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APMEX https://www.apmex.com Bitcoin https://www.bitcoin.com/
Prices pulled last evening.
Gold $4,017.50. Silver $48.92. Bitcoin $109,557.00.
Metals diving. Bitcoin?.
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News, X’s you tube, or simply, different. In no particular order…
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Ignoring shutdown crapola in this post. Dumrats AND FUBAR courts continue doing everything they can to destroy the economy, sabotage Trump 2.0… F’m, Each And Every One Of Them.
On to other stuff…
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Once upon a time, I believed in sanctions.
At some point along the Ukraine Russia War crotch novel, “sanctions” became, IMO, commonly, short-sighted, ignorant, arrogant…counter-productive.
- Maggot’s never seemed focused. Perhaps that was also common under Bushie’s, hussein…
- Trump’s sanctions seem targeted, to get a specific reaction / action.
India Today Global, video further below, is insightful.
INSTC, Russia, Iran, India, Rail & Sanctions Bypass
Building Rail to Bypass Sanctions
The International North South Transport Corridor (INSTC) is happening now. Connecting Russia to Iran by railroad. Then via ships to India. Bypassing naval choke points and sanctions regimes.
Extensions (eventually, maybe) to China Belt & Road locations, and potentially through Afghanistan (and some of the other *stans) to China as well.
Cutting transit times by 40% and costs by 30%. And avoiding Western Influence & Sanctions & Money.
Forcing the East & Global South & Russia into a shunned status has not only created BRICS+ and the Multipolar world; but is also pushing the creation of “bypasses” to all financial and transport & trade systems of The West. Rejecting 1/2 of the world will not work well for The West (USA, EU, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada; honorary mention Japan).
As this BRICS+ Block integrates, it will become one of the most powerful and influential blocks in the global future. Europe is already in dramatic decline (with Germany almost in economic collapse; and Germany is the financial cash cow that had paid for the rest of the EU… ). Demographics is also working against The West with most of Europe and the USA very top heavy with Old Retired Folks ( I am one ) and light on new births of new productive workers to pay the retirement bills.
As this transport system rolls out, connecting the BRICS+ nations together will also attract their neighbors to join in too. Shifting Russia from their desire to integrate with Europe (Putin in about 1998-9 asked to join NATO…) and into an Asian focus was likely the worst possible thing to do for The West.
Imagine for a moment a world where post USSR, we had invited Russia into The West. There would be an economic union spanning from the Atlantic to the Pacific across Eurasia, and then across north America back to the UK again. That is what we have thrown away via Russia Paranoia and TLA (Three Letter Agency) activism.
Instead we have the USA squandering $Trillions over the years on military adventures, Europe economically on the ropes via shunning low cost and plentiful Russian oil, gas, grain, timber & minerals. With Russia, China and increasingly India; becoming an integrated economic Eurasian Powerhouse. Good luck with that…
It seems that when you bully and piss on folks long enough, they don’t want to do business with you anymore and find other folks to work with. Free markets are like that, and when someone tries to enforce Monopolistic Abusive Policy long enough, folks get motivated to build an alternative.
Here’s a very useful video from the perspective of India on all of this. A pretty good economic and political analysis that also includes a sense of the annoyance people (and countries via their leadership) can have when others attempt to manipulate and dominate them, along with some history. Something to keep in mind in the present mode of manipulation and domination via tariffs & sanctions…
Note that in addition to rail through Azerbaijan there’s a water link through the Caspian Sea. So even destabilizing Azerbaijan (as the TLAs will want to try) can not stop this system from working. Also note the statement that Moscow is paying for most of this – Russia has plenty of money in their economy. The “economic sanctions war” is a failed approach.
Maybe, just maybe: The West would make better progress by respecting other countries and being their friends and partners, instead of the current approach of “piss & vinegar” sanctions and berating. More honey and kind words, more respect for sovereign nations and less “regime change” to impose despised “leaders”…
But having burned all those bridges already, I suspect it is a bit late to start trying to rebuild them.
^^^ Emphasis mine.
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AI being oversold? I dunno. Certainly has significant place in future growth, but…
Dowd. Chinks in the AI hype.
Dr Yound.
MIT just exposed every top AI model and it’s not pretty.
They built a new test called WorldTest to see if AI actually understands the world… and the results are brutal.
It doesn’t just check how well a model predicts the next frame or maximizes reward it tests whether it can build an internal model of reality and use it to handle new situations.
They built AutumnBench 43 interactive worlds, 129 tasks where AIs must:
• Predict hidden parts of the world (masked-frame prediction)
• Plan sequences of actions to reach a goal
• Detect when the environment’s rules suddenly change
Then they tested 517 humans vs. Claude, Gemini 2.5 Pro, and o3.
Humans crushed every model. Even massive compute scaling barely helped.
The takeaway is wild.. today’s AIs don’t understand environments; they just pattern-match inside them.
They don’t explore strategically, revise beliefs, or run experiments like humans do.
WorldTest might be the first benchmark that actually measures understanding, not memorization.
The gap it reveals isn’t small it’s the next grand challenge in AI cognition.
(Comment “Send” I’ll DM you the paper
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Testing delivery systems and the like, I am sure. Actual, bombs/warhead detonations, Nah. Not happening. IMO.
.@POTUSon nuclear testing: “We’re going to do some testing, yeah. Other countries do it. If they’re going to do it, we’re going to do it.”
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Have only seen the headlines. Zero details. Hope it is not classified. /s
- Rather sure I’ll bump into high level details. Unlikely I’m real interested.
BREAKING: In an incredible success, Kash Patel and Dan Bongino’s FBI just THWARTED a potential terrorist attack in Michigan, arresting several people “Thanks to the men and women of FBI and law enforcement everywhere standing guard 24/7 and crushing our mission to defend the homeland.” GREAT WORK!
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Canuk’s Top Warfighter? Pathetic.
Publius.
Now feels like a good time to re-hash my recent article in American Greatness regarding the mommyfication of the military. https://amgreatness.com/2025/10/24/the-great-military-feminization/
Top Canuk General.
This I Canada’s top general. This full waterworks apology is because Canada didn’t DEI hard enough. How many times have I told ya’ll that we need to kick the Canadian “military” out of joint billets? They are toxic.
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Can’t see the X, that JD responded to.
What a disgusting comment, and it’s hardly been the only one along these lines.
First off, the question was from a person seemingly to my left, about my interfaith marriage. I’m a public figure, and people are curious, and I wasn’t going to avoid the question.
Second, my Christian faith tells me the Gospel is true and is good for human beings. My wife–as I said at the TPUSA–is the most amazing blessing I have in my life. She herself encouraged me to reengage with my faith many years ago. She is not a Christian and has no plans to convert, but like many people in an interfaith marriage–or any interfaith relationship–I hope she may one day see things as I do. Regardless, I’ll continue to love and support her and talk to her about faith and life and everything else, because she’s my wife.
Third, posts like this wreak of anti-Christian bigotry. Yes, Christians have beliefs. And yes, those beliefs have many consequences, one of which is that we want to share them with other people. That is a completely normal thing, and anyone who’s telling you otherwise has an agenda. https://x.com/ezralevant/sta/ezralevant/status/1984072547357618408
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Seems Elon has an incredible vehicle, to be unveiled soon.
NEW: Elon Musk says the new Tesla Roadster will be one of the most “unforgettable” things ever experienced, teases that it may be able to fly. “This will be one thing I can guarantee is that this product demo will be unforgettable.” “My friend Peter Thiel once reflected that the future was supposed to have flying cars…”
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Rumor control getting calibrated.
Rubio
- Your “sources” claiming to have “knowledge of the situation” tricked you into writing a fake story
Miami Pravda News
- U.S. poised to strike military targets in Venezuela in escalation against Maduro regime
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Speaking of getting calibrated. WH prestitutes getting calibrated. Hopefully barred from WH AND AF1.
Steven Cheung
- Some reporters have been caught secretly recording video and audio of our offices, along with pictures of sensitive info, without permission Some reporters have wandered into restricted areas (our offices are feet away from the Oval Office) Some reporters have been caught eavesdropping on private, closed-door meetings Cabinet Secretaries routinely come into our office for private meetings, only to be ambushed by reporters waiting outside our doors Press still has access to lower press where the press team sits and can answer all inquiries Reporters can make appointments to see us in our offices
Peter “Sniveling Dog” Baker
- Trump team bars reporters from the “upper press” office of the White House where the press secretary’s office is located. In this, Trump is following the lead of Hillary Clinton, who pressed the White House staff to do this in 1993. It provoked a storm and they rescinded the ban.
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Near daily, ignorant shit like this, slows down Bondi/DOJ, as they respond to FUBAR activist judges.
- Bondi/DOJ fights the daily pop up brush fires, as they also fight deep state…
BREAKING: Lawless Clinton Judge BLOCKS President Trump’s Proof of Citizenship Requirement on Federal Voter Registration Forms
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Suspicious eyes on MTG these days.
Marjorie Taylor Greene to Appear on Bill Maher Tonight – 10 PM ET
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Press gaggle onboard AF1.
Press gaggle on arrival Palm Beach.
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Ohio comes through!!!
Ohio approves new congressional map, giving GOP a boost
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Happy to share, Chinee factories struggling under tariffs.
Chinese Factory Activity Contracts for Seven Consecutive Months Under Tariff Pressures
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2A ignorance runs amok in Delaware. Based on what I see in the article, lots of holes. Everything about, getting a permit to purchase a handgun, is Wrong.
Delaware State Police Launch Portal for Handgun Purchase Permits
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Kakala ignorance on display.
‘Are You F*cking Kidding Me?’: Kamala Harris Goes On Curse-Laden Rant Over Trump’s Ballroom
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Supreme Court really must get this one right…in favor of tariffs.
IF the Supreme Court shuts down the tariffs, it WILL cause immeasurable harm to America.
Supreme Court prepares to confront monumental case over Trump executive power and tariff authority
The justices will hear oral arguments Wednesday, November 5, from those who say Trump has abused his power
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Too Slow Jay Powell, gets called out for nonsense hype.
Fed Reserve chair candidate Chris Waller smacks down Powell’s ‘driving in the fog’ claim
Waller says the Fed should keep cutting rates despite Powell’s ‘slow down’ push
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Select Tunes
Waylon Jennings. Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)
Alan Jackson. Work In Progress.
Tina Turner – Proud Mary – Live Wembley (2000)
DP brought this here, several years back. Incredible energy by these gals.
Night crew, your nickel.
KK