That's totally fair: the US had a genuine beef with how easy it was to get a Canadian tourist visa, and then to slip over the border (via asylum or otherwise) and work. Of course: some of this w… (View Post)

With all due respect, they are simply invoking the name of Milliband to justify raising prices. (View Post)

New substack! https://open.substack.com/pub/robertsmithson1/p/the-real-story-of-the-spanish-and?r=2a9ngu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true (View Post)

I think reality doesn't matter to Trump: all he cares about is how is perceived, and that he is seen to have come out on top. Ukraine signed *his* minerals deal. And therefore, Trump (and to a l… (View Post)

I tend to agree with you: it's unlikely the US will never make a penny out of this, because the chances of there being commercially exploitable rare earths is so small. That said, the question i… (View Post)