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The week's question
In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", mungofitch asked the members: "As for why the purchases stopped (for a while), perhaps the recent acquisition was seen to be somewhat counter to the capital allocation plans that Mr Buffett thought had been promised?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Subject: Re: Must be ESP?
Date: 10/16/26 10:06 AM
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this is beyond the typical small scale trump crime and corruption.
i am even willing to concede the largest trades may have been due to plausible reasons...which now the public will not hear.
but there may also been smaller trades for implausible reasons in tighter trump circles.

political termination of an ongoing investigation (of political ties) by senior career officials was critical to ending nixon. but odds are gop see this as completely normalized.
and given the IQ of the populace, i dont see any reform party lasting long enough to fix things (which takes much longer than breaking them).
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