Oh what the fuck is going on already now? Last night Russian tanks were ripping up streets in Belarus and this morning, all of a sudden, peace has broken out and it was all an elaborate ruse to make the west look like fucking morons. What sort of animals move 60% of their military to the borders of a hostile country, only to then say “JK, we got you.”
SIR, I cannot invest based upon these headlines.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova just now: “February 15, 2022 will go down in history as the day Western war propaganda failed. Humiliated and destroyed without a single shot fired.”
— Mark MacKinnon (@markmackinnon) February 15, 2022
Here we have units NOT LEAVING, but steaming towards Ukraine.
Russian VDV BMD infantry fighting vehicles heading South-South West towards the Ukrainian border and Kyiv. https://t.co/MlHEup1ZuR pic.twitter.com/gW6rmjnhsu
— Petri Mäkelä (@pmakela1) February 15, 2022
Ah, also Eastern Ukraine wants to be recognized as an independent state. No big deal.
The EU strongly condemns the Russian State Duma’s decision to submit a call to President Putin to recognise the non-government controlled areas of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts of Ukraine as independent entities. This recognition would be a clear violation of the Minsk agreements.
— Josep Borrell Fontelles (@JosepBorrellF) February 15, 2022
Now Putin is ready for talks!
PUTIN: I'M READY FOR MORE SECURITY DISCUSSIONS WITH THE US AND NATO.
— Breaking.Live (@BreakingLive_) February 15, 2022
PUTIN: I HAD A BLUNT AND HONEST EXCHANGE OF VIEWS ON RUSSIAN SECURITY INITIATIVES WITH SCHOLZ.
— Breaking.Live (@BreakingLive_) February 15, 2022
Putin: "the three basic Russian requirements that were put forward have not been met"
— Mark MacKinnon (@markmackinnon) February 15, 2022
Lastly, unnamed sources inside the “US Intelligence” declare Zerohedge to be compromised by Russian spies. You’ve got to be fucking kidding me. Hoe incredibly timely post their COVID bullshit to now somehow tie in this Russian-Ukraine saga with ZH being a Russian scheme. I am sure it has nothing to do with their 110 million page views last month, publishing opinions not beholden to current US fascist cult followers. They crushed Joe Rogan because he didn’t conform and now Zerohedge, all the while their human rights violations go unpunished.
U.S. intelligence officials accuse Zero Hedge of amplifying Kremlin propaganda, a claim the website denies, AP reports
What the fuck does this mean? Is there proof or simply unnamed intelligence officials angry at any site's not pledging fealty to their demented policies?
— The_Real_Fly (@The_Real_Fly) February 15, 2022
Bottom line: Oil down, risk assets up, markets up, in celebration of peace again. How long will it last? Stay tuned.
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As usual, there’s got to be more to this. Putin must be getting concessions behind the scenes, BUT they will have to be made public at some point.
There NFW he will withdrawal all forces based on no public deals (that could later be denied)
I suspect part of the concessions involve unfettered selling of gas to Europe, but what else? TBD
Fuck these unnamed fucking sources.
Could be Putin messing with Biden. Biden claims they are going to attack and Putin pull some forces back.
Then Biden takes credit for averting the war and then Putin attacks.
Makes sense. Art of War stuff
Maybe Sleepy Joe is messing with Putin. Remember it was a washed up B actor who wrecked Russia 35 years ago. Now go back in your conspiracy holes and get some rest.
Agreed
“unfettered selling of gas to Europe” That would be plenty IMO and add to the argument that the the dollar is a longer-term short.
Gazprom agrees with your nat gas thesis thus far.
One of the authors of Zerohedge is a Russian national and you can clearly pick up a bit of a bias towards his native birthplace but that is hardly the basis to be called a Russian asset.
Our CIA seem to be foreign assets based on their track record of dropping the ball. Do we all get to play this game?
He’s not Russian, Eastern European. And TBH, it’s hard to not sympathize with Russia given our positions on most issues is corrupted .
This is a trap rally. 10 year now screaming higher again.
Just took 100% profit in two days on NKE Feb 25 145 options. Now apologize for hating on my NKE pick.
Biden brought the world back from the brink of nuclear annihilation. There’ll be statues in town squares for this hero.
Until someone claim they are being triggered by it. Then they’ll take it down.
I’ve been reading ZH for years and this is no surprise. It’s a surprise to you? blind spot?
The founder’s origin and history is also a tell.
You describe Ukraine has a “hostile country”. my god you got shit backassward… blind spots everywhere.
And come on with the JRE bullshit. He did this to himself. No nefarious organisation plotted against your dear alpha male representative. I personally like Joe rogan but don’t have 3 hours a day to spare for some dude yapping. You do? with job and familly? who the fuck has that kind of free time available? anyway… The Dr Malone interview was a fucking fraud and he was legitimizing this crook by letting him saying fraudulent lies unchallenged. The “N” word fiasco, well well… nobody forced the words into his mouth. Maybe referring to himself as some shades of black, greys like he did with incel overlord JB Peterson is an indication of a blind spot he has about what it means being black and discriminated against. He apologized and admitted himself. Joe’s a good guy who’s loved by everyone and this is only a speedbump. He’s got a lot of support.
anyway… wonder where I find time to scream in the IBC desert this morning.
Have a nice day!
shut up
I mean how is it even possible to be enemies with these people:
https://mid.ru/en/press_service/spokesman/briefings/1797611/
Ukraine is the Globalists front. It started with the ‘Orange’ revolution in 2014. One of the first Soros-backed color revolutions.
This is what makes them a ‘hostile’ country. As WEF puppets on the front line of international subjection to elitist control (not to mention their McCain and Clinton leftist Ukranazi masters) they are left hostile to freedom and peaceable living.
Putin is as tired of it as we are. Only he is man enough to address it.
Seriously. Explain to me why Putin isn’t the Grand Elitist? He controls the political system, rapes the economy for personal gain and for the political support of oligarch cronies, and has done nothing to improve the lives of anyone but the privileged? Hate on Dems but arguing that Putin is an anti-Elitist is fuckin’ moronic.
I don’t really know what it is like in Russia regarding the elite there; I know Putin’s ‘elitism’ doesn’t affect us. Globalist, progressive elitism does.
Correct Flea. Ukraine is a captured state and not a democracy.
This narrative is russian propaganda. It has no basis in truth.
It is not backed up by facts.
It would be as careless, as well as unwise to underestimate Russia. This calls to mind an expression “dumb as a fox”. “A Short History Of Russia” by Galeotti and “Kremlin Rising” by Baker and Glasser are good reads and offer constructive insight. It still amazes me how the market gets ahead of itself. More lambs for the slaughter?
Russia is minor country.
It would ignored if it wasn’t of it’s nuclear capability.
When was the last time you used a “russian” made technology? Design? A russian made thing?
This is a none economy only based on commodity. With shit load of poor people.
Prior to 1945 russia was under developed country. It still is in it’s way it is being ruled and how it operates. This is a failed society exemple as much as you can imagine. It has no real order. No real press. No opposition. No history of democraty. No freedom. and a fucking shitty economy…
and yet… for reasons not clear to me… it is admired by a certain fringe of people in the west like the IBC/stocklab readership. Similar people screaming “freedom” in their trucks asking for removal of democratically elected officials and replacing of them with unelected ones. ASKING for authoritarian rules without seeing the fucking irony of shouting FREEDOM at the same time.
In Putin’s area you don’t scream and shout freedom. You shut up or else…
Again, I encourage everyone to watch
Winter On Fire (1:42 hr) – available on Netflix about the Maidan revolution.
I don’t know to what extent Ukraine has since been “corrupted” or if this doc is wholly accurate but seems pretty clearcut as to why the people prefer some semblance of “democracy” to a corrupt Russian puppet..