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Fat bas-tard’s back in the fridge AGAIN
https://twitter.com/Coldwar_Steve/status/1426959671320055808/photo/1

BREAKING NWES
Liz Truss has signed a trade deal with Janet from Norwich who sells marmalade on Ebay

Destroyed the Al-Qaeda training camps (where 9/11 was conceived) and drove them out of Afghanistan. 9/11 attacks masterminded by al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was later killed.
In December 2001, the Taliban’s spokesman offered an unconditional surrender, which was rejected by the United States.
BIG MISTAKE
Followed by Allied mission creep......trying to turn Afghanistan into a democratic state

No matter how awful the situation, Dominic Raab can be relied upon to make it worse !!

Corruption to the extreme

OPINION
The world still seemed to be in order 50 years ago. Not only because 48.8°C had not yet been measured in European latitudes, but also because money was still linked to gold.
However, exactly 50 years ago, on August 15, 1971, United States President Richard Nixon abolished the gold standard. Until then, for every dollar bill printed, the corresponding equivalent in gold had to be deposited with the US Federal Reserve. For centuries, banknotes had actually been the depository receipt for gold. But since too many US citizens suddenly wanted to exchange their saved money for gold, the Fed ran the risk of no longer being able to keep the decades-valid promise. Until then, dollar bills included a note stating that the equivalent value had to be paid out to the holder - on demand - in gold coins. Ever since, that statement has been replaced by the words "In God we trust."
Nixon canceled the gold standard overnight. Other countries immediately followed suit. The price of gold, which was fixed at $35 per ounce between 1933 and 1971, is now $1,779.50. This accurately reflects the inflation of the last 50 years. Nevertheless, the purchasing power of gold has been stable for 2000 years.
50 years after the end of the gold standard, inflation in the US (5.4%) and Germany (3.8%) is beginning to surge. The COVID-19 crisis of 2020 has once again ignited the money-printing machines of the Fed and the ECB. The threat of overheating: The lingering expropriation of small savers through inflation and negative interest rates is entering the next round.
Breaking the News / CB

OPINION
The world still seemed to be in order 50 years ago. Not only because 48.8°C had not yet been measured in European latitudes, but also because money was still linked to gold.
However, exactly 50 years ago, on August 15, 1971, United States President Richard Nixon abolished the gold standard. Until then, for every dollar bill printed, the corresponding equivalent in gold had to be deposited with the US Federal Reserve. For centuries, banknotes had actually been the depository receipt for gold. But since too many US citizens suddenly wanted to exchange their saved money for gold, the Fed ran the risk of no longer being able to keep the decades-valid promise. Until then, dollar bills included a note stating that the equivalent value had to be paid out to the holder - on demand - in gold coins. Ever since, that statement has been replaced by the words "In God we trust."
Nixon canceled the gold standard overnight. Other countries immediately followed suit. The price of gold, which was fixed at $35 per ounce between 1933 and 1971, is now $1,779.50. This accurately reflects the inflation of the last 50 years. Nevertheless, the purchasing power of gold has been stable for 2000 years.
50 years after the end of the gold standard, inflation in the US (5.4%) and Germany (3.8%) is beginning to surge. The COVID-19 crisis of 2020 has once again ignited the money-printing machines of the Fed and the ECB. The threat of overheating: The lingering expropriation of small savers through inflation and negative interest rates is entering the next round.
Breaking the News / CB

OPINION
The world still seemed to be in order 50 years ago. Not only because 48.8°C had not yet been measured in European latitudes, but also because money was still linked to gold.
However, exactly 50 years ago, on August 15, 1971, United States President Richard Nixon abolished the gold standard. Until then, for every dollar bill printed, the corresponding equivalent in gold had to be deposited with the US Federal Reserve. For centuries, banknotes had actually been the depository receipt for gold. But since too many US citizens suddenly wanted to exchange their saved money for gold, the Fed ran the risk of no longer being able to keep the decades-valid promise. Until then, dollar bills included a note stating that the equivalent value had to be paid out to the holder - on demand - in gold coins. Ever since, that statement has been replaced by the words "In God we trust."
Nixon canceled the gold standard overnight. Other countries immediately followed suit. The price of gold, which was fixed at $35 per ounce between 1933 and 1971, is now $1,779.50. This accurately reflects the inflation of the last 50 years. Nevertheless, the purchasing power of gold has been stable for 2000 years.
50 years after the end of the gold standard, inflation in the US (5.4%) and Germany (3.8%) is beginning to surge. The COVID-19 crisis of 2020 has once again ignited the money-printing machines of the Fed and the ECB. The threat of overheating: The lingering expropriation of small savers through inflation and negative interest rates is entering the next round.
Breaking the News / CB

oooops ! ......"alien species is to ENCOURAGE "

Morning JAMES
YES the biggest disaster since Suez. NAAO could have stayed without the Yanks. 10,000 troops with plenty of air support would do it.
Fantastic news from the New Forest today. A group of the rare Pine Martins have been found living there. Pine martins love to catch and eat grey squirrels. They are one of their few predators.
The only way to rid us of this alien species is to enough and help the pine martin return in large numbers. That means loads more TREES everywhere
ATB planting trees

EVIKING
On the LLOYDS board they are at it again
JOHN46 and LTI arguing .....it happens every night
They hate each other
It all started when LTI told the board he lost his brother from COVID
jOHN46 said he was lying
I never post as its toxic....just look in from time to time as I have some lloyds shares

Blimey you still banging away at this hour
Got no bed
-o)))

It's probably a tax avoidance scam...those odd events, often are
The rich are up to all sorts of tricks.
London has being even more wealthy with thousands of firms advising on tax avoidance to clients from around the world
Another World that us plebs know little about

Powerhouse Energy Group PLC (AIM:PHE, FRA:BT81) has acquired 48% of Engsolve, an engineering consultancy, for £99,990 in cash.
The waste-to-energy firm’s chief technology officer, Paul Emmitt, is also the managing director and founder of Engsolve

Funny that.........the usual shenanigans EXPECTED from AIM

Journalist ask Johnson, what his favourite lie was? Johnson replied, " I don't lie". The journalist answered, " Yes, that's my favourite too".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-Zbf5Wkt7M

The EU have a list of strategic metals too
Sadly tin is not one of them.
-0)))

Biden has announced a review to aim to become self sufficient in rare earth metals
A review of all the billions of tons of decades of tailings will proceed as many contain strategic metal by-products

The love is coming for SHANTA
Long may it continue.......

All in one place
https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/archives/niche/sectors/gold-&-silver/226

A front-page article in the Telegraph, and reports in several other papers including the Sun, Mirror and MailOnline, as well as specialist publication Recharge, claim that hydrogen boilers pose a greater risk than conventional gas boilers and could cause four times as many explosions and injuries.

All the articles claim that hydrogen boilers could cause 39 explosions and 65 injuries or fatalities each year, compared to the nine explosions and 17 injuries or fatalities estimated to be caused by the natural gas boilers currently in use.

However, these estimates are used to compare the explosive potential of the two gases, not to predict what would happen in the real world, where many conditions would be different.

The reported figures come from a safety assessment conducted by engineering consultant Arup as part of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy’s (BEIS) Hy4Heat initiative, which aims “to establish if it is technically possible, safe and convenient to replace natural gas (methane) with hydrogen in residential and commercial buildings and gas appliances”.

A BEIS spokesperson told Full Fact: “Elements of this report have been cherry-picked when in fact, it concludes hydrogen can be made as safe as natural gas."
The report in context
With energy reporting critical to our future, news outlets should do better than skim-reading reports.

At Full Fact, we make sure to scrutinise the details of scientific reports, so that people across the UK are able to make informed choices based on the whole picture.

But here’s the thing–for independent fact checkers like us, you’re our lifeline, helping ensure that bad reporting is scrutinised as quickly as possible.

With energy reporting critical to our future and bad information able to spread fast, we need all the support we can get to keep up.

the last part
Factoring in investments made in the second half, Arix’s proforma net cash of £150.7m (115p a share) and its £47.3m (36p a share) listed portfolio back up 92 per cent of the company’s market capitalisation of £215m. This means that Arix’s unlisted portfolio is in the price for £17m, or 75 per cent below its carrying value of £67.5m (51.6p a share), even though the Artios stake is in Arix's books at £25.3m (19.4p a share) and analysts at Jefferies value it at more than double that sum.

Importantly, Arix’s new management team has been boosted by the return of Mark Chin as managing director following a shareholder led boardroom clear out. Chin was Arix’s investment director from 2016 to 2020 during which time he sourced and led deals in key portfolio companies, including: VelosBio (acquired by Merck for $2.75bn), and Amplyx Pharmaceuticals (acquired by Pfizer). The team highlights no fewer than eight anticipated milestones across Arix’s portfolio in the second half of this year including:

Harpoon Therapeutics (NSQ: HARP) is expected to report interim data from ongoing Phase 1/2 clinical trials in ovarian and pancreatic cancer, multiple myeloma and small cell lung cancer.
Artios is set to initiate a Phase 1 clinical study for its Pol-theta inhibitor for the treatment of PARP resistant cancers.
LogicBio (NMQ: LOGC) expects to report interim data from its Phase 1/2 clinical study for the treatment of methylmalonic acidemia in paediatric patients.

Potential for further valuation upside from unlisted holdings and likely positive newsflow from well-funded listed holdings is not only being materially under-rated, but expect Chin to recycle the cash pile wisely while Arix’s ongoing £25m NAV accretive share buy-back programme – £8m shares were repurchased in the first half – is also supportive. Buy.