June 14, 20223 yr We are sliding into becoming a third world country because of idiots. Anti-science morons. Book banning morons. Parents who won't raise their children. Schools that pass idiots from grade to grade. Trump turns the US into a laughing stock, and half of you applaud.
June 14, 20223 yr Most of that $97b is from earlier in the war. The revenues are dropping. Those they're selling to - mostly India and China - are buying at steep discounts. And the western markets are slowly but steadily closing to them. Early in the war they were still realizing about $1b/day from exports. It's well under that now, despite oil prices going up. Not great (thanks India ) but as usual the headlines are splashy while the actual story is more complicated.
June 14, 20223 yr Russia needs oil to be at $45/b to make a profit. Oil is 120+ right now. Even while selling oil at a huge discount, they're still making a killing. The rate of inflation in Russia is falling. FALLING! They just cut interest rates again. AND THE RUBLE STRENGHTENED! The West is voluntarily cutting themselves off of cheap commodities and the bottom is falling out. They're pissing their pants over a .75 hike in interest rates. Europe is in even worse shape. They're talking about skipping meals and burning furniture for heat come winter. Like I said, a backwater.
June 14, 20223 yr 1 hour ago, Abracadabra said: Russia needs oil to be at $45/b to make a profit. Oil is 120+ right now. Even while selling oil at a huge discount, they're still making a killing. The rate of inflation in Russia is falling. FALLING! They just cut interest rates again. AND THE RUBLE STRENGHTENED! The West is voluntarily cutting themselves off of cheap commodities and the bottom is falling out. They're pissing their pants over a .75 hike in interest rates. Europe is in even worse shape. They're talking about skipping meals and burning furniture for heat come winter. Like I said, a backwater.
June 14, 20223 yr AP Quote "I’ll supply the weapons, and you supply the dead. It is immoral.” President of Mexico Andrés Manuel López Obrador gets it.
June 14, 20223 yr 7 minutes ago, Abracadabra said: AP President of Mexico Andrés Manuel López Obrador gets it. Or, ya know, Russia could not invade. Every death is on Russia's tab. Not Ukraine's.
June 14, 20223 yr This is odd. I was told the Russian Economy is as strong as ever. Strong like bear! Quote Russia is 'hemorrhaging' millionaires London (CNN Business)Millionaires are leaving Russia in droves after the country invaded Ukraine and the West imposed sanctions. Almost three times as many Russian millionaires are expected to leave the country this year than in 2019, the year before the pandemic, according to a report by Henley & Partners, a company that helps wealthy clients move abroad. As Western sanctions make life harder for its elite, Russia is predicted to suffer a net loss of around 15,000 high net-worth individuals (HNWIs) — defined as people with more than $1 million in assets — in 2022, compared to 5,500 in 2019, according to the report. That equates to about 15% of Russia's millionaire population, it said. Andrew Amoils, head of research at analytics company New World Wealth, which contributed data to the report, said that Russia was "hemorrhaging millionaires." "Wealth migration figures are a very important gauge of the health of an economy," he told CNN Business. "It can also be a sign of bad things to come as HNWIs are often the first people to leave... if one looks at any major country collapse in history, it is normally preceded by a migration of wealthy people away from that country," he added. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov dismissed the report in a call with reporters on Tuesday, saying the Russian government had not "noticed [a] trend" of millionaires exiting the country. Migration rates among Russia's rich and powerful fell sharply in 2020 and 2021 as Covid-19 shut down international travel and closed borders. But the trend of wealthy people leaving the country seen in the decade leading up the pandemic has resumed, and is now accelerating following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February. Russia's economy is expected to shrink by about 8.5% this year, according to the International Monetary Fund. The West has imposed round after round of punishing sanctions on Moscow, including expelling some Russian banks from SWIFT, the global payments network, and freezing about half of the country's international reserves. Scores of Western companies, including luxury retailers, have stopped doing business in the country. This year's exodus of millionaires is expected to be more than nine times that of 2021, Henley & Partners' data shows. "Well before the imposition of sanctions... there was a tsunami of capital leaving the country, largely prompted by the increasingly capricious governing style of President Vladimir Putin and his demands of loyalty made on middle-class and wealthy Russians," Misha Glenny, an author and journalist, wrote in an analysis for Henley & Partners. This year, most emigrating Russians are expected to move to countries in southern Europe where many already have second homes. But the United Arab Emirates is rapidly becoming increasingly attractive for the country's wealthy, in part, because of its zero-tax rate. The UAE is predicted to overtake the United States and United Kingdom as the top destination for millionaires on the move this year. Henley & Partners predicts the country will welcome 4,000 HNWIs by the end of the year, compared with about 1,000 each year prior to the pandemic. Amoils said elites were drawn to the UAE as an "international business hub with a high-income economy" which has a "reputation for being the safe oasis in the Middle East and Africa region." The global population of HNWIs grew by nearly 8% last year, according to research by Capgemini, a technology consultancy, which uses the same $1 million threshold as Henley & Partners.
June 14, 20223 yr 25 minutes ago, Abracadabra said: AP President of Mexico Andrés Manuel López Obrador gets it. a political figure from mexico, thats your moral go to here. OMFG you rule.
June 16, 20223 yr 12 hours ago, DrPhilly said: You good @Bill ? I'm safe. Things are... interesting. But I'm safe. When I get back I'm gonna have some stories to tell.
June 16, 20223 yr 8 hours ago, Bill said: I'm safe. Things are... interesting. But I'm safe. When I get back I'm gonna have some stories to tell. i'm sure @Abracadabra will claim that all your experiences are lies & propaganda and that mother russia will save the world from the lizard skinned, jewish notsees.
June 16, 20223 yr Quote American feared captured 'wanted to do what was right' Two U.S. military veterans from Alabama who went to Ukraine to help beat back the Russian invasion are missing and feared to have been captured by Russian troops or Russian-backed separatists, their family members said. The U.S. State Department is looking into reports that Andy Tai Ngoc Huynh, 27, of Trinity, Alabama, and Alexander Drueke, 39, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, haven’t been heard from for days after being in the Kharkiv region of northeastern Ukraine, near the Russian border. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/06/16/ukraine-live-updates-americans-feared-missing-near-russian-border/7643438001/
June 16, 20223 yr 1 hour ago, Alpha_TATEr said: i'm sure @Abracadabra will claim that all your experiences are lies & propaganda and that mother russia will save the world from the lizard skinned, jewish notsees. Can you see it too?
June 16, 20223 yr 10 minutes ago, Abracadabra said: Can you see it too? no wonder he's still a big hit with the ladies.
June 16, 20223 yr 6 hours ago, Alpha_TATEr said: i'm sure @Abracadabra will claim that all your experiences are lies & propaganda and that mother russia will save the world from the lizard skinned, jewish notsees. Eh, by the time I'm back I'm sure he'll have circles back around to Jewish Space Lasers. Honestly Ukraine is a beautiful country. The cities are clean. Cleaner than in the US. No trash on the streets and no urine smell anywhere. Another guy I'm with was a cop and we were commenting on that. The biggest gripes that I have are that no two steps in a flight of stairs are the same goddamn height. Goes from five inches to six inches to four inches to four and a half inches. That applies to every staircase I've ever been on since I've crossed the border. Also for some reason 100° C is somehow twice as hot as 212° F. You make ramen or get a coffee and you have to wait an hour to consume it. That and cigarettes are $2/pack. Dangerously tempting and everyone smokes over here, so I'm trying to limit myself on them. Other than that I regret nothing. The Ukrainians are fast learners and they're eager. Food here is good. And the fed hike made exchange rates better. When I get back I'll do a photo dump and tell my stories. I haven't read ish for news since I've been here so you guys are probably more informed than I am. Also the new Eagles wordmark kinda sucks.
June 16, 20223 yr 9 minutes ago, Bill said: Other than that I regret nothing Stay safe as safe can be.
June 17, 20223 yr 17 hours ago, Bill said: Eh, by the time I'm back I'm sure he'll have circles back around to Jewish Space Lasers. Honestly Ukraine is a beautiful country. The cities are clean. Cleaner than in the US. No trash on the streets and no urine smell anywhere. Another guy I'm with was a cop and we were commenting on that. The biggest gripes that I have are that no two steps in a flight of stairs are the same goddamn height. Goes from five inches to six inches to four inches to four and a half inches. That applies to every staircase I've ever been on since I've crossed the border. Also for some reason 100° C is somehow twice as hot as 212° F. You make ramen or get a coffee and you have to wait an hour to consume it. That and cigarettes are $2/pack. Dangerously tempting and everyone smokes over here, so I'm trying to limit myself on them. Other than that I regret nothing. The Ukrainians are fast learners and they're eager. Food here is good. And the fed hike made exchange rates better. When I get back I'll do a photo dump and tell my stories. I haven't read ish for news since I've been here so you guys are probably more informed than I am. Also the new Eagles wordmark kinda sucks. Keep thee well, sir. Yes, the new wordmark blows goats.
June 17, 20223 yr 1 hour ago, Kz! said: Yes, not only do I not rely on the western media, I came to Ukraine to see for myself that there are no NSDAPs or neo NSDAPs. Nor are there stacks of violence anywhere there isn't Russian troops. Nor are there tortures. Or coups. Or money missing. Or suicides. Only corruption I saw was at the border, and even what I saw was less than I expected for former Soviet Bloc. So yeah if you want to keep posting about what Ukraine is actually like, maybe run it by me first. Otherwise stfu.
June 17, 20223 yr 4 minutes ago, Bill said: Yes, not only do I not rely on the western media, I came to Ukraine to see for myself that there are no NSDAPs or neo NSDAPs. Nor are there stacks of violence anywhere there isn't Russian troops. Nor are there tortures. Or coups. Or money missing. Or suicides. Only corruption I saw was at the border, and even what I saw was less than I expected for former Soviet Bloc. So yeah if you want to keep posting about what Ukraine is actually like, maybe run it by me first. Otherwise stfu. Hello, 911? I'd like to report a murder...
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