Remember when it was a huge scandal when someone who had already sold his interest in uranium mining gave money to the Clinton Foundation? There was a whole “Hillary sold uranium to Russia!” lie behind it that dragged on for years and years.
Don’t know why I started thinking about that just now.
The good news about the $1,400,000,000 he raked in from the crypto scams is this:
he has proven that he is too stupid not to fuck up that much money, so it is only a matter of time and also too but yet still, the rubes have $1,400,000,000 LESS Ameros to throw at the next fascist piece of shit on the horizon. or for baloney and rice. or for ammunition.
If & when the mine ever starts producing Tungsten, who and to what countries will they be selling to?
Refining tungsten from ore is a very complex process.
It isn’t extracted in furnaces because of its extremely high melting temp (6,200 degrees).
So, there better be some people involved who know what they are doing.
If there is no digging yet being done, it may be more than 5 years before they start seeing ore.
They will be spending a lot of money before they see any revenue.
Also, I have read that our government has invested government money in the project. Basically, that project will need a lot of money for a number lof years before it generates any revenue. And the whole ore processing and extraction facilities may be very expensive to construct. Many years ago, I was in a copper mine at Superior or Globe , Arizona where they just finished building a $300 million dollar copper electrolytic refinery. That Tungsten mine is going to burn thru a whole lot money .
OT: I think something in Tabs linked me to a story on this substack, but OMG, this stack is gold! Here they interview a guy who worked on Celebrity Apprentice and Trump was shitting himself even back then:
I worked the Dem booth at our Ventura County Fair a number of times. Especially during the ‘16 election campaign. A hip couple stopped by our booth and talked to us, he was wearing a real nice, black NBC jacket and told us that he worked on “The Apprentice” and he told us that Trump was a real asshole. But he didn’t go into detail.
> His crypto ventures, the report shows, are now some of his most lucrative enterprises, a remarkable turnabout for a man who once slammed crypto as a haven for drug dealers and scammers.
That's not a turnaround, that's fulfilling expectations: the *are* scammers.
Not the most important thing about this post but WTF with those "cowboys" standing behind FOTUS in the "threesome| (gag) video? Did his new plane take a wrong turn and land him in Valencia for the Gay Games?
I am reminded that, when the media was first speculating about Trump's business, and he was refusing to release his personal tax returns, it was mentioned that the Trump Organization was comprised of over 500 business entities, many of them opaque LLCs. So, we really only know the corruption that's out there on the surface. Other questions still remain: how many of those business entities have outside investors or lenders? Who is Trump actually in business with? To whom does he own money? How many of those people are criminals? How many are foreigners? The potential for conflicts of interest, criminality, and corruption is huge.
I used to get through another day with Trump as president by believing his time would come and he’d be held accountable, and he nearly was. He was indicted, by my count, four times, and was convicted of 34 felony counts of financial fraud and found liable twice for calling one of his rape victims a liar. But they missed their chance to truly lock him away by slow walking the larger cases involving theft of State secrets, inciting an attack on the Capitol and Congress by insisting he won an election he clearly lost, and manipulating election officials to “find votes” and then plugging fake electors into the system. He endangered his own VP and sat idle while the Capitol was under siege. How he was ever permitted to run for any elected office again is either America’s greatest democratic failure, or a testament to “anything is possible.”
But hoping he’s brought down AGAIN requires more confidence in American politics than I’m capable of. Money moves the needle, and he’s far, far more connected now than in 2021. Only Mother Nature and Father Time can help us now.
I mean, no. We could do a lot but refuse to. And I refuse to believe "we can't." We could feed the people who would need to be fed during a strike, we could do more economic blocks, etc.
That’s true. We could. Much is possible. But not with our current political system. I donate time and money to helping people. That’s the best I can do. And I stopped yesterday for a shirtless man with a cardboard sign that said “anything you can give is appreciated.” It was 97 degrees out and he was in direct sunlight. I gave him $20. I don’t worry about him buying drugs or that it will only reinforce his panhandling. I just know he could take the $20 and get a meal and a cold drink.
Actually, this shit is technically graft. But I have a compromise suggestion: since Trumps are diehard grifters now in a position to commit graft, why don't we call it GRAIFT?
The news lead in the Austin Chronicle (alternative paper) today is about the state's proposal to fund research into Ibogaine. The only possible conclusion is that we are now living in Hunter S. Thompson's universe.
you know that the moment anyone tries to hold these people accountable, they will scream 'weaponisation'
its gonna be a shitshow (doesn't mean we shouldn't do it)
Remember when it was a huge scandal when someone who had already sold his interest in uranium mining gave money to the Clinton Foundation? There was a whole “Hillary sold uranium to Russia!” lie behind it that dragged on for years and years.
Don’t know why I started thinking about that just now.
Can't imagine.
"Threesome with the Fourskin"
The good news about the $1,400,000,000 he raked in from the crypto scams is this:
he has proven that he is too stupid not to fuck up that much money, so it is only a matter of time and also too but yet still, the rubes have $1,400,000,000 LESS Ameros to throw at the next fascist piece of shit on the horizon. or for baloney and rice. or for ammunition.
About that Tungsten
If & when the mine ever starts producing Tungsten, who and to what countries will they be selling to?
Refining tungsten from ore is a very complex process.
It isn’t extracted in furnaces because of its extremely high melting temp (6,200 degrees).
So, there better be some people involved who know what they are doing.
If there is no digging yet being done, it may be more than 5 years before they start seeing ore.
They will be spending a lot of money before they see any revenue.
Also, I have read that our government has invested government money in the project. Basically, that project will need a lot of money for a number lof years before it generates any revenue. And the whole ore processing and extraction facilities may be very expensive to construct. Many years ago, I was in a copper mine at Superior or Globe , Arizona where they just finished building a $300 million dollar copper electrolytic refinery. That Tungsten mine is going to burn thru a whole lot money .
Will the mine be called Wolfram Alpha?
"Our Mine Not Yours"
I had to look that up. Interesting site. I could have used that looking up alloys.
I haven’t seen any name yet for the mine.
OT: I think something in Tabs linked me to a story on this substack, but OMG, this stack is gold! Here they interview a guy who worked on Celebrity Apprentice and Trump was shitting himself even back then:
https://paulslansky.substack.com/p/2026-06-26-stinky-don
I worked the Dem booth at our Ventura County Fair a number of times. Especially during the ‘16 election campaign. A hip couple stopped by our booth and talked to us, he was wearing a real nice, black NBC jacket and told us that he worked on “The Apprentice” and he told us that Trump was a real asshole. But he didn’t go into detail.
I miss VC. My once and former betrothed still lives there.
Yup. It’s a nice place to live
I’m less than 300 miles away, but I’ll probably never see it again.
Hey wasn't Todd Blanche supposed to release unredacted Epstein files today???
He's still got time.
Wait, what year is this again?
Katie is waiting.
https://bsky.app/profile/katiephang.bsky.social/post/3mpnz3eajgs2f
I saw Norm Eisen having a few thoughts on that yesterday somewhere on the TeeVee.
> His crypto ventures, the report shows, are now some of his most lucrative enterprises, a remarkable turnabout for a man who once slammed crypto as a haven for drug dealers and scammers.
That's not a turnaround, that's fulfilling expectations: the *are* scammers.
When Trump slams something as unethical, it's an endorsement.
"There’s also this extremely weird gigantic loan from Charles Schwab that Trump took out last year in the disclosure, more than $50 million."
Oops, there goes my 401(k).
When Charles Schwab talks...
If I grifted 24/7 I could never beat Trump's record. he is the corruption G.O.A.T!
Not the most important thing about this post but WTF with those "cowboys" standing behind FOTUS in the "threesome| (gag) video? Did his new plane take a wrong turn and land him in Valencia for the Gay Games?
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
They are dressed as Teddy Roosevelt Rough Riders. It was the opening of the Teddy Roosevelt library.
I am reminded that, when the media was first speculating about Trump's business, and he was refusing to release his personal tax returns, it was mentioned that the Trump Organization was comprised of over 500 business entities, many of them opaque LLCs. So, we really only know the corruption that's out there on the surface. Other questions still remain: how many of those business entities have outside investors or lenders? Who is Trump actually in business with? To whom does he own money? How many of those people are criminals? How many are foreigners? The potential for conflicts of interest, criminality, and corruption is huge.
I used to get through another day with Trump as president by believing his time would come and he’d be held accountable, and he nearly was. He was indicted, by my count, four times, and was convicted of 34 felony counts of financial fraud and found liable twice for calling one of his rape victims a liar. But they missed their chance to truly lock him away by slow walking the larger cases involving theft of State secrets, inciting an attack on the Capitol and Congress by insisting he won an election he clearly lost, and manipulating election officials to “find votes” and then plugging fake electors into the system. He endangered his own VP and sat idle while the Capitol was under siege. How he was ever permitted to run for any elected office again is either America’s greatest democratic failure, or a testament to “anything is possible.”
But hoping he’s brought down AGAIN requires more confidence in American politics than I’m capable of. Money moves the needle, and he’s far, far more connected now than in 2021. Only Mother Nature and Father Time can help us now.
The day he becomes Out of Office, he can be rounded up. Those 34 felonies don't vanish.
I mean, no. We could do a lot but refuse to. And I refuse to believe "we can't." We could feed the people who would need to be fed during a strike, we could do more economic blocks, etc.
But instead no one is really doing anything.
That’s true. We could. Much is possible. But not with our current political system. I donate time and money to helping people. That’s the best I can do. And I stopped yesterday for a shirtless man with a cardboard sign that said “anything you can give is appreciated.” It was 97 degrees out and he was in direct sunlight. I gave him $20. I don’t worry about him buying drugs or that it will only reinforce his panhandling. I just know he could take the $20 and get a meal and a cold drink.
Actually, this shit is technically graft. But I have a compromise suggestion: since Trumps are diehard grifters now in a position to commit graft, why don't we call it GRAIFT?
OT: What's the scam with these Trump Accounts? Micron put in several hundred million dollars into it and today their stock rose.
Is it a pump and dump scam? What the fuck?
And he posted a photo of himself in a lab coat with "Trump MD" embroidered on it. What in the ever lovin' fuck is happening?
That's his new AI slop where he has celebrity sufferers of Trump Derangement System provide testimonials of the help they got from Dr. Trump.
The first celebrity endorsement is Rosie O'Donnell.
He really pivots into the Presidency in this one.
The news lead in the Austin Chronicle (alternative paper) today is about the state's proposal to fund research into Ibogaine. The only possible conclusion is that we are now living in Hunter S. Thompson's universe.