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Submitted by Nathan Green, SVG, 2022

The unfortunate thing about the US is that its current government are cowardly actors for the greater part. The previous president was a strong man and was hated for being a strong man. Cowards hate men of strength; because they frighten them.

Today the US has the weakest and most cowardly president of all time. He is a man that has spent years telling lies and making false statements to the American people. The cause of today’s most awful problems with Russia invading Ukraine comes from Bidens most apparent weakness. The World sees him as an old man battling senility. Perhaps he is not knowingly a coward because he is not fully complementus.

The other problem is that Biden is surrounded by left-wing jerks who support Russia, therefore Biden is fed mal advice; what is worse, he takes it. Today, the US Generals appear as third rate actors, and one must wonder what would happen if they had to fight a war.

Who advised Biden to pull out of Afghanistan? Who told him to allow the US troops to be pulled out before the Americans living there were evacuated. There were also many Afghan interpreters, US supporters, and employees of the US who would indeed be targeted and killed if left in situ. Low and behold, they were dumped as well; I suppose if they were willing to dump their citizens, they surely would not think twice about dumping the Afghans. When they left, they abandoned more than $80 billion worth of equipment — including 22,174 Humvees and 33 Black Hawk helicopters — in the hands of the Taliban. Most of the equipment was brand new and unused.

Today, some excellent people in the US military ranks are willing to give their lives for their country. The present war in Ukraine is a direct threat to the US because Putin will never be satisfied with taking just the Ukraine. He wants to rule the World. He has threatened the west with atomic weapon retaliation unless they accept he has the right to own Ukraine.

No country has the right to attack another unless that other country attacks them first. There can be no right to go to war because you disagree with the other countries’ policies or leadership.

Russia and Putin commit war crimes in Ukraine, killing and murdering innocent people. Bombing schools, hospitals, and apartment blocks. There is an ongoing attempt to kill every Ukrainian man, woman and child; it is a genocide.

The problem is that the sanctions being used by Europe and the US do not go far enough. If harming one’s economy is a by-product of sanctioning Russia, so be it. Apply every possible sanction right now cut off oil and gas sales. If China backs Russia, tell them they will have the same sanctions applied. If Chinese companies supply Russia, blacklist them and apply sanctions to them.

Is the World able to trust the US to do the right thing over Ukraine? There have to be some serious doubts in that department. The recent record of the US is not good; they are hardly seen as trustworthy with regards to their allies.

Putin’s undeclared palatial mansion in Spain

The US has been faced with an actual situation with an enemy growing in strength for the last twenty years. A state that wants to be the revived all-mighty USSR once again. Yes, I am talking about Russia, Vladimir Putin to be exact. The US government have always known Putin is a scumbag. He became president when almost penniless. Within a very short time, Putin became the richest man in the World with as much as a trillion US dollars tucked away all over the World. The US know Putin is a thief and yet have done business with him for the longest time. Putin only earned $133,763.63 in 2015, which is $18,676.91 more than he made the year before, according to his declaration published by the Kremlin. Yet he has accumulated so much wealth and power that he believes invincible.

The problem with extreme wealth is that those with it lose reality; they believe there is nothing they cannot do, and no one can stop them from doing anything they want. You can see that reflected in some of nuevo riche in the US the owners of high technology, media, and internet companies, people that can control the present US coward class government. They can say to Biden jump, and instead of saying how high, he goes and sits in his basement room for a week or two and tries to figure out what they meant. He can then ask his son what do they mean? Who after a visit to them, for who knows what. Perhaps even selling one or two million dollar paintings on the way home. Then he goes back to daddy and says, jump this high pop.

It may even be that Putin has become mentally deranged. A man like Putin understands and respects very few things, paying people off, sending his secret service to murder people, a man capable of showing equal strength. If you are a senile US leader or a coward, all is lost, and in the present case, the World as we knew it might already be lost. I say that because Putin smelling the US leadership cowardice, even the stench from the streaks in their underpants has made veiled threats of using atomic weapons. That only caused more streaks and a stink rolling around the World.

There may be real dangers for the US from Venezuela and Cuba. Because for years, there have been whispers of atomic missiles once more secretly located in the Caribbean and Venezuela.

People in the Caribbean, like Ralph E Gonsalves, the PM of SVG, support Venezuela and Cuba. Some people have even described the US as evil etc.; in a speech in Cuba, Gonsalves said, “It never amazes me the hypocrisy of the empire.”

The US has allowed communism to flourish in the Caribbean, and spending a little money closer to the home could have nipped it all in the bud.

There are a few past things to read:-

Make sure you read the comments

https://cubasi.cu/en/cuba/item/20325-ralph-gonsalves-we-must-defend-cuba-and-strengthen-alliances-on-behalf-of-unity

In this Cuban News Paper, he said the following:-

“Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, highlighted today the need to defend the revolutionary processes in Cuba and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and coordinate alliances among progressive movements in the interest of guaranteeing the necessary unity to succeed.

Gonsalves, Cuba – “When speaking at the panel *Desafios para una articulacion solidaria de nuestras luchas*, he ratified the absolute solidarity of his country with movements focusing on a better future against the imperialist wave and pointed out the right of nations to develop freely without foreign pressure.”

Gonsalves, Cuba – “Saint Vincent and the Grenadines stand against those who want to impose a non-democratic solution to countries and use different methods that include violence.”

The people of the Caribbean are waiting for Gonsalves to make a statement about Russia invading Ukraine. After all, he did say the above about Cuba and Venezuela, “the right of nations to develop freely without foreign pressure”, “stands against those who want to impose a non-democratic solution to countries and use different methods that include violence.”

So let us see what he says about Ukraine!

Putin is today as Hitler was yesterday; those countries and leaders who want to collaborate with Putin should be punished.

PS does anyone have a reinforced heavy-duty static gymnasium exercise bike with three wheels and truck tyres?


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  1. Ukraine war ‘will impact food security’
    By Tony Best Although the war in Ukraine is being fought far away from Barbados, it is expected to hit Bajan purses and dining tables, ultimately hindering chances of achieving food security.
    For instance, the conflict is expected to trigger an aggressive inflationary spiral; cause problems for families, farmers and other food producers; and undermine efforts to kick-start the national economy after the damage done to the tourism industry by the COVID-19 pandemic.
    In short, it can hit Barbados with an economic “double whammy.”
    That warning came from Dr Chelston Brathwaite, a top Western Hemisphere expert on agriculture and food security who led the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, IICA, for at least a decade before becoming Barbados’ top diplomat in China.
    “The war can have important implications for Caribbean (and Barbadian) food security,” Brathwaite said. “We need to remind ourselves that we are” the most insecure food region of the Americas.
    Our imports tell much of the story, he said.
    “About 19 per cent of imports to the (Caribbean) region are for food, approximately (US) $5 billion” annually. Most countries import between 60 to 90 per cent of their food, including Barbados, which I estimated some years ago at about 75 per cent,” he added. “Given these realities I see this (European) crisis affecting us” in several different ways.
    Major producer
    Heading the list is energy, he said.
    “Russia is a major producer of oil and gas and the (military) war will disrupt oil and gas supplies. Oil prices which are currently between (US) $90-$100 per barrel could rise to as high as (US) $120 per barrel,” Brathwaite cautioned. “In fact, they have already risen and I understand that today (Wednesday) they are around (US) $110. An increase in oil prices will result in the overall increase in the cost of energy in all oil importing (Caribbean) countries like Barbados. Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana will benefit from the increase but Barbados will suffer because we are an oil importing country.”
    As oil prices rise the cost of gasoline will increase and so will the cost of diesel and the costs of energy generally, which “means the (Barbados) Government will generally have to look for more foreign exchange to buy oil”, he said.
    That’s not all. “Whenever the cost of energy goes up the cost of food production rises because energy is used in the production, processing and transportation of food,” said the Barbadian. “Therefore, food prices are expected to skyrocket. In fact, the (UN) Food and Agriculture Organisation indicated before this crisis that global food prices were at a ten-year high and are poised to go even higher.”
    May be compounded
    That high cost of food, first traceable to the COVID-19 pandemic, may be compounded by escalating energy costs.
    “We can see escalating food prices” as a real possibility in the region. Obviously, Barbados will not be exempted from those increases, he said.
    Next, is the impact on the costs of wheat and corn.
    “Ukraine is an important part of Europe’s bread basket and the world’s,” Brathwaite explained. The Eastern European nation, he said, “is the ninth largest producer of wheat and the fifth largest of corn, contributing some 13 per cent of all corn exports in the world. Both countries (Ukraine and Russia) produce 33 per cent of global wheat exports. Already, wheat and corn futures in the global market are reaching record levels. Last week, the price of wheat was at its highest level since 2012.”
    The upshot, rising wheat and corn prices could trigger increases in the cost of bread, flour, noodles, breakfast cereals and biscuits, stated the Bajan. “Both the national flour mills in Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica have already raised their prices, by between 10 to 19 per cent in the last couple of months. The increases weren’t simply related to increasing price of wheat but in the cost of energy and transportation as well.”
    Then there is the cost of animal feed. With wheat, soya, beans and corn, the major components of animal feed escalating, the costs of chicken, pork, sausage and corn beef would rise, he said.
    Why? “These are all animal products that depend on feed, soya, corn and wheat and as their prices increase we will see (them reflected) in the cost of feed,” said Brathwaite. “Just remember that the lone feed manufacturing facility (in Barbados) indicated that they were under real pressure from their global inputs and they were contemplating
    increasing the cost of feed in Barbados. Apparently, the Government through the Ministry of Agriculture, was able to come to some arrangement in which a subsidy was provided to cushion the cost of feed.”
    Cannot last forever
    The problem, though, is that cushions cannot last forever but as the global prices for the inputs of feed go up, “we will definitely see an increase in meat prices in Barbados,” said Brathwaite. “I would not be surprised if there is an increase in the cost of chicken.”
    Then there is the fall-out that may hit the global fertiliser market.
    “Both nations are major producers of inorganic fertilisers used in crop production worldwide,” he explained. “Significant amounts of nitrogen, potassium and phosphate production come from that part of the world. The cost of the fertilisers have already increased by $200 a ton due to COVID-19 pandemic and those prices are poised to go up even more.”
    That may trigger jumps in the prices for potatoes, bananas, soya and other crops.
    As if they were not enough, there is the matter of transportation and marine logistics. Shipping container prices have skyrocketed globally, especially in the last few months, and they have hurt the movement of food from around the world to Barbados and the rest of the Caribbean.
    “The costs of containers have doubled within the last couple of months” and that situation was likely to worsen, he said.
    It doesn’t end there. “In times of war people travel less, even for recreation because a lot of people don’t like to be caught by a war away from home,” he said. “The current crisis could (hurt) the tourism industry which right now is in a state of recovery after the lockdowns due to COVID and is just beginning to show positive signs in many Caribbean countries, including Barbados. A (prolonged) war could have a negative impact on that recovery. Because tourism is the major driver of many tourism economies, a reduction in tourism income can result in less money being made available to buy food.
    Could retard growth
    “In other words, the war could retard economic growth in the Caribbean precisely at a time when the tourism industry is struggling to recover from the impact of COVID-19,” he warned. “So, we could have a double whammy” of the COVID crisis which devastated the tourism industry in Barbados by some 18 per cent in 2020 and we could have a significant impact if the war situation continues,” he said.
    Brathwaite believes a lesson of the war was the need to diversify the sources of imported food. He suggested that Latin America could be a place to look.
    “The time has come to explore the Latin American market, rather than in Europe and North America that may be compromised by the current war,” he said.
    “We need to see agriculture as a strategic sector for our survival,” he said.
    “Barbados must invest more in agriculture, spend more on the sector,” he said. That would include a greater involvement of the private sector.

    Source: Nation


  2. In our back yard Putin can rely on solidarity coming from one Barbadian
    Here is what this soldier in his vocal fight has to say to Putin
    Xxxxx
    General Secretary of the Caribbean Movement for Peace and Integration David Denny is supporting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and has indicated that he is happy that Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has assured Vladimir Putin of his “strong support” as well.

    Click the link to read the full story in the latest e-paper edition: https://bit.ly/3HJqH4Z


  3. Here is an interesting take on the reason for Putin’s Ukraine campaign.

    https://stopthesethings.com/2022/03/05/self-inflicted-energy-insecurity-vlad-impales-wind-solar-obsessed-europe/


  4. Must say Denny has forwarded some good points in his support for Russia
    It is hard to argue against facts

    Xxxxx
    Problem that the Western and traditional media has to face is that they have embolden and master spin so.much so that people have tuned them out in this war and are more relying on doing their own research and listening to other news outlets that provides another side
    The example of how blacks are treated in the Ukraine during this war resonates in the minds of many as the traditional media is being show torrid disrespect
    Denny Zooms in on that aspect and gives another side which is factual and truthful in ways Russia has provided aid for many black countries


  5. TLSNMarch 6, 2022 7:50 AM

    Here is an interesting take on the reason for Putin’s Ukraine campaign.

    https://stopthesethings.com/2022/03/05/self-inflicted-energy-insecurity-vlad-impales-wind-solar-obsessed-europe/

    ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    Trump had removed that threat in America imposed by Obama.

    Biden reversed Trump’s policy and instead started imposing sanctions on the energy industry in his own country.

    Trump always said Climate Change was a hoax.

    Climate Change pushed idiots leaders with agendas like Obama and now Biden and others in Europe to make their countries prostrate themselves in submission … easy pickings for Russia and China.

    Israel may save the day for Europe and make itself rich in the process.

    It will become a target … but we all knew that.

    The irony of it is that at $110 per barrel, the West is financing Putin’s war.



  6. funny UAE abstained on russia, just became the hub for rough cut diamonds in the world, russia puts out about 30% of the world diamond,s israel one of the leading cutter of gems along with india and counts diamonds as a big chunk of its gdp tries to broker a seize fire as the diamond trade grinds to a halt. Seems everyone has skin in the game.

  7. African Online Publishing Copyright ⓒ 2022. All Rights Reserved Avatar
    African Online Publishing Copyright ⓒ 2022. All Rights Reserved

    “funny UAE abstained on russia, just became the hub for rough cut diamonds in the world,”

    was wondering what certain other events were all about….did not even take 48 hours for things to come out…lawd…lol

  8. de pedantic Dribbler Avatar
    de pedantic Dribbler

    @Mr Blogmaster, what an amazing narrative you have offered above. I was unsure if to respond to the piece or just have a smile and move on … but I noticed you made no editorial comment regarding his blatant illogic so here I am. The writer is absolutely entitled to his opinion but so completely contradicts himself and yet expects to be viewed as anything other than a clickbait rant!🤦‍♂️

    He said: “The unfortunate thing about the US is that its current government are cowardly actors for the greater part. The previous president was a strong man and was hated for being a strong man. Cowards hate men of strength; because they frighten them.[…] Today the US has the weakest and most cowardly president of all time. He is a man that has spent years telling lies and making false statements to the American people. The cause of today’s most awful problems with Russia invading Ukraine comes from Bidens most apparent weakness.”

    According to HIS logical progression the former president 45 who was recorded as lying at least 20 times a day and on one day was alleged to have made over 500 untruthful statements (some repeatedly) would have to take the prize as King Weakest Coward!

    And obviously it makes little sense to explain that under Pres 45 there was serious threats to take US out of NATO thereby emboldening Russia (and there were allegations that had he won that he would have attempted to complete that threat). Incredible!

    “Who advised Biden to pull out of Afghanistan?” That would be Pres 45 … who had ALREADY agreed to leave Afghanistan PRIOR to the new admin taking over. … Clearly US foreign policy seems quite convoluted at times but just writing words that so blatantly misrepresents reality is beyond ridiculous!

    Where are your SERIOUS Sunday essays, bro! That piece is like a Fox primetime Carlson monologue, once described in court as: not stating actual facts about the topic but instead engaging in pure exaggeration and bloviating BS commentary!


  9. @Dee Word

    Sometimes it is better to share an extreme or even absurd view to trigger constructive replies. Not many have the capacity to shed partisan positions and biases when applying considerations.


  10. @DPD

    Couldn’t have said it better……..


  11. @David

    In my earlier piece about this crisis, I wrote that sanctions will have a boomerang effect and the same people advocating for boycotts of Russian oil are complaining about the rise in gas prices

    They want their cake and are eating it at the same time……..


  12. @Sargeant

    It is a complex world we live. So many allow our narrow world view and addiction to dogmas compromise common sense.


  13. Significant?

    Naftali Bennet PM of Israel met with Putin in Moscow yesterday

  14. C₂₁H₃₀O₂ Avatar
    C₂₁H₃₀O₂

    “Sometimes it is better to share an extreme or even absurd view to trigger constructive replies.”

    is this better than sharing intelligent intelligence with no bias (rhetorically speaking)
    positive constructive vibrations nice up the place
    while political propaganda has a bad vibration


  15. As far as I am concerned the article is one-sided and ignores the main fact of why Russia invaded Ukraine…..the extension of NATO up to Russia’s border after they promised not to. Never trust the white man. He is a know savage, liar, murderer, pillager, extortionist, rapist and everything evil. The Ukrainians and Russians are the same people, they can kill each other and leave just two heads. I am pissed at Justin for sending my tax money to fund those racist Ukrainians.


  16. “Never trust the white man. He is a know savage, liar, murderer, pillager, extortionist, rapist and everything evil.”

    false flags MOs
    manipulators of truth etc
    CIA NGOs etc sponsor revolutions
    leaders are goaded into war
    Rude Boy Saddam, Gaddafi, Assad


  17. As much as I am indebted to your ancestors for the invention of the wheel that inspired the shape of the scottish sausage. I agree with dame bajans We have been known to pillage.

  18. C₂₁H₃₀O₂ Avatar
    C₂₁H₃₀O₂

    We live in times of non stop wars and social media wars to stress people who need transformative therapy to relax and breathe for down regulation to calm the mind and body
    👃🏃‍💲👆👆💲
    How Does Breathing Affect the Nervous System and Your Perception of the World?

    How to Slow Your Breathing Down! Breathing Exercises for Stress & Anxiety – Autonomic Nervous System

  19. de pedantic Dribbler Avatar
    de pedantic Dribbler

    “Significant?. Naftali Bennet PM of Israel met with Putin in Moscow yesterday’ … @Sargeant, you are enjoying a pleasant moment of ‘understated rhetoric’ surely!. Of course everything is significant … Afterall, Israel gets $$BILLIONS more aid from US – particularly military aid- than anyone else so they are a DEEPLY entrenched US ally and will ‘coordinate’ closely fah sure. But at the same time they are also close friends with Moscow: 1) re that ‘little’ Syria war affair, 2) about the Iran nuclear deal (which Moscow is now showing ambivalence) and more and more…

    So yes as significant as significant can be! The PM is handling a very problematic tight-rope!

    And to the blogger @Dame Bajan… should one assume from your assertion – and that of others, fah sure – that “the article is one-sided and ignores the main fact of why Russia invaded Ukraine…..the extension of NATO up to Russia’s border after they promised not to” that Russia will invade Finland next!!!

    Finland in the north (like Ukraine on the east) shares a long border with Russia and whereas the Finns have long been a neutral player in the NATO/(Warsaw Pact-Russia) war-gaming they recently started seriously considering membership to NATO ! Will this be another reason for Putin to launch an assault to preempt any encroachment on his border of NATO missiles.

    The Finns are either playing their poker hand well with this ‘bluff’ to stare down the power player Putin or they are now resolved to join their distant Asgard ancestors in Valhalla (and take us all as well to our own ancestral homes)!

    Just saying….

    … the US and western powers pushed and prodded Russia with this NATO encroachment undoubtedly but the clear argument appears to be that if Cuba or Venezuela decided to become members of the old Warsaw military alliance and agreed to site Russian missiles on their lands that a US invasion of either would be ‘genius’ as a former Pres said about the Ukraine invasion … REALLY!!!!

  20. C₂₁H₃₀O₂ Avatar
    C₂₁H₃₀O₂

    Whenever there are gang wars, hired killers, negotiations, pacts, allies and truces
    it is best to be Switzerland 🇨🇭


  21. SargeantMarch 6, 2022 11:54 AM

    @David

    In my earlier piece about this crisis, I wrote that sanctions will have a boomerang effect and the same people advocating for boycotts of Russian oil are complaining about the rise in gas prices

    They want their cake and are eating it at the same time……..

    ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    The idea is for the US to get back fracking and flood the market with oil but Biden is either too dumb or just wants to enrich Russia.

    Trump had the price at $46/Barrel.

    Biden is a disaster.


  22. Dame+BajansMarch 6, 2022 12:28 PM

    As far as I am concerned the article is one-sided and ignores the main fact of why Russia invaded Ukraine…..the extension of NATO up to Russia’s border after they promised not to. Never trust the white man. He is a know savage, liar, murderer, pillager, extortionist, rapist and everything evil. The Ukrainians and Russians are the same people, they can kill each other and leave just two heads. I am pissed at Justin for sending my tax money to fund those racist Ukrainians.

    ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    Has it ever dawned on you that after almost a century of Russia domination, the Eastern Bloc countries might want to make alliances with Europe and NATO to avoid a repeat like what is happening in the Ukraine.

    That probably went over your head.


  23. “Has it ever dawned on you that…”
    … US Nato and EU troops cannot enter the battle war zone or the cold war will become a hot war


  24. The Caricom gets pull into this war and for what

    Read ePaper
    Home / Regional / CARICOM / CARICOM criticized for stance on Russian invasion of Ukraine

    CARICOM criticized for stance on Russian invasion of Ukraine – by Kobie Broomes March 6, 2022
    The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has been heavily criticized for its condemnation of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

    Last week CARICOM issued a statement condemning the actions of the Russian Federation and called for a cease-fire.
    However, General Secretary of the Caribbean Movement For Peace and Integration (CMPI) David Denny said that the regional bloc was badly advised and influenced by “incorrect information” from western media.
    Speaking at a virtual press conference on Sunday, Denny said, “I think that CARICOM made a very big mistake in that CARICOM concentrated on the western media information and that information influenced CARICOM to act. I think CARICOM should have done a lot more in terms of investigating the matter and [they] should have looked at the historical path.”
    The social activist explained that the issue between Ukraine and Russia has been brewing for over eight years.
    He said: “CARICOM should have condemned the United States and NATO for its military buildup in Poland that created the conditions for this war … I think CARICOM should have made a statement that would ask for further discussions between the two governments.”
    On Friday Denny came under fire on social media after voicing his support for Russia, with some people questioning why a “peaceful” organisation would condone war.
    Denny clarified his comments at today’s press conference.

    “The Caribbean Movement for Peace and Integration is one that supports peace, we believe that our region should remain a zone of peace but as I mentioned earlier, this is a peace intervention by Russia and Russia is going after a position to defend itself against the many threats by the United States of America and NATO nations.”

    The CMPI’s General Secretary said that they would prefer if there could be more discussions between Ukraine and Russia so that both countries can find a solution. However, Denny said that the mounting of forces from NATO and the USA was a provocation to the Russian Federation.
    “If you build up a military base against a foreign country that country will feel threatened and they will do whatever they can to defend themselves and I think that is what is happening here today and that’s why our movement supports Russia,” he said.
    However, Denny said that CMPI could not support the killing of innocent people.
    “We do not support a war against the people of Ukraine, we support a peaceful intervention and we support Russia with an intervention that would allow them to defend themselves against the USA and NATO. We also would like to see the Ukraine people given the right to be able to develop their own independent nation and for them to have their own government


  25. @Dee Word

    Ukraine has a history with Russia as a former member of the Soviet Union. Putin may feel more justified picking a fight with Ukraine than Finland.


  26. Elsewhere:-

    Guyana to submit case to ICJ on border dispute

    https://www.nationnews.com/2022/03/06/guyana-submit-case-icj-border-dispute/

  27. de pedantic Dribbler Avatar
    de pedantic Dribbler

    Re: “Trump had the price at $46/Barrel.[…]Biden is a disaster.” … @John Fellow u scribe at times in a manner that is simply TOTALLY illogical. And based on your background you known better so one can only presume u are simply writing foolishness to laff at us idiots !

    You are aware of course that oil was around $47/barrel in the last year of the Obama admin, right … and that it was on a steady decline after peaking over $100/b due to other geopolitical issues of that time!

    You must also be aware that during the Obama years (because of those geopolitical issues) that the US was for a period a NET producer of oil due to the boom in fracking . You must know that surely!

    And u definitely u know that fracking’s original drilling is one of the most expensive oil production methods … thus LOW per barrel cost is NOT the sweet spot for those operators! You are the engineer so all that is not over YOUR head, I know that.!

    Of course the US frackers are mostly mature producers now and better handle the highs and lows of the per barrel cost and its impact on their break-even point , however, to juxtapose a low oil cost with more franking and use it to frame a political attack is simply mind-boggling … crazy. SMH!

    Biden is NOT nor was Trump the one to determine when or how frackers produce… the market does. They were rocking years back when prices were higher and definitely here is an opportunity to increase production but it is never as simple a calculus as that… and u know THAT too.

    Get serious do.

  28. de pedantic Dribbler Avatar
    de pedantic Dribbler

    David, u are a diplomat sir. Yes it’s true that “Ukraine has a history with Russia as a former member of the Soviet Union. Putin may feel more justified picking a fight with Ukraine than Finland” … but if he fraid NATO missiles on his eastern flank then he should be fraid dem on his northern flank too.

    I don’t know the topography of their border region but in the main it would be the same few minutes from release to detonation coming from north or east.

    Anyhow tho no worries… if Finland go forward with their plan … we gine all know the God we serve, toute suite!

    Putin would be beyond livid!


  29. @Dee Word

    Do not accept the point and ignore it at the same time. The Fins have a history of neutrality. Given the separatists battles especially in the Dombast region you are witnessing a more volatile situation if viewed through a geopolitical lens?

  30. de pedantic Dribbler Avatar
    de pedantic Dribbler

    But @David that is exactly the POINT. The Finns have either gotten skittish about Putin’s behaviour or as I ridiculously suggested they are keen to get to Valhalla!

    They are the ones who are putting aside NEUTRALITY and seeking NATO security. There are NO reports that they are being coerced .

    If they actually proceed to a serious NATO discussion how could Putin NOT respond as he did re Ukraine… wouldn’t make much sense if he allowed them to do that.

    Madness. All around.


  31. @Dee Word

    Wouldn’t you consider the Fins have been forced to consider joining NATO because of Russian aggression in Ukraine? In other words it is a reaction to the invasion and therefore wouldn’t have factored in Putin’s decision?


  32. @John:
    “Has it ever dawned on you that after almost a century of Russia domination, the Eastern Bloc countries might want to make alliances with Europe and NATO to avoid a repeat like what is happening in the Ukraine.

    That probably went over your head.”

    Fact is Mr. John, you think with the wrong head, if you do think. How long has it been since the Soviet Union was no more? What Russian domination what? They are all independent states and have been so for decades. Sometimes you really talk lot of shite for a so-called educated man.


  33. There are about 1.4 million people of Ukrainian descent living in Canada, one of the largest such populations outside of Ukraine.


  34. David Denny openly supports Russia and a criminal war of aggression that displaces many millions and kills about 1,000 people every day.

    Our National Security Council must finally act and take this enemy of the state into protective custody in Drax Hall!

  35. de pedantic Dribbler Avatar
    de pedantic Dribbler

    @David I believe u are missing my point re Finland. I absolutely agree that it’s likely “the Fins have been forced to consider joining NATO because of Russian aggression in Ukraine [and] In other words it is a reaction to the invasion and therefore wouldn’t have factored in Putin’s decision”

    That ‘skittishness’ – to use an understandable Bajanism – makes their decision all the more ‘scary’ and problematic. If the man invades east because of a concern of NATO missiles on his border with Ukraine then on WHAT basis would he NOT INVADE if the same type of missiles are on his northern border! In a very practical sense Putin’s brazen behavior should have caused the EXACT opposite reaction by the Finns and pushed them further into neutrality !

    They say he is as crazy as the proverbial fox but don’t you consider that it would be Ossie Moore like to huff and puff and invade one neighbor to scare them into submission and in so doing actually incentivize his other neighbor to join NATO: that’s just plain crazy! He could not have expected that reaction or he is simply determined to wreck the world.

    So at the moment I would rate the NATO membership request as an excellent poker play by the Finns as I expect that they will garner much attention in these geopolitical games and surely enhance economic activity along the way as this plays out.

    However, I can only imagine that in the end NATO will NOT accept Finland as a protectee or that the leaders there will step back … otherwise we are surely heading for oblivion!


  36. @Dee Word

    The bottom line we are not in Putin’s head and left to speculate why the invasion.


  37. @ Nathan Green

    Payload capabilities?

    “PS does anyone have a reinforced heavy-duty static gymnasium exercise bike with three wheels and truck tyres?”

    Xxxxx

    What plans you have for your home built ultralight radar evader aircraft with capabilities to travel 2,000 km on a full tank. ???


  38. Our National Security Council under our Supreme Leader should prepare for acts of sabotage by pro-Russian provocateurs, for example, a pro-Russian peace march through Bridgetown in the troubling month of August.

    I strongly advise providing enough huts for pro-Russian “peace activists” in Drax Hall!


  39. @ Grenville Phillips

    If Barbados is threatened by a Rogue Aggressive State who comes to our assistance ?????


  40. Boss
    if anyone threatens to invade Barbados the beneficial owners will no doubt mobilize their collective military resources to protect their assets. We ( at least the assets) should be covered…by:
    T&T Defence force,
    Canadian Forces
    US army
    Chinese Army
    British Army

    The REAL problem may come if our ‘owners’ ever get fed up, and sell their assets (our asses) to some oligarch or cartel….


  41. If the Ukrainians have these Turkish Drones in any numbers, the Russians’ goose may be cooked.

    They completely reversed the tables on Armenia in favor of the Azerbaijan when they faced off recently.


  42. @ Bush Tea

    “The REAL problem may come if our ‘owners’ ever get fed up, and sell their assets (our asses) to some oligarch or cartel….”

    Xxxxc

    Some say Your Precognitive phenomena ability deemed ambiguous.


  43. Tony
    Boss…Even if Bushie understood what you are saying, it is important to note that the Bushman don’t give two jobbies what ‘some’ say or think or even do….


  44. BUSH TEA SAID The REAL problem may come if our ‘owners’ ever get fed up, and sell their assets (our asses) to some oligarch or cartel….”
    WHY HAS HE SAID THIS?

    SIMPLE. CAUSE IT HAS HAPPENED ALREADY. FOR EXAMPLE
    SHIPPING AND TRADING
    T HERBERT
    PLANTATIONS LTD
    NATION NEWSPAPER
    LIGHT AND POWER
    AND WE CAN GO ON

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