John Hjorth

- This will make my day! - Hey, it's now Friday here!

@NnnnotSoSmart, I diden't get that line, and had to fire up Google Translate. Then got it. I personally think a little friendly food fight wood be to prefer. lol.

@LC & other CofB&F membes, How and what do you think about that Mr. Buffett appearently has cooled quite a bit on the prospects for the future of Berkshire Hathaway Energy, ref. his latest shareholder letters? -Understood as certain states, communities, US legal system screwing Berkshire over on litigation about wildfires, without any compensation for that risk at all in approved, regulated rates of return on invested capital, depriving it a modest, reasonable ROIC for getting that risk stuffed into its throat, as some kind of another foie gras duck, just leaving 'the social contract' with Berkshire behind as if it diden't exist in the first place?

This, @NnnnotSoSmart, You've [to me, personally] got this materially wrong. Incumbent POTUS related name calling in this topic from the left side is pretty obvious, evident. It may eventually appear pretty evident what he [POTUS] is aiming at, he's pretty hellbent,at least to me personally, and damn good at achieving what's on his mind, assessed so far. Sanjeev [ @Parsad ] earlier in this topic has dubbed POTUS 'street smart'. I personally think it fits very well. I personally think it would a be a huge mistake to underestimate what he's actually capabable of acheiving. Please don't let your own line of thinking here get influenced by biased posts here in this topic, and please stay faithful, loyal to your own personal values. - - - o 0 o - - - There is it to me personally certainly more to this than [just] name calling POTUS 'moron'.

I have really nothing to add here to my post about six hours ago.

I'm sorry to say, the real, basic issue with this topic here on CofB&F and the posts it's containing, is this : The 'down-to-the-rim truth' may likely be that your posts [including my own here!] in this topic, may not have moved as much as one American vote! -We simply need to get along - for the sake of CofB&F - , despite our different political observations! However, the topic, to me, is still very contributing, educational, because it's also about culture, sentiment etc. I just hope we can agree to do better going forward! - - - o 0 o - - - , so, peace! - Who on Earth are spending their precious [unrecoverable] time [no matter age!] on hoarding [digital] enemies, adversaries? -Life really is just too short for that!

This post is to me, personally, severely biased, and actually, again, to me personally, without providing any real sources, generalizing, except : One chart, posted by an American citizen, operating out of NY, USA. Stupid, idiotic politicians [left or right] are everywhere around the planet. They think they rule the whole world, while they dont. Yeah, let's just flood CofB&F with all kinds of weird Reddit stuff, too! - Personally, I think the go-to person here on CofB&F related to floods must be @gfp!

What I'm personally experiencing and living in, locally, here in Denmark, appearing to me seem very contradictory. Up-up-up! - And at the same time lots of concerns, talks about bubbles.. Consumer confidence right now in the hole, while finanncial indicators actually look pretty good. Within the last two-three years, I've got nothing less then three cards revoked, simply because of no activity on the accounts. [Hard to spend money, if your home is also your jail, because of incurred health issues.] First time it happened I recall I got really grumpy [considering it somehow condecending, patronizing]. Then, afterwards finally and gradully realizing it is a just a part of banking game, going on constantly. It's about actual capital requirements for the financial institution makiong the card available, generating absolutely no income - no recurring fees on those cards, now revoked - So down the drain John went! Credit isen't low hanging fruit around here locally, and it hasen't been, since GFC. -So, new bookmarks available by the revoked cards, & *shrug*!

Thanks, Sanjeev [ @Parsad ], I recognized it immedially, when you reposted it here. Thank you! -And it's just soo true!, if one cares to really think deeper about it! - - - o 0 o - - - -Now I'm only in need of a recapitulation of the definition of an optimist from @Spekulatiuss board signature back then, and I'll be whole, healed again, from what I've lost! - Something [also] wise about believing in miracles! - lol!

It's certainly mixed candy here in Europe :

I'm not trying to nitpick your above post here, @Spekulatius, But you can actually do that but you risk being subject to reprisals, to a high degree dependant on who you are. How is that kind of political leadership best described? What comes to my mind first thing is 'concerning, worrying', without engaging in dubbing, namecalling. The presidents most noble task is to unite the people, not to divide. POTUS is all americans' POTUS.

I personally can't help but to think about incumbent POTUS leaving office, some time in future, one way, or another, deprived for about every friend, or political ally, because of how he's behaving, scolding about everyone, who were initially with him. Sanjeevs [ @Parsads] board signature earlier, before last software migration comes to mind here : 'Those, who are without any friends, are indeed poor' [or something along lines of that].

lol! - There is nothing like getting a good laugh by reading CofB&F.

Thank you, @Malmqky!

Thank you for sharing the details, shades and nuances of your thoughts, @Blugolds, It's indeed very complex, complicated, I'll give you that. At times, the Lady of the House here gets into some kind of self-occilation, mental overdrive, where I sense, that she thinks I'm a an self-serving, egoististic, almost psychopathic, insensive a**hole, when we discuss such awful matters going on somewhere. My reply always, - over and again - is that she can't expect me to approach and solve all issues on the planet in our solar system called the Earth, because I simply can't.

Respectfully, @Spekulatius, I think you're reading @Blugolds post above in a wrong way, and not by it's sincere meant intentions. The answer to your question is : 'A hungry one.' The only real difference between a human beings Maslow hierarch of needs and that of a dog, actually is that wifi isen't in the Maslow pyramid of needs for a dog at ground level, it's not there at all. Like for every human being, a dog will do what ever it takes inside its available option space of alternatives to get its hunger satisfied, if it's seriously deprived for food hard enough. With pets, it's WYGIWYG [, not to be confused with $MS WYSIWYG, here meaning 'what you give is what you get']. When you get one, you have to be aware of that you have to be able to take care of it the rest of its life, and even helping it to get over the rainbow when it eventually ELOs, so you don't deprive it the last part of dignity, when that time is up. In short, it's like a kid, who never leaves the nest. It really commits you and ties one up. If you won't really commit, don't get the pet in the first place. The story shared above by @Blugolds I read it as a clear token, expression, of financial distress, desperation by that particular lady, perhaps and likely spiced up with a stint of ignorance about what a dog really is. It's actually a heartbraking read for me personally. Disclosure : I'm personally an incurable pet lover [, that fact alone dismisses any rational comment from me, btw]. I know for a fact that I'm not the only one here on CofB&F, because it has been discussed here at CofB&F 'at the water cooler'.

Today, I finally got to it, and have sent an e-mail today to Mr. Kilpatrick : - - - o 0 o - - - Edit : Mr. Kilpatrick just replied to me - that was fast! : - - - o 0 o - - - <Break & silence, ... and yet some more 'break & silence'> ... Then it finally comes to my mind : 'How is it I'm hit by this feeling of a deja vu?' ... - - - o 0 o - - - -Everything Berkshire related is about 'Wait, wait, wait', and them some more 'wait' !

For those CofB&F members interested in John Huber and his doings, writings and opus moderandi, John is actually a CofB&F member himself, however not really active on here. I suppose it's hard to be active here and at the same time managing other peoples money. He joined CofB&F 29th June 2016, posted last time 15th November 2019 and hasen't been logged in since 17th March 2021. [Here, especially remember, the core of CofB&F - the Investment Ideas Forum -, is set up as read-only for registered CofB&F members logged in.] CofB&F profile of John Huber.

Sure, but in the first place, this thingy called government shut downs does in reality not exist here [the state actually runs at a surplus], so I'm quite sure, I'm misperceiving what's going on in USA.

+1 @Eng12345, - - - o 0 o - - - Today, the Danish state budget for 2026 was approved in the Danish Parliament [In Danish, called 'Folketinget', translates 'The Gathering of the Danish People]. I'm in no way sure it's wise. Hand-outs to about everyone. For me especially : 25% VAT on books disappear 1stJanuary 2026.

@SonOfKen_IV, Welcome to a new CofB&F member, I hope you'll be active on here going forward!

Welcome, @SonOfKen_IV!, Please please don't be a stranger!

We can't win them all, Egon [ @EgonKuhn ]. Please remember, it could be worse, it could be raining. [Like here today!]

One day, you may be able to visit McDs on Times Square, NY, and enjoy a QuarterPounder with Cheese and a Coke, look out the window to the right, on the add pillar there wont be adds for HSBC, Samsung and Coke : , instead there will be one huge add : A red tie, as red as the Coke add, with the following at the lower end of the tie, turned counter-clockwise 90o, embroidered : Below that, also tilted, tiny letters : 'Make You Rich Again'. The add will be flashing, blinking.

@E. Nashton, I suggest you to check out availablity of the book in on some of the Canadian online book stores [, which I have no knowdledge about]. Personally, I'm able to order this book at my favorite Danish online bookstore saxo.com, which saves me the hazzle with customs and lifts the risk of the book getting lost under transportation from overseas : Honestly, I can't come up with a better shredder for good mood that getting hit by an invoice like this for buying a book cheap overseas on Thriftsbooks : -So, DKK 20.09 in import duties and DKK 160.00 inclusive VAT in handling fees for a nice book at USD 6.31 [~DKK 40.70] !