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What if I told you Russia and China are attacking the US with the greatest drought the US has ever recorded?
Read um and weep:
https://climateviewer.com/2019/01/06/china-mind-blowing-weather-modification-geoengineering-elf-transmitter-projects/
So Carl, is China making it rain heavily at 10,000 feet elevation in Greenland this week?
Hahahahahahaha……:………….
I think Andrei really hit the nail on the head with this one. Miscalculation. Sounds banal, but likely.
It looks like there where such certainty about the outcome of the Ukraine operation, that no contingency plan was contemplated. Like it was a mathematical certainty. Makes sense.
I believe he is mistaken. It is clear that “they” don’t give a flying puck about the outcome, only that chaos ensues.
The chaos modus operandi is old hat now. Any move the Evil Empire decide upon will be seen and raised, much like their attempt to distract Russia with the Kazakhstan Monologues.
Russia’s missiles will respond mercilessly should US play further silly buggers. The rest of the world have caught on to their opportunistic hubris.
When will Russia respond to the west’s provocations directly?
Even now, the gas has been turned back on. How ridiculous to supply the enemy with gas while they supply weapons with the intention of killing your people.
This is an episode that will have historical significance. It’s great to see Russians showing the world that US and its minions have no clothes. Russia has birthed a Multipolar world in mere weeks. Amazing.
Thank you, Andrei. I have tried to explain this concept to so many people. I honestly think that people are quite capable of understanding it, but they don’t want to hear it. They have been told their whole lives that “We’re number 1!”, It’s hard to make people understand that the US military is not even in the top 5, let alone number 1. Hurts their pride for some foolish reason. I do think most Americans do fully understand that they are no longer living in an industrialized nation, they do get that, I believe.
Well, anybody can be number 1. Depends from where you start counting. Everyone knows the state of mathematical education in the Western school system.
When you mix intelligence with humour, the answer is esskumar!
Love your wit.
This Ukromess is obviously a machiavel plan by Les Frogs to become the largest country in Europe. (1) suggest to Les Morons to spend 5 billion bucks on a “color” (colour) révolution (2) use nazis to do what they do best (ruin things, irritate bears, destroy their country) (3) ensure that Les Suicidal Maniacs (a.k.a Germans) screw the Minsk agreements (4) have Les Rosbifs oversee agreements and commitments (5) have Les Ruskofs cross the border for a visit, book restaurants tables in London for their generals in 2023, make them believe that English food is worth the trip.
Voilà. Ukraine now the size of Galicia. German industry destroyed. France the largest country in Europe.
haha funny and apparently absurd, but is it really absurd. I wasn’t quite sure how Germany became smaller physically, but a great sense of geographical history and the future you have outlined here.
A very perceptive take on the same subject is this article
https://www.indianpunchline.com/russia-teaches-europe-abc-of-gas-trade/
Some excerpts:
“The first time shock and awe appeared in German-Russian relations this year was on February 22 when Chancellor Olaf Shloz surprised even hardened political observers by freezing approval process for the newly-constructed Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. The $11 billion pipeline beneath the Baltic Sea would have doubled the volume of gas sent directly from Russia to Germany, but Scholz instead blocked its commissioning. Those were halcyon days when Berlin talked of “defeating” Russia.
Scholz’s move was in reaction to Moscow’s decision on February 21 to recognise two breakaway regions of Ukraine as independent republics. Russia hawks in Germany applauded his decision. Acclaim came pouring in. Jana Puglierin, head of the European Council on Foreign Relations in Berlin, praised Scholz, saying he was “raising the bar for all other EU countries… this is real leadership at a crucial moment.”
However, in Moscow, which has a thorough understanding of German energy market, Scholz’s move was seen as an act of deliberate self-harm. Moscow reacted with a flash of sardonic humour. Dmitry Medvedev, former president and deputy head of Russia’s Security Council, tweeted, “Welcome to the brave new world where Europeans will soon be paying €2,000 per 1,000 cubic meters of gas!”
He was alluding to the grim reality that gas accounted for a quarter of Germany’s energy mix, and more than half of it came from Russia. Indeed, it was plain to see that Germany’s reliance on gas could only rise having decided to shelve nuclear power in the aftermath of the 2011 Fukushima disaster in Japan and committed to phasing out coal-fired power by 2030.
But Scholz insisted that Germany would expand solar and wind power capacity “so we can produce steel, cement and chemicals without using fossil fuels.” His confidence actually stemmed from the fact that Germany had a long-term contract with Russia to supply gas at a friendly price via Nord Stream 1.
The first indication that something was going horribly wrong was when the influential Russian daily Izvestia wrote on July 11 quoting industry experts in Moscow that the scheduled routine stoppage of NS1 for annual servicing and repairs from July 11-21 might continue due to Canada holding back, under sanctions against Russia, the turbine that had gone for repair.
The daily went on to forecast that Gazprom might announce force majeure because of western sanctions, as Siemens twice already failed to return equipment to Gazprom after repairs in Canada, which resulted in a reduction in the gas flow from the planned 167 million cubic meters.m to 67 million cubic meters.m per day.
Izvestia noted that the situation would lead to a spike in spot market price for LNG upward of $2,000 per 1,000 cubic meters — perhaps, “even more — up to $ 3,500” — from the July 8 price level of $1800.
Acting on an urgent request from Berlin and recommendation for Washington for waiver of sanctions, Canada since agreed, but, according to Izvestia, even after Siemens returns the turbines to Gazprom, “there will be a long period of testing the turbines to find out how correctly they were repaired. No one wants to install turbines that are at risk of failure after being repaired in an unfriendly country. So the real time for launching turbines and returning SP-1 (NS1) to its design capacity is two to three months.”
That is, gas may flow through NS1 earliest only by September/October. Even then, Gazprom may not be able to utilise more than 60 percent of its capacity, since overhauls are overdue for two more turbines.
Therefore, the experts told Izvestia that problems with gas shortages in the European Union would persist for the next few winters and authorities may have to “limit the supply of hot water, dim street lights, close swimming pools and turn off energy-consuming equipment” and, furthermore, instead of green energy, switch to coal.
Kommersant newspaper reported today that while classic force majeure events could be natural disasters, fires, etc., in the case of Gazprom, “we are talking about a technical malfunction of equipment,” which may lead to litigation — and, “what will be decisive will be whether Gazprom’s actions to cut gas supplies were proportionate to the real scale of the technical problems.”
Evidently, Gazprom is well-prepared. Germans suspect that Gazprom’s alibi of non-delivery of gas turbines from Canada, et al, is bogus. And Kommersant foresees a “lengthy trial.” Now, the catch is, in the long run, we are all dead.
For Germany, however, this is a grave situation, as many industries may have to shut down, and there could be serious social unrest. Germans are convinced that Moscow is resorting to the “nuclear option.” The big question is whether Germany’s solidarity with Ukraine will survive a cold winter.
Scholz’s confidence was predicated on the belief that Russia desperately needed the income from gas exports. But then, Moscow is today generating more income from less exports. Arguably, Russia’s best strategy today would be to reduce gas deliveries without ending them altogether, as even if Russia sells only a third of the gas it sold previously, its revenues do not get affected, since the shortage of LNG globally has exponentially spiked the market price. It’s a fair bet that’s what Gazprom would do.
Putin once disclosed that under the long-term contracts, Russia sold gas to Germany at ridiculously low price — $280 per thousand cubic meters — and Germany was even reselling Russian gas to other customers for a tidy profit!
Where it hurts Germany most is that this is not only about freezing homes, but the implosion of its entire economic model that is over-reliant on industrial exports, thanks to imports of cheap fossil fuels from Russia. German industry is responsible for 36 percent of its gas use.
Germany behaved in an unprincipled way on all aspects of the Ukraine crisis. It pretended to support Zelensky but shied away from giving military support, triggering a nasty diplomatic spat between Kiev and Berlin. On the other hand, when Moscow introduced the new payment scheme for gas exports, making it mandatory to pay in rubles, Germany was the first country to fall in line, knowing well that the new regime undercut EU sanctions.
Thus, Moscow insists that German gas buyers keep euro and dollar accounts at Gazprombank (which is not subject to EU sanctions) and convert the currencies into rubles, since the Russian central bank is subject to western sanctions and can no longer transact in foreign exchange markets!
Russians have made monkeys out of Europeans…”
The game has turned far more dangerous than MKB lets on.. Regarding the “repaired” Siemens-Rolls Royce gas turbine, Pres Putin “questioned the quality of the repairs and the turbine’s current technical parameters, suggesting that it might be unexpectedly switched off and stop the flow of gas through the pipeline.” Both the Anglo 5-Eyes and Russia have built themselves a lot of wiggle-room to cut Russian gas to Germany.. the game currently appears to be to string the duplicitous Euros along on bare minimal gas flows (and more lucrative oil via GCC/Indian middlemen) until either revolutions overturn the current crop of criminals or the Power of Siberia pipes are all active and the nazi subcontinent can be jettisoned.
UAE (France), KSA (USA) and India (Europe-wide) appear key resellers of Russian petroleum products. Russia and middlemen benefit in many ways, with increased profits and multilateralism ties, and Eurolemmings help pay for the transition to a Fairer World Order, not to mention the ongoing global AZE demilitarization and denazification.
We thought it would be in 2020 or 2021, but it appears the real Dark Winter dawns in the coming months.
ONE GAS TURBINE brings down Western Civilization!!! (lol)
Esskumar,
An excellent summary. One quibble with your final sentence – “Russians have made monkeys out of Europeans”. No, European talking-head but science, engineering and fact free “leadership” did that. The Russians are just making the best of a situation they did not create. For those that know the oil and gas industry, Europe was never so very interesting as a market, too small, fragmented, bureaucratic and now proven as utterly unreliable as business partners. The main concern for actual European professionals in the trading industry is that they may now have to move east from cities such as Zug to stay employed.
Meanwhile as you note “Scholz insisted that Germany would expand solar and wind power capacity “so we can produce steel, cement and chemicals without using fossil fuels.” Any engineer or chemist will advise that the problem for Europe starts right there, and with that sentence. And the problem is those “in political power” and not with the science and engineering, which remains fixed regardless.
Esskumar,
An excellent summary. One quibble with your final sentence – “Russians have made monkeys out of Europeans”. No, European talking-head but science, engineering and fact free “leadership” did that. The Russians are just making the best of a situation they did not create. For those that know the oil and gas industry, Europe was never so very interesting as a market, too small, fragmented, bureaucratic and now proven as utterly unreliable as business partners. The main concern for European traders now is that they may now have to move east from cities such as Zug to stay employed.
Meanwhile as you note “Scholz insisted that Germany would expand solar and wind power capacity “so we can produce steel, cement and chemicals without using fossil fuels.” Any engineer or chemist will advise that the problem for Europe starts right there, and with that sentence. And the problem is those “in political power” and not with the science and engineering, which remains fixed.
Germany is going to supply tanks to the Ukraine
a token supply? ”
member of the Bundestag from the CDU told details about the supply of Leopard 2 tanks to Kiev.
There will be 20 of them in total. From April 2023, Berlin will supply 1 piece per month, from October 2023 – 3 pieces per month.”
A reminder 3 July Slovakia is going to supply MIGS…
Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger announced today that he will donate 12 MiG-29 fighters and 30 T-72 tanks to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
might still be factors re gas supply
and USA
The head of the US Air Force believes that Kiev can get European-made fighters.
Charles Brown said that it could be a Swedish Gripen, as well as a Eurofighter or Rafales.
Earlier, the Pentagon promised to allocate $ 100 million to retrain Ukrainian pilots to control F-16 fighters.
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“The head of the US Air Force believes that Kiev can get European-made fighters.
Charles Brown said that it could be a Swedish Gripen, as well as a Eurofighter or Rafales.
Earlier, the Pentagon promised to allocate $ 100 million to retrain Ukrainian pilots to control F-16 fighters.”
All these weapons for the Ukro-Nazis remind me of the Philippines. Uncle $cam says, “We’ll give you all these super weapons so you can fight China”. Philippines say, “If you got super weapons why not go fight China yourself. You think we are stupid?”
If this is true.
https://globalnews.ca/news/9005585/nord-stream-1-pipeline-restarts-europe-russia/
This explains a lot. I have been suspicious before of statistics quoted in dollars, even of the GDP adjusted for purchasing power parity. How can you explain the horrendous rents we pay in Europe, the utility is not much different. Sellers will raise their prices endlessly if the market warrants it. There is also a lot of unnecessary stuff.
So it looks like the Westerners have been basing their foreign policy on extremely misleading data, which of course is a great advantage for the other side. It would however have been better for the US + UK and their subservient allies to have prevented the current conflict in Ukraine and the sanctions war (as well as the many other wars they have caused).
Also, the US + UK are great spin doctors, excelling at war propaganda. In part it’s a spin-off of the unfettered market economy and the art and science of marketing which is about bamboozling people. The Ukrainians are less effective, their stories are so obviously made up, that they should write scripts for Hollywood.
Those who delude others will end up deluding themselves, losing touch with reality.
No wander Brazil searched the Russias to develop a nuclear Sub…
Starving the Beast into compliance/submission.
So Germany is paying 4-5 or 6 fold for its former cheap gas (- any discounts it can receive from re-sellers ). How does this work in the costs of manufacturing its products? China will be cock-a-hoop.
Cut out/off the Euro-western middlemen/marketing companies like GLENCORE, MERCURIA and VITOL and you screw western energy cosy networks, who resell to African, Asian and South American Markets.
I would suspect Russia can assume control of the above Markets and sell to them much more favourable terms than the Euro-US jackals and thereby win hearts & minds.
All Change!! Choo choo.
“The question on everyone´s lips”, if I can say so, is why Russia has not blown up the roads, and railroads, that are used to provide Ucrain with all kinds of weapons ?
We understand it is often difficult to understand Dr. Hudson and what he is saying. Perhaps, there’s a problem in what questions are asked of him. Yet we highly respect Dr. Hudson and his many works.
For those who struggle with “economics”, we have found the Italian professor Veghi’s articles to be succinct and understandable for lay people. He teaches at one of the UK colleges, and he’s a master at synthesizing these “economic” issues that are impacting multiple millions of citizens around the world.
Please take a look at http://www.thephilosophicalsalon.com. Look for the title: “Pause for Thought…..”
After we found Dr. Veghi’s site, it’s interesting to note that Pepe Escobar strongly recommended the same Veghi’s article we had already read.
The exceptionalites are like little children at bedtime, in that they need a bedtime story, or fairy tale to put their minds at rest for sleep. The msm Ukraine propaganda does that for them. They can go to sleep easier “knowing” that Russia is already defeated.
Thank you for this outstanding analysis. Although what you did with your comparisons should be apparent to people who do not have your level of both education and experience. And yet, they do not do such analysis. No wonder the US and the West are in such a bloody mess and literally have no idea what is really happening in the real world. It just goes to show the shockingly illiterate level of the so-called leaders both in the West and the institutions that they control such as the UN etc. Brics and SCO are going to have to invent new institutions so that not only will we live in a multi-polarity world, but maybe even more importantly, in a sane world. Thank you for your wonderful contributions.