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Polish Military Technology & Equipment | Poland's Best Military Equipment:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_2QdFIx8ik

"When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Poles began to seriously contemplate that one day, Russia might also turn its sights on them. The country has begun to re-arm. Over the past three years, Poland has outspent all fellow NATO members, spending almost 5% of its GDP on defence. It now has the third largest army in NATO, after the US and Turkey, and plans to double its number of military personnel by 2027."

https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2025/05/09/active-defence-en

Bit of a hike, but worth the effort.

Beautiful place.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO2gnptOpSg

Typo, "In".

The national debt:

2007, £575bn, or 36% of GDP.

Now, £2.9tn, or 96% of GDP.

Precise figures vary slightly, but you get the picture.

"n July 2007, Britain had government debt at 35.5% of GDP."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_national_debt

"Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s energy empire has stopped all investment in Britain over Labour’s tax raid on North Sea oil and gas production.

Brian Gilvary, the chairman of the Ineos Energy division, said the company was diverting all spending to the US, and has already recently invested £3bn there.

Ineos was forced to shut down the Grangemouth oil refinery in Scotland this year after 100 years of operation.

The company has also warned that its adjacent Olefins and Polymers (O&P) plant, which manufactures products used by hundreds of UK plastic companies, is also under threat because of high taxes and energy prices."

Conservative influencer, Charlie Kirk, shot at an event at Utah Valley university.

"Charlie Kirk’s visit to Utah Valley University had attracted deep opposition from students who said it was not consistent with the campus’s commitment to inclusivity.

More than 6000 people signed a petition demanding that he be banned."

Inclusive?

DIESEL Used Car Values Surge - Whats Going On?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpRN-0ZPhic

Time Is Running Out to Buy Reliable, Repairable Cars.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RTkroVirt0

Stocks and gold up on U.S jobs data. Gilt / treasury yields down, Interest rate cut more likely.

UK, ONS publishing junk data.

"The head of the Office of National Statistics (ONS) has apologised for its delayed and incorrect retail sales update in July amid growing doubts over the reliability of UK’s official economic data."

Thanks for sharing LOTM,

For context:

"We decided to call it a day for now at 777m depth in this first hole at Red Setter as we await the delivery of more drill rods to site to drill deeper safely. Depending on what we see in the second hole, we will be in a position to extend the depth of this first hole later on in the program. The drill rig will now be setting up on a step-out hole to test the breccia pipe more towards the centre of the system. The plan is to drill the top of the second hole with a rotary mud bit to a depth of approximately 150m before setting casing and drilling on with PQ diamond core followed by narrower NQ core to final depth. The drilling contractor has been asked to mobilise enough drill rods to reach depths of over 1,000m for this program and the Company is investigating the possibility of running the drill program on a double shift basis."

"Investors are looking ahead to US payroll data later this afternoon, which is expected to show a cooling jobs market in America.

A weaker jobs market should be good news for investors, as it provides ammunition for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates."

Hey kenny,

Says some of the baked cakes that we sent the troops were suitable for ammunition, lol.

ALRT,

Should prob post some rockets, lol.

Hey kenny,

Very impressive, and a cool name.

ARV,

Presentation / webinar later today.

https://x.com/ArtemisResource/status/1963538015760089233

GMET,

https://www.stocktitan.net/news/GMTLF/guardian-metal-resources-plc-announces-tempiute-drilling-operations-un3mt6dtirm5.html

On the U.S critical minerals list.

https://theoregongroup.com/commodities/tungsten/tungsten-supply-crunch-how-chinas-export-restrictions-rattled-global-markets-guest-post-by-brian-hendrich/

Tempiute is a significant past-producing tungsten mine and during the 1980s was the largest in the USA.

GEO, + 35%.

Drilling underway.

CEO, "We believe the Juno Project could represent a mineralised system potentially four to five times the scale of Havieron."

Hi HH88,

Hope you are doing ok.

:)

Perhaps she asked the Business Sec.

"Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds is facing calls to resign after he was accused of falsely claiming to be a solicitor on his online CV.

Reynolds has previously said he worked as a solicitor at a law firm in Manchester before becoming an MP but he had quit his legal training to run for Parliament in 2010 and never qualified."

"China’s rare earth stranglehold is no abstract threat. In April, Beijing imposed export controls on certain rare earths and magnets in retaliation for US restrictions on chip exports. The result was immediate: overnight, US and European manufacturers, including automakers like Ford, were forced to idle factories.

The defence sector is even more vulnerable. US military hardware – from fighter jets to guided missiles – relies on specialized magnets, of which China supplies nearly 90%. Yet despite these clear risks, defence contractors and their suppliers have shown little urgency to diversify."

https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/pentagons-rare-earth-gamble-smart-strategy-or-state-crafted-monopoly