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    Quote Originally Posted by OhOh View Post
    I suspect retaliatory measures may be introduced. Which those that must be appeased would complain smartly.
    I suspect no-one really wants to go to the virus-ridden shithole anyway now they've found out how easy it is for the bat-munchers to spread the dreaded lurgy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kmart View Post
    ^Oh, please.. This is from Rothschild's own website:



    It's the family's coat of arms:
    Rothschild family - Wikipedia



    The Family ‹ Philanthropy ::
    The Rothschild Archive


    You whackjobs believe any old shit don't you?




    The Red Cross is an international humanitarian network founded in 1863 in Switzerland

    <snip>

    The group, which eventually became known as the International Committee of the Red Cross,
    adopted the symbol of a red cross on a white background, an inverse of the Swiss flag, as a way to identify medical workers on the battlefield.

    https://www.history.com/topics/19th-century/red-cross
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    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    You whackjobs believe any old shit don't you?
    Good grief . . .

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    Quote Originally Posted by panama hat View Post
    Good grief . . .
    I wouldn't mind, but the bit about having a SHIELD on their coat of arms....

    WTF?!


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    As far as BRI, etc....To be fair, the Chinese are only doing what Western mercenary states have been doing for the last 500 years or so. Less invading, more outright buying though. Except in the South China Sea - they are using good ol' gunboat diplomacy there.

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    ^^Deflections aside, who do you think is actually financing the "Chinky" expansionism through the BRI?

    Here's the IMF's MD about to give your favourite Chinky dictator a blowjob:-

    Chinese Maritime Militia on the Move in Disputed Spratly Islands-imf-bri-jpg


    BRI 2.0: Stronger Frameworks in the New Phase of Belt and Road

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    Lagarde heads IMF which is pwned by the UN, scandals galore, finally convicted over her part in a 'controversial' $400m payment to a friend of Sarkozy then President, resigns from IMF to prepare for nomination to ECB, walks it, moves from charge of one whopping fund to another, is well loved and forgiven.

    These people can do no wrong, they are protected by the system, apportion wealth and power, and know where enough skeletons are buried for others to ride shotgun for them when it goes wrong, much like traditional Thai corrupt practices but on a far grander scale.

    Can't think of too many nice things to say about China or the CPC, though they are quite capable of treating corrupt officials to a shot at back of the head.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jabir View Post
    Lagarde heads IMF
    no longer...

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    read the rest of the sentence...

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    Quote Originally Posted by jabir View Post
    Can't think of too many nice things to say about China or the CPC, though they are quite capable of treating corrupt officials to a shot at back of the head.
    But, as in Thailand, there is "corruption" and then there is "corruption".


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    Quote Originally Posted by kmart View Post
    who do you think is actually financing the "Chinky" expansionism through the BRI?
    Initially Chinese owned banks. Now the financing comes from:



    The bank has 74 countries ("members") and 26 "prospective" members". Two major exceptions, Japan and ameristan.

    Info can be found here:

    Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank - Wikipedia

    Home - AIIB

    In addition another organisation:

    The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

    Provides info on BRI countries receipt of Chinese FDI and % of debt/GDP and imports. It appears the funds etc. are shown as, Chinese bank sourced, as opposed to AIIB funds, whose funds are from it's international members. Which may or may not include AIIB funds.

    "The CFR Belt and Road Tracker aids analysis of BRI by showing how it has changed countries’ bilateral economic relationships with China over time. The tracker focuses on three Belt and Road indicators—imports from China, foreign direct investment (FDI) from China, and external debt to China—for sixty-seven participant countries."

    Belt and Road Tracker | Council on Foreign Relations


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    Quote Originally Posted by OhOh View Post
    ameristan.
    Is this some sort of weird implication that the US is a Muslim majority nation?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Agent_Smith View Post
    Is this some sort of weird implication that the US is a Muslim majority nation?
    One often doesn't know with OhOh nor Klondyke . . .

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