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War in Ukraine

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by PITBOSS, Jan 21, 2022.

  1. chemgator

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    More on the overheating of Russia's economy, from the boss of Russia's largest bank. He says that the military spending is what is making the economy look good. The rest of the economy is hurting quite a bit, and is not able to produce enough profits to support the war. Furthermore, the war has robbed several hundred thousand men from supporting the economy with their labor, because they are either fighting and dying in Ukraine, or moving to another country to avoid conscription. Interest rates are currently at 16%. If the interest rates go exponential, then Russia's economic system could unravel very quickly. I don't think Putin has an answer for that. The banker is afraid of what happened in Turkey, where interest rates reached 50%.

    The boss of Russia's biggest bank said the country's economy is 'definitely and strongly overheated' (yahoo.com)

     
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  2. duggers_dad

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    And a War Damn Eagle for that!
     
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  3. duggers_dad

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    The depths …

     
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  5. PITBOSS

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  6. Gatorhead

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    I wish Zelenski would run as an Independent!
     
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    russia attacking nato countries with arson and railroad sabotage

    String of mysterious attacks across Europe opens new front in Russia’s war on the West (msn.com)

    First, a warehouse in east London being used to supply aid to Ukraine burned down. Weeks later, an Ikea in Vilnius, Lithuania, mysteriously caught fire.
    Swedish investigators were already looking into the possibility that several railway derailments could have been caused by a state-backed saboteur. Then an inferno engulfed the largest shopping centre in Warsaw, Poland’s capital. It was Donald Tusk, the Polish prime minister, who began joining the dots to suggest the West was under attack by Russian espionage.
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    Their theory was displayed earlier this week when the former Russian soldier, from Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region, was badly burned in an explosion on Tuesday in a hotel room in Roissy-en-France, near Paris’s Charles de Gaulle airport.

    Investigators confirmed they had discovered bomb-making materials, as Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president, arrived in France to join commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day.
     
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  8. vegasfox

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    MacGregor is being considered for Sec of Defense in the next Trump administration
     
  9. mikemcd810

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    It's sad that I don't know if this is a joke or if it could actually be real because MacGregor flattered him at the last UFC event or something.
     
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  10. vegasfox

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    Tell the truth about Israel and, the Biden administration and the war in Ukraine and have your passport seized

     
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  12. Gatorhead

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    It is in Russia!
     
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  14. sierragator

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    I wonder if there is a sign in Moscow where they keep a running tally of balcony fatalities.
     
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  15. duggers_dad

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    We’d likely better off with Dana White as POTUS and Khabib as Secretary of Defense.
     
  16. duggers_dad

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    Still trailing the Clinton List badly.
     
  17. duggers_dad

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    Why not ? We’ve been doing it for over a century and it’s worked for us.
     
  18. duggers_dad

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    Russia busting one wunderwaffen myth after another …

     
  19. vegasfox

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    Deep strikes inside Russia with US/NATO missiles is a bad idea

     
  20. vegasfox

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    America is run by idiots