Horrors! The Queen's down to her last million pounds

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  1. Sixteen String Jack

    Sixteen String Jack New Member

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    The Queen nominally owns all the land of all the sixteen countries of which she is Head of State. She own all the land of Antigua and Barbuda; Australia; The Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; Canada; Grenada; Jamaica; New Zealand; Papua New Guinea; Saint Kitts and Nevis; St Lucia; St Vincent and the Grenadines; Solomon Islands; Tuvalu; and the United Kingdom.

    She is by far the world's biggest landowner, owning around 21% of the world's land area. The second biggest landowner in the world, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, own just 12% of the amount of land that the Queen owns.
     
  2. AboveAlpha

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    They are gullible are they not?

    What the HELL is the big attraction?

    I watched this CBS News special that was an hour long and detailed a few day's with Prince Charles....as he whined and complained and B!#$@%$ every two seconds as his aid would say..."OK...we have to be at the Children's Hospital at 9am....and Charles would reply....Oh...GOD! It's just so....so...it's just too much!!

    I just wanted to smack him in the head right then and there!!!

    AboveAlpha
     
  3. lizarddust

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    The Queen doesn't own all the land in Australia. She doesn't own private property held by Australia citizens. What she does own is Crown land which can be deemed as public land. This land is mostly set aside for nature conservation or government projects. Australia comprises of around 25% of public land from which the Queen owns about 15%.
     
  4. AboveAlpha

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    I have ALWAYS wondered why you Aussies allow that.

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  5. lizarddust

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    I wonder why vast tracts of agricultural land has been sold off to the Chinese (and others). Blame our conservative governments for this.

    Much of the Crown land was already in the hands of the British monarchs before Federation in 1901.
     
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    But surprisingly the Queen is not the richest woman in the world. Look up Gina Rinehart.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18624350
     
  7. AboveAlpha

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    The British Royal Family moved a great deal of their hidden wealth out of Swiss Accounts and into off shore accounts mainly in the Cayman Islands.

    The reason for this is the United States in an attempt to find vast hidden amounts of Terrorist Organization Funds that were hidden in Swiss Banks applied immense pressure on Switzerland to make their Banking Accounts and Transactions transparent.

    I happen to know a great deal about what actually happened and what was said and done behind the scenes because what I do and I can tell you a bit and it is HILARIOUS!!! LOL!!!

    I will break it down like this.

    U.S.....We need you to give us information on any accounts, money transfers and transactions coming from or going to these account numbers and groups and locations as we are aware you currently have BILLIONS OF DOLLARS in Swiss Banks that are TERRORIST FUNDS.

    Swiss....We can appreciate that you are doing all you can to fight Terrorism but as you know Switzerland and Swiss Banks have a long history or remaining NEUTRAL and we do not get involved with the wars, struggles and activities of our Banking Customers.

    U.S....We figured you would say that so we are going to ask you ONE MORE TIME....for you to openly and publicly state to the wold press that in a JOINT OPERATION WITH THE UNITED STATES....Switzerland will for the first time allow transparency to the U.S. of known and possible Terrorist Orgs.Banking activities.

    Swiss....And exactly WHY would we be so inclined to either do or say this as our customers specifically bank with Swiss Banks knowing that doing so allows them privacy and thus we will not do as you ask.

    U.S.....OK....you refuse.

    Swiss....Yes....we refuse.

    U.S....Well....we were hoping it would not come to this but since you refuse we will now tell you what will happen.

    Swiss....WHAT will happen!!??

    U.S.....since the NSA already KNOWS every single bit of stored information existing in your encrypted computer files which if you recall updated recently to include all former paper documentation going all the way back to 1934, as well the NSA KNOWS and has a record OF EVERY SINGLE ENCRYPTED ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION, DEPOSIT, WITHDRAW, MONEY TRANSFER including the times, dates, locations, account numbers...as well as the NSA has a Digital Video History of EVERY SINGLE TRANSACTION DONE AT EVERY ATM, SWISS BANK SECURITY DIGITAL VIDEO CAMERAS and every other ATM, BRANCH or BANK where funds were being transferred.....not to mention the 1937 to 1956 Banking and Safety Deposit Box Records in which the SWISS GOVERNMENT working side by side with the Swiss Banking Industry CONSPIRED to hide STOLEN MONEY, ART, GOLD, DIAMONDS AND OTHER VALUABLES including GOLD TAKEN FROM THE TEETH OF JEWS GASES IN NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMPS.....of which the NSA or NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY has in it's possession all detailed files or in other words.....the NSA knows EVERYTHING YOU KNOW......

    ........so since you REFUSE to cooperate with us we will be forced to make all this CRIMINAL ACTIVITY PUBLIC...and since this conspiracy between Swiss Banking has occurred between all Swiss Banks and members of the Government of Switzerland at the HIGHEST LEVELS for over 9 decades.....INCLUDING what both Hamas and Fatah right now want very badly...that being the $25 Billion or so that Arafat's Family currently has existing in multiple Swiss Bank Accounts.....I think it's safe to say the release of such CRIMINAL SWISS BANKING ACTIVITY would not only cause a SEVERE decline in deposits but as well create a VERY long list of Arrest Warrants.

    Swiss....A...da...ba..a..aa...na...da...but....but...ahhh.

    As a result of this Arafat's Family moved that $25 Billion to off shore accounts.

    A MASSIVE amount of money was FROZEN and that amount and who's accounts they were is classified.

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    It's my understanding that Swiss banks use very strong one-way cyphers and not even the Swiss bankers can get access to a person's account. If the USA demanded information about accounts, I don't see how the bankers could give it to them.

    Wow, I just defended a banker. :eekeyes:
     
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    Forbes lists Liliane Bettencourt at $30B and Ms Gina at $17B for 2013.
     
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    This is how it is done....a person at either another bank or ATM or using a Bank Card...initiates a transaction or withdraw.

    The NSA as it monitors all electronic communication world wide....identifies a target...waits for a transaction to occur...and installs into the banks own triple redundant system a virus which is by itself...unidentifiable...but as specific parts of such a viral code as implanted into different aspects on the variety of transactions and functions a bank will do for any given customer....together it will become more than the sum of it's parts.

    To talk more about this is not possible other than to say....being able to crack multi thousand bit encryption...no issue.

    Being able to crack almost impossible to crack variable random algorithmic encryption....no longer an issue.

    Solution....1000 quibit plus Quantum Computation.

    AboveAlpha
     
  11. SAUER

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    Terrible news indeed.
    Btw why Poms still hold this coprolite - the monarchy. A dozen of British pop & rock stars could be a good alternative instead of the British Royal Family for English housewives and teenager who like to eat all this staff about rich & famous people.
    :)
     
  12. AboveAlpha

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    The Royal Family has enormous amounts of money stashed away in offshore accounts.

    This is all about bilking the hard working people of the U.K. out of money so that the Royal Family can keep getting an allowance.

    It makes me SICK!!!

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  13. Sixteen String Jack

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    As already mentioned, things like Buckingham Palace and most of the other royal residences, and things like the Crown Jewels, are not owned by the Royal Family. They belong to the state, so the Royals are not able to sell them. These things are, in total, worth many millions, but it doesn't matter. The royals cannot sell them.

    Obama lives in a palace that's worth millions, but that doesn't belong to him and he also can't sell it.
     
  14. Sixteen String Jack

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    In theory the Queen owns every piece of land within her sixteen Dominions, which are on the most part then leased out on an indefinite basis (known as the "fee simple" estate) which then only returns to the Crown if sold to it or if someone dies without having anyone to whom it could be passed on to (like next of kin).

    Any piece of "private" land in Australia is the Queen's land which has just been leased out. But, for all intents and purposes, Australia is the Queen's land.
     
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    You seem to forget that Australia belonged to the British (or, rather, the British monarch) before it belonged to the Australians.
     
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    Because it's much more preferable than a republic.
     
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    You have just contradicted your above post.
     
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    Checksum hashes and CRC checks can find "invisible" bytes. Anything more than 256-bit key is redundant for either synchronous or asynchronous cyphers, so "multi thousand" bit keys are unnecessary. With a totally random salt or initialization vector, it's even harder to hack (impossible, really).

    I usually recommend SHA-256 for one-way encryption and AES for two-way encryption. AES was created by the NSA, so the paranoid types can just use Blowfish or some other non-NSA algorithm.
     
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    I think you know what I mean.
     
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    Yeah...so did we!

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    I just want to ask you.

    Do you understand exactly HOW the NSA can break a Swiss Bank Code that is using an ever changing?

    A computer keyboard comprises alphanumeric or character keys for typing, modifier keys for altering the functions of other keys, navigation keys for moving the text cursor on the screen, function keys and system command keys – such as ⎋ Esc and Break – for special actions, and often a numeric keypad to facilitate calculations.

    Now using all these possible keys including the SHIFT as well as pressing multiple keys down at the same time....a Variable Algorithmic Code Generation Program can create access Key Codes...and these coded are just to GET IN....to the main part of the system which then a much more complex and detailed code must be used to access the actual account.

    Do you see where I am going here?

    AboveAlpha
     
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    Why do you think so?
     
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    1) We love the Queen,
    2) She brings in money,
    3) Symbol of national identity,
    4) She stops us from having a US style shutdown,
    So now tell me why do you want a republic?
     
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    C'mon bro

    1) Check out Lily Allen or Amy Winehouse. They are younger and cooler than your Queen.

    2)In my view your Queen and entourage are too expensive thing for your country. >

    ....Republicans estimate that the real cost of the monarchy including security is between £134 and 184 million a year.[100]...

    Better constract some new hospitals, museums etc.

    3)This is your new modern symbol.
    [​IMG]

    4)Hahaha. Good joke. :thumbsup:

    You still need this old lady?

    :smile::peace:
     
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    These are musicians and Amy Winehouse is dead. Personally I never cared all that much.

    That's pretty cheap and a good return on investment when it comes to tourism.
    No. We have plenty of those however what's clear is that the NHS is in dire need of reorganisation.

    No it's not. Just because a few hundred tossers make it on the front page every now and again doesn't make it so.

    YES
     

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