Russia making lots of deals in the middle east

[A1Oni]

Saudi - https://www.reuters.com/world/middl...ary-cooperation-agreement-between-2021-08-23/
Nigeria - https://www.reuters.com/world/nigeria-signs-military-cooperation-agreement-with-russia-2021-08-25/
Egypt - https://newscentral.africa/2021/08/26/egypt-signs-military-cooperation-deal-with-russia/
UAE next? https://www.jpost.com/international/russia-hosts-jordans-king-hints-at-uae-deal-677530

Saudi is the most surprising to me. I guess this petrodollar thing is over...

who cares what the russians do, we shouldnt of even been there anyway.

 

[oldag]

Yeah we have that warning now. I've completely moved away from liquidity in USD at this point. But you're right oldag. You've always been right. I have no idea what I am talking about. You make 2000 posts a year and about 6 have been worth reading.

Go ahead and take it personally if you wish.

I just hate to see anyone investing in an area that can (and already has for some poor souls) disappear in an instant. Having one's life savings wiped out can be traumatic.

Fire away...

 

[MTA]

some form of keto diet would do everyone good. I gave up bread and I feel great from that alone. Meals are more filling.

sugars will always be around. It’s why people can get fat by eating too much fruit even if they think their being healthy.

Foods in general are loaded with garbage. Sub your pasta for veggie pasta. Kick the snacks. Stop eating bread. Eating meat and having some fruit or veggies is all a guy needs. So many health problems develop because of crappy food. It’s hard to eat right too because many foods have msg. Msg makes your brain want it.

This is sage advice. Folks won't realize how much better they will feel after they cut out processed foods and carbs.
I eat less, have way more energy and I feel great. I also only eat a few times a day now. The "snack" food I eat is unsalted mixed pecans/almonds/peanuts/hazelnuts.

Being in shape is more important than hoarding firearms for me. I get everyone is at different stages of health and life but if you are able, you should be in some sort of shape

 

[pronstar]

99.99% of people don't get diabetes before the mass importation of sugar in the 19th century.

Yup.

And now, 1 in 10 adults have diabetes.
And 1 in 3 are in that road, with ore-diabetes.

Remember, the government is who told us that fats were bad, based on heavy lobbying from the food industry…who simply replaced fat with sugar.

Sugar is a borderline toxin to your body.
Gluten from heavily processed wheat ain’t much better.


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[lightflyer1]

.Off all my meds since losing 70 lbs and eating less and better foods.

 

[Sam7sf]

Today my lunch is chicken legs I grilled last night and some sliced bell peppers with salami and pepper jack cheese in em.

I will still have sugars and sweeteners I shouldn’t.

I should grow bell peppers. They will make y’all feel amazing. Very good food.

 

[TheDan]

who cares what the russians do, we shouldnt of even been there anyway.

It's not about what the Russians are doing, although I'd prefer it to be them over the Chinese. It's more about the Federal government being fired from their security gig, and how that's going to effect us regular folks.

I agree the US never should have made the deals and accepted that responsibility. The decision was made before I was even born.

 

[oldag]

Yeah we have that warning now. I've completely moved away from liquidity in USD at this point. But you're right oldag. You've always been right. I have no idea what I am talking about. You make 2000 posts a year and about 6 have been worth reading.

Don't know if you want to handle a serious question, or just lash out.

But just in case.

How do people holding crypto intend to translate that into money to pay for groceries, gas, etc. in the event of an economic crash?

I am not aware of any grocery stores, gas stations, water utility companies, electric companies, etc. that accept bitcoin. But perhaps those exist in Texas in any significant numbers?

If not, what is the chain (no pun intended) of transactions that goes from crypto to paying for groceries?

I could see where someone holding gold might be able to pull that off.

Of course USD will also be a problem if the dollar's value plummets.

 

[Darkpriest667]

Don't know if you want to handle a serious question, or just lash out.

But just in case.

How do people holding crypto intend to translate that into money to pay for groceries, gas, etc. in the event of an economic crash?

I am not aware of any grocery stores, gas stations, water utility companies, electric companies, etc. that accept bitcoin. But perhaps those exist in Texas in any significant numbers?

If not, what is the chain (no pun intended) of transactions that goes from crypto to paying for groceries?

I could see where someone holding gold might be able to pull that off.

Of course USD will also be a problem if the dollar's value plummets.

Who Accepts Bitcoin in 2024? List of 20+ Major Companies

Who accepts Bitcoin? A list of the biggest names accepting Bitcoin as a currency. From Microsoft to Expedia. Where can you spend Bitcoin?

99bitcoins.com

Who Accepts Bitcoin in 2024? List of 20+ Major Companies

Who accepts Bitcoin? A list of the biggest names accepting Bitcoin as a currency. From Microsoft to Expedia. Where can you spend Bitcoin?

99bitcoins.com

Berkshire Hathaway did a survey 1/3 of small businesses accept bitcoin.

HSB Survey Finds One-Third of Small Businesses Accept Cryptocurrency

HSB cyber survey shows one-third of U.S. small and medium-size businesses accept cryptocurrency as payment for goods and services.

www.businesswire.com

A lot more than you think and that's just bitcoin. Tons take DOGE and ETH

Here's a directory of stores that accept crypto as payments --

All stores that accept crypto payment | BigCoinPage

All stores that accept crypto payments

bigcoinpage.com

Also, YOU cannot pay ME in USD at this point. I won't accept it as a currency.

 

[oldag]

Who Accepts Bitcoin in 2024? List of 20+ Major Companies

Who accepts Bitcoin? A list of the biggest names accepting Bitcoin as a currency. From Microsoft to Expedia. Where can you spend Bitcoin?

99bitcoins.com

Who Accepts Bitcoin in 2024? List of 20+ Major Companies

Who accepts Bitcoin? A list of the biggest names accepting Bitcoin as a currency. From Microsoft to Expedia. Where can you spend Bitcoin?

99bitcoins.com

Berkshire Hathaway did a survey 1/3 of small businesses accept bitcoin.

HSB Survey Finds One-Third of Small Businesses Accept Cryptocurrency

HSB cyber survey shows one-third of U.S. small and medium-size businesses accept cryptocurrency as payment for goods and services.

www.businesswire.com

A lot more than you think and that's just bitcoin. Tons take DOGE and ETH

Here's a directory of stores that accept crypto as payments --

All stores that accept crypto payment | BigCoinPage

All stores that accept crypto payments

bigcoinpage.com

Also, YOU cannot pay ME in USD at this point. I won't accept it as a currency.

Interesting. Looks like more foreign than in US in the first link. The page in the last link did not seem to be working.

But that does answer the question, crypto holders rely on the merchant accepting bitcoin.

I just have never seen any store that accepted bitcoin, not that I have been everywhere obviously. Couldn't pay any of my bills with it. Others could be in a different circumstance.

Maybe that will change over time.

For me personally, it still would not be enough to overcome the risk as I assess it. Others feel differently.

 

[Darkpriest667]

Interesting. Looks like more foreign than in US in the first link. The page in the last link did not seem to be working.

But that does answer the question, crypto holders rely on the merchant accepting bitcoin.

I just have never seen any store that accepted bitcoin, not that I have been everywhere obviously. Couldn't pay any of my bills with it. Others could be in a different circumstance.

Maybe that will change over time.

For me personally, it still would not be enough to overcome the risk as I assess it. Others feel differently.

Fair enough, plenty of merchants accept it. Hell there is a BTC ATM in the mexican corner store here.

BURGER KING accepts it lol SUBWAY accepts it.

 

[TheDan]

Tons take DOGE and ETH

ETH is awesome, but DOGE... really?

 

[TheDan]

BURGER KING accepts it lol SUBWAY accepts it.

That just means it's worthless until Whataburger and Dairy Queen accept it

 

[Coyote9]

I'm stacking silver and lead

I am also buying silver and Euros and Francs and Kroner with money gained from selling ammo and guns which I no longer need or want queening my safe

 

[Darkpriest667]

ETH is awesome, but DOGE... really?

Yeah, its one of the fastest transfers and it isnt 3k per token. Currently 28 cents per token. I take payments in DOGE exclusively actually because of the quick transfer time.

 

[TheDan]

I take payments in DOGE exclusively actually because of the quick transfer time.

I get the fast transfers and low fees, but aren't there other fast coins? I guess I just don't get the appeal of DOGE beyond the lulz.

I don't currently accept any crypto as payments. I should start, tho...

 

[Darkpriest667]

I get the fast transfers and low fees, but aren't there other fast coins? I guess I just don't get the appeal of DOGE beyond the lulz.

I don't current accept any crypto as payments. I should start, tho...

IT's got a cap on production unlike a lot of other fast cryptos, its cheap enough that anyone can own some, it has low fees, and its got a fast transaction time.

 

[TheDan]

China announced a huge oil reserve discovery, and their oil imports have fallen 20%. Sounds like they might be going for energy independence. That's another significant blow to the petrodollar.

This video pretty well encapsulates whats going on.

 

[Lost Spurs]

Serious question about the petro dollar. Say the "petro dollar collapse" happens. The whole world financial markets would upend. Many countries would be totally screwed, I am mainly looking at Europe. If a new system developes with some "basket of commodities" wouldn't we actually be in an ok spot, especially Texas?

I would think we could ramp up oil and gas production. We still have a shit ton of coal and iron ore (not Texas but Midwest and Appalachia) There would be no reason to let Saudi Aramco and Gazprom run the Burnables and cheap slant eye steel run the day. As a country we have gone very soft on actually using our deposits.

All I am saying is that of it all goes to shit, all those damn hippy folk are going to run out of free money to protest and stop pipelines. Big money and working Joe should be able to get back to work.

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[pronstar]

Serious question about the petro dollar. Say the "petro dollar collapse" happens. The whole world financial markets would upend. Many countries would be totally screwed, I am mainly looking at Europe. If a new system developes with some "basket of commodities" wouldn't we actually be in an ok spot, especially Texas?

I would think we could ramp up oil and gas production. We still have a shit ton of coal and iron ore (not Texas but Midwest and Appalachia) There would be no reason to let Saudi Aramco and Gazprom run the Burnables and cheap slant eye steel run the day. As a country we have gone very soft on actually using our deposits.

All I am saying is that of it all goes to shit, all those damn hippy folk are going to run out of free money to protest and stop pipelines. Big money and working Joe should be able to get back to work.

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If petrodollars collapse, things will have gone so shitty that reserve currency status will be gone as well.

Trust me, we don’t want this to happen.

We would default on our debt.

There will be war.
Not like recent skirmishes.
More like WWII


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