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2019-01-30 Caribbean-Latin America

$840M in gold bars prepared for loading onto Russian jet at Venezuelan airport

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Posted by Besoeker 2019-01-30 08:19|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
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#1 Nordwind Airlines? A Moscow based 'holiday' carrier. Maduro's 401K? Is the bus driver retiring ?

Posted by Besoeker 2019-01-30 08:27|| 2019-01-30 08:27|| Front Page Top

#2 Russian debt collection Putin style

Posted by European Conservative 2019-01-30 08:54|| 2019-01-30 08:54|| Front Page Top

#3 $840 million in gold bars? A fully fueled 777?

Just make sure Kelly, Big Joe and Oddball are not on the crew manifest.

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-01-30 08:57|| 2019-01-30 08:57|| Front Page Top

#4 Russian debt collection Putin style

Very likely. Those Wagner fellas have mouths to feed back home.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-01-30 08:58|| 2019-01-30 08:58|| Front Page Top

#5 I wonder if Maduro's got the balls to pull the ol' 'lead bars covered in gold paint' trick? That'd be cool!

Posted by Raj 2019-01-30 09:26|| 2019-01-30 09:26|| Front Page Top

#6 #5 I wonder if Maduro's got the balls to pull the ol' 'lead bars covered in gold paint' trick? That'd be cool!
Posted by: Raj 2019-01-30 09:26

...Not for long, though it would be VERY entertaining to the rest of us. There's a certain honor among thieves, and Putin is just covering his investment - I don't think anyone could have a problem with that. But if Maduro thinks that pulling a stunt like that wouldn't have certain terminal side effects, he's dumber than he looks.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2019-01-30 09:42|| 2019-01-30 09:42|| Front Page Top

#7 If I had mercenaries around Maduro, keeping him from being toppled and (probably) executed by his irate citizens.... I bet I could get my bills paid first too!

Posted by Nero 2019-01-30 13:39|| 2019-01-30 13:39|| Front Page Top

#8 No concerns from Maduro about "the people's money"?

Posted by gorb 2019-01-30 14:43|| 2019-01-30 14:43|| Front Page Top

#9 Under socialism, there is no 'peoples money', it all belongs to the state. The people should be satisfied with what the ~~Master and his overseers~~ state allows them.

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-01-30 15:57|| 2019-01-30 15:57|| Front Page Top

#10 I wonder if Maduro's got the balls to pull the ol' 'lead bars covered in gold paint' trick?

Gold is significantly denser than lead. Tungsten could do the trick.

Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2019-01-30 17:30|| 2019-01-30 17:30|| Front Page Top

#11 I bet I can fit that in my basement

Posted by DarthVader 2019-01-30 18:26|| 2019-01-30 18:26|| Front Page Top

#12 The Op is to drill out the gold bars and fill with tungsten

Will still get you Wagnered

Posted by Frank G 2019-01-30 19:04|| 2019-01-30 19:04|| Front Page Top

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