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And speaking of China and "canceling" a country like the world is doing to Russia...what do you think the world will do when China invades Taiwan? Stop buying things from them? Bwa ha ha ha ha ah! yeah, right.

Rode a lap including two new sections not yet opened, and, an optional section on Black Trac that will become part of the loop soon. Total, from and to the Pavilion where the showers are, with all this the loop will be 10.5 miles. It will likely be a few weeks before these are all ready for prime time, and I'll keep y'all posted, as well as update MTBProject as the new stuff becomes available. The goal is to have at least 13 miles ready before a Fall marathon event.

Russia is the second largest producer of Aluminum in the world. China is #1. With all of the existing supply chain issues, the potential for an impending aluminum shortage is real. It will probably take a month or two before we start to see shortages, but there has never been more precious commodities to stockpile at this point.

Yeah, I'd be more worried about Xi taking over infrastructure in Africa via Belt and Road than going after Taiwan. From a global trade perspective there is more benefit from Africa and at the rate that they are going, they will have a big chunk of it before too long. Brilliant strategy: loan money at really high rates to developing countries to build ports, airports, roads, infrastructure, etc. When they can't repay the loan, you take possession. Voila! You now have global trade paths around the world for a fraction of what it would have cost you because they did all the work for you. That is the long game for China, Taiwan is just an annoyance, like HKG at this point.

Highly unlikely that China invades Taiwan. I've spent a lot of time in both countries. Xi is too smart and Taiwan is too strategic. The reason that Ukraine was invaded is that Putin is coming unhinged.

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