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The New Financial Iron Curtain: Taxes, Capital Controls, & The War On Your Wealth Authored by Chris Macintosh via InternationalMan.com, There is a term called “gating” in the fund management world. It refers to blocking investors from redeeming their funds. Funds do this sometimes as a precaution… and other times when they are in the poo. Well, governments are the same. When they are in the poo, they also resort to their version of gating. It’s just called taxes. I’ve always loved the Dutchies. Growing up in South Africa with the Afrikaners — descendants...

Chinese Firm Claims It Tracked US Jets Over Iran During Operation Epic Fury Authored by Ameya Paleja via Interesting Engineering, MizarVision, a private Chinese company specializing in geospatial intelligence, claims to have tracked US aerial refueling missions of its KC-135 and KC-46 tanker aircraft during Operation Epic Fury. A report published earlier this month analyzed these activities and provided links to strike patterns witnessed in Iran.  The recent strikes conducted by the US over the past month surprised many around the world, but data from transporters refueling flights provided valuable information about...

Oil Price Shock Drives 140% Surge In China's EV Exports To Record High By Michael Kern of OilPrice.com, Chinese electric vehicle exports soared by 140% to a record high in March as the fuel price shock drove consumers back to EVs. BYD electric vehicles bound for export in China.Source: AFP/Getty Images China exported as many as 349,000 electric vehicles last month, a record high number of any month ever, according to data from the China Passenger Car Association cited by Bloomberg. Drivers in Asia Pacific, Europe, and the United States started searching for EVs...