Gadz

My 10 Predictions for 2010

Since trees and plants eat CO2 for breakfast, lunch and dinner and discharge life saving O2 for us, can't we just keep planting more and more plants and trees?


On Dec 30 01:41 AM cross wrote:

> You shouldn't be baffled, AM mrxg4. The science behind the theory
> that global warming is, in part, caused by CO2 release is sound,
> backed by evidence that the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere is at
> a 600,000 year high, that CO2 acts as a barrier to the release of
> heat from the earth, and empirical evidence that, indeed, the earths
> atmosphere is heating up, correlating well with the quantities of
> CO2 released by human activity. All of what I just said is not necessary
> to debate any more than a debate between those who claim that man
> has walked on the moon and those who claim it never happened. <br/>The
> problem lies in that people want easy answers to complex questions.
> One easy answer to the complex question of 'why is the earth's temperature
> rising' is that it is not, or if it is, the heating is not caused
> by the release of CO2, or if it is caused by human activity, there
> is nothing we can do about it anyway.
> By stating that and believing it one saves a great deal of trouble.
>
> Can any of you who believe that global warming concepts are a "hoax"
> or a "religion" find a single, recent statement by any energy company
> that agrees with you? Chevron, Exxon, BP, Apache, Devon and all others
> do not dispute what has been stated. Who are you to do so?

What (If Anything) Has Tiger Woods Actually Cost Shareholders?

I find it ridiculous to believe that ANYONE would stop using a product they love/enjoy/like because the deluded celebrity, who's busy promoting it only for the fat million dollar paychecks, has suddenly become a persona non grata. I mean really, people might lose faith in the man, but not the product. If they were to lose faith in any 'product' because of Tiger's actions, it may be the product of 'two people falling in love = getting married'.

Bank of Nova Scotia Believes in Dubai

..will 'do' very well..not, will 'due' very well..". What was I thinking! :)


On Dec 27 01:30 PM Gadz wrote:

> God love them, but Canadians sure are a conservative, risk-averse
> lot..in general that is..there are some REAL risk takers for sure..but
> few and far between. I have this discussion with my American friends,
> we talk about all the great products Canadians have invented over
> the years, but for the most part the only reason they ever saw the
> Market was because there were risk-taking Americans willing to bring
> them out. And I say all this as a fiercely proud Canadian who loves
> his country and thinks Canada will due very well in the coming future.

Bank of Nova Scotia Believes in Dubai

God love them, but Canadians sure are a conservative, risk-averse lot..in general that is..there are some REAL risk takers for sure..but few and far between. I have this discussion with my American friends, we talk about all the great products Canadians have invented over the years, but for the most part the only reason they ever saw the Market was because there were risk-taking Americans willing to bring them out. And I say all this as a fiercely proud Canadian who loves his country and thinks Canada will due very well in the coming future.

Dropping the Bomb on Healthcare

I think it's because people are a renewable resource, while land is not.


On Dec 23 08:51 AM User 516152 wrote:

> Why is the public option so unacceptable when the public option is
> the foundation of flood insurance ? Is property of more value than
> the health of our citizens ?

BNI / Buffett Interview: Go West Young Man?

As per usual, Buffett is signaling that he sees something that most of us mere mortals can't begin to.
Buffett always has his reasons for whatever he says and he chooses his words carefully: he is NOT a careless speaker.

Third Time's the Charm: Yet Another Take on U.S. GDP Growth

I think the government is desperate to get any good news out there. It may be that things are even worse than we suspect? I would not be surprised.


On Dec 23 06:18 AM Davewmart wrote:

> Cynics might note that announcing higher GDP may promote the hoped-for
> recovery.
> Subsequently revising the figure downwards also has favourable results,
> as it gives a lower base for future optimistic forcasts to shine
> against.

Potential Smartphone Buyers Choosing Blackberrys Despite iPhone, Droid Hype

Your telling me that it is all due to luck? That's your grand explanation?! If I thought you were clueless before, that statement alone now confirms it. No wonder you got 'wiped out'.

Dec 20 11:56 PM JamesApple wrote:

> I lived in China for 14 years. I lived in the US and Canada for 42
> years. All my life I am in the electronics manufacturing business.
> I had made and lost fortunes. I manufactured the Columbia PC clones
> back in 1985, I also manufactured the Peach Apple II clones at that
> time, before Kaypro and Compaq wiped me out. Rim is a lot bigger
> than I ever got, it's more luck than anything else. It's God's wishes,
> not what we do, or fail to do.

Research in Motion: Well Positioned to Take Advantage of the Smartphone Explosion

I agree, Apple does kick ass..but that doesn't mean that it will always be that way or that someone else can't keep up.
I say, good luck to both of them!


On Dec 20 11:53 AM User 521090 wrote:

> One thing that is nice about Apple is their product development discipline.
> I've met people who have worked with Apple in the past on product
> development. They were always sworn to secrecy (and kept to it,)
> but the one thing I learned is that Apple doesn't develop products
> one at a time; they lay out a strategy for five and ten years, and
> make prototypes of what they want their product to be when the time
> arrives. As the market evolves they may change their prototypes,
> but that's more of a tweak rather than a rushed reaction to bring
> out an "answer" to someone else's product. Somewhere there is a room
> at apple that has a line-up of smartphones and whatever they evolve
> into. It stretches out many years. This is why they always seem to
> surprise with new features and capabilities that others have not
> thought of yet; they're in the business of perceiving and inventing
> the future.

Potential Smartphone Buyers Choosing Blackberrys Despite iPhone, Droid Hype

Your hatred of RIM and Blackberries is quite humourous. lol. As if the product was not the 1st into the market and still continues to make headway today.


On Dec 20 02:45 PM JamesApple wrote:

> I've seen 'businessmen' grabbing fistfuls of paper towels and toilet
> paper in men's washrooms at shopping centers and coffee shops and
> stuff them into their briefcases. Yuck!! These fiends are some of
> the world's lowest and cheapest turds I wouldn't let them within
> 20 feet of my family. No wonder businessmen carry blackberrys, some
> of them probably fished those blackberrys out of toilet bowls and
> stuffed them with some stolen Sim cards. Junky blackberrys fit for
> junky turds like businessmen. Crackberrys fit for crack addict teens
> who's got no money left for buying good phones and can't steal from
> their poor parents who are probably out of jobs.

Research in Motion: Well Positioned to Take Advantage of the Smartphone Explosion

I think we can all agree that "JamesApple" is an Apple fan and nothing more.

Will Japan Default?

I like your writing style. It shows great and careful thinking.


On Dec 10 04:37 AM User 353732 wrote:

> 1. A nation with egregiously bad economic policies, no innovation,
> declining and aging population, dangerous dependence on energy and
> mineral imports, declining global competitiveness and influence and
> a steadily worsening worker to dependence ratio cannot grow. There
> are simply no engines to propel the economy. This means Japan cannot
> grow out its massive debt
>
> 2. The Japanese people will have to accept an inexorably declining
> material quality of life, the end of conventional retirement for
> reasonably healthy people, lower levels of health care for most,
> the re-emergence of extended families, and a less magnificent infrastructure
> as a consequence of national decline.
>
> 3. A sense of national, civic and personal honor may yet motivate
> the Japanese to avoid default by substantially reducing Big Govt
> spending: the Japanese may be willing to do what is necessary for
> social cohesion and cultural reasons what they simply will not do
> for economic and financial reasons: but this requires that the Japanese
> people accept the fearful reality of their situation and reset both
> self image and expectations. Perhaps they will: true character is
> not revealed except under great stress

Volcker: Financial Innovation Is Worthless

If the Banksters knew better, then just because the Government made it legal, doesn't mean they should have used it. They could have easily said "NO"...if the Government suddenly made heroin legal, would you use it? No, because you know its bad for you..same goes with fancy financial products that don't create anything but chaos! What the hell happened to personal responsibility? Bankers used to be someone you could trust to be prudent and practical. Now they're just a bunch of thieves.


On Dec 09 07:13 PM Dopamine wrote:

> Let us not forget, that the governments, allowed this to happen.
> The banks just did what was natural and approved.
> Yet it is the people, not the government, that is left to pick up
> the pieces of this broken crookery.
> Where are the government now? They say they are working, on new laws
> and limits and carbon taxes to help the Polar Bears. What the world
> needs is less government, less taxes and more power to the people.
> The Bankers should be left alone. The second the government gets
> its fingers in the honey pot, it is always someone else's crookery
> that has been the cause, of the honey that has turned to a jam.

A Tempered Recovery in Canada

We're not anti-bank..we're anti-letting them run amuck at the expense of everything else. There is NOTHING wrong with slow and steady growth. I'll take that over the disaster happening where banksters have free rein.


On Dec 07 08:55 PM LKofEnglish wrote:

> huge commodity play over-extension. parabolic recovery on wall street
> is presaging real problems in Canada/Brazil and Australia. As interest
> rates soar here in the usa watch these countries' citizens really
> struggle paying they're heavy handed, anti-bank and anti-environment
> government bills.

A Tempered Recovery in Canada

Canada rules..it's a country for the future!!


On Dec 07 03:04 PM Uncle Pie wrote:

> Last week the US markets and the dollar rallied because the US lost
> "only" 11,000 jobs. Simultaneously, Canada reported a GAIN of 79,000
> new jobs created. That's huge, considering that Canada's population
> is about 1/10th of the US...it would be as if the US reported 790,000
> new jobs, a number which would be off the chart.
> See today's Financial Post (which you can read online for free) for
> an interesting article entitled Top Ten Reasons to Buy Canada. To
> which list one could add, NO bank failures, NO energy crisis, NO
> healthcare crisis, and NO wars (apart from a very few soldiers with
> the UN contingent in Afghanistan). This writer has been investing
> in Canada since 1993 with very gratifying results. Thank you Canada!