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Post by alexjones » 03 Jan 2026, 6:27 pm

See the news boys?

After months of preparation America is bombing the F out of Venezuela right now.


I trade gold futures and currently have a buy open from Friday's New York low after that sell off. I think it may pump come market open on Monday.
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Post by alexjones » 03 Jan 2026, 6:29 pm

Just open up twitter and type in Venezuela and there is so many videos of apache gunships doing their job.
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Post by Billo » 03 Jan 2026, 8:17 pm

Remind me why Trump kidnapping a sitting president and his wife from a South American country they aren't at war with is OK ?
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Post by Billo » 03 Jan 2026, 8:46 pm

alexjones wrote:Just open up twitter and type in Venezuela and there is so many videos of apache gunships doing their job.


The 2 words dip and ship don't begin to describe the lawless action the pedo rapist is now underr taking, dig a hole brain dead
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Post by fussy » 03 Jan 2026, 9:16 pm

Billo wrote:Remind me why Trump kidnapping a sitting president and his wife from a South American country they aren't at war with is OK ?


Because controlling a large supply of oil is so much easier if it's just down the coast, instead of in the middle east.
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Post by womble » 04 Jan 2026, 1:44 am

:cry:
fussy wrote:
Billo wrote:Remind me why Trump kidnapping a sitting president and his wife from a South American country they aren't at war with is OK ?


Because controlling a large supply of oil is so much easier if it's just down the coast, instead of in the middle east.


Bigger than large.
World’s largest oil reserves.
And rare earth elements.
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Post by alexjones » 04 Jan 2026, 4:51 am

They got him!
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Post by bigrich » 04 Jan 2026, 5:01 am

well , i'll weigh in on this . like columbia, the biggest export of Venezuela, besides oil, is cocaine . the columbian guv'ment raked in millions on bribes alone . look into pablo escobar and the amount of money his cartel was making daily, over 70 million. and that was years ago . drugs are big business , and the american market is the biggest . if in the "war on drugs" the orange man gains control of vast oil reserves that's a win for the USA strategically . not saying it's right , but there you go . personally i think if he's stopping vast amounts of drugs getting into the USA good on him. i wish we had leaders in australia , but we definitely don't . i think AJ is right in that markets could rebound and come up if this "drug war" goes to plan .
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Post by womble » 04 Jan 2026, 5:13 am

It’s not about the drugs. :D
If it was they’d hit Colombia, Peru, Bolivia. The places where the drugs come from.
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Post by bigrich » 04 Jan 2026, 5:32 am

womble wrote:It’s not about the drugs. :D
If it was they’d hit Colombia, Peru, Bolivia. The places where the drugs come from.


oh but it is about drugs womble , the fact there's also a sh!t ton of oil is just a coincidence :sarcasm: :D
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Post by bigrich » 04 Jan 2026, 5:36 am

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/ex ... ocialshare
here's another view of politics in the region. destabilising communist cuba
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Post by womble » 04 Jan 2026, 1:14 pm

I don’t see how this is any different than what Putin is trying to do to Ukraine.
And it just green lights China to take Taiwan.
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Post by alexjones » 04 Jan 2026, 8:31 pm

Remember oil in Venezuela is heavy crude so harder to refine.

The drugs might not be produced in Venezuela but they come from there.

The people in the streets of Venezuela seem to be happy the dictator has been taken. Hopefully the people realise now how bad socialism is and they veer towards liberty.

I hate tyranny so anyone who bans freedom like Venezuela did deserves being arrested by Trump.
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Post by alexjones » 04 Jan 2026, 10:23 pm

Its kind of cool that in like an hour America can unleash hell and arrest a president of another country.
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Post by bigrich » 05 Jan 2026, 3:53 am

alexjones wrote:Its kind of cool that in like an hour America can unleash hell and arrest a president of another country.


do ya reckon albo's worried :D . if somebody kidnapped albo i'd say "keep him...do a package deal you can have wong and burke too" :lol:
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Post by womble » 05 Jan 2026, 8:20 am

:unknown: Now do Putin
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Post by Wm.Traynor » 05 Jan 2026, 9:37 am

womble wrote::unknown: Now do Putin

Onya womble :clap:
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Post by Blr243 » 05 Jan 2026, 6:08 pm

How the hell did they just go grab him ? Looks like it was no harder than trying to steal your neighbour’s dog
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Post by alexjones » 05 Jan 2026, 6:53 pm

Blr243 wrote:How the hell did they just go grab him ? Looks like it was no harder than trying to steal your neighbour’s dog


They spend nearly 1 trillion dollars a year on their military. Slightly less than the entire economy of Australia. They are good at what they do.

Not to mention your regular solider in the army of Venezuela does not want to fight for the communist government.
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Post by alexjones » 05 Jan 2026, 6:55 pm

But also there are some reports saying this was a negotiated exist. So old mate can look like he did not surrender to save face when in reality he already made a back channel deal with Trump.
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Post by alexjones » 05 Jan 2026, 6:56 pm

America fighting Venezuela is like Mike Tyson in his prime fighting a 12 year old girl.
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Post by Die Judicii » 05 Jan 2026, 7:23 pm

womble wrote::unknown: Now do Putin


Unfortunately that'll never happen.
Or have you forgotten the times that Trump has stated that the Ukraine started the war ?

The orange man has been in bed with Putin for a long time.
I wonder what those bastard children will be like ?
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Post by Zappa » 05 Jan 2026, 7:35 pm

womble wrote:It’s not about the drugs. :D
If it was they’d hit Colombia, Peru, Bolivia. The places where the drugs come from.


Never was. You have to laugh at the new foxnews, tik-tok catchphrase ' narco terrorist' . It's what the CIA has been doing since Adam was a little boy, funding revolutions and arming terrorist gangs to overthrow governments with drugs and dollars.

This is starting to backfire though as it's received global condemnation as modern day imperialism, subjugation and theft. Maduro is now seen as a resistance symbol, and an anti imperialist figure head taking on the evil corrupt empire. Chavez like and Che Guevara. The greedy dark forces thought they could overthrow the government by kidnapping the President, stealing their crude and selling it to China.

Trump is a weakling, and has obviously succumbed to the neocons and globalists of the swamp he's claimed to want to drain since his first term. Orange man is just a puppet and a muppet of the system.

Every day Maduro remains in custody without a fair trial, we'll see his domestic and international profile grow and the Trump administration will face some difficult decisions when the insurgency begins in Caracas.
To go in and get embroiled in a 'nam 2.0' or let the President go and leave the Venezuelans alone.
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Post by womble » 06 Jan 2026, 5:33 pm

He’s just a bully that picks the weakest targets who can’t fight back.
He’s desperately wanted a war he can win for a long time now, because he thinks people will finally respect him. He thinks he will finally have the credibility of a military leader. And that’s a big deal in the US.
It’s definitely going to leave Venezuela in turmoil. Possibly civil war. Possibly a coup.

I think the invasion of Greenland is close. It won’t be announced in advance. The stealth bombers will be back at base before it makes the news.

And Albo will come out with his usual weak statements, careful not to offend anyone.

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Post by alexjones » 06 Jan 2026, 6:44 pm

Stealth Bombers to Invade Greenland? Why waste the money? Not to mention nothing to bomb. Send one company of marine infantry and plant the flag and Greenland is yours. Denmark ain't gonna do s**t.

100 or so men in a company. That is more firepower than all of Greenland.
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Post by alexjones » 06 Jan 2026, 6:48 pm

I am all for this invasion. Venezuela banned gun ownership. So F em. Anyone who is tyrannical to their people and do not let them live in freedom deserve to be arrested and charged for crimes against humanity.
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Post by womble » 06 Jan 2026, 6:49 pm

They are a peaceful people and they don't grow drugs or have any wmd's
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Post by alexjones » 06 Jan 2026, 6:54 pm

womble wrote:They are a peaceful people and they don't grow drugs or have any wmd's


Venezuela is ranked as one of the most corrupt nations in the world. I think number 3. It is a hell hole.

The people are starving, guns are banned and some had to eat their dogs to feed themselves due to food shortages.

The place is a socialist paradise where the elites have everything and the people are starving.
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Post by womble » 07 Jan 2026, 1:05 am

alexjones wrote:
womble wrote:They are a peaceful people and they don't grow drugs or have any wmd's


Venezuela is ranked as one of the most corrupt nations in the world. I think number 3. It is a hell hole.

The people are starving, guns are banned and some had to eat their dogs to feed themselves due to food shortages.

The place is a socialist paradise where the elites have everything and the people are starving.


In a socialist paradise there would be no elites. Because the people own everything. That’s kinda the point.
If you’re talking about a socialist utopia there would be no government. The people would self govern.
Never been done before successfully, because there are always people who want to own everything, but maybe Ai could make it a reality :unknown:


I obviously was talking about Greenland though. There’s no reason to harm these people.

It’s just gluttonous billionaires whose wealth has literally tripled under Trump’s second term, but they cannot be satiated.

They’re gutting the middle class, stealing all the farms, but it’s not enough and if you don’t keep feeding their endless greed they will just dump you for politicians who will.
Say what you like about Trump, but he is a master cock smoker.

Did Gina not just purchase Pauline ? You know they want the same for us.
And you will sell them your own children for trinkets and cheer them on.
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Post by bigrich » 07 Jan 2026, 3:59 am

alexjones wrote:Stealth Bombers to Invade Greenland? Why waste the money? Not to mention nothing to bomb. Send one company of marine infantry and plant the flag and Greenland is yours. Denmark ain't gonna do s**t.

100 or so men in a company. That is more firepower than all of Greenland.


the US already has a base in Greenland , Greenland is already in NATO . trump taking Greenland would be a step too far ,certainly not the actions of a democratic country that believes in freedoms, but if he did, who'd do something about it ? nobody i reckon
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