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Robert De Niro Slams Donald Trump in Cannes Acceptance Speech
Whose moaning? Every time Trump makes to lefties angry, I get happier. I love watching lefties chase their tails. -
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dying from cancer at home in Thailand
However - it is good to have discussions like this. Things may change ever so slowly in Thailand, so discussions like that highlight the changes - good and bad. -
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United States credit rating
Yah, even if that market value is exaggerated it's still at least around 3.5 trillion which is still a "weapon of financial mass destruction" as Warren Buffet called Derivatives. I actually worked on repackaged Derivatives, CDOs, as a securitization lawyer and none of us understood what underpinned the deals. I vividly remember the lead lawyer on the deal at a major law firm, screaming down the phone at the investment bank client "No I don't understand it! Explain it to me again!". Obviously he never understood it, since those epxlaining it to him clearly didn't understand it. -
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Problem Nr 1 here, payment problems.
20 years ago i would agree. But not today anymore! I have been using WISE regularly since 2016 without any problems and saved a lot of money. -
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Mark Carney Rebukes UK Over Trump Invite, Reasserts Canadian Sovereignty
It was not about telling Trump he was not welcome. It was about timing. Starmer was too concerned about a need for a positive headline. It is understandable why Carney would have little patience for the opportunistic Starmer. Carney is a restrained banker who thinks out financial policy, while Starmer and friends do not. Rachel from accounting has buggered up the economy, and now Starmer is in panic mode over the migrant crisis. It is also about arrogance and the condescending attitude that the English ruling cadres have. Both left and right have lost the plot in the UK. The UK is ungrateful and has a short memory. It owes the fact that it did not collapse during WWII mostly to Canada. Unlike the USA, it was Canada that provided the initial large aid package without strings attached. There was a $1 billion grant to Britain, along with a $700 million interest-free loan in 1942 that kept the country alive. Long before the USA offered any assistance, Canada was helping and putting its lives at risk. Almost all of the foreign aid arriving in the UK was courtesy of the Canadian merchant marine supported by the brave Norwegian and Danish seafarers. The loss at Dunkirk left the British military ill prepared for an invasion and it was the 1st Canadian Division, under the command of a Canadian officer, Lieutenant-General Andrew G.L. McNaughton who were expected to be used in the event of an immediate invasion. The RAF would have lost the Battle of Britain had it not had the participation of RCAF No 1 Squadron and the mostly Canadian RAF 242 Canadian Squadron. 7 Canadian destroyers participated in the Dunkirk evacuation and were the naval vessels which rescued the British military at other isolated ports . Unlike Dutch school kids, the ungrateful people of England show no respect for the sacrifice of the Australians, Canadians, New Zealanders, and others who saved their country. It will bite them on their collective fat butts. This is one time the Canadians should be taking counsel from Australia on how to manage the UK relationship. Carney was not owned. Trump made a fool of himself with his bombastic display of poor manners and ignorance. The UK is paying the price of its bungled Brexit. Now it is crawling back and begging the EU for a trade deal that will in effect put back many of the policies Brexit was supposed to end. The government of Canada must be concerned with what other countries are up to because those countries represent alternative markets. The calm and measured response is slowly paying off. Fox was all excited when Honda announced that it will move the manufacturing of Honda CRVs sold into the USA from Canada to the USA. What was not mentioned is that Honda will no longer manufacture CRVs in the USA for the export market. All of that manufacturing will be transferred to Canada. The end result is that the future for the Canadian plant is secured, while the US plant will get an initial boost, it will be restricted to the US market with no growth in new and growing markets like Latin America or Africa. Short term gain, but long term loss. A typical US business outcome.
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