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12-07-25 spal
Savo - yes, apparently. Although my son migrated from the US to the UK and has lived there 3 years, found the love of his life there and does not seem to be bothered by any of this. He is in computer science (computer and data security and deep web research).
We visit once or twice every year and also love it. We see zero of anything that hits a headline and always have a great time.
My son looks like being a longer term resident there (he has citizenship through me) and just bought a house. BTW I did think that the home purchasing setup over there (in the UK) was about as Dickensian as you could make it (all sorts of stupidities came up and the process itself was almost incoherent). Took him seven months - within that time I bought and sold (using sophisticated tax procedures) 2 duplexes and one 4 plex. The US process is light years ahead whereas the UK experience could have been Greek or some other "third world" system ... at least for the average person. |
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12-06-25 savo
spal... horrible what is going on i the UK
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/just-how-dystopian-could-starmers-britain-become |
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12-06-25 savo
i would add two things to that article...
1) BTC was already not going anywhere in 2024.. until Trump, whose campaign was financed by the crypto industry declared the US crupto capital of the world... and passed legislation to that effect...quid pro quo.
2) the amount of capital, human and otherwise, that is being wasted in this fraud... particularly young people who have made a full time job out of crypto trading. I have nephews 3 years out of university who never had a real job other than crypto from home. |
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12-06-25 pillz
Bitcoin Is Starting to Look Like a Digital Tulip
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-12-06/is-bitcoin-the-digital-version-of-tulips-merryn-talks-money |
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12-06-25 victor
Trump revives Monroe Doctrine, vows to reassert U.S. dominance in the Americas
December 5, 2025 2:56 PM
The Trump administration has unveiled a sweeping national security directive that revives — and significantly expands — the 1820s Monroe Doctrine for the 21st Century, signaling a more assertive U.S. approach in the Western Hemisphere aimed at curbing foreign influence, boosting military presence and strengthening economic ties with regional partners. Experts said the document released Friday amounts to one of the most forceful U.S. policy statements on hemispheric influence in decades, echoing Cold War-era language and signaling a long-term geopolitical repositioning. Implementation is expected to draw scrutiny — and likely pushback — from global rivals already deeply invested in Latin America. The strategy, outlined in a newly released section of the National Security Strategy and billed as the “Trump Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine,” pledges to “reassert and enforce” U.S. leadership in the Americas to “restore American preeminence” and block “non-Hemispheric competitors” from gaining military footholds or control over strategic assets in the region. “After years of neglect, the United States is reaffirming with this document that it will enforce the Monroe Doctrine in order to restore U.S. preeminence in the Western Hemisphere,” said Carlos Sánchez Berzaín, executive director of the Miami-based Inter-American Institute for Democracy. “In other words, it is telling other global actors: ‘Keep off — America belongs to the United States.’”
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/article313434418.html
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