Tag Archives: Russia

Oil Reserves

Oil is a finite commodity. Oil reserves that remain have a calculation attached which tells producers how many years remain that they could expect wealth from this fossil fuel. Present regimes of United States, Russia and Saudi Arabia might not … Continue reading

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The ship has no captain, just thieves

Just read this about the present situation around Steve Witkoff’s deal making, by Susan Zakin, Journal of Plague Years, Substack: Steve Witkoff, the real estate developer who is the point man for Trump’s foreign policy, along with Kushner, is also … Continue reading

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Heads will start to roll

No 1: Larry Summers whose ‘wingman’, he said in an email, was Epstein. (2013 to 2019). Larry Summers had a connection with Jeffrey Epstein that spanned several years, including meetings and communications even after Epstein’s 2008 guilty plea for soliciting … Continue reading

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UK and US special relationship

1997 to 2010 https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/215661/economics/economic-record-of-new-labour-1997-2010/ 1999, Enter Prince Andrew, as described in the book by Lownie: On the morning of 9 February 1999 a small group gathered at Teterboro Airport, just outside New York, ready to catch a Gulfstream jet to … Continue reading

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Deal maker, ball breaker

Trump suggests Ukraine may have to trade land for peace with Russia By Staff  The Associated Press Posted October 19, 2025 5:44 pm https://globalnews.ca/news/11485009/trump-ukraine-potential-land-exchange-russia-peace/ Remember back in July of this year: On July 20, 2025, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard … Continue reading

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The End Game? End for whom?

Last night, Russia bombarded Ukraine. Each night, since so called Peace Talks, Russia exceeds the intensity. Lev Parnas reports: No outcry from the Trump administration, and in Gaza, the same silence as the IDF move into Gaza City, where exhausted … Continue reading

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Being born after World War Two: friends and foes

On February 9, 1942 crowds gathered at New York City’s pier 88 to witness a spectacle. The largest ocean liner in the world was on fire. Fire fighting efforts successfully contained the fire after five and a half hours of effort, … Continue reading

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Alaska

From Christopher Armitage List of Actions of Trump administration since Jan 2025: See Christopher Armitage, Substack Trump and Putin chose to meet in Alaska, Aug 15th 2025 Looking up the history now as Trump sometimes made it sound like Putin … Continue reading

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It’s only men doing business

1986 Israel, Ehud Barak and technology: The upgrades to the drones were part of a larger technological push in the IDF, which in the late 1980s invested significant resources to acquire and develop precision ordnance—“smart bombs” that could hit their … Continue reading

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Gulag mentality

It is sad, but true. The Gulag horrors are being expanded in Russia. Innocent civilians from Ukraine are suffering there.  Out of our sight, out of reach from their suffering families. Pain radiates out from their locations and maybe you … Continue reading

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