Ukraine

[bigpaul]

yep, the Nato countries in Europe are being reinforced because of Putins threat.

[Straight Shooter]

Been keeping a eye on some American preppers on ytube ......not looking good over there according to their reports on haphazard food shortages and empty shelves .....prices rising every week even daly ....inflation running up and out of control ......many are struggling and this is just the start of it , credit cards are used yurt to get by and that will not last long ....but they have next to no choices ....some with a bit more common sense are scaling down living in RVs and taking to the roads and land to simply survive and feel blessed .....many with kids .

We are not immune here in the UK ! And see similar events here and getting worse ...little evidence of things getting better any time soon , with all countries suffering a similar fate ! Ukraine for all the horrors of war is more of a distraction and will undoubtedly be held up high as a major construct of blame for all our wows along with covid and the rest of the crap dished up for us to feast on ! .

There will be a lot more really bad stuff to come the likes of which most would not have thought possible just a few years ago ......and all coming to a head right now ! The pin has been pulled and the financial grenade has been thrown .

[bigpaul]

many people are living above their means and expect too much, a good scaling down of expectations is long overdue.
look at all the food that is wasted, we never threw food away when I was growing up, we couldnt afford to, nothing wrong with good old "bubble and squeak" to use up leftovers, but no, people are fixed on use by dates even on spuds !!

[CharlesHarris]

[Straight Shooter]

I am wondering what the effects are going to develop ....with all the sanctions aimed at Russia especially removing some of their banks from the S.W.i.F.T system ? And how that may throw up some unintended consequences for us
Or intended depending on your point of view .

Turkey is now on the brink ( before Ukraine ) this may well be the straw ......interesting times ! More preps !

[bigpaul]

Russia is becoming more isolated by the day, you can tell the sanctions are working by how beligerent Putin and Lavrov are getting.

[Joe]

But we are still buying Russian gas.

[bigpaul]

we dont buy gas from Russia. it comes in from Europe, it might be Russian gas to start with but we dont buy it direct.

[Straight Shooter]

That is why globalisation is not a good idea , centralisation breeds total control of resources and people along with total ownership of any resource or commodity to just a few entities , mainly central banks with zombie companies fronting up and hiding who really owns what ! .

[bigpaul]

globalisation is not a good idea as countries are in hock to undesirable countries like China and Russia and its not an easy job to unravel all the tentacles.