<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Nov 4, 2026 at 3:51 PM <<a href="mailto:spike@rainier66.com">spike@rainier66.com</a>> wrote:</div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg3257130807964944479"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" lang="EN-US"><div class="m_3257130807964944479WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Keith Henson <<a href="mailto:hkeithhenson@gmail.com" target="_blank">hkeithhenson@gmail.com</a>> <br></span> </p></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg3257130807964944479"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" lang="EN-US"><div class="m_3257130807964944479WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Nov 4, 2026 at 10:34<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span>AM spike jones via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p><blockquote style="border-color:currentcolor currentcolor currentcolor rgb(204,204,204);border-style:none none none solid;border-width:medium medium medium 1pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><br>...> On Behalf Of Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat<br><br><br>>...Well, it seems this is the price you pay for unfettered capitalism. I<br>suppose I should be glad it isn't the UK that plays this role. Three cheers<br>for the sacrificial US of A!<br><br>---<br>Ben<br><br>_______________________________________________<br><br><br>We were there for you in WW1 and WW2.  The yanks are there for you now Ben. spike<u></u><u></u></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">>…Not until Trump is gone. <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">>…Keith<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Capitalism is good at developing new medications.  The whole world uses them.  We are there for you.  Capitalism is our friend.<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> </span></b></p></div></div></div></blockquote><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">That has nothing to do with world wars.</span></div><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></span></div><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Keith<br></span> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg3257130807964944479"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" lang="EN-US"><div class="m_3257130807964944479WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">spike<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><blockquote style="border-color:currentcolor currentcolor currentcolor rgb(204,204,204);border-style:none none none solid;border-width:medium medium medium 1pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div>