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Okay Paul - Fair comment that you had posted views from elsewhere and in my haste to " get back at you" I overlooked that aspect. (Lo siento mucho)..

Having said that though, I am totally " blown" and surprised by your last sentence. Tomorrow will reveal many things of course but meantime our media keep changing their forecasts back and forth but it looks like it is going to be a close match. What could prove Trump's undoing are two things. Firstly the public response to the (Trump majority-appointed) Supreme Court decision on abortion (Roe vs Wade) and secondly the clear rise of Florida's Governor Ron DeSantis who may well sway many Trumpster supporters over to his camp instead. Trump still continues to lie and spread conspiracies whereas DeSantis seems more attuned to Republican ideals.

Whatever the outcome, I really cannot see Joe Biden running for President in 2024 and possibly by then Trump could either be disqualified from holding office or even jailed as a result of the DoJ acting on infrmation gleaned by the current Select Committee about th 6th January attack on Congress.. I don't see either Kamala Harris (D) or Mike Pence (R) being adopted by either party either as a presidential candidate but we may see Ron DeSantis (R) , Pete Buttigieg (R) or even an " unsupported" Republican, Liz Cheney trying her luck as an Independent.

" Electric is derived from oil and gas" . It's also derived from nuclear fission (and right now Rishi Sunak has indicated that Sizewell C is most definitelt going ahead and possibly 7 more sites to follow. . This side of the pond we also have nuclear power, huge areas of land for solar collection and for windmills. Biden has placed a " no-no + on both fracking for gas/oil and allowing a transcontinental pipeline to our Texas refineries from Canada. Then there are shale oil deposits a-plenty...albeit at greater cost of production. But putting it simply...if " push got to shove" we could easily become a nett exporter and Saudi et alia could go crap themselves. (and I haven't even mentioned the thermal pressures sitting under Yellowstone and elswhere which could be harnessed to turbines to produce electricity.

Greetings LoB - and yes I'm quite sure by now the Board have acquired their shares for free. Currently selling them might give them an opportunity to enjoy some extravagance or self indulgence right now.( In time for Christmas? ) However if we are about to see an increase in our share price very soon due to Kerim's unwavering " good tidings" Podcasts and his further expansion programme gets support from our (generally pretty useless )PR people it may be that the Bod may have sold their shares somewhat prematurely.

Having said that, at present there is no sign of an upward trend and I did suggest earlier that unless I could see some action by the end of this year I might well invest elsewhere.. 2023 is almost upon us. Regards DJ

Our BoD have been exercising their share options but I can't quite understand why there are some big sales of shares if Ariana has the " bright future" which Dr K keeps putting about. Surely the temptation should be to wait a while and make some spectacular gains?

Against what you suggested - namely " All the aces are in BRICS+ hands. If Saudi Arabia agrees to accept the gold backed remnimbi for oil. Goodbye to the US Dollar. If BRICS+ introduce a currency outlined above. Goodbye to the dollar."

But of course that has not yet happened and as you must have read there are two other matters which could affect the
position. Firstly if the Republicans take control of Congress as a result of our Mid-Term elections tomorrow , then Joe Biden's recently stated aims could be negated....namely that the US will invervene if China invades Taiwan and, secondly that there has to be some reckoning with Saudi Arabia causing the recent rise, virtually worldwide, in the price of gas as well as the likely assassination of the popular journalist Jamal Khashoggi .

Meanwhile it is become apparent over here that vendors are looking to alternative manufacturers other than China now and that is becoming evident in goods on sale in our shops. Equally, we are moving away from oil & gas to utilise natural resources and electric-driven transport. In my own experience, the quality of Chinese (and Indian) products are lacking and clearly those countries are increasingly been seen as transgressors of human rights. Their economies will undoubtly suffer so....Goodbye BRICS. Once upon a time the British Empire held sway over much of the Middle East. The US moved in but looked for oil profiteering (and military bases). Now it doesn't need either. Finally, given half a chance, the Iranian leadership would seek any opportunity to overthrow the Gulf "Royals" . That could well rattle the oil industry barons and monetary position.

https://carnegieendowment.org/2014/02/18/ominous-divide-shiite-iran-v-sunni-gulf-pub-54574

In to-day's Market, I would prefer to invest in likely quick returns but only providing I could get in at the start by DYOR before the tipsters and financial "gurus" ramped up the prices. Recent examples (which brought me good returns are agriculture (say phosphate) and rare earths and metals (say lithium). One danger is that the " elephant in the room" might be tribal or indigenous factions interfering with the entrepreneurial aims. Otherwise right now I would stay with US$ (perhaps in a short term bank CD). rather than buy gold. Last year bloggers here and elsewhere were all ranting on expectation of the gold price going throught the roof. Well it hasn't!

Having said that, if I felt that the political situation here or in the UK (which has suffered serious monetary devaluation through Brexit) or even the EU changed for the worst (IMHO of course) and gold quickly started a move upward as a result....then I might invest in bullion as an insurance (like some Europeans did just pre WW2.

Maybe if Western Governments hadn't gone off the gold standard it might be a different matter. BRICS will fall apart through serious political differences and the fact that with such large populations they will be competing amongst themselves to get resources which they will need as well as longterm loyalty and committment by third world regimes.

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https://www.exiap.com/forecasts/us-dollar-usd-forecast

Hopefully for a damn sight better reason than you are invested in Therapeutics, Thomas old fruit, but that's just imho.

Dempsey is clearly on the right " track" , bruvvers - Power to the People, Deano! (lol). Go Bernie!

Johnpwh - Political reference is perhaps more than ever relevant to our personal lifestyle (and investiments). Trump basically " chucked my country under the bus" in the view of many of those countries who shared (or hoped to share) our
democratic principles and our continued prosperity has a direct effect on the currencies and exports of other nations.

Hopefully for us this will now continue....but only if we retain a Democrat majority in goverment (and ultimately in the Supreme Court.

I might well invest in mining but remember I still have a fair amount of money held in UK which has lost a lot of its value against the dollar since Brexit. That same decision has reduced my British-issued annuities probably by nealy 30%. My US brokers do not deal in Ariana shares. If you want to see USD coming your way and boost your exchequer, then you'd better hope we have the right people in the White House. Trump might promise but he either doesn't pay or reneges on most things. It's that simple, my old friend. I'm sorry for taking space on this chat but the bottom line is that I am not just going to roll over while either Deano or Trump demonstrates their own brand of " unpleasantness". I'll stick purely to Ariana henceforth (so don't expect much to comment on (lol). Cheers, DJ

Well johnpwh, I hope you are happy with the response you've just got from PAUL1DEANO. It equates exactly with his mentality of someone who has " gone down the Rabbit Hole". He directs you to a Youtube website , (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa4-aDvb4A0) which is in reality pushing yet another conspiracy theory and Richard Hall (a British " conspiracy author")recommends the article to be downloaded and re-posted because it is vital that every person understands what the proposed changes to the monetary system will mean.

Richard Hall has published books & videos and made money from many "conspiracy theories" his publication "The Manchester Bang" . Here is the detail:-

Richard presents an independent forensic investigation of the 2017 Manchester Arena 'bombing' incident. 14,000 Ariana Grande fans had just finished watching a concert, when a loud bang was heard coming from the arena foyer. The vast majority of people did not witness an explosion because the foyer is a separate enclosure unsighted from the main arena. Immediately after the bang, crowds flooded out of the arena, some of them in panic. The mainstream media quickly reported that a suicide bomber had detonated a 'nuts and bolts' bomb in the centre of the foyer, which they quickly claimed killed 22 people, and injured dozens more. Despite the foyer being comprehensively covered by CCTV cameras, to date, no CCTV footage of the foyer area has been released for public scrutiny. Only 2 short pieces of video footage, and one still photograph, have surfaced showing the alleged aftermath within the foyer. Astonishingly, forensic examination of these videos and still image shows they were produced 15 hours before the time of the alleged explosion. Close scrutiny of first-hand eyewitness testimony, and other evidence, casts doubt on the official narrative and leads to the possibility that the event was a carefully stage-managed exercise involving scores of enlisted participants. With help from two trusted researchers, Richard examines the evidence and builds a picture of what most likely occurred.

With respect, I was not in UK when this occured but I'm sure most of my fellow bloggers know really what happened and over here in the US our media published the faces of those killed in the blast. Accordingly, can you really take the ramblings of Paul1Deano or his filthy expressionism seriously....I can't.

Imbecile!

Trump screwed America and he's still boasting and lying. I rest my case until Christmas at least.

Paul D - Thanks for submitting the full account of the treasonable " lack of action" by Trump on 6th Jan. I chose not to jam up this chat on the detail but endeavoured instead to tell ya'all what the follow-on Committee enquiring into the matter has unanimously chosen to do.

" I can quite honestly say the United States have become a complete farce" (Paul 1Deano)
.........And Westminster hasn't, Paul?

"especially with a President who is clealy in cognitive decline " (Paul1Deano)

.....Fox News and their " hosts" Laura Ingraham and Tucker Carlson have been pushing this idea well before Joe Biden was even elected. Coincidentally Trump's favorite tv is Fox! In reality, The Niemand Foundation points out that impediment of speech, especially stuttering, can create a false appearance of cognitive decline and even signs of dementia while one's brain adjusts to correct. Joe Biden has had to deal with a " stutter" since chilhood. Sometimes it causes him to pause for a moment or two.

" Other than Canada, New Zealand and Australia who is having anything to do with you ? (Paul1Deano , referring to the US)

....Most certainly there is Great Britain who believes it has a "Special Relationship" with us. Then there are the G7 and EU countries who have welcomed the change from Trumpism to Biden. Also Mexico as a partner in NAFTA, plus many of the so-called Pacific Rim states and probably around 140 other countries around the world with the notable exceptions of Russia, North Korea, Iran, Venezuela and, possibly when it suits them, China.

" What a disgrace, we (UK) need to be a low taxation "Singapore in the North Sea" doing what we do best, being an independent Sovereign trading nation with countries aligned to our ideology and wish to prosper" (Paul1Deano)

....Good luck with that, Paul. You have difficulty getting on with your other constituent ethnic peoples (including Irish, Welsh & Scots), you are still ready to fight the rest of Europe "on the beaches" , your industries have frequently been bought up by " foreigners" or moved elsewhere (like Singapore & Malaysia !) and you have virtually exhausted your North Sea resources. Your former " Dependencies" are fast converting to Repubilcs. We don't see much British-made goods in our shops

Finally, J oe Biden's true problems stem from the failure to draw support from nearly half our elected Senators and Representatives because Senate Republican Minority leader Mitch McConnell has established a position of total obstruction against Biden and similarly House Republican leader Kevin Mccarthy is doing his damnest to replace Pelosi as leader of our House of Representatives. If the Democrats are able to triumph in the coming midterm elections (despite all the trickery and voter intimidation Trump most probably has already planned) you will see the United States again safeguarding the interests of the " free world" and perhaps looking after the social needs of its o

Bankrupty - it was the population majority change in NI which had me thinking. I suppose it was the constant referring to Ulster Unionists support for the Tories and the "Six Counties" which kept coming up in the press. My genealogical research places a maternal ancestor back to Derry (but evidently a fire at the then Dublin Records Office messed things up for me unless I try local church recods for 19th century (before my relative shipped out to Liverpool for good). I've only visited Counties Dublin & Wicklow.

Paul - I don't know if you've visited Mexico before. I think it would be a good choice for Christmas...but do remember the country has moved further " left" (lol) under President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (also known by his initials AMLO) .

https://wanderingourworld.com/cancun-vs-puerto-vallarta/

Both these resorts tend to cater for package holidays, the Gulf coast easier reach for fello Brits and the Pacific coast for US/Canadians. Lots of timeshare and aparthotels. For my money I'd head to Baja California instead, ideally Cabo San Lucas.

It's a bit more "exclusive" . https://www.cabo-adventures.com/en/about-cabo#zones. Brits are most welcome...but give plenty of " gracias" and " por favor" and be pleasant to cops & military. Like most places, though, don't be out alone in" seedy" districts late at night.

WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol has just voted unanimously to subpoena former President Donald Trump. (If he appears, he will be given the opportunity by the Attorney General to explain his actions to the American people. If he does not...it could turn out that he could be deemed " a Clear and Present Danger" in which case he could lose his Rights under our First Amendment.

bankrupty - My apologies for saying Ulster rather than Northen Ireland. (incidentally British citizens are generally ineligible to seek immigration to the US through our Green Card Diversity (lottery) Program with the sole exception of those born in Northern Ireland).

However I still believe that a United Ireland will happen. The Eire government and Sinn Fein want it and presumably there will be funding from ancestors all over the world and, doubtless, the European Union. Bear in mind W.Germany took on a massive cost to absorb the former DDR.

Paul - Interesting response from you and, like I said, we'll see where things go in due course.

I'm taking your point about AAU directors buying and selling and the possibility of a " lull" and our sp falling. As it happens I have recently done well (that consultancy was YU by the way) and I sold a fair chunk of my Ariana off but I got my divvi first. Now, for better or worse, I've grabbed my profit out of YU and, if your " downward drfift" happens, I can re-invest back in AAU.

Petrol has gone up again slightly over here but my electric bills have been lowered. I don't have gas (but there is no shortage of natural stuff). Tourism from Europe is down but quite a few of my neighbors have gone world touring with the exchange rate value at present. What puzzles me is why so many folk have turned to purchasing big SUVs, pick-up trucks and Crossovers. I thought we were finished with " gas-guzzlers two decades ago. The I guess it's a throwback to your time of the "Sloane Rangers", with green wellies on the " school run" .Small Fiats and Smarts seem to have suddenly disappeared lately.

Whatever you're" comfortable" with, Paul, 'cos I guess we two are mostly politically incompatible. Your exchange rate of $1.11 is grim and it seems Kami-Kwasi and your silly Truss are on the wrong side of the IMF these days . You' re up to your ears over there with strikes, energy problems and a shrinking military . Either way I'm backing out of our political scene until our mid-term elections are done ....the pace is warming up and I think we've kinda monopolized this chat recently. You've lost your position in the world with Brexit and Margaret Thatcher's privateering merely made a few people rich while all your utilities no longer satisfy your public needs. Right now your inflation looks like taking second place soon to Slovak. You need a change from the Tories. I reckon it's a matter of time before Ulster goes for unification, Scotland leaves ya and the both go back into the EU. The good news is that Welsh lamb might be back in US markets after an absence of three decades following the BSE outbreak. Hopefully in the meantime gold might go back above $2000 if we are lucky, Putin will be comfortably pensioned off and Ariana will actually start selling Tavshan gold and perhaps even Cypriot copper so our sp goes up.

" Gabbard suspended her presidential campaign in March 2020 and endorsed Joe Biden. Since her White House run, Gabbard has frequently appeared as a political commentator on Fox News, where she has mostly railed against Democrats."

Another Murdoch pay check here, Paul?....and as for warmongering " elitist Democrats" ...don't forget good old boy, Republican Vice President Dick Cheney. Since you like quotes, how about this?

https://www.businessinsider.com/rand-paul-iraq-war-because-dick-cheney-make-money-2014-4

Of course the rest of the world dislikes America and wants nothing to do with us....that's why they are seeking monetary and other help and so many " foreigners" are immigrating legally or queueing up at our borders to get in ,