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So Canada is going to boycott the USA?
We can still get maple syrup from New England. Gone are the happy days when it was $1 for a 12 oz can. I used to bring back a flat and pass them out among my friends/family.- Gary/CO
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- Forum: The Bear Pit
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So Canada is going to boycott the USA?
Justin Castreau is only there b/c he prorogued (suspended) their Parliament. He's a lame duck with teeth and needs a bigger spanking from #47. I don't know if our northern brethren are waking up (the locking up of the accounts of those supporting the trucker protests should have opened their...- Gary/CO
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- Forum: The Bear Pit
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Cleaning Rod OK to as Carry On
Dunno. Haven't traveled for years now b/c my stuff is always f*cked with by them. Wind-up shaver broken, bottle of shampoo opened and never closed tightly, knife stolen (from checked-in luggage), etc. They even tried to fine me for flying with an "undeclared" flintlock in check-in luggage...- Gary/CO
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- Forum: The Armory
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Cleaning Rod OK to as Carry On
I'd check with the airline. TSA is fickle and told me I couldn't bring an antique handvise with me. It's a 19th Century jeweler's tool Amazon image that "could be used to hit someone with." I asked if I could bring a roll of quarters. "Yes." "Well, I could hit someone with that."- Gary/CO
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- Forum: The Armory
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Inflation.......... ?
David Webb, author and prroducer of the U-toob film of the same name, The Great Taking, is nterviewed. 1 hr 13 min. The whole thing revolves around the legal concept of "title." We're not talking about the piece of paper for your car or motorcycle or deed recorded at the County Recorder's...- Gary/CO
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- Forum: The Bear Pit
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Replica of an 'improvised M14A1' sniper rifle as used by the US Army LLRP, circa 1967
MSG Harold Thompson from the AMU told me he had to fix the Redfield ARTs in Vietnam. The Redfields were designed for sportsmen and not heavy duty military use (daily practice and not jut sighting in for the season) and were sold by Leatherwood without any manuals, tools orr warranty. From...- Gary/CO
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- Forum: Vintage Sniper Rifles
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Inflation.......... ?
Engineered food shortage is anticipated. Starvation, denial of water and energy (heat) will be used to bring people to their knees. None of the destroyed factories affected me (I don't like processed foods or frozen food) but empty shelves should be anticipated. One good thing about the...- Gary/CO
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- Forum: The Bear Pit
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Inflation.......... ?
That's a lot of chicken wings and drums. When my dog was alive she liked white meat. FORMER FINANCE PROFESSOR TAD SMITH: "After 25 years teaching finance, I realized at 58: "If the money printer grows 8-10% annually and the S&P 500 returns ~9%, it’s just treading water. True wealth comes from...- Gary/CO
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- Forum: The Bear Pit
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Recession - 2022 / 2023 / 2024
Tariffs should only be imposed on products imported in competition against American manufactured products. As mentioned earlier by Mr. BR, tariffs are passed onto the consumer. Concur with lariat that we are in a liquidity crunch. Trump's response would be to lower interest rates, which would...- Gary/CO
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- Forum: The Bear Pit
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Another caravan is heading to the border.
The solution is to restore the old Brachero Program whereby a migrant worker gets a work permit, works for a farmer during the season, send his earnings home and be back with his family when the season is over. Work permit will give him easy crossing over the border with assurances he may...- Gary/CO
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- Forum: The Bear Pit
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Inflation.......... ?
You nailed it. Commercial property has taken a beating since the mandatory lockdowns. Stay-at-home workers meant businesses didn't have to lease offices anymore. Lock down of mom 'n pops meant small businesses' cash flow got stymied and many never recovered. When the mom 'n pop closed...- Gary/CO
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- Forum: The Bear Pit
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Inflation.......... ?
Insurance is a crucial component. Insurance companies decline selling insurance (think California where insurance was dropped a year before the Palisades Fire) and when you want to buy or (re)build and can't buy insurance, you're out of a buying or rebuilding loan. Banks won't offer loans if...- Gary/CO
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- Forum: The Bear Pit
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CBDC's are coming
5k is 3.1 miles. That's nothing. Self-expiring due to time limitations? People will buy stuff fast just to dump the crypto. Capital control on what you buy? How do you tip strippers?- Gary/CO
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- Forum: The Bear Pit
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CBDC's are coming
it's wonderful what those Nigerian Princes did there in stopping it. Morroco (or was it Tunisia) wanted but when protests reminded the government of Arab Spring they also dropped it. Solari Report's Catherine Austin Fitts is nterviewed by Melody K. Fitts warns against that "Mr Global" wants...- Gary/CO
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- Forum: The Bear Pit
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CBDC's are coming
New 1 hr 15 min movie warning about CBDC. Link Flick also warns that we may not get a CBDC but BDC which is issued by the big banks (JP Morgue, Citi, BoA, etc). Same sh*t.- Gary/CO
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- Forum: The Bear Pit
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Inflation.......... ?
Janet Yellen herself said, "Cash is not a convenient store of value." (my italics) When she said that, it was under a -0.75 basis rate. Today (1/2025) the % rate is higher today BUT it doesn't outstrip inflation. That's why I said how you store your wealth determines whether you've stored...- Gary/CO
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- Forum: The Bear Pit
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Inflation.......... ?
More history. In the wake of NAFTA (free trade agreement), middle class production jobs were starting to leave the country. Prior to that we had lost the electronics (TV, radios/stereos so no more RCA, Magnavox, Phillips), camera (no more Kodax and rise of Nikon, Pentax, Canon) and began...- Gary/CO
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- Forum: The Bear Pit
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Vintage Sniper Rifle Picture Thread
Sounds like those Zeilver scopes need major repair work.- Gary/CO
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- Forum: Vintage Sniper Rifles
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Inflation.......... ?
Bravo lariat! This is the plan unless people reject CBDC. Nigerians and Ghanans both rejected their govt/bank effort to shove it down their throats. We can too and if we do, we break the central bank. The only thing to add is something our education system (school/college/universities)...- Gary/CO
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- Forum: The Bear Pit
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Inflation.......... ?
It's more than bank loans that expand the "money" supply. Every time we slap down the plastic for payment we are also guilty of expanding it. Banks have taken a beating b/c of commercial real estate loans that have gone undewater. Another reason as mentioned as people drift towards higher...- Gary/CO
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- Forum: The Bear Pit
