Friday, October 14, 2022

Reds


 

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  1. Peter Zeihan: Russian petroleum, refined petroleum products, wheat, and sunflower oil exports are expected to go off-line VERY soon. [Click] They have pissed off way too many people (e.g. insurers and shipping companies) upon whom their exports depend. Granted that Peter Zeihan can (in my estimation) be overly dramatic, this could be rather more interesting and sooner for Mr. Putin and Russians in general than they had anticipated.

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  2. Two UK items via politicalwire.com:

    1) A new Ipsos poll finds Liz Truss has the lowest level of satisfaction with the public —16% to 68% — ever recorded for a British Prime Minister.

    2) “Britain’s beleaguered chancellor of the Exchequer, Kwasi Kwarteng, was fired on Friday as Prime Minister Liz Truss prepared to announce a large-scale retreat over a package of unfunded tax cuts that have rattled financial markets . . .

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    1. Ha! The joke's on me. I thought this was going to be a link to something you hang on your porch at Hallowe'en! 🤣

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  4. Russia's government has ordered contractors to finish repairs to a key bridge linking annexed Crimea to Russia by July 1st 2023. [Click] Hmmmm. . . as memory serves me, they ordered the army to take Kiev within three days.

    The aerial photo at the beginning of the article seems to show a fallen section of the roadway to the far right that I hadn’t noticed before.

    “Massive Russian air strikes on Monday which targeted cities all over Ukraine, killing civilians and damaging infrastructure, were presented by Moscow as a response to the attack on the bridge.
    However, analysts say the strikes must have been prepared weeks in advance.”

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  5. Migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard may get visas after being declared victims of crime [Click] “a U-visa, which usually leads to a green card” That sure ought to own them dastardly libs!

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    1. Hmmm, sounds like either he's rich or he somehow owes the rich...

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  7. The Russian Space Program Is Falling Back to Earth [Click] “The storied space superpower was already stalling. Then came the Ukraine war.” This is sad. I well remember Sputnik.

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    1. Maybe their astronauts will defect. I bet they'd be welcomed elsewhere!

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    1. I am saddened by all these people dying so young.

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  9. Some of the early trees here are turning color and dropping their leaves. Mostly brilliant yellow. Note that most these trees were planted by the village in the parkway between sidewalk and street.

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