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September 01, 2014, 07:27:15 PM

This being the bitcoin price movement tracking and discussion thread, that was my intention, yes.

Russia has gradually escalated the invasion of the Donbass to the point (estimated 3 to 5 thousand uniformed) where the Ukrainian government considers it an outright invasion.  European governments (except for Honnecker Merkel) agree. Europe has a backbone composed of over-cooked pasta, but they do remember Hitler, and the parallels to Putin are pervasive, profound, and indicative. I am wishing that I did not have so much New York travel planned, at this point:  A pre-emptive strike by Putin against the allied west is the likely end of any escalation.  I should acquire an off-shore life insurance policy in case my domestic one should prove unsuited to the circumstances of my death.

All of this, I consider bearish in the short-term, on risk-aversion, and bullish in the long-term on the fundamental technical capability of crypto to provide value storage and liquidity transfer when other systems break down.



You are very wrong. USD is about to being dropped as a reserve currency in international trades (among nation-states).
This has serious implications for the US economy, because it is just an house of cards. They are a vampire economy. I'm sorry but that is what it is.

The people that run the USG at the moment want to trigger a war somewhere, to gain a few years of time.
Meanwhile the rest of the world, including the EU and Russia, just do not give a fuck. They will not be tricked in a war.
The US media (and UK, Canada, Mexico, Japan, Australia) are doing their worst to scare their inhabitants into docile fear. But, well, there is the INTERNET.
There will be no war because the american public is not receptive to the idea, even if a casus belli is fabricated. You'll see.
There is no 'allied west'. Its a jungle out there. There are only power relations.

Of course this is bullish for bitcoin Smiley