Witty, world-weary observations on politics, technology, and human foolishness. Served up warm and folksy. Like your grandfather at the kitchen table.
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I bet Europe and the UK are thinking that the trade agreements they just signed are worthless. Trump will just add on new tariffs on a whim.
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A little misleading in that the bill EXTENDS the current tax cuts. It stops taxes from increasing, you won’t see an additional $11K in savings beyond what you currently have.
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People are tired of being told they have to cut their own GHG emissions and then watching their leaders and the elites flying in private jets and thumbing their middle fingers at them.
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You mean to say that you have collected an additional $100B from US companies so far this year and that will eventually get passed on to consumers.
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Wow. Haven’t seen too many VCs who give away profitable companies because they are a hassle. Good for you for finding and executing on this underserviced niche.
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As someone who gets gold plated healthcare for himself, his family and his staff, I know it is hard for you to understand the troubles the rest of us average folk have!
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Excellent. Too bad that we had net immigration requirements alone for 38,216 new homes (using occupancy of 1.57).
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Folded how? Nobody cut any deal with the US. Trump did the right thing and deserves credit by backing down.
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Out west they just awarded a multi-billion ferry contract to a Chinese company instead of a US one. It is not just Montreal.
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Mortgage rates are based on bond rates and not the Fed rate. If you were a decent money manager you would know that.
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Why should they pay attention to what retired politicians have to say? Does Trump listen to Bush?
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The average blue collar worker has a passing interest at anything SVB related. He/she will go to work as usual on Monday and that will be that.
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Pretty funny. RNC research stands for Republican National Committee! Is this just the code you use when you make stuff up?!
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RFK jr logic. 100 years ago we didn’t treat people for cancer and there were very few cancer deaths. Now we have many more people dying from cancer so it must be the treatment that is killing them!
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We no longer come downtown because we don’t want to be randomly assaulted or stabbed. Has nothing to do with trying to hide from mental illness.
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Don't think that too many people who travel downtown would look forward to having to park north of crack alley and then having to walk the gauntlet to get to their destination.
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You mean several hundred billion dollars of additional taxes paid by consumers? You expect Apple to just absorb the extra $2,000 it will cost them to make an iphone and sell everything at a loss?
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We already know that nobody over 115 gets paid social security so these were already stale records. Musk just saved the taxpayer $0.08 by freeing up 57MB of hard drive space.
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The CRA is behind this to try and catch people who don’t declare rental income. The Gov’t could care less about the tenants.
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Seems like a long way to go for a 2 minute meeting. You would think that a quick phone call would sort that out ahead of time. Seems like Trump is just setting the stage for a failed summit.
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This was discussed 4 months ago. Were you sleeping? The system won't allow payments to anyone over 115. Anyone listed over that age is due to a default date being used in the early days. There is no widespread fraud.
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Grand jury fails to issue indictment against sandwich thrower in massive slap in the face to Trump. cnn.com/2025/08/27/politics/…
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And you support that? Message being that officials now just to report whatever Trump tells them do!
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Except the resources that we are relying on for this fund are in regions that are about to be surrendered to Russia.
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Note that nobody is saying that money actually went to these people, all they are saying is that a field in a database was incorrectly set and are implying the former.
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Should we be upset that a bankrupt company isn't opening new stores? cnn.com/2023/04/23/business/…
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The problem is that housing is unaffordable because demand over supply is 6:1. You could lobby to change that but instead you continue to advocate to make the issue worse.
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Any bets that Trump's billionaire friends are being tipped just before each of his outrageous announcements which cause wild market swings?
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Amazing Matt. Less than 30 minutes after this was posted on Craigslist you are referencing it here.
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You should email the NFL staff and let them know how you feel. Maybe they will issue an apology.
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What is with the right wing media fawning over the prospect of Vance/Rubio as the Pres/VP? Is Trump really that ill that they are already prepping for new leadership only 6 months into his term?
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Children are our future, let's just not worry about carbon emissions, pollution or harmful chemicals!
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80 poverty groups take in more than $100M a year providing ‘services’ to the homeless in Victoria and that doesn’t include millions grants every year to UVIC to continually study the problem. No incentive for anything to improve.
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Didn’t hear Canada’s Jewish communities apologize for the Israeli attack on the Iranian embassy in Syria which also damaged the Canadian embassy!
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Wouldn’t be a surprise. I asked elections BC how they monitored people voting 2 or more times given the manual record keeping and the ability to vote at any polling station. Their answer was that it is illegal to vote multiple times!
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The group that benefitted from the STR rule changes were hotel operators. At $400 a night a room that means less money for restaurants, shopping, and entertainment.
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A friend of mine who observed the incident last night referred to it as having the appearance of "open warfare" on the streets and a "pitched battle" between police and a mob.
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Interesting that the PIT made that determination since there were no questions about whether someone had ID!
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Why the heck is the National Guard not being deploying to Minneapolis? Something needs to be done to protect our kids.
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If you booked using your credit card or have travel insurance then you may be able to claim at least a portion of your costs through as well. Many policies pay out if there is a delay beyond x hours.
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Sorry but we got here because demand far outstrips supply. We could enact measures to limit demand while capacity catches up but we are choosing not to.
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The shooter was also white and a republican supporter. Did CNN report that. No evidence that being trans had anything to do with the shooting.
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How long until the Haida start issuing eviction notices?! Lots of wonderful fishing and hunting resorts.
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So healthcare policy is now a municipal responsibility?! You may have a family doctor and get treatment whenever you need it Dave but lots of other people do not and would rather have an unvaccinated healthcare pro then wait for years for treatment.
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I wouldn't draw the line on politicians who have changed their opinions over time! I seem to recall your article in the Capital Daily stating that you were not a Conservative!
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Dude, weren’t you the +1 of a guest? Sounds a little off suggesting that you were the invited guest and that the photo was to celebrate your achievements.
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Any bets he and his goons shorted Intel just before he made the announcement? Now he gets to decide who should lead corporations as well?
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Tomorrow's jobs report will show a million new jobs created since Trump took office. No issues at all.
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Good for you Tim. I think that the drug and crime issues and your support for having UNDRIP repealed are key for voters
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Recruiting always goes up when jobs go down and the unemployment rate increases. Nothing to be proud of!
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A very small % of buyers purchase a home, do nothing, & then sell it within 2 years. After you pay transfer taxes & commissions, you have lost money. Most 'flippers' take old houses, refurb them & then make them available to a wider market. Those are the ones being punished now.
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He didn't maintain the 10%, he said he is reducing that as well. Bottom line is that the billionaires who put Trump in power told him to back down and he did.
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