[OT] Behind Every Great Fortune, There Is a Great Crime

[John Savard]

Actually, Honore de Balzac said:
The secret of grand fortunes without an apparent cause is a forgotten
crime, because it was managed respectably.

It's often mentioned that part of the secret of the fortune Trump's
fahter built up was how he evaded Fair Housing laws while trading in
real estate in New York.

But his father wouldn't have been able to dabble in real estate were
it not for being somewhat well-off to begin with, thanks to his
father. And that nest egg even had a Canadian connection... it turns
out that Fred Trump Sr. saw a better opportunity from the Klondike
Gold Rush than becoming one of the many seeking gold.

John Savard

[The Horny Goat]

On Fri, 14 Jun 2024 08:31:36 -0600, John Savard

Post by John Savard
But his father wouldn't have been able to dabble in real estate were
it not for being somewhat well-off to begin with, thanks to his
father. And that nest egg even had a Canadian connection... it turns
out that Fred Trump Sr. saw a better opportunity from the Klondike
Gold Rush than becoming one of the many seeking gold.

There were lots of American prospectors in both the 1858 Barkerville
gold rush (British Columbia) and the 1897-98 Klondike gold rush
(Yukon). So while I had not heard that previously the notion that one
of Trump's forebears had been there doesn't surprise me. (Note that
one of the most famous Canadian poems - 'the Cremation of Sam McGee'
has an American protagonist. Here's a 6 minute recitation)
https://ca.video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-iba-1&ei=UTF-8&hsimp=yhs-1&hspart=iba&param1=RypDRDjp20T5Vc76fVk9yA%3D%3D&param2=9dUI1n2R0BLDxNuWfiP4aSFOTltNdSPoIx38%2BUf%2FiXrvPdoGmStdlfwLFZYDvqkAJrWWk4yNReCLnBD%2FqPsDZd7olTZcV8HMx1G%2Fk786sE2Tis1g8dJd8zxVWs%2BbKztBnq1TfqUiqPYK9pXifXmJFyorDuCsYXJE71Y6G5tfejBggk%2FYseII2ZxCb%2BDZ7%2Fb72QeiGg370w%2FSP2OgekQ%2F7YQe0OAB5lod8BqdQcY938VcEnxgs0NsjthKx9u964PM&param3=NwVEMR%2FzKcG52XsVBYEh20CXm1wXp6anLmD4mFg%2BfsEUzJckoMgBm17vFkQjhRf4Is9c6BouXoSqHwiJo8bif05Zrv6LkbD4xx1jMgcL1CD1JFmmZ0f%2FZbgMEbSpCVEYSYoXxS15oAodXiWOtlXWTk5BfZPnHDFUUh0d6d%2BwzNU1WahzJJAlIjD5q7eDeRVt0sXXDL8Ra7UgJHPd%2BL08OUtsrqhgyR2na1sgvd6jCvZSBUG2zKxX6DwzYfHNnTmarbFtKH3KG4eLNYoqCfB6XzoUXfnJ6CspU33s%2BfJi3nWTwE5qjKvYwRFHzguqkiHsVNUrsR7tIgbvBSUxCqnXZ1X2u1MvcVV3q7kKA824IKRFvodTsKotrYFIiHscg1G0C94%2FA6KNi1Cyno4nmJyLjdhxvs%2BJwjsxS0P1GFGZ7MKbBjDYYfvY%2BWOs3WZXpPn%2Fc9lI2cPasMv0WG9x2o2%2BqRCTK1bHr5JMRavHj7bS4Zdw%2B6C57898ywkcF8WEyhVmxxDwyON7O9lmpkb%2F%2FYVL%2Fg%3D%3D&param4=0Lo
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)

One of the primary reasons for the organization of the British colony
of British Columbia was the fear that despite being indisputably
British territory, it wasn't formally established as a colony and thus
felt to be vulnerable to an American filibuster. (Which is essentially
how California came to join the union)

Which is why I have long considered Judge Matthew Bebgie (1st Chief
Justice of British Columbia and very much a judge who did his
"circuit" on horseback) one of the chief founders of British Columbia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Baillie_Begbie