S Korea declares martial law? 🤔

Damn My to read list is getting long 😅

A couple of months ago in October I saw an article about another HK "hub" idea. Being a generally wisened and skeptical old wizard I pondered what could really be going on. A "Gold Trading Hub"?......now we surely have always loved gold in HK but something smelt fishy........ Ok......I see. 🧐 😅 https://kyivindependent.com/opinion-russia-is-leveraging-gold-and-working-with-china-to-bypass-western-sanctions/

More than a year later and the struggle continues 😅

The brics members continue to put tariffs on china exports 👀

Бизнес предупредил о подорожании мебели на 15% из-за роста пошлин на фурнитуру из КНР | Forbes.ru

This pardon issue reminds me of the Gang of Four trials in the late 70s China. Party appears to distance itself from the "excesses" of a "rogue element" during the previous time period. Dems can now claim to be rational in their criticism of the Biden cartel.

Such a cool series. Tools, history, nature and culture.

It's official.....crime does pay

Aussies need some corn 😬

Another book for the list #bookstr

"The health of a society can be judged by the dedication to and pride in the quality of it's tools." - Me 😁

#bookstr Which authors have you gone full into and read everything thing they've ever written? For me I can think of... J.G. Ballard Donald Barthelme Yukio Mishima Amitav Ghosh John Kennedy Toole 😜 J.R.R.Tolkein Hermann Karl Hesse Possible some more that my brain is not loading. Interested to know what some of you have read like that. 🫡

No point in bla bla blaing about the Blackrock unless you understand..........