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Can you believe the stuff the U.S. is making up?

Yep, they change their version of history weekly where in Russia they don't feel the need to constantly lie, they have a long memory and so they can stick to the facts. Over and over again.

Nothing changed. There was a peace-deal to be signed between Russia and Ukraine two months into the provoked war and MI6 and CIA punt an end to that.

It's also brave Americans who try to keep pointing this out. Judge Napolitano's Judging Freedom and Scott Horton's Antiwar.com and show and latest book: Provoked.

Some are as "difficult" as litterally stopping the bombing (somalia, yemen,etc.) or the delivery of U.S. bombs to stop genocide.

It would stop the conflicts within 24 hours.

It no longer matters how you try to explain it away. Trump is the chosen second hand car salesman in charge of lying to the public. There is too much money to be made using the military industrial complex, and the real power does not come from Trump, he's just what you get to see.

Indeed!

The same for the temporary modern passport system

Now imagine the current population of China is 1,481,497,719 as of Friday, December 26, 2025.

"Only" 555x projects this size and they could meet the energy needs of all of China's residents!

Shows how good of an idea this madness really is the moment you try to scale... Fucking insane! Of course these panels won't ever need to be produced, shipped, placed, maintained, never get damaged or old and will never reach end-of-life, don't need huge transformers on land, and they even work even at night! Aaand no rare earth metals going to waste!

The virtue-signalling greenies mad version of reality.

People in the future will be sooo impressed by what people did here knowing they already had almost perfect nuclear energy tech..

Expect is the right word here.

I expect more adoption of the bitcoin network solution, because that would be LOGICAL.

The wait is on. When will others start to see the light too? The real light is beyond the AI and Magnificent 7 and current war gaslighting, that's for sure...

The U.S. should stop using so much drugs and the incentive to bring it to the U.S. will disappear. The supplier is not the problem, but the fact you keep buying from them will keep the business going.

Most cocaine is transported into the U.S. via Mexico via the road according America's own stats. Also the CIA is the biggest controller of drug flows in the world and likes to keep it that way to fund their covert land grabs and colour revolutions...

So lets be real, it's not about the drugs, it's about the oil.

Again.

Gaza strip is 25 miles long and 5 miles wide...

Such a display of competence to take this strip in just a minor ehm... MORE than 2 YEARS!!

And that WITH the help, sponsoring and bombs from Germany and US...

When the rest of the world looks on how you even fail at committing genocide... Murdering women and children, old people and babies...

Not a great predictor of trust in a stable and secure future for the Zionists I recon...

Amazing to still see so many "well actually" people defending the security promises from a third party managing a fake ledger of wealth they don't own...

A quarter point might fix things this time??

Not a chance, all smoke and mirrors, and not high quality smoke and mirrors either... Just a dumb old trick of keeping people hanging and faking to have a solution.... Delaying the obvious

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You will never meet someone with whom you can discuss your responsibilities and share details about your day. That is why it is critical to befriend yourself, because you will be the only one who will ultimately be with you until the end of life.

Others who don't create art do not understand what you do and therefor downplay its importance. Their lack of understanding is an issue they don't know they have to deal with, not you! You are blessed to have received the gift of expression and others DO understand, just not as many of them you hoped were part of society. Close friends and family is not a great indicator of the quality of people out in the world. It is what it is, focus on their good qualities and never have others play down your joy in creating art because you are living proof this is a thing that does not require their acceptance. Just be kind to one another, that's difficult enough :)

And for anything you do and achieve, there will be an increased group of "haters". Let them, they do not add anything. Add the love and focus on the mission ;)

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The Myth Of 'Equality': Is Europe Stuck In A Disastrous, Failing Marxist Trap?

The Myth Of 'Equality': Is Europe Stuck In A Disastrous, Failing Marxist Trap?

https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/21769/europe-equality-marxism

In a world where shifting economic forces are redrawing the global balance of power, the trajectories of the United States and the European Union over the coming decade (2025-2035) seem destined to diverge ever more sharply.

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By 2023, US GDP per capita had https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/usa/united-states/gdp-per-capita

the EU's $41,420.

America's lead rested on average annual real https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_labour_productivity

to 3.4% of GDP. Add to that a remarkably flexible labor market, modest demographic growth (0.5% per year) and, since 2019, energy self-sufficiency.

The EU tells a different story: average annual real https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tec00115/default/table?lang=en

around 58%.

"Ah, but...." https://www.datawrapper.de/blog/weekly-chart-income

political party — "you cite average income, not median income." Median income, the point at which 50% earn less and 50% earn more, is indeed lower than the mean in the United States. Inequality is more pronounced in the US than in Europe. Yet their reply, presented as though it settled the debate, is itself part of Europe's predicament.

In Europe, inequality is generally treated as an https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/en/blog/2024/inequalities-unmasked-reality-disparities-across-eu

.

At 17, as first-year law student, I had the opportunity to interview André Molitor, former chief of staff to King Baudouin of Belgium. Molitor, a gracious left-wing Catholic, confided that the single thing he truly despised was inequality; his dream was for "fewer rich and fewer poor."

True material equality is a https://tcbmag.com/the-equality-myth/

.

The "real equality" championed by communists and socialists of every stripe has simply never existed. Hand every European €100,000 today, and by tomorrow there would already be a handful of tycoons — perhaps even an Elon Musk or two — alongside those who squandered everything, with the vast majority scattered somewhere in between.

Equality, as a moral value, has served largely as a pretext for socialism -- take from Peter and give to Paul -- all while funding a sprawling, https://www.aei.org/carpe-diem/thomas-sowell-quotations-on-the-political-left/

apparatus of "redistribution" that provides little opportunity or incentive to succeed or to keep what one has earned.

Europe's elevation of material equality may well be its most disastrous bequest to itself. With ironclad consistency, the continent advances toward greater equality — in increasing misery and squalor.

The baseline projection for 2035 at current growth rates shows that if current trajectories persist — 2% annual growth in the United States versus 1% in Europe — the average American income will exceed $100,000 by 2035, while Europe's will remain around $50,000. Carriage drivers in New York's Central Park or dog-walkers in Beverly Hills will soon earn more than French physicians and German engineers — not metaphorically, but in cold cash. Even taking into account the differences in inflation and purchasing power between Europe and the US — the cost of living is lower in Europe — the transatlantic gap is immense and growing.

Under alternative scenarios — a European technological renaissance, or conversely a severe geopolitical shock for the United States, the ratio rarely falls below 2:1. America's productivity growth, energy production and R&D investment remain decisive.

Plainly stated: absent a political sea-change, Europe is on a path of swift decline, notwithstanding genuine strengths such as longer life expectancy.

Per-capita GDP — imperfect yet inescapable — crystallizes a transatlantic chasm. Europe is becoming to the USA what Greece was to Rome: a charming open-air museum.

Is it inevitable?

Hauling Europe out of the mire of socialism, in all its guises, would demand two transformations so radical they verge on the unimaginable.

1. Re-creating dynamic capital

There can be no "capitalism" without capital — without venture capital funds and mega investment rounds. When NVIDIA, TSMC and others invest hundreds of billions of dollars, those funds must first have been accumulated without being confiscated by the state at every turn, and their investors must believe that their pooled investment will at some point yield a worthwhile profit.

Building such pools of investment private capital in Europe would entail abandoning the doctrine of material equality. Modern technological breakthroughs https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/06/why-ai-needs-smart-investment-pathways-to-ensure-a-sustainable-impact/

the continent in the right direction. For situations where private pensions are not an option, there still could be a government-provided safety net.

2. Dismantling the European Green Deal

European energy already https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/21244/europe-germany-renewable-energy

than American energy. That single variable suffices to justify the exodus of European industry to markets with kinder energy markets, notably the United States.

Measured against the self-inflicted energy crisis of Europe's "https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/priorities-2019-2024/european-green-deal_en

," President Donald Trump's tariffs are just a small footnote.

Let us nevertheless remain hopeful. History is now written at breakneck speed, and almost anything remains possible. Yet to believe that Europe will become anything more than an open-air museum while it continues to entrust its future to figures such as the weary mediocrity of its current leaders — and, above all, to the ruinous, outworn ideas that animate them — is folly.

https://cms.zerohedge.com/users/tyler-durden

Fri, 07/25/2025 - 02:00

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/myth-equality-europe-stuck-disastrous-failing-marxist-trap

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Is The US Dollar Primed For A Digital Rebound?

Is The US Dollar Primed For A Digital Rebound?

After decades as the world’s unrivaled reserve currency, the U.S. dollar’s dominance is eroding in traditional financial systems. The U.S. dollar now accounts for 58% of foreign exchange reserves—its lowest share in decades.

Yet in the rapidly evolving digital economy, the dollar is staging a powerful resurgence.

In this infographic, part three of the Digital Dollar Series created in partnership with https://www.plasma.to/about?utm_source=vcwebsite&utm_medium=plasmaarticle&utm_campaign=PLA01&utm_id=pla01-u-s-dollar-primed-for-a-digital-rebound

explores how digital finance may be bolstering the greenback’s influence.

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The U.S. Dollar on a Global Scale

As a share of global totals, the U.S. dollar’s prominence across five major financial indicators varies.

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Source: https://castleisland.vc/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/stablecoins_the_emerging_market_story_091224.pdf

. Latest available data from 2022–2024.

In more traditional financial indicators, the greenback’s proportion is between 50% and 60% globally.

For instance, as a share of reserves, the dollar reached as high as 73% in 2001 before declining to the current 58%. According to the IMF, the dollar’s decline has been offset by increases in the shares of nontraditional reserve currencies. For instance, shares of the Australian dollar, Canadian dollar, and Chinese renminbi have increased. These currencies help reserve managers diversify and offer relatively attractive yields.

The Chinese renminbi has been climbing as the country https://www.visualcapitalist.com/sp/hf02-start-of-de-dollarization-chinas-gradual-move-away-from-the-usd/

in cross-border payments and pilots its own central bank digital currency.

Digital Finance: The Dollar’s Next Chapter

Despite some signs of de-dollarization in traditional finance, the digital realm tells a different story. A striking 99% of all stablecoins are pegged to the U.S. dollar, underscoring its pivotal role in crypto-based finance.

As stablecoin supply surges, issuers need to back up their coins by buying Treasuries or other liquid assets. This drives significant demand for the dollar. Notably, stablecoin issuers collectively rank among the top 20 holders of U.S. government debt.

With financial systems evolving, stablecoins are positioned to reinforce the dollar’s global dominance.

Discover how https://www.plasma.to/about?utm_source=vcwebsite&utm_medium=plasmaarticle&utm_campaign=PLA01&utm_id=pla01-u-s-dollar-primed-for-a-digital-rebound

is building the future of stablecoin transactions—making them cheaper and faster than ever before.

https://cms.zerohedge.com/users/tyler-durden

Wed, 07/09/2025 - 05:45

https://www.zerohedge.com/crypto/us-dollar-primed-digital-rebound

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CIA Memo: Obama Team 'Excessively Involved' In Fueling Trump-Russia Narrative

CIA Memo: Obama Team 'Excessively Involved' In Fueling Trump-Russia Narrative

Authored by https://headlineusa.com/author/lcornelio/

,

A newly declassified https://headlineusa.com/tag/cia

memo revealed that top officials within the Obama administration deliberately manipulated intelligence to exaggerate Russia’s purported 2016 election interference. This set the stage for the years‑long Trump‑Russia collusion probe.

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The review, commissioned by CIA Director John Ratcliffe in May 2025, https://www.cia.gov/static/Tradecraft-Review-2016-ICA-on-Election-Interference-062625.pdf

the 2016 Intelligence Community Assessment on Russian interference.

It found then‑CIA Director John Brennan, FBI Director James Comey and DNI James Clapper were “excessively involved” in framing the initial Russia narrative.

All the world can now see the truth: Brennan, Clapper and Comey manipulated intelligence and silenced career professionals — all to get Trump. Thank you to the career https://twitter.com/CIA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

— CIA Director John Ratcliffe (@CIADirector) https://twitter.com/CIADirector/status/1940452440937263396?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

On Dec. 6, 2016—just weeks after President Donald Trump’s election—then-outgoing President Barack Obama ordered the probe, concluding Vladimir Putin “aspired” to sway the vote.

However, according to the declassified 2025 review, Brennan, Comey and Clapper rushed the 2016 assessment in a “chaotic,” “atypical” and “markedly unconventional” fashion, raising questions about a “potential political motive.”

The review found intelligence officials felt “jammed” by the rushed timeline, with many seeing the draft report for the first time at the sole in-person review on December 19.

One CIA author called it “unusual” that so few changes were made to such a lengthy and high-profile assessment.

This rushed assessment ultimately cast doubt on Trump’s legitimacy and opened the door to the Mueller investigation, partisan congressional hearings, and countless media leaks.

“All the world can now see the truth: Brennan, Clapper and Comey manipulated intelligence and silenced career professionals — all to get Trump,” Ratcliffe said, thanking CIA officers who conducted the review.

New York Post columnist Miranda Devine broke the story on https://nypost.com/2025/07/02/us-news/obamas-trump-russia-collusion-report-was-corrupt-from-start-cia-review/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nypost

, revealing the review’s damning conclusions.

The review confirms what was already widely known in conservative and Republican circles: Brennan, Comey and Clapper were the political architects of the Trump-Russia hoax.

https://cms.zerohedge.com/users/tyler-durden

Thu, 07/03/2025 - 12:40

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/cia-memo-obama-team-excessively-involved-fueling-trump-russia-narrative

Ah, there was the "CHANGE" during Obama's term