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[smokeyjones]

Fractional lending on a physical commodity? RIGHTO.

[Nicholas Laureys]

Not holding my breath on any stolen land acknowledgments out of Constantinople.

You know that's a funny aside, cuz I got to visit Istanbul this Christmas on a layover to the States and when we toured the big Hagia Sophia Mosque the tour guide wasn't apologetic at all for the battles & deaths that took place in order to conquer and re-capture the mosque, quite the opposite approach to history from the Native American Indian Museum in DC and the fucking Redskins who inexplicably changed their name to the Commandos, following in the Washington Bullets' weak-spined, capitulating footsteps.
I will hand it to the Turks for mostly keeping the Christian Icon/Mosaic artwork on the ceiling, very cool when you consider that this very cathedral is where the Orthodox/Christian schism occured. And all you history buffs should read up on how Sultan Mehmed II conquered the Byzantines, they couldn't break their boats through the huge 'Golden Chain' blocking the Golden Horn waterway, so they portaged their boats across the land instead!
https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoryMeme...hen/?rdt=41424
Fall of Constantinople | Facts, Summary, & Significance | Britannica

History seems to rhyme if not repeat itself, unorthodox decisions can so easily slip power out of the grasp of weak, over-satiated leaders. And hopefully the unorthodox decisions of Trump's first month continue throughout this term, and are further continued and cemented into our new national conscious by his MAGA successor.

[Marc Brainich]

So interesting to me. Change the world "muslim" with "christian" and you guys wouldn't answer like that

Don’t come on here with ignorant shit like oh, muslims don’t do conquest and expect not to be treated roughly. You’re reaching levels of “no true Scotsman” that shouldn’t be possible.

[vkp78]

So interesting to me. Change the world "muslim" with "christian" and you guys wouldn't answer like that

https://youtu.be/ExycUWmckRQ?si=7b-0iWyfQsFQtZZc

[Austrian]

Cheers, I appreciate Rip for allowing different opinions on this forum aswell, this will be the last thing I write here, because I want to focus more on the main thing I signed up for in this forum - getting my numbers up.

Western Civilization is superior.
If you do not believe so, you should not be living in the Western World.

I feel like this is implying that I should move to an Islamic country. Aside from the fact that I am a white boy, who grew up with all different kinds of people in my hometown - be it christians, atheists, jews, muslims - in harmony: Why would you want me to move to those Islamic non western countries except to make me even more aware of how unjust and how barbaric the US and the west has been to those countries? Let's take Afghanistan for example - it's literally the poster child of american brutality. Do you think the catastrophy the western "leaders" unleashed on that region for around 20 years is going to improve their opinion of the west? Or make the West look objectively better?
I didn't bring "freedom" to Iraq or Afghanistan - losing billions of dollars, while that money could have been used to improve infrastructure, life quality, education in America.
And right now, I am not the one funding a warcriminal to expel Palestinians from their native land. Not even arguing about the fact that many Israelis are native as well - but it seems like to the "superior western ideology", some people are more equal than others

[vkp78]

VP Vance speaks in Munich as Trump seeks end to Ukraine war - YouTube

JD Vance speech , Munich Security Council.
Classy speech. The paucity of applause says a lot.

[mkm5]

So not advised to own much GLD?

For more on the gold shift, see David Goldman at Asia Times.

Here's another look at requested deliveries of physical from paper at COMEX, chart @ 2:02.

So far this February, there are 3x more requests than the prior monthly averages, and we're only halfway through the month. Someone is converting a LOT of paper to physical gold, and the exchanges can't seem to deliver without weeks of delays.

I've read some theories, but something big is going on it appears.

https://youtu.be/pOr6rWLkYCY?si=QkKyFXaKJiPW27Bx

[Stump]

Immigration has created a ‘Nuevo South’ in North Carolina

Hispanic migration here began around 1990, when farm workers, mostly single men, began stopping for work on the way from Georgia to Virginia’s fields and orchards and even to New England. U.S. recruiting brought them to North Carolina, where they settled with their families.

Durham. The city’s Hispanic community has grown exponentially since 1986, when barely a dozen people benefited from President Ronald Reagan’s 1986 amnesty for 2.7 million undocumented immigrants. The community has grown 500 percent since 2005.

[wal]

Let's take Afghanistan for example - it's literally the poster child of american brutality.

Yes lets take Afghanistan as an example, have seen what the Taliban does to women? Go to Afghanistan and spend some time under Taliban rule and you will understand "Barbaric".

Death in Slow Motion: Women and Girls Under Taliban Rule - Amnesty International

I am not the one funding a warcriminal to expel Palestinians from their native land.

You should spend some time with folk living in Gaza and see how Hamas treats Palestinians then you will understand the meaning of "Barbaric".

[smokeyjones]

https://youtu.be/ExycUWmckRQ?si=7b-0iWyfQsFQtZZc

What an absolute cock sucker. Talking about shared values & ideologies. While on the cusp of selling out the people who've spent the past 3 years fighting for those values, while outnumbered 10 to 1, to get fucked.

"We'll take 50% of your minerals & give 20% of your country to Russia. You get nothing, not even the security of joining NATO. Infact, we're looking at letting Russia back into the G7"

I understand why some of you believed Ukraine would have been better off surrendering on day 1 now. Better being controlled by 1 moral less piece of human garbage than stuck in the middle between 2.