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Sharper - buy all the European equities you like. As for me, I'm praying for a 100% European come-back - Canada too!

Tru Dat @Parsad!

Where you are wrong is this: Biden was NEVER authorized to have those documents. He had some of them for 20 years. He took them as a Senator which was NEVER legal.

The only thing I will say is that the Wall Street Journal is called that for a reason. In no way, does it represent Main Street America - it's not the Main Street Journal. So you are missing the major part of American thinking: the common working man, which is aligned with MAGA.

Yup, definitely. BTI and Imperial Brands have been great winners for me. Gotta pick your spots.

Oh, yeah, right -- Trump is so "authoritarian" and Biden never abused the law: - The Biden regime had such clean hands with 5 phony indictments to lock up their political adversary Trump that they feared the most. -Then, of course, Biden tried to REMOVE Trump from the ballot in 25 states. Who did Trump remove from the ballot?? - Biden indicted Trump for taking classified documents and SWAT raided Melania's underwear drawer. Biden had classified documents for years. Are you expecting Trump to indict Biden and raid Jill Biden's underwear drawer?? Shit, even Biden's Special Counsel Robert Hur flat out said Biden is guilty. - Trump administration has obeyed every single injunction the lower courts have thrown against him, unlike Biden. - On final legal appeal, Trump's record in the Supreme Court is now is 22 wins vs 2 losses.

I am, I should have said, I "identify" as white....as this was long, long before everyone took advantage of their minority statuses to collect favors from the government. If I had been smart about it - I probably could have gotten into Harvard! I consider myself the melting pot American, where race is incidental to my identity, not the most important thing of all time.

Wasn't sure where @Loss Horizon is from. I'll just assume he's highly intelligent, but has no understanding of the American political system. There is enough confusion about it anyway after the last 4 years under Biden - where we DO actually weaponize our security agencies against our own citizens. And if he watches enough BBC, MSNBC and CNN - he might actually believe MAGA is the next coming of the NAZI party.

I hereby apologize for being a Christian, conservative, straight, white male! Shoot me already!

@Loss Horizon Now you are just being silly, but if you would like to be paranoid - I don't really care. Maybe you should arm up since the USA will invade you. Yes, there are 3 million gov workers, most of them in the Executive Branch. All employees need to do, as you say, is "do their job". They can have whatever political affiliation they like, so long as the carry out their work, at the direction of the President. It's really simple - even you would understand that. IF you worked for a large corporation - where the CEO sets goals, policy, priorities and pricing - but YOU decided to violate and subvert those items - you may be fired for working against the CEO. Even your simple mind can handle that one.

Perhaps, more correctly, "Deep State" are the unelected bureaucrats in the Executive Branch that work to undermine the President's agenda. That would be the correct definition. Per the Constitution, the President of the United States is the Chief Executive of the Country - and has sole power over the Executive Branch - so, yes, POTUS removes those bureaucrats that believe THEY wield the power instead of the President. It's exactly the way it should be, per the Constitution. Rooting out the "resistance" to the President's wishes is a whole different story. Only the Courts and Congress can act as a check on the Executives power - NOT his own branch of government. And, yes, you are correct - the US Military is primarily under control of the President, but the power is shared with Congress in terms of declarations of war. So no need to worry about being attacked by MAGA.

Pretty tough clip (5 min) here - why Europe is angry with America:

You hit the nail on the head. Look no further than the USA last year vs this year. The country has gone from a dangerous military shortfall in terms of recruiting to exceeding all recruitment goals in the space of 6 months. No one wants to fight for a country that marginalizes the recruits with trash like DEI & Critical race theory. The drastic bleeding in US border agents has stopped and ICE has overwhelming numbers of applicants. Some citizens don't act on money - but on patriotism and love of country. When politicians signal they don't care about citizens and family - why in the world would you lay down your life for that?

One can only hope that the European citizen can seize back the power from the very people that are trying to destroy them - the institutions you mention. In America - we are fighting the very same battle with the "Deep State" - and it's a brutal fight.

What the heck are you talking about? If you do not surrender yourself to the police when told to do so - they employ the same tactics to take you into custody. The police have every right to tell someone "you are being detained at this point" - and you must obey them or they will forcibly detain you. And as a bystander, if you interfere with ICE, you too are subject to being detained and/or arrested. ICE are police force.

In no way, am I suggesting they did not serve their time for their crimes. If I was in France, my wife's home, and I committed armed robbery or rape, I would expect to serve my sentence - and then be expelled from the country upon my release. Now that would be if I was a LEGAL visitor. We're talking about illegal visitors, many with outstanding orders of deportation. Democrat's obstruction of ICE doing their lawful jobs only makes our country less safe. Yes, we KEEP our violent black criminals, as you say, they are US citizens, but why in the world would you KEEP violent illegal aliens that never came in legally???

@LC -- yes, yes -- these unfortunate things do happen occasionally. These incidents pale in comparison to the destruction the radical Democrat governors continue to unleash upon the citizens of America. And these are INTENTIONAL acts of destruction. Governor Pritzker’s Sanctuary Illinois Released More than 1,700 Criminal Illegal Aliens Including Murderers, Pedophiles, and Kidnappers Illinois' failure to honor ICE detainers has resulted in the release of 1,768 criminal illegal aliens since January 20. The crimes of these aliens include 5 homicides, 141 assaults, 23 burglaries, 4 robberies, 24 dangerous drugs offenses, 15 weapons offenses, and 10 sexual predatory offenses. https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/12/08/governor-pritzkers-sanctuary-illinois-released-more-1700-criminal-illegal-aliens

Damn Bill @wabuffo - it's really great to have you around.

Other legendary founder CEO's as Walt Disney, Sam Walton and Steve Jobs did the hard work to build fabulous companies. That was the truly hard work. Their replacements ended up being equally successful. It won't be easy - but perhaps Abel is just what is needed to continue greatness.

My memory is fuzzy - but didn't Todd bring the Apple investment to Berkshire - which led to the largest gross profit in the portfolio?

^^ I really wonder how our European brothers feel about these laws. It's serious stuff - and we've gotten a taste of this movement here in America, but I do believe it is being snuffed out.

It's the disease of the elites, much like we suffer in the USA in a different way. We import millions of impoverished illegals & criminals - just not in the neighborhoods of the rich. That way they can feel great about themselves, while destroying it for the rest of the country.

@LC Meant every word. You said years ago over a pitcher of beer we would get along famously. I feel the same way about @John Hjorth Your job is to keep me honest and humble. I would have zero respect for you if you became a "yes" man. No one here wants an echo chamber. Let's keep it that way.

It just amazes me that you even have to argue this point, they are so dead set on their climate ideology. Like Max Planck said - "Science advances one funeral at a time".

@John Hjorth It's a mere flesh wound John. Good old @LC is quite skilled at "getting my goat", as they say in America. I almost always get a laugh out of LC and his sense of humor. I think it's much an American thing, where we are able to debate and insult each other at the same time. If I didn't know better, I'd almost think @LC is the voice behind Triumph the Insult Comic Dog: