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Actually, when I was in Paris and sitting in a patio cafe on the Champs de Elysée, two older men sitting next to me would cat-call good looking women walking by. But it was very weird...not the usual New York "Wow, you're a good looking broad!" It was like a couple of short hisses! Never heard a cat-call like that anywhere. Very strange...and it never worked for them! Yet they relentlessly kept trying. Also, anywhere in North America, they would be called out by other patrons for that...but in Paris...fair game. Cheers!

John, this thread is so far removed from investing, that I have to correct you on it. This thread will never go back to investing! But I would rather have that then see it spread to actual investing threads and posts. Cheers!

What scares people so much about gay people? Are they worried that they may like drag...I bet there's a bunch of closet Republicans that run around on weekends in their hotel rooms with high heels and bras on! Usually the most hardcore have the most to hide...a la J. Edgar Hoover! Does Pete Hegeseth have panties on underneath? I saw him throw that axe! Cheers!

This has less to do with Canada's healthcare system and more to do with demographics. India has a young workforce where the young well outnumber the old and the number of people entering middle class is increasing. Canada is an aging population where the number of taxpaying citizens relative to retired citizens has declined dramatically over the last 30 years...not dissimilar to the U.S., Japan and Europe...thus the large influx of immigrant workers. Cheers!

Tax rates are considerably higher in Canada, thus why we have universal healthcare including coverage for pre-existing conditions. You guys don't want to pay higher taxes to cover everyone. Canada has plenty of people on the dole...this is almost unavoidable for developed countries with broad social programs. But we choose to provide and cover the basic necessities of life for all of our citizens. Do we cover more than we need to in terms of programs that could be trimmed or eliminated...yes. But I would rather the government care for the vulnerable and less privileged than let their fates dangle in the wind. Cheers!

I think people care about what you say because you are a good investor. And I think those that are critical only hope that you would call out the bullshit on both sides with equal vigor. That can also be said about others who are on the other side and should be doing the same. Cheers!

How long before Joe Rogan and MTG are outcast by the MAGA faithful? https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/nicolle-wallace-says-trump-retaliate-000817534.html Never thought it would happen! But the odds are rising. Cheers!

He didn't destroy health insurance, he implemented a plan that needed significant improvement, but also got coverage for 20-25M people who normally wouldn't have it. We have good health insurance in Canada...no fees really...yes, we have delays and are understaffed because of demographics, but everyone is covered. How is that a bad thing and why can't the U.S. do the same? Cheers!

Nobody thinks that except for the extremists...and that happens on both sides of the aisle. People just don't see why different speakers have to be assholes about things...again both sides of the aisle. If politicians simply say what they want to say, without being dicks or deep dives into subversive rants, no one has a problem with that. Cheers!

I think your ego may be getting the better of you Greg. The first callback for a poster on here was Ericopoly about 5-7 years before you ever joined. Eric was a brilliant investor but once in a while would get overexcited. When he came back from his ban, he was a better person for it, and so was I! We became good friends and he remained a brilliant investor...and the overexcitement never appeared again. Eric easily made more money for investors on this board than anyone else in history...you aren't even close! I don't run this board because I want people to listen to me...I run it because I have lots of friends on here, I enjoy the banter (good and bad) and feel some responsibility to the members on here. That being said, to suggest you've added more value than Viking is again your ego stroking itself! If I wanted, I could kick out everyone on here except my closest friends...I certainly don't need the money from the ads or memberships. It was always a board for me to meet up with friends and like-minded investors. It's why I'm not shilling conferences, books, speaking engagements, podcasts or the like. It was never the purpose of the site and never will be. Now in terms of the makeup of the board...I would say 80% of people are centrists...with the remaining being left or right leaning. Most people just want government to do their job without being assholes or extremists. It's a pretty simple mandate, but gets complicated by all of the special interests, graft, lobbying and egos. Unfortunately, this board does the same thing at times. I just try to get people to post without being assholes or extremists! Cheers!

Yes, very cheap! Poor quality paper...no gold motifs or inlay in the paper...just plain black and white! How does someone read something with no gold on it? Also, too many big words like "presumptive" or "indictment". Cheers!

Obama was Martin Luther King Lite! He was a great orator (no beep, beep, bong, bing, bongs from him), extremely charismatic, essentially an honest, decent person. But the expectations were far, far higher than the results. Not talking about the problems after 9/11, depths of the GFC, etc...but that regardless of partisan politics, he didn't get enough done based on the expectations thrust upon him. The race politics had less to do with him and more to do with his opponents and supporters...the guy's half black and half white...why on earth would he be racist to white people? With Trump, there's very obvious reasons why he has some racist (ok bigoted) perspectives...he's a WASP who never understood how anyone could be better than him Trump is the anti-thesis of Obama. For the better part of his life and his tenure as President, he's been a horrible human being and person, essentially a life-time grifter, who talked, lied, cheated his way into office and then did everything he could to stay there. But he is a maverick when it comes to policy...he doesn't care about how things get done, as long as he gets what he wants. Frankly an overachiever based on the expectations set by his opponents and his duplicitous, narcissistic tendencies! Cheers!

I have stacks of old newspapers that I work my way through and I had a copy of the so-biased and inaccurate NY Times from October 27, 2024. In one opinion piece (of course blatantly against Trump...couldn't be anything else) they stated: Trump says he will use the Justice Department to punish people he doesn't like - Believe him! Trump says he will round up and deport millions of immigrants - Believe him! Trump says he will deploy the American military against U.S. citizens - Believe him! Trump say he will allow vigilante violence to end crime - Believe him! Trump says he will order the military to strike foreign civilian targets if they attack the U.S. - Believe him! Trump says he will punish blue states by withholding disaster relief - Believe him! Trump says he will use ideological tests to decide which public schools get federal money - Believe him! Trump says he will abandon U.S. allies - Believe him! So far, they've been right on 7 out of 8 of those...the only exception so far is the ordering of the military to strike foreign civilian targets if they attack the U.S. How this rag of a newspaper is allowed to spread such disinformation against the greatest President in at least 150 years is beyond comprehension! Silly NY Times...thinking that their opinion matters! Cheers!

Nice post! Cheers!

Obama is the least corrupt President in decades! Was he more style than substance...probably. But definitely the least corrupt of the last 6 Presidents. Cheers!

I've always admitted to when someone does something right or well and deserves some credit. But that also doesn't blind me to his weaknesses and massive failures as a human being on even some policy...or those in the Democratic party as well. I just wish more of you guys (both sides) admitted the same, and then everyone could just move forward instead of constantly arguing about how the other has some derangement syndrome! Cheers!

His sense of humor, charm, good looks, seems like just a nice guy and is beloved by many! All the things Trump would like to be...and it pisses him off that this black guy managed to have it all...and on top of that was President before him and made fun of him in the past. And what really pisses him off is that the old guard Republicans actually liked Obama more than Trump as well! Cheers!

You have an "A" team and "B" team for TDS? We have one for MAGA too...guess which one you are on? Cheers!

The guy really sounds like Lucifer...temptation, lie, covet, cheat, steal, gluttony...convinces others into a cult following...yet he's Jesus' choice and will bring about the Rapture according the MAGA faithful. Except MTG...not sure what's going on there...maybe she's the one having a real Jesus moment! Cheers!

+1! LOL! Cheers!

Every time there is a major crisis, these things tend to adjust themselves and the loose capital/extremes slowly disappear. In the next correction, P/E will learn a tough lesson...as credit tightens...more companies will go back to public markets to raise capital. Then the cycle begins again. We've seen this so many times before...we should be used to it! Especially with the extremes we see in policy these days and so much government interference in trying to manipulate fiscal and monetary policy. The cash amount has slowly accumulated again in my accounts as I take some more profits...not yet huge market correction level...but I see it increasing further and inevitably there will be a significant correction down the road. Cheers!

Bull...it's like comparing pennies to millions...Hunter Biden (who I thoroughly dislike and think should have been disowned and in jail) is like the local crack dealer compared to the Trump mafia family that now has its hands in virtually every area of commerce. You guys are as bad as the leftist extremists...you turn a blind eye to the most open and blatant affronts to humanity! Cheers!

Why both sides get their shorts in a knot: I mean really? How can that not be viewed as anything but racist? They should have their business license taken away for such stupidity! https://ca.news.yahoo.com/halifax-gym-removes-race-based-164327927.html Yup, if one of your administration can't prosecute your hit list, find someone who will do it without going through the proper channels! How long before Bondi steps down like hundreds of others between term 1 and term 2?! https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/politics/lindsey-halligan-no-coordinate-letitia-james-indictment-doj Cheers!

The MAGA media is now part of the MSM...you would do well to follow your own advice! Cheers!

You may be correct Greg, but c'mon, even you have to admit the sales/grift under the Trump administration has only been seen in the likes of Russia or some banana republic. The amount of shit he's shilling, or his company is, or his family is, or his associates are, or his friends are...it's like Christmas x 100 for them all. He's doing the policy changes he promised, but he's making a shit-load of money now and securing future deals that will make his family one of the wealthiest in the U.S. over the next 20 years! Cheers!