Slope of Hope Blog Posts

Slope initially began as a blog, so this is where most of the website’s content resides. Here we have tens of thousands of posts dating back over a decade. These are listed in reverse chronological order. Click on any category icon below to see posts tagged with that particular subject, or click on a word in the category cloud on the right side of the screen for more specific choices.

Killing Dracula

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I honestly think silver is trying to drive me insane.

You see, many weeks ago, when I expressed a strong interest in acquiring large amounts of the metal, five-star Sloper Baby Bear wisely suggested buying small amounts frequently, over time, and not worry about the wiggles. Well, since I’m a self-absorbed idiot, I ignored his counsel, and instead did something more approaching this kind of strategy:

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He Sure Showed Me!

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Considering what a strident contrarian I am, I get a surprisingly small amount of crap from the outside world. On the last day of 2024, I made yet another snarky remark about Bitcoin, and some random replied “You have no idea what’s coming on Jan. 20“. I took the liberty of bookmarking his tweet for later reference.

In fairness, this rando was right-o, because indeed I had no idea what was coming. However, I don’t think what this guy was anticipating was a lifetime peak in $BTC to be following by a sluggish wipeout of about $15,000 per coin. Interestingly, crypto peak pretty much when Trump put his hand somewhere in the vicinity of the Bible.

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