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Manhattan's GDP alone is almost a trillion dollars. NYC's GDP is around 1.3T. $14B is a rounding error. Cheers!

LOL! Cheers!

Ok, let's not die on this stupid hill! Illegal activity by one, doesn't make the other one alright. Shouldn't we be cleaning it all up, not fighting amongst ourselves on which form of scum is the higher cellular being and one that we are ok living with? Cheers!

Actually, I think some of Trump's tactics work out quite well long-term. My point is that he could have gotten the same results with a scalpel, less chaos, probably weeded out the really wasteful stuff, and protected the borders and U.S. growth. But...he thrives on the suffering of others...like a parasite or weed! Cheers!

Referring back to your question about Brookfield...Brookfield isn't paid by taxpayers, it's a for-profit company. Not only has Trump not put his private assets into a blind trust, he's continuously still involved with much of the operations and investments they are making...such as the shitcoin they made $2B on today. A better example would have been the ability of Congress to invest in stocks they have inside information on...Pelosi, etc. That should be illegal, just like Trump's business activities while President. Cheers!

Trump University...Trump Hotels in Toronto and Vancouver...New Jersey Generals...Trump Shuttle...Trump Vodka...Trump Mortgage LLC...Trump Travel (GoTrump.com)...Trump Steaks...4,000 legal actions...6 business bankruptcies...and he keeps rockin' out to "YMCA". Young man! Cheers!

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No, we had record low unemployment, an economy growing slightly better than 2%, no tariffs, stock market much higher (that matters here nor there for me, but it is fact)...yes, huge illegal immigration problems, wars, divided country...but most of Trump's problems so far are completely self-inflicted. No one else is really to blame. Cheers!

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Ok, so you aren't a MAGA fanatic after all. You just voted for him as the best of a bad lot. Alright, so you don't really care about policy...just opportunity...that's perfectly acceptable. Cheers!

So these small victories accumulated over 50 years might "Make America Great Again"? Is that the plan Greg, really? Cheers!

Vlad Jr's request didn't stop the Blue Jays from selling season tickets next year...they still priced them where they wanted. Most U.S. businesses are pulling guidance since they don't know what revenues, capex, profits or taxes will look like during the year. The Blue Jays didn't drive up the manufacturing price of their own Blue Jay's merchandise. The Blue Jays didn't go after and fire management, admin staff, janitorial, concession staff, etc. The Blue Jays didn't tell the National Baseball Association that if they want to play games in Toronto, they are going to have to sell Blue Jays merchandise at all of the stadiums across the U.S. The Blue Jays didn't send Vlad Jr. to an El Salvador prison. The Blue Jays didn't tell Vlad Jr. to avoid Covid and measle vaccines. The Blue Jays don't blame all of their problems on the Dodgers or Yankees. Big fucking differences! Cheers!

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If he pushes centrist economic policies, then he could get Conservative votes as well. Cheers!

He's too busy yelling at Bezos because Amazon was going to show tariff charges on their site and on purchases: https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/29/business/white-house-calls-report-that-amazon-is-adding-a-tariff-charge-a-hostile-action/index.html Cheers!

Could be the NDP, could be the Bloc...past form indicates it would probably be the NDP. Cheers!

Yup...in Canada it's a red wave. Conservatives are pissed off, but if they get independence, they want it from everyone...not just Canada. Albertans are pissed off about oil and equalization payments. Oil I can understand...but in terms of equalization payments, they haven't paid the most of any province like they believe they have. Ontario has led the way, then Alberta and BC. So yes there probably should be some reform on equalization payments, but Alberta isn't the only one screwed over. Cheers!

Albertans would consider independence, but they would never vote to be part of the U.S. It would just be going from the oven to the deep fryer. You are going to see a red wave through the U.S. when the primaries come in 2026. Especially if the Democrats can field more centrist candidates. Cheers!

Only 3 in 10 Albertans want any part of the U.S. That's far less than Quebecers wanting independence during their heydays during the 80's and 90's when it almost happened. So it is unlikely that referendum would ever pass. Cheers! https://angusreid.org/smith-shapiro-sovereignty/

This statement makes little sense. Almost all of the major cities, excluding Calgary, were Liberal strongholds. How would that make any difference to Trump? Cheers!

Although it looks like a minority Liberal government. Parties are going to have to work together. Cheers!

Red wave surging in Canada...looks like the Liberals win this one handily. A few months ago, Pierre Poilievre was essentially Prime Minister Elect...then Poilievre experienced an outlier event like no other...Trump stupidity! Cheers!

Not really. They have to keep a certain amount in bonds to match their insurance liabilities long-term, but outside of that, they have enormous flexibility in what they can invest in. They also run models on what would happen to them if there were two major catastrophes in a given year (I believe they use a 9.0 earthquake in Los Angeles and a F5 hurricane hitting Florida combined with a 50% drop in the U.S. market). So as long as their models stay intact with the investment ideas they use, and possible outcomes with those ideas, they can invest in almost anything. Cheers!

There are almost zero 5-year periods in the last 20 years where you would want to own PEP or KO over the S&P500. I love both businesses, but is it worth buying them or just buy the S&P500? You would have to buy both of them at a P/E of 12 or less to really outperform the index. Cheers!

Probably some of the mo-mo's on here taking their 10% gain over the last three weeks when it hit the low 1900's! The drop happened so fast that Yahoo and a couple of other sites couldn't update the close quote properly. Cheers!