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Good article about the US's low capacity to build warships and the urgent need to address the issue [all of NATO I expect]:

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/does-america-face-ship-gap-china

'According to the U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence, China’s capacity in this sector exceeds the United States’s by a factor of more than 200.'

Quite an achievement by Harland and Wolff to go bust under these circumstances...

Nigel Farage, dereliction of duty

This morning sees the important meeting of Clacton Town Board at 10.00 am.

This is one that the MP should attend and always did (see Attendance ‘expected’)

https://tdcdemocracy.tendringdc.gov.uk/mgMeetingAttendance.aspx?ID=2568

Skipped PMQs as well; his constituents must be delighted with their representation. Maybe he will do an online surgery on Friday?

she called for 'hotels housing asylum seekers to be set on fire, adding: "if that makes me ******, so be it."'

inciting murder should be an offence that leads to jail; she could have got life.

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

Note - that excludes the uplift in LUCA that has happened since the beginning of the year [CAD 0.54 to CAD 1.19 today] which adds approx another £3m which is 23% to NAV which takes the NAV to over 39p... probably over 40p with the increased gold price on the over 1000 ounces of gold held.

Seems to be still way over under valued even when you factor in investment companies trading at a discount to NAV [especially conservatively calculated NAVs]

Drudge Report - first listed stories:

TESLA ON DEATH WATCH...

Booted from Auto Show...

'Industry exorcising Musk'...

THE WORLD'S MOST HATED CAR...

STOCK DOWN BUT NOT OUT...

Crash victims' families ask DOT not to scrap oversight...

Hackers release names and addresses of every owner...

Vehicle attacks surge across nation...

https://www.drudgereport.com/

Musk moaning about people torching Teslas... people are reposting this tweet of his:

Elon Musk

@elonmusk

Civil war is inevitable

4:07 AM · Aug 4, 2024

·

9.9M

Views

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1819933223536742771

Freedom of speech? Freedom of expression?

Scientist Banned From Entering US Over Opinions About Trump—Minister

https://www.newsweek.com/french-scientist-banned-us-entry-messages-trump-2047549

They found a message critical of the Orange God on his phone and denied him entry into the US. Nothing to worry about...

Scared Ketchup

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcdeuiQ372k

Trump’s North American Tariffs: Myth Vs. Fact

https://theonion.com/trumps-north-american-tariffs-myth-vs-fact/

Https://adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-363-stockholm-syndrome

Good read

I am sure Blue is a different poster

"Follow the money"

Great advice... there is a good reason that the share prices is down 99.9% over 5 years:

https://www.google.com/finance/quote/UKOG:LON?authuser=0&window=5Y

Putin keeps the Orange God waiting: "Putin is meant to be speaking to Trump around now, but he is talking to a room full of oligarchs instead. Asked if he's going to be late, Putin waves off the question and says not to listen to his spokesman"

https://x.com/MeidasTouch/status/1901998233687048522

Hopefully the MAGA media create enough of a fuss for Trump to be left with no option but to lash out at Putin after being made to look like a little man of no consequence.

Amazed at what Tuftom Street can buy? 'The announcement came after Badenoch received donations from key funders of the Tufton Street based Global Warming Policy Foundation and linked pressure group, Net Zero Watch, both of which have campaigned for the target to be dropped.'

https://bylinetimes.com/2025/03/18/kemi-badenoch-ditches-net-zero-target-after-taking-donations-from-funders-of-tufton-street-climate-denial-group/

I suppose it is better than taking more Ruzzian money...

No red pills in the emojis, but a red and orange makes even more sense to describe Jake's affliction after he swallowed the red pills and began worshipping his Orange God.

Rio Tinto signs massive solar and battery deal to help secure future of smelters and refineries

https://reneweconomy.com.au/rio-tinto-signs-massive-solar-and-battery-deal-to-help-secure-future-of-smelters-and-refineries/

Helps if you have reliable sun 52 weeks a year

Solar installation in 2024 represented about 1/2 of all new power generating capacity installed; wind a further 30%:

https://x.com/i/grok?conversation=1901896693471379696

Why neglect such an important market?

It takes a real "responsible leader" to allow China to become the world leader in solar and batteries... keep up your pro China gaslighting.

'The researchers found that, on average, a liter of bottled water included about 240,000 tiny pieces of plastic'

https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/plastic-particles-bottled-water

And more worryingly, they are now finding that microplastic does translocate across biological barriers and accumulate in testes, brain, heart muscle etc. Even babies are being born with microplastics absorbed from their mothers through placental transfer and fetal exposure.