I would not want to give the guy more ideas, but, seriously, does Trump understand the difference between winning an olimpic medal and buying an olimpic medal from eBay? It is very likely that after that he will be saying that he won a Nobel price  He could also brag about winning the olimpics or having won a Magic tournament for that matter. My respect to Corina, quite smart move. |
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- US claims the Venezuelan estate has large debts in the US. - Trump decides that Maduro is not legit (which may actually be true), so he install another guy (just because, there is not proof this guy is legit anyway). This would be Guaido. - Then Guaido is assigned to formally manage the US subsidiary of PDVSA (state Venezuelan Oil company). Company name CITGO. - An US court orders CITGO to be put to auction. An US company, pretty much owned by a fund (Elliot) buys it for 5 Billion. - Guaido pretends to opose and apeal. - The Venezuelan company ends being US. Meanwhile, you got a full carrier group and some assault troops deployed in front of Venezuela. Now, anyone dare say this is about "drugs". https://www.eluniversal.com/politica/221586/delcy-rodriguez-los-responsables-del-despojo-der-citgo-les-caera-el-peso-de-la-justiciaThis is NOT in defence of Maduro, this is just so that it is clear that Trump does not care about people of Venezuela - do not count on anything comming from there to be any better than Maduro. He is there to take, he is in Ukraine to take and he is in the US to take. |
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The US is showing all signs to prepare an air strike against Venezuela, followed by a possible occupation. The largest airplane carrier deployed to the region along with the full naval group signs yet another agression by US. Before anyone mentions "drugs" or "dictator", please note that US is absolutely fine using drugs all over and cozy with many dictators. This is about Venezuela's huge reserves. https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/us-military-deploy-aircraft-carrier-south-america-amid-soaring-tensions-with-2025-10-24/US to escalate military presence in South America with aircraft carrier group Tensions between the United States and Venezuela's neighbor, Colombia, have also spiked in recent days, with Trump accusing Colombian President Gustavo Petro of being an "illegal drug leader" and a "bad guy" - language Petro's government says is offensive. Trump has authorized the Central Intelligence Agency to conduct covert operations in Venezuela. All this is absolutely illegal. I am saying this in case the current POTUS ever speaks of "legality". I give it a month for the show to start. |
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Let's play a ittle game. If I wanted to take over the US government e.g. faking elections, cohercing the oposition into not voting or somehow creating an artificial state of emergency... what would I do? All this happened while a possible government shutdown may happen. Possibly a diversion, but also quite possible a threat to take over the country with the military. https://www.bbc.com/news/live/clylje0rmp2tThe US government has shut down, after senators fail to agree on a last-minute funding bill - this is how we got here
The shutdown, the first since the end of 2018, is likely to bring some - but not all - US government services to a temporary halt
Earlier, President Donald Trump threatened mass ''irreversible" firings of federal workers if the shutdown went ahead While reading this, please note that the US military has sworn the constitution, not obedience to a particular person or cause which is what Trump is now demanding of them and much less to take over cities that politically opose the government.Hegset called all and any military general above 1 star together in a room and delivered what I can only class as a dangerous speech In a speech, received by the military with complete silence, Hegset first and Trump later speak about "the enemy within" that "does not wear uniforms" but will be dealt with. - Rules of engagement to be voided and replaced with "common sense" said Hegset while refering his experience as "platoon leader" in from of generals with decades of military careers. This means, voiding the Geneva Convention and not following international law. Later Trump embarqued on an even more blurred speech than usual, repeating the usual general non-sense topics, but also adding some very worrying comments. In Trump's words to all mid to high ranking generals of the US "If you do not agree you can walk out of the room", then adding "...and say goodbye to your career..." To later add “We’re under invasion from within,” Trump said. “No different than a foreign enemy, but more difficult in many ways because they don’t wear uniforms.”
He added: “In our inner cities – which we’re going to be talking about because it’s a big part of war now. It’s a big part of war.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nePEyq1frzYhttps://edition.cnn.com/2025/09/30/politics/quantico-trump-generals-admirals-militaryhe scene epitomized the political pressure military leaders face as Trump presses forward with deploying the military on US soil and even saying that US cities could be used a “training ground” for troops, as he did Tuesday. His remarkable speech to military generals and admirals in Quantico, Virginia, took things to another level. Trump suggested the generals and admirals would be crucial to his fight against the “enemy from within” and could use the homeland as a “training ground.” https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/30/hegseth-meeting-pushback-00588181The last-minute gathering featured hundreds of senior military officials, who swear an oath to the Constitution, attending something more akin to a campaign rally. |
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There are some sources stating that Ruzzia sent more than 10 drones in East Poland. If that is true, what would be the right NATO response?
Since some Ruzzian drones ended in Poland, it seems like the right moment to have a NATO backed "drone exclusion" zone 100 km from the Polish border - even over Ukranian airspace.
It would be the right response as Ruzzia either attacks Poland voluntarely or they need "help" keeping their drones in the right place. Well, the right place will be in their arses, but you know what I mean.
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https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/03/13/fact-checking-online-claims-that-donald-trump-was-recruited-by-the-kgb-as-krasnovMussayev did not provide any proof to back up claims that Trump was recruited by the KGB during his visit to Moscow.
Doubts have also been cast over the position Mussayev says he held within the KGB.
In the Facebook post, Kazakhstan's former spy chief says he worked for the KGB's 6th Directorate. However, sources including the Encyclopedia of the Central Intelligence Agency, state that this department did not focus on "recruiting foreign intelligence", but instead on "guarding against economic espionage".
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During the last weeks, there is an accumulation of US ships - including some amphibious assault capable units near the coast of Venezuela. Is this a negotiating position or are we about to get yet anothe war of aggression?
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Ok people, get you cristal ball. I am building a sensitivity model on different things that affect how much wealth can I build over the next 10 years or so. One of the factors I need to populate my model with is the "r" or yearly rate of return of bitcoin in 5 cases, from "catastrophic" to "God came to dinner" or if you prefer "1 = very bad to 5 - Very good".
I am aware that this is not a question that has just an answer, but I would like to ask the community, what range would you say is reasonable for this purpose. e.g. from case 1: -10% anual return to 5: 50% anual return (just as example, not what I am using now).
What range would you use and why?
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After the effective take over of the US Supreme Court, with results as banning abortion in many states, Trump has been going after Jerome Powell for a while, as Trump needs to reduce the interest rates to lighten the burden of the debt. The obvious problem is that not that long ago the US debt has been downgraded https://ratings.moodys.com/ratings-news/443154Moody's Ratings (Moody's) has downgraded the Government of United States of America's (US) long-term issuer and senior unsecured ratings to Aa1 from Aaa and changed the outlook to stable from negative.
This one-notch downgrade on our 21-notch rating scale reflects the increase over more than a decade in government debt and interest payment ratios to levels that are significantly higher than similarly rated sovereigns. and many economists believe that the Tariffs set, particularly on aluminum and steel will eventually rise prices and inflation. The narrative of "companies eating up the tariffs" or "others pay the tariffs" work well with people who do not know and want to believe, but the Fed is not paid to believe and certainly understands the economy. So Trump is now looking into false allegations - a real mockery of the system - to try remove Jerome. And my thinking is that the market, and mostly the bonds market, is not paid to believe either and understands very well what it means when a POTUS takes the right to decide about interest rates and Bank system regulations while passing a bill to raise the debt by Trillions. Perhaps it is time to buy Euros. https://edition.cnn.com/2025/07/24/business/powell-trump-feudThis is the moment in which a good proffessional that actually is on top of his work, evidences a stupid that is trying to blow shit. I am sure next time Trump will try the next "party trick" when Jerome is not there to evidence him. |
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Gavin Newson is calling for the Epstein list - Trump administration is trying to deny that this list actually exists, while some sources claim that Epstein was never a financier, but rather an agent of Homeland or other of the agencies.
But besides, Gavin is the governor of California, which in itself is the 4th economy in the world. The people who have put Trump in power are those in states that do not make the main economic contributions to the US.
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I am astonished at the lack of information that is happening across many countries. The current Israeli government trying to kill every single person in Gaza by preventing the right amount of food to enter the strip and by shooting at the people queuing for food.
There is no doubt this is a genocide and it is comming from the people who constantly (and rightfully BTW) claim to have suffered one themselves.
I am no fan of terrorist, nor Hamas nor any of that shit, but the children of Gaza have nothing to do with it.
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After passing the "big spending bill" promoted by Trump, Elon finally realised that Trump was not going to be the one implementing a government spend reduction programme and that he was not going to reduce the national debt.
In things such as promoting hate agains immigrants, depriving diverse people from rights and cutting taxes for the rich (while having tariffs that do the same effect) Trump has followed the programme. However he has not nearly forced the vote of his own party to massively raise the debt celing of the already badly loaded government.
This is a debt that will be now carried by all US people and seems that, since it is impossible to pay, will eventually result either in a default or in huge taxes down the line. This is starting to look Ponzi.
Musk decided that this is not what he voted for, nor what he supported and is now clearly playing with the idea of creating a rival party.
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Most of you (I guess) were aware of the ongoing negotiations of the US with Iran to get Iran to be inspected and have a non-proliferation of some short. Most of you may be aware that Iran has been enriching Uranium near atomic weapons grade for quite a while. I am going to be stating some facts, not saying this is right, wrong or whatever, but I will start by reckoning that I feel better in a world in which the Ayatolahs do not have a red button. - Israel cannot aford to have a nuclearised Iran, since the current regime call for the destruction of the state of Israel (and I mean two or three times a week in public TV and in pro-regime "demostrations" all the time - not judging, just saying = and having nuclear weapons would mean they would actually be able to carry out their "dream". It could even be potentially done in a "deniable" manner, just giving a nuke to one of the "militias" that Iran sponsors in the area. Effectively, Israel is a relatively small country, and three or four well placed modern warheads would collapse the state and make in unliveable. Why do I think (and many others) that Iran's claims of only civilian use of nuclear energy are bullshit:Getting a couple of nukes into Israel is more difficult than it seems. Iran does have missiles yes, but you cannot practically use a simple atomic device ("cannon shot") in a missile. You need a blast-vaccum device. Iran has tested this tecnology (without the fissile material) and there is only one reason to do so: build a nuke that can be used in a balistic missile. Why would Iran need to fit it is a Missile? Because other that using the " Ukranian Delivery", AKA send it on a truck, they would struggle to get it to israel in a reliable and deterrent causing method. So it is clear Iran's regime has the will to embark a few nukes in a few missiles and from there to launch it seems to be a short distance. All this has to be understood in the context of the Iranian regime - some mixture of a Theocracy (not know for the use of logic) and purely a dictatorship that is not particularly stable. So, who out there is in for having an unstable regime armed with nukes?So, why not wait for negotiations? Why did Israel not trust the peace process? It is simple, Israel is afraid of T.A.C.O. . Israel is obviously not willing to put his existance in the hands of the negotiation "skills" of Trump. Nor should the US people IMHO. |
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Asked if he planned to send U.S. troops to Los Angeles, Trump replied: “We’re gonna have troops everywhere. We’re not going to let this happen to our country. https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c0j7jwd20ggoThousands of people have gathered in cities across the US to join protests against President Donald Trump as he hosts a military parade in Washington DC.
The demonstrations organised by a group called "No Kings" was billed as a nationwide day of defiance at his policies.
Lawmakers, union leaders and activists gave speeches in cities like New York, Philadelphia and Houston to crowds waving American flags and signs critical of Trump. In Los Angeles, police clashed with protesters as tear gas was fired to disperse crowds.
The military parade celebrated the 250th anniversary of the US Army and was on the same day as Trump's 79th birthday. https://apnews.com/article/immigration-protests-raids-los-angeles-78eaba714dbdd322715bf7650fb543d7 Tensions in Los Angeles escalated Sunday as thousands of protesters took to the streets in response to President Donald Trump’s extraordinary deployment of the National Guard, blocking off a major freeway and setting self-driving cars on fire as law enforcement used tear gas, rubber bullets, and flash bangs to control the crowd. Sending the military against your own population is a bad sign. Using the military to provoke and escalate is a sign of a dictator. |
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Trump launched the tariffs offensive, to then suspend many for a few days, close the easy deals quickly and moved on to bully China - which, while being a Panda, they are still a bear.
At first there was a strong push in the srocks... but then Wall Street coined a new philosophy that sums up in:
TACO
Trump
Always
Chickens
Out
... and there's nothing to fear, any tariff is followed by a reprieve, any stupid tax is followed by a much lower figure... all while the POTUS claims to have everyone under the thumb.
But... TACO, so it is Ok.
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As it could not happen otherwise, the world is not big enough for these two humongous egos. Upon the critics of Musk to the ridiculous level of spend and debt that seems to be going through in the US legislative bodies, Musk estated that it was an "abomination" and now the battle has gone just a little further... https://edition.cnn.com/2025/06/05/politics/donald-trump-elon-musk-ugliest-comments-analysisusk specifically invoked Trump’s flip-flops on the national debt, citing years-old tweets from when Trump was much more of a professed spending hawk. (“Where is the man who wrote these words?” Late Thursday afternoon, Musk responded to an X user who chose Musk over Trump and called for the president’s impeachment by simply saying, “Yes.” Musk, who spent hundreds of millions of dollars and campaigned for Trump, shot back that he was in fact the reason Trump won the presidency.
“Without me, Trump would have lost the election, Dems would control the House and the Republicans would be 51-49 in the Senate,” Musk said. “But he knew every aspect of this bill. He knew it better than almost anybody, and he never had a problem until right after he left.”
Musk responded that Trump’s version of events was “false.” Responding to an X user who noted lawmakers are feeling pressured to pick a side, Musk made a case for them picking him.
“Oh and some food for thought as they ponder this question: Trump has 3.5 years left as President, but I will be around for 40+ years,” Musk wrote.
In other words: Tread carefully. I have lots of money – and time. if lawmakers wanted to really save money, they should “terminate Elon’s Governmental Subsidies and Contracts.”
When a user claimed Trump’s idea would mean effectively abandoning the International Space Station, Musk promoted the post and dared Trump. “Go ahead, make my day,” he wrote on X.
Musk later said he would “begin decommissioning” a key spacecraft. And Musk is accusing Trump of being involved in the pedophilia scandal of the decade...“Time to drop the really big bomb: @realDonaldTrump is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public,” Musk wrote on X. “Have a nice day, DJT!” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Epsteineeds into concern in some right-wing circles about the lack of transparency about Epstein, who died by suicide in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex-trafficking charges. Who will win this one? Do you think Musk will be able to destroy Trump or will his empire go down the drain in the atttempt? Let the battle of the egos begin. D |
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While Trump mentioned that he wanted to reduce the deficit in the US, the latest proposal to which quite a few republicans actually oppose, seems to go in the opposite direction. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0j76djzgpvoElon Musk has hit out at President Donald Trump's signature tax and spending bill, describing it as a "disgusting abomination", in a widening rift between the two allies.
The budget - which includes multi-trillion dollar tax breaks and more defence spending while also allowing the US government to borrow more money - was passed by the House of Representatives last month. In its current form, the bill - which Trump refers to as the "big beautiful bill" - has been estimated to increase the budget deficit - the difference between what the government spends and the revenue it receives - by about $600bn (£444bn) in the next fiscal year. Does anyone think that this seems to be going in the wrong direction if one would want a more stable and solid economy? I mean, even a rating agency reduced the US treasury bond rating - a one in fifty chance of seeing this in you life. |
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From the "idea" to build a "riviera" by sending all Palestinians to live elsewhere rather than the Gaza Strip to deciding that there are better business to be made by sending his family to the Arab Emirates. https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/05/12/the-trump-family-s-lucrative-business-deals-in-the-gulf_6741163_4.htmlThe Trump family's lucrative business deals in the Gulf
As the US president prepares for an official visit to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates from May 13 to 16, his sons continue to expand the family business, showing little regard for potential conflicts of interest. It is to be expected that if you put a millionaire that is used to do business based on influence and the like this is bound to happen. ultra-select Executive Branch club. Membership requires a $500,000 fee and there's a waitlist, according to Politico. The club was launched by US President Donald Trump's son, Donald Jr., who partnered with donor banker Omeed Malik, founder of the conservative venture capital firm 1789 Capital, as well as Zach and Alex Witkoff, Yep... a men for the common people. |
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