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I actually have him blocked, but good to know nonetheless!

Perhaps the two are complimentary, this guy could be on to something maybe we should all try it!

Pretty sure you're talking to a 17 year old whose only economics background is having read Atlas Shrugged. I do wonder what the health implications are for someone who rolls on the floor laughing his ass off so often are though, can't be a healthy activity to engage in multiple times a day.

When was the last time a Muslim tried to kill you? If you live in the Western world you're far far far more likely to be killed by a Christian. In the U.S. you're statistically far more likely to be killed in a white supremist or other non-Muslim terror attack than a Muslim one. Are you one of...

When was the last time you were accosted by a Muslim?

Macau is doing pretty well. As is Florida, Louisiana is doing OK as is the rest of the former French colony in North America, even that Quebec place where they still speak French. I hear New Amsterdam is doing pretty good. Iraq, what was the British Mandate of Palestine, Persia...

Sure, just ignore the massive debt they've defaulted on, rampant inflation, impact of currency controls....It's all so simple, if they would only lower taxes they'd be a mecca like that other low tax country, Somalia!

Yeah, I remember it being a PE thing.

I seem to remember they were also in the mood to reduce their prop trading anyway at the time given the volatility it introduced to their earnings?

Those are all fair points. Very different points than the start of the conversation, but fair points. I'd lead with those going forward, they're much more along the lines of things that rational, well meaning people can disagree on.

And he comes back with more childish insults. Good luck with those "real things to do"!

Relative to the size of the country, Mexico and Canada benefit much more from USMCA than the U.S. And yet, and this is my point all along, its not a zero sum game! As a result, the U.S. is far better off with it than without it. It doesn't matter how much more Mexico or Canada benefit from it if...

And yet another content free post throwing insults around and you still haven't addressed the very detailed, itemized, data driven points that were presented to you. That says everything.

I don't know how many times I have to explain the basic economic principle that just because you have a trade deficit with someone doesn't mean they took your precious share of a fixed tiny pie! Unfortunately we aren't able to have an intelligent discussion if you don't have a basic macro...

And then you went and switched to metric and left us holding the bag! If you switch back after Brexit all is forgiven!

So we're back to how the religion started off, not how it is today? I just can't keep track! There are nearly 2B Muslims in the world. About 5M of them are Wahhabis, the sect of Muslim that is responsible for the vast majority of religiously driven violence (as opposed to Muslim nations...

I think you were just bragging earlier that the U.S. is the U.K.'s biggest trading partner. So if you fuck your country's economy up, to put it mildly, it really is quite literally my business that suffers. It's interesting that your point has shifted significantly though. Now that we showed...

Every single country that has air travel to the U.S. has signed an agreement with the U.S. to allow that and has a set of protocols, standards, and enforcement mechanisms that the U.S. agrees are adequate as well as bilateral obligations between the two entities. And vice versa for countries...

The U.S. and the EU have an agreement, hammered out after long negotiation and review of the two standards, that allows aircraft parts, pharma, and all other manner of things that were certified under U.S. certification regimes to be allowed in European products and vice versa because both have...

A "closed mind hypothesis made in hindsight". From someone of your clear foresight and open mind I'm hurt, just hurt. Welcome to the forum. A little advice, maybe your second post isn't the best place to start with the ad hominem attacks? If, with all that foresight and open mindedness, you have...