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The Other Side of Midnight - Richard C. Hoagland - Live Chat Thread

Started by cosmic hobo, June 24, 2015, 08:00:52 PM

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trostol

#59673
February 20, 2016, 01:00:00 AM
its bad when you are seeking normal crazy like arcologies on mars then this shtuff

comaphobe

#59675
February 20, 2016, 01:00:11 AM
during wartime maybe gold is too risky to ship.. if a ship gets sunk the bullion goes to the bottom of the ocean, but poppy fields can always be cultivated again.

Mind Flayer Monk

#59676
February 20, 2016, 01:00:23 AM
The OSS/CIA see themselves as a modern day Knights Templar. The templar were historically launderers of looted goods from the Crusades. The templar were betrayed, tortured and scattered to the winds by Phillip IV of France.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_IV_of_France#Suppression_of_the_Knights_Templar
The obsession with money and power is the CIA trying to prevent another Phillip IV from doing them in. The reason the Templar were done in was because Phillip IV was heavily in debt to the Templar.

zeebo

#59677
February 20, 2016, 01:00:41 AM
Quote from: trostol on February 20, 2016, 01:00:00 AM
its bad when you are seeking normal crazy like arcologies on mars then this shtuff

yep that sounds nice

GravitySucks

#59679
February 20, 2016, 01:01:12 AM
Quote from: comaphobe on February 20, 2016, 01:00:11 AM
during wartime maybe gold is too risky to ship.. if a ship gets sunk the bullion goes to the bottom of the ocean, but poppy fields can always be cultivated again.

But they are going to want more gold for the next crop

zeebo

#59684
February 20, 2016, 01:03:46 AM
Quote from: Belles on February 20, 2016, 01:02:29 AM
I'm usually here, just quiet.

Belles you're always welcome to pipe up.  You can't say anything sillier than most of what I say.   :)

Mind Flayer Monk

#59686
February 20, 2016, 01:04:21 AM
Quote from: GravitySucks on February 20, 2016, 12:57:14 AM
Seems like Gold would be much easier to ship than opium would be.
Supposedly, the smelting/origin of gold can be determined. The CIA slowly repatriated some of the gold and has supposed ties to people who favor a return to the gold standard or hard currency.

comaphobe

#59687
February 20, 2016, 01:04:30 AM
Quote from: zeebo on February 20, 2016, 01:03:46 AM
Belles you're always welcome to pipe up.  You can't say anything sillier than most of what I say.   :)

"Q: Are we not men? A: We are Zeebo"

Belles

#59688
February 20, 2016, 01:04:51 AM
Thanks Zebo.
Sometimes I'm just laughing too hard.

comaphobe

#59689
February 20, 2016, 01:05:55 AM
why hasn't there been a mamas and the papas bio pic?

Mind Flayer Monk

#59693
February 20, 2016, 01:07:57 AM
Quote from: comaphobe on February 20, 2016, 01:00:11 AM
during wartime maybe gold is too risky to ship.. if a ship gets sunk the bullion goes to the bottom of the ocean, but poppy fields can always be cultivated again.

There's actually a chapter in the book where they talk about (what the author thinks is) an operation to pull the gold out of a sunken freighter off the coast of the Philippines.
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