Ramon Ricky

I am not ashamed of the gospel

[The Best @TheBestqueenx]

The difference between running for your health and running for your life.

[Marshal of Science 🧬🔬 @amazing13_13]

Can you believe that was 90 years ago?🤯🤯

[Md Riyazuddin @riyazmd774]

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Use these commands instead and you'll see the magic:

[Ramon Ricky @Ramon_n_Ricky]

Martinelli hits the counter like a rocket 🚀Neto tries to catch him... ends up catching a red instead 🟥😂 . The mighty arsenal, we match on!! @Arsenal

[Kerry 🇰🇪 @kerubo_hillary]

I have listened to this an unhealthy number of times🥰

[Kabando Wa Kabando @Wakabando]

This injection 💉 was almost entering the liver. Credit where due, Man RiggyG dawa ya Kasongo! WANTAM #RutoMustGo

[Ricardo @Ric_RTP]

The real reason the US is invading Venezuela goes back to a deal Henry Kissinger made with Saudi Arabia in 1974.

And I'm going to explain why this is actually about the SURVIVAL of the US dollar itself.

Not drugs. Not terrorism. Not "democracy."

This is about the petrodollar system that has kept America the dominant economic power for 50 years.

And Venezuela just threatened to end it.

Here's what really just happened:

Venezuela has 303 billion barrels of proven oil reserves.

The largest on Earth.

More than Saudi Arabia.

20% of the entire world's oil.

But here's the part that matters:

Venezuela was actively selling that oil in Chinese yuan. Not dollars.

In 2018, Venezuela announced it would "free itself from the dollar."

They started accepting yuan, euros, rubles, anything BUT dollars for oil.

They were petitioning to join BRICS.

They were building direct payment channels with China that bypass SWIFT entirely.

And they were sitting on enough oil to fund de-dollarization for decades.

Why does this matter?

Because the entire American financial system is built on one thing:

The petrodollar.

In 1974, Henry Kissinger made a deal with Saudi Arabia:

All oil sold globally must be priced in US dollars.

In exchange, America provides military protection.

This single agreement created artificial demand for dollars worldwide.

Every country on Earth needs dollars to buy oil.

This lets America print unlimited money while other countries work for it.

It funds the military. The welfare state. The deficit spending.

The petrodollar is more important to US hegemony than aircraft carriers.

And there's a pattern of what happens to leaders who challenge it:

2000: Saddam Hussein announces Iraq will sell oil in euros instead of dollars.

2003: Invaded. Regime change. Iraq's oil immediately switched back to dollars. Saddam lynched.

The WMDs were never found because they never existed.

2009: Gaddafi proposes a gold-backed African currency called the "gold dinar" for oil trade.

Hillary Clinton's own leaked emails confirm this was the PRIMARY reason for intervention.

Email quote: "This gold was intended to establish a pan-African currency based on the Libyan golden Dinar."

2011: NATO bombs Libya. Gaddafi sodomized and murdered. Libya now has open slave markets.

"We came, we saw, he died!" Clinton laughed on camera.

The gold dinar died with him.

And now Maduro.

With FIVE TIMES more oil than Saddam and Gaddafi combined.

Actively selling in yuan.

Building payment systems outside dollar control.

Petitioning to join BRICS.

Partnered with China, Russia, and Iran.

The three countries leading global de-dollarization.

This isn't coincidence.

Challenge the petrodollar. Get regime changed.

Every. Single. Time.

Stephen Miller (US homeland security advisor) literally said it out loud two weeks ago:

"American sweat, ingenuity and toil created the oil industry in Venezuela. Its tyrannical expropriation was the largest recorded theft of American wealth and property."

He's not hiding it.

They're claiming Venezuelan oil BELONGS to America because US companies developed it 100 years ago.

By this logic, every nationalized resource in history was "theft."

But here's the DEEPER problem:

The petrodollar is already dying.

Russia sells oil in rubles and yuan since Ukraine.

Saudi Arabia is openly discussing yuan settlements.

Iran has been trading in non-dollar currencies for years.

China built CIPS, their own alternative to SWIFT with 4,800 banks in 185 countries.

BRICS is actively building payment systems that bypass the dollar entirely.

The mBridge project lets central banks settle trades instantly in local currencies.

Venezuela joining BRICS with 303 billion barrels of oil would accelerate this exponentially.

That's what this invasion is really about.

Not stopping drugs. Venezuela accounts for less than 1% of US cocaine.

Not terrorism. There's zero evidence Maduro runs a "terror organization."

Not democracy. The US supports Saudi Arabia, which has zero elections.

This is about maintaining a 50-year-old agreement that lets America print money while the world works for it.

And the consequences are terrifying:

Russia, China, and Iran are already denouncing this as "armed aggression."

China is Venezuela's biggest oil customer. They're losing billions.

BRICS nations are watching a country get invaded for trading outside the dollar.

Every nation considering de-dollarization just got the message:

Challenge the dollar and we will bomb you.

But here's the problem...

That message might accelerate de-dollarization, not stop it.

Because now every country in the Global South knows what happens if you threaten dollar hegemony.

And they're realizing the only protection is to move FASTER.

The timing is insane too:

January 3rd, 2026. Venezuela invaded. Maduro captured.

January 3rd, 1990. Panama invaded. Noriega captured.

36 years apart. Almost to the day.

Same playbook. Same "drug trafficking" excuse.

Same real reason: control of strategic resources and trade routes.

History doesn't repeat. But it rhymes.

What happens next:

Trump's press conference at Mar-a-Lago sets the narrative.

US oil companies are already lined up. Politico reported they've been approached about "returning to Venezuela."

The opposition will be installed. Oil will flow in dollars again.

Venezuela becomes another Iraq. Another Libya.

But here's what nobody's asking:

What happens when you can no longer bomb your way to dollar dominance?

When China has enough economic leverage to retaliate?

When BRICS controls 40% of global GDP and says "no more dollars"?

When the world realizes the petrodollar is maintained by violence?

America just showed its hand.

The question is whether the rest of the world folds or calls the bluff.

Because this invasion is an admission that the dollar can no longer compete on its own merits.

When you have to bomb countries to keep them using your currency, the currency is already dying.

Venezuela isn't the beginning.

It's the desperate end.

What do you think?

[Moe @moneyacademyKE]

This is a simple explainer on the types of crude oil, where it comes from around the world, and what the US lacks.

Save it

[Gichuki Kahome @kahome_steve]

Almost every Kenyan investor is stuck with a plot somewhere that they are unable to liquidate.

The plots quickly turn into idle or dead assets with little financial gains

Here's why you should think twice before buying that kaploti:

1. Those plots don't generate any cashflows

[SokoAnalyst @SokoAnalyst]

The wolf looked at the dog sharply and asked:
“Cousin, what do you think of people?”

The dog lowered his eyes. His voice was quiet, exhausted:
“When they want to humiliate someone... they call them a dog.”

The wolf raised his eyebrows in surprise:
“You hurt their children?”
“Never.”
“You betrayed them?”
“No, never.”
“You guarded them, protected them from me night after night?”
“Yes, always.”
The wolf grinned bitterly:
“And tell me... what do they call those they admire? Brave, wise, free?”
The dog sighed deeply:
“They call them... wolves.”
There was silence. Finally, the wolf shook his head with a gentle smile:
"Didn't we tell you from the beginning to be one of us?
I destroyed their herds, frightened their children, caused them trouble...
And yet, when they want to exalt someone, they compare him to me?"
He approached the dog and added in a low whisper:
"Remember, cousin: people honor those who oppress them and despise those who serve them faithfully. I don't understand it either, but that's how they are."

This is not about dogs and wolves but about Kenyans and the political class. We need to learn and wake up.

[Martyn Iles 🇦🇺🇺🇸🇬🇧 @MartynLloydIles]

Charlie Kirk: What is the point of such a tragedy?

[Tricia Flanagan (R-NJ) @NewDayForNJ]

This one hurts…

[Terri Green @TerriGreenUSA]

Man is a rebel and he is sick because he is a rebel. In other words, the business of Christianity ultimately is not simply to make us feel happier or even to make us live a better life — it is too reconcile us to God. — Martyn Lloyd Jones

[Doc @karthikadhaigal]

Eze Signs for Arsenal - Behind the scenes upload by Eze Family on YouTube ❤️🔥

[Wes Huff @WesleyLHuff]

That time I went on @Flagrant2Army, articulated the gospel, and I’m pretty sure @andrewschulz got it.

[Samuel Nwachukwu @calledoutmusic]

in this life, have a SOLID BAND 😂🔥

[J. Chase Davis @jchasedavis]

I used to find John MacArthur unbearable. He embodied everything I didn’t want to be.

I was young church planter. MacArthur wasn’t “cool.” He wore suits and didn’t seem nice.

But that all changed in 2020. The model of ministry I had adopted proved both unable and unwilling to meet the moment. With the full bloom of the cultural revolution, the “winsome witness” and “faithful presence” approaches were exposed as worthless.

And there stood Pastor MacArthur unflinching in the face of madness. A lone voice, it seemed. Unbothered by the critics. Courageous in the arena.

And I repented. I repented of my arrogance and of my own compromised approach.

May we all be uncool and not nice when the cultural arsonists rear their ugly heads.

The church doesn’t need more cool pastors. It needs men who are willing to be hated for the truth.

[Gichuki Kahome @kahome_steve]

Expect returns on your Money Market Fund to continue dropping amid the following:

1. Last week, The 365 day T-bill rate fell below 10% for the first time since October 2022

2. Today, the CBK has lowered it's policy rate to 9.75% after it's 6th consecutive cut, the lowest since June 2023

What options are you exploring for alpha returns?

[Candace Owens @RealCandaceO]

And once again, this attack on #ChristIsKing is being launched just before Easter.

Totally demented, sick and intentional.