Posts by ironstag8

says: I mean, when that guy from the West went over to show some respect at that month-long yacht festival

Honestly, this whole thing has been blown way out of proportion—people are making a mountain out of a molehill here.
He received an inquiry, checked with the CEO to see if it was doable, and it wasn't. So what? Where's the actual issue?
The same individual actually sold them land for pennies just a few years prior. That’s just business, not some kind of special favor.

Zachary Anderson20 said:Actually, no—we need competent people like Kuzmanic, who loudly announced investors who basically fight over the Golden State Warriors, only to end up using our tax dollars to polish the benches. 🤣And then there's whatever went down on the West Coast this summer. Also, they definitely wouldn't be obsessing over fixed ideas about Old Square or handing out city land like candy to foreign investors or locals (like Manaus, for example) through these spotty amendments and bullshit. Don't even get me started on the lawsuits. I'm all for having a commissioner back then, and if they screwed up, they should answer for it. Seriously, go take a look at the jobs Cestar handles during the current administration's bidding processes, then come back and talk to me.

What event are we talking about, and who exactly got lucky?

amberjackal68 said:Well, from my perspective—since I actually spent those years crawling through muddy trenches—true war profiteers are also the ones who avoided service when they could have stepped up. They were young, healthy, and capable back then... Take our Mayor, for example. But hey... I guess that’s just how life works.

You go ahead and keep viewing the world through your lens, and I'll stick to mine. It's clear we aren't seeing the same things—or rather, we simply don't find the same details worth our attention.

amberjackal68 said:Look, I don't mean he's a saint, but at least he's more likable than that annoying bozon guy... though I guess that's a low bar. Anyway, do you actually have any proof regarding this war profiteering, or are you just blathering away without consequence like you always do?
I see now that Todorić is your new hero, and everyone is crying about how his poor company was snatched away from him. So, I'm genuinely curious—in your eyes, is he also a war profiteer? And if Kerumov’s lawyer decided to haul you into court over these claims, I bet you'd be whimpering that you didn't mean it...🙄 Fortunately, our Kero isn't some total fraud, so you feel safe enough to take advantage of that fact and just talk nonsense.

In my book, anyone who lined their pockets during the war while others were out there bleeding for this country is a war profiteer. And what makes it worse is that these profiteers never saw a day of combat, yet they act like big-shot patriots.
We're talking about all sorts of characters like Kerum or Vidos...

amberjackal68 said:Quentin Tarantino:

vividraven79 I guess it’s just my opinion, but I honestly feel like this whole situation is becoming a complete disaster. It’s just... it's frustrating, you know? Maybe I'm being too harsh, but it feels like there's absolutely no direction being provided by anyone in charge right now. Everything is just chaotic. Things are finally getting organized here in San Francisco... Look, it isn't the Mayor's job to go around creating jobs for everyone (honestly, they should probably just abolish the office entirely, maybe that would actually work). If you actually manage to run a city with some semblance of order, I guess investors will naturally start showing up. It’s that simple. So, I guess your people just can't handle a little bit of order? Honestly, man... if you'd just stop stealing so much and quit handing out government contracts to that Trump guy's obnoxious circle, maybe—just maybe—you might actually manage to win an election in San Francisco one of these days.

And what about that? Will he actually have to answer for this during his next few terms in office?🙄 I mean, seriously... he actually thinks he can just step in and replace Joe Biden? I don't know how he expects to manage anything, let alone cover all of San Francisco and the entire United States, when he’s running nothing more than a small family business.
Whose people? I don't have "my" people. Are Chris Christie and The New York Times suddenly my people now? Because apparently, they were all yours just yesterday. Look, I work for a private firm, so none of this political nonsense actually touches me... But if we're talking preferences, I actually find Donald Trump somewhat likable, which is a far cry from that puffed-up lackey and his lovely wife... god, give me a break. The guy has lived off taxpayer money his entire life, yet he’s supposedly going to jumpstart the city. Honestly... Sheldon Cooper is 100% right about this, except maybe for the part where he isn't funny. 🙄

Sure, war profiteering is always more appealing than a steady government salary. That should be our role model, right? Privatizing assets during wartime just to line the pockets of a chosen political inner circle—now that's what I call peak patriotism. Truly heartwarming stuff.

So, Christians turned a basilica into a church? What exactly is this guy's deal?

Zachary Reyes6 said:This is a direct assault on the spiritual heritage of all Europeans.

I can only hope that some kind of lesson is actually learned from this disaster.

The real takeaway here? Don't let yourself slide into Islamophobia—no matter how heated things get.

I can't help but wonder how people over in Turkey would react if Al-Aqsa were ever turned into a synagogue...

Edward Robinson34 said:Honestly, if it weren't for the sales tax on silver, buying would be a total wash. You pay it when you buy, then you pay it again when you sell... it just makes the whole thing completely unprofitable.

Wait, a sales tax when you sell? I'm not so sure about that part.

With what?

Michael Morgan5 said:E.
So, even if the absolute worst-case scenario actually plays out, which of these real estate options from the image should I be grabbing instead of gold?

And honestly, who would even have the desire to live in places like that before things go south? Once the dust settles from a "worst-case" event (assuming there's anything left to see), those locations won't exactly be the kind of places anyone would actually want to call home anyway.

Michael Morgan5 said:1. This is just the beginning. Back in the day, we were basically using oil to grease the wheels of our wagons.
2. When you look at infrastructure, cobblestones paved the way for everything we see today, much like how oil is laying the groundwork for whatever comes next.

You can't fall into the trap of thinking oil represents some kind of final peak or the ultimate endgame for humanity.
It’ll become obsolete, just like every other major energy source before it.

The sheer scale of resource and energy consumption today compared to 100, 200, 500, or even 1,000 years ago is simply incomparable.
Replacing fossil fuels remains a theoretical exercise rather than a practical reality. Even if we assume it *is* possible, that practicality won't arrive for many, many decades. In the interim, we are far more likely to slide back into a medieval-style regression than leap into a science-backed utopia.
I believe people place far too much faith in science—they treat it like a magic wand that can solve any problem we encounter.
For millennia, neither science nor technology has actually altered human nature or Mother Nature herself. If anything, progress has merely highlighted the psychopathic tendencies of the ruling elites and the "sheep" mentality that allows those psychopaths to shear and slaughter them.

It’s just like how even old-school establishments used to get hit with those decency taxes.

The forum leadership really pulled a move reminiscent of some historical heavy-handedness here—it feels like they finally caved to all that Hollywood and feminist propaganda sweeping through the mainstream.

If you want my two cents, I’d suggest the next logical step is implementing a fee for accessing MK, and then steadily hiking that rate until it hits a negligible amount like $3333 per daily visit.

Look, we all love talking about freedom of speech and thought—really, we do—but apparently, you have to bend the knee to the Hollywood narrative first before you're allowed to speak.

I really hope this trend holds steady through the end of the year. It’ll make everything much smoother to manage once we finally integrate with the European Union. ☕

Look, my strategy is pretty straightforward—hold onto some physical gold and silver, but keep enough paper assets on hand to maintain a decent standard of living while we wait for the system to eventually buckle. As for when that collapse actually happens? Honestly, trying to pin down whether it’ll be in a year, two, or five is a fool's errand; it's just too volatile to call. That’s how I’m playing it, though—just sitting back and keeping a close eye on 🍿
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Patrick Moore3 said:Ever wonder if you should actually trust official government numbers or just stick with the anonymous leaks on ZeroHedge... 😂

Bottom line? The balance sheet just blew past the $3 trillion mark this week...
total assets: 3,013,333

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s27Oq5ot0ZI

Well, here is some "official" data straight from an "official" source at an "official" institution.
Honestly, I feel like Biden, Obama, or even the local bureaucrats in D.C.—they all have way more credibility and honesty than this random guy.

neondriver5 said:Honestly, this is one of the biggest loads of nonsense in this entire thread. People keep talking about "preserved value." Preserved value of what? If that "value" has to be converted back into paper currency just for it to mean anything, then what's the point? What can you actually do with that value if it’s just sitting there under a mattress? How is it even useful?

Value, my foot. Its value fluctuates on the stock market every single day. Even if it used to represent something tangible, today it has absolutely nothing to do with any kind of real-world worth.

I’m genuinely curious: how many people holding physical gold—or especially those holding paper gold—would actually keep it if its loyalty started dropping by 10%, then 20%, then 30%, then 40%, until it finally tanked to 90% of its current value?
Just a little thought on this so-called "value."

Take a gold coin or a silver piece from, say, the 17th century and compare it to any banknote from that era (assuming it even survived) and try to view the concept of value through that lens.
What happens when that paper collapses, just like every piece of paper has collapsed throughout history? Where would you rather have the fruits of your labor, your knowledge, and your hard work stored: in paper, or in metal?

neondriver5 said:This thread hasn't seen anything fresh in about two years. We’ve got some guy tossing out mediocre forecasts, while Charles is out there successfully day trading—I have to hand it to him, because these gold speculators are just so painfully predictable. To be honest, I usually call the entry and exit points correctly in my head before anyone else even blinks. Then you have a few people posting just to hear themselves talk, and this one particular user who has been parroting the same lines for two years straight: that gold is the only real money and its ounce count is fixed, so the price can't drop. It's like listening to a broken record.

Is there going to be any actual refreshment here anytime soon?

And what exactly is wrong with that? We aren't talking about the market price here—we're talking about preserved value.

vividgull10 said:I mean, come on. You're shorting silver... acting like a silver shorter... shorting the paper version... then you get pissed when someone shorts the actual silver. 😍

Let me try to step in here and give you a different perspective. There are people in this world who simply aren't interested in gambling with precious metals. Personally, I buy exclusively physical bullion, and I have no intention of ever selling it. Why wouldn't I sell? Well, I have a career and a steady enough stream of paper income to live quite comfortably within the current system. My impression of this group is that there isn't really anyone here who sold off their positions during the market swings just to pivot back into gold or silver—people who are now sitting there trembling because they're worried about what happens next with these manipulated prices.

Ethan Barrett7 said:It’s not a prediction. We saw this exact thing back in the 80s.
But people are just sheep waiting to be sheared. History repeats itself...

Just tell me one thing: where exactly do you see someone like Paul Volcker operating in the US today? And even better, where do you see an economic landscape remotely similar to what we faced back then? Are you seriously suggesting the US is in the same boat it was in the 80s? You have to consider the scale—think about how many players were driving that bull market in the 70s and 80s compared to the actual number of participants moving the needle right now.