▲ 470 ▼ Netherlands moves 86 tonnes of gold from US and Canada to UK (www.euronews.com) submitted 20 hours ago by Tango@piefed.ca to c/world@lemmy.world 93 comments fedilink hide all child comments The transfer was carried out partially by buying and selling and partly by physically transferring gold, the Dutch national bank said.
[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 33 points 20 hours ago (2 children) But isn't that exactly being prepared for the crisis? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] echodot@feddit.uk 4 points 5 hours ago I think the implication is that the crisis could be anything and not to the result of any particular specific concern. Where as everybody knows that it's because Trump is going to try and become a dictator in November when he inevitably will have a tantrum about losing the midterms. permalink fedilink source parent [–] marcos@lemmy.world 42 points 18 hours ago* (1 child) Yes. Crisis preparedness is just polite talk for "we expect shit to hit the fan, so we are acting on it". IMO, it's way worse than just claiming the US is unreliable. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 5 hours ago (1 child) The US has been unreliable for the entirety of its history. They relate to both world wars, and they've equipped numerous would be terrorists and dictators in various banana republics. Also they play Baseball which everybody knows is just Rounders which they renamed permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 point 2 hours ago and have you listened to that jazz "music"? polyrhythmic nonsense! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] echodot@feddit.uk 4 points 5 hours ago I think the implication is that the crisis could be anything and not to the result of any particular specific concern. Where as everybody knows that it's because Trump is going to try and become a dictator in November when he inevitably will have a tantrum about losing the midterms. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] marcos@lemmy.world 42 points 18 hours ago* (1 child) Yes. Crisis preparedness is just polite talk for "we expect shit to hit the fan, so we are acting on it". IMO, it's way worse than just claiming the US is unreliable. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 5 hours ago (1 child) The US has been unreliable for the entirety of its history. They relate to both world wars, and they've equipped numerous would be terrorists and dictators in various banana republics. Also they play Baseball which everybody knows is just Rounders which they renamed permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 point 2 hours ago and have you listened to that jazz "music"? polyrhythmic nonsense! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 5 hours ago (1 child) The US has been unreliable for the entirety of its history. They relate to both world wars, and they've equipped numerous would be terrorists and dictators in various banana republics. Also they play Baseball which everybody knows is just Rounders which they renamed permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 point 2 hours ago and have you listened to that jazz "music"? polyrhythmic nonsense! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 point 2 hours ago and have you listened to that jazz "music"? polyrhythmic nonsense! permalink fedilink source parent