"Paranoia strikes deep

Into your heart it will creep

You stop 'cause your allways afraid

Step out 'a line , the man comes to take you away"

Maybe I'm everybody on the board, maybe I'm you hating your mommy for doing that to you, …… you know what , don't you. The dog next door is telling you to kill them all, no one understands his barking commands but you. OOOOooooOOOooooOOOO, everybody is conspiring against you now.

Did you take your medication todayyayyayyayyayyay.

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This sort of comment obviously does not belong here.

Anyhow, back to the real estate topic. I've seen a few houses near my area listed higher today than it was a year ago. What are these ridiculous people doing?

A house on Heather near 54th going for 3.2 million? What the hell? My dad told me that person bought it for 2.8 million. What world are they living in? Or am I living in the correct world? Let me get this straight, a piece of land there, at 50×130 is worth around a maximum of 900,000. I'm already being generous. Now how much does it cost to build a house on that type of lot size, assuming they're using premium marble and super thick real granite for their kitchen and fireplace. A million? At max, the house should be worth 2million, and I'm being generous here. How the heck can it be listed for 3.2 Mill?

btw, the house is empty, I pass by it almost every night and day, and yes, I live near there if you really want to know.

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Suspicions confirmed

10-4

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ATTENTION ALL READERS: Please do not mistake my enthusiasm for free speech (more accurately my lack of enthusiasm for actively policing comments on this site) as endorsement* for race-baiting, trolling and ranting about subjects as far off topic as immigrants coming here to take your job**.

I'm not currently deleting comments, but asking nicely for now: keep your comments focused on economics and real estate and try not to generalize about various racial groups if for no other reason than it has nothing to do with the topic at hand. If you want to discuss immigration issues, I'm sure you can find a more appropriate blog to rant on.

And yes, just as you suspected I'm part of the vast bleeding heart left-wing marxist conspiracy to hide the 'truth' about people that have different colored skin than you and weren't blessed to be born in the same town as you.

*I should also note here that the REBGV does not endorse race-baiting, trolling and ranting as far as I know

**by the way, maybe they're coming to take your job because they're willing to actually work instead of just trying to look busy as they browse the web all day.

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Squirrel recipes?

Yes:

Garth had sauteed sweetbread and entrails.

Shaved tail as garnish.

Head with parsley clutched in the jaws.

Yum!

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There's a big difference between saying "the system is biased against middle class males" and "I don't like brown people". If you can't see that, well that's your problem I suppose.

I actually was with a COlombian refugee for quite some time. I helped get his family into the country. The all worked like hell because they were proud and didn't want a handout.

However, there were a LOT of people in that community scamming the system. So many my ex is embarassed. He mentioned it Xmas Eve.

Pretending there's a serious problem won't make it go away…. and neither will implying anyone who points it out is racist.

The reality is, I paid into that fund my whole life. One of the "counsellors" actually said if I had sat on my ass and just filled out the online form I would get benefits.

Instead, like an idiot, I told the truth and tried to find a way to improve my situation and get off EI. You shouldn't really offer your opinon on the situation because frankly it's obvious you haven't any exposure to the situation. It's a typical reaction and frankly it's predictable.

The truth is, if you're middle class and male the system isn't set up to help. If you're an alcoholic fisherman on the East Coast, you're fine. If you're a one legged whore on Hastings there's a program for you. However, if you're smart and independant and just need some help to tide you over while you make the adjustments to your career that you know you need to make, you will never, ever get the help you need. Your money was cllected to:

1) Pay down the debt

2) Fund an enormous layer of incompetants build up of subliterate high school dropouts who found their way into the civil service

3) Fnd a ton of touchy feely programs designed to do things that look good but are in fact a waste of resources, like try and teach fishermen computer skills

The system is set up to TELL you what you need, which works great if you aren't smart and need someone else to tell you.

And for those who are asking, this is relevant to the blog because the middle class is going to get absolutely slaughtered in this recession and they're all about to discover the great social safety net they told themselves existed does not in fact exist for them at all.

And THAT, my dears, will kill the condo craze.

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January 28th, 2009 at 7:31 pm

Just got back from Shanghai. I was checking out the SUV market there and it’s exploding. Everyone wants and SUV. As luck would have it I have many so I can supply them readily. I also own lots of condos in Vancouver which they all want as well. It’s good to be me.

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John…the SUV market and it's exploding?

You have it confused with a 1972 Ford Pinto.

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I'm assuming blackdog and StopTheScammers are the same person, there's just too much consistency there.

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They don't go away if you ignore them, but taking them head on seems to encourage sock-puppetry, and even if you nail them on their "facts" they ignore that they've been caught out. Since rational argument isn't possible and moderation isn't likely, ignoring them probably makes the most sense.

It is too bad though, it poisons the discussion and drives away people who may have useful on-topic content to share but who are offended by all the trash.

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