Haven't posted in a while. Could have a ton of videos to post, not sure what exactly to do.
Just been working a lot and my mind is seemingly a bit overwhelmed to comment much on a lot of it.
Too much, or getting a bit too de-sensitized a bit to all the shocking kind of news and how fast the world is moving and going. Is quite nice to just be in reality and with people, but at the same time, I'm too "de-sensitized" probably chemically to want to stop (dopamine - stimulation). Learning is good but...it can be and feel a bit overwhelming...am just rambling on and these are just my rational logical thoughts on the matter. Overall I'm just, trudging through and things are going pretty well. Moved from my apartment again and been overworking out-of-town much, making some good money, doing some good work.
Today:
COMMENTS (I totally like and agree with (was saying the same thing basically yesterday at a family 4th of July gathering)):
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Bio Mechanique
4 days ago
It's not about targeting the US. It's about defending against US hegemonic tyranny.
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Hide 31 replies Bio Mechanique 4 days ago (edited) @Patrick P you seem to have an axe to grind. China has built an economy that is destined to outperform the comical Western trade practices. China's success is a direct result of the West's inability to compete on a level playing field. The more obstacles and slanderous accusations the US makes about China the more it shows how dirty they are prepared to play to stay powerful. It's obvious that the West is failing due to complacent and stagnant lack of reinvestment in industry and infrastructure. China didn't do that to them - they did that to themselves.
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What The G7 Ban On Russian Gold Imports Means For Gold & Silver Prices 18,480 views Jun 26, 2022
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Switzerland isn't a member of the G-7 nations. They just purchased 3.1 tons of Russian gold worth approximately $200M USD in May. China and India are the largest purchasers of gold from the Swiss. It won't have that much of an impact on Russia, only those who want to purchase gold in the West might see an increase in the price.
How does one ban something that is EXACTLY the same no matter where it comes from?
The U.S. is 31 trillion in debt and still supports all their military spending with their baseless fiat currency, so to say that any of these sanctions will hurt Russia is a complete fallacy.
EVERYTHING Governments ban is an acknowledged of value.
Let's see how this backfires on Western countries?
L.J. Silver Austere Privateer 7 days ago Curious question If China, India, Brazil and the other 46 CIPS nations import Russian gold it then becomes their gold respectively, how will this "ban" maintain any efficacy if the western SWIFT nations continue to import gold from these other CIPS nations? Kayne Fryday 6 days ago Correct this is a waste of everyone’s time except the pump and dump artists
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Thoughts: Believe this has to do with the fact that the IMF and the World Bank are agent(s) of the U.S. Empire and the system of paper money (petro-dollar) which bans gold and gold backed currency (is against all forms of world-trade and economic machinations which threaten or go against the current neoliberal system (of order and rule).
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Need to watch:
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Interesting pretty good book started to listen to: Empire of Illusion | Chris Hedges
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Very interesting and good:
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This is what is brewing - Even from the mainstream news of WION India - they do report some good and true things...-
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Interesting:
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Bloc's - Economic Warfare - Psychological Warfare - Information Warfare - World in Competition (is not about "democracy" and "freedom" "you can go your way, I'll go mine" - is about hegemony and dominance; -> is leading to a world more divided and more on the constant brink of hugely powerful states going to war with each other ( - while we're greenwashed by corporations who support this and these things and politics and reporting (all the while) which are leading to a more militarized path (and more authoritarian corporate power structure(s) (CAPITALISM!) (and a more climate polluting fossil fuel dependencies path...-> is about profit (but Where and for Whom), not efficiency - in this time of global warming and scientists warning humanity of despair and suffering in the near future, all the while, pushing ESG scores, all the while, pushing back against measures and information that push real data of CO2 emissions reporting out the window)):
Tweet: CO2_Earth@CO2_earth
420.56 ppm #CO2 in the atmosphere on July 2, 2022 Up from 418.25 ppm a year ago
Monday, June 7, 2021: Carbon dioxide peaks near 420 parts per million at Mauna Loa observatory: https://research.noaa.gov/article/ArtMID/587/ArticleID/2764/Coronavirus-response-barely-slows-rising-carbon-dioxide
Monday, May 23, 2022: Greenhouse gas pollution trapped 49% more heat in 2021 than in 1990, NOAA find: https://research.noaa.gov/article/ArtMID/587/ArticleID/2877/Greenhouse-gas-pollution-trapped-49-more-heat-in-2021-than-in-1990-NOAA-finds
420ppm : Halfway to Hell https://climatematters.substack.com/p/420-ppm-co2
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Makes me sad and angry, this IS NOT representative of American values and of the American People:
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Haven't watched but am sure its probably a very good round-table discussion:
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A Patron of Economic Update asks: "If pay for workers increases, won't that increase consumption (unless its stolen back through inflation) and, in turn, America's carbon footprint? I'm concerned...
I was thinking of the same question and thought of the same kind of answer. It still is valid, even if...I also have thought, that things (the world with it's and our problem of global warming/climate change), with technology going the way it is, will turn out okay I believe (with increasing temperatures and CO2 levels, the natural response of the natural environment of the world is more favorable to plants and insects - in the long run, and of course, God/Allah knows the future and has a plan for everything.).
Related Interesting piece: Right-wing intelligence cabal seeks UK Home Secretary Priti Patel’s help to ‘neutralize’ environmentalist enemies KIT KLARENBERG · JUNE 28, 2022
Not surprising to learn of. I would expect the same kind of thing (smears, etc., anything to disparage the opposition with, "can and will be used against you"/one...).
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