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Zimbabwe Makes Banking Changes (Gold, USD peg, fight against inflation) (Zimbabwe's Monetary Policy Committee member Ashok Chakravarti) Inflation ravaged Zimbabwe launched its circulating Mosi-Oa-Tunya or Smoke that Thunders 1-ounce .9167 fine gold coins in July in hopes the smoke and thunder will ...

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Is Myanmar building a spy base on Great Coco Island? New satellite imagery shows mysterious construction on an archipelago close to a strategic Indian navy outpost... https://www.chathamhouse.org/sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_huge/public/2023-03/2023-03-23-myanmar-osint-01_overview%20of%20gr...

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Already done in 2020 I think. May be redo it around opening day.

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In 2021 Russia and Saudi Arabia signed military cooperation.
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Things are moving fast..ahead of some key meetings of countries, one in May and then in August...

After
Saudi-Iran (China)
Iran-UAE

Now
Saudi-Syria (Russia)
Saudi Arabia and Syria 'agree to reopen embassies

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US State of Massachusetts: An Act promoting the civil rights and inclusion of American Muslims in the commonwealth. There shall be a permanent commission on the status of people who practice Islam consisting of 11 persons as follows : 2 persons appointed by the governor; 1 person appointed by the a...

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... Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) had 70% of start ups under its belt. 40yrs in operation. SVB has many divisions and wanted to sell its Securities business (~20B around 10% of total assets) vs 200B SVB in total assets. Why? Because of interest hike by the feds to 4+%. Its secured bonds were at 1-1.5% ...

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I had an idea of an paki-fied crypto that is no longer controlled by any non-islamic entity. and since interest is haram, no interest on the crypto coin itself. wrap the tokens/site in the verses of the un-mentionable book and voila- we have a currency that can replace the PKR. (OT) Yeah, they can ...

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Agree, although this (Mosi II) exercise was preceded by Mosi-I joint naval military exercise near South Africa in 2019. May be the Russ-Ukie waar may have exacerbated the differences. In Aug 2022, minister Naledi Mandisa Pandor did not mince words while hosting Blinky.

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Much anticipated BRICS+ meeting will be held in South Africa in August 2023, and it is expected (hope) to either make announcements or seriously evaluate new directions in the world of money/currency/finance... Financial crime watchdog adds South Africa to 'grey list' International financial crime w...

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^^^^ "U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)" U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is responsible for enforcing federal laws that make it illegal to discriminate against a job applicant or an employee becau...

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Following conversation is with Deputy Chairman of Russian Assembly Piotr Olegovich Tolstoy (may be related to Leo Tolstoy). It is in French, but with English subtitles. Pretty long video, and in terms of new information, nothing new.. The only thing I gathered was that this conflict is nowhere near ...

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Brazil and Argentina is renewing the old concept of common currency or "trading currency" with Argentina, while keeping their national currencies. This concept has been around 1980s, but the renewed enthusiasm is coming up with something to be tied to hard assets. This is interesting becau...

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... Now Credit Suisse (bankrupt bank) strikes Interesting question is why is this hit job coming from a second tier Swiss bank, CS, and not top 5 US-based investment banks? Considering that Adani has raised over $10bn in the US market for its portfolio businesses between 2016-2021. Credit Suisse is...

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South Africa’s Durban to Host 15th BRICS Summit in August 2023 Russian FM says BRICS group to consider common currency Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday that Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa – BRICS countries – will discuss creating a common currency at the group...

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How did Ambani turn the tables? How Dhirubhai Ambani turned the tables on the Kolkata bear cartel Dhirubhai story is slightly different from 1980s, but relevant. In this case you are dealing with well-oiled, international public/private apparatus. See, this comes right after WEF. If things go sour,...

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...very curious what instruments do they have a short position. And I wonder how much the short position actually is... The amounts we are talking are very large...and huge incentives for the short sellers. Also, if the company is raising more capital, this report will deter any institutional money...

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Sorry, AmberG, brief interruption to scheduled programming... Finally a BRFite, a voice of reason and data, contributing and leaving a mark. U know, who,....simply amazing "Braving A Viral Storm: India's Covid-19 Vaccine Story" New Book On India's Covid-19 Vaccine Journey Set For Early Jan...

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And just seen an news clip: Egypt devaluing currency by 50% to meet IMF terms Wonder what this would mean to Toilet Paper No wonder Pakistani are holding out on IMF terms AoA if they do agree to IMF then it will be 1$=400 toilet sheets :rotfl: :rotfl: OT...but relevant Egypt vows to cut military’s ...

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https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/politics/2312726-pro-bolsonaro-rioters-storm-brazils-top-government-offices Events are unfolding in Brazil. Reports are that 60% of the military supports Bolsanaro. What are the implications for India and BRICS? Definitely see the implication with respect to BRI...

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... * Will Saudi Arabia settle for oil in Yuan? Looks like KSA has agreed to some pricing of oil in RMB to match the imports of STUFF from China, but not all oil exports. My guess is Chinese also may not immediately want switch either because their exports still earns them ton of fiat USD/EURO, whi...

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NRao wrote:March 22, 2022:

Zoltan Pozsar: We are witnessing the birth of a new world monetary order

He is talking of a monetary world order, not a political one....

Adding a video of Zoltan Pozsar on this topic from Nov 2022, hopefully complementing NRao ji's post in March.

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... The commentator's analysis may turn out to be right in the end. But currently the hard numbers are not bearing out his assertion. The latest RBI data shows its bullion holdings of $40 billion is a mere 8% of total foreign exchange reserves. It has marginally gone up from 6% in 5 years time. Wha...

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…. … * India is next. India has neither the economy nor the armed forces to resist a bunch of G-7 naval ships around India. Who in India is going to stand up to the Neocons? … Let’s see if EU survives 2023-24 first, from energy, inflation, loss of industries, and i$lam, before they can power their ...

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I'm going to pretend that the title of the thread also has the words "Geoeconomics Fallout" Multiple sources are pointing to inevitable and a seismic shift in the economic operating model (#debt #currency #gold) of the world as we know it (at the scale of Bretton Woods type agreements), st...

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... It is selling for $53 :rotfl: . So you can more than double your money in dollar terms in 16 months. Interested? If you do some rough calculation. Assume 4% risk free rate (Massa is willing to give you 4% interest), Markets are expecting ~52% probability of default by April 2024... yeah, tradin...

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PROJECT BAKONG: Next Generation Payment System

Called Bakong, the blockchain-based nationwide payment system from the National Bank of Cambodia officially launched in October 2020 and is recognized as one of the world's first central bank digital currencies (CBDC).

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@NRao, Kyle Bass is such a character,...if you watch his videos from 10 yrs ago, you will notice, his msg hasn't changed, but agree with the numbers. Whenever financial media needs China basher KB descends like an angle. More importantly, about the point you have raised, there definitely seems to be...

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THE IMPERISHABLE SEED: How Hindu Mathematics Changed the World and Why this History was Erased by Bhaskar Kamble (Author), Sankrant Sanu (Editor) Students of mathematics learn of “Pascal’s Triangle”, “Fibonacci Sequence”, “Rolle’s Theorem” and “Taylor Series.” But they do not learn that these conce...

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I wasn't sure where this news would fit. Another example of scam, greed, looting of uninformed investors, glorification of 30 year olds from rags to alleged riches from fancy colleges Sam Bankman-Fried, company (FTX) Changpeng Zhao, company (Binance) https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...

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... That’s not how it works sir. A deposit is a claim against a bank. A bank that receives a deposit can onlend that money (create an asset) or it can park it somewhere in the market or indeed with the central bank (which is also an asset). If a depositor says that they no longer want their money b...

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Some interesting options are being considered by the EU regarding future funding for Ukraine: Kremlin accuses West of having "essentially stolen" gold, forex reserves via sanctions ... So Reuters (allegedly provider of trusted news), wants its readers to believe that Russ, which has been ...

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I do not think the number of countries wanting to "join" BRICS matters as much as the potential for BRICS to establish an alternative to the ...reserve currency. BTW, if an alt reserve is established, India should be prepared to enter a conflict. 100%. As a nation that is seeking to be on...

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Price cap on Oil but not on Gas?? G7 to be ready with Russian oil price cap details by 5 December, US official says G7 countries will be ready with all the operational details of a price cap on Russian seaborne crude oil by 5 December, when the measure is scheduled to kick in, a senior US official c...

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With over 90% of votes counted, results are:

- Lula da Silva: 50.6%
- Bolsonaro: 49.4%

Lula projected to win and likely to defeat fascist Bolsonaro (according to lefties). Regime change +1. BRICS

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There may not be dull moments in 2023...

Oct 27, 2022
Valdai International Discussion Club meeting: The theme of this year's forum is A Post-Hegemonic World: Justice and Security for Everyone.

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UK finance minister Kwarteng has been sacked Nice to see you back in action @Chetak ji. This is funny, NRao posted this in Ukraine Geopolitical fallout dhaaga, yesterday ... The proposed pipeline: current finmin resigns, followed by Truss, elections, Labor wins, Starmer the PM. If Truss follows the...

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Here is EU buereaucrat after few puffs... European Diplomatic Academy: Opening remarks by High Representative Josep Borrell at the inauguration of the pilot programme ... Thank you to all of you, and congratulations to all of you for having the extraordinary chance of studying here, in Bruges at the...

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While France was busy supporting Ukies, russ allegedly seems to have pulled a color revolution in Burkina Faso, oui oui

https://amp.france24.com/en/africa/2022 ... iation-bid

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Reuters: Brazil's presidential election is headed for a run-off vote, electoral authorities said on Sunday, after President Jair Bolsonaro's surprising strength in a first-round vote spoiled rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's hopes of winning outright. With 95% of electronic votes counted, Lula was a...

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