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6. The US let China corner the market on rare earth minerals.

Sun Oct 12, 2025, 09:28 PM

22 hrs ago

While the US has been snoozing and fighting an internal civil war,
China has been very smart and very aggressive.

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Pentagon Looking to Buy $1 Billion in Critical Minerals, FT Says [View all] BumRushDaShow Yesterday OP

I guess they'll make toys out of them ... ananda Yesterday #2

I would not be surprised if there's a Dark Web presence tonekat 21 hrs ago #8

Yes of course, this too. All the extortion scams, backroom deals. Irish_Dem 14 hrs ago #11

Any rational, thinking person would've already Buddyzbuddy 23 hrs ago #3

I've been referring him as the "fat orange imbecile" for about 4 months wolfie001 22 hrs ago #4

The US let China corner the market on rare earth minerals. Irish_Dem 22 hrs ago #6

How would China feel about taking payment in Argentinian Pesos? bluedigger 21 hrs ago #9

Well, let's see--congo has a fair amount of cobalt DFW 20 hrs ago #10