Ukraine / Russia

[VikingsGuy]

#don'tforgetthecheesyresetbotton

A historically bad gift/joke at the end of a 5-decade nuclear button showdown that threatened all of humanity. She needs better joke writers.

 

[BigHornRam]

A historically bad gift/joke at the end of a 5-decade nuclear button showdown that threatened all of humanity. She needs better joke writers.

Here's the NYT article that got Joe to stand down so Hillary could run unopposed in 2016. At least until Bernie almost defeated her. Now Joe's our President. Messy liberty I guess.


December 9, 2015 Times article

Joe Biden, His Son and the Case Against a Ukrainian Oligarch (Published 2015)

As the vice president aims to curb corruption in Ukraine, Hunter Biden sits on the board of a Ukrainian company accused of having “illicit assets.”

www.nytimes.com

 

[Irrelevant]

Here's the NYT article that got Joe to stand down so Hillary could run unopposed in 2016. At least until Bernie almost defeated her. Now Joe's our President. Messy liberty I guess.


December 9, 2015 Times article

Joe Biden, His Son and the Case Against a Ukrainian Oligarch (Published 2015)

As the vice president aims to curb corruption in Ukraine, Hunter Biden sits on the board of a Ukrainian company accused of having “illicit assets.”

www.nytimes.com

Who here has had to start paying for news subscriptions just because of this thread?

 

[BigHornRam]

Who here has had to start paying for news subscriptions just because of this thread?

Times article is free. What did you think of it? Russian disinformation?

 

[JT88]

Times article is free. What did you think of it? Russian disinformation?

I tried to read but it asked me for a subscription too... Apparently I've been reading too much NYT for free. Gotta pay for the real news, fake stuff is all free

 

[HONEYBADGER]

This is probably the most serious geopolitical event we have seen in 50yrs? Certainly debatable, but it involves a nuclear power so feels more serious. It will probably have ramifications for decades, but unknown exactly how until the dust settles. The west has some responsibility because we talked Ukraine into giving up nuclear weapons after USSR fell. Not sure this would play out the same or at all if they still had nukes. But then if they had some crazy pro-Russian govt then we have that to worry about. Hard to say, but sending some weapons now seems like the least we can do.

Economic effects in the immediate term will be inflationary. But don’t overreact. Russia’s GDP was about that of Texas. Significant sure, but the world can work around it. Higher prices and logistical problems will lower global growth rates. Kicking them off SWIFT is a major move but Russia will move to alternate systems (which China would love, too) and eventually the impact would decline. I read they have been planning for such a move since the idea was floated in 2014.

This is certainly a mess and no one knows where it might end. That is the scary part.

They were both Nuclear powers when Russia invaded in 2014.

 

[BigHornRam]

I tried to read but it asked me for a subscription too... Apparently I've been reading too much NYT for free. Gotta pay for the real news, fake stuff is all free

Gotta give them your email and they will bombard you with more real news then you can handle bro.

 

[BigHornRam]

They were both Nuclear powers when Russia invaded in 2014.

No. They were sold a bag of shit in the 90's. Lesson learned the hard way.

"During an optimistic moment in the early 1990s, Ukraine's leadership made what today seems like a fateful decision: to disarm the country and abandon those terrifying weapons, in exchange for signed guarantees from the international community ensuring its future security."

 

[Irrelevant]

Gotta give them your email and they will bombard you with more real news then you can handle bro.

I did that at first, but then I must have reached another threshold, because I still get the emails and can't read anything!

 

[BigHornRam]

I did that at first, but then I must have reached another threshold, because I still get the emails and can't read anything!

Renew the subscription.

 

[VikingsGuy]

They were both Nuclear powers when Russia invaded in 2014.

Nope - All certified gone circa 1996.

 

[noharleyyet]

Nope, most hot links here are paywall city....unless your ideological vehemence aligns frequently and accordingly.

Them damn algorithms gotcha figgered...

 

[Buckbrush]

?

Could be a good year for US wheat farmers.

It could be except for the western drought.

 

[Jezz]

so says the lobbyist

That's like a used car salesman saying he doesn't trust his insurance guy.

At least the car salesman knows what his costs are. . Mic drop. Go Zags.

 

[JLS]

‘It is not possible to stay quiet’: Putin’s first victim of ‘fake news’ law speaks out — Guardian US

Socialite and food blogger Veronika Belotserkovskaya says she is both amused and shocked to be charged

apple.news

 

[BigHornRam]

Nope, most hot links here are paywall city....unless your ideological vehemence aligns frequently and accordingly.

Them damn algorithms gotcha figgered...

Those damn algorithms know what I want to buy before I do.......

 

[noharleyyet]

Those damn algorithms know what I want to buy before I do.......

 

[Jack Ryan]

Ukraine should have put away more of their own wealth in weapons over the past years. The Ukraine never did anything for me, I don't owe them anything.

Best of luck to ya.

 

[cedahm]

Ukraine should have put away more of their own wealth in weapons over the past years. The Ukraine never did anything for me, I don't owe them anything.

Best of luck to ya.

Excellent introduction - glad you could add to the discussion of this complex geopolitical topic en route to your first 10 posts.

 

[Bigjay73]

I tried to read but it asked me for a subscription too... Apparently I've been reading too much NYT for free. Gotta pay for the real news, fake stuff is all free

I used my free ones up on recipes