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I really have to ask Larry Sarbit for the name of the book he mentioned on U.S. elections like 15 years ago. But essentially the book said that the U.S. and its institutions get the governance they deserve, not what they necessarily want. Basically, the pendulum swings in the democracy and the governance is decided by how far that pendulum swings. And then it goes the other way and half the population gets government they do not want...but may need. In other words, Trump is the outcome of the last 20-30 years of the pendulum going one way...Obama/Biden was probably the tail-end of the previous swing. Not what you want...but may be needed. Cheers!

Oh, I recognize who he is...I was probably one of the few people who recognized it before he became President. I was worried about a possible U.S. civil war right after he won his first term. Now, it doesn't seem that far-fetched! I think he's very dangerous systemically to what the U.S. has built over decades...while at the same time creating absolute chaos with everything he touches...even if it is something that needs to be fixed! A guy who only knows how to use a wrecking ball, but isn't very good at it...especially when he's working next to a china shop! Cheers!

It's only 18% if you assume that it is at fair value right now at $2,200 CAD or so. But if fair value is between $2,500 CAD and $2,800 CAD...CAGR would only be 12-15%...which is at or below their stated goal. My assumption is that it is almost certain to be trading at fair value within 5 years...I can't predict what will happen in any given year...two years...three years...but generally within 5 years, it will trade at some point at or above fair value. So market price might compound at an 18% CAGR, but that is irrelevant to book value which may only compound at 12-15% CAGR. Cheers!

Iran wants to get back to the table: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-vows-maintain-pressure-iran-070946270.html Blake and Ourkid8...this is coming from Iran, not Trump! Cheers!

He won't even have control after the mid-terms, how is he going to swing a 3rd term? Now if he had control of everything...I wouldn't put it past him to try and push through changes to the Constitution! Unlike you, I'm freely willing to admit what this guy is capable of. His moral compass is so off center that he's just a stable lying sociopath...so you guys have no trouble supporting him! I don't! I like certain outcomes of his Presidency, but I think he's setting dangerous precedents that are a danger to the entire system. Homeruns and strikes...he knows nothing about base hits! Cheers!

So is orange face racist too? If I wore a crappy toupee and spray tan at Halloween, could I get cancelled? Also, Obama is half-white...it's not blackface. I agree with you to a degree that cancel culture went too far. You wear a fez as a fraternity member and people think you are making fun of turbans or Muslims. Poor Shriners must get cancel threats all the time! But you have to remember that the politically correct narrative came from a time when it wasn't just naivety but straight forward racist/bigoted behavior against minorities. Or adoption of culture that doesn't belong to you...Rachel Dolowhatever...Vanilla Ice...etc. It's just that the pendulum swings too far in one direction and it becomes unfair for the times. Now the pendulum is swinging the other way and at some point it will become obviously unfair again...this time for the MAGA faithful. Whether that is years or decades away...who knows...but the pendulum does swing in a democracy and that's just part of the system. Cheers!

Trump doesn't live in Martha's Vineyard...he lives in Mar-a-Lago!! Ohhhh, you mean Obama! Cheers!

Don't think a mask would do it...but blackface certainly deserves it...like Trudeau did! Cheers!

It will be at $3,000 CDN by the end of the year as long as there is no large market collapse! Almost certain to hit $5,000 CDN within 5 years. Cheers!

No, sometimes it's just calling a spade, a spade...no pun intended you racist assholes! I can't presume that my position is less tenable than say an Indian immigrant coming to the U.S. under an immigrant visa and having to build their lives within a whole new community. It's just not true! The same exists for Trump. His life, whether it is fair or not fair to completely base American life on a meritocracy, was, is and probably never will be an equitable life to what Obama lived through. It just isn't! So yeah, Trump and myself relative to those two respective comparisons, have to accept the higher moral ground exists and it's just the construct that we have to live within...at least until it does become equitable. But a large number of the population does not want that construct to exist...they do not want the "tired, the poor, the huddled masses, the wretched refuse" to get any advantage or level playing field...especially from the "shithole" countries! Cheers!

No, I 100% agree with you on this! Limbaugh was old, hardcore GOP...not this MAGA nutjob stuff...although it achieved what he wanted in many ways, so he was extremely supportive. That's why many GOP joined the MAGA fight...like-minded goals in many ways, but one group was clearly more deranged! But guess who took MAGA into this crazy ass journey, including where half of MAGA has turned on Trump...Trump himself! Obama might have made things worse with his overtly push on the black/minority agenda, but by far, Trump took the Presidency in unprecedented areas of action, decorum and just plain disgrace in terms of respect for the office and the Constitution. But hey, as long as he hits his goals and achieves what half the country wants...no one gives two shits! It not only doesn't work anymore...it's been blown to fucking high hell and will take a decade to get back to any normalcy...if it ever does! Cheers!

Hahahahaha! Are you fucking kidding me Cubs?! Hard to believe that Tucker Carlson, the hyena-like, cackling fruitcake, bow-tie wearing pussy is "now involved in conspiracy theory stuff"? Even Greg is going, "Yeah Mike, have a shot of Pappys!" That made me laugh so hard, I've got to change the channel from CNN to Mark & Kelly...I need to watch some crap from NY City instead of Atlanta! It's like rinsing my mouth out with alcohol after vomiting! I've gone off the deep end now...forget Tucker Carlson! Cheers!

Actually, Trump would make a great podcaster...or if given a show or something...he might actually strengthen the MAGA base again with a show! It's the soundbites that make him a hero or hurt him. But MAGA doesn't care which way those soundbites go...as long as he's spewing, they keep praying and sacrificing to Mount Trumpuvius! Cheers!

Well it won't be Donald! Cheers!

Everything Trump supports implodes sooner or later! He manages to squirrel his way out somehow, but there is usually a large mess left behind for others to clean up and deal with! Cheers!

O.J. Simpson? Is that the Secret Service code name for him? His best bud after Epstein! Poor Ivanka...surrounded by the "best people" since she was a child! Cheers!

Well, I think ObamaCare was something he needed to pass before leaving office...in the sense there was no guarantee 2012 would put him back in the Presidency after the GFC, etc and they lost control of both houses after 2010. After 2012, it was gridlock...what the heck could he pass? How much stuff did Trump pass after 2018-2020? This time he controls every god-damn thing...so it's easy to do what you want! Cheers!

I hope you are right! I think the Fed should remain independent of the Presidency or Congress. Powell was NOT the problem! Cheers!

Would you really vote for Don Jr? Or Eric....!!! Cheers!

But the Epstein-Trump files are the real deal! Sadly, I don't want to claim victory on that one...it's just twisted and sick like all the dirtbags in there alongside Trump! Cheers!

Hmmm...you never know with the Democrats. They may fuck this one up too! Although the 2010 mid-terms wasn't about the Dems...it was the frickin' GFC and housing bubble that popped and wiped out half the real estate equity in the U.S. Shit that happened because Greenspan and Dubya were asleep at the wheel allowing New Century and Countrywide to write 110% financed mortgages! They were also fucking with fiscal policy like a $2 hooker working a long-weekend during Mardi Gras...something that Trump has been trying to get on with Powell, but he's a high-priced escort and won't go for it. In comes, $50 hooker Warsh and let the pussy grabbing by Trump begin! Yeah, probably one of my nastiest posts, but this President is a fiend of all sorts! Cheers!

We know what your moniker stands for Reds! "1973 Reds"...I know you're actually a U.S. communist who fled to Canada in 1973. You draft dodging little bastard! Did you have bone spurs too? I bet you were part of the FLQ! Now you hide out on our message board pretending to be a lawyer and Trump supporter. If only Cubs knew the truth! Cheers!

He may be the luckiest fucker alive! In every which way too! His paternal and maternal grandfathers must have been Al Capone and Harry Houdini! Cheers!

This is starting to look more and more like a Nixon presidency...only with like 5 Watergates and he keeps escaping each of them! Cheers!

Took all of ten seconds! Cheers! Proposed "Supreme" Phrase: Suddenly Undoes Previous Rhetoric, Ensuring Market Euphoria