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Termites? I have been called worse. God called us crickets in the Book of Isaiah. The government also looks at us like insects. My own accountant called that one. The EV idea to me is one thing! Destroy our independence and freedom. Just punch a button and the unwashed are sitting on the side of the road, helpless. You can take your ev or whatever we wind up calling it and stick it!! Freedom is the one thing that I cherish more than anything. As to the oil price, the government will screw that up, too. Like I have said, all this is on purpose, cause you will never get this much incompetence and ignorance by accident. Although, I will say, the border deal still puzzles me. We are importing poverty and ignorance by the boatload. Still have not figured this one out. My son says the plan is to turn us into a poverty-stricken narco state. Does have some merit. But, Rush Limbaugh used to say, we need to have more guns. Let all the people have guns and we will cut the gun murders by 90 per cent. Think of the old west. Gotta go practice my fast draw. Just sayin'

Don Harrell

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Termites are the elites in government. Unless you're a government insider, lobbyist, or other parasitic zombie type you're not part of the infestation.

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I love the old west!

Best western movie of all time...none other than.. Young Guns II.

😂

Dialogue between Bonney and Scurlock:

(Young Guns II, 1990)

Gentlemen, I'm a schoolteacher

from the city of New York.

And the breed back there,

well, he's my guide.

And I believe you're about

to make an enormous error.

We know you rode with the boy-devil

and you're gonna hang for it.

I swear to you, I never

even laid eyes on him.

I was a schoolteacher from

the city of New York.

"I'm a school teacher from

the city of New York."

Howdy, Doc. How

are your drawers?

Nice to see you again, Billy.

It's the Kid!

Come on, let's get out.

Jesus. You sure got a lot of

boys riding with you these days.

Them ain't my boys.

It's a real lynch mob!

Get out! Ha! Ha!

🤣

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What do you guys make of this

Email sent to me by my online broker Questrade:

PLEASE NOTE

"New IRS tax ruling for U.S. Partnerships, effective Janurary 1 - Your securities may be impacted.

Starting Janurary 1, 2023 a 10% withholding tax will be applied to distributions and gross proceeds from sales.of certain US Partnerships with effectively connected income (ECI), held by non-US individuals. Also you may no longer be able to trade these securities on the trading platform. Please review - this list of Securities that may be impacted by the new tax.

Note this list may not include all impacted securities and is subject to change."

I LOVE CANADA !

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A tax to dissuade investment in Chinese markets?

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The list was long many were US listed businesses. If the state can expropriate for a good cause it has many blessings

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I'm surprised you don't get the southern invasion orchestrated by our government.

It is straight from Cloward-Piven: overwhelm the system to cause collapse.

Bonuses are that they dilute the power of Americans that would oppose them and increase the ease of introducing fraud into the voting system.

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According to the - Toronto Star, kanada had a record number of migrants in 2022 of 433,000. We might be behind somewhat but it appears we are competing vigrously. Trying to help the poor contributing to the poor.

Now we are equal I suppose, their end run all along.

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Beware of false promises

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Hi Don -

Psssst...go long on bicycle racks engineered to fit onto EVs...

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Yes, same set-up as ICE cars. You never know when you'll need one..and bikes are fun to ride, esp., on vacations.

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LOl, I have a neighbor with his and hers Tesla. During the last wind and rain event a tree took out the grid for 2 day. Needless to say both cars were not able to be driven after day one.

He's currently collecting bids to have a NG gas generator installed.

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DT: That doesn't make sense. Most anyone who owes an electric car would not run the battery down so low that it wouldn't start. This person must not be too bright or you got your story wrong!

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They charge the car from a home outlet, the only super charger nearby always has long lines.

it takes a lot of time to charge a Tesla on a home cord, when you have one cord and two cars and the power is off for 2 days, there's going to be a problem. I'm a nice neighbor, I have 4 gas fueled vehicles, I lent them a 230 volt construction generator so they could get to work.

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DT: If you keep you car charged up to one-half, the charge will last probably 14 days or more. When I go away for more than two weeks, I charge it up to 60% before I leave. It ususally has at least 30 to 40% left when I return. I'm not sure what they are doing wrong. Also, charging at night is really a good way to charge plus inexpensive. They can plug their cars in and control it thru their cell phones. That was very nice that you helped them out.

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Psssst ... I think someone missed the sarcasm of the "go long" part LOL.

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Dave. Don't engage her. I tried once and it was exhausting.

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No, I didn't miss the point...Sorry to disappoint you (well, not really).

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The XOP trade is a long term trade that will have to fight the ESG and WEF head winds for many years until debt sinks governments. It is a 30% gamble of our investments. But, it is a well thought out trade, since war and all economies run on fossil fuels. Nothing runs in a significant way on fake Green Energy. Think of Green Energy as the Cryptocurrency of the energy world.

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Dow many states are pushing back on ESG.

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Bill, I like your comment on the Bill of Rights and Constitution,the people who wrote them are different from the people who ignore them. Maybe the awaking of the people to the roots that have held this country together for 200 plus years,will start to ignore the media and the ignorant per say experts.

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Dan and Tom,

I’m a little concerned about XOP. It has been both volatile and moving lower recently. My concern is not with your thesis regarding its’ long term value. I agree with that.

My concern remains ESG and the fact that the Boards of the oil and gas industry seem to be committing corporate suicide. They are literally dismantling their balance sheets by destroying or de-investing in carbon assets. As for ESG, it became somewhat tarnished in 2022 as an investment strategy however it still holds much woke political power. The investment world is controlled by the Elite. They move in lock step, increasingly based on ideology and political trends of their own making. The ESG/Woke Board phenomenon could explain the recent performance of oil and gas and portend poorly for its’ investment future. What say you?

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I'm buying on the dips, I should have listened and got in early. The Green movement is due to implode, no one has time for Greta Thunberg and the clowns when the heat is off, and the lights go out. When they all rush back to oil and nuclear the capacity to increase supply will be very lacking causing prices to go parabolic. As a long term play I'd be happy to see a 50% drop.

Don't take this as tax advice: Folks with large position in crypto who've seen losses, like to sell all their positions then buy back in. This allows taking the loss while holding in hope of their crypto returning to profit.

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On the contrary, it’s the beginning of cheap money, lots and lots of it. The problem is the enormous amount of free money circulating the system ain’t worth a plug nickel because of inflation! 😂

The portal is open, the horns and scythe are visible. What a beauty, the greatest minds are endlessly trying to shut the door, but the simplicity behind it all cannot be determined.

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Tom. Should iBonds be avoided as well?

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Sorry. The interesting information starts at Hour 1 and 35 min. I think very good watch.

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Rough seas ahead. right on. Nov 9th FDIC Bank meeting. Quote "People need to understand that there can be a bail in, but we don't want a run on the installations." "Long term Dedt investors state level are not Principal Protected by DESIGN" https://www.infowars.com/posts/must-watch-fdic-bankers-discuss-bail-ins-to-deal-with-impending-market-collapse/

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Hi PG -

Well, as it turns out, the frogs really WERE gay...

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Where can I find the 7 open positions on your watchlist?

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