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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" 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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Author: ofmarginalinterest x3  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: OT: Formerly heavily discussed here
Date: 05/16/26 10:22 AM
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This is comedy gold. We’re still debating where this virus came from?

I remember not too long ago, all the news worth reading was in a few newspapers. Today, none of it is. Everything is on the record and covered in emails and it is printed already. Everyone in Congress (a body, you’ll recall, that was exempted from taking the shot) with an IQ over 100 knows.

Many over the age of fifty just cannot adjust. Don’t want to. There’s absolutely zero doubt where this virus came from. You can find the story all over the place and this testimony is just fodder for conspiracists. It is too vague. The story is very simple and very obvious and easy to understand — similar to watching the bait get swallowed. Jim Jones would be proud.

For those pretending not to know, that’s just narcissistic ego protection.

You know. I know. Everyone reading this board should know by now. Let’s just go with fool me once, shame on me. That’s a better look.

It’s a bit like pretending that the secret sauce of Berkshire was buying great businesses that grow. Huh. It was float + capital allocation. We got the float. The most important business that needed to grow has grown. There is some hang-up regarding not shrinking the canvas. We’ll see how long it lasts.

It is somewhat fitting that the new leader of Berkshire is named Abel (and maddening, but telling, that half the Berkophiles spell it Able).

We need clear thinking if Berk owners are not to end up resembling a flock of sheep.
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