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| Here's how to checkmate Putin - chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov |
| 2022-02-25 |
| [JPost] 1. Support Ukraine militarily, 2. Bankrupt Putin's war machine, 3. Freeze & seize Russia's finances, 4. Kick Russia out of every financial institution yes, there's more in depth |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #22 Its all just the pent up energy tapered from the Emotion-Based Agit-Prop from The Covid and spurted into this project. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2022-02-25 14:18 |
| #21 Oh I get it. Russia. Chess. Har har har. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2022-02-25 13:23 |
| #20 in 1945 patton wanted to take on russia. in 1950 mcarthur wanted to take on china. both stopped by dem presidents. |
| Posted by: Elmeng Flamp4736 2022-02-25 12:44 |
| #19 Biden has already said that he would not halt Russian oil imports into the US. So, as Putin's tanks roll into Kiev, Biden will continue to buy Russian oil at over $100 per barrel but curtails American oil production. Sorry, Zelensky. Nothing personal. It's just business. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2022-02-25 12:24 |
| #18 How to defeat Russia and China? It seems to me Trump's plan was doing pretty good. |
| Posted by: ruprecht 2022-02-25 12:05 |
| #17 The US gov will blank out those bits and leave a big fat zero. See SWIFT Ukraine conflict: What is Swift and why are leaders divided on banning Russia? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-02-25 11:19 |
| #16 On Bloomberg just now: "European Natural Gas Flows From Russia Ramp Up as U.S. Sanctions Skip Energy" hahahahaha |
| Posted by: Grack Crererong8697 2022-02-25 09:45 |
| #15 How horrible if America had to "come home and tend to its own knitting." |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-02-25 08:54 |
| #14 And the Chinese. Wouldn't it be funny (haha and peculiar) if Xi brokered a peace agreement. Between Big Russia and little russia dba "Ukraine" Checkmate |
| Posted by: Grack Crererong8697 2022-02-25 08:46 |
| #13 The eurines have been giving the US the middle finger for a long time. Let them cast their lot with the Russians. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-02-25 08:40 |
| #12 Here's how to checkmate Biden: Today Putin tells his new ally Xi that he's open to talks. So now it's Xi and Putin who are determining Europe's future. https://7news.com.au/news/conflict/putin-tells-xi-he-is-open-to-ukraine-talks-c-5843348 "The United States and NATO have long ignored Russia's reasonable security concerns, repeatedly reneged on their commitments, and continued to advance military deployment eastward, challenging Russia's strategic bottom line," Putin told Xi, according to CCTV. "Russia is willing to conduct high-level negotiations with Ukraine." Xi said, "We should abandon the Cold War mentality and respect the legitimate security concerns of all countries," according to the ministry's statement. Xi also called for a more balanced, effective and sustainable security mechanism to be negotiated for Europe. Xi expressed his support to both Russia and Ukraine in solving the crisis through dialogue. |
| Posted by: Grack Crererong8697 2022-02-25 08:39 |
| #11 Russian stock market up 16% today |
| Posted by: Grack Crererong8697 2022-02-25 08:09 |
| #10 Hahahahaha https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-24/european-energy-firms-rush-to-buy-russian-gas-even-after-attack Russian gas supplies through Ukraine jumped almost 38% on Thursday and are expected to increase further by about 24% on Friday, according to data from Ukraine’s grid operator. Shipments into Germany via the key Yamal-Europe could also restart after being halted for more than two months, according to the results of pipeline auctions to deliver the fuel on Friday. Gazprom said its supplies meet requests from European customers. Uniper SE, Eni Spa and Engie SA declined to comment on Russian gas orders. RWE AG said it wouldn’t speculate on future developments in the market. |
| Posted by: Grack Crererong8697 2022-02-25 08:07 |
| #9 If war comes, Russia and China won't be able to spend those dollars. Those bits in a computer can't be exchanged for anything w/o US government approval. The US gov will blank out those bits and leave a big fat zero. See SWIFT |
| Posted by: Angaiper Ulavins1210 2022-02-25 08:02 |
| #8 You're saying the USA is going to default on its debts? And crater the US stock market and bring an end to the dollar as the reserve currency? What are you smoking? |
| Posted by: Grack Crererong8697 2022-02-25 07:57 |
| #7 Russia and China have now stockpiled nearly $4 trillion in total. Guess what? The US government controls how much that stash is worth. With a few key strokes that is worth anywhere from $4T to $0. |
| Posted by: Angaiper Ulavins1210 2022-02-25 07:53 |
| #6 Kasparov should go back to losing chess matches with computers. "Bankrupt" Russia, hahaha. Wrong century. Russia and China have now stockpiled nearly $4 trillion in total. Plus wrong country. Maybe he's thinking of the USA. Russia's debt to GDP is 15%. USA debt to GDP is 128%. USA is $30 trillion in debt. |
| Posted by: Grack Crererong8697 2022-02-25 07:25 |
| #5 /\ Biden has already said that he would not halt Russian oil imports into the US. That alone should tell you where Brandon and his handlers are coming from. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-02-25 07:14 |
| #4 that's where the Russian money is located. |
| Posted by: Angaiper Ulavins1210 2022-02-25 07:11 |
| #3 As for 1: Biden had all but invited Russia to invade by telegraphing the US response and clearing obstacles and uncertainties for Putin. When Biden is bought, he stays bought. 2: Biden has already said that he would not halt Russian oil imports into the US. 3: That's for the Euro to do since that's where the Russian is located. 4: Germany and Biden admin already nixed kicking Russia out of SWIFT (international bank settlement exchange) So between Biden's puppeteers and the Germans, it seems they are rooting for a Russian annexation of Ukraine. |
| Posted by: Angaiper Ulavins1210 2022-02-25 07:00 |
| #2 Kasparov said on Wednesday that "Putin's invasion of Ukraine and annexation of Crimea in 2014 ended any reasonable doubts as to his nature and threat. Any attempts to negotiate with Putin since then were corruption, cowardice, and cynicism. He should have been isolated instantly. Instead, here we are." Nothing learned about the Russian in the last eight years. Nothing learned bout the Russian in the previous 110. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-02-25 06:46 |
| #1 speaking of sanctions... is the Eiger Sanction still on the table? |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2022-02-25 06:37 |