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Ukraine invaded by Putin
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Biden officials say Russia has been trying to bring back dollar reserves stored around the world.
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) February 28, 2022
Putin hoped these would help stabilize the economy. This new move targeting the central bank strikes at those defenses.
Here's an explainer on all this:https://t.co/sGyemRuNzr pic.twitter.com/tUdKppZHWx
Meanwhile .....
There is a huge Russian armored column, described as 40 miles long, approaching the battlefield.
No doubt covered by at least 3 layers of air cover.
Hope these sanctions remain ......regardless what happens in Ukraine.
Or NATO will be put to the ultimate test....when Putin's surrogates invade the Baltic States .
There is a huge Russian armored column, described as 40 miles long, approaching the battlefield.
No doubt covered by at least 3 layers of air cover.
Hope these sanctions remain ......regardless what happens in Ukraine.
Or NATO will be put to the ultimate test....when Putin's surrogates invade the Baltic States .
President @ZelenskyyUA signed #EU membership application for #Ukraine. This is the choice of 🇺🇦 and Ukrainian people. We more than deserve it. pic.twitter.com/FRhLTfyjvJ
— Denys Shmyhal (@Denys_Shmyhal) February 28, 2022
Russian banks have been cut off from SWIFT, a network that connects thousands of financial institutions around the world. David Brancaccio spoke with @EmilyKilcrease1 about how this could impact Russia: https://t.co/XCaZ5217TN pic.twitter.com/xCDrfxCd1P
— Marketplace (@Marketplace) February 28, 2022
You don’t need to understand Ukrainian to feel it
— Ragıp Soylu (@ragipsoylu) February 28, 2022
Let’s Live pic.twitter.com/EWwU8Kl0Wi
Only 'selected' Russian banks have been affected........not all.jupiter said:Russian banks have been cut off from SWIFT, a network that connects thousands of financial institutions around the world. David Brancaccio spoke with @EmilyKilcrease1 about how this could impact Russia: https://t.co/XCaZ5217TN pic.twitter.com/xCDrfxCd1P
— Marketplace (@Marketplace) February 28, 2022
Redbrickbear said:
Point?
J.B.Katz said:Biden deserves praise on two fronts. First, he has demonstrated why we need alliances. Trump trashed all of our alliances, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership that would have set trade rules that hemmed in China's aggressive practices. Biden recognized their essential value.MT_Bear said:Yep. Biden's response has been fine - not perfect, but perfectly reasonable, measured, and effective without upping escalation too rapidly, and making sure that the US is not speaking for all of NATO (as has often felt the case before) but instead allowing each NATO nation to independently announce their own sanctions. For the love of god I wish Americans could just work together (thank god congress mostly is), rather than use such a tragic and potentially dangerous moment in history as just one more tool for division. This bull**** is why I affiliate with neither party.Booray said:I thought we wanted a strong Europe able and willing to lead on issues that impact them the most? I also imagine that European leaders are comforted in knowing we have their back. Its sad that we live to criticize our own, no matter what.Jacques Strap said:The narrative on the left has been that Biden‘s patience lead Europe to increase sanctions on Putin.
— M0ser (@TM0s41) February 28, 2022
This story suggests the exact opposite: Biden is following, not leading… which isn’t a surprise to anyone who isn’t high on this admin’s spin.
Biden's response to this has not been perfect but it has been good to this point. Russia is the loser so far. What more do you want?
Second, he has pulled our allies together in a very short time. Only someone with long experience in foreign policy -- someone who is well known by foreign leaders -- could have pulled that off.
When would you say is the last time you had a rational thought?
Your ideas are intriguing to me, and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
Fascinating thread. War has changed so much in 30 years.
Facebook took down two anti-Ukraine disinformation operations this weekend.
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) February 28, 2022
They were tied to Ukraine Today, a Russian propaganda outfit created to make Ukraine look like a failed state.
They used fake profiles on Facebook to make it all seem real.https://t.co/4tf9Y0SwSa
No offense to any of you who like Biden. But he has done nothing. But say one thing and do the other. He is a cancer to our country. All of them have no idea what they are doing. Terrible politicians and worse actors
Biden has led from behind. As noted, his biggest mistake was putting all his cards on the table about doing nothing militarily. We have known about this since November, yet Biden continues to act as if he is surprised by what is occurring and scrambling to respond.BornAgain said:
No offense to any of you who like Biden. But he has done nothing. But say one thing and do the other. He is a cancer to our country. All of them have no idea what they are doing. Terrible politicians and worse actors
Kind of like liberals and leftists that come in here pretending to be lifelong Republicans or conservatives then try to convince other Republicans and conservatives that conservative or Republican values aren't what America wants.boognish_bear said:
Fascinating thread. War has changed so much in 30 years.Facebook took down two anti-Ukraine disinformation operations this weekend.
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) February 28, 2022
They were tied to Ukraine Today, a Russian propaganda outfit created to make Ukraine look like a failed state.
They used fake profiles on Facebook to make it all seem real.https://t.co/4tf9Y0SwSa
Germany changed their energy policy on Sunday as a result of the war. Biden refuses to reverse his energy policies.Harrison Bergeron said:Biden has led from behind. As noted, his biggest mistake was putting all his cards on the table about doing nothing militarily. We have known about this since November, yet Biden continues to act as if he is surprised by what is occurring and scrambling to respond.BornAgain said:
No offense to any of you who like Biden. But he has done nothing. But say one thing and do the other. He is a cancer to our country. All of them have no idea what they are doing. Terrible politicians and worse actors
No point.RMF5630 said:Redbrickbear said:
Point?
Just maps showing timelines of other invasions of similar size countries.
Thought people might find them interesting.
Yea,Rawhide said:Kind of like liberals and leftists that come in here pretending to be lifelong Republicans or conservatives then try to convince other Republicans and conservatives that conservative or Republican values aren't what America wants.boognish_bear said:
Fascinating thread. War has changed so much in 30 years.Facebook took down two anti-Ukraine disinformation operations this weekend.
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) February 28, 2022
They were tied to Ukraine Today, a Russian propaganda outfit created to make Ukraine look like a failed state.
They used fake profiles on Facebook to make it all seem real.https://t.co/4tf9Y0SwSa
The best is the columnist/or internet blogger who writes "As a life long southerner and evangelical Christian" before launching into a long rant about how evil and terrible southerners & evangelicals Christians are.
Later turns out its some girl born in NYC who went to high school in Nashville...and is a C&E mainline church member.
Thanks to Biden's war on energy, Americans are paying more and Putin wins
Just last week, his administration put new restrictions on building liquefied-natural-gas terminals in the United States, which are needed to liquefy our abundant (and clean) natural gas and place it in tankers to be shipped to Europe and the rest of the world. The cancellation of oil and gas pipelines, such as the Keystone XL, and gas-drilling permits in Alaska, Texas and other oil-rich states have also lowered our domestic production.
Biden says he is "doing everything he can" to bring down gas prices. Wrong. When the supply of a product falls, its price rises. When Trump left office, the price of oil was at roughly $2.59 a gallon nationally. Now it is $3.49 and headed to more than $4 a gallon (and $5 a gallon in California and New York) at the gas pump.
Every barrel we don't produce in Texas and Alaska puts money into the coffers of Russian President Vladimir Putin, helping finance his war machine. Putin loves high oil and gas prices. Chinese President Xi Jinping is also benefiting from Biden's war on American energy, with his country building dozens of coal plants.
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Biden State of the Union to Cast Climate Bill as Anti-Inflation
Just last week, his administration put new restrictions on building liquefied-natural-gas terminals in the United States, which are needed to liquefy our abundant (and clean) natural gas and place it in tankers to be shipped to Europe and the rest of the world. The cancellation of oil and gas pipelines, such as the Keystone XL, and gas-drilling permits in Alaska, Texas and other oil-rich states have also lowered our domestic production.
Biden says he is "doing everything he can" to bring down gas prices. Wrong. When the supply of a product falls, its price rises. When Trump left office, the price of oil was at roughly $2.59 a gallon nationally. Now it is $3.49 and headed to more than $4 a gallon (and $5 a gallon in California and New York) at the gas pump.
Every barrel we don't produce in Texas and Alaska puts money into the coffers of Russian President Vladimir Putin, helping finance his war machine. Putin loves high oil and gas prices. Chinese President Xi Jinping is also benefiting from Biden's war on American energy, with his country building dozens of coal plants.
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Biden State of the Union to Cast Climate Bill as Anti-Inflation
the Ukraine ROI in the Biden crime family has turned asymptotically negative!!!
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- KKM
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- KKM
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pro ecclesia, pro javelina
Ok, curious. Ukraine is big, in European terms. Ukraine could feed all of Europe agriculturally if allowed.Redbrickbear said:No point.RMF5630 said:Redbrickbear said:
Point?
Just maps showing timelines of other invasions of similar size countries.
Thought people might find them interesting.
Yea I had just been reading about "black soil" or chernozem in Ukraine.RMF5630 said:Ok, curious. Ukraine is big, in European terms. Ukraine could feed all of Europe agriculturally if allowed.Redbrickbear said:No point.RMF5630 said:Redbrickbear said:
Point?
Just maps showing timelines of other invasions of similar size countries.
Thought people might find them interesting.
Extremely productive farm land.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernozem
https://bunge.com/news/black-earth-makes-ukraine-important-agricultural-destination#:~:text=Did%20you%20know%3F,Organization%20of%20the%20United%20Nations.
long supply lines are a ***** to maintain.RMF5630 said:Ok, curious. Ukraine is big, in European terms. Ukraine could feed all of Europe agriculturally if allowed.Redbrickbear said:No point.RMF5630 said:Redbrickbear said:
Point?
Just maps showing timelines of other invasions of similar size countries.
Thought people might find them interesting.
pro ecclesia, pro javelina
I don't know if they still do it, but in the past, I've seen some rigs simply burning off the natural gas that comes with extracting oil. Wouldn't it make sense to capture that and sell it to Europe?Jacques Strap said:
Thanks to Biden's war on energy, Americans are paying more and Putin wins
Just last week, his administration put new restrictions on building liquefied-natural-gas terminals in the United States, which are needed to liquefy our abundant (and clean) natural gas and place it in tankers to be shipped to Europe and the rest of the world. The cancellation of oil and gas pipelines, such as the Keystone XL, and gas-drilling permits in Alaska, Texas and other oil-rich states have also lowered our domestic production.
Biden says he is "doing everything he can" to bring down gas prices. Wrong. When the supply of a product falls, its price rises. When Trump left office, the price of oil was at roughly $2.59 a gallon nationally. Now it is $3.49 and headed to more than $4 a gallon (and $5 a gallon in California and New York) at the gas pump.
Every barrel we don't produce in Texas and Alaska puts money into the coffers of Russian President Vladimir Putin, helping finance his war machine. Putin loves high oil and gas prices. Chinese President Xi Jinping is also benefiting from Biden's war on American energy, with his country building dozens of coal plants.
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Biden State of the Union to Cast Climate Bill as Anti-Inflation
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/mar/01/ukraine-russia-latest-news-live-updates-war-vladimir-putin-kyiv-kharkiv-russian-invasion-update
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Russia's defence ministry is warning residents in Kyiv to leave their homes as it plans to strike targets in the Ukrainian capital, Russian state news agency Tass is reporting.
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Five people were killed and five others wounded after Russian forces attacked a TV tower in Kyiv, the Interfax news agency is reporting.
The "Breadbasket of Europe" which is why wheat is up so muchRMF5630 said:Ok, curious. Ukraine is big, in European terms. Ukraine could feed all of Europe agriculturally if allowed.Redbrickbear said:No point.RMF5630 said:Redbrickbear said:
Point?
Just maps showing timelines of other invasions of similar size countries.
Thought people might find them interesting.
https://www.farminglife.com/country-and-farming/why-is-ukraine-known-as-the-breadbasket-of-europe-heres-what-it-produces-and-exports-3584361
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Ukraine is known as the 'breadbasket of Europe' and is amongst the top three exporters of grain in the world
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/01/wheat-futures-reach-highest-levels-since-2008-as-russia-invasion-advances.html
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Wheat prices soar to highest since 2008, trade 'limit up' on potential Russia supply hit
Russia is the largest exporter of wheat and Ukraine is among the four biggest exporters of the commodity, according to JPMorgan.
The top tweet has the beginning of a super fascinating thread embedded in it about Russian comms being monitored.
Think about it - the US government knew more about Russian invasion plans of Ukraine than Russian military lieutenants, sergeants and privates
— Dmitri Alperovitch (@DAlperovitch) March 1, 2022
It costs a lot of money to trap and then transport that gas. If you don't have a pipeline for the gas, it is not worth the money or effort.BearFan33 said:I don't know if they still do it, but in the past, I've seen some rigs simply burning off the natural gas that comes with extracting oil. Wouldn't it make sense to capture that and sell it to Europe?Jacques Strap said:
Thanks to Biden's war on energy, Americans are paying more and Putin wins
Just last week, his administration put new restrictions on building liquefied-natural-gas terminals in the United States, which are needed to liquefy our abundant (and clean) natural gas and place it in tankers to be shipped to Europe and the rest of the world. The cancellation of oil and gas pipelines, such as the Keystone XL, and gas-drilling permits in Alaska, Texas and other oil-rich states have also lowered our domestic production.
Biden says he is "doing everything he can" to bring down gas prices. Wrong. When the supply of a product falls, its price rises. When Trump left office, the price of oil was at roughly $2.59 a gallon nationally. Now it is $3.49 and headed to more than $4 a gallon (and $5 a gallon in California and New York) at the gas pump.
Every barrel we don't produce in Texas and Alaska puts money into the coffers of Russian President Vladimir Putin, helping finance his war machine. Putin loves high oil and gas prices. Chinese President Xi Jinping is also benefiting from Biden's war on American energy, with his country building dozens of coal plants.
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Biden State of the Union to Cast Climate Bill as Anti-Inflation
Since it is clean burning, there is no cost to burn it... no pollution penalty charges. So they burn the gas and capture the oil.
There is so much gas burning in the Eagle Ford fracking zone that the entire area is glowing orange at night. You can see it on satellite images.
ShooterTX
Oh look, the crowdstrike co founder whose best buds with Joffe lmaoHuMcK said:
The top tweet has the beginning of a super fascinating thread embedded in it about Russian comms being monitored.Think about it - the US government knew more about Russian invasion plans of Ukraine than Russian military lieutenants, sergeants and privates
— Dmitri Alperovitch (@DAlperovitch) March 1, 2022
That is the Soviet way. No Sergeants stepping up to lead a Company if the Commander goes down, I don't think the Russians or Chinese have developed a very robust NCO Corps. I may be wrong, but it does not seem to play out if they do emphasize NCO's like the US, Brits, Aussies and Germans.HuMcK said:
The top tweet has the beginning of a super fascinating thread embedded in it about Russian comms being monitored.Think about it - the US government knew more about Russian invasion plans of Ukraine than Russian military lieutenants, sergeants and privates
— Dmitri Alperovitch (@DAlperovitch) March 1, 2022
OH… MY… GOD
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) March 1, 2022
Q: “What’s going on in Ukraine?”
Kamala: “Ukraine is a country in Europe. It exists next to another country called Russia. Russia is a bigger country. Russia decided to invade a smaller country called Ukraine so basically that’s wrong.”
pic.twitter.com/gDJDJQVsWb
You are incorrect about NO cost to flair Nat Gas. Hell yes there is. I have flared many a gas well over the past several years. What you fail to take into the equation is that someone had to pay for the lease and pay for the drilling of the well. (very costly). We only flare off gas when the price to extract , transport and sell is more than it is worth. Additionally, over the past several years, when the price was really down in the $2 range, I was paying people to take my gas. That is also costly.ShooterTX said:It costs a lot of money to trap and then transport that gas. If you don't have a pipeline for the gas, it is not worth the money or effort.BearFan33 said:I don't know if they still do it, but in the past, I've seen some rigs simply burning off the natural gas that comes with extracting oil. Wouldn't it make sense to capture that and sell it to Europe?Jacques Strap said:
Thanks to Biden's war on energy, Americans are paying more and Putin wins
Just last week, his administration put new restrictions on building liquefied-natural-gas terminals in the United States, which are needed to liquefy our abundant (and clean) natural gas and place it in tankers to be shipped to Europe and the rest of the world. The cancellation of oil and gas pipelines, such as the Keystone XL, and gas-drilling permits in Alaska, Texas and other oil-rich states have also lowered our domestic production.
Biden says he is "doing everything he can" to bring down gas prices. Wrong. When the supply of a product falls, its price rises. When Trump left office, the price of oil was at roughly $2.59 a gallon nationally. Now it is $3.49 and headed to more than $4 a gallon (and $5 a gallon in California and New York) at the gas pump.
Every barrel we don't produce in Texas and Alaska puts money into the coffers of Russian President Vladimir Putin, helping finance his war machine. Putin loves high oil and gas prices. Chinese President Xi Jinping is also benefiting from Biden's war on American energy, with his country building dozens of coal plants.
--------------------------
Biden State of the Union to Cast Climate Bill as Anti-Inflation
Since it is clean burning, there is no cost to burn it... no pollution penalty charges. So they burn the gas and capture the oil.
There is so much gas burning in the Eagle Ford fracking zone that the entire area is glowing orange at night. You can see it on satellite images.
Is this serious?Cobretti said:OH… MY… GOD
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) March 1, 2022
Q: “What’s going on in Ukraine?”
Kamala: “Ukraine is a country in Europe. It exists next to another country called Russia. Russia is a bigger country. Russia decided to invade a smaller country called Ukraine so basically that’s wrong.”
pic.twitter.com/gDJDJQVsWb
From what I understand that has long been a Russian weakness. They've made some effort to improve lately, but it seems not enough.RMF5630 said:I don't think the Russians or Chinese have developed a very robust NCO Corps.HuMcK said:
The top tweet has the beginning of a super fascinating thread embedded in it about Russian comms being monitored.Think about it - the US government knew more about Russian invasion plans of Ukraine than Russian military lieutenants, sergeants and privates
— Dmitri Alperovitch (@DAlperovitch) March 1, 2022
pretty bad kamala
You have to be able to support a family and the perks retirement as an NCO to keep people volunteering. In a society where there is no incentive, why stay when conscription is up?Sam Lowry said:From what I understand that has long been a Russian weakness. They've made some effort to improve lately, but it seems not enough.RMF5630 said:I don't think the Russians or Chinese have developed a very robust NCO Corps.HuMcK said:
The top tweet has the beginning of a super fascinating thread embedded in it about Russian comms being monitored.Think about it - the US government knew more about Russian invasion plans of Ukraine than Russian military lieutenants, sergeants and privates
— Dmitri Alperovitch (@DAlperovitch) March 1, 2022