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I think that's too easy an explanation. There are a lot of people who didn't buy into the cult but voted for Trump...why? These are smart, intelligent, rational people...many who don't like him...why vote for him? Underlying sentiment was that there were huge underlying problems that no one was fixing...not former Dems or Republicans. The one guy who shook the boat served one term in 2016 and the problems didn't get better when the Dems took hold again. And then the dysfunction in that administration, the President's idiot son's escapades, his waning mental and physical state and then with three months left, they change who was running...went from old man winter to the young black empowered VP who had no track record in policy...so they voted again for the known, but least desirable choice. At least he would shake the boat again! Unless the Dem's field a really great candidate...Trump's idiot son or Rubio will probably get the job next time. I don't think even Republicans like JD Vance...so they are going to have to field someone else as well! Cheers!

OpenAI is essentially a one-off compared to the thousands of public companies out there. There is enough demand where they don't have to tap into the public markets yet. Most companies don't see that type of demand. They are also keeping the shareholder group small...contained. As a private company, they have less regulatory, accounting and legal burdens which reduces costs compared to if they were public. They also have less reporting in terms of disclosing financials or information about proprietary property. So there are tremendous benefits to staying private as long as they can...but that isn't the case with 95% of companies out there. Cheers!

Yeah, stop listening to podcasts and their predictions! There is more money today in public high grade debt in AI than any other category. Small/medium companies may continue with private funding for longer periods, but public markets will always be tapped for two reasons...investors need to allocate capital to ideas...large industrial changes will always need large amounts of capital. And only public markets can service that with speed, liquidity and quantity. Cheers! https://financialpost.com/investing/more-high-grade-debt-tied-to-ai-than-banks

Yes, he's stupid, pushes the boundaries of the Constitution and is a narcissistic fool, but he's been running the Dems and his haters in circles making them look even more stupid! I don't like the guy, can't understand how the world ended up here, but we all know there were real problems that kept getting pushed down the line...by everyone...Democrats and Republicans. I remember Larry Sarbit talking about a book he read, can't remember the name...but basically the author said that America gets the politician they need in the times they need it. Somehow, the voters pick and choose the guy the country needs, rather than the guy the country really wants. America picked this stupid idiot because the smart guys kept doing nothing and pushing problems to the next guy. If Dems and Republicans really want to know who is stupid, well: And that's how America got this guy as President! Cheers!

Preliminary rumors are that Marwan will be released from prison as well and will be part of the technocrat group that leads Palestine. Also, I give kudos to Trump, but I think the pressure from Canada, the UK and France to recognize a two-state solution put pressure on the whole thing as well. Long ways to go, but one war down...if he manages to push Russia into successful peace talks, I would be fine giving him the Peace Prize. Cheers!

It seems to be better now. Let me know if it is still slow. What happens is when we are under a "bot" attack, it flares up to protect the integrity of the system. As the "bot" attack subsides, Cloudflare's protection layer disappears and things run smoothly again. Cheers!

Credit where credit is due! Although Kushner didn't have anything to do with this deal...he was involved before. This was Witkoff and Rubio wasn't it? I do have a couple of questions...how many Hamas prisoners are being returned for the hostages and is Hamas still involved in any new government? Cheers!

Fox News...Masked ‘Antifa Whistleblower’ Looks Suspiciously Similar to Its ‘Former Mexican Mafia Member’. Hilarious! And the MSM doesn't get it! Cheers! https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/fox-news-masked-antifa-whistleblower-002042302.html

No problem John! It's just interesting that two years ago, people were suggesting that Europe Was Uninvestable...yet here we are today and things have moved up about 25%-30%. Whenever people start clamoring about uninvestable...you know it may be time to look at that investment or area. Cheers!

Yes, just like with guns...a few hundred thousand dead is worth the cost of freedom. Citizen criminals with guns are ok when compared to non-citizen criminals with guns. Cheers!

Your response is lazy...the actual number is 0.002%, so in a million children, that would mean 2,000 deaths. Yes, that number would be a bit lower today with medications to alleviate symptoms, but it's not much different than the difference that seatbelts make. I also wouldn't subject all children to flu or Covid vaccines...only those that have underlying health issues or compromised immune systems. Some of you are arguing that it just isn't necessary and that's dangerous! Cheers!

Every Philippine I've met has like 3 jobs. I've never met a lazy Chinese or Japanese person. Hispanics and African-Americans make up much of the service industry. Lazy immigrant is an old anecdote! Can the numbers of skilled and unskilled immigrants be adjusted...sure. But to say that the unskilled immigrants are lazy, consumers and don't contribute back is like I said...old, outdated and inaccurate! Cheers!

You'd rather live in a place that daily disregards the Constitution and Bill of Rights...got it! For a country that touts freedoms and liberties, it certainly seems to be restricting them more and more. Cheers!

Mohnish discussed this some 20 years ago...but a young film-maker has now made a documentary on the subject. Cheers! https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/04/travel/patel-motel-story-hotel-history-cec

Of course! My point was that the unvaccinated senior was at the mercy of any visitor. Just like at risk children would be at the mercy of anyone with Covid they encountered. You also don't know the infection and mortality rate of mutated viruses...prevention lessens symptoms and adverse effects of infection. That's the whole point of the vaccines! Cheers!

Actually, I would lobby for mandatory flu shots...I get them every year. The side effects of soreness, redness, fatigue, etc are short-term and most other side effects are extremely low. Also please don't pretend that Covid vaccine side effects are significantly higher than what is seen statistically...which is very low. Cheers!

You're not providing any reason to disagree with the statistics. Many people who were over 50 and died also were not healthy and may have compromised immune systems. And there were many cases of healthy young children dying directly from Covid due to respiratory issues. You're argument is like saying "healthy kids don't need to wear seatbelts...only the sick ones!" Cheers!

The very fact of what you said that people were looking at things from a 2020 perspective and not in hindsight should make you agree even more that precaution took hold over liberties at a time when data was short-term. It's easy to say everything should be normal when you don't have all the facts and people's lives in real-time are at risk. I spoke to two doctors in San Francisco last year who were telling me how they were working double shifts in hospitals instead of their practices because people were dropping like flies. Remember New York not having enough space for bodies in their morgue and so they were being moved to an area on Staten Island and buried en masse?! If Fauci and the CDC had gotten things even slightly wrong on the infection and mortality rate, today you would be bitching about how he killed millions and millions of people. Instead of congratulating leaders on the lives saved, some people are still bitching and moaning about how they were forced to stay inside, or their civil liberty protest was shut down, or how 5 and 10 year olds really didn't need the vaccine. Crazy! Cheers!

+1! Cheers!

My family since coming to Canada in 1964 has never used any of those services other than schools and government services like the DMV. And we also paid all of our taxes to use those two services. This notion of immigrants being a burden has been around forever! In the U.S. it was the Irish and Italians who were despised and vilified in the mid-1800's...then the Chinese and Japanese...after that South Americans and Mexicans...then of all various Indian descent. Criminals, liars, rapists, murderers, tax cheats, underground economies, etc...same shit we hear today has been around for nearly 200 years in the U.S...and even longer in Europe for that matter! Cheers!

I agree with this part. Small businesses took the hit unfairly. Not sure that was entirely Fauci's fault as people including Trump lay the blame at his feet. At the same time, without letting Walmart and Amazon function, as well as other big players, we would have massive shortages and price spikes on out of stock items. Was there a way to allow more businesses to operate...probably. But what if the disease mutated and the infection rate spiked instead of being somewhat contained? It really was a damned if you do and damned if you don't moment. Cheers!

Worked fine for my family who immigrated here...as well as millions of others. We've paid a ton of taxes, charitable work, community work and have certainly given back more than taken. And that was after my grandfather passed away two years after coming to Canada and my father was left working three jobs to support his non-English speaking mother, 12 year old sister and 4 year old brother. The assumption (lie) that immigrants are a lazy burden to society is an anecdote that has been disproven time and time again both statistically and in truth! Cheers!

LOL! Cheers!

Hi All, I'll send these complaints to my IT guy to fix them. Thanks! Sanjeev

Why call him squirt? Seems a bit belittling. Cheers!