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So, doom scrolling the News the past few days - the War Criminal in chief launching strikes on Iran; targeting children's schools, hundreds of 7-12 year old children killed. Front page shows the 4 US soldiers killed in the illegal/war-crimes strikes.
The hundreds of children of course are irrelevant, they're the "others".
The President and his staff have gone - to quote Tropic Thunder - "Full Retard".
I hate to go against popular opinion but this isn't a war they're going to win.
You only need to look at History to realize that it's been a very long time since the US has won any war, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, countless others, they only kill innocent people and make life hell for survivors. They have no success stories. There will be no happy outcomes for them.
And - don't get me wrong, Iran needed a regime change, but it needs to do that itself. The reason they have the regime they do - is - surprise surprise a result of US meddling. In the 70's they were a thriving liberal democracy, but US destabilization made this regime possible.
Of course, the revelation that they're trying to hasten the Apocalypse to bring about the second coming of Jesus; well, that's just more nonsense fuel on the fire. Everything is a deflection from the impending elections, the Trump-Epstein Files, the ICE violence and violations. That's one thing they're doing right - it's just that's not what most people voted for.
Anyways, as Evil as the Iran Regime was we have sufficient proof now to more than make up our minds that Netanyahu/Trump alliance is going to be even worse. So put on your seatbelts, it's going to be a hell of a ride...
Long nights
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Friday night, long, unending streams of walk-ins, parties of 5, 6, the phone, take away, that's become a full time station.
It's not smooth and by the end of it all I'm done. Just done.
Get home, text message from - who of all people, RJr, the owners son from Balfour, and so - not bearing a grudge, head out for a drink with him. He's in a fine humour, has his dream job, the restaurant is just a bad memory lost in the past.
It is after a perverse fashion good to see him.
Then home, to the mess that has become my living room. Yesterday, a bunch of books to the bookstore, today I'll go through the apartment and drop some more stuff off at the antique shop. For now, a beautiful day outside, time to go home, put my hands on my hips and try and figure out where to start on this mess of a studio.
Tantalum...
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And this, somehow or another I came across an article about it, plenty of industrial uses, and named after "Tantalus", so of course it would be interesting to me.
Anyways - my hot-stock take - substantially rarer than gold, potentially in the future much more in demand, and at the current price of $300-320 per troy ounce probably a much better buy than gold.
Link: Wikipedia on Tantalum
If I had some spare cash I'd be stocking up myself.
Compare the price of this vs the price of the Platinum Group Metals - and see how far they can go. And wasn't Rhodium a wild ride?
Max and the Cats - Moacyr Scliar
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This, a slender distraction from Sir Richard Burton's Narrative (which I'm loving, but sometimes it's good to take a break and read something light).
About a German, fleeing the Nazi's to Brazil, only trouble seems to follow him wherever he goes...
It was the inspiration for Yann Martel's "The Life of Pi". Well written, a mere 100 pages (and when confronted with Burton's 2 volumes of 400 pages apiece and copious notes as to Arab life and custom) a well earned break...
Picked up this morning, and will be back at the bookstore tomorrow...
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