Parsad

Another volatile week coming? No deal...Iran won't give up nukes. Cheers! https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/11/world/live-news/iran-us-war-talks

Good Lord! Be careful what you wish for. You guys have a hate on for the one guy actually having to deal directly with Russia right now. Left him hanging while you help Israel! Cheers!

It was about as weird and non-contextual as yours? If you believe in widespread gun ownership and I don't...I should simply agree with you? If you think people should be shipped out or denied their rights and due process...I should agree with you? What is so weird about those statements? You mean you don't share those values? Cheers!

Definitely give some credit to Trump...but: https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2026/02/26/trump-murder-drop-us-crime-rate/88830024007/ Cheers!

Sharing the wrong values would only be irrational...but if you want to do that...go ahead. Cheers!

No, it isn't! There's more Russians than anyone else. They are guilty of similar progressive decisions like North America and elsewhere, but you can see the world is moving more right into the center. Yes, now U.S. citizens can go back to killing U.S. citizens. The way it always should have been! From my cold, dead hands... Again, a revisionist's view of history! No one has helped the U.S. more in the last 70 years than the British...then Canada. Israel has been the net beneficiary of the U.S.' benevolence, not the other way around! Israel is the brother-in-law that comes to you every time he needs his car oil changed...that's Israel! Then you don't hear from him again till the next time or when he comes over for dinner with your sister where he has an investment idea for you. Yup, Bibi is your mooching brother-in-law! Cheers!

They think cricket is better than baseball! And they laugh when you put ketchup on a hot dog! How can you not hate them for that? Cheers!

Hmmm...be careful! If your father was wary of the market, some of your siblings may be as well. Even though you are doing what you think is in their best interest, they may not think that way, because they don't see investing/stock market the same way. I've become very tired of people asking me "what stocks look good" or "what are you investing in these days"? Everybody is looking for a quick buck, or that speculative mentality is very draining to me. So for years now, I've been telling anyone who asks: "I always tell people to invest where they have an advantage. If you are a real estate agent, you are getting listings and foreclosures ahead of the general public...you have an advantage in something you know well. If you are a builder, you understand property repair, the costs involved, you know some trades...buy houses cheap, fix them, and resell for a healthy profit. If you are a business owner, focus on how you can generate more revenues or add to your business...etc. If you are a professional, work on self-growth and moving up to get more income to save. Everyone should also take advantage of all the tax shelters available to them that reduce their taxable income.". That's it...I don't talk about stocks to them at all! Zero, nada, zilch! Cannot help you with stocks or what to buy...get lostI Other than my one brother! Regarding your problem, I would consolidate most of your father's assets into the fewest number of accounts. Make it easy for your mother to manage...because what if you get hit by a bus tomorrow...who is going to help her? Don't overcomplicate with stock market investments, etc...just make sure between any pensions/income and the funds on hand, she will have a comfortable life. If you or your siblings get anything after she passes...that's just icing on the cake for everyone! Also, make sure your free-loading brother has zero access to the accounts and credit cards! Cheers!

He's not leaving NATO! He's going to get them to pay more and carry more of the load...so you threaten them and scare them. Why would you give up any strategic global advantage? Only a moron would do that...OH! You ever see "It's a Wonderful Life"? Donald Trump is Mr. Potter...the mean, nasty, greedy, immoral banker who hates immigrants. Obama is George Bailey...the likeable and earnest protagonist, but not great at managing finances, and keeps financing housing for the poor and immigrants pissing off Mr. Potter. Biden is Uncle Billy...the well-meaning, but slightly dim-witted uncle who ends up getting George into deep trouble when he has to look after a single bank deposit that he manages to lose and it falls into Mr. Potter's hands! NATO are all the other characters who hate Donald Trump because he's the global asshole, but when Obama gets in trouble, come running back to help because they love him and he helped them many years earlier. Much easier to understand why NATO is acting the way it is when you look at it from another perspective! No man is a failure who has friends...Trump seems to alienate most of his! Cheers!

Exactly the same! Brothers from another mother, perhaps. Cheers!

Yes, I've met numerous people like this...those personality traits aren't as unique as you would think. We may actually be the outliers...not them! As Reds said, a lot of it is built though their personal experiences earlier in life. My aunt's husband was exactly the same. Bullied his wife and children, often joked at the expense of others, believe only in a steady job and pension...not the stock market, and was extremely gruff and demanding. Weirdly, he was extremely good to the grandchildren, and grand-nephews/nieces. He was just an ass to those close to him in age, and for some reason his own children. Supposedly, his father was exactly the same way, and he witnessed a lot himself as the youngest in his large family of siblings. Not sure about your father-in=law Dealmaker, but this uncle mellowed a bit with age. He was quite the jerk until about 50, and then when his first grandchild was born, he mellowed somewhat over night. I don't think his grandchildren had a clue what he was like previously...they just knew him as this new gentle version. His children have a number of emotional issues with how they grew up, but as he mellowed, they have much fonder memories later in life as adults. He also served with the British Army in Germany, so he had some outlandish conspiracy views and opinions about Israel and the United States, as he befriended many Germans and Brits back then. Extremely regimented...he would have to eat his dinner at exactly the same time every day in the same dining chair...exact same portions...rarely overate...weighed within 10 pounds his entire life as an adult...extremely meticulous...would be asleep by 7:30pm and up by 5:30am every day...no polite "Can you do this?" to his children, just a really loud, gruff shout to wake them up early Saturday mornings to go rake the leaves and cut grass...all the other cousins would join in if we were staying over, as we would get yelled at indirectly! But he also did the important stuff...like live below your means...pay your bills on time...don't crave what others have. So like your father-in-law, he had a paid off home, nice pension, good government benefits and no debt when he retired. Not wealthy by any means, but he had all of the basic comforts with few worries. A lot of people, especially anyone who saw, witnessed, experienced poverty or anything like a depression, tend to have that fear of investing going forward and think it is akin to gambling...which is isn't if done using an intellectual framework to reduce risk and buy undervalued assets. Cheers!

We were having a barbecue, so it was sitting on the table outside with all of the beverages/bar for a few hours. Luckily it was about half finished when I noticed. Flavor didn't change, but half of the beauty of the Empress gin is the amazing color you get in your cocktails! Cheers!

Yup...drink both Hendricks and Empress. Actually if you ever go to Victoria, BC, go for a drink at the bar at the Fairmont Empress Hotel in the harbor...they make some amazing cocktails using the Empress gin! Every time I'm in Victoria, I either stay there or go specifically to drink! Also, never leave the Empress gin bottle in direct sunlight...it loses the Lavender color. I learned that the hard way! Cheers!

You are 23...that is normal! You will see why you like wine as you get older. Just because you enjoy wine, doesn't mean you cannot enjoy anything else. A good Mojito or Negroni is terrific! A great Caesar...you Americans have no idea with your Bloody Mary...is a national treasure in Canada. And what did you say about Guinness? That's blasphemous! It's the only beer that fills you up like a meal! Bloody good stuff! Cheers!

So far, tariffs have had zero positive effect on trade deficit and budget deficit remains huge...HUGE! Is this how a casino in Atlantic City went under? Cheers! https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/article/us-tariff-revenue-dropped-by-over-4-billion-in-march-its-down-almost-30-since-october-190535076.html

Great summary! Have a great time everyone! Cheers!

LOL! Glass half empty...glass half full. Everyone is looking at the same thing with two very different conclusions. Could the consensus on both sides be wrong? Worse than the optimists think, better than the pessimists? Probably the right answer! Cheers!

Seems like all of the above! Cheers!

I would imagine that Hegseth has gained even more favor after all of this with Trump. Didn't go 100% the way they wanted, but pretty close. Cuba should just bend over and say hello! Cheers!

Yup! Bibi is a professional grifter far superior to Trump's own shady talents. Not sure there has been anything Bibi hasn't gotten so far from Trump, other than completely wiping out Iran. And oh Bibi wants that so badly...he would give his left nut for it...probably his right nut as well! The hardliners would never ever let anyone prosecute him for anything after that! Cheers!

Trust me Cubs...no one is watching the exact same movie as you! Ok, maybe Pete Hegseth! Cheers!

That's one of my favorite movies...King Baldwin IV and Balian de Ibelin! And here we are, 850 years later, still fighting and talking about the exact same thing! Cheers!

Yup. Although John Wayne was just a bigot...Trump is effing crazy! He probably pushes buttons like no one else, then when the fight breaks out, he clinches and turtles! He's not some white-collared criminal turned President...he's a wise guy...probably would be a mafioso if he wasn't born a white-bread WASP! He likes being the Boss, gets everyone else to do his dirty work, and blames someone else if it doesn't work out. He's also incredibly spiteful, vindictive and an incomparable narcissist! But he does know how to get what he wants...to twist and turn the knife...to ratchet up the hell before walking away. I mean look at the dozens and dozens of crazy ass things he's said and done in the last 10 years...what he's been taken to task for...the cockroach is still a cockroach and crawls away from any foot stomp! It is disturbingly amazing! Cheers!

Red Lion, are you in Canada? Also are you in the Prairies? Because that's the only place I know of where beef prices are maybe flat...everywhere else, they have gone up dramatically. Pork is definitely cheaper right now. I also agree...consumers are having to be very selective in their choices and that may be a good thing health-wise. At the same time, many have little disposable income to be choosey from to begin with and they are probably the ones tapping into credit or falling behind in payments. Cheers!

100%! The demand curve has weakened because people are spending less. But if you include shrinkflation and actual reality for most people, there is definitely some inflation in several areas offset by weaker consumption/demand. The same groceries in Canada I was buying 2 years ago for $100-120 a week, is now $150-170 a week. Exactly the same stuff, but a few things are slightly smaller. That 1L bottle is now 837mL...that 280g back of chips is now 240g. Meat, other than pork, has risen in cost dramatically. Produce prices are rising dramatically now with increased fuel costs. And regardless of any peace agreement or drop in oil, most grocers in Canada have already said that prices will start increasing from next month, and many people, including delivery services and airlines, have already instituted 3-5% or flat fee fuel charges. Now all that being said, I go back to Buffett's perennial proverb on investing...buy cheap, sell dear! And my own little addition...fuck the rest! Cheers!