Round Two. Vote now.
41 people voted so far in Round One and, as promised, we now have a new poll with only the highest polling candidates plus True North since TN was left off Round One due to the limit of eight options per poll.
Round One is now over. The Round One poll remains posted for reference but will not be consulted further.
Voting is now in the Round Two Poll, below.
We will distribute the funds once they hit $1500 in three $500 chunks unless someone has a better idea.
Please consider whether $500 is going to make a big difference to the recipient or just be a drop in the bucket. I'm thinking the one-person operations are likley to provide the biggest bang for the buck.
If this round not decisive, we'll do another round, dropping off the lowest candidates.
Previous post is here and it links back to an earlier one.
I Have No Idea how the U.S.
Reached these CRAZY DEPENDECIES
"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
