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Absolutely…. It’s sad that both sides spout bullshit….but his premise that there is a risk to tips from cooking the books no matter who is in office seems legit.

a different point of view in long term tips https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-real-threat-of-fake-numbers

I think the authors point was concerning the productivity stagnation that’s has occurred under Trudeau ,esp since the pandemic… even with a more highly educated workforce… His energy policy seems like icing on the cake..As for the tariffs… https://www.wsj.com/economy/trade/these-border-cities-thrived-under-trump-1-0-his-policies-now-threaten-to-undo-them-41299fad?st=gojfxs&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink US border towns might suffer along with our neighbors

https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/trudeau-was-a-poor-steward-of-canadas good piece on the history on how Canada’s economy became such a shitshow under Trudeau .. the most interesting to me was for years Canadian and US income levels grew at tandem( from 91 I think) . Until Trudeau was elected and the they diverged . The author concludes that it’s the oil prices but I wonder if it had mere to do with Trudeaun policies

Bingo… and they run the government

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/macro-voices/id1079172742?i=1000680157850 david Rosenberg: lament of a bear… maybe it is time to move to all cash hahah

What are the odds that Trudeau is voted out of office and some type of moderate/ rational person is elected… And is there a platform to solve the illegal immigration problem?

To those who live in Canada.. is this an accurate story.. ? If so,what a horrific byproduct of October 7th. https://www.thefp.com/p/explosion-of-jew-hate-in-canada-trudeau-israel-palestine

Agree but don’t you think in a transactional society money will motivate all type of people ( internet sleuths, workers at McDonald’s etc)? And some type of centralized system that people can access? Just a thought

They might already have this but why not create a dedicated website with suspects name photo and info along with an award substantial enough to have the public’s eyeballs…. Too creepy for NYC? They already have cameras everywhere.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-26/whitney-tilson-plans-to-enter-nyc-mayor-s-race-as-field-expands?srnd=homepage-americas

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-fentanyl-supply-chain-shipping/ Btween tariffs and a federal workforce that looks to be steady for the last 60 years; it’s going to be an interesting next 4 years

They have 2 step authentication as well as 5-10 word random generated passwords as well as just plain random generated up to 40 letters /syllables … my IT team recommend it… you can also generate numerous alias emails….i would also recommend Google authenticator as a random 2 step verification process

I’ve had a similar issue in the past and have been using the proton suite of services including vpn pass for logins etc and email.. was a bit of a pain switching and changing password accounts etc but much more secure

https://brklyninvestor.com/2024/11/06/cash/ yay .. excellent read

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/grants-current-yield-podcast/id1207583745?i=1000673615724 one more guy who sees it

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/odd-lots/id1056200096?i=1000673411283 recent into with Koo .. bright guy

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-nato-armed-forces/?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTcyOTE3MTY5NSwiZXhwIjoxNzI5Nzc2NDk1LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTTEZLSUdUMEcxS1cwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiIxRDMwNURBMDVBNjE0QkE5Qjk1OEZDRkE5OEQ3Qjc3OCJ9.-OKgUTudbYEQL1OuvrDEnSjovI5vxNIBG_E-CIlUq2o Why Europe Is Unprepared to Defend Itself Hopefully readable and apologize if in the wrong subject...But it seems to me the combination of the deindustrialization, the cancer called European bureaucracy, and inability to defend itself bodes very poorly and makes Europe for the most part pretty uninvestable. https://www.pressreader.com/usa/antelope-valley-press/20241017/281629605732141 Hopefully this opens up.. George Wills latest column...politics aside ..Europe doesn't seem to be ready, is not getting ready and is like an ostrich with its head in the sand.

https://eig.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Great-Transfermation.pdf interesting fleshing out of us government transfer of money … how it’s growing; areas of the country where transfers are rising the most, etc

https://www.kylepeasefoundation.org/#intro local in Atlanta… I personally know the founders and can vouch for how hard they work , and what great joy they bring to all the athletes that participate. And the vast majority of the money goes to the athletes and their experience

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/10/21/alexei-navalny-patriot-memoir excerpts from Navalny’s memoir…. I read this and realize how , paraphrasing Buffett , lucky I am to be living in the

https://www.geekwire.com/2024/zillow-adds-climate-risk-data-to-its-real-estate-listings/ I know maybe slightly off thread topic ….

https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/p/daniel-yergin excellent interview about the 20 century oil with Pulitzer winner verging and where things are headed

This week, host Jason Bordoff talks with Dmitri Alperovitch about his new book “World on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the 21st Century.” They discuss what the strategic challenges from China mean for American …. excellent podcast covering many aspects of the”Cold War “ with China

Ha … I’ve been saying this from day one…seems like both parties are 2 sides of the same coin…..both will lie cheat and sell their own mothers to win and accumulate power… Demorats just happen to be a little more subtle on this issue than the Trumplican mafiosi