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ZH: https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/wall-street-layoffs-are-officially-full-swing-goldman-sachs-lay-many-4000-employees Make no question about it – despite what the “data” shows and what the Fed says – the job market is, in fact, softening.  We’ve spent the last two weeks writing about how Wall Street firms are going to be cutting their bonus pools significantly, with higher rates throwing a wet blanket over dealmaking andContinue reading “Mass Wall Street Layoffs Officially Arrive: Goldman To Lay Off As Many As 4,000 Employess”

Moon of Alabama: https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/12/ukraine-what-its-military-leadership-says.html#more December 15, 2022 Ukraine – What Its Military Leadership Says The Economist has interviewed the three Ukrainian leaders who manage the war in Ukraine. It summarizes them in an interpretive writeup. I will use that to extract the important points. Volodymyr Zelensky and his generals talk to The Economist (Paywalled) The writeup is ofContinue reading “What Ukrainian Generals Admit”

Matthew Ehret December 08 2022 https://thecradle.co/Article/Analysis/19283 Xi Jinping’s Visit to Saudi Arabia and the overthrow of Atlanticism The historic China-Arab Summit currently underway in Riyadh symbolizes the emerging Eurasianism in the Persian Gulf. As Atlanticists continue their commitment to a future shaped by energy scarcity, food scarcity, and war with their nuclear-capable neighbors, most states inContinue reading “True Diversity”

For the first time, a gunfire erupted directly between Russian mercenaries (PMC Wagner) and NATO mercenaries (American PMC Mozart) who were on patrol in Bakhmut. Suddenly they came across a group of Russian soldiers in a heavily fortified trench system supported by T-90 tanks. Russian media sources on December 8, 2022, indicating a full confrontationContinue reading “Mercenary Engagement: US v. Russia (December 8, 2022)”

Irina Slav: https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/Europe-Cant-Count-On-US-Shale-To-Make-Up-For-Russian-Crude.html Europe Can’t Count On U.S. Shale To Make Up For Russian Crude By Irina Slav – Dec 05, 2022, 4:00 PM CST OPEC+ yesterday decided to leave its production quotas where they are, at 2 million bpd lower than they were in October, which is an effective cut of 1 million bpd of production. ThreeContinue reading “Suicide Pact 2.0”

In late August there appeared a smaller army based on NATO training, equipment, and the cream of the AFU mobilization crop — plus several thousand “foreign volunteers” — including at least hundreds of Americans. It has now emerged the Poles have already lost ~5000 casualties on Ukrainian battlefields. The current Polish government will almost certainlyContinue reading “SMO Becomes a Different Kind of War”

The tweets speak for themselves. SBF/FTX v. Musk. Who’s the enemy?

Washington’s Carthagian Peace Collides With Reality: https://www.theamericanconservative.com/washingtons-carthaginian-peace-collides-with-reality/ Douglas Macgregor Nov 29, 202212:03 AM The national political and military leaders who committed America to wars of choice in Vietnam, the Balkans, Afghanistan, and Iraq, did so as a rule because they were convinced the fighting would be short and decisive. American presidents, presidential advisors, and seniorContinue reading “Washington’s Carthaginian Peace Collides With Reality”