Grenville

Its like all rationality goes out the window and we revert to talking points from MTG boyfriend...lol

Lol, like showing up in a suit matters....lol...please show me a time where he showed up in a suit. This from the president who launched a meme coin to grift off his supporters...time to look in the mirror

Definitely seems like we are on the cusp of nuclear war. What stops aggression, nukes…what stops Europe from sending over nukes to the frontline to battle Russian aggression, no more US, all that is left are nukes. Cheap solution but dire risk for everyone but that’s what we get with the art of the deal…

+ 1 ... nicely put altho not surprised in the least

Again using generalizations…gonna get you in trouble. Half the country is not solidly behind the president, but if you wanna call your half, “the country”, then yeah or everything you say is 100% right cause you say so than sure… at the end of the day why come on a message board if you don’t have any doubts or openness. If you know how everything works why waste your time on the board…

Sounds good. Your perspective which no one can argue with.

Again no need to call folks names or assume everyone loves what he's doing. You love it, great, say it proudly but generalizing doesn't get us anywhere...let's stick to verifiable facts.... The mother of his child is on twitter complaining....if the motivation isn't genuine than fine, but it doesn't take away from her voicing the issue...

yep

he doesn’t love America. He loves his goal of getting to Mars and his ego. Everything else he does is in service of that.

I think it's a fair observation...no reason to bully the person off the thread.

Awesome. Thank you for sharing that anecdote from Brian. Even cooler that it's from Uccmal...so many posters and people, all from a place started by a dude in Canada - Sanjeev. CoBF is definitely a unique meeting spot. Even more impressive is how it has continued on in so many iterations with the common thread of Parsad's stewardship through all markets and ups and downs. I do like the aspect of the random paths we all follow before we run into CoBF and then it changes our lives meaningfully. I would be in the camp for the lack of direct marketing, but I'm 100% in support of whatever Parsad views as feeling right. Nostalgia....so many names and personalities over the years...ericopoly, uccmal, dengyu, Buffett_groupie, MrB, picasso and many many others.... It's been a treat meeting some of these folks over the years at various watering holes (AGMs...). Such an eclectic group of people but bound by a strong desire to find that next company or dive deeper It's also funny when some of those posters interwine into your personal life through connections that you couldn't imagine possible.... it's funny but sort of cool. Somehow my wife knew about the board/value investing/a poster when I made a slide deck to explain what I was planning on doing with my life... She was like I know about all that stuff, and I was like no way, and I guessed who she knew...small fucking world... Makes me realize I need to get back up to Toronto for the AGM one of these days...

hmm it seems everyone else has a moniker your giving them, what’s yours?

Hopefully you're just trolling us, but any book regardless of your perspective, just donate it....Ain't cool to disrespect knowledge whether you agree or disagree with it...

Saw similar, thank you!

FWIW...Cobf helped me make the career switch along with opening up doors to experiences and people I had no clue about....Thank you Sanjeev for keeping this thing running across it's many iterations and also cultivating a place that has been able to keep its special sauce special for so long. Kudos!

All the models and the youtube meterologist show it weaking closer to landfall. The windshear is supposed to weaken it.

Agree! Thank you for keeping this forum going despite all the distractions. It's an impressive accomplishment that has allowed us to learn a lot, talk about a wide range of companies and meet folks from around the world.

Yeah Bank of Dave was a good movie and it’s also on Netflix!

Happy Holidays! Hope you all have a nice relaxing break!

Agreed so much knowledge he gave and unfiltered

Oh man, this sucks to hear! Man the world has lost a titan

Thank you for sharing the interview. Nice to get to know Ben Watsa better along with his background. Appreciate his perspective. I did think he was a good salesman when he talked up family control but part of me thinks that should be earned(either through purchased ownership or at the time of founding) versus given. Shareholders should have the ability to choose because there are a lot of counter examples to family control not always being in the best interest of short or long term shareholders. Also who knows how great Ben will be when Prem retires or who will take Ben’s place when he retires. Cementing control prevents any future check both short or long term. It was cool though to hear the anecdotes about Sir John and Tony

Did you end up watching it in 70mm Imax?

Curious if anyone is going to see Oppenheimer in 70mm Imax? Canada has 6 of the 30 theatres in the world that can show the movie in the format it was intended to be seen in.

I was bummed by the Warriors loss...I can't stomach watching their games anymore, it's too stressful....I wait for the outcome and then go back and watch... Agree, we are so lucky to have them both around and sharing their wisdom and prescence. Thankfully cameras follow them around so we have their knowledge easily accessible from our pockets especially their views on the world in these tumultous times. I hope we have at least a few more years with them both at the helm.