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Yes, you are saying what I said you said and you cannot refute it. It doesn't help that you try to explain away the plain words you wrote. If you meant something else by them, that's not my fault. Your written word is quite plain. mspart

Not different. Not even completely. And should they own American assets? That is a question to ask yourself. I don't think they should. Both this and the ports are a national security issue. Like making our own steel. If we can't make our own steel, we are in trouble from a national security standpoint. mspart

Explain how you want, but you threw shade on Blackrock but threw sunlight on the Chinese company. That's what your quotes show. Which all is beside the point. Better a western hemisphere outfit running the ports than an enemy that could take it over. I don't think there is any question that China is not on our side. mspart

Well, Mars candy is the best , no doubt. I prefer it over Hershey and DOTS and other less desirable candies. Although I can't have them anymore. Mars bar and milky way are roughly the same but they do taste different to me. mspart

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/candy-maker-mars-selling-biggest-171745873.html (Bloomberg) -- Mars Inc. is selling $26 billion of US high-grade bonds on Wednesday to fund its acquisition of rival foodmaker Kellanova, the biggest bond sale of the year so far. Kellanova is Kellogs, the cereal company. Mars is a candy company primarily. I'm not sure how I feel about this, but I thought it was interesting nonetheless. Another one biting the dust it looks like. mspart

The ports were owned by a chinese conglomerate. They no longer are. But that is not a good thing apparently. mspart

That's fine, but you give a pass to the Hong Kong group that you do not give to the American group. The bolded sections are your words. So you tell me what you are saying if you don't like my interpretation. msaprt

Yet you accused Black Rock of failing their shareholders, their fiduciary duty just a few posts ago. Which is it? So Hong Kong, which is part of Communist China, more fiduciarly responsible than anyone else? If a hHong Kong conglomerate owns the ports, it would be very easy for China to exert control over this? Is there any doubt this is what they are trying to do by buying up all the ports in the world? Why would ports at the Panama Canal be any different. mspart

I would say horrible optics by the Ds. Surely one can applaud for a 13 year old black boy with cancer, notwithstanding politics. Terrible look for the Ds. mspart

So are you against this or for it? Would you rather China continue to control the ports? What about this is not good? mspart

What does success look like to you? I'm not trying to be a funny guy here, what could he do that does not do Putin's bidding? Or maybe the better question would be what is Putin's bidding? mspart

Yes it should. mspart

Yes I agree, I'm just channeling those that hate Trump and do similar. mspart

Why would they overpay? What business does that? Americans benefit in that the control of the ports is no longer in the hands of enemies. Think man. mspart

https://nypost.com/2025/03/04/us-news/trump-announces-dj-daniels-will-be-honorary-secret-service-agent/ President Trump honored Devarjaye “DJ” Daniel, a 13-year-old cancer survivor, in a moving moment during his address to the joint session of Congress on Tuesday, announcing that he will become an honorary member of the Secret Service. Daniel, clad in a police officer uniform while seated in the House gallery, beamed as his father hoisted him up while Trump recognized his battle to overcome cancer. “He has always dreamed of becoming a police officer,” the commander in chief explained during his speech. “But in 2018, DJ was diagnosed with brain cancer.” “The doctors gave him five months at most to live,” Trump added. “That was more than six years ago. Since that time, DJ and his dad have been on a quest to make his dream come true.” “And tonight, DJ, we’re going to do you the biggest honor of them all,” Trump teased before announcing the honor. “I am asking our new Secret Service director, Sean Curran, to officially make you an agent of the United States.” Chants of “D-J!” immediately erupted in the House chamber in response to the heartwarming announcement. Yes there were chants of DJ DJ. But this did not come from the Democrats. Those jackals couldn't even feel good and support this poor kid. What a bunch of losers!! mspart

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/blackrocks-panama-canal-deal-is-latest-win-for-chief-larry-finks-strong-start-to-trump-era-090003262.html The latest came Tuesday when the world’s largest money manager announced that a BlackRock-led investment coalition would take control of two key ports on either end of the Panama Canal for the price of $22.8 billion. China no longer has control of the ports. mspart

Correct. The protest itself is not the problem as long as it is done legally. Taking over buildings or camping on campus is not legal. Harassing jewish students and faculty is illegal. Do it legally and there is no problem. mspart

The Columbia protest was illegal. They illegally squatted in a building for days, they illegally camped on the quad, they illegally harassed jewish students, they illegally ignored the universities admittedly very weak pleas for restraint. USC and UCLA and other campuses were also involved in similar illegal activities. If they keep it to a legal protest, then there is no problem. They have all the free speech that they want, but do the protest legally. mspart

Look for the Ds to disrupt the proceedings. Hoping they rise above and don't. mspart

Well, I kind of hope you are correct. Not sure about JD for the long haul, just because I don't know much about him. But what I've seen looks good. But there are lots of things that could derail any enthusiasm we now have. mspart

What happened at Columbia was illegal that was allowed to continue. They closed down the university. Why should the Federal government financially support that. The government support is there to help the school advance students, not allow students to shut down the enterprise. If laws are broken during the protests, that is an illegal protest. It seems pretty clear. mspart

Based on his results, NLWC has not done what was hoped when he left tOSU. Snyder is an incredible talent. A generational talent. Since 2015, he has gotten a medal every year except last year and he was in the Bronze medal match. He is an incredible talent. First Sad was his nemesis. He could not figure him out completely. I believe they are friendly with each other. Then Taz came along. Taz beat them both. Who saw that coming? Taz backed it up the next year. Casey and Cael don't seem to have the secret sauce for him. I was going to say maybe Taylor but he was there with Taylor the last number of years and that didn't help. But Taylor was not in coach mode, maybe it would be different. It might be good to go back to Tervel. But what would really good is if Casey or Cael could figure out what needs to be done and adjust. Kyle is strong as an ox. He seems to have lungs. He needs something new to resurge at the world level. He is elite and will be in the medal hunt for the foreseeable future as I see it. I'm hoping so anyway. mspart

Very sad. I saw this yesterday and couldn't believe it. mspart

Flinching is bad news. Don't want to do that especially with the gun. Why don't they use these in elementary school anymore. mspart

I just started this thread and a number of times RV demands that someone not Musk or Trump back up the claim. I suggest you go to Musk or Trump and ask them yourself. If SS has people on their list that are 250 years old is it that hard to think there might be an employee or two that don't exist? Just reason it out in your mind. Then go ask those that made the claim if you can't reason it out in your mind. mspart