March 1, 20224 yr It's behind the NY Times paywall but I just read of the 500,000 refugees from Ukraine, 139,000 have fled to Russia. I was kind of shocked.
March 1, 20224 yr Long but interesting interview with Fiona Hill. https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/02/28/world-war-iii-already-there-00012340
March 1, 20224 yr 12 hours ago, The Beast said: Long but interesting interview with Fiona Hill. https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/02/28/world-war-iii-already-there-00012340 Well worth a read. Thanks!
March 1, 20224 yr I wish the markets worked based on companies doing the right thing. Apple stock dropped on news it is stopping sales in Russia. Ford stock declined yesterday for the same reason. Seriously anyone who shorts because of a company stopping business in Russia is a unpatriotic piece of shit. Hold those stocks or buy more.
March 1, 20224 yr Author 1 hour ago, Texsox said: I wish the markets worked based on companies doing the right thing. Apple stock dropped on news it is stopping sales in Russia. Ford stock declined yesterday for the same reason. Seriously anyone who shorts because of a company stopping business in Russia is a unpatriotic piece of shit. Hold those stocks or buy more. It's going to be a huge test of ESG investing for the rest of world if Russia pushes oil to $150 gallon...as well as Germany with LNG. That said, Putin would be cutting off his nose to spite his face if they stopped selling energy to the majority of the developed world. And China won't volunteer to pay higher prices, one would hope. Or India, for that matter. Edited March 1, 20224 yr by caulfield12
March 2, 20224 yr I'm certain we're getting slanted news but it sure seems that Russia is targeting civilians.
March 2, 20224 yr Nice to see us supplying Ukraine directly with Stinger missiles instead of through intermediaries.
March 2, 20224 yr From behind the NYT paywall. China asked Russia to delay the invasion until after the winter Olympics.
March 3, 20224 yr At some point does Russia's military get fed up with all this and just start ignoring orders and withdraw?
March 3, 20224 yr 36 minutes ago, CentralChamps21 said: At some point does Russia's military get fed up with all this and just start ignoring orders and withdraw? Probably not. Just like ours wouldn't.
March 3, 20224 yr 4 hours ago, CentralChamps21 said: At some point does Russia's military get fed up with all this and just start ignoring orders and withdraw? Or putin gets fed up and throws a nuke or bombs the chernobyl site. Hope that doesn't happen. Edited March 3, 20224 yr by Dominikk85
March 3, 20224 yr Right now the Doomsday Clock is set at 100 second until midnight. I'm guessing that will change quickly. It's been a long time since using nuclear weapons was a real and eminent danger.
March 4, 20224 yr Author Nuclear power plant hit....on fire. Fortunately, not a direct missile hit, but still worrisome. No increase in radiation levels, yet. This particular plant houses 6/15 nuclear reactors in the entire country. Zapor.............is the abbreviated named of the city. Guess we could call it south east-central Ukraine, in terms of location....not too far from those two breakaway regions in the southeast of the country. What next? Edited March 4, 20224 yr by caulfield12
March 4, 20224 yr It was a firefight at the admin (office) building outside the plant, not an assault on the reactors themselves. This plant apparently provides 25% of Ukraine's electricity, so it makes sense to capture it from a strategic standpoint. If they want an annexed or puppeted Ukraine, they'll want these critical multi-billion dollar assets intact I'd imagine.
March 4, 20224 yr https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/04/business/lukoil-end-war/index.html Russian oil company breaks from Putin. Demands end of the war and expresses empathy for Ukraine.
March 4, 20224 yr 2 hours ago, Jack Parkman said: Why are they only oligarchs if they're Russian? Because it's too cool of a word to waste on anyone else. We tend to use the less negative plutocracy when talking about our friends because oligarchs has taken on an addition meaning of corruption. Here we've become a gerontocracy over the years.
March 4, 20224 yr 51 minutes ago, Texsox said: Because it's too cool of a word to waste on anyone else. We tend to use the less negative plutocracy when talking about our friends because oligarchs has taken on an addition meaning of corruption. Here we've become a gerontocracy over the years. This is the major problem with this country. Too many boomers thinking the old ways still work when it's time to move forward. Hell! Let's say the world! Look at Putin... old cold war brain doing a stupid war that very few in his country support... Edited March 4, 20224 yr by pettie4sox
March 4, 20224 yr 18 minutes ago, pettie4sox said: This is the major problem with this country. Too many boomers thinking the old ways still work when it's time to move forward. Hell! Let's say the world! Look at Putin... old cold war brain doing a stupid war that very few in his country support... Yep. Millennials in college are at their peak. Anything after that and they are declining quickly. By sixty they will be idiots not fit to run the world. And the cycle will repeat. Boomers thought the same thing about the previous generation.
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