War in Ukraine

[evillawyer]

Honestly, if they're using a pigsty, I thought it'd be more like this.

 

[Burhead]

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

Does Visegrad not know that Moldova was part of Romania? Should have probably been reunited long ago.

 

[AM64]

1. so the purchasing power parity is a really interesting way to look at things, it first assumes that the two nations currencies are equal on the world market. and then it sees how much those same currency rates will buy in their own country. while ignoring taxes (import, export, and sales), and local pricing differences on goods. the more I look at it the less I understand what it is actually telling anyone. seems like a real good case of lies, damn lies, and statistics.

What Is Purchasing Power Parity (PPP), and How Is It Calculated?

Purchasing power parity (PPP) compares economic growth and standards of living in different countries with a common currency/basket of goods approach.

www.investopedia.com

"That is, PPP is the exchange rate at which one nation's currency would be converted into another to purchase the same and same amounts of a large group of products"

2. oil and gas, the G7 has NEVER been a key figure in the O&G production side of things.

3. the food metric is again a case of lying through statistics. China, India, and Russia are NET food IMPORTERS. Note India is technically a net exporter because of the beef they don't eat, but do export. So if trade shut down they would have to start eating their sacred cows to stay alive.

https://www.ifpri.org/publication/brief-2-global-food-security-and-market-stability-role-and-concerns-large-net-food#:~:text=The%20end%20result%20of%20these,of%20total%20food%20net%20exports.

"The end result of these processes is that five countries (China, Korea, Japan, Russia and Saudi Arabia) are responsible for about 40% of food net imports and seven countries (Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, New Zealand, Thailand and USA) account for about 55% of total food net exports"

Food Exports and Imports Worldwide | IndexMundi Blog

www.indexmundi.com

4. geography is geography and whats kinda funny is the trade routes they mention generally only matter to the developed nations, or at least matter more. in a non-western centered trade economy those trade routes aren't nearly as useful/important.

5. cool they have goals

6. geography...all those routes are land routes, remember what I said about #4?

7. China playing the victim card right after they publish a map claiming land from 3 other BRICS members. Imperialism isn't going anywhere.

This seems ripe for a game changer ... or two can play this game. FPEC (or F-OPEC); they have an oil cartel, so create a food cartel. You want to hold back oil, no problem, but see if you can eat oil.

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

This seems ripe for a game changer ... or two can play this game. FPEC (or F-OPEC); they have an oil cartel, so create a food cartel. You want to hold back oil, no problem, but see if you can eat oil.

Hey, genius... what do tractors run on? How about fertilizer? How will you get food from the farm, to the processing plants to the grocery stores?

 

[AM64]

We can just skip to #5 to see why this is a lot of hot air. They can't agree on a currency. They only existing one that could serve as a trade currency is China's. And (presumably) other countries see how easily China could manipulate that to favor its trade. So that hasn't happened.

Moreover, do these countries fundamentally have much in common? India and China? Can China provide the Middle East with security guarantees the way the U.S. has? That's what countries like Saudi Arabia want. Argentina? What does it bring to the table?

China and India have been skirmishing for years - makes little sense for them to be part of an alliance now. If S America were flipped, we'd probably be seeing Brazilians instead of C Americans swarming across the border. Saudis are thugs with oil. There's not an untroubled country in BRICS. Each of the five counties that BRICS stands for has an almost national religion - none are the same. Basically none of the five have much in common except a chip on it's shoulder - not a marriage made in heaven. At least three have a population problem and extremes of unequal wealth - some extremely rich and large numbers in extreme poverty.

 

[AM64]

Hey, genius... what do tractors run on? How about fertilizer? How will you get food from the farm, to the processing plants to the grocery stores?

Remember how much petroleum we produce? We could actually keep it here and produce refined products from it. That's another national shame; we could be energy independent if we chose to be. Besides it doesn't have to be a long term proposition; make a point and then go back to being civil, but you don't get there by playing the victim when others want to play economic blackmail.

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

 

[AM64]

Hey @Rasputin_Vol, can you let your lads know that's not what we mean when we say "use a rubber for protection"?

Wonder if the Russians understand how well tires burn once lit. That stuff gets runny and spreads, too.

 

[LouderVol]

Hey, genius... what do tractors run on? How about fertilizer? How will you get food from the farm, to the processing plants to the grocery stores?

are those oil producing countries going fully robotic, because their workers more than likely still need food to get/refine/distribute that oil in the first place.

 

[Rocky_Top_Vol13]

 

[evillawyer]

@Rasputin_Vol's lads, doing totally not terrorist things. Onward Christian soldiers. Right Ras?

 

[Velo Vol]

China and India have been skirmishing for years - makes little sense for them to be part of an alliance now. If S America were flipped, we'd probably be seeing Brazilians instead of C Americans swarming across the border. Saudis are thugs with oil. There's not an untroubled country in BRICS. Each of the five counties that BRICS stands for has an almost national religion - none are the same. Basically none of the five have much in common except a chip on it's shoulder - not a marriage made in heaven. At least three have a population problem and extremes of unequal wealth - some extremely rich and large numbers in extreme poverty.

Which becomes apparent when you drill down beyond the rhetoric and examine what binding agreements they have actually constructed.

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

Or is Ras-speak, "not a big deal"

It really wasn't a big deal...

Russia repairs span on Crimean bridge that collapsed after drone attack

The Russian occupying authorities have replaced a span on the Crimean bridge which had collapsed after an attack by uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) during a special operation by the Ukrainian Navy and security services.

news.yahoo.com

Now the thing that should pizz every American off right now is how quickly the Russians have been able to repair this bridge after 2 attacks while in America, we take years to fix a pothole.

 

[NorthDallas40]

It really wasn't a big deal...

Russia repairs span on Crimean bridge that collapsed after drone attack

The Russian occupying authorities have replaced a span on the Crimean bridge which had collapsed after an attack by uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) during a special operation by the Ukrainian Navy and security services.

news.yahoo.com

Now the thing that should pizz every American off right now is how quickly the Russians have been able to repair this bridge after 2 attacks while in America, we take years to fix a pothole.

Actually you were chest thumping about orc prowess in the I-95 bridge collapse and had to eat crow when it was back and carrying traffic two weeks later Moe

Two weeks Vs two months?

Heavily traveled I-95 reopens less than 2 weeks after deadly collapse in Philadelphia

Interstate 95 reopened Friday less than two weeks after a deadly collapse in Philadelphia, a quicker-than-expected rebuild to get traffic flowing again on a heavily traveled stretch of the East Coast’s main north-south highway.

www.pbs.org

 

[evillawyer]

It really wasn't a big deal...

Russia repairs span on Crimean bridge that collapsed after drone attack

The Russian occupying authorities have replaced a span on the Crimean bridge which had collapsed after an attack by uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) during a special operation by the Ukrainian Navy and security services.

news.yahoo.com

Now the thing that should pizz every American off right now is how quickly the Russians have been able to repair this bridge after 2 attacks while in America, we take years to fix a pothole.

You're so cute love. Any morsel of slightly positive news for Russia (possible repair of Kerch bridge; Russia taking out a challenger tank) is trumpeted like it's the best borscht ever.

Would love to get your take on your Christian lads' "totally not terrorist" bombing of a market in Ukraine today.

 

[evillawyer]

They're dropping landmines from drones now

 

[Franklin Pierce]

Moment Russian Missile Kills 17 People in Ukrainian Market Massacre as Bloody War Rages On​

Russian shelling of a packed market in the Ukrainian city of Kostiantynivka killed at least 17 people this afternoon, including one child, and wounded at least 32, according to Ukrainian officials.

The attack, which targeted the Mercury shopping centre in the town in Donetsk, whipped up an inferno that tore through market stalls and destroyed several cars.


Cars ablaze in a scene of devastation as the market burns following Russian shelling


Police and other rescuers carry a body bag out of the market following the attack


The street is littered with burnt-out cars, and the windows are broken in neighbouring shops


Smoke hangs in the air and incinerated cars lie strewn in front of gutted businesses

Moment Russian missile kills 17 people at market in Ukraine

Shocking footage of the incident shared by locals on Telegram showed terrified residents sprinting from the scene as orange flames raged in the background, trailing thick black smoke.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Septic]

They're dropping landmines from drones now

Russians will just wear tires around their necks.

Problem solved.

Checkmate.

 

[BeardedVol]

Looks like Cuba wants a dose of those secondary sanctions.

 

[evillawyer]

Dear Lord, did tailors not exist in Ukraine 20 years ago? Did he borrow his 6'4 cousin's suit?

 

[USF grad in TN]

Romania now says they've found debris on their territory that apparently came from a Russian drone. They are still investigating.

 

[AM64]

It really wasn't a big deal...

Russia repairs span on Crimean bridge that collapsed after drone attack

The Russian occupying authorities have replaced a span on the Crimean bridge which had collapsed after an attack by uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) during a special operation by the Ukrainian Navy and security services.

news.yahoo.com

Now the thing that should pizz every American off right now is how quickly the Russians have been able to repair this bridge after 2 attacks while in America, we take years to fix a pothole.

Even N Vietnam repaired damage to the Paul Doumer Bridge time after time until the AF was finally able to leave it like this. Bridges have been notoriously difficult to destroy partly because important ones are generally heavily defended, and they aren't easy to bring down. What finally did in the Doumer Bridge was 2000lb laser guided bombs - the first application of their kind. To permanently destroy a bridge means taking out the supports - not spans that can be replaced, and that's not easily done against a heavily defended bridge.

 

[Velo Vol]

Even N Vietnam repaired damage to the Paul Doumer Bridge time after time until the AF was finally able to leave it like this. Bridges have been notoriously difficult to destroy partly because important ones are generally heavily defended, and they aren't easy to bring down. What finally did in the Doumer Bridge was 2000lb laser guided bombs - the first application of their kind. To permanently destroy a bridge means taking out the supports - not spans that can be replaced, and that's not easily done against a heavily defended bridge.

Unless you have some good saboteurs.

 

[Burhead]

Romania now says they've found debris on their territory that apparently came from a Russian drone. They are still investigating.

Yet Russia still hits targets on the border. I really don’t think they care at all about the risks if they hit a NATO country.