2020 Collapse

[sgbuyer]

Uknown still, when will Ukrainian realise that they were betrayed from Day one by EU/USA and Russia. West had no serious intention of helping Ukraine with real troops and signaled to Putin you can have two more regions. It is only after Putin took another bite, that West stood up... But the REDLINE is not Ukraine ongoing existence.

Ukraine is just the bait and Russia fell for the trap, unfortunately. The Americans are using divide and conquer. Take out the weaker one first. What's going to happen in the next 30 days will be vicious. Whoever is strategising this is brilliant.

 

[alor]

Pozsar Warns Of Another "Lehman Weekend" As Russia Sanctions May Trigger Central Bank Liquidity Flood https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/p...-sanctions-may-trigger-central-bank-liquidity

In a remarkable show of force and unity, western powers cast aside all their previous concerns about Russian energy export dominance, and uniliaterally announced the nuclear option of imposing sanctions on the Russian central bank coupled with targeted exclusions from SWIFT of key Russian banks.

 

[Ipv6Ready]

Ukraine is just the bait and Russia fell for the trap, unfortunately. The Americans are using divide and conquer. Take out the weaker one first. What's going to happen in the next 30 days will be vicious. Whoever is strategising this is brilliant.

The bait can bite. If a handful of PRO EU Ukrainians or Pro Russian Ukrainian get upset and they have access to any crude bombs and blows up the two pipes in Ukraine for the betrayal by EU or Russia than EU goes into the rolling dark ages for a year or two.

EU gas reseve will last 6 weeks at current levels .... How long do you think it will take to build LNG ports beucase there isnt enough and extra LNG ships to be built to take up the slack.... 2 years?

 

[alor]

Hunger will hit poorer countries as wealthier countries can afford to buy up all the grains. Countries in Africa, Middle East, the belt and road countries will be hit. Pd will be replaced with Pt. Plenty of pt in warehouses. I'm sure the West will pass emergency legislation to allow pt to be used instead of pd. This is only a regulatory issue. As for silver, why?

Pd is up 5%

 

[jultorsk]

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/28/rus...ent-from-9point5percent-to-bolster-ruble.html

Russian’s central bank has nearly doubled the country’s key interest rate from 9.5% to 20% as its currency, the ruble, hit a record low against the dollar on the back of a slew of new sanctions and penalties imposed on Russia by Europe and the U.S. for its invasion of Ukraine.

The rate hike, the central bank said, “is designed to offset increased risk of ruble depreciation and inflation.” This follows the central bank’s order to halt foreigners’ bids to sell Russian securities in an effort to contain the market fallout. The ruble fell as far as 119.50 per dollar, down a whopping 30% from Friday’s close.

The bank also said it would be freeing 733 billion rubles ($8.78 billion) in local bank reserves to boost liquidity.

 

[sgbuyer]

Russia is threatening nuclear war. Do you still think about LNG?

It's like a man possessed by the devil charging at a group of police with a knife, the police points a shotgun at him and warns him to stop but he doesn't stop.

So, what will the police do? Surrender, and hope that the crazy man will stop?

The bait can bite. If a handful of PRO EU Ukrainians or Pro Russian Ukrainian get upset and they have access to any crude bombs and blows up the two pipes in Ukraine for the betrayal by EU or Russia than EU goes into the rolling dark ages for a year or two.

EU gas reseve will last 6 weeks at current levels .... How long do you think it will take to build LNG ports beucase there isnt enough and extra LNG ships to be built to take up the slack.... 2 years?

 

[Ipv6Ready]

Russia is threatening nuclear war. Do you still think about LNG?

It's like a man possessed by the devil charging at a group of police with a knife, the police points a shotgun at him and warns him to stop but he doesn't stop.

So, what will the police do? Surrender, and hope that the crazy man will stop?

You lack strategic foresight or tactical intelligence, Nukes are threats made by leaders of handful of countries that have them. Meaning pressing the MAD (Mutaully Aussured Destruction) Button is limited to few individuals. Even if Putin say press the button doesnt mean Russian forces will, if Putin is having a bad day.

The above be it Putin, Biden or Kim can be calculated to a certain extent strategically.

Blowing up pipeline can be one of 48,000,000 disgruntled village idiot or Pro EU Champion or Pro Russian patriot in Ukraine. Therefore it is a not a strategic outcome that can be calculated.

Like the police accountant that was shot dead by disgruntled teenager supporting Tailban in Sydney.

Do you think the 1000's km of pipes are bullet proof?

 

[alor]

You lack strategic foresight or tactical intelligence, Nukes are threats made by leaders of handful of countries that have them.

Blowing up pipeline can be one of 48,000,000 disgruntled idiot or patriot in Ukraine. Therefore it is a not a strategic outcome that can be calculated.

Like the police accountant that was shot dead by disgruntled teenager supporting Tailban in Sydney.

Do you think the 1000's km of pipes are bullet proof?

need not be disgrunted, just give $1,000 anybody that need cash is willing to do it...any section or any time. so the act will happen
if you pay sufficient bitcoins to some young spies, they will divulge the locations of the actor president

 

[jultorsk]

You lack strategic foresight or tactical intelligence, Nukes are threats made by leaders of handful of countries that have them.

Blowing up pipeline can be one of 48,000,000 disgruntled idiot or patriot in Ukraine. Therefore it is a not a strategic outcome that can be calculated.

Like the police accountant that was shot dead by disgruntled teenager supporting Tailban in Sydney.

Do you think the 1000's km of pipes are bullet proof?

Russia will place nukes in Belarus. Maybe that's why Germany finally woke from their slumber.

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/...ng-nuclear-weapons-russian-forces-permanently

 

[alor]

Russia closes airspace to 30+ states
The measure is a tit-for-tat response to sanctions against Moscow

 

[alor]

 

[sgbuyer]

Corporations are starting to act. They can be more powerful than countries. No ships, no airplanes, can't export, can't import, businesses will all collapse in 1 month. How do you sell or buy anything if the entire logistics industry boycotts you. Doesn't matter if you use crypto when real goods can't be delivered using block chain.

https://www.reuters.com/business/maersk-considers-suspending-all-shipments-russia-2022-02-28/

 

[spannermonkey]

Corporations are starting to act. They can be more powerful than countries. No ships, no airplanes, can't export, can't import, businesses will all collapse in 1 month. How do you sell or buy anything if the entire logistics industry boycotts you. Doesn't matter if you use crypto when real goods can't be delivered using block chain.

https://www.reuters.com/business/maersk-considers-suspending-all-shipments-russia-2022-02-28/

I love how you just make shit up
NOT
Russia can afford to close it's borders to the world & survive withou them .
Yes there will be a cost , but they can survive .

 

[TreasureHunter]

Just came across this weird looking sweaty video, but interesting points (especially the technical part) are made in it:

This guy is very bullish on Bitcoin. Could he be right?

 

[precious roar]

I love how you just make shit up
NOT
Russia can afford to close it's borders to the world & survive withou them .
Yes there will be a cost , but they can survive .

True, but I doubt the Putin regime would survive that.

 

[spannermonkey]

True, but I doubt the Putin regime would survive that.

That is your opinion.
Putin will survive just about anything.
Even the US navy already in the Black Sea.
Wander why he pulled out the big stick?

 

[sgbuyer]

I love how you just make shit up
NOT
Russia can afford to close it's borders to the world & survive withou them .
Yes there will be a cost , but they can survive .

Yes, it maybe shit and speculation. But I've never said that Russia won't survive due to sanctions. The US is already a falling power. North Korea, China's pet is doing very well to survive on Chinese meagre hand out, just enough to survive and feed a million phony soldiers, but not enough to pose a threat to me. If Russia wants to be a pet, I have nothing more to say.

 

[mmm....shiney!]

Putin will survive just about anything.

He has an 80% approval rating, that’s a lot of Russkies that love him, and a lot to turn before they hate him.

On the other hand it’s economically and socially fkd, the government is corrupt, Putin is a dictator and these sanctions are going to hurt Russia because a nation can’t prosper isolated from the world’s financial system.

It’s easy to look with Anglo eyes and point out where Russia and a lot of Eastern Europe is failing, but we’ve had the benefit of a social system built on about 1000 years of common law, that’s a foreign concept to most people of Europe and indeed to the rest of the world.

 

[sgbuyer]

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/backlash-china-over-vulgar-social-093000837.html

Mon, February 28, 2022, 5:30 PM·3 min read


Chinese authorities have called for caution over online comments about Russia's invasion of Ukraine amid concerns that public internet sentiment stoked anger towards citizens abroad.

The conflict is hotly debated on Chinese social media, with some internet users sympathetic towards the plight of Ukrainians and others mocking the conflict and cheering on Russia's aggression.

A number of users appeared to endorse sexual violence against fleeing Ukrainian women, saying they would "gladly take care of them", prompting widespread criticism of their behaviour.

One Beijing resident, Chen Jingjing, said she openly argued with people making such "jokes".

"It's a vicious joke, it's treating women in war like sexual resources, instead of treating them like human beings," she said. "I cannot accept that."

"I don't even dare go into a shelter, I'm afraid I might get rejected," she said.

 

[sgbuyer]

He has an 80% approval rating, that’s a lot of Russkies that love him, and a lot to turn before they hate him.

I've no doubt that he has good intentions for Russia at the beginning.

Love is a powerful thing but dangerous at the same time. For a country, love is dangerous because you can make illogical decisions when you put emotions into the equation.