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Actually, it's not just the oil VZNs gold reserves - approx 8000 metric tonnes are worth $21 billion.
January 5, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Actually, it's not just the oil VZNs gold reserves - approx 8000 metric tonnes are worth $21 billion.
Notwithstanding the fact that the US accuses Putin of war crimes, the US is one of only a handful of countries that didn't ratify the Rome Statute (ICC).
January 5, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Notwithstanding the fact that the US accuses Putin of war crimes, the US is one of only a handful of countries that didn't ratify the Rome Statute (ICC).
(d) most of VNZ s oil (70%) was exported to China.
This was one of the primary motivators for taking down Maduro.
This was one of the primary motivators for taking down Maduro.
January 4, 2026 at 12:25 AM
(d) most of VNZ s oil (70%) was exported to China.
This was one of the primary motivators for taking down Maduro.
This was one of the primary motivators for taking down Maduro.
Give me a fvcking break - one of the leading historical traffickers in illegal drugs has been the CIA - who do you think started the crack epidemic?
January 4, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Give me a fvcking break - one of the leading historical traffickers in illegal drugs has been the CIA - who do you think started the crack epidemic?
Consider this - this is not about oil per se. The US has little use for VNZ s heavy crude.
This is really about putting a stranglehold on China, which until recently, imported 5-600k bpd from VNZ.
Oh, and what about the Epstein files?
This is really about putting a stranglehold on China, which until recently, imported 5-600k bpd from VNZ.
Oh, and what about the Epstein files?
January 4, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Consider this - this is not about oil per se. The US has little use for VNZ s heavy crude.
This is really about putting a stranglehold on China, which until recently, imported 5-600k bpd from VNZ.
Oh, and what about the Epstein files?
This is really about putting a stranglehold on China, which until recently, imported 5-600k bpd from VNZ.
Oh, and what about the Epstein files?
If you kill enough journalists, no more PR problem...
August 21, 2025 at 2:29 PM
If you kill enough journalists, no more PR problem...
Perhaps more frightening than the immediacy of the war crimes is the gaslighting that is forever changing the mindscape of humanity.
Orwell is spinning in his grave...
Orwell is spinning in his grave...
August 21, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Perhaps more frightening than the immediacy of the war crimes is the gaslighting that is forever changing the mindscape of humanity.
Orwell is spinning in his grave...
Orwell is spinning in his grave...
Google the "economic center of gravity" - it's been moving towards Asia for decades. Trump (or any other President) is not selling out to Putin. Our politicians are collectively making tactical decisions while the Chinese are making strategic plans.
You give Putin too much credit
You give Putin too much credit
July 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Google the "economic center of gravity" - it's been moving towards Asia for decades. Trump (or any other President) is not selling out to Putin. Our politicians are collectively making tactical decisions while the Chinese are making strategic plans.
You give Putin too much credit
You give Putin too much credit
He respects Putin, but he's working for Bibi.
July 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
He respects Putin, but he's working for Bibi.
Labeling is a great way to navigate a debate...
Have you ever lived under a fascist regime?
Have you ever lived under a fascist regime?
June 22, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Labeling is a great way to navigate a debate...
Have you ever lived under a fascist regime?
Have you ever lived under a fascist regime?
also Qian Zhongshu's "Fortress Besieged"
June 22, 2025 at 8:39 PM
also Qian Zhongshu's "Fortress Besieged"
(re)reading Stiglitz' "Globalization and Its Discontents"
June 22, 2025 at 8:37 PM
(re)reading Stiglitz' "Globalization and Its Discontents"
Vitriol in lieu of intelligence
June 22, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Vitriol in lieu of intelligence
I think you just proved my point
June 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I think you just proved my point
I don't get it - Trump and Bibi may have started WWIII, 100,000+ dead or dying in Gaza, and you're still barking at the moon over deportations?
Where is your sense of materiality?
Where is your sense of materiality?
June 22, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I don't get it - Trump and Bibi may have started WWIII, 100,000+ dead or dying in Gaza, and you're still barking at the moon over deportations?
Where is your sense of materiality?
Where is your sense of materiality?
There's a kind of perverse symmetry to this - Ukraine has Chernobyl, now Iran has Fordo. Let's see how Israel responds if they get to join the club.
June 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
There's a kind of perverse symmetry to this - Ukraine has Chernobyl, now Iran has Fordo. Let's see how Israel responds if they get to join the club.
That won't happen - Israel controls Congress.
Wait until the other shoe drops - Iran has less direct ways of responding to this
Wait until the other shoe drops - Iran has less direct ways of responding to this
June 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
That won't happen - Israel controls Congress.
Wait until the other shoe drops - Iran has less direct ways of responding to this
Wait until the other shoe drops - Iran has less direct ways of responding to this
A mute point, since AIPAC owns both Trump and Congress. Where is the moral outrage over Israel's role in starting this war?
June 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
A mute point, since AIPAC owns both Trump and Congress. Where is the moral outrage over Israel's role in starting this war?
Progressives: we stand for tolerance and diversity of opinion...
Also Progressives: but only if we agree with you.
Also Progressives: but only if we agree with you.
June 19, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Progressives: we stand for tolerance and diversity of opinion...
Also Progressives: but only if we agree with you.
Also Progressives: but only if we agree with you.
Interesting - he is making a legit effort at creating dialogue and not one person seems interested in that. At some point, we have to have civil discourse with people we disagree with, don't you think?
June 19, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Interesting - he is making a legit effort at creating dialogue and not one person seems interested in that. At some point, we have to have civil discourse with people we disagree with, don't you think?