PFYT2Perhaps I’m mistaken, but, I never considered Bout to be Russia’s man, in the manner that is commonly presented.It seemed to me he was a part of that big global black market weapons trade. He gave whichever party concerned the necessary plausible deniability they were looking for. He was arrested selling arms to Columbian rebels… […]
Bloomberg Archive.ph Russian ministers continue to insist that the country won’t sell oil to anyone supporting the arrangement. But all the nations that have signed up to the cap have also imposed their own import bans, so they won’t be buying anyway. Other countries, like China, India and Turkey, are free to continue negotiating purchases with […]
Digression: This is the same Atlantic that published the piece asking for amnesty for covid abuse and the abusers. Amnesty acknowledges criminality/wrong going and is not appropriate for these supremely egregious wrongs and the despicable wrong doers. Accountability is the only appropriate response. So let’s get to the admission of ignorance from the Atlantic. Or, […]
Newsweek As protesters in China risk incarceration and possibly worse to demonstrate against the Communist Party’s “Zero COVID” policy, some in the United States are wondering how the lockdowns, compulsory masking, suppression of critical opinions, surveillance, forced vaccinations and closures of businesses differ from America’s recent experience — minus the extraordinarily harsh punishments the Chinese […]
Yup, the US & the suicidal EU could potentially make global inflation a whole lot worse! WSJ archive.ph Shipping companies have snapped up dozens of secondhand oil tankers this year, paying record prices for ice-class ships that can navigate frozen seas around Russia’s Baltic ports in winter. A driving force behind the purchases, say people […]
“Get real” is an idiom : Get real implies an acknowledgement/acceptance of the true facts/reality of a situation Briefly speaking, through alternative sources (Duran, Military Summary) it appears that the situation is untenable in Bakhmut for the Ukrainians- They can’t move troops from Kherson to Bakhmut region or Kherson will be retaken. Which leaves the […]
It’s not outrageous. It’s entirely within reality. So much so that it’s been discussed more then once here. And I’m just a grandma from Canada. Whose been blogging on current events for well over a decade. Since ’08. Sometimes the writing is on the wall. Head of Russian intelligence claims Poland plans referendums in Ukraine […]
In Washington, Macron to seek relief for Europe Inc amid China competition But the elephant in the Oval Room will be the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Europeans say the massive subsidy package to U.S. manufacturers could deal a lethal blow to their industries, which are already reeling from high energy prices.. Macron will try […]
Can pretty much always count on this man for a good read! November 28 2022 The series of airstrikes against Kurdish militants in northern Syria by Turkish jets in the past week come amid heightened concerns over Ankara’s threat to launch a ground operation. Such actions are not without precedent, yet have thus far achieved little in […]