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The next shortage

NATO and the US are making a big effort to prolong the Ukraine war.. even though the US is now running low on amunitions, as Pres Biden has recently admitted. Maybe this is their justification for sending Cluster Bombs to the Ukraine. The use of Cluster Bombs is considered by most countries of the world as a “war crime”

Our government is also doing a lot of “saber rattling” in direction of China. In response, China last week announced that they would reduce their exports of rare earth minerals to the US.

China mines 70% of the world’s rare earth minerals, and has 85% of world’s capacity to process such rare earths.
Rare earths are the materials used in the production of computer chips…. Think computers, cell phones, automobiles, and countless other modern gadgets that use computer chips