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NVIDIA is great because it sits as the material base for AI and crypto both. Even if one scam runs out of steam, you still got the other. And I guess they also have gaming and other stuff too.

I think Marx would have done well as a crypto influencer, at least in the early days when it was all still mostly nerds. Guy like him knowing the ins n outs of capital would know to milk these dorks for all the money they're worth.

smokeppb [he/him] @hexbear.net 2y ago

Yeah that's true these companies don't just get hype when a war starts, they get hype for promise of future profit. End of Afghanistan -> Ukraine for example had a 1 year gap, and a lot of these companies seemed flat for that time period. Well, not GD, you can see the story of the whole war with them. War begins -> small spike in price -> Biden says no F-16s or other too powerful weaponry to Ukraine -> that spike goes away -> slow increase in price as these promises to limit the scope of the war fade.

smokeppb [he/him] @hexbear.net 2y ago

You bet. I also neglected to mention the S&P 500 has Raytheon, Caterpillar, and other $EVIL ETF companies included.

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smokeppb [he/him] @hexbear.net 2y ago

Since it's been one year on since the Gaza War started, I decided to look at some defense stocks to see how profitable the genocide machine has actually been. Overall, it seems pretty profitable for the companies with relevant weapons and supplies for the war at this stage, but if I was a vampire capitalist and just threw my money into defense as soon as I thought war demand was coming I'd be pretty disappointed at the outcome so far. One year in NVIDIA outperforms all of them by a ton, and the S&P 500 keeps pace in the middle of the pack.

Raytheon (+70.05% 1 YR) is the best performer by far. It makes sense since the Iron Dome missiles are made by them. They are making a whole new facility in Arkansas for the purpose of making more of these things that won't be online until 2025, apparently. Whose to say whether the entity known as Israel will even last that long but hey, that just means money in Raytheon's pockets.
Caterpillar (+47.03% 1 YR) a construction company that makes bulldozers for the IOF, so it's part of the genocide machine obvs. Recently they've been downgraded by Morgan Stanley so we'll see if this keeps up.
L3Harris Technologies (+39.97% 1 YR) military helicopters and aircraft electronics. Great year for them, Oct 7 represents the bottom of a 2 year losing streak for them.
Lockheed Martin (+38.14% 1 YR) has a sudden jolt right around the time the US authorized the production of more F-35s. It also happens to be the week where Netanyahu visited the US Congress. Below I have a photo of other companies that have a little jolt around that time as well.
General Dynamics (+23.92% 1 YR) naval and communications. The stock seems to have been doing well before Oct 7 though so IDK.

And some losers...

Boeing (-19.49% 1 YR) you know why. But you could have sold when the news was still breaking and done well for yourself.
Elbit Systems (-0.56% 1 YR) they make drones and they made the Gaza wall defense towers that got owned on Oct 7. Israel doesn't care for defending its citizens right now because genocide but they seem to be pivoting towards the genocide business judging by the swing towards profitability recently.

smokeppb [he/him] @hexbear.net 2y ago

https://www.wbtv.com/2024/10/14/fema-contractors-ordered-stand-down-hotels-after-security-threats-messages-show/

“Effective immediately, disaster-wide -- cease inspections today and return to your hotels,” an alert from Vanguard Inspection Services read on Saturday. “FEMA received news that the Title 10 (active military unit deployed to NC) came across some trucks of militia units who said they were out hunting FEMA personnel.”

smokeppb [he/him] @hexbear.net 2y ago

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smokeppb [he/him] @hexbear.net 2y ago

I remember when hurricane katrina was God's wrath for greater gay marriage approval in the country. Where did this energy go? Now apparently the jews are making the hurricanes with the illegal immigrants with their weather machines. I miss biblical rage against your political opponents. This is Allah's doing. Allah sent this hurricane for the sins of the Great Satan.

smokeppb [he/him] @hexbear.net 2y ago

Diagram of the underground location in question:

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smokeppb [he/him] @hexbear.net 2y ago

No Israel will nuke USA and blame Iran.

Then the US will send another $50 billion to Israel for another bomb to be developed and sit in the cuck chair while more profitable conventional war is waged with Iran with missiles.

smokeppb [he/him] @hexbear.net 2y ago

Thing is, you don't know who has got their hands on your phone/device before you buy it. Low or high tech.

In the case of your personal smart phone you might buy your phone from a dealer that sells to a variety of people which makes an attack like this on you very unlikely. Furthermore you may take your phone to a repair shop and there they will be able to find any signs of tampering. You have more to worry about from Five Eyes Spyware which is on every device and social media site.

Hezbollah's pager was bought from one point of sale - a single point of failure. Furthermore the reliability and cheapness of these devices makes it less necessary to repair them and find signs of tampering.

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smokeppb [he/him] @hexbear.net 2y ago

Hungarian shell company behind exploding pagers used by Israel in Lebanon terror attack - The Cradle

Someone mentioned Motorola as a supplier of these types of pagers, but these AR-924 models are made by this exact company.

The AR-924 pagers used by Israel in a terror attack that left thousands of casualties in Lebanon on 17 September were manufactured by BAC Consulting KFT, a shell company based in the Hungarian capital of Budapest, according to a statement released by Gold Apollo, a Taiwanese firm that authorized the use of its brand on the pagers.

“According to the cooperation agreement, we authorize BAC to use our brand trademark for product sales in designated regions, but the design and manufacturing of the products are solely the responsibility of BAC,” the statement read.

Gold Apollo’s chair, Hsu Ching-Kuang, told journalists Wednesday that his firm inked the licensing agreement with BAC three years ago.

“The product was not ours. It was only that it had our brand on it,” the Taiwanese businessman told reporters. “We are a responsible company. This is very embarrassing.”

No kidding, bud.

BAC Consulting is registered with Cristiana Rosaria Bársony-Arcidiacono, listed as its owner and sole employee on the company website.

The website, which was blocked behind a username and password on Wednesday morning, also claims she has served on the board of directors of the Earth Child Institute. However, the sustainability group does not list Bársony-Arcidiacono among its board members.

smokeppb [he/him] @hexbear.net 2y ago

Good post, comrade. Sounds to me like the ability to maneuver the missile is desirable for getting around dome defenses anyways, and it's hard to get capability to both maneuver and maintain hypersonic speeds. Not to say that a Zircon missile would be useless to the Houthis, I mean speed has to make up for that somehow, right?

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smokeppb [he/him] @hexbear.net 2y ago

For the first time, an American-Israeli weapons manufacturer partnership at an American University has ended over Palestinian rights.

This actually happened a few days ago.

The MIT Coalition for Palestine shares a major victory: #MIT Activists end the first American-Israeli weapons manufacturer partnership at a University.

The Scientists Against Genocide Everywhere (SAGE) Movement at MIT continues 🕊️ More at mitsage.org

smokeppb [he/him] @hexbear.net 2y ago

Idk it could be about Israel not wanting to contend with the fact that it can't answer this strike tit-for-tat. Or they want to forget about this story already because it's invade Lebanon time. Or Israel wants to lobby for better iron dome missles.

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