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Bitcoin's only use cases:

1) Crime
2) Tax evasion
3) Marketplace grift/ scamming

Facts about Bitcoin:

A) Bitcoin is a derivative of fiat currency -- not a substitute for it.
B) BTC is not an efficient form of currency.
C) Bitcoin is not truly portable.
D) Bitcoin cannot truly be transacted anonymously and is subject to KYC and AML controls whenever conversion is made to actual fiat currency. (Example: Razzle Khan)
E) Bitcoin does not "screw the man" or represent a fairer form of exchange.
F) Bitcoin is not a proven long term store of value.
G) Bitcoin has no intrinsic value, it's appeal based on the history and tradition of alchemy.
H) The creation of a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve by the US central bank will prove that bitcoin can be centralized and co-opted by central banks.
I) Max Keiser is a piece of shit even if a very wealthy one.

[All the above has been written before... just thought I'd repeat the same now.] :)

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Attack on Evin Prison to Eliminate Israeli Spies?

Saturday, 12 July 2025 15:11

Judiciary Spokesperson told reporters that he would not confirm that the Israeli attack on Evin Prison in Tehran was to eliminate its spies.

Why it matters:

During the Israeli 12-day aggression on Iran a large number of Israeli Mossad's agents in Iran were detained. To prevent the leakage of its secret information, Israel must eliminate the detained agents.

What he's saying:

In response to a question about whether the purpose of the attack on Evin Prison was to eliminate certain spies by the Israeli regime itself, Asghar Jahangir stated: "None of the Israeli spies were harmed in this attack."

"We expect the international organizations to take action to condemn this violation and pursue necessary legal proceedings in this respect."

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On July 22, 2025, the Israeli regime once again demonstrated its disregard for international laws and commitments by launching a brutal ...

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intp1@intp1
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PETITION TO Yvette Cooper- Proscribe the IDF AS A TERRORIST ORG in UK

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Zarael@Zarael
June 17, 2024
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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
September 29, 2023
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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