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Ray Dalio, billionaire hedge fund manager compiled an analysis of the top 24 great powers going forward for his investment group: https://economicprinciples.org/downloads/DalioRay_Power_Index_Appendix.pdf https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/world-most-powerful-nations-where-183000329.html IMHO his list is biased towards finance/measurements of nominal currency (rather than purchasing power) for economic analysis and naturally he and his team have hardly lived in the countries that they are judging this on. The list is also biased towards western/allied countries. I think there are 3 only great powers in this world: China, US, and Russia. The rest are regional powers with only moderate potential. For me, no. 1 is obviously China. It already has the largest real economy in the world by far and an unbeatable army and navy. Continues with fast economic growth. Combined with a 'no limits' partnership with Russia and massive trade with it a lot of its strategic weaknesses are eliminated. It does not seem to want to replace the US as the most influential and controlling global hegemon but rather manage the economic/military decline of the West and the United States. A key objective is de-dollarization. No. 2 the United States. Very fractured and badly organized nation in which half of the population is highly developed but enslaved by capitalism while the other half lives in 3rd world/developing country conditions. It has the potential to become a great country but has been failing badly for 30 years while falling into a black hole of consumer and government debt. Declining on a yearly basis against the rest of the world both economically and militarily. Yet the country has tremendous potential. No.3 Russia. A very underrated country due to the hatred it has for the outside world and hated by the combined West. It is measured the 4th largest economy in the world by purchasing parity and its military remains unbeaten by the combined West in Ukraine. It is also an unusually self-sufficient and growing country but it is balanced with a lot of problems. Out of the 3 countries it has the strongest debt position but is dwarfed by China in real economy terms. Its cities are well developed but it lacks a highly developed and large middle class. Russia like the US has great potential.

Hilarious, he pardoned the Jan 6th rioters..

https://variety.com/2025/biz/news/village-roadshow-bankruptcy-chapter-11-1236339304/ Village Roadshow Entertainment Group, the renowned film producer and financier that has backed “The Matrix,” “Ocean’s Eleven,” “Joker” and “The Lego Movie” franchises, has filed for bankruptcy protection in the U.S.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvge4l109r3o " US President Donald Trump has signed an order to strip back federally funded news organisation Voice of America, accusing it of being "anti-Trump" and "radical". A White House statement said the order would "ensure taxpayers are no longer on the hook for radical propaganda", and included quotes from politicians and right-wing media criticising the broadcaster. VOA, still primarily a radio service, was set up during World War Two to counter Nazi propaganda. It says it currently reaches hundreds of millions of people globally each week. Mike Abramowitz, VOA's director, said he and virtually his entire staff of 1,300 people had been put on paid leave."

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https://www.instagram.com/emcollinu/

she has really unique features, (her sister is also hot too)- small face, big eyes, cute, and angular... and really wide and beautiful breasts but her waist and legs are super-slim. Also as huge hips. Crazy hour glass body. She has a lot of hormones..

I had irish-cream soft serve ice cream on fudge for the first time. It was really good!

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https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-march-13-2025 Russian President Vladimir Putin rejected the ceasefire proposal that the United States and Ukraine recently agreed upon in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and offered an alternative proposal that undermines US President Donald Trump's stated goal of securing a lasting peace in Ukraine. Putin's rejection of the ceasefire proposal underscores Putin's commitment to securing his objectives in Ukraine, particularly Ukraine's demilitarization, and disinterest in any pause in fighting that does not result in Ukrainian capitulation or at least set conditions for a successful renewal of Russian offensive operations in the future.

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her thread doesn't have a lot of stuff unfortunately

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It seems unlikely that the Russians will agree to the ceasefire.