Родина мать зовет!

Mark Wauck: https://meaninginhistory.substack.com/p/ukraine-to-pause-its-offense-for That’s the report we’re getting from the ueber-Neocon Institute for the Study of War (ISW is run by the Kagan/Nuland combine; cf. Who We Are), so one assumes the report is pretty authoritative: Who ever heard of a military taking a week off to “reevaluate tactics” of a successful offense? Me neither. ThisContinue reading “Родина мать зовет!”

Vladimir Putin Responds to Blinken

“We were forced to try to end the war that the West started in 2014 by force of arms. And Russia will end this war by force of arms, freeing the entire territory of the former Ukraine from the United States and Ukrainian Nazis. There are no other options. The Ukrainian army of the US and NATOContinue reading “Vladimir Putin Responds to Blinken”

Are Business Inventories a Leading Indicator of Inflation?

Or, do sharp inventory drops predict recessions? The Phillips Curve hypothesis holds that inflation and unemployment have a stable, inverse relationship. In 1958, William Phillips wrote “The Relation between Unemployment and the Rate of Change of Money Wage Rates in the United Kingdom, 1861-1957”, which was published in the quarterly journal Economica. Phillips claimed anContinue reading “Are Business Inventories a Leading Indicator of Inflation?”

“Say My Name”

With AFU armor burning up in minefields, pummeled by pre-ranged artillery fire, facing rolling attacks by KA-52’s miles away, the AFU ammo stocks down to a few weeks sustained fire, and massed infantry attacks like the Somme their only option, the Biden Regime hopes to extract a “frozen” conflict. Larry Johnson offers a differing professionalContinue reading ““Say My Name””

Underwater HTM

Wall Street on Parade: https://wallstreetonparade.com/2023/06/jpmorgan-and-citigroup-are-using-the-same-accounting-maneuver-as-silicon-valley-bank-on-hundreds-of-billions-of-underwater-debt-securities/ As we reported yesterday, Silicon Valley Bank was not even on the “Problem Bank List” maintained by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) when it imploded in a span of 48 hours in March. According to testimony by the Federal Reserve’s Vice Chairman for Supervision, Michael Barr, on March 28Continue reading “Underwater HTM”

Simplicius After-Action Report – 06/10/2023

We start with some AFU videos of A2 Bradleys on 06/08/2023. Opens with a Panzerkampfwagen “Leopard”. We then switch to the action in the Security Zone ahead of the Russian defense lines. AFU vehicles are following a mine-clearing tank only to be trapped vehicles killed by ATGMs and mines. At the 20-second mark, a BradleyContinue reading “Simplicius After-Action Report – 06/10/2023”

Simplicius After-Action Report: Day 1

Simplicius: https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/first-leg-of-afus-offensive-has-begun Today is the first day we can probably say the offensive has truly begun in the sense that Ukraine has launched large maneuver attacks in exactly the primary directions long-predicted as being at the heart of the offensive. Yesterday’s push much farther east near Velyka Novosilka had long been forecasted as the ‘diversionary’Continue reading “Simplicius After-Action Report: Day 1”

Do You Feel Lucky?

Business Insider had an interesting story today updating the restructuring of commercial real estate: https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/real-estate-market-turmoil-looms-as-tech-giants-flee-offices-watch-these-5-stocks-short-sellers-circling-for-potential-collapse-1032377048 With remotes and hybrids cutting space requirements and banks cutting headcounts, there’s a lot of space out there with nobody in it. And more to hit the market. Certainly apparent in the unwinding of real estate prices since the Fauci/PfizerContinue reading “Do You Feel Lucky?”