Intense hocostorms kicked off by perceived dissent at ERForums and formation of the Early Retirement Status forum. Hocomania has spread to the status form and even spilled over into ERForums.

We haven't posted anything about hocus here since shortly after he was banned from M* back in February. I guess he's been relatively boring since then...that is until recently. Currently he's on a manic roll apparently inspired by shakeups at ERForums and the formation of a new forum.

sgeeeee got banned at ERForums, and that was quiet for a while but has come up again in a mini riot about moderation, server reliability and changes at ERForum (which was sold to Andy R in the past few months). One moderator was let go and four more are quitting. T-Al thought he was banned because he couldn't sign in, and out of frustration he set up a forum reportedly as a method to monitor the functional status of ERForums.

One of the forums on the status board is titled "dissent", and a few people showed up to gripe. hocus started posting there, and somebody posted an updated version of his "I want to be your board general" rant from 2005. That set off a stir at the status board as well as ERForums and REHP forums which is still active on the topic.

Cute Fuzzy Bunny is posting animal & food pics again on all three boards in response to the hocomania uprising.

hocus keeps trying to fit the apparent rift between various posters into his vision of a revolution. Highly amusing.

At REHP, expect postings as ghost of hocus claiming that hocus died May 12, 2002.

Foggy and unresponsive, needful of having last word. Occasional mediocre rants with "old school" phraseology. Possible numbered bloviated articles appearing on static website.

It seems to me that the quality of the hocomania has fallen off. I wonder if H has been too busy to come up with new insights. The one interesting thing in the past month has been the accusation that William Bernstein is covering up the implications of variations in valuation. Now if WB was actually named a disruptor- that would be quality hocomania

Stormy and deulusional. M* hot wind advisory in effect. Forecast: Severe storms as a result of Greaney getting mention in WSJ's Clements article the day after Firecalc is mentioned.