LES ROUDOUDOUX

31 October 2023(Version française en bas)                                                   RoudoudouxStrange how the mind works, leading you along country roads ...Where does the word "Mistral" come from?What is "Le Mistral Gagnant"?My grandchildren to-be.Where does the word "Mistral" come from?"Mistral"...

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BY POPULAR REVOLT

Why isn't Europe doing anything practical to prevent israeli war crimes?It is obvious to any cynic that the coming israeli clearout of gaza is in line with the historic orthodox intention of reoccupying holy land. Bibi is ready to risk everything in the service of this goal - his own personal future is a chip he is playing as well.The stakes are raised in every domain of human activity on this planet. That sounds v dramatic, but the risks faced by peoples everywhere and the lies being told are without precedent.===The MSM prevents any comment on...

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ARE NATWEST SHARES A BARGAIN?

29 October 2023 Banks often trade at less than book value, ie the market cap is below the book value, book value is assets minus liabilities.So the questions today are: why do banks often trade below their book value and are NatWest shares currently a bargain or is NatWest a value trap?In general, banks may trade below book value for many reasons. Geopolitical uncertainties that threaten global peace and the price of oil, is one factor....

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THE TROUBLE WITH THE MIDDLE EAST

25 October 2023 Sunak, von Leyen, go to Jerusalem to show support for Netanyu's bombing of his concentration camp.This is so disgusting! This is one of those rare ocassions where ordinary people - well, me - would take to the streets.It is so hugely outrageous and really difficult to understand. They should be supporting Guetteres and not Netanyahu. Israel should be blackballed by the West.What does this do for our global standing?This...

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WHY DOES AMERICA CHOOSE CONFLICT OVER COOPERATION?

23 October 2023Isn't it about time that the fed which is the fourth arm of government stood up to defend the currency which is its role after all.And more particularly why has it allowed the government to carry on spending in a way that is completely unrelated to its income?America has identified and provoked enemies in Russia and China and the Middle East where none of these countries sought a conflict. Why did America frustrate the UN agreement that it signed to resolve the crisis in Ukraine between Kiev and the Donbas known as the Minsk 2 Accord...

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IS AMERICA OVERWHELMED ECONOMICALLY, OVERSTRETCHED EMPIRICALLY AND DIVIDED SOCIALLY?

23 October 2023Assessing whether the United States is overwhelmed in its economy, its global role, and its domestic affairs, is a matter of perspective, and opinions on this subject can vary widely. I take a pretty negative and cynical standpoint, not by personal disposition, but from history and my own reading of events.Here are some considerations: PerspectiveLet's be perfectly frank about this, is that the Americans have no idea what they...

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MONEY HEAVEN UNLOCKS THE DEBT CRISIS, CLIMATE CHANGE AND FOREIGN WARS.

21 October 2023 Since 1971, US govt.s have spent like there's no tomorrow - today it seems like there won't be.America broke the dollar-gold link because France and Germany were asking that the money they'd lent be returned in gold. Effectively, America had defaulted. Correct me if I have misunderstood things.America is in a cleft stick. Tax receipts don't cover expenses, raising interest rates take interest payments to ? 40% of receipts,...

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HOW CYBERCRIMINALS WILL TRY TO HOOK YOU

21 October 2023CLICK RATE BY EMOTIONAL TRIGGERING FACTOR IN 2023 Curiosity 25% Trust 25% Pressure 24% Authority 28% Helpfulness 28% Request for money 18% Compliments 29%Gain, logic, fear, scarc...

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REVIEW OF CLOSE BROTHERS GROUP

19 October 2023 Another severe CBG Close Brothers Group SP share price dent seems underway today, today the share goes ex div, of course, I hear CBG is the most shorted stock in the 250.Doesn't mean these hedge funds have any inside information, although maybe they do, but it does suggest that in their updated DCF discount cash flow valuations, they may have figured in higher delinquency rates... maybe 20% of loans are underwater.Plus,...

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HAMAS V ISRAEL - WILL THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE TRANSFER TO OUR STREETS TOO?

15 October 2023 Well this is what we were talking about before : there's no evidence of any protests in France, which is a little bit surprising considering its connections to N Africa, its substantial muslim popn, its recent history of Charlie Hebdo massacre so maybe there are protests, it's just that they're not being reported, ie they are censored or supressedSo the question raised by your video is what will be the effect of the...

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END OF THE ROPE FOR AMERICA IN UKRAINE

https://www.youtube.com/live/ZUtkCbQpw-0?si=CSHUwX1_b00Rk6BtOffset 16'45"Primrose path - warningAs long as it takes - promiseEnd of the rope - America cut and run.This is America's failure, going to be its greatest foreign policy failureAs predicted almost two years ago in this blogAwful consequences for Europe due to its supine vassalised European leadersDisgusting, stomach turning, terrifying for ordinary European people in its consequences"End...

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HOW THE ISRAEL AND UKRAINIAN CONFLICTS ARE LINKED

12 October 2023 How are Ukraine and Nagorno-Karabahk linked in these twin conflicts? Consider the two levels of split opening up, both within Western societies that are splitting internally between extremists sides, and globally between nation states grouped into The West v. The Rest.For this ME conflict, Israel is moving more clearly to the West, while the Middle East is moving to West Asia.How to characterise the internal wars: "elite...

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HOW NAGORNO-KARABAK FITS INTO THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR

10 October 2023GEOGRAPHYThis map shows the Caucuses. Points of interest are the Caucasian mountains that demark Russia from the Northern Caucuses and the Lessor Caucasian mountains separating Armenia from Azerbaijan. The westernmost province of Azerbaijan is called Karabakh and within it is a district called Nagorno, to give Nagorno-Karabakh.Notice Baku, capital of Azerbaijan, as far away as you can get from Armenia on the western shore of the Caspian. And...

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TROUBLE AT AL AQSA

8 October 2023 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/4/israeli-settlers-storm-al-aqsa-mosque-complex-on-fifth-day-of-sukkotWhat about these troubles in Pale Steen? Bravo FT for not allowing comments on the current problem there.After all we would not want readers expressing their majority disgust at is rail's behaviour over the last 70 yrs towards its concentrate on camp occupants ... in particular, at the behaviour of settlers...

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WHEN WILL THE FED PIVOT?

4 October 2023 Of course , America will never default on interest payments, which currently make up about 40% of tax receipts, but with a 32 trillion dollar debt and a higher for longer or even higher, there will be effects on the value of the currency ... maybe not now, but in a year or two's time So that is one thing that would worry other sovereign governments wondering where to put their surpluses - is the dollar safe ?another point...

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THE ROLE OF THE FED

30 September 2023 Easy to blame the Fed for all the financial and economic woes in America or indeed in the West. The Fed was created in 1913. Woodrow Wilson signed into law, against his better judgement. The two great rival banks, the protestant Goldman Sachs and the Jewish Rothschild, demanded with one voice, and forced him to create a Central Bank to oversee regulate and control the banking system, under threat following a number...

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