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  • in reply to: Debt Rattle July 26 2022 #112205
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    Pick #1 or #2
    Failure to find a substitute for Russian gas could lead to
    1. “people freezing to death next winter,
    2. as well as industrial collapse,” Ebell said.
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    Imposing a cease fire would work.
    “The West insists that Ukraine must not start negotiations until Russia is defeated on the battlefield,” Lavrov said.
    (Just like Israel does it)
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    Problem ….. farmers/sellers have food for sale …. buyers have no money to buy/pay for it
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    More than 7,000 civilian facilities, USED BY NON-NAZY AND RUSSIAN SYMPATHIZERS), have been destroyed in attacks by the Ukrainian side, including homes, schools and kindergartens, with over 91,000 people being designated as victims, the Investigative Committee chief said.
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    A better question ….. Who is getting the money
    Thank you sanctions. But where does the money come from?

    • Greek Electricity Subsidy In Excess Of 1.1 Bln Euros In August (K.)
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    A rose by any other name …..
    Its still a lie/fake

    The FBI’s investigation into Hunter Biden wrongly labeled verified evidence as “disinformation,
    ….. derogatory information is disinformation,
    discredit negative Hunter Biden information as disinformation and caused investigative activity to cease,

    Are you expecting ….. “justice to fit the crime”, ….. Hahahahaha
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    in reply to: Debt Rattle July 25 2022 #112152
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    checkmate

    in reply to: Debt Rattle July 25 2022 #112151
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    The story continues …. 40% —– 20% ….. its war ….What did EU expect for going to war
    https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/putin-turns-screws-gazprom-unexpectedly-halts-another-more-nord-stream-turbine-european-gas
    Putin Turns The Screws: Gazprom Unexpectedly Halts Another Nord Stream Turbine Cutting Flows In Half; European Gas Prices Soar

    https://www.rt.com/business/559618-gazprom-nord-stream-turbine/
    Russia’s Gazprom to disable second pipeline turbine
    Natural gas supply via Nord Stream 1 will reportedly be reduced to 20% capacity
    According to an earlier report by Kommersant, several of the nine turbines at the Portovaya compressor station are in need of repair. The paper notes that Gazprom has not yet authorised further repairs, and that one turbine took about three months to overhaul. The current licensing agreement allows Siemens Energy to accept five more turbines for repair before the end of 2024.

    in reply to: Debt Rattle July 25 2022 #112140
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    This story isn’t over
    https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/siemens-gives-gazprom-transport-documents-nord-stream-turbine

    Siemens Finally Delivers Gazprom Transport Documents For Nord Stream Turbine

    in reply to: Debt Rattle July 25 2022 #112128
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    Follow the money
    The poor have no money.
    Who is paying for the food, etc., and delivery of Ukrainian grain etc. exports
    Who is receiving money for the exports from Ukraine

    If you don’t know, then you are not one of the anointed, selected, elites

    in reply to: Debt Rattle July 25 2022 #112127
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    After the cease fire …..

    • Russia Not Asking For Sanctions Removal – Lavrov (RT)

    We will simply develop our economy now by counting on reliable partners and not on those who have once again proved their total incapacity… As far as food is concerned, our Western colleagues… should remove the obstacles they themselves have created,” the diplomat said after talks with his Egyptian counterpart, Sameh Shoukry, in Egypt.

    • On the Future of Europe: A Proposition from 1 January 2023 (Batiushka)

    After World War I Europe had to be reconfigured, and again after World War II. Now, after whatever you call the 2022 Western rout in the Ukraine (World War III, or World War I, Part III), what is its destiny?
    Surely the greatest revelation of the US proxy war in the Ukraine is Europe’s dependence on Russia. Without Russia, it simply cannot survive

    • Hungary Warns Of Shift In World Order (RT)

    “The world is not only not with us, but it is demonstratively not with us,” the PM added, arguing that, instead of thinking about gaining the upper hand on the battlefield in Ukraine, the West should now focus on achieving peace through negotiations.

    • Hungary Spreading ‘Russian Propaganda’ – Ukraine (RT)

    President Vladimir Zelensky’s chief of staff. Nikolenko advised Spartz “to stop trying to earn extra political capital on baseless speculation around the topic of war” and “stop undermining the existing mechanisms of providing US military assistance to Ukraine.”

    • Logistical Nightmares For The Ukrainian Army (Milacic)

    This is actually why the Eastern European countries are delivering to Ukraine what is left of their old Warsaw Pact-era stockpiles, not the latest European models. After all, mass-scale training of specialists takes months and calls for multiple instructors.


    WWII inventory, museum pieces, antiques, vs. smart missiles, drones, “eye in the sky”

    in reply to: Debt Rattle July 24 2022 #112104
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    Thank you.
    The data is there …..
    , proving that our leaders/experts, don’t read, are malinformed, are lying, are in bed with the biggest scam in history.
    Excuses,Excuses,Excuses,

    Google result: 2,230,000,000 Results
    “Risk of infection, hospitalization and death up to nine months after a second dose of COVID 19 vaccine.”
    http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736
    ://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35131043
    //www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8816388
    http://www.news-medical.net/news/20220209/Effectiveness-of-COVID-19…
    /www.news-medical.net/news/20211117/Nationwide-Swedish-study

    Study: COVID-19 Can Kill Months After Infection – WebMD
    https://www.webmd.com/…/covid-study-deaths-months-after-infection
    2021-04-23 · They found COVID-19 patients had a 59% higher risk of death up to 6 months after infection, compared to non-infected people. Those findings translate into …

    Study finds gradual increase in COVID infection risk after second …
    https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-11-gradual-covid-infection-vaccine…
    2021-11-24 · A study published by The BMJ today finds a gradual increase in the risk of COVID-19 infection from 90 days after receiving a second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. The study was carried out by…

    in reply to: Debt Rattle July 24 2022 #112088
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    D Benton Smith
    OPPPS!
    Who threw the monkey wrenches in the gear boxes
    Food, energy, transportation/distribution and financial systems are dysfunctioning as we speak

    The only strategy for handling that situation sort of situation which has ever worked for me (other than Divine intervention and sheer dumb luck) was to get as aware as I could, as fast as I could, about what the hell is going on around me, and what’s most likely to happen next.

    https://sdgs.un.org/2030agenda
    Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

    in reply to: Debt Rattle July 24 2022 #112067
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    Where is the proof?
    There should be reliable multiple studies from around the world supporting …..
    “Vaccinated, boosted people have milder covid than unvaccinated”
    I haven’t seen one study.

    in reply to: Debt Rattle July 24 2022 #112064
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    Point of view …..
    Peace ….. Your way or my way ….. My way or your way …..
    War …..Your way or my way ….. My way or your way …..
    Money talks louder than words
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    Make the problem worst. …..We shot down two missiles .… and everything that went up, came raining down
    Who will pay who for the grain ????
    Who will absorbed the cost to feed the starving poor who have no money???

    Mysterious Missiles Strike Grain Facility at Ukraine Port One Day After Russia and Ukraine Sign Grain Export Deal


    Mysterious Missiles Strike Grain Facility at Ukraine Port One Day After Russia and Ukraine Sign Grain Export Deal
    345 COMMENTS
    These events have the smell of the U.S. State Dept and CIA all over them.
    (Suspicious ….Video of firefighters putting out flames on a ship in the harbor)

    “The port of Odesa, where grain is processed for shipment, was shelled. We shot down two missiles, and two more missiles hit the port territory, where, obviously, there is grain,” Ukrainian air force spokesman Yuri Ignat told reporters.
    HOWEVER
    https://www.rt.com/russia/559553-odessa-port-grain-ukraine/
    Moscow reveals target of strike on key Ukrainian port
    A military vessel and a stockpile of Harpoon missiles were hit during Saturday’s attack, the defense ministry has said

    In addition, Russia and the United Nations signed a memorandum providing for the UN’s involvement in lifting international sanctions on the export of Russian grain and fertilizers to world markets.
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    William Schryver, Interesting blogger, read more ….
    https://www.imetatronink.com/2022/07/flying-coffins.html
    Flying Coffins


    “The notion that the US (and/or its NATO allies) can ship F-16s and A-10s to Ukraine in order to save the Ukrainians from an otherwise absolutely certain defeat is an unqualified delusion; a ridiculous fantasy of the highest order.

    To be even more precise, it’s batshit crazy silly talk.

    ….. the US spent eight long years and countless billions building – has been comprehensively wrecked in a matter of months by the supposedly inept armed forces of the Russian Federation.
    As expected and predicted by a great many intelligent and insightful military analysts, the 120+ M-777 tow-behind howitzers (of which 80+ have now been destroyed) and a dozen M-142 HIMARS multiple-launch rocket systems (of which at least 4 have already been “eliminated” from the battlefield) have produced negligible results.”

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    Personal note:
    Although my son and daughter in-law tested positive,
    I was still able to cuddle with the grandkids who tested negative and I did not end up testing positive.
    I still got a worst drippy nose than Biden or Fauci.
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    in reply to: Debt Rattle July 23 2022 #112007
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    Simplifying life
    Russia,Russia,Russia, is causing the food crisis (lies)

    • Deal Between Ukraine And Russia Aims To Ease Global Food Crisis (NYT)
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    Russia,Russia,Russia, is causing heat wave (lies)
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    Russia,Russia,Russia, is causing stupidity ignorance, dementia, blindness (lies)
    • IEA Chief: Europe Must Cut Gas Usage 20% To Survive Winter (OP)
    • Triple/Quadruple Vaccinated Account For 91% Of All UK Covid Deaths (DE)
    The 2 quadrillion of derivatives
    Finally, derivatives are usually leveraged instruments, and using leverage cuts both ways. While it can increase the rate of return, it also makes losses mount more quickly. (Making a bet with money that you don’t have)
    https://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/derivative.asp
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    Misfits and minorities are the ones who are not followers/supporters of the lies

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    in reply to: Debt Rattle July 22 2022 #111939
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    TAE is your doorway into the truth that bloggers have found.

    Sanctions is another name for war.
    Russian grain and Ukraine grain shipment to resume.

    Nord Stream 1 resume gas flow at 40% .
    The EU asked to cut usage of gas by 15%
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    https://newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/sinking-germany

    Sinking Germany
    MARCO D’ERAMO
    19 JULY 2022
    The relative inefficacy of sanctions was predictable. If decades of economic warfare had proved incapable of bringing down effectively defenceless regimes such as Castro’s Cuba (by now targeted for over 70 years), Bolivarian Venezuela (30 years) or Khomeinist Iran (42 years of American sanctions, plus around ten years of international measures), it’s difficult to imagine them triggering regime change in a country like Russia, which has been preparing for this eventuality by revamping its industrial capacities. Yet the more ineffective the sanctions the more the war drags on, lurching from one escalation to the next, and deepening divisions that seem ever more irremediable. By now we can assume that relations with Russia will be interrupted for at least some decades (a regrettable situation for any Westerner who hasn’t had the good fortune to visit Moscow and St Petersburg). The new Iron Curtain has been raised, and won’t be crossed for years to come.
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    https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/07/why-nord-stream-ii-must-be-opened-immediately.html

    Next winter Germany, and other European countries, will have an energy crisis. This crisis, we are told, is caused by the proxy war between the U.S. and Russia in Europe. They say that Russia has cut us off from its natural gas deliveries.

    That is a lie. Read more ….

    https://kanekoa.substack.com/p/osce-reports-reveal-ukraine-started
    Kanekoa’s Newsletter
    OSCE Reports Reveal Ukraine Started Shelling The Donbas Nine Days Before Russia’s ‘Special Military Operation’

    All of my articles on the Ukraine-Russia War — Part I, Part II, and Part III.

    The Biden Administration, U.S. political officials, and the corporate media are lying the American public into World War III.
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    in reply to: Debt Rattle July 21 2022 #111870
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    Old age or paranoid

    Are you tired, take a nap
    Do you have a dry cough, take a cough drop
    Do you have a drippy nose, then wipe it and admit that you are old.
    No, its not the flue
    Your spouse, your maid, your valet, your cook, your aids, your servants don’t have covid.
    Get a hold off yourself.

    in reply to: Debt Rattle July 21 2022 #111862
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    Covid test work.
    Only Biden tested positive and since the symptoms are so mild, it would not be possible to know that he had covid. /s

    in reply to: Debt Rattle July 21 2022 #111850
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    Idiot Guide – How to Influence People

    1. People have real and immediate concerns and the J6 hearings, which are political campaigning, are of no interest for people trying to survive.

    2. President Vladimir Zelensky of Ukraine wins first prize
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    • US and UK Want ‘Real War’ Between Russia and EU – Lavrov (RT)

    (If Ukraine defeats Russia it would be a constructive steps towards a peace settlement)
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    Idiot Guide – How to wreak an economy
    1. Listen to your leader who promote war

    (pork, and earmarks)
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    In somebody’s dream
    1. H. Clinton becomes president
    2. L. Cheney becomes president
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    Beat the heat wave, do like Trudeau, get a haircut
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    Advantages of being obese
    1. Refused military service
    2. Minimized sexual harassment
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    in reply to: Debt Rattle July 20 2022 #111794
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    Bloggers present and share different points of view about our social/economic systems.
    Read more …

    Finance Capitalism’s Self-Destructive Nature


    Finance Capitalism’s Self-Destructive Nature
    1566 Views July 20, 2022

    MICHAEL HUDSON: All of my articles are on my website michael-hudson.com and I’m also on patreon and they can join on patreon and I have an ongoing discussion there so the website, patreon are my favorite sites where I publish, and Naked Capitalism, the Saker, Counterpunch, my articles are usually on a lot of these different websites and you’re showing it now so yeah and the books are available on Amazon or Xlibris and you can all buy them and they’re well printed and priced not very expensively.

    in reply to: Debt Rattle July 20 2022 #111793
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    There is always a train operator blowing his horn to wake up the community that is still sleeping..

    The ship has sailed
    • In The Multipolar World Iran Will No Longer Fear U.S. Sanctions (MoA)

    Iran, Russia, India and China are partners …. will deter Israel and the U.S. from any attack
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    a brewing popular revolt

    You can’t fool all of the people all of the time.
    There are thousands of bloggers
    There are 10X that who are commentators
    There are 100X that who are readers of those blogs and those comments

    Peace/Food/energy/life are stronger motivator than propaganda.

    As a result, millions of people are on the move, immigrating like the tide, like the swarms of bees, of ants, of locust , like wild fire, like the heat wave, like the wind, like a pandemic, like natural immunity, like inflation.
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    The Army’s recruiting problems are being solved by hiring mercenaries, (example – Ukraine war)
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    A straight, white racist will not join a military full of transsexuals and anti-white racism.
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    • Prediction For Unvaccinated And Never Previously Infected (Geert)

    THEY ALREADY HAVE NATURAL IMMUNITY
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    in reply to: Debt Rattle July 19 2022 #111763
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    https://news.yahoo.com/historic-waves-high-20-feet-225805942.html
    ‘Historic’ waves as high as 20 feet tall send wedding guests in Hawaii running for cover

    in reply to: Debt Rattle July 19 2022 #111750
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    Grandma, with dementia, can be tracker with a cheap GPS Tracker, BUT multi-million $ equipment Cannot be tracked.
    https://www.rt.com/news/559250-canada-track-weapons-ukraine/
    Canada can’t track weapons it sent to Ukraine – media
    Meanwhile, Russia has warned that Western arms have been trafficked from Ukraine as far as the Middle East
    Canada has given Vladimir Zelensky’s military some $386 million worth of weapons, including anti-tank missiles, rifles, mortars, grenade launchers and armored vehicles.

    in reply to: Debt Rattle July 19 2022 #111747
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    Communication

    Propagandist better be careful
    I’m telling you why …

    You can’t fool all of the people all of the time.
    There are thousands of bloggers
    There are 10X that who are commentators
    There are 100X that who are readers of those blogs and those comments

    Peace/Food/energy/life are stronger motivator than propaganda.

    As a result, millions of people are on the move, immigrating like the tide, like the swarms of bees, of ants, of locust , like wild fire, like the wind, like a pandemic, like natural immunity
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    in reply to: Debt Rattle July 17 2022 #111702
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    Time for the survivors to put up the white flag and to surrender

    1. Immigration, 9 million, and counting, refugees in EU from Ukraine and everywhere else.
    2. Piles of destroyed cities in Ukraine, middle east, N. Africa
    3. Factories, jobs, and income have been destroyed.
    4. Shortages of food, income, etc.
    5. Lack of adequate housing
    6. Lack of energy
    7. Lack of health care
    8. Lack of competent leaders that will operate the social/economic systems for sustainability

    in reply to: Debt Rattle July 17 2022 #111685
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    – 80% of people dying of starvation and the local violence it engenders
    – take over Sri Lanka and kill the 30% Tamil Muslims?

    a path outta the black-hole for Sri Lanka

    Do like people always do …… avoid death/war….. seek peace ……leave …… Immigration

    in reply to: Debt Rattle July 17 2022 #111683
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    Build Back Better … for who …. as if it has never been tried before …

    build a new relationship of mankind based on mutual love, respect, peace, fraternity, and solidarity…
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    Deniers are everywhere, Ukraine, Sri Lanka, even in Germany
    Survivalist, preppers, are anticipating breakdown of society in the Western alliance.
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    The BRICS are cooperating in securing their energy need for the future without war and booths on the ground.
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    Read more …

    In Search of Enemies


    In Search of Enemies
    12114 Views July 16, 2022 59 Comments
    By Femi Akomolafe for the Saker Blog

    – The speed and the alacrity with which the “free world” jumped, at the say-so of their leaders, to condemn every Russian is simply beyond belief.

    – What exactly is wrong with the “free world”?

    – Why the unbridled penchant for unremitting confrontation and bloodletting?

    – The behavior of the “free world” disturbs greatly. Whichever way one throws it around, it is difficult to call it a Natural Behavior!

    – Sanctimonious hypocrisy of the highest order!

    – Why are Westerners so dumb that they cannot ask where their leaders who can’t find the money to repair their shattered economies, suddenly find the money to provide weapons to Nazis in Ukraine?
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    Russian state energy major Gazprom has officially asked German industrial giant Siemens to provide documents allowing the return of a crucial gas turbine, which had been stuck at the firm’s Canada factory due to sanctions.

    The Nord Stream pipeline, one of the main routes for Russian gas exports to Europe, is currently out of action due to a scheduled 10-day maintenance period. However, prior to the shutdown it had been operating at just 40% of capacity for several weeks, due to a turbine from the pipeline’s Portovaya compressor station being stuck at the Siemens facility in Montreal, where it had undergone repairs.
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    On a personal note. Energy
    To get away from mosquitoes and the heat, on my gladcamping trip, I found out that the battery in my car would need boosting, because I used the “air conditioner” too much, Being stranded in the campground was not a desired outcome.
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    Noirette
    Made my day
    Hehehehe
    The instruction manuals are written in German / French / English, and the Ukrainians simply can’t make them out
    ps. Beat the heat wave … soak in a long bath

    in reply to: Debt Rattle July 16 2022 #111657
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    “Build Back Better”. (for WHO?)
    TAE has shown us the many problems of our social/economic structures

    Proposed fixes, and solutions to all and any futures economic/social structures have many complex steps that won’t be done.
    A study of histories and failed social/economic structures solutions reveal that there are very few new proposals worth trying.
    The future is always out of reach.
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    glamping
    A fusion of glamour and camping, glamping is a way to authentically experience the most awe-inspiring locales around the world. It’s much more than a nice tent.

    Swarms of mosquitoes, doing the national swishing/slapping, and donating drops of blood is the best way of describing this summer season.

    in reply to: Debt Rattle July 14 2022 #111509
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    How many people would be required with a bucket of white pain to paint a “Z” on the destroyed equipment to fool the western media that Ukraine is winning?

    Sitrep Operation Z0V: Back to Hot Steel Rain


    📊In total, 249 Ukrainian airplanes and 137 helicopters, 1,534 unmanned aerial vehicles, 354 anti-aircraft missile systems, 4,050 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 744 multiple launch rocket systems, 3,145 field artillery and mortars, as well as 4,292 units of special military vehicles were destroyed during the operation.

    in reply to: Debt Rattle July 14 2022 #111496
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    Too bad, so sad
    Poor energy supply distribution
    The porridge is too hot or too cold.

    in reply to: Debt Rattle July 13 2022 #111472
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    Delivery problem solution

    Maintenance turbine problems on Nord Stream 1 can always be solved by implementing Nord Stream 2
    Yep. The bankers should have a private chat before its too late,

    in reply to: Debt Rattle July 13 2022 #111448
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    We did become the control group and we are showing how destructive and worse than useless the “vaccines” are.
    Hummmm
    Maybe, they won’t like being proven wrong and will still try to eliminate us.

    in reply to: Debt Rattle July 13 2022 #111444
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    Are only 1/3 of refugees not needing food and shelter?
    https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/7/13/two-thirds-of-ukraine-refugees-intend-to-stay-host-countries
    Two-thirds of Ukrainian refugees intend to stay in host countries
    A UN survey shows the majority of people fleeing Russia’s invasion plan to stay put until hostilities subside and security improves.

    in reply to: Debt Rattle July 13 2022 #111443
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    https://www.rt.com/business/558897-nord-stream-turbines-canada/
    Canada to fix five more turbines for Nord Stream – media
    Ottawa has approved the continued maintenance of Russian pipeline equipment after talks with Berlin

    in reply to: Debt Rattle July 13 2022 #111442
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    the scenarios are catastrophic

    “swarms of drones” are not only good for amazing light shows.
    WWIII will involve cheap “swarms of drones”.
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    Misery Loves Company
    Consumer price jump 9.1% over the last 12 months for June
    Don’t feel bad, next month it will make you feel better if the increase on top of this, is lower.
    If you cannot pay for ??? now, don’t worry.
    Next month numbers will have more than you not being able to pay for ???.
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    the Jan. 6 committee is improperly influencing any/all testimony
    • Cassidy Hutchinson Begged Trump Officials For ‘Financial Assistance’ (DC)

    A Meadows spokesperson confirmed those claims to the Daily Caller, saying Meadows didn’t return those calls to avoid the appearance of improperly influencing any testimony. [..] “Cassidy Hutchinson reached out to various people in Trump world asking for both financial assistance and help finding a lawyer. She told us she was in significant financial distress, had no family that could help, and couldn’t even afford food. She also told us Mark Meadows wouldn’t return her calls. She didn’t have a job. She didn’t have money to pay a lawyer.
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    Whos’ reality matter
    reducing greenhouse gas emissions
    disconnected from reality

    the world needs more fertilizer, not less, for the same reason it needs more fossil fuel energy, not less.

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    Still has not happened …. topple the elite.

    cause high prices, famine, and widely killing the poor. …Who will probably then kill the middle class, who will then try to topple the elite.
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    in reply to: Debt Rattle July 12 2022 #111402
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    A rose is a rose by any name
    Inflation, shortages, gouging, supply & demand, hoarding, depression, controlled/uncontrolled, good/bad, success/failure,

    Today, Russia cut off all natural gas flowing through the main pipeline to Europe as part of routine maintenance.

    Russia is contractually committed to turning the gas back on 10 days later, but many analysts, heads of state, and government officials believe Russian President Vladimir Putin won’t turn the gas back on in 10 days. Why? So he can increase prices, increase Russia’s energy revenues, and pressure Europe to stop supporting Ukraine in its fight against Russia. France’s economy minister yesterday called a complete cut-off “the most likely” scenario. The consequences of a full Russian gas embargo would be devastating. German industries are already “in danger of permanently collapsing,” warned the head of Germany’s trade unions. Britain has warned that, in order to protect its own citizens, it may cut off natural gas supplies to Europe. If Putin cuts off the gas, Europe would be forced to ration energy, and bail-out both electric utilities and energy-intensive companies.

    Read more …
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    • The ECB Must Follow Its Mandate (Lacalle)
    inflation is money supply growth
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    in reply to: Debt Rattle July 11 2022 #111344
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    https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/natural-immunity-97-percent-effective-against-severe-covid-19-after-14-months-study
    Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
    Natural Immunity 97% Effective Against Severe COVID-19 After 14 Months: Study
    The protection against severe illness from so-called natural immunity remains superior to the protection bestowed by COVID-19 vaccines, according to a new study.
    That percentage is higher than the protection from COVID-19 vaccines, according to other studies and real-world data.

    1. Swedish researchers, for instance, found in May that two doses of a vaccine were just 54 percent effective against the Omicron variant of COVID-19.

    2. South African scientists, meanwhile, found the effectiveness of the AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines peaked at 88 percent, and quickly dropped to 70 percent or lower.

    3. The Qatar group found natural immunity for over 14 months after a person’s first infection “remains very strong, with no evidence for waning, irrespective of variant.”

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    Duration of immune protection of SARS-CoV-2 natural infection against reinfection in Qatar
    Posted July 07, 2022.
    https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.07.06.22277306v1.full-text

    Pre-Omicron Reinfection Study
    Omicron Reinfection Study
    COVID-19 Severity Reinfection Study

    in reply to: Debt Rattle July 11 2022 #111338
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    https://www.rt.com/russia/558768-himars-stikes-western-ammo/
    11 Jul, 2022 12:22

    Stocks of Western-supplied missiles destroyed in Ukraine – Moscow
    Depots packed with US-made shells and rockets in Ukraine have been hit by missile strikes, Russia says

    Russian warships have destroyed stocks of US-supplied ammunition, by striking arms depots in Ukraine’s central Dnepropetrovsk Region with Kalibr cruise missiles, the defense ministry said on Monday.

    “Stores of ammunition for US-delivered HIMARS multiple rocket launchers and M772 howitzers, as well as for 2S7 Pion self-propelled guns have been destroyed,” Defense Ministry spokesman Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov said during his daily press briefing.

    Konashenkov added that Russian aircraft hit the bases of “nationalist battalions and foreign mercenaries” in the eastern city of Kharkov, killing around 250 fighters and destroying up to 25 military vehicles.

    The US promised this month to supply Kiev with four additional HIMARS launchers, bringing the total number sent to Ukraine to 12. Speaking to the Wall Street Journal on Sunday, Ukrainian Defense Minister Alexey Reznikov called them a “game-changer” on the battlefield.

    Last week, the Russian Defense Ministry claimed that it had wiped out two HIMARS launchers and two ammunition depots. The Ukrainian military dismissed the report as “fake,” insisting that the US-made launchers were inflicting “colossal” damage and casualties on the “occupying forces.”

    in reply to: Debt Rattle July 11 2022 #111337
    zerosum
    Participant

    Control ….. un-funded liabilities and un-payable debts …… over leveraging ………. jubilee ….
    (In Roman Catholic tradition, a Jubilee is a year of remission of sins and also the punishment due to sin.)

    Objective ….. the fight for hearts and minds helps to ensure the continued flow of billions of dollars in Western military and humanitarian aid.

    Tool …. diversion
    (discreetly courting prime ministers, presidents, billionaires, oligarchs and media barons.)
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    The war is not over. The war continues in Europe, and around the world
    There are still victims.
    (a person harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime, accident, or other event or action:)
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    They even supported Biden for president.
    They never stopped going after Trump for winning the presidency
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    in reply to: Debt Rattle July 10 2022 #111314
    zerosum
    Participant

    https://www.webkams.com/ukraine
    Ukraine Webcams
    Here you can see the latest view from 231 live webcams in 68 destinations in the country of Ukraine. Both the current (latest) image, and the most recent daylight image are available for each camera.

    in reply to: Debt Rattle July 10 2022 #111294
    zerosum
    Participant

    Agree ….. a must read
    https://margaretannaalice.substack.com/p/a-mostly-peaceful-depopulation
    A Mostly Peaceful Depopulation
    Notes for My Corona Investigative Committee Interview

    Margaret Anna Alice
    Jul 3
    336 Comments
    There is perhaps no more important tool for turning the tide of public opinion than framing, so if we want to win this war against the democidal dictators and their enablers, we must use framing, repetition, and viralization to propagate the truth.

    in reply to: Debt Rattle July 10 2022 #111289
    zerosum
    Participant

    Everybody is a lawyer.
    Words to cover your ass. (Never admit that you made a mistake, that you are wrong, that you don’t know what you are doing, that you are liable.)

    • Canada Exempts Russian Gas Turbine From Sanctions (G.)
    • Germany Is Quietly Shutting Down As Energy Crunch Paralyzes Economy (ZH)

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    Checkmate
    • A Popular Uprising Against the Elites Has Gone Global (Schoelhammer)
    In protest, farmers have been blockading streets and refusing to deliver their products to supermarket chains. It’s been leading to serious shortages of eggs and milk, among other food items.

    the Dutch people are on the side of the farmers, their elites are behaving much as they did in Canada and the U.S., and not just those in government. Media outlets are refusing to even report the protests, and when they do, they cast the farmers as extremists. Why the disconnect?
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    Did the bankers make a mistake?
    • Sri Lanka President Agrees To Resign Amid Unrest (O.)
    the economy has completely collapsed and the government is unable to afford to import food, fuel and medicines.

    Sri Lanka defaulted on its foreign debts in May, which total over $51bn, and is in negotiations with the IMF for a $3bn bailout.
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    Cover your ass
    • The Rot In Canada’s Dysfunctional Government Is Coming From The Head (NP)

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    in reply to: Debt Rattle July 9 2022 #111255
    zerosum
    Participant

    @ willem

    When will demonstrations lead to the following

    https://www.rt.com/news/558711-yemen-healthcare-babies-dying/

    Yemeni mothers and babies facing ‘unimaginable horror,’ Red Cross tells RT
    One mother and six newborn babies die every two hours amid ongoing conflict and deprivation, the agency warned

    in reply to: Debt Rattle July 9 2022 #111234
    zerosum
    Participant

    Sick people are the lifeblood of the medical establishment.
    Why change the definition of “fully vaccinated” to 3 or 4 vaccines?
    Plans are being developed to include the c-19 vaccine into the flue vaccine.
    Modification to the c-19 vaccine are underway so that it will combat the effects of Omicron and its variants and thereby avoid natural immunity.

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