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Re: Dutch central bank moves share of gold from U.S., Canada to London

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Post by maxdo » Fri, Sep 04, 2026, 9:46 PM UTC

somenameforme wrote: post #251

pvaldes wrote: post #239

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> What benefits Russia would see in deciding to directly attack NATO in a way that would lack any plausible deniability. Several possible benefits. In the last months Russia has tried repeatedly to lure Nato to a response for their constant provocations. This way they can claim that Russia is being attacked by Nato and 1) have an excuse to start a massive mobilization of their reserve soldiers planned for this fall a…

Some issues I see here: - Zelensky has claimed literally every single year that Russia is planning a massive general mobilization. This has never happened nor anything at all like it. The latest claim will likely turn out as all others prior. - Russia does not have a mutual defense pact with China, nor any sort of military alliance at all. In fact China could cripple Ukraine at any moment if they so chose. 'Ukrainian…

Not sure what was last year etc but this year claims are realistic on mobilization.

Russia already tested playbook by doing drafts on the street in limited regions . There’s plenty of videos just Google that . Seems like their strategy will not be all nation mobilized but rather hey , we do in one region , wait , switch to another , repeat .

NATO is half dead , and that’s the main goal of Russia , north Korea , China etc . If they attack the most weak enemy eg baltic counties and claim like hitler did : we achieved what we wanted we just want piece and we are ready to strike piece also with Ukraine , it will :

Prevent any reaction from the nato , since not that many countries within nato will be willing to defend Latvia or Estonia , especially if offense will be complete and successful. Who will defend Latvia ? Germany ? Doubt , Poland ? They do not have a modern army , they still buying tanks and submarines in the age of drones . And Russia do have lots of drones . More than entire nato by a lot of, not to tell if you deduct USA and Turkey , two biggest military NATO powers that will not be eager to defend Baltic regions . Imagine also that Iran will decide to use the moment and coordinate their offensive.

As a result , this few days war can effectively formalize end of NATO and the western world as it is .

Re: Dutch central bank moves share of gold from U.S., Canada to London

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Post by mikewarot » Sat, Sep 05, 2026, 1:20 AM UTC

watwut wrote: post #261

mikewarot wrote: post #212

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There are always insane people waiting with a plan , its the job of government, and politicians to keep them at bay. [1,2] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Plot [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Northwoods

People pushing for project 2025 are conservative politicians and republicans. They were in government the whole time. And they were in government because conservatives and republicans want that plan. They are not some kind of insane people outside of politics and government. They are literally the republican party.

I get that the Project 2025 is an evil plot, but that's missing the existing duopoly that allows the Donor class, and their alliances, both foreign and domestic, to override the will of the people.

Even if every single Republican got voted out, the rot is still there, just wearing the other hat.

Re: Dutch central bank moves share of gold from U.S., Canada to London

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Post by poncho_romero » Sat, Sep 05, 2026, 5:14 PM UTC

486sx33 wrote: post #230

eldaisfish wrote: post #217

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For anyone curious, this is hyperbole that people of certain political persuasions love to mischaracterise. These were not "protests", they were a sustained attempt to appeal to the wrong level of government for policies of a foreign government by a bunch of people who were riled up on the internet. Highlights included nazi flags, guns, harassing and threatening women and local residents, etc. what is most telling is…

They did freeze bank accounts though, and in other countries with democracy, citizens are allowed to protest, “occupy” and nazi flags are free speech. Mentioning guns is hyperbole, zero protesters shot anyone. Now, the government DID take peoples rights away and their bank accounts . Very important.

Why is "occupy" in quotes? The trucks jammed downtown Ottawa and were making a tremendous amount of noise. That isn't some peaceful protest that got a permit ahead of time, it was an attempt to shutdown the nation's capital.