For anyone, who is friends with or follows me on Facebook, I’m afraid my account has been blacklisted for “not following community standards on account integrity”. My appeal is pending.
“Seventeen years on from the global financial crisis, regulators are cutting red tape for their banks in a bid to keep lenders competitive and stimulate their economies…
“Lowering capital requirements is worrying some observers that the U.S. has triggered a global rowback from regulations designed to keep financial systems safer, just as chatter about market bubbles and financial stability risks intensify.”
“US will be exempt from global tax deal targeting profits of large multinationals.
“Nearly 150 countries have agreed on a landmark plan to stop large global companies shifting profits to low-tax jurisdictions, but the US will be exempt from the deal, angering tax transparency groups… Scott Bessent, the US treasury secretary, called the deal “a historic victory in preserving US sovereignty and protecting American workers and businesses from extraterritorial overreach.””
“‘I’m going to die this year’: Millions of Americans face grim realities as Affordable Care Act subsidies expire…
“When Johana Scott logged into her health insurance account on Dec. 3, she expected to see her usual premium of about $200 a month. Instead, the screen showed $1,725 for the same plan… Scott is one of more than 20 million Americans confronting a health care crisis with the expiration of enhanced tax credits…”
“Dow hits record, energy stocks end higher after US strikes Venezuela.
“Wall Street ended higher on Monday, with surging financial shares helping lift the Dow Jones Industrial Average to an all-time peak, while energy firms jumped after a U.S. military strike captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.”
“Donald Trump says US to take sanctioned Venezuelan oil to American ports.
“Donald Trump has said Venezuelan authorities will turn over 30mn to 50mn barrels of sanctioned crude to the US, in a sign his administration is escalating its push to control the South American country’s oil sector.”
https://www.ft.com/content/08ca8f8e-6e52-4344-9c0d-2433e98e204c
“Venezuela is foreshadowing the new world order that Trump wants to impose…
“It is a vision in which human rights are disregarded. The Americas become the priority for the United States in foreign policy, to the detriment of the rest of the world. Allied governments are rewarded, while dissenting ones are punished. The criterion applied to these dissenters is force.”
“‘Our minerals could be used to annex us’: why Canada doesn’t want US mining…
““Suddenly, the main big investor is the American army, who need a lot of graphite,” said St-Hilaire. “People want that even less.” David Pharand, the mayor of Duhamel, one of the towns near the mine, said: “It’s like David taking on Goliath.”
“European leaders vow to defend Greenland – after White House says US military action ‘always an option’.
“The White House has suggested US military action to secure its interests in Greenland is “always an option”. It comes after European leaders came together to warn against it – with Donald Trump feeling emboldened by the capture of Nicolas Maduro from Venezuela.”
“How big a threat is the shadow banking sector to EU?
“…Large volumes of funding are now flowing through entities whose balance sheets are opaque, leverage difficult to measure, and activities capable of amplifying shocks when liquidity becomes scarcer. Taken together, asset managers and investment funds hold trillions in assets across the EU, with wide variations in leverage ratios across jurisdictions.”
https://euobserver.com/eu-and-the-world/are9cb029b
“French farmers are renewing their protest action, with fresh demonstrations taking place in several regions.
“Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu continues to meet with union leaders today (January 6), however there are no signs that farmers are set to stop their action.”
“Greek Farmers standoff reaches breaking point. Government declares patience exhausted after weeks of dialogue refusals by protesters…
“Government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis emphasized that no additional measures beyond those already announced will be offered, stating the government has already satisfied a large portion of farmers’ demands.”
https://www.ekathimerini.com/economy/1291646/farmers-standoff-reaches-breaking-point/
“US backs security guarantees for Ukraine, as France and UK pledge troops.
“The United States has backed security guarantees for Ukraine, including leading a truce monitoring mechanism, as France and the United Kingdom pledged to deploy forces to Ukrainian territory if a ceasefire is reached with Russia.”
“Russia sends navy ships to guard oil tanker being pursued by US forces.
“The ship, which currently isn’t carrying anything, historically has transported Venezuelan crude oil and was thought to be between Scotland and Iceland on Tuesday. President Donald Trump said last month that he was ordering a “blockade” of sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela…”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7v0deypjl4o
“Russian Oil Flows and Prices Plunge to Hammer Putin’s War Chest.
“Russia’s crude exports fell sharply during the final weeks of 2025 and into the new year… Prices of Russian crudes have fallen more steeply than those for global benchmarks following US sanctions on Moscow’s two largest exporters, Rosneft PJSC and Lukoil PJSC in October. Urals crude is trading below $35 a barrel in both the Baltic and the Black Sea, about 60% of its price on Oct. 1.”
“Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a “significant increase” in tax collection and compliance this year as Russia’s wartime economy continues to lose momentum.
“The Kremlin announced the directive on Saturday following an early December meeting of the Council for Strategic Development and National Projects.”
“China’s developers diminish further amid unending property downturn.
“The number of mainland property developers achieving annual contracted sales of at least 100 billion yuan (US$14 billion) dropped to just 10 in 2025 from a peak of 43 in 2020, research firm China Real Estate Information Corporation (CRIC) said in a report on Sunday. Among the top 10 developers, only one, China Jinmao Holdings, reported year-on-year growth in sales.”
“China bans export of dual-use items to Japan amid tensions over Taiwan.
“China’s Ministry of Commerce said it had banned so-called dual-use items, with military applications, in light of Japan’s “erroneous” and “egregious” statements about the self-governing island, which Beijing considers its territory.”
“Taiwan says China’s war games sought to undermine global support for the island…
“As part of its exercises, called “Justice Mission 2025,” China fired dozens of rockets towards Taiwan and deployed a large number of warships and aircraft near the island. That caused dozens of domestic flights in Taiwan to be cancelled and drew concern from allies in the region and the West.”
“Thai army says Cambodia claims new border strike was accident amid truce.
“Thailand’s army accused Cambodian forces of firing mortar rounds into Ubon Ratchathani province, with one soldier wounded by shrapnel and evacuated for medical treatment.”
“Bangladesh villagers caught in Myanmar war as landmines turn forests into killing fields.
“n the dense hill forests along Bangladesh’s border with war-torn Myanmar, villagers are losing limbs to landmines, casualties of a conflict not of their making. Ali Hossain, 40, was collecting firewood in early 2025 when a blast shattered his life.”
“Pakistan eyes defence pact with Bangladesh, sale of JF-17 jets.
“The air force chiefs of Pakistan and Bangladesh held talks on a potential pact covering the sale of JF-17 Thunder fighter jets to Dhaka, Pakistan’s military said, as Islamabad widens its arms supply ambitions and beefs up ties with Bangladesh.”
“Taliban Confirms Deadly Clashes Over Gold Mining In Takhar…
“Local sources said at least three residents and one Taliban member have been killed, with 16 others wounded. They said clashes were continuing and the situation was rapidly deteriorating. Videos obtained by Afghanistan International show thick columns of smoke rising from the area of the clashes.”
https://www.afintl.com/en/202601063374
“Iran’s currency slides to new low, dollar at 1.47 million rials…
“The government has floated new relief measures after moving to curb access to subsidized foreign exchange used for importing basic goods, a system critics say has fueled distortions and rent-seeking while failing to contain inflation.”
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202601061682
“Iran protests spread to neglected hinterlands…
“…while most large protest movements over the past two decades have been built around the pro-democracy demands of the urban middle class, the epicentre this time has shifted to the poor neighbourhoods, provincial cities and towns where Iran’s economic pain is most acute.”
https://www.ft.com/content/5743561b-ea2c-4eba-9494-3adda3513774
“Iraqi Parliament to summon CBI Governor over USD rates, liquidity crunch.
“The US dollar exchange rate could rise to 150,000 Iraqi dinars per $100, the spokesperson for Al-Sulaimaniyah currency exchange market, Jabbar Koran, forecasted yesterday, citing increased demand for foreign currency and insufficient dollar injections by the CBI.”
https://shafaq.com/en/Iraq/Iraqi-Parliament-to-summon-CBI-Governor-over-USD-rates-liquidity-crunch
“Saudi-led coalition strikes Yemen, says STC leader al-Zubaidi has fled.
“The Saudi Arabia-led coalition in Yemen has launched strikes on the country’s southern Dhale governorate, saying it was targeting secessionist forces after their leader fled instead of boarding a plane scheduled to take him to talks in Riyadh.”
“Seven killed in fighting between Syrian army, SDF forces in Aleppo.
“At least seven people, including six civilians and a Syrian soldier, have been killed in renewed clashes between the Syrian army and the Kurdish-led, US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Aleppo, with both sides blaming each other for the casualties.”
“Two dead in Israeli strike on south Lebanon…
“On Sunday, Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Saar acknowledged on X that the Lebanese government and army had made efforts to disarm Hezbollah but said “they are far from sufficient”, citing “Hezbollah’s efforts to rearm and rebuild, with Iranian support”.”
https://www.newarab.com/news/two-dead-israeli-strike-south-lebanon
“Israel pushes ahead with vast illegal settlement in heart of West Bank.
“The Israel Land Authority in mid-December quietly posted a tender for construction of 3,401 homes in the “E1” project, which will effectively sever the north and south of the occupied West Bank for Palestinians, and further cut off East Jerusalem.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/06/israel-vast-illegal-settlement-west-bank
“Israeli Foreign Minister visits Somaliland after world-first recognition storm.
“Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Saar arrived in Somaliland for the first high-level diplomatic visit since it became the first country in the world to recognise the breakaway region’s independence, triggering condemnation and concerns that Palestinians may be forcibly expelled by Israel there.”
“How is gum arabic fuelling the war in Sudan?
“A raw material – not gold – is having an outsized influence on the fighting in Sudan as it is smuggled to help fund the war effort of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). It is gum arabic, an essential, unsung hero in many products around the world.”
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/6/how-is-gum-arabic-fuelling-the-war-in-sudan
“Sahel’s shifting war: The hydra-headed challenge of terrorist groups.
“As 2026 begins, the Sahel is no longer fighting terrorists emerging from the desert to attack a convoy and vanish into thin air, the war has changed in scale, pace, and strategy. In the Liptako-Gourma region, the Alliance of Sahel States is confronting a hydra that no longer merely seeks to challenge the state, but to replace it.”
https://www.trtafrika.com/english/article/f3450701e07c/amp
“At least nine Nigerian soldiers killed in bomb blast.
“Nigeria’s myriad of security problems continues to pressure security forces. At least 9 soldiers were killed when their convoy struck a landmine before attackers opened fire on January 4. It happened in northeastern Borno state, the birthplace of Nigerian extremist group Boko Haram which has seen an uptick in militant attacks.”
https://www.france24.com/en/at-least-nine-nigerian-soldiers-killed-in-bomb-blast
“A tense calm on the streets of Caracas masks a multitude of fears and uncertainty for Venezuelans…
“The more than half a dozen people who spoke to NBC News said that there has been an increased presence of government security forces as well as armed civilian paramilitaries loyal to the government. Officials have called for the arrest of anyone involved in the weekend’s attack.”
“Colombian president says ‘I will take up arms again’ if US invades.
“Donald Trump and his Colombian counterpart have turned up the volume of their war of words, further raising tensions between the two countries after US forces attacked Venezuela to remove Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro from power.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/05/trump-colombia-invasion-petro
“Cubans brace for even more economic devastation amid threat of no Venezuelan oil.
“Since the rise of Hugo Chavez in Venezuela in 1999, Cuba has depended heavily on Venezuela for subsidized oil in exchange for Cuban medical professionals, military advisers, security forces and others. Without Venezuelan oil, Cuba’s economy, which is already in a deep crisis, will likely spiral even further.”
“The Top 10 Global Risks for 2026.
“2026 is a tipping point year. That’s not because we should expect a coming confrontation between the two biggest powers, the U.S. and China. Nor are tensions between the U.S. and Russia likely to spiral out of control this year. Instead, 2026 looks set to be a time of great geopolitical uncertainty, because the U.S. is unwinding its own global order.”
https://time.com/7343169/top-10-global-risks-2026/
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Morning Pan. I mentioned on FB where you can be found if they are missing you. Which they should be!
Strangely my post has been sent for admin approval?
That happens a lot to me be ever since Paul removed a post I made about Trump around 9 months. Coincidence who knows?
I will continue with my small monthly donation to your site which I wish I could up but finances will not allow at present.
Best of luck with everything .
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Brill.
The intricacies of tax law, especially international tax law, are enough to send most people to sleep but it is what keeps states afloat.
To that end the article ““US will be exempt from global tax deal targeting profits of large multinationals.” suggests the USA is intent on plundering the rest of the world.
The article ““Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a “significant increase” in tax collection and compliance this year as Russia’s wartime economy continues to lose momentum.” suggests the Russian war economy is in a bad way.
As an aside I dread to think what Putin’s idea of tax enforcement is. I guess a bit sterner that a stiff letter from the UK’s HMRC!!!
“Russian authorities are advancing legislation that would allow tax debts to be collected from individuals without court approval, the pro-Kremlin daily Izvestia reported Tuesday.” [I believe this has now passed]
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/07/08/russia-moves-to-enable-out-of-court-tax-debt-collection-for-millions-of-citizens-a89717
“America is an oil company with an army.”
– George Carlin
RIP, George. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have his take on current events…
This link is dated September 13, 2025, so a lot has changed in the interim. But it seems Russia might be leading the charge to hoarding silver because the fiat ruble is losing value. The article further suggests that Saudi Arabia is moving to accumulate silver too. Long article, but I listed selected topic subheadings below [many more not listed].
https://discoveryalert.com.au/central-banks-silver-reserves-2025-diversification-strategies/
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Central Banks Strategically Accumulating Silver for Reserve Diversification
The Strategic Shift: Central Banks Turning to Silver Reserves
The Historical Context of Silver in Central Banking
Why Are Central Banks Suddenly Interested in Silver Again?
Economic Factors Driving Silver Accumulation
Which Central Banks Are Leading the Silver Accumulation Trend?
Russia’s Strategic Silver Initiative
Saudi Arabia’s Silver Investment Approach
Other Nations Showing Interest
What Are the Market Implications of Central Bank Silver Buying?
Impact on Silver Supply-Demand Dynamics
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ME: Yes, storing high purity silver takes up much more vault volume than storing gold, but the simple solution is to press coins, then let the citizens be the holders/guards of the silver.
Let say silver hits $100/oz or more. The cost of pressing the coins at scale will be minimal relative to the intrinsic value of the silver, and a coin can last for decades in circulation versus a fiat paper currency wearing out quickly.
What metals are in the US quarter? The current U.S. quarter is made of 91.67% copper and 8.33% nickel. This composition has been standard since 1965, when the U.S. Mint transitioned from using silver to copper-nickel clad coins due to rising silver prices.
So, when the price of copper and nickel rise high enough–> that giant sucking sound will be all 1965 and later coinage being melted down for industrial use. When there is not enough affordable diesel to continue advanced depletion ore mining for PMs and industrial metals, then recycling will be the name of the game.
There are 80 US quarters in a pound. Face value of 80 quarters is $20 bucks. The current price of copper is $5.73/pound, and nickel is $17.83 per kilogram. How much more time is needed before that sucking sound begins to hoover up the 1965 & later coins?
From Pan’s link above: Four US quarters will get you 1.47 million of Iranian Rials. Is that now a wheelbarrow full of fiat currency? Or just a couple of slices of bread for your children?
Standard disclaimer: not financial advice. See a certified financial planner who can best match your values with your investment goals.
Bob Shaw Are Humans Smarter than Yeast?
Bob, I don’t think it just shoring up the Ruble in Russia’s case:
“In a stark departure from half a century of central bank practice, Russia made waves in 2024 by becoming the first nation to publicly announce the explicit inclusion of silver in its state reserves…
“This strategic move involves allocating $535 million over the 2025-2027 period for precious metals, including silver, platinum, and palladium. This groundbreaking decision by Russia is viewed as a strategic maneuver to further diversify its reserves beyond traditional assets and reduce dependency on Western financial systems, viewing precious metals as sanction-proof.”
https://markets.financialcontent.com/wral/article/marketminute-2025-11-5-the-new-gold-rush-central-banks-pivot-to-precious-metals-as-russia-pioneers-silver-in-de-dollarization
I just got invited to an artist meet up this morning which was a pleasant surprise.
I also just made a vlog last night proclaiming our dumbest move so far this year and it’s only begun!
Vid: https://youtu.be/TfROVpG8G8o?si=bXSdoUPx0swClS0M
“Yeah, it’s scary.” Hahaha. Then it’s back to BAU. Or as someone recently remarked to me, “I think good will prevail.” OK. Sure.
The thing I have to remind myself of is that all of this insanity IS TO BE EXPECTED. Leaders like Biden or Trump, scrambling for “natural resources,” war, the fall of the last remnants of the rule of law and things like free speech, etc., etc. are how it goes with collapse. The thing is that very few if any of us have been through a collapse like this (and certainly not globally) so even though we understand intellectually, emotionally we are gobsmacked.
Somehow you manage to inject some humor into your latest video. Hats off. It is a terrible time. We all know it’s going to get worse before we’re dead.
Truth Wizard, thank you for the promotion under your video.
The international order in which I grew up in is now officially severed. Imperialism is the way of the future and the thought of that makes me sick.
Also, Sorry about replying to my own comment. But I just ran into this, felt obliged to share it.
https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/CFSv2/imagesInd3/npsSIChMonL8.gif
Blue Ocean Event later this year? I’m done.
Yep, imperialism will result in two bull elephants {US & China?} fighting for control. Lots of ants {rest of the world?] will get trampled underfoot until global carrying capacity is reached [even the bull elephants go extinct].
At this late date, if the entire world instead peacefully held hands and sang Kumbaya: this would be similar to the fate of the reindeer of St. Matthew Island. They just watched each other simultaneously starve & freeze to death. No trampling underfoot, but dead just the same as they reduced to carrying capacity, then zero a few years later.
Mama Nature no like Overshoot [Thermo/Gene Collision]!
Kord, a lot of people are now saying what you just said. I do not understand why so many people do not understand that the international order died in March of 2003 when the United States and its allies attacked a country that had not attacked them, withjout UN approval, under false pretenses. The sory of the invansion of Iraq is not classified. It was all very obvious to the entire world.
Not only that based upon the testimony of Condolisa Rice in hearings about the Sept. 11th 2001 attacks it is not at all hard to imagine that high level officials of the US Government knew about those attacks in advance and deliberately failed to stop them.
It would make some sense for this early 21st century history not to resonate with young adults. But for those adults over 30 or 35 to think that international law ended in 2026 shows a pretty selective memory.
One could also say that international law did not exist even in the post world war 2 cold war era. But the narrative is that overthrowing leaders of 3rd world countries, like Allende in Chile, was OK becuase it was for what was commonly believed at the time the greater goal of opposing communism /socialism.
One could say that INternational law did not exist in WW 2 either. Of course that may not be neccessary as it is so obvious. But what is not obvious is that the western allies were not obeying international law either. But then the rational was that fighting the Nazis was more important than International law.
Then prior to World War 2 international law was pretty much just England and France and perhaps the Netherlands saying what international law was and everyone one else had to shut up.
What has changed is that there is not even a serious attempt to proclaim anymore.
“the international order died in March of 2003…”
Curt, even if the outgoing, rules-based order was rigged, hypocritical etc., the need to justify actions within it still imposed constraints. The era we’re moving into now is more “Wild West”…
Quark’s analysis of “Mr Maduro goes to Malibu” on his blog:
https://futurocienciaficcionymatrix.blogspot.com/2026/01/una-revision-de-los-300000-millones-de.html
A tweet by a ‘heavy oil expert’ linked by one of the commenters on that post:
https://x.com/RazorOil/status/2007805825025519828?s=20
Basically the self-aware resource parasitism (and alternately guilty and proud of it based on the necessities of social media profilicity) model could be successful in Venezuela… in theory. Practically, it is difficult and risky especially factoring in the progression of climate/net energy related issues. Also Iraq was a different time and place. China poured 100 bn into Venezuela and look what happened. Moreover, I wonder what that 100 bn was for? Just to maintain or did they actually develop anything?
Beyond America making a point about who owns the Americas, as well as the unstated/publicized goal of securing potentially exploitable resource deposits with minimal hassle in anticipation of the intensification of polycrisis, it’s all spectable by my reckoning.
Jupiviv, the Trump administration sounds more bullish than RazorOil:
“U.S. to Control Venezuela Oil Sales ‘Indefinitely,’ Energy Secretary Says… “To get back to the historical production numbers, that takes tens of billions of dollars and significant time,” Mr. Wright said. “But why not?””
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/business/energy-environment/us-venezuela-oil-control.html
‘Operation Absolute Resolve’. And suddenly Trump was standing there with an empty shopping cart
The plan was simple. Too simple.
Arrest Maduro. Call him a narcoterrorist. Put him on a plane to New York. And then walk through Venezuela with a shopping cart as if it were a Walmart. Whole shelves at once. Brand Orinoco. Heavy oil. Gas. Minerals. Ports. Done. As if power equals ownership.
As if geopolitics has a checkout counter.
For a moment it worked. The world was stunned. Maduro is now sitting opposite a 93-year-old judge, Alvin Hellerstein, who knows his files. In Washington, glasses are clinking. Operation Absolute Resolve. Old assets. Reopening. The return of “American oil”.
But while Trump and Rubio are congratulating themselves, power is shifting elsewhere. Delcy Rodríguez moves forward. The first hands she shakes are not American. They belong to China, India and Russia. BRICS. No press moment. No statements. Just business. At that point the game is over. The reserves still exist in reports, but they are now out of reach of the American Big Oils, which never really believed in them anyway.
The same thing is looming in Greenland. Call it ‘Operation Ice Station Zebra 2.0’. Driven by the resource fantasies of Musk and Silicon Valley. From warmth to icy cold, where very different physical laws apply. A military claim would not be strength, but self-damage. NATO fractures. Europe turns away. Washington has no icebreakers. What remains is emptiness, sanctions and reputational damage.
This is no longer an early-20th-century war where borders were redrawn with a ruler. That is the mistake. War now only increases chaos and shortens time. And time is exactly what difficult energy and resource extraction needs.
Arctic oil. Tar sands. Deep sea. Heavy offshore. They require calm, capital, insurance, technology, years. War drives all of that away. Chaos always wins. Russia shows it. Ukraine has not only cut pipelines, it has frozen Russia’s fossil future itself, literally. Arctic projects. LNG expansions. Barents Sea. Kara Sea. Too expensive. Too slow. Sanctioned. Uninsurable. They still exist in spreadsheets, but no longer in Rosneft decisions.
Libya shows the same thing without sanctions. Permanent fragmentation. Oil fields open, closed, open. Militias in between. Production can return. Investment cannot. Long projects die first.
This is the global pattern, spreading like an oil slick. What was technically possible becomes politically impossible. What is called recoverable becomes stranded. Not because of geology, but because of violence and time pressure.
The outcome is paradoxical. The chaos meant to seize energy and resources makes them disappear faster. The horizon of the fossil era is moving forward at speed. Faster than models. Faster than policy. Faster than optimism.
The last round has been called, but this is no friendly closing time. This is the moment when the bar empties without settling the bill. Bottles disappear under coats, the cash register stays open, the tap is torn loose. The mirrors behind the bar shatter. Bar stools turn into projectiles. Whatever was still standing is knocked over before someone else can use it. What remains is an empty space full of shards and debris that no one cleans up anymore. Let’s see what Hellerstein can still distill from that.
Operation Absolute Resolve.
Who comes up with names like that, anyway?
Zip, just outstanding writing! I wish I had the power to order it printed at the top of every website, the front page of every magazine & newspaper, and read by every talking head on every video source.
C&E readers, try to send this far and wide to friends and family!
“The outcome is paradoxical. The chaos meant to seize energy and resources makes them disappear faster.”
Zip, this is very elegantly put and, of course, true.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Pete Hegseth came up with that operation name. 😂
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Zz65WiF8xrM
Pete Kegsbreath would have preferred Operation “Absolut Vodka Dissolve!”
Facebook is being run by israel a story from the electronic intifada website.
https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/tamara-nassar/facebook-appoints-israeli-censor-oversight-board
Heather, this article dates back to 2020 but it looks likes like Emi Palmor still serves as a member of the Facebook Oversight Board. You can see its full list of members here:
https://www.oversightboard.com/meet-the-board/
https://youtu.be/VT1wxDVVu_8?si=OESZjgFtTHDsqScz
Facebook and they shut down 50,000 accounts for no reasons
They blame ai and metabots
That’s crazy. These social media giants have little incentive or motivation to provide fair and effective customer service, unfortunately.
Facebook is a ghetto of sentimentality. Regrettable minutes on platform is near 100%
Another helpful one, Zip. That last metaphor of a post-barroom megabrawl is perfect!
This article says gold mining is plateauing, then slowly declining due to ore depletion, but no mention of the coming diesel shortage. No diesel–>mining drops off the cliff. I am surprised these analysts didn’t include unaffordable energy in their forecast.
This gold mining decline would be good for the ecosystem, but eventually, gold total tonnage would be finally fixed at some amount. Then floating gold prices or a fixed exchange rate again? Probably don’t want Gresham’s Law to assert itself again.
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“Against the background of a surging gold price, we have seen only mild upticks in output, raising critical questions about whether the industry is nearing its limits – and what that means for future supply.”
https://www.kitco.com/news/article/2026-01-07/gold-mining-output-peak-2027-gradual-plateau-rather-sharp-drop-world-gold
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ME: see the graphs in the article.
Mohammad Ali –
“If I had a lower IQ I could enjoy all of this.”
Redd Fox response –
“Your IQ never reached room temperature .”