'All of which invites the question: Why do these rail barons hate paid leave so much? Why would a company have no problem handing out 24 percent raises, $1,000 bonuses, and caps on health-care premiums but draw the line on providing a benefit as standard and ubiquitous throughout modern industry as paid sick days? The answer, in short, is “P.S.R.” — or precision-scheduled railroading.by archive - Archive
'Podolyak estimated Ukraine’s current needs at 150-200 tanks, about 300 armored vehicles, 100 artillery systems, 50-70 multiple launch rocket systems, including HIMARS, as well as 10-15 anti-aircraft defense systems to close the sky.' - The Kyiv Independent (Source, November 20, 2022) '..There have been some interesting sources today which reflect on what is said here. Oneby archive - Archive
'November 17 – CNBC (Jeff Cox): ..Bullard delivered remarks centered on a rules-based approach to policymaking. Using standards set by Stanford economics professor John Taylor, Bullard insisted that the moves the Fed has made so far are insufficient..' - Doug Noland, SBF, FTX and QE, November 18, 2022 Context '..the “Taylor rule,”..' (Disaster)(Fed, ECB way behind tby archive - Archive
'Ukrainian forces could reach Crimea by Christmas and end the war by the spring, according to Volodymyr Havrylov, Ukraine's deputy defence minister.' - Russia-Ukraine war: Ukraine 'could reach Crimea by Christmas', November 19, 2022 '..our objective is to liberate the whole Ukrainian land from the Russian occupation. We will not stop on this way under any cirby archive - Archive
'FRANKFURT, Nov 18 (Reuters) - The European Central Bank still has a "long way" to go before interest rates peak, as inflation could also take an extended period to come down, Dutch central bank chief Klaas Knot said on Friday. "We still have a long way to go," Knot said when asked where rates could peak.' - ECB has 'long way' to go with rate hikes, Kby archive - Archive
'The Siege of Crimea has begun.' - Trent Telenko (Source, November 13, 2022) Context 'Crimea is Ukraine. Donetsk is Ukraine. Kherson is Ukraine. Luhansk is Ukraine. Zaporizhzhia is Ukraine..' (The liberation of Crimea and the Donbas) - 'Budanov hopes the war will end in the spring and be concluded by the summer ' 'It is time to start: Ukraine can wby archive - Archive
'..societal collapse if soaring prices are not brought under control .. The “everything bubble” refers to the surge in a range of investments, including stocks, bonds and house prices, since the financial crisis after central banks left interest rates at rock bottom levels for years and cranked up the printing presses under quantitative easing.' 'The global economy is on the patby archive - Archive
'Some of the U.S. firms whose products are reaching Chinese military research groups have been the beneficiaries of Defense Department grants to spur cutting-edge innovation, according to a federal program database, creating the specter of the Pentagon subsidizing Chinese military advances.' 'Military research groups at the leading edge of China’s hypersonics and missile programby archive - Archive
'China’s top diplomat signaled that Chinese leader Xi Jinping, fresh from extending his power for a norm-breaking third term, intends to double-down on his tight relationship with Russia’s Vladimir Putin —driving an even deeper wedge between the two authoritarian rulers and the West. In a Thursday phone call with Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Beiby archive - Archive
'Worthy of note, as Budanov in May/June, first made the estimate that Russian losses would be so great that Ukraine could take the initiative in August. Was pretty darn accurate.' - Phillips P. OBrien (Source, october 18, 2022) 'The head of Ukraine's excellent military intelligence, GUR, Major-General Kyrylo Budanov predicts substantial Ukrainian victories before the eby archive - Archive
'Powell’s rejection of Volcker’s framework coincided with the Fed ignoring nearly unprecedented liquidity growth in 2020 and 2021, which in turn, led to the worst cost of living crisis in 42 years. 180 million Americans suffered the largest permanent decline in real wage, salary and retirement income since 1980. The size of this pain was far greater than the benefit gained from roughly 6 milby archive - Archive
'To put things into perspective: Average inflation in the world has jumped to 10.2%, the first double-digit increase since statistics began.' - Holger Zschaepitz (Source, October 14, 2022) 'Yet there’s an even more historic experiment in Bernanke inflationism that continues to unfold in China..' 'We’re already seeing evidence of the failure of Bernanke-style ceby archive - Archive
'China has deliberately and patiently set out to gain "strategic advantage by shaping the world's technology ecosystem", the head of the intelligence agency told an audience at the Royal United Service Institute for its annual security lecture. Sir Jeremy argued the Chinese Communist Party was aiming to manipulate the technology that underpins people's lives to embed iby archive - Archive
'Long-range firepower is one critical capability where Ukraine will need more support. The country must have enough weapons and ammunition to outfit its brigades with artillery systems and multiple rocket launchers that can reach behind enemy lines, hitting ammunition depots and making it extremely hard for Russia to send in reinforcements. Ukrainian forces have already successfully used sucby archive - Archive
'..the less missionary the United States is in its approach the more likely it is to avoid disastrous wars .. A grand strategy of limits is crucial. Let’s hope it begins now..' 'In other words, it is not just a matter of avoiding major war whenever possible but also a matter of not being overtly ideological, so as to be able to consider today’s enemy tomorrow’s friend, even if iby archive - Archive
'..the line of development I discuss here is not only far better, but also far more likely, than the doomsday scenarios we fear. It is thus worth considering, and worth preparing for.' 'Mobilization itself starts to look like a spear pointed the wrong way: is there a point in sending thousands of unprepared and underequipped men into what they increasingly know is doom? Putinby archive - Archive
'The inflation rate according to the Dutch consumer price index (CPI) system, which was 12% in August, will be published on October 6. The main difference between the two systems is that the CPI includes rental housing developments and the Eurostat harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) system does not.' 'The Dutch annual rate of inflation soared to a record 17.1% in Septembby archive - Archive
'Soaring natural gas prices, demand destruction in the industrial sector, and energy-saving measures are set to reduce gas consumption in Europe’s developed economies by 10% this year, the biggest drop in European demand in history, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in its quarterly Gas Market Report on Monday. The forecast of a 10% decline in natural gas demand in OECD Europe reby archive - Archive
'..Russian maintenance under the current oligarchy system isn’t any better than it was under the Soviet system.' '..Russia charged Nord 2 with 300 million cubic metres of natural gas in July of 2021 … and it never moved. It just sat there. Under 300 to 360 feet of salt water. To quote an email from a petroleum engineer: “Holy Jesus, that pipline is one hairy snowball from enby archive - Archive
'..the ’tactical use’ of RU nuclear weapons would end the Russian state as we know it.' - Chuck Pfarrer (Source, September 30, 2022) 'Ukraine is not afraid of winning against Russia..' '..the Ukrainians have hinted they would respond to a nuclear strike by increasing their operations against Russian territory. “This will not stop them, and then they will spreadby archive - Archive
'Crimea is Ukraine. Donetsk is Ukraine. Kherson is Ukraine. Luhansk is Ukraine. Zaporizhzhia is Ukraine. Sweden continues to #StandbyUkraine.' - Magdalena Andersson (SwedishPM, Source, September 29, 2022) Context (Complete withdrawal from Ukraine (Crimea and the Donbas)) - ' more manpower overall .. one million .. but we still lack armored vehicles and heavy weapons..by archive - Archive
'German inflation soared to double-digit levels for the first time in more than 70 years .. Consumer prices in Germany rose 10.9 per cent in the year to September, accelerating from 8.8 per cent in August, according to a flash estimate published by the federal statistical agency on Thursday. It is the first time German inflation has reached double-digit levels since 1951 and the increase isby archive - Archive
'..Another critical characteristic of the earlier inflation era was frequent temporary reversals in inflation, only to be followed by new peaks..' - (Global Stagflation)(Inflation out of control) - Inflationary Psychology Has Set In. Dislodging It Won’t Be Easy. '“The monetary and fiscal policy mistakes of last year, which set this inflation off, are very alike to the 60s,”by archive - Archive
'..Fall of Melitopol would trap all Russians in Crimea, east Kherson and Zaporizhia as well.' - Peter Zeihan (Source, September 14, 2022) 'The sad side of what’s happening now is that over 10,000 Ukrainian soldiers had to die to prove that Ukraine can win and that the West must finally stop hesitating and send massive defense aid to help end this war.' - Illia Ponomby archive - Archive
'The truth is that China’s population in 2020 probably amounted to about 1.28 billion – some 130 million fewer people than reported. That makes India, not China, the world’s most populous country.' - Yi Fuxian, China’s Demographic Manipulation, August 5, 2021 'Even more troubling for Xi, elite dissatisfaction is now spreading to the general public. In an authoritarian stateby archive - Archive
' more manpower overall .. one million .. but we still lack armored vehicles and heavy weapons .. more rocket artillery systems, more reconnaissance systems, means of mobility, and communication means to be able to coordinate all this mass. And of course air defense .. we need more means of mobility — to conduct a real maneuver war after a breakthrough of the tactical depth of defense.by archive - Archive
'As Elders from Latin America and Asia, Juan Manuel Santos and I visited Kyiv to emphasise that support for Ukraine comes from all over the world. We believe that international solidarity needs to be global, not just from NATO countries. It is the responsibility of all member states of the United Nations to uphold the core principles of the UN Charter and maintain a clear position when theseby archive - Archive
'Strictly speaking, all of this is directly and exclusively dependent on the resources available to Ukraine. While the situation with the number of forces is likely to look quite promising for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the same cannot be applied to heavy weaponry and ammunition. But, in any case, provided there is political will, timely and deliberate planning, with the use of the industrby archive - Archive
'The only good strategy for Russian troops now - is large-scale retreat in all directions. Strongly recommend.' - Михайло Подоляк (Source, September 6, 2022) 'Reminding you once again. Negotiations are possible, but only on Ukrainian terms: after territories returning and criminal enclaves elimination..' - Михайло Подоляк (Source, september 4, 2022) Context (by archive - Archive
'Short version: yeah, China is pretty much a genocidel state. Will be interesting to see how the corporate world outside of China reacts.' - Peter Zeihan (Source, September 1, 2022) 'The report covers the period during which Chinese authorities arbitrarily detained up to 1.8 million Uyghurs and other Turkic minorities in internment camps in Xinjiang, according to numerous iby archive - Archive