They control the supply pretty well.

Africa is mineral rich but geographically challenged.
Very few year round navigable rivers from the interior to the coast. Even though it is a massive continent, it has less KM of coastline then north America I believe which means a lack of natural deep water ports. So it's pretty hard to get its riches out for export.

they do.

thats why they got fined 150-300M recently for market manipulation, I think which is nothing in comparison for that they make.

300m probably is barely their hooker budget.

that didn't stop the colonialist from exporting stuff from the south and that was centuries ago.

in the north you have Egypt, best located for international trade. that's why they were a super power once. egypts location is perfect.

I don't believe it is so hard to export as they tell you. ships can dock from all sides since it is surrounded by ocean.

yeah it is more dry since most of it lies south of the equator but it's manageable as most corps manage to export stuff. yes it's more challenging than exporting stuff from the north but all manageable, especially nowadays with all the advanced technology imo.

the problem must be something else.


but yeah you're right somewhat that the locals have no way without help and with constant war going on. they actually don't get what they need. they get the opposite from the west which is exploitation. we view it as a goldmine to take from. that has to be forbidden.

yeah lol. they should have hit them with a fine as they did purdue. but then no more diamonds and bribes incoming. they must have good connections.

"South Africa's De Beers the Most Unethical Corporation in the World"


https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/lib...the-world-1190


you see? it's the world most terrible company and they managed that you crave diamonds engaging etc. well the girls do and then make the guys buy it.


it was 300M in 2004

"In 2004, De Beers pled guilty and paid a US$10 million fine to the United States Department of Justice to settle a 1994 charge that De Beers had colluded with General Electric to fix the price of industrial diamonds.[104][105] In 2008, De Beers agreed to pay US$295 million class-action settlement after accusations of price fixing.[106] The company appealed the decision but ended up paying the settlement in 2013.["

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Beers

I dunno. Maybe some small issues with mining but ....

https://www.mygoldguide.in/future-ex...al-gold-mining

It is sad that is, in no way, hyperbole.

If this find proves to be true, it could forebode decades more instability based on Corporate interests using various gov'ts to try and control or disrupt this making its way to market based on who the winners and losers are.

We saw how Corporate interests have pervaded and taken over Gov't at all levels including the UN when, in a story i cited prior, the WTO forced Samoa to not block the purchase of a considered US food waste product (Turkey butts) as this had become a very lucrative sales market for US big farms who otherwise could not sell this product due to the poor health outcomes it was associated.

The sovereignty of this country and its ability to participate in global markets was put at knife point of 'allow the Turkey butts or be excluded'.

Not surprising then that a commodity like Gold has seen corporate interests use gov't and other forces to overthrow gov'ts.

Well hopefully just a bad joke. Uganda is like the safest place in Africa. Really a nice country.

Ohio State Police: 'Active standoff’ underway with armed suspect who tried to break into FBI headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio.

https://www.fox19.com/2022/08/11/act...nati-osp-says/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...latest-updates

Those cops are lucky he didn't go into beast mode.

according to sources I heard she had cocaine and fentanyl in the system. so again fentanyl. very sad that this happened.

The news is better than it might have been.

Seems like lots of shitty news lately.

I can't imagine we are that far from seeing fields of operation flooded with these and other AI driven robots.





First practical application is providing AI driven security to off limit premises. A few of these, armed or not, watching a perimeter for infiltration (could even be a Border) and then engaging with the individual either thru AI or by connecting to a Human who can see and speak thru it, once summoned.

Second is using them like drones for armed conflict in foreign war zones. Small armies of these supported by aerial drones and all armed could really change certain war theatres like afghanistan, at least in the more accessible, less mountain areas of the country.

For the military it is win/win. They can kill endless 'enemies' while not costing any US lives. And the destruction of the robot means a re-order, which the military complex loves.

Real soon. And far worse is coming

and lots of good stuff as well