wife will...

seespotto on Long Idea of the Year / May 12, 8:53pm

You are correct John, although Sharon and Allison made some excellent points as well. Most of the people who used to com...

Travis Johnson, Stock Gumshoe on Can you really earn $6,880 from a “little-known Social Security contract?” / May 10, 3:18pm

"Real" is a subjective term in this case -- the Social Security Administration does really rent office space (like most ...

John Eans on Can you really earn $6,880 from a “little-known Social Security contract?” / May 3, 9:18am

Thanks for the "facts" regarding the Social Security Contract. Saved me $79 to find out the hard way!...

Esther on locked content

Club house for Politics, Religion, etc. (volume 7) / May 3, 6:30am

Some of that debt, on an ongoing basis, is being turned back to cash and used for pensions, social security, etc. Peop...

quincy adams on Curzio’s “Silicon Valley Solves Social Security Problem” Teaser / Apr 11, 9:44pm

Where was Mr. Curzio eight years ago when SWKS was five bucks a share? If I'd invested $20K then, it would be worth $40...

Woolly Mammoth on Curzio’s “Silicon Valley Solves Social Security Problem” Teaser / Apr 11, 6:46pm

/Sarcasm on: As if the billionaires in Silicon Valley (Peter Thiel and consorts) had any honest wish to help anyone on ...

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Gold and Silver and Hard Assets after Trump’s Inauguration…2017 / Mar 23, 12:15am

I agree with both your points. However, what is to stop them from demanding that we use whatever worthless digital subst...

Patrick Dieter on Are Americans really Legally Piggybacking “Canadian Social Security?” / Mar 20, 12:23pm

He has one today about some "executive order that Obama quietly signed upon leaving office" that supposedly generates $1...

Esther on locked content

Club house for Politics, Religion, etc. (volume 7) / Mar 6, 9:18am

https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/world-news/sovereign-debt-crisis/the-sovereign-debt-pension-crisis-expanding/ Our na...

thinairmony on “You’ll Never Guess Which BIG American Bank is Going Bankrupt NEXT” (Lombardi) / Feb 28, 4:17pm

We in the U.S.A. are beginning to see babyboomers coming of age to retire and with the robbing of Social Security over ...

Patricia Greyer-Brock on Can you really “Collect a ‘Cash Rebate’ on Nearly EVERY Single Purchase Made in 2017?” / Feb 11, 10:40am

If you are on Social Security can you get a refund or a check back from them when you file your taxes, based on a tax co...

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” Canadian Social Security” tease – / Jan 25, 11:15am

That ad has been running since the Spring of 2015, I covered it most recently here: http://www.stockgumshoe.com/reviews/...

Carol Wilmot on written by reader

” Canadian Social Security” tease – / Jan 24, 4:13pm

I did some research on Canadian Social Security. One must have lived and worked in Canada to claim the benefits....

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Cont. $CTAB Whole Cohorts chart: https://ton.twitter.com/1.1/ton/data/dm/819053217757573124/819053193975861248/Baclyb-...

chris27 on The Twelve Biotechs of Christmas: One / Jan 11, 2:21am

CC: $CATB expects to release top-line results for Edasalonexent (ED), aka CAT-1004, in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD)...

chris27 on The Twelve Biotechs of Christmas: One / Jan 11, 1:58am

CC: Lingling88 are you going hold $CATB through Phase 2 data? $CATB: expects to release top-line results for Edasalon...

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26(f) Program / Dec 17, 1:07pm

Identity Theft has the offense code of 26F. The definition of Identity Theft is “Wrongfully obtaining and using anoth...

Opposeablethumb on Such A Pleasant Stay / Dec 8, 4:26pm

So we are going to put anything safe on the market and then test for efficacy? What was that Rose Bengal company again? ...

dan62 on Such A Pleasant Stay / Nov 27, 4:13pm

To "drain the swamp"aka regulations..first thing would be dig thru the layers of lawyers.. So you could get the pump hos...

Kathy on Can you really “Collect a ‘Cash Rebate’ on Nearly EVERY Single Purchase Made in 2017?” / Nov 13, 12:21pm

really well I get 24900. social security and I pay for medicare $1118 RX plan 1000. medicare ancillary 3600 but my c...

Gabriel on Are Americans really Legally Piggybacking “Canadian Social Security?” / Nov 1, 8:11pm

It's not necessarily a bad deal if he is offering this advice for $50. You'd be hard-pressed to find a broker who would ...

Esther on locked content

Club house for the discussion of religion, politics and other unmentionables-volume-VI / Oct 4, 4:34pm

We doubled our debt over Obama's presidency but still have a military and infrastructure going down the tubes, baby boom...

John Broughton on Can you really “Collect a ‘Cash Rebate’ on Nearly EVERY Single Purchase Made in 2017?” / Oct 3, 7:02pm

You understand incorrectly. No, you can't apply for a tax refund, since you don't owe any federal taxes. and presumably ...

susan nations on Can you really “Collect a ‘Cash Rebate’ on Nearly EVERY Single Purchase Made in 2017?” / Oct 3, 7:17am

ok???/.I m on social security and va comp,,buT I bought a few itens on credit,,which I understand I can get some funds ...

Alan S. on written by reader

GOLD BULL INVESTMENTS FOR THE NEXT LEG UP…June 2016 / Oct 2, 5:15pm

Hendrix---Thanks for encouraging this discussion, and the 30-day limit does make sense. I was torn between raising the t...

John Broughton on Can you really “Collect a ‘Cash Rebate’ on Nearly EVERY Single Purchase Made in 2017?” / Sep 26, 7:58pm

$1,680 is 28% of $6,000. I'm not sure, however, that's very helpful (28% is one of the tax brackets that taxpayers can b...

John Broughton on Can you really “Collect a ‘Cash Rebate’ on Nearly EVERY Single Purchase Made in 2017?” / Sep 20, 11:00pm

Heike - Here's the Social Security page on repayment: https://www.ssa.gov/planners/retire/withdrawal.html . Note that th...

Heike Mackenzie on Can you really “Collect a ‘Cash Rebate’ on Nearly EVERY Single Purchase Made in 2017?” / Sep 20, 7:53pm

I bought this paper and it discusses if you took Social Security benefit early, like I did and want to later get the hig...

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Club House for the discussion of Religion, Politics and other Unmentionables Volume 5 / Sep 19, 2:14pm

Your right on about what is happening. All is unpredictable, there is nothing we can trust as Americans. The progressi...

SoGiAm on written by reader

72 – The Rule of 72 / Sep 16, 3:14am

MORE OF THOSE “SOCIAL SECURITY INSURANCE” IDEAS by Travis :-) - http://www.stockgumshoe.com/reviews/high-yield-inves...

David B. on What’s “Social Security Insurance” — can you really “Act Before 9/28/2016 and lock in $43,543 for life? / Sep 15, 2:22pm

I was quoting a Retirement Planning Advisor and perhaps I misunderstood him. The actual statistics aren't that horrific...

David B. on More of those “Social Security Insurance” Ideas / Sep 15, 2:20pm

Here are the stats from late 2015 directly from the SSA, rather scary, but most of us here should be in much better posi...

David B. on What’s “Social Security Insurance” — can you really “Act Before 9/28/2016 and lock in $43,543 for life? / Sep 15, 1:15pm

One point that is shocking is that about 80% of retirees depend solely on Social Security (no pension, no IRA etc..) for...

Ann Thorpe on Can you really “Collect a ‘Cash Rebate’ on Nearly EVERY Single Purchase Made in 2017?” / Sep 11, 11:34pm

He also talked about Social Security loop holes. Any truth to that?...

John Broughton on Can you really “Collect a ‘Cash Rebate’ on Nearly EVERY Single Purchase Made in 2017?” / Aug 22, 5:40pm

Mona - It's not clear what you mean when you say that you "have nothing deducted from said income", unless you mean that...

Esther on written by reader

TREND Investors & traders / Aug 10, 8:03am

This is scary stuff, Ben. I wish it weren't true - but I know it is. It's like the water problem in the MidWest - no ...

DaveologicalSociety on Can you really “Collect a ‘Cash Rebate’ on Nearly EVERY Single Purchase Made in 2017?” / Jul 14, 7:01pm

.....And let me guess about the Social Security tease included in this same rip roaring report destined to break the gov...

PATRICIA ANN VASQUEZ on 2015 Turkey of the Year! / Jul 9, 2:47pm

My comment is a question. How reliable are the low prices given for Nick Hodge's Alpha Shares stated to be 90% lower th...

Esther on locked content

Club House for the discussion of Religion, Politics and other Unmentionables Volume 5 / Jul 9, 10:07am

When you add in the interest on the debt which may well soar if/when investors start demanding higher rates, and the fac...

frankw17 on locked content

Club House for the discussion of Religion, Politics and other Unmentionables Volume 5 / Jul 8, 4:15pm

opp, the $6T is the tip of the iceberg. Factoring in the unfunded increments of Social Security and Medicare adds bet...

fran on “SSA-521: How to Boost Your Social Security Payments By $1,033 Per Month.” / Jul 1, 5:22pm

Regarding form SSA-521: problem is if you have paid taxes on the social security benefits you received, I don't think yo...

arch1 on

Club House for the discussion of Religion, Politics and other Unmentionables Volume 5 / Jun 29, 5:12pm

I am glad you are finally agreeing . Illegal entry or overstay does infringe and take away the rights of all law abiding...

Esther on locked content

Club House for the discussion of Religion, Politics and other Unmentionables Volume 5 / Jun 28, 8:57am

I hope America is waking up and has the numbers needed to stop the suicidal path it is on. They must stop the left, IM...

tanstaafl54 on Are Americans really Legally Piggybacking “Canadian Social Security?” / May 15, 4:27pm

How can anyone possibly believe that a foreign country's social security system, one that is supposedly competently admi...

Esther on locked content

Club House for the discussion of Religion, Politics and other Unmentionables Volume 5 / Apr 17, 7:18am

Unfortunately, when the government has promised away more money than it can afford (that it hands out money to private i...

alanh on

NEGATIVE INTEREST RATES: WHAT IF ? / Apr 4, 9:36am

We seem to be straying off topic and somewhat into the terratory of '.. other Unmentionables'. No matter. Before we ca...

frankw17 on written by reader

NEGATIVE INTEREST RATES: WHAT IF ? / Apr 3, 2:58pm

The government in Greece attempted to acquire the bank savings from the populace to finance their national debt. Ther...

amdeist1 on Can you really “Collect a ‘Cash Rebate’ on Nearly EVERY Single Purchase Made in 2017?” / Mar 30, 7:51pm

It would be nice if instead of penalizing Social Security recipients by taxing the income that they paid into a system t...

A.M. Deist on “SSA-521: How to Boost Your Social Security Payments By $1,033 Per Month.” / Mar 25, 1:52am

But to get $60,000 more in Social Security payment means you would have to live a minimum of 8 years after the break eve...

A.M. Deist on “SSA-521: How to Boost Your Social Security Payments By $1,033 Per Month.” / Mar 25, 1:38am

For those concerned about Social Security going away, rest assured it is not. Even if they change nothing, social secur...

amdeist1 on “SSA-521: How to Boost Your Social Security Payments By $1,033 Per Month.” / Mar 25, 1:04am

The reason why smart Americans take Social Security at age 62 is because the break even for waiting until 65 or after is...

arch1 on

Club House for the discussion of Religion, Politics and other Unmentionables Volume 5 / Mar 21, 8:43am

POTUS proposes near 18% pay hike for past presidents... http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/03/18/obama-seeks-hike-in-...

Esther on locked content

Club House for the discussion of Religion, Politics and other Unmentionables Volume 5 / Mar 13, 4:49pm

Free enterprise : a system where men are allowed to benefit from their labor, where they own themselves and are not owne...

arch1 on

Club House for the discussion of Religion, Politics and other Unmentionables Volume 5 / Mar 9, 2:29pm

If I might add to Sharon's comment... Another reason figures are unavailable is, women in the workforce were mostly igno...

Patrick on Explaining “770 Accounts” and Palm Beach’s “How to Fund Your Own Worry-Free, 100% Tax-Free Retirement.” / Feb 27, 4:35pm

The Canadian government "social security" investment company told me that the US email campaign is not true. You have to...

JoeS on

Club House for the discussion of Religion, Politics and other Unmentionables Volume 4 / Feb 19, 11:23pm

Please, Just curious, which one of those Social Democracies of Europe, who have been around for 1000's of years, became...

George Herbert on What’s Palm Beach Letter’s “Invisible Retirement Fund” that the IRS Can’t See? / Feb 16, 3:51am

Thank you for the very open-minded information on this site . The more knowledge we have going into the Social Security ...

Bob Saenz on written by reader

Sandstorm Gold / Feb 10, 2:08pm

Is House Bill 1314 for real or just another hustle? Social Security is about to cut thousands of benefits? What's the sc...

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