Figmund Sreud
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This will not end well for all of us!
Russia’s attack on Ukraine. Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Polish authorities are ready to hand over the MiG-29 planes to the US
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Latest from Art Berman ( https://mobile.twitter.com/aeberman12 ) interview, I’m grossly paraphrasing here, from memory:
“If you import assembled automobiles from afar and paint them green, … than you export them afar, are you an exporter of an automobiles? Well, … no! You are an exporter of green paint!”, … or something like that.
Anyway, the interview:
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Michael Klare – I used to follow his writings, … than he, sort of, faded away, strength his arguments weakened. I moved on, …
Anyway, just by accident, I just run into his latest essay. The title, “Would a “Cold” War Be the Best News Around? – Ukraine, Taiwan, and Other Flashpoints in a New Age of Geopolitics”, made me read his latest piece: https://tomdispatch.com/would-a-cold-war-be-the-best-news-around/
… not his best piece, as I recall. Still, worth a glance at considering what’s happening currently.F.S.
According to my latest data collection, Canada is producing more oil than ever! Basically, near-solid straight growth band since 2006 starting at ~2,800 mbbl/d
Units being mbbl/d, … near-term production snapshot looks as follows – including liquids (Mar. 2, ‘22 report)
Jan.-‘20 5,600, Jan.-‘21 5,720, Nov.-‘21 5,780, Dec.-‘21 5,810, Jan.-‘22 5,900
Change Y/Y 3.1%, change M/M 1.5%
Greatest production growth, non-upgraded bitumen. Upgraded bitumen flat for about a year now. Conventional oil very small growth. Rest insignificant change. There was a significant but short period drop in production mid-‘20 and mid-‘21, … in each case drop about 750 mbbl/d
So, no. Not much of the shot downs.
Best,
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Take our oil department. Yes, we have plenty, says Alberta!
“What Alberta has always said is true, that the world needs more responsibly produced oil,” Alberta Premier said at a news conference this afternoon, adding that he will be speaking with US political leaders over the coming days.
Anyway, Alberta Premier wants POTUS to visit Alberta, …
Kenney noted that in a visit by President Biden to Alberta “We could discuss how to ship nearly 1 million barrels of day of responsibly produced energy every day from the USA’s closest friend and ally! All it would take is his approval for Keystone XL. Easy.”
Canada Says Its Oil Could Replace U.S. Imports Of Russian Crude
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/Canada-Says-Its-Oil-Could-Replace-US-Imports-Of-Russian-Crude.htmlF.S., … of to top up a fuel tank at C$1.599 per litre of regular ( … Vancouver, BC, is reportedly paying C$2.099/l )
Metro Vancouver, B.C. gas prices have reached a sky-high record this week. On March 6, 2022, several stations were selling gas for 209.9 cents per litre.
John Helmer on latest polling Russians.
… snips:
Nationwide polls revealed brimming Russian confidence in the future and also in the political leadership of the country in the month of February, …
The single largest jump in confidence in Putin and in Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin was registered in the week of February 20 to 27; …
The first, and so far the only Russian poll to have been taken on the operation itself and published on March 5, shows 84% public support for the army, the highest level ever recorded; and 71% approval for the operation in the Ukraine. Disapproval was reported by one in five Russians, 21%. The poll was taken by telephone last week, and was published by the All-Russian Centre for the Study of Public Opinion (VTsIOM) on March 5. …
… whole enchilada:
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Via saker.is – Putin’ luncheon with Russian fly attendants: … vid and translated transcript of one loaded question from a nice lady and a winded answer from Putin. Most worth of a careful read and and a careful ponder. Vid is about 24 min. long – in Russian.
… without my comments, link:
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Latest news from Bizzaro part of the world, Canada:
Canada just announced a further round of sanctions against Russia. Yes, … from “Londongrad”, UK, out of all places, … following a meeting with BoJo, … and the queen, and some other important guy from Netherlands [Prime Minister, I think ]
Canada’s Prime Minister Socks [Trudeau] did just that at the suggestion provided to him by Alexei Navalny, the currently jailed – for embezzlement – Russian opposition leader and acknowledged racist.
Normally – at least to date, Canadian non-financial Finance Minister [ and Deputy Prime Minister ] has been issuing sanction directives against Russia, … but most likely, by now, she simply run out of further ideas.
Canadian sanctions, among other financial limits, have targeted hundreds of officials in the Russian government and a much smaller number of Russian oligarchs. This latest round added further 10 individuals to the sanctions list.
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Some financial musings out there, … fwiw:
Ukraine’s Crisis And Sanctions Against Russia Have Ignited Commodity Stocks
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…”[T]he real war the Globalists are fighting is against the citizenry of every country on earth. As the Covid atrocity is being rapidly exposed the repression of the people is the only option open to the New World Order Davos cabal. As has always been the case, a war abroad is the best excuse to impose tyranny at home. The Western Neo-liberal governments of America, Canada, Australia and most of Europe cannot afford to be removed from power. The full anger of the people will be unleashed full power against those who imposed the Genocidal Covid lie upon them. Trudeau, Macron et al will be held to account (one way or another) for their pivotal roles in this atrocity. They cannot allow that to happen, they have too much to lose. .[…]
… We are all Russians now.”
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metronomes will synchronize … “What does this say about human behavior?”
Yes. Conformity. We all hail to others, … “I’m an independent thinker!”, so we belief, … pride ourselves of speaking the truth. In practice, however, we succumb to our own prejudices – like being an American (part of a large, large group), or the pressure of propaganda ( like being Polish, but wanting to be American – Hi there, Radio Free Europe! I’m now in Canada now instead, … so there!), or the penalties inflicted on us being dissidents. Most people avoid to flout, …
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@noirette – The USA will not accept a multi-polar world,
I’m not sure that is correct. The USA, Russia, China, … the whole world understands following picture, … or any alike:
The USA non-acceptance of multipolar world, in the end, will result with no one’s on the winner’s side to celebrate the win, … and no one on the losers side to burry the dead!
Anyway, to think this thing through bit further, there may be some life left after that point, … The Wump World by Bill Peet children’s book comes to mind, … small group of Wumps did survive somewhere on the planet, … but that’s idle speculation at this point, …
Best,
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You go, Raùl! Thanks for posting Michael Brenner article at near the top. Perhaps the most important one to read today, … anyday, in fact. A must read suggestion, …
But, … but that article has to be read with most properly screwed on head: … one has to place all his/her inner predisposes aside. For most, … that’s a hardest task.
Thanks,
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That graphic green bird on Russia sanctions, … closes with:
“A big bang is coming. Brace for impact.”
On the Cusp of an Economic Singularity
https://doomberg.substack.com/p/on-the-cusp-of-an-economic-singularity?s=r… sobering read!
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… some most current noise from Polish social media: … Zelensky no longer in Kyiv, … was just seen at the U.S. Embassy in Poland!
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From MoA for today:
Zelensky And The Fascists: “He will hang on some tree on Khreshchatyk”
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/03/zelensky-and-the-fascists-he-will-hang-on-some-tree-on-khreshchatyk.html#moreSome irrelevant stuff at the beginning, … so a suggested start from: … Now back to Ukraine.
Best,
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Whitney Webb:
Ukraine And The New Al QaedaThe eruption of war between Russia and Ukraine appears to have given the CIA the pretext to launch a long-planned insurgency in the country, one poised to spread far beyond Ukraine’s borders with major implications for Biden’s “War on Domestic Terror”
As the conflict between Ukraine and Russia continues to escalate and dominate the world’s attention, the increasing evidence that the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is and has been working to create and arm an insurgency in the country has received considerably little attention considering its likely consequences. This is particularly true given that former CIA officials and a former Secretary of State are now openly saying that the CIA is following the “models” of past CIA-backed insurgencies in Afghanistan and Syria for its plans in Ukraine. Given that those countries have been ravaged by war as a direct result of those insurgencies, this bodes poorly for Ukraine.
Yet, this insurgency is poised to have consequences that reach far beyond Ukraine. […]
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Here we go, cruel Canada!
Canadian Sanctions Related to Russia
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Jordan Peterson Pdcast, talks to Frederick Kagan of The American Enterprise Institute
Russia, Ukraine, and the West | Frederick Kagan | The JBP Podcast | #230
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Ukraine March 3, Russian military analyst ( living in the U.S. ) talks about this conflict. Interesting, … regardless on who’s side you on.
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It’s official: Canada’s PM Trudeau and his non-financial Finance Minister and Deputy PM Freeland lied! – Russell Brand reads the statement of the finance intelligence government official:
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… OK, same from uTube – starts at ~35 min. point ( lousy soundtrack on this one due to two simultaneous soudtracts:
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Latest John Helmer contribution:
OPERATION BARBAROSSA IN SLOW MOTION — THIS IS THE OFFENSIVE CAPACITY THE US WAS PREPARING IN THE UKRAINE UNTIL LAST WEEK
http://johnhelmer.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2654.jpg
The US has been installing American-directed military bases in the Ukraine for stockpiling advanced weapons to strike Russia by land, sea, and air.
In these plans for attack deep across the Russian frontier, Ukraine was already a platform with the potential for nuclear battlefield operations without formal admission to the North Atlantic Treaty Alliance (NATO); without acceptance by the NATO member states; without comprehension or vote of approval by the Ukrainians themselves.[…]
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Top financial news story for today – from Refinitiv – in my inBox:
Russian war on Ukraine enters second week as apparent failure
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine entered its second week an apparent tactical failure so far, with its main assault force stalled for days on a highway north of Kyiv and other advances halted at the outskirts of cities it is bombing into wastelands. … fwiwF.S.
This is quite interesting. Informative. Lots of hints of how financial system in this phlunkin’ world actually works, … worth hearing it out. A podcast recorded Feb. 28, bit shorter than an hour. FWIW.
Zoltan Pozsar [ of Credit Suisse ] on Russia, Gold, and a Turning Point for the U.S. Dollar
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What, so you need gas from Qatar, or China?
_______________________________… or Canada? Yes, … Pierre Poilievre, Member of the House of Commons of Canada:
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Russia, which produces two-thirds of the world’s ammonium nitrate (fertilizer), will not be exporting it at least for another month
————————————Have a look at NTR:
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/NTR/F.S.
Latest from CBC Radio, … CBC Music that is ( https://www.cbc.ca/music )
Sixty kilometres long Russian military convoy on the main road to Kiev parked – according to Maxar supplied photos – no pictures provided on the radio ( https://www.maxar.com/ ), all waiting for an imminent signal to invade the city. Yes, … story repeated now every hour, on the hour since 6:00 a.m. MT
… so everyone knows!
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Jeez, … WallStreet has a problem with that, snip:
“Booting Russia from the critical global system – which handles 42 million messages a day and serves as a lifeline to some of the world’s biggest financial institutions – could backfire, sending inflation higher, pushing Russia closer to China, and shielding financial transactions from scrutiny by the west. It might also encourage the development of a SWIFT alternative that could eventually damage the supremacy of the US dollar.”
… imagine.
Wall Street Counsels Washington Against Kicking Russia Off SWIFT
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-25/wall-street-counsels-washington-against-kicking-russia-off-swiftF.S.
Michael Hudson chimes in:
The recent prodding of Russia by expanding Ukrainian anti-Russian ethnic violence by Ukraine’s neo-Nazi post-2014 Maiden regime was aimed at (and has succeeded in forcing a showdown in response the fear by U.S. interests that they are losing their economic and political hold on their NATO allies and other Dollar Area satellites as these countries have seen their major opportunities for gain to lie in increasing trade and investment with China and Russia.
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Germane material to look up to supplement my post # 103154:
The Polish–Ukrainian War, from November 1918 to July 1919, was a conflict between the Second Polish Republic and Ukrainian forces (both the West Ukrainian People’s Republic and Ukrainian People’s Republic). The conflict had its roots in ethnic, cultural and political differences between the Polish and Ukrainian populations living in the region both as successor states of the dissolved Russian and Austrian empires. […]
Latest from Alastair Crooke:
Putin means what he says: Russia’s back is to the wall, and there is nowhere to which Russia can now retreat – for them it is existential.
The ‘Constructive Destruction’ of Russia’s Model of Relations with the West
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Since a word is from NATOstan that, … just perhaps, it should be Poland the one that should come to assist Ukraine in repelling Russians, … here is a tiny glance to the past of Polish/Ukrainian history:
Anyway, … I can’t tell you how reflective of the actual past this article is, but I can tell you that, in its content, it matches the the many stories I have been told to me by my father and his friends over the years. You see, my father was a young man living in that area – born in 1914. He served in Polish army as a draftee, in Polish garrison, in city of Lwow – see map in the article. He spent WW-2 in that area up until Red Army cleared that area of German occupying forces, … than, as a Polish soldier, marched along with the front all the way to Berlin, … but I digress now from main point. Sorry, …
Best,
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