Comments by "chocomalk" (@chocomalk) on "Zeihan on Geopolitics" channel.

  1. The insurance market is only strong when they don't have to pay out, when they actually have to do their job, it's always an issue.
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  2. That is not relegated to Russia, they did that to any area previously Chinese or an area they want to control. South China sea, mountains around India etc.
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  3.  @12345anton6789  True but that is not the point if all the other ice melts that is land based.
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  4. Where do you think the money is going to come from? Your taxes lol
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  5. How is this any different than the US sending arms to Ukraine? nm lol
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  6. ESG or ESCG, as it is actually called, is top down and there is an overarching structure this can be seen easily by looking at Blackrock and the WEF, tow the line or get no money. As usual it is a pretty sounding name with shite for policy, like the patriot act etc.
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  7. What amazes me is that Russia started this engagement without focusing on military targets from the get go. You would think taking out bases around Kiev and airports etc would have been a priority....like the first thing you would do.... a massive aerial bombardment before they could even get their pants on....
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  8. 4:43 here is the problem with this type of argument, you are pricing gold to the dollar not the other way around. "Current worth" or should I say "fixed worth", as it is fixed daily, is part of the issue. Gold amounting to 10 trillion "Dollars" is arbitrary, there is no reason why it could not be valued at 25 trillion, unless you want dollar hegemony. Just as .00001 of a BC could be valued at $X amount, so could any amount of gold, down to the molecular level at this point in technology.
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  9. "could access open-source information that was reliable' lol
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  10. Could it?
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  11. And what would happen if he chose competency over loyalty? The same. You can become competent but loyalty is not learned or bought.
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  12. Moron doing his moronic monologue of utter BS
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  13.  @heikodankel3245  The people of Eastern Ukraine were the ones being attacked, by Kiev....for about 8 years
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  14.  @deborahcurtis1385  Please dont get me started on American human rights abuses or we will be here all day lol
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  15.  @ivanjulian2532  You cant just freeze treasury bonds lmao the entire world would lose faith in the bond system if they pulled that and the dollar would flop
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  16.  @mariomenezes1153  Yeah I know but there is a thing called earthquake insurance and during the 1993 earthquake in LA, a lot of people did not get paid. The whole premise of an earthquake is catastrophe.
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  17. Geopolitics in this regard without mentioning the Minsk accords, separatists, and the USA essentially doing the same in northern Syria etc....is bias at best
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  18. Watching us? So is Apple, Google, Sony etc and the US Gov....and their allies....and anyone that will pay a fee...this is comedy.
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  19. Both Hillary and Biden have done the same if not worse in both their cases. One had evidence destroyed and the other was not a president.
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  20. Bundled bills should be illegal.
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  21. What happened to the iron dome?
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  22. They would build them after the ice melts lol
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  23. Nothing but propaganda, you can tell just by reading the description, it wouldn't surprise me if he was in Aspen. Don;t forget, you need Russia to make Ukraine look good as it is the only country in the region that has a more corrupt government than Ukraine itself. Zelensky is the most corrupt leader in all of Europe... ALL OF EUROPE, you have to put Russia in there as part of Europe to disguise this.
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  24. In Canada they are reporting that most American security agencies think those balloons were hobbyist in nature. Even if not, NORAD tracked them way before they entered the continental US and let them proceed.
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  25. China has the numbers but that is all "on paper" type of scenario. The truth is that Taiwan is heavily embedded and the only way to actually soften them up would prob be nukes. There is no way they could just invade, they would be sitting ducks in the water.
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  26. It doesn't have to illuminate every law, especially what is considered basic common law all other laws are based off.  @jakeaurod 
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  27. "It" is the constitution.  @jakeaurod 
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  28. My point was the constitution does not have to list every law or process. @jakeaurod 
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  29. He was impeached but acquitted, please get an education on what that actually means. Arrested and charged doesn't mean convicted, neither does an impeachment ffs "a lot of numbnuts commentators in this thread that don't understand how precedent is established, or indeed have any understanding of legal matters" LOL  @AutoMattOn 
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  30. The federalist papers clearly state that the founding fathers did not want prosecutorial powers in the hands of the States in regards to a sitting president, for obvious political reasons. @jakeaurod 
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  31. But that is for normal citizens, not a president and sorry to tell you he was tried for insurrection under the articles of impeachment and he was acquitted under the proper procedure, any other trial/charge would be double jeopardy.  @jakeaurod 
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  32. I don;t think that has been tested in this way. And a civil vs criminal trial can't produce double jeopardy anyway so not sure where you are going with that. And this line you keep going on about: "legislature or governor of a state, were empowered to make a simple finding and declaration that there existed a state of rebellion. " A state of rebellion is not a statement of guilt/participation, it is a declaration of an emergency event. @jakeaurod 
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  33. You are all over the place. No one brought up anything you just said. Only a conviction can decide if Trump was guilty of being in an insurrection or any other crime, the SCOTUS would rule the process that would lead to a conviction, not if he was guilty or not.  @jakeaurod 
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  34.  @jimluebke3869  Does it really matter?
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  35.  @the_real_glabnurb  A business deal does not equate to best buddies no matter how Peter wants to spin it.
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  36.  @jimluebke3869  I'm talking about naming not about conquering. I mean what does it matter in this context since they do it as a matter of course.
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  37.  @ponchupeechu  Did you know that China is not the word for China? We have "renamed" entire countries in English, is there a real point here? Ever heard of Nippon?
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  38. This is just stupid lol Why? You would pollute the area around and within your own country and absolutely make sure Ukraine would be a wasteland you could not exploit. Not only that, the world would possibly retaliate against Russia for the act itself, it would be suicidal and stupid and only someone totally stupid or getting paid would suggest this. And to be on point, it would not be in line with their stated goals in Ukraine and that would be comparable to the "police action" that the USA is engaged in, in northern Syria. Helping a group of "separatists" against their corrupt government. Don;t listen to this guy unless it's to understand the current propaganda you are supposed to swallow.
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  39.  @tallshort1849  You can't buy loyalty, being loyal precludes financial gain, if someone else can beat the offer, it is not loyalty, you are thinking of a different word.
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  40.  @jlspracher  Thanks for being clear in your comment, nothing like being concise and to the point...or not I guess.
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  41.  @jlspracher  Try being intellectual in your response then, so people actually understand and can refute you.
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  42. ISIS is not defunct, they just rebranded...like how do you not know this?
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  43. Is there any "right" that isn't "far right" these days? The actual problem is the left is so far left they think normal people are far right.
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  44. But they were so powerful they put Trump in office yet not powerful enough to put Trump in office against Biden...
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  45. What lie would you have liked to be challenged? @farzana6676 
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  46. So they are the Russian Blackwater?
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  47.  @deborahcurtis1385  He's right
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  48.  @viveviveka2651  The US has a very poor track record.
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  49.  @viveviveka2651  Just because I have criticisms doesnt mean I hate the USA, just the opposite in fact. But seriously....
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  50.  @viveviveka2651  It would if they froze trillions in bonds, if they could.
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  51.  @heikodankel3245  What are you talking about? Unless you want to put that statement on a timeline of events, its kind of meaningless. Of RUssia wanted to invade Ukraine proper, it would have taken out its military and airports on the first day yet they didnt even try for a few weeks. Go ahead and believe the evil mastermind Pootin built up troops for months just to forget about strategy 101.
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  52.  @ViriatoII  With a surprise attack they could have taken out the majority of their defenses yet they did not
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  53.  @Ocelot835  No way, it was a few weeks in before they started to press Kiev and the west hard.
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  54.  @Ocelot835  lmao do you really believe that? Putin knows they are supported by NATO, knows about its military positions. Please, and I'm being serious, if you believe this you are nor qualified to be debating a subject likely to end in WWIII we do not need ignorance a the table
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  55. Because the left has left the building.
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  56.  @ImAliveAndYouAreDead  Thats bullshit, they were there for the people in the east of Ukraine that didnt vote for a coup in Kiev. Angela Merkel has a better perspective on this. They were agreed too by NATO as a stalling tactic so the rest of Ukraine could build up their military to face Russia. So they wanted a war, didnt care about separatists...because unlike in northern Syria, these separatists oppose a western friendly government.
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  57.  @ChucksSEADnDEAD  The "separatists" did not vote for a western sponsored coup in Kiev
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  58.  @ChucksSEADnDEAD  lmao wow smoke some more lol
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  59. So if they know Putins every move, that means they allowed him to invade Ukraine and this was all a setup at the expense of the people of Ukraine and taxpayers around the world. Nice, now we have verification from ex world leaders and intel.
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  60. It's all propaganda from both sides. Like how Russia "invaded" Crimea when they were already in Crimea, they just didn't leave when asked. Like how a revolution of unelected people had more valid authority than the semi autonomous and elected parliament of Crimea. Like how Syrian separatists are freedom fighters and USA involvement is okay but Ukraine separatists are terrorists and Russia being involved is not okay. Or the premise that USA would have left Ukraine if asked...or anywhere else for that matter, ask the Okinawans.
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  61.  @chrisjackson1215  uhhh yeah thanks lol
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  62. This guy might see every detail but miss the bull headed for his backside.
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  63. NATO
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  64. What insurrection? Has anyone even been charged with "insurrection"? As a Canadian and mostly centrist, I am baffled by all of it. There were no demands, hostages....nothing...only people you may disagree with politically.
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  65.  @veronicamaine3813  Its more to say that gold put a limit on how long that war could last. With fiat you can just go on and on...
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  66. lol the rich will be fine
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  67. Yeah the IMF...great, the people that brought you austerity measures.
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  68. They're not far right Mr. liberal mouthpiece lol
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  69.  @TankEnMate  If it's not wrong what would be the point of a note?
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  70.  @TankEnMate  Were they opinions?
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  71. This assumes that the Gov only takes what it needs and spends efficiently. It also doesn't take into account any cuts Trump is making in Gov spending. Income tax was imposed for the new deal and to help pay for WWII.... It might not work but something needs to be done.
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  72. Our Dear Mr Z ignores the Gaza Marine NG fields and Israels plan to extract it approved in...oh wow June 18 2023, just before....
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  73. You can thank Obama for propaganda in the US.
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  74. "Ukraine was able to shoot down all the Kinzhals in the strike" Technically it was the USA that made this happen lol
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  75. This is stupid. Bluff or not there is a point in which it wont be. Russia could commit nuclear suicide and the world would still be screwed via the fallout. Moron.
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  76. lol Russia can't kick crappy little Ukraine's butt after 2 years of fighting, how the hell are they going to invade Europe with NATO and other combined forces? They aren't, this vid was brought to you by Peters sponsors in the MIC.
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  77.  @StPiter111  Ukraine has taken 50000 casualties and Russia 27000, all for about 100 KM of land. Meanwhile NATO has over 3 million soldiers
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  78.  @StPiter111  EU has had 80 years to solidify the rest, there is no way to invade Europe, not that I believe they intend to do so.
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  79. They didn't do it alone and they also did not hold them in check, the Russians established the position they initially said they would and held it.
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  80.  @Vision-ey6fi  Holding that area is an overreach and does nothing for them and Russia is doing fine. THey are holding the position they initially went in to stabilize,
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  81. Biden is killing the US period lol
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  82. ignorance is bliss I guess...right Peter?
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  83. Right....because FB lying and censoring is not"public misinformation".
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  84. Hasn't France been rioting for about 5 years now? Yellow vest, the retirement thing etc
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  85.  @HablaCarnage63  This is why future markets exist to hedge against fluctuations.
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  86. ​ @heyho4770  Goods made through the 50's=70's lasted a lifetime as opposed to stuff today and things were as good or better financially.
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  87. If these "ethnic Russians" aren't actually "Russian" then that makes them "Ukrainian"....right?
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