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I think that the worlds biggest communist state is out - capitalisting the worlds biggest capitalist ones is the ultimate irony.
 

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Hi Ben

No sale it is called selling the families silver.
Gordon Brown sold a >% of our gold reserve cheap for Euros.

Noel
 

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Don't see why you pick on Putin as example eg the Hungarian revolt in '56 was NATO inspired and funded?
Yes he is sheltering a whistler that the Ch rejected...

I think I was referring to the billionaires in Russia that he has turned on.
 

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I guess this is the answer....afraid the party could turn on them. Like what happened to a few charged with corruption.

“There is a fear in China that you could lose your wealth overnight,” said Daniel Chang, a salesperson at Sotheby’s International Realty who heads the Asia desk for the Field Team in Manhattan. “Most Chinese view real estate in the United States as a safe-deposit box — no one can take it away.”
 

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I think I was referring to the billionaires in Russia that he has turned on.

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Putin has 'turned on' more than the mega rich...
Indeed if you had 50 % or more of monies external to roubles you have just had a windfall should you need them back.

Noel
 

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Hi Ben

No sale it is called selling the families silver.
Gordon Brown sold a >% of our gold reserve cheap for Euros.

Noel
In the context of the subject under discussion Noel Gordon Brown's sales of some of the U.K's gold reserves to Russia is a complete non sequitur .
 

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Hi

Putin has 'turned on' more than the mega rich...
Indeed if you had 50 % or more of monies external to roubles you have just had a windfall should you need them back.

Noel

Amazingly we both speak English and I have no idea what you are talking about.

I will try to clarify:

The thread turned to rich Chinese moving their money offshore to protect it from THE STATE. I mentioned that Putin had also turned against his fellow rich countrymen when it suited him just as the Communists have done to some billionaires in China.

I not sure how NATO or rubles or Britain"s gold reserve enter into this.

Is it that you have pet rants, that you try to inject into every conversation?
 
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Two cultures separated by a common language.
 

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Who's Noel? And what does he have to do with you and Blansky sharing a common language?

Unless of course Blansky IS Noel.
 

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Who's Noel? And what does he have to do with you and Blansky sharing a common language?

Unless of course Blansky IS Noel.
The conspiracy deepens. Blansky is two people, only one of whom is genuine. So is he Xmas living allegedly in London, which is dull, damp and overpriced or the more laid-back Blansky really living in the lovely sunny wine country in California? If he is Blansky in California with only his alter ego in London then I opt for my favourite Californian detective to investigate the case.

That has to be Colombo.

Just one more question........

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I often thought it would be really fun to have two different screen names/accounts and get into heated discussions on stuff with yourself.

Naturally different people would side with one side or the other and....

Of course maybe the jokes on me and this site only has two people on it. Me and one other guy using 100 different screen names.

And he's sitting there laughing his ass off. And other people can log in but nobody else can post stuff.
 
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I often thought it would be really fun to have two different screen names/accounts and get into heated discussions on stuff with yourself.

Naturally different people would side with one side or the other and....

Of course maybe the jokes on me and this site only has two people on it. Me and one other guy using 100 different screen names.

And he's sitting there laughing his ass off. And other people can log in but nobody else can post stuff.

Sad thing is I'm sure this is happening.
 

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I often thought it would be really fun to have two different screen names/accounts and get into heated discussions on stuff with yourself.

Naturally different people would side with one side or the other and....

Of course maybe the jokes on me and this site only has two people on it. Me and one other guy using 100 different screen names.

And he's sitting there laughing his ass off. And other people can log in but nobody else can post stuff.

I wouldn't be surprised if one of you was off their meds AND had forgotten their aluminum foil headgear.

Who says schizophrenia is a bad thing. You'll never be lonely.
 
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