The news cycle is a confusing space sometimes;

Eg1.
- #ElectricCars are the future for the planet
V's
- Mining #Lithium batteries is destroying parts of Bolivia/Chile/Argentina

2.
- Decentralised #Cryptocurrencies are the future
V's
- Mining #Bitcoin = huge energy consumption
The narrative around everything nowadays is all about #Values

Corporates latch onto every opportunity

Individuals the same (just read some of the stuff on LinkedIn) 🧐

Life & business is essentially a game
#Winning is always key! (Be nice tho)

The rest is Perception=Reality
I'm a #football fan & I see a footy angle in almost everything I read! 🧐

Not sure if these connections stand up, but here's what I saw;

- #Bolivia former President #EvoMorales was ousted in 2019. Evo a #SimonBolivar anti-imperialist styled leader

⤵️

- progressive.international/wire/2021-03-1…
That article by the #progressive news agency is 🤯 ⤴️
(I don't know if it's 'sexed up' for their angle... BUT appears credible)

In the article it talks about #Darktrace efforts to assist in #Bolivia
#WhiteGold

Darktrace is (in effect) a #MikeLynch co.
theguardian.com/business/2020/…
Autonomy were the corporate sponsor/partner of Super Savvy #Spurs

Mike Lynch has done business with #DanielLevy & #JoeLewis - All very successful chaps made tonnes of money! 👏💰

As with any large fortune, there's always a whiff of scandal/suspicion (warranted/unwarranted 🤷‍♂️)?
Lynch is facing charges - #HP in the #US say there's huge fraud!

#JoeLewis owned #Spurs (#ENIC) with their smart former CEO #DanielLevy have multiple dealings with #MikeLynch ↕️

So what?
They're all smart fellas diversifying & capitalising on opportunities

Money to be made! 💰
Another company #ENIC invested in is part of Warner Bros Studio (🛒🍔)

They have history in this space with Joe's pal, former #Everton director #RobertEarl & his Planet Hollywood.

Earl, Lewis, Tabor, Philip Green - Football Finance connection too 🔁🌴💸

theguardian.com/football/2016/…
Anyway, back to the (possibly spurious - but interesting) connection I saw between #Bolivia #Lithium #WhiteGold #ElectricCars & a race for Natural Resources in this frontier

I might have put these connections together after reading #FredrickForsyth #DogsOfWar or #SimonMann BUT..
#JoeLewis (Owner of #Spurs & #ENIC) is seriously rich!

He's been uber successful - Seems to have amazing contacts.
#GeorgeSoros for a bit of FX trading.
#Coolmoor stud boys for Horse Racing / Betting
etc.

Apparently he's bought large swathes of #Patagonia with his riches 🧐🌎
I mentioned connections;
#Football
#HorseRacing
#Gambling
#FX #Trading

Well, check this ⤵️ for a stellar list!

#Everton #Tottenham #Rangers #Celtic #ManUtd

Networks are important if you want to be successful

So is spotting trends & working with people/orgs of influence!
So, here's my (possibly spurious) conclusion.

Billionaires have been buying up parts of #Patagonia & surrounding areas - Why?

Opportunity? Investing for the future??🏗️🧑‍🚒

Businessmen like to make money.

Nations sometimes assist if #NationalSecurity #StrategicGoals are aligned.
#MikeLynch #Autonomy #Spurs #JoeLewis #Patagonia #Lithium #Darktrace #ElectricCars #future

And for some extra spice;
🇬🇧 🇺🇸 seem to have usurped 🇨🇳 in #Bolivia gaining a foothold in strategically important raw materials.

Could be Genius 👍

Might be stuff of 🎬🕵️‍♀️🕴️💸🤝

🤷‍♂️
I'll just tag this on too for another interesting diversion!

Worlds an odd place right now.

Far right intelligence agents & cops #Jan6Attack 🇺🇸

🇷🇺 playing with the west via their Oligarchs

Stories of 'on the run' Nazi's🤨

#NewColdWar 🧐🤷‍♂️ #WorldOrder

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There's division & opposing groups everywhere you look around the 🌐 nowadays

Is this a new phenomena brought on by the #Values #Diversity #Identity movements OR contrived by waring factions that have been fighting for a long time?
🤷‍♂️
#Politics #Power 💰

history.com/news/how-south…

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13 Apr
Few major headlines recently seem to be connected;

- #Greensill #Cameron #Softbank #Wirecard #Fintech
- #Bitcoin #Coinbase #Crypto #NFTs
- #Ant #JackMa #China #BeltandRoad
- New opportunities & Race to 'be first' in the new era
🇺🇸💪🇨🇳 💰🌏🌎🌍
- #GeoPolitics
- #disruption
🙄🤔
While lockdown has been slow for some, it's certainly not been for others who have smelt the winds of change!

#SPACs are bypassing Direct Listings & IPO's in a race to market - Sucking up all that 💰 hunting for returns 📈

#Fintech joining 'Democratise & Digitalise everything'
#China seem poised to become the worlds leading power - #US are on guard! 🧐

Little bit like their former communist friends (Russia) the leadership are getting their Oligarchs/Titans in-line & on-message before their potential big push.

Everything seems to be changing around us
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30 Mar
Had a brain wave / brain fart today - Don't know which?!

Recently re-read x2 #books that seem pretty consequential to modern day news cycles 📚

- #JohnPerkins #ConfessionsOfAnEconomicHitman

- #BillBrowder #RedNotice

Both began their careers for #Boston based consulting co's
#Boston #USA is part of that #IvyLeague playground 🧐

#MIT & #Harvard are in close proximity - Like #Oxford & #Cambridge in the UK (those prestigious institutions also synonymous with producing spy's & leaders)!

Perkins worked for #ChasTMain
Browder for #BostonConsultingGroup
If you look at geo-political history from 1980's - today... These two fella's have really played their part!!

Both books are great by the way... well worth a read!

- #JohnPerkins = #SouthAmerica & #CentralAmerica
- #BillBrowder = #US #Russia #UK #EU ... possibly the world!? 🌐
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17 Feb
This is the biggest story in World #Sport at the moment

The way the narrative is starting to play out is so reminiscent of the #Trump election - It's a scary template!

Regulated media V's Unregulated Media competing to tell the story 🤯#Boxing #Tribal

bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/5…
For any #boxing / #sport fan with no previous knowledge of these characters, we should be sceptical of simplistic caricatures that are served up by Online Fans OR stenographers masquerading as journalists!

There's a lot of sh*t out there! 🤳💻

Research & Critical thinking! 🤔
If we accept the @panorama programme #boxingandthemob then we have a situation whereby #OrganisedCrime has not only infiltrated BUT is dominating a Global/Professional Sport!

If that's the case, what's to stop these forces taking over #Football OR other major Sport next?

#MTK
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7 Feb
Very stylish!📽️

Very gory!! ☠️🔫💉👃💸

Perfectly set up for Series 2!🇲🇽🇺🇸🇷🇺

Stark visualisation of the key zones for a massive, dark, dangerous/murderous industry;

#Production - #Logistics - #Distribution - #EndMarkets

💸🔁

#ZeroZeroZero
@skytv @skyatlantic @NOWTV #Narcos
#ZeroZeroZero

Has obviously drawn on some recent real-life inspiration.

- Poor deprived zones of production

- Use of big business in distribution ✈️⛴️ (Price 📈)

- Wholesale & Street dealers

- End Users 👃💉💸

forbes.com/sites/giacomot…
Lot's of money is made 💸🔁💸

Biggest chunk seems to go to large scale brokers & distributors

Multi national - Hard to police - Intelligence

#zerozerozero @BBCPanorama #Boxingandthemob

When product gets into end user markets (Europe for example)
👀⬇️

gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs…
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@BBCPanorama #boxingandthemob #kinahan #MTK

Here's an interesting parallel tale from 1980's boxing! 🥊

#HaroldSmith

1.Dark Money (Fraud/Stole from banks)
2.Associated with big name boxer (Ali)
3.Paid Boxers/Trainers over the odds
4.Laundered stolen💸

If you control the big name (e.g. Fury) & there is a lack of scrutiny in professional boxing - Bingo!

-Big name📸📺
-Grow brand📈
-Attract more fighters🥊💰
-Appear mainstream
-More shows/opportunities 2 launder💸
-Side deals (podcasts/clothing/vodka/property)🤝💱
-Big following
In some ways - Hats off - Good business!

Entertainment product - Fans - Leverage brand✅

Key issues though;

According to Irish, Spanish, UK police the source of those funds R allegedly from criminal enterprises!

(Drugs, Logistics/Trafficking, Weapons, 💰Laundering services).
Read 4 tweets
25 Jan
Bigger than #ElChapo bigger than #PabloEscobar 💉💊☠️💰

Big news then, I guess 👀

#TseChiLop
#SamGorSyndicate

Huge numbers! $400 billion+ pa 🌎🌍🌏
National security type influence.

Social - Political - Economic

Where does all that money go? 🤔🔁💸
Image
When illegal drug operations get this big, they cross borders, networks become huge & they need protection/assistance

According to well documented incidents, intelligence agencies sometimes oversee 👀

Political expedience
#VangPao #Laos #KhunSa #Golden🔺
There are loads of other well-documented episodes

The untraceable huge sums of 💰 from drugs come in very handy for clandestine funding of "off the books" type operations

#PlausibleDeniability

When you're fighting for national interests, can it be justified? #ColdWar ImageImageImageImage
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