james22

You never disappoint, Red. Set aside Tech, by what measure has he been correct about BTC?

Your shtick is wearing thin.

What's your degree in, Blake?

No one would ever know it from your writing. What is, Paar?

Bitcoin proponents are NO DIFFERENT than the proponents of every other investment on this board. It's only the naysayers that are different. You don't believe Buffett himself could give you an understanding of crypto more comprehensive than your own. Growth investing is mere speculation? Growth investing is about identifying companies building transformational products early in a massive growth curve. Anything that doesn’t fit this definition is some form of value investing. https://deepwatermgmt.com/philosophy/mental-models-for-growth-investing/ Every truly innovative high-tech product starts out as a fad-something with no known market value or purpose but with “great properties” that generate a lot of enthusiasm within an “in crowd. That’s the early market. Then comes a period during which the rest of the world watches to see if anything can be made of this; that is the chasm. If in fact, something does come out of it-if a value proposition is discovered that can predictably be delivered to a targetable set of customers at a reasonable price-then a new mainstream market forms, typically with a rapidity that allows its initial leaders to become very, very successful. – Geoffrey Moore, Crossing the Chasm Thanks! Sounds a little arrogant . . . But maybe you could share your understanding of the bitcoin adoption curve and why you believe it won't cross the chasm? Or maybe you could criticize Fidelity's, for example? Timmer’s updated models reinforce Bitcoin’s position as a maturing financial asset. By combining historical S-curves, Metcalfe’s Law, and macroeconomic factors, he offers a comprehensive view of Bitcoin’s unique blend of network utility and monetary features. His work highlights the importance of adoption in driving Bitcoin’s value, while also demonstrating how real-world monetary conditions could shape its future. https://bitcoinmagazine.com/markets/fidelity-investments-director-shares-bitcoins-adoption-and-valuation-models

Read a little history, Blake.

Good question.

Seriously? Trump believes that Canada has not held its side of the bargain, and he set terms to prove that we still work together: get the borders under control and crack down on fentanyl dens. These are things that every Canadian wants its government to do, too. These are not crazy demands, even if they came from an unpopular source.

Is that the Canadian position? That you've really, really tried but it's just too difficult? Or that you'll try only when certain conditions have been met? Who quoted a former senior investigator working with the US State Department, CIA, and DEA Special Operations Division.

Why not do that then? And if working with them doesn't work? Under the Biden admin: PRC narcos in Toronto are "command and control" for North American money laundering networks used in TD Bank case: US investigator Canada’s Inaction: Asher criticizes the Canadian government for inadequate cooperation in the Tse Chi Lop and broader fentanyl-trafficking and Triad money laundering investigations and suggests possible political and financial influences are hampering effective law enforcement. https://www.thebureau.news/p/prc-narcos-in-toronto-are-command?r=l2dv4&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web I give Trump the benefit of the doubt that he tried other options first. I can understand why you wouldn't. But we'll see.

Again, threatening to turn to China rather than simply meeting your obligations as an ally only makes us wonder if you ever really were an ally.

Oh no. Didn't all that foreign aid buy us anything?

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

now as to why Donald Trump has really set his sights on Canada your book title kind of gives it away - how China is really the missing piece of the puzzle here. tell us your thesis. you're right to point to my book. The very first edition on the cover shows a graphic photo of Vancouver on world map with fenyl pills exploding out of Vancouver going around the world so you could say that for 10 years I've been researching the thesis. that Canada has become a node of essentially Chinese infiltration and organized crime activity especially in Vancouver and this was hard for people to believe but Vancouver has become a production hub for China and a transshipment hub for fenal precursors to the point where it's now established that Canada is a fental exporter nation and so this gets to what Donald Trump is saying it's hard for many people to believe that Canada could be put in the same category as Mexico in terms of endangering the United States with fenel with illegal immigration and human trafficking but my research has showed that uh indeed this is the fear and concern of us intelligence Community US military and law enforcement really for decades that Canada's weak enforcement against transnational crime weak control of borders has allowed International organized crime with linkages to hostile States most specifically China but also Iran middle eastern states that are not friends the United States to have set up very strongly in Canada you know as a Canadian I have to say I'm not pleased with Donald Trump's rhetoric I think there's a lot of the art of the deal going on when he's trolling and saying you're going to be the 51st state but I do say that there's very deep concerns that Canada is being used by China in a very sophisticated economic and really criminal way

What makes you thinks this is a new issue? It's not.

Or you could just fulfill your ally obligations and secure your border and fairly contribute to our mutual defense. Instead you threaten our security? Not very ally-like.

LOL

Oh no. Are you going to be any less responsible with regard to border security and mutual defense?

Special Interest Aliens

Ironic. You know fentanyl isn't really the issue, right?

Do they protect our borders like an ally? Do they contribute to our mutual defense equally like an ally?

What part of greater dependency don't you understand?

Do you realize the US would benefit from Canada improving its border security and defense?

What part of greater leverage don't you understand?