chartpolski
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I see it more as a temporary relief than a win for Russia. Trump imposed the embargo, has now lifted it for thirty days and will most likely re-impose it. There’s nothing Putin can do about it. Theres still a lot of moves to go on the great chess board , and , as I am a very poor chess player, I’ve many a time said “ I didn’t see that coming !” I’ll be an interested bystander and watch with interest and see how it pans out Cheers.
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When someone on here suggested putting 4p on income tax to fund defence I suggested it might be better to stop overseas aid, stop paying billions to house and feed illegal immigrants, don’t pay billions to give away the Chagos islands, that would be a good start Cheers.
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I see it as a great game of chess, sacrifice a pawn to protect a Rook or Knight , and win the end game. Incidentally, “Check Mate” is a corruption of the Persian /Arabic “Shah Mort” ; the King is dead. Quite apt in the situation Cheers.
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Why didn’t Putin say “no, I’m not letting oil flow and the price of oil will go through the roof and the American and European people will demand the war stops” ???? Ill tell you you why; Russia’s economy is at rock bottom, Putin can’t pay for his own war with Ukraine, he’s not getting matériels from Iran, China has it’s own problems as it gets 90% of its oil through the Strait of Hormuz and will not be as supportive of Russia while the oil blockage is in force. Trump had the choice of letting world oil price skyrocket because of shortage and risk the wrath of Americans seeing the co
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Sankey is from Bedlington/Ashington, about ten mile up the A1 from me in Northumberland Cheers.
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He’s just said I was right ! Thats a first from him, maybe he’s beginning to see the light ! He took me to the brink , I looked into the abyss and thought there was no hope for him, but I never fully gave up on him Cheers.
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See, you should listen to your uncle Charts Cheers.
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If you mean BRICS., you were 100% for it. According to you it was going to destroy SWIFT and take over. The US dollar would cease to be the currency oil was traded in and the Ruble would take over. How has all that worked out ? Cheers.
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This may be of interest to the coursing lads; Cheers.
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I thought the coat came from the beddy ? Whatever it was it must have been a strong gene to keep popping up Cheers.
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He hasn’t been on Moochers for three months. Cheers.
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Solomon , a benevolent dictator Problem is, benevolent dictators don’t stay benevolent for long Cheers.
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I was thinking that myself They range from typical Northern European, through Slavic types right across to mongoloid types in the far east and pacific area’s of Russia, and the inhabitants of the Sakhalin islands , the Ainu, are probably more akin to the Japanese Thats my geography lesson for today , Cheers. Edited to add, yes Wilf , I understood you were alluding to European Russians
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Ursula is a globalist, she doesn’t believe in the nation state, she was voted into her position by a handful of like minded people, not the people of any country. She revels on being on stage as an equal to Presidents and Prime Ministers who WERE voted in by the people, she heads a trading block, not a country but wants such alignment politically that the EU becomes a de facto country and the member countries become nothing more than provinces. Starmer is in thrall to the EU, it doesn’t matter that we voted to leave, he is doing everything he can to take us back in piecemeal, so it gets t
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I’ll take a pic of the patch tomorrow and I’m not religious but I’ll think of all the brave men and women doing their jobs . Cheers.
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I had lads from the AREG in my house for dinner and drinks in Jeddah, they gave me a patch but I wouldn’t be so gauche as to wear it but it’s in a frame in my man cave . When I heard of the downing and mixed with American whiskey, it just brought back memories. Maybe I’m getting old ……. Cheers.
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I had a great Canadian mate, we used to holiday with our families in Thailand, he called the $C the “Northern Peso” Cheers.
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KC135 just went down in the Gulf. They are usually air refuelling planes, I was seconded to an AREG during the Gulf War when I was on Jeddah Airbase. I doubt very much it’ll be anyone I met , far to long ago , but it makes me sad .Cheers.
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Or you can hedge your bets; I keep a fairly small portfolio of shares, cash in hand, (various currencies), cash in bank and a small collection of precious metals and stones. The worst transaction I’ve ever done, and I’ve mentioned it on here before , was to buy some shares in a bank, after all, what’s a safer investment than a bank ? Well they had a high of £11 but now have languished at around 60p for years ! I’ll just keep them and hope they make a recovery when my grandson gets them in my will Cheers.
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Socialist, Internationalist, globalists masquerading as patriots. Starmer let it slip when he was asked “ what do you prefer, Westminster or Davos ?” And he had absolutely no hesitation in saying “Davos” ! Cheers.
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I was listening to Jacob Rees-Mogg talking to an economist the other day and he said in the early 40’s you could take a pound note into the Bank of England and they would honour the promise to “pay the bearer on demand” as paper money was just a promissory note, and you would get a gold sovereign in return . Now the pound had less than 400th of the buying power it had in the 40’s and a sovereign costs more than £800 ! They both agreed fait currencies are worthless and central banks can increase or decrease the money supply as the markets demand. The vast majority of Britain’s s
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This is an absolutely true story, I swear on my bank managers life ! At the build up to the Falklands war, I took leave from my job and flew home from the Middle East and went to the Royal Navy Recruiting office in Newcastle and applied to join as a Direct Entry Technician on the premise I had once worked on RFA ships. The recruiting officer was very kind but explained they had the Royal Navy ( we had one then) and the Royal Navy Reserve and gave me the actors f**k off “we will let you know if we need you” I told my dad what I had been planning and he hit the roof ! “ I’ll not
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It’s a headache tablet I need after a discussion with my young, former , protege, not a drink Fine wines and whiskey are to be enjoyed, not used as a barrier against ignorance Cheers.
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Perhaps I should have said “ the media suite”, ( actually he back bedroom). I feel that at 73 and still have all my teeth and most of my faculties, I haven’t reached the late, lamented Shane’s sad state. Cheers.
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Covering all bases, ehh ? Clever Cheers.
