Why is Trump getting aggressive toward Canada? Because Putin and Xi would love America to revalidate an old murderous, imperialistic, colonial doctrine -- which we'll now call SIMBY.
The art of distraction is in play. What is the need? A pillaging of the U.S. Treasury is in the offing. Keep your eyes on the money. The companies that will soak up Treasury funds and how they won those contracts. https://hotbuttons.substack.com/p/rape-the-us-treasury?r=3m1bs
My bad. That is a congame to drive up bitcoin prices. Read what Warren Buffett has to say about bitcoin. Its value is simply a function of “can you get a sucker to think it is worth more than you paid for it”. No underlying earnings. No underlying manufacturing plants. No gold reserves. Just greed buying cow manure.
Mr Selfe, I agree with you completely about bitcoin. It has no basis in any kind of valuation. For example, a very simplified one, around 25 to 30 years ago a little stuffed animal called a " beanie baby " was created. Several types with names and numbers were put on the market, and for some unforeseen reason, beanie babies became all the rage. Adults were buying and collecting in droves, and more types were created. There were ads in newspapers requesting certain ones to purchase. The prices kept going up. There were bidding wars. But, when it was over, it was over. These items had no intrinsic value. People who had counted on these beanie baby collections to put their kids through college got a very rude awakening. The moment was over.
Do presidents have to have a surety bond? Won't Trump have trouble finding a company to bond him? He really had a hard time finding one for the judgement he owes half a billion dollars.
I read on https://bondsforthewin.com/ that they have to have a bond before they can take their oath of office.
Meanwhile, you can still complain on a bond up to two years after, so get busy on those Congressfolk who harmed you by their actions.
Also, Musk is why we need to have only elected officials leading things. The others don't take an oath or have a surety bond.
As our world unravels! The unstable destabilizes. To say that I am appalled is an understatement. Trump (and, Musk) are attempting to put their boots on the neck of the world. A country's sovereignty is now up for grabs? A new Nazi/fascist movement is now on the rise? Is this the genesis of a new worldwide conflagration? A new world order? One where allies suddenly become the enemy through interference and disregard for state's sovereignty? This moment becomes more perilous by the day.
Yes, and these greedy bastards think they have enough money to control the world order. I predict much pain for all of us, but the billionaires have already started to disagree on who is " the king of the hill." Zuckerberg has already said he will change his algorithms so that some points of view, previously spammed, will be allowed; i.e., hate speech. They can't all be king!
Turd wants to play wannabe dictator just like his boss, Putin, and take other countries’ territories. He wants to rebrand everything as “America’s”, to mark his slogan of Make America Great Again stronger for his own ego gratification. (He’s not even President yet!)
Yes Tristan, 1: after the war to have slavery at Alamo, the cavalry marched across Mexico to eat. Pacific Ocean, and claimed all of the Mexican lands above that line. 2: like how jared kushner wants to raze Gaza and build seaside resorts, the Inuit people of Greenland are in danger. 3) please watch musk background on The Thom Hartmann Program youtube channel; posted 7 January 2025, “Is Elon Musk Heir to Nazi Dream of World Conqueror. chilling.
sorry, the sentence got shifted somehow… the cavalry marched across across to the Pacific Ocean. yikes tho i imagine they did eat that was not what i had meant to say!
Well the oligarchs are planning to continue to heat up earth with their gluttony and so it makes sense they need to move up north to continue their gluttonous, selfish lifestyles in comfort, without concern for any other soul. Florida will be uninhabitable soon
Tristan please be aware Taiwan also has a thriving population of indigenous people of various groups who have a heritage dating back historically within Taiwan. I've visited Taiwan 2x (have also been to China and travelled across the country) and the difference between the 2 countries is vividly pronounced: Taiwanese are so much more relaxed w/amazing cultural identities while preserving their historical traditions and respecting new and different all at the same time. As there are a large number of Intl businesses in Taiwan the culture's welcoming atmosphere to different cultures facilitates success & profits. Of course China wants to take control of this!! They are as greedy as any other oligarchal society and make no mistake about it - China is only posing as a "traditional" society - it is run by greedy oligarchs who see their paths to fortune in controlling the population which is how Putin does it and what certain individuals such as Musk and others have in store for the US.
But why not have the US take over Canada first then the oligarchs can get a 2-for with so much less effort - eh? and yes, I've been saying it for a while - Trump is no doubt ready willing & potentially able to see Alaska go back to Russia - will we let him ?? is the Q.
SIMBY, indeed, and in deed. Using Hitler's playbook but trying to put colonial institutionalism back into play will cost someone a pretty penny. Let's hope those funds come from billionaires and not our treasury. What's the point? Create huge distractions while raiding U.S. government funds, in the hope we don't notice? Trump and Musk are delusional, but together they could cause a lot of damage. You have no doubt covered this, Tristan, but creating DOGE requires an act of Congress. DOGE reminds me of a Rube Goldberg contraption with the caption at the very end where the product emerges: " Inefficient." Or " Government broke."
He’s taking out another page from Putin’s playbook in Donbas which he borrowed in turn from a certain Austrian mediocre painter towards Sudetenland.
These may seem as just distractions by a senile bozo - but that’s pretty much how all major conflicts start and spiral out of control.
💯‼️ His playbook ALWAYS seems to go back to that certain Austrian mediocre painter!
The art of distraction is in play. What is the need? A pillaging of the U.S. Treasury is in the offing. Keep your eyes on the money. The companies that will soak up Treasury funds and how they won those contracts. https://hotbuttons.substack.com/p/rape-the-us-treasury?r=3m1bs
You didn't even mention the biggest one: government stockpile of Bitcoin.
My bad. That is a congame to drive up bitcoin prices. Read what Warren Buffett has to say about bitcoin. Its value is simply a function of “can you get a sucker to think it is worth more than you paid for it”. No underlying earnings. No underlying manufacturing plants. No gold reserves. Just greed buying cow manure.
Mr Selfe, I agree with you completely about bitcoin. It has no basis in any kind of valuation. For example, a very simplified one, around 25 to 30 years ago a little stuffed animal called a " beanie baby " was created. Several types with names and numbers were put on the market, and for some unforeseen reason, beanie babies became all the rage. Adults were buying and collecting in droves, and more types were created. There were ads in newspapers requesting certain ones to purchase. The prices kept going up. There were bidding wars. But, when it was over, it was over. These items had no intrinsic value. People who had counted on these beanie baby collections to put their kids through college got a very rude awakening. The moment was over.
Do presidents have to have a surety bond? Won't Trump have trouble finding a company to bond him? He really had a hard time finding one for the judgement he owes half a billion dollars.
I read on https://bondsforthewin.com/ that they have to have a bond before they can take their oath of office.
Meanwhile, you can still complain on a bond up to two years after, so get busy on those Congressfolk who harmed you by their actions.
Also, Musk is why we need to have only elected officials leading things. The others don't take an oath or have a surety bond.
As our world unravels! The unstable destabilizes. To say that I am appalled is an understatement. Trump (and, Musk) are attempting to put their boots on the neck of the world. A country's sovereignty is now up for grabs? A new Nazi/fascist movement is now on the rise? Is this the genesis of a new worldwide conflagration? A new world order? One where allies suddenly become the enemy through interference and disregard for state's sovereignty? This moment becomes more perilous by the day.
Yes, and these greedy bastards think they have enough money to control the world order. I predict much pain for all of us, but the billionaires have already started to disagree on who is " the king of the hill." Zuckerberg has already said he will change his algorithms so that some points of view, previously spammed, will be allowed; i.e., hate speech. They can't all be king!
Tibet has entered the chat.
The nail you've hit on the head
Turd wants to play wannabe dictator just like his boss, Putin, and take other countries’ territories. He wants to rebrand everything as “America’s”, to mark his slogan of Make America Great Again stronger for his own ego gratification. (He’s not even President yet!)
Yes Tristan, 1: after the war to have slavery at Alamo, the cavalry marched across Mexico to eat. Pacific Ocean, and claimed all of the Mexican lands above that line. 2: like how jared kushner wants to raze Gaza and build seaside resorts, the Inuit people of Greenland are in danger. 3) please watch musk background on The Thom Hartmann Program youtube channel; posted 7 January 2025, “Is Elon Musk Heir to Nazi Dream of World Conqueror. chilling.
Thank you Tristan, your posts are so valuable.
sorry, the sentence got shifted somehow… the cavalry marched across across to the Pacific Ocean. yikes tho i imagine they did eat that was not what i had meant to say!
Bingo.
Well the oligarchs are planning to continue to heat up earth with their gluttony and so it makes sense they need to move up north to continue their gluttonous, selfish lifestyles in comfort, without concern for any other soul. Florida will be uninhabitable soon
You forget that Canada won the war.
100% Agreed.
Tristan please be aware Taiwan also has a thriving population of indigenous people of various groups who have a heritage dating back historically within Taiwan. I've visited Taiwan 2x (have also been to China and travelled across the country) and the difference between the 2 countries is vividly pronounced: Taiwanese are so much more relaxed w/amazing cultural identities while preserving their historical traditions and respecting new and different all at the same time. As there are a large number of Intl businesses in Taiwan the culture's welcoming atmosphere to different cultures facilitates success & profits. Of course China wants to take control of this!! They are as greedy as any other oligarchal society and make no mistake about it - China is only posing as a "traditional" society - it is run by greedy oligarchs who see their paths to fortune in controlling the population which is how Putin does it and what certain individuals such as Musk and others have in store for the US.
But why not have the US take over Canada first then the oligarchs can get a 2-for with so much less effort - eh? and yes, I've been saying it for a while - Trump is no doubt ready willing & potentially able to see Alaska go back to Russia - will we let him ?? is the Q.
SIMBY, indeed, and in deed. Using Hitler's playbook but trying to put colonial institutionalism back into play will cost someone a pretty penny. Let's hope those funds come from billionaires and not our treasury. What's the point? Create huge distractions while raiding U.S. government funds, in the hope we don't notice? Trump and Musk are delusional, but together they could cause a lot of damage. You have no doubt covered this, Tristan, but creating DOGE requires an act of Congress. DOGE reminds me of a Rube Goldberg contraption with the caption at the very end where the product emerges: " Inefficient." Or " Government broke."
He is like Putin he wants to own this hemisphere and he could do a better job getting at them to Russian president