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Looks like the EU is still trying to ignite a major war with Russia….Socrates projects the EU will lose the conflict. In fact, his Socrates is projecting the EU break up and collapses by 2030. We are already witnessing their collapse.

Let’s hope President Trump will keep us out of it.

1 posted on 10/02/2025 7:59:47 AM PDT by delta7
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To: delta7

IBTG

IBTS


2 posted on 10/02/2025 8:03:22 AM PDT by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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Criminal conviction
In 1999, Japanese fraud investigators accused Armstrong of collecting money from Japanese investors, improperly commingling these funds with funds from other investors, and using the fresh money to cover losses he had incurred while trading.[13] United States prosecutors called it a three-billion-dollar Ponzi scheme.[14] Allegedly assisting Armstrong in his scheme was the Republic New York Corporation, which produced false account statements to reassure Armstrong’s investors. In 2001, the bank agreed to pay US$606 million as restitution for its part in the scandal.[14]

Armstrong was indicted in 1999 and ordered by Judge Richard Owen to turn over fifteen million dollars in gold bars and antiquities bought with the fund’s money; the list included bronze helmets and a bust of Julius Caesar.[15][16] Armstrong produced some of the items but claimed the others were not in his possession; this led to several contempt of court charges brought by the SEC and the CFTC, for which he served seven years in jail until he reached a plea bargain with federal prosecutors.[17][18][19] Under the terms of the agreement, Armstrong admitted to deceiving corporate investors and improperly commingling client funds—actions that according to prosecutors resulted in commodities losses of more than seven hundred million dollars—and was sentenced to five years in prison.[20][15]

He was released from federal custody on 2 September 2011 after serving a total of eleven years behind bars.[21][22]

The case against Armstrong was finally closed in 2017, with the distribution of about $80 million to claim holders by the receiver, according to court filings.[23] Armstrong appealed the refusal of the receiver to transport his remaining possessions from storage lockers in New York and Pennsylvania to him in Florida, but the appeal failed in 2019. Concerning his felony conviction, Armstrong is “unrepentant”, according to Bloomberg.[1]

Hidden rare coins cache
In 2014, a day laborer sold a box of 58 rare coins to a Philadelphia thrift shop for $6,000, which he said he had found while clearing out the basement of a house in New Jersey. Three years later, in 2017, when the thrift shop announced they were to auction the coins—actually valued at $2.5 million, Armstrong came forward to declare himself the rightful owner. He claimed that he had hidden the coins in his mother’s old house to take them “off the books” in anticipation of the public offering of his firm. The thrift shop sued Armstrong, asking the court to declare the thrift shop as rightful owners while Armstrong counter-sued, also seeking ownership. In 2019, the US government learned about the coins and claimed them as part of the treasure hoard Armstrong had refused to hand over in 1999, and for which he had served seven years in jail for contempt. In addition to rare coins, the treasure hoard, valued at $12.9 million, included 102 gold bars, 699 gold coins, and an ancient bust of Julius Caesar.[24][25]

Armstrong was deposed and, according to Receiver Alan M. Cohen, Armstrong admitted hiding the coins. However, Armstrong’s attorneys said in a court filing that Armstrong did not make this admission. The auction house now possesses the coins and the US government has filed suit to take possession.[24][25]

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3 posted on 10/02/2025 8:05:23 AM PDT by TexasGator (The 750 hp Florida Gnat)
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NATO is also contemplating cutting off Russia’s access to the Baltics.

I have been talking about Kaliningrad for months, with no reply. Here we are.

4 posted on 10/02/2025 8:07:19 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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“In fact, his Socrates is projecting the EU break up and collapses by 2030.”

There is no Socrates. Just a senile scammer.

Fake Socrates predicted a US civil war would start in Jan 2025 with the US breaking upmintomfour new countries in 2026.


5 posted on 10/02/2025 8:08:27 AM PDT by TexasGator (The 750 hp Florida Gnat)
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You don’t need a computer to predict the EU will lose a war with Russia.

Hell, they would lose a war against Moldava.


6 posted on 10/02/2025 8:11:17 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: delta7

Any estimate regarding when they head into Poland?


9 posted on 10/02/2025 8:24:47 AM PDT by GingisK
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“ This will include the limits on freedom of speech, the press, assembly, and travel.”

Just like the good old days!


15 posted on 10/02/2025 8:49:41 AM PDT by DesertRhino (When men on the chessboard, get up and tell you where to go…)
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war-what-is-it-good-for
18 posted on 10/02/2025 8:59:36 AM PDT by The Louiswu (USA FIRST...USA FOREVER)
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“Europe Starting the Pre-War Controls”

Is Europe Starting the Pre-ISLAMIC War Controls?


23 posted on 10/02/2025 9:17:50 AM PDT by antidemoncrat
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No, a major war woiuld be ignited by Russia. If Russia is so stupid and incompetent that they can’t win decivly or win at all against Ukraine then surely they will know not to start a war with us.


24 posted on 10/02/2025 9:43:47 AM PDT by amnestynone (We are asked by people who do not tolerate us to tolerate the intolerable in the name of tolerance.)
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Idiots. Russia has the nuclear trump card. Never forget.


28 posted on 10/02/2025 11:48:08 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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