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Jarno Jokinen's avatar

Worst is yet to come. Donald "The Beast" Trump is building a wall once again. Colossal tariff wall that is the beginning of the end for the system of down. At first the beast will pull the plug out of the global economy. The worst financial crisis of human history will pull a swarm of the banks underwater and the bank run begins. Then the beast will collapse a mountain of debt shattering the backbone of the monetary system causing a systemic risk to realize. Finally the beast will cast American citizens into a system slavery under the name of Ronald Wilson Reagan, just to "honor his legacy" count the number. After the destruction a new world order will be established in the US. And the Golden Age begins from the ruins of the world wide collapse. All of the system slaves will love it. No more cash - just digital transactions. No more traditional criminal activity. No more tax evasion. No more transactions without the "all seeing eye". Outcasts will hate the world without freedom, hope and privacy. To cover up the mess and distract the public by smoke and mirrors, the beast will engage in a war with Iran. Lies and deceit, corruption and decay, dancing on the graves will continue. Until; Black hole sun, won't you come, won't you come... I want to play a game. Time has come to opt out of the empire of filth. Live or die...

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Alexandra Barcus's avatar

That is wonderful—autocracy and empathy don’t mix.

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Bert Lindler's avatar

THANKS so much for this interview. I have so much respect for Tim and pray that he will have the opportunity to write some really happy human interest stories from Ukraine. I susbscribed!

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Bert Lindler's avatar

I was one of the last Americans to be drafted and can relate to going through basic training older than normal. I became "Daddy Bert." I spent my final year of my service working for the Stars and Stripes in Europe. Much easier duty than Tim has signed up for.

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Dennis L. Green's avatar

Europe lacks our military manufacturing base, but these oligarchs are all for sale. With the dollar falling, Euros may go a long way buying American hardware and ammo instead those risky T-bills.

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Dennis L. Green's avatar

Stu, the Republican Party was already bought and compromised by the end-time fascist of the Heritage Foundation, so it was not much of a leap for Trump to effect another hostile takeover of those who already sold their souls for election funding.

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Maxine Hunter's avatar

Whew! that was very informative. Tim is, indeed, courageous. It is a world gone mad and old ways won't work. Thanks Stuart and Tim for this conversation.

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Constance Willard Godin's avatar

ty from Vermont

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Mombeka's avatar

My Father-in~law, William Keyes Beech, was a war correspondent and his daughter, Hannah Beech, is now head of the Asia Bureau for the New York Times. Growing up in post-war Honolulu, my family knew a lot of the old war correspondents. It can be a kind of addiction, apparently. My husband thinks that his dad essentially died of boredom when he had to retire from the business and live in Washington DC.

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