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Queer as Hell, Trump's AmeriKKKa, transitioning from Bidens's AmeriKKKa.

It is a sick nation, like the fake nation, Isra-Hell.

What other countries should be on Trump's shopping list?": The US is speculating what else Trump could add to his "shopping list" - Cuba, Taiwan and even North Korea.

"Trump has always thought outside the box and asked questions that seemed to elude others. When he looks at some troubled countries now, he appears to be asking himself: "What if we just bought them and made them part of the U.S.?"

In the business world, the most brilliant strategies are often the simplest. Realizing this fact begs the question: what other countries should be on Trump's shopping list?

How about Cuba? That country is rapidly falling apart, but its proximity to the U.S., combined with the access it provides to our enemies as a springboard, still characterizes it as a clear and present threat.

How about adding the Bahamas, Haiti, Taiwan, or even North Korea to the list?"

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It's all in the belly of Tesla, drones, satellites, cloud servers, internet of everything/nuclear everything.

Battle for the tech metals: the 17 rare earth elements and their uses

Whether it’s Greenland, Ukraine, West Africa or East Asia, rare earths are an element of the global geopolitical competition hiding just below the surface.

Basic facts:

Rare earths are a group of 17 silvery-white, soft heavy metals, including 15 lanthanides, plus scandium and yttrium, which share similar properties.

Despite the name, they aren’t particularly rare—lutetium, one of the least common, is 200 times more abundant than gold. What makes them "rare" is the challenge of finding large, easily mined deposits.

1️⃣ Batteries and energy storage

🔶 Lanthanum (La): Nickel-metal hydride batteries for hybrid vehicles, catalyst for petroleum refining.

🔶 Promethium (Pm): Atomic batteries for critical electronics, including in military, aerospace, and pacemakers.

2️⃣ Magnets and electronics

🌏 Praseodymium (Pr): Powerful magnets (wind turbines), fiber optic cables, didymium glass.

🌏 Neodymium (Nd): Magnetic motors, headphones, hard drives, automotive electronics.

🌏 Samarium (Sm): Magnets, lasers, nuclear reactor control rods.

🌏 Dysprosium (Dy): Permanent magnets, electric drive motors for EVs and wind turbines.

3️⃣ Optics, lighting, and displays

♦️ Cerium (Ce): Glass polishing agents, lightbulbs, ceramics.

♦️ Terbium (Tb): Green phosphor for TVs and monitors, lighting.

♦️ Europium (Eu): Red phosphor for TVs, blue in LEDs.

♦️ Erbium (Er): Optics and lasers for medicine.

♦️ Holmium (Ho): Optics, medical and dental tools.

4️⃣ Medical and healthcare applications

🔴 Gadolinium (Gd): MRI drugs, nuclear propulsion systems.

🔴 Thulium (Tm): Portable X-rays, meteorology, superconductors.

🔴 Lutetium (Lu): Tumor treatment, tomography.

🔴 Yttrium (Y): Drug labeling, cancer treatment, surgical needles.

5️⃣ Industrial and aerospace applications

🔊 Scandium (Sc): Lightweight alloys for military and commercial aircraft, sporting equipment.

🔊 Ytterbium (Yb): Strengthening metal components, burnable poison for nuclear reactions.

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