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March 3, 2022
Open Thread 2022-19 (Not Ukraine)
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Bruised Northerner @100
Or he comes back with a black eye from a hotel room fall. The Russians have far reaching nasty weapons. Mr Putin did say the next war will not be fought in Russia. I’d take him at his word.
Cheers M
Posted by: sean the leprechaun | Mar 5 2022 18:09 utc | 101
The rest of the world is still turning as this quote from a ZH posting shows
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At least 1,000 ‘freedom convoy’ vehicles converged at a speedway in Hagerstown, Maryland, on Friday night and through Saturday morning into the afternoon as some made the 2,500-mile journey from Southern California, according to WaPo. The convoy is at a staging area where their next move could be Washington, D.C., to protest the COVID-19 vaccine and other public health mandates.
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Posted by: psychohistorian | Mar 6 2022 1:06 utc | 102
Further to post #94 above. This is what happened to the poor bastards caught in the Lloyds of London fraud
“What a great honour for our little establishment,” said Herr Bischoff, delighted to see the most important banker in the East sitting in his boardroom sharing afternoon tea.
“Not at all, my dear Bischoff” said Poskonov. “After all these years the honour is entirely mine. And kind of you to be so understanding about opening the bank on a Sunday. But now to business. Did you manage to get Romanov to sign the release form?”
“Oh yes,” said Bischoff, matter-of-factly. “He did it without even reading the standard clauses, let alone the extra three you asked us to put in.”
“So his inheritance automatically returns to the Russian state?”
“That is so, Mr Poskonov, and we in return…”
“… will represent us in all the currency exchange transactions we carry out in the West.”
From A Matter of Honour (1986)
And THAT is how the “English jurisdiction” clause got into the agreements between Lloyds and the new Names. Inserted by the banks. And that in turn is why prime minister Major offered George H W Bush anything he wanted in the world at their Camp David meeting if only he would cancel the investigation underway within the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Posted by: John Cleary | Mar 6 2022 10:09 utc | 103
Very interesting op-ed today from La Presse. Compares Yemen and Ukraine. (Historical ties between France and Lebanon -Yemeni refugees may be preferable for Quebec?)
La vie et la liberté (a selection from it below)
« Je suis vieux jeu, je sais, mais je n’ai jamais eu de sympathie pour les dictateurs, même quand ils se font photographier à cheval en chest. Déjà que je trouve ça vulgaire, les dictateurs, imaginez sans t-shirt…
Amos Oz, écrivain israélien, l’a magistralement expliqué : « Quand vous voyez une agression, il faut la combattre, qu’importe d’où elle vient. Mais seulement s’il s’agit de vie et de liberté, pas pour des territoires ou des ressources supplémentaires. » «
https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/chroniques/2022-03-06/la-vie-et-la-liberte.php
I walked past this restaurant on Saint-Denis, sandwich-board sign in front said it was the only Yemeni restaurant in Montreal if I remember correctly.
https://www.mazbi.com/
Posted by: Bruised Northerner | Mar 6 2022 10:49 utc | 104
Here’s a ‘Batch’ in NZ’s magnificent Marlborough Sounds, enough to brighten every day. I wish I was there.
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgzGmvLSztTpzHCRGrjkCjFzFRrJC
Enjoy the view. Most of the Marlborough Sounds is fortunately water access only and very private.
Posted by: Paul | Mar 6 2022 12:27 utc | 105
Here’s something interesting from Telesur (I’d add it to the speculation from my post @ 100)
Belarus, Russia discuss cooperation in the situation in Ukraine (conversation between neighbors)
https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Belarus-Russia-Discuss-Cooperation-in-the-Situation-in-Ukraine-20220306-0002.html
“The agreement provides for the exchange of information, the planning of joint actions to provide emergency and long-term assistance to migrants, in the delivery and distribution of basic necessities, as well as the reestablishment of ties between family members affected by migration,” the Belarusian Foreign Ministry stated.
Posted by: Bruised Northerner | Mar 6 2022 12:52 utc | 106