new adventures in tinfoil cattery: one gato's theory on maintaining control of your political party
i had some tinfoil left over from thanksgiving, so i thought i might spread it around a bit and see if we could explore the interesting and oddly repetitive state of affairs where so many politicians seem fully corrupt and yet fully repercussion proof right up until they step out of line or become a liability at which instant it’s suddenly “scandal time” and they get run out of town on a rail.
https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/only-elect-the-compromised
"Let me give you a number that should end every argument about national security. 417 kilograms.
That's roughly how much rare earth material goes into a single F-35. A Virginia-class submarine needs about ten times that.
Now ask the question nobody in Washington wants to answer out loud: who controls the supply? The chokehold, metal by metal.
NdPr. Neodymium-praseodymium oxide is the heart of the super-magnet.
China controls about 90% of rare earth processing and 93% of magnet manufacturing. America has exactly one rare earth mine, Mountain Pass.
And Beijing has shown the leash. Export controls in April 2025. A harsher second wave in October 2025. That sec
https://mailchi.mp/wealthresearchgroup/brics-chokehold-intensifies-russia-china-and-greenland-critical