Friday, February 25, 2022

Ukraine Intends To Develop Its Own Nuclear Weapons

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After some comments on podcasts and moderating same she gets right into Zelensky's speech at the Munich Security Conference. From Claire...
Thursday, February 24, 2022

Do Be Careful With The Moderna Patent/Covid-In-Nature Argument In The Post Immediately Below

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There's a reason this bit " Additionally, scientists find covid virus contains a DNA sequence patented by Moderna three years befor...

"The UK Govt Accepts COVID Lab Leak Theory ‘Behind Closed Doors’"

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Major caveat on the "DNA sequence" part of the story. From Cornell Law Professor William A. Jacobson's Legal Insurrection b...

Ag Commodities: USDA Attempts To Forecast Production/Consumption Upended By Russian Invasion

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From DTN Progressive Farmer, February 24: Russian Attack Causes Ag, Food Impacts ...

"Put-Sellers & The Incredible Feb 24th Intraday-Reversal" (Nasdaq from down 4% to up 3%)

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Two from ZeroHedge: Thursday, Feb 24, 2022 - 04:40 PM As we noted earlier, today's stunning rebound in stocks (most notably Nasdaq, whi...

An FT Alphaville Overview Of Market Reactions To the Russian Invasion

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From FT Alphaville's Claire Jones:   Russia’s invasion of Ukraine rattles markets A quick overview of what’s happened this morning. Rus...

For The Love Of God And All You Hold Dear, Support Izabella Kaminska's Latest Venture

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We absolutely do not want her moving on to another platform/venue. * It was just pointed out to me that upon her joining FT Alphaville in 2...

World War Three: Who Do You Trust?

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From The Blind Spot (also on blogroll at right): There’s a lot going on today. More than any one brain can process quite frankly. We are al...

Ag Commodities: Wheat Hits Life-of-Contract Highs (Limit up)

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The all time high was in March 2008 at 13.2825. The futures opened that year at 9.36 and ended that year at 6.30 down 31%. Just a heads up t...

Helpful Hints From The U.S. Embassy In Ukraine

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If you feel that your current location is no longer safe, you should carefully assess the potential risks involved in moving to a different ...

Russian Stocks Trading Down

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Via AgendaFreeTV: Russia's benchmark stock index down 45% today pic.twitter.com/ftbYptLp08 — Steve Lookner (@lookner) February 24, 2022...

Capital Markets: "Russia's Military Action Shakes Markets"

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 From Marc Chandler at Bannockburn Global Forex: Overview: News that the separatists were calling on Moscow for military assistance began t...
Wednesday, February 23, 2022

This May Be the First Picture Of the Russian Invasion

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 Via AgendaFreeTV's twitter feed (SteveLookner): Unconfirmed — but this picture of the Ukrainian border guard fleeing from Kalanchak ou...

Ukraine: "cell service is down in Donetsk"?

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From AgendaFreeTV: Seeing multiple (unconfirmed) reports on pro-Russian Telegram channels that cell service is down in Donetsk pic.twitter....

"What Does Vladimir Putin Have on Joe Biden?"

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This article is very harsh in its assessment of the realpolitik but I didn't spot any untruths so we'll roll with it. From Tablet Ma...

Is Ray "China Ray" Dalio About To Get Hammered?

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From Bloomberg via Yahoo Finance: Chinese Tech Stocks Drop to New Crackdown Lows, Led by Alibaba Chinese technology stocks dropped for a thi...

Premier of Alberta: “No, I’m not going to be taking any policy direction from Klaus Schwab or his ilk."

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Via someone I've not heard of, about someone of whom I have heard: “No, I’m not going to be taking any policy direction from Klaus Schw...

Chartology: Gold

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This is intended as humor. It probably falls short of that ideal. From ZeroHedge : Gold 5-minute chart, February 21 - 22 And a quick look at...

Capital Markets: "Mild Sanctions Spur Relief Rally"

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From Marc to Market: Overview: The market appears to be judging the initial salvo of sanctions against Russia for formally recognizing the ...

That Time The German U.N. Delegation Laughed At A U.S. President Warning Against Dependence On Russia

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And it wasn't just the American President. Poland, for years, told/asked/begged the Germans to diversify their sources of hydrocarbons. ...