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flix 1 week ago
Remember when volatility was the main reason why normies rejected Bitcoin? image
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flix 1 week ago
Good summary of impact of inflation on stocks. Current situation parallels the 1970s.
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flix 2 weeks ago
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) is spotted in the Gulf of Oman about 125 miles from the Iranian coast. image
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flix 2 weeks ago
Taiwan is next. -Taiwan has just realised that there is zero need for an invasion, an oil blockade would bring them to their knees. -China has just realised that the US is unable to protect GCC allies with 100+ bases in the region. Are they going to protect Taiwan from Japan? -NATO is more divided than ever. If they won't fight over Iran, there's no way that they would over Taiwan. -US assets are now concentrated in the Persian Gulf and will be offline for operations in East Asia for at least 6 months. -China has provided Iran with ISR, satellite data for missile targeting. (As we suspected - confirmed today by FT). -Cheng Li-wun meets Xi Jinping. -Pedro Sánchez, Spain's PM, is reported to have pledged support for Taiwan reunification to Xi in recent visit. ==> China has a very rare window to get this done peacefully within 1 year. No invasion needed.
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flix 2 weeks ago
Interesting Scott Ritter theory in this video: https://www.youtube.com/live/Zi5nNHNiYuU The deal is already done. Trump is just maneouvering to take credit. I'd love to believe it's true. It would finally stop this war. I can imagine so many worse ways that this could end. #Iran
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flix 2 weeks ago
Iran negotiators should have offered to end their nuclear programme... in exchange for Israel ending theirs. With the same international inspection regime for both.
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flix 2 weeks ago
Ah, the double blockade. A classic from Caesar's siege of Alesia and a thousand other historical scenarios. The problem is that it tends to be good for starving out an opponent... not for a quick resolution. Oil consumers should be trembling right now.
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flix 3 weeks ago
They are using F-16 to shoot down drones? It makes for a very good videogame or top gun movie... But it sends a very worrying signal about the supply of interceptors. I'm not sure that it makes financial sense to lose an F-16 to take down two shaheds...