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Steve Brown@steve_brown

October 16, 2023

Michael Jon Hand was a criminal partner to the Nugan Hand bank, who fled from Australia (1981) to the United States under protection of US government intelligence services.

Hand founded Tops Knives which is still in business today. Indeed, Hand received the Distinguished Service Cross for having knifed a number of Viet Cong to death in hand-to-hand combat during the Battle of Dong Xoai (1965).

After the Nugan Hand collapse and subsequent to his flight to the former United States, Hand lived out his years in Idaho Falls as Michael Jon Fuller in a US federal government protected program.

Accused of numerous financial crimes in Australia, Hand AKA Fuller died in 2020, having been protected from prosecution (in Australia) for forty years, by the US federal government. https://knifenews.com/tops-knives-founder-passes-away/

[NB: Hand's wikipedia page falsely indicates that he is still alive today.]

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Zarael@Zarael

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The unofficial Duran Meeting in South Germany / Switzerland

My Fellow European based Duranians.

I am organizing an unofficial meet up in the rough area of Zurich or Lake Constance for a coffee and maybe cake for the Duran Locals members.

It´s nothing big (depending on how many show up) and nothing extravagant, just a casual meet and greet each other and have some fun, while exchanging thoughts and ideas.
Depending on how many would like to join I may have to book a small location which is easily accessible for train travelers.

I am polling two days just in case we have bad weather, which I highly doubt, but just to be sure.

This poll will be up for 3 days as the first date is exactly 2 weeks from now.

I look forward to meeting some of you and hope for good weather and fun as the days grow closer.

Dress code: NONE - maybe a Duran item from the shop so we can identify each other quicker - Come as you : "Nirvana"
Time : 11 am till it gets too hot 😄

Please let me know which day would suit you best

Saturday 22nd August 2026 - 11:00 CET
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Turkish FM says newly-signed trilateral defense deal not aimed at Iran

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ANKARA, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Saturday that the newly-signed Makkah Joint Defense Agreement does not target Iran, clarifying that the deal is defensive in nature and aimed at protecting signatories from external "attacks."

In an interview with Türkiye's Anadolu Agency, Fidan said "there is no common threat that we have put in writing," adding that the deal does not target any country that does not attack its signatories.

"Iran is not in the crosshairs of this agreement," he said.

Fidan noted that preparations for the deal had been underway for nearly two years and eight months, involving signatories and other regional countries.

He said the deal is "technically similar to NATO's Article 5 on collective defense, allowing members to benefit from each other's protective support."

A country under attack will need to make a request ...

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Zarael@Zarael

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A quick commentary on the "Piss Summit"

I might not be able to upload much more or do lives for a while

My Fellow Duranianss.

Yes, it's happened again. I have been assaulted by a vicious Malware Bot Virus or whatever 911 Socks is and this thing is bad !

However I wanted to give you a "peace" of my mind concerning the "Piece" or piss, as Elensky calls it, as this thing fell to pieces before it even happened.

Coincidentally on the very SAME DAY this crap happened Saudi Arabia DROPPED the US Petrodollar as a buying currency and NO ONE absolutely NO ONE is talking about this fact anywhere !!!

Hope to see you all asap.

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The Duran@theduran

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Locals Community Private Telegram Messaging

Locals will be sunsetting the private messaging feature throughout the Locals website. In order to keep our private messaging active we have created a private Telegram messaging group called 'The Duran Locals.'

This is a private channel open only to our Locals subscriber community. In the private Telegram group you can send a message to the group or a private message to Alex or Alexander via a direct Telegram message.

You can access Telegram for web, desktop or mobile here: https://telegram.org/

The link for this Telegram group is below (can be viewed by community subscribers).

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