
Vernon Wait
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Vernon Wait
@WaitVernon
“owning a non-controlling portion of a wonderful business is more profitable, more enjoyable, and far less work than having 100% of a marginal enterprise."
















Okay, @RFERL has obtained a doc describing a "peace treaty" that Russia offered to Ukraine in March 2022, namely on March 7 -- on the full-scale invasion's day 10, when it became crystal clear that the initial blitz plan was going off the rails and that Russian invasion forces had stalled at Kyiv. Here's what they demanded: - Ukrainian armed forces of just up to 50,000 (including just 35,000 in the ground - forces), including 1,500 commissioned officers. - No more than 300 tanks and 700 IFVs and APCs - No more than 400 artillery pieces, rocket systems, and tubed pieces, and mortars. - No more than 70 airplanes and 55 helicopters - No more than 4 warships - No missiles with an effective range of over 250 km - Ukrainian "neutrality" - Reparations to Russia for ruined infrastructure in Ukraine's Donbas, where Russia had waged an undeclared war on Ukraine since 2024 - Ukraine recognizing the 'independence' of Russian-controlled puppet pseudo-states in Donbas - Russian as an official language in Ukraine - All assets held by the Russian Orthodox Church in Ukraine reinstated - Permanent Russian occupation and military presence in all territories seized after February 2022, including the close outskirts of Kyiv, until Russia considers that all of its demands are fulfilled - No international sanctions - No Western defense aid to Ukraine What Ukraine would have gotten in return: - Nothing. No Russian formal obligations other than assurances of no further advances in the occupation of Ukrainian territory as long as Russia considers the "ceasefire treaty" carefully fulfilled by Ukraine. Let me tell you what this all is called: unconditional surrender. And turning Ukraine back into a Kremlin-controlled, defenseless client state, with a Russian soldier boot pressing its throat. Moreover, this had been a Russian demand for unconditional surrender 22 days before Russian forces were eventually withdrawn from the Kyiv area as a result of a military defeat and the failure of the "special military operation's" foremost objective. To call THAT "just peace" or say "Ukraine had a chance for peace" over THAT, one needs to be simply extraordinarily incompetent or just full of shit. Or both.


$PLTR earnings tomorrow, and I can already see the degenerate gamblers sharpening their ‘buy/sell’ buttons. Newsflash: You’re either a serious long term investor, or just here for the adrenaline shot… You can’t be both, so stop with this nonsense. Look, one earnings call doesn’t make or break a great company. True value isn’t found in one quarter’s numbers but in the years of consistent growth, innovation, and execution. Sit back, sip your coffee, and let the fundamentals do the heavy lifting.









Trump on Liz Cheney: "Let's put her with a rifle standing there with 9 barrels shooting at her. Let's see how she feels about it. You know, when the guns are trained on her face."




BREAKING: Legacy media has launched new propaganda against Elon Musk. Elon Musk was legally permitted to work in the United States. He held a J-1 visa, which later transitioned to an H-1B.















