Economic effects of the Russo-Ukrainian War

[Pointy Elbows]

The part I forgot to mention as well was adequately prepping elderly or sick relatives.

China and India control basic medication globally, even if the manufacturers are very often nominally Western. A neutral or allied India will still be unable to export most medications in the event of serious geopolitical conflict/kinetic war.

Not only do your vulnerable relatives need good access to food provisions and water, you must have the discussion with them about how they can safely hoard necessary medications in advance.

Medications obviously have recommended use by dates, yet the major issue for most people is not expired and therefore potentially ineffective medication but rather a tendency to rely on the system running smoothly all the time. People often only get prescriptions filled with one or two days’ worth (or less) of medication on hand.

Go read J. R. R. Tolkien’s biographies to get a grasp on how even well-educated and relatively well-connected families had to watch family members (in this case Tolkien’s own mother) die from diseases like diabetes because the medications did not exist at the time.

Serious conflict or supply chain interruptions will seal the same fate in many cases for your relatives with certain conditions.

Already happening. My elderly father is barely getting some of his meds, even with multiple insurance plans. His docs and pharmacy have told him that much of the base ingredients are from China and they are having a hard time getting inventory.

Also, try ordering IVM from one of the India sources. They keep making it more difficult to pay the vendors. Last time I tried, I had to go to some shady third party pay processor and just didn't feel right giving up the digits.

 

[TruckDriver9]

 

[Robert High Hawk]

Already happening. My elderly father is barely getting some of his meds, even with multiple insurance plans. His docs and pharmacy have told him that much of the base ingredients are from China and they are having a hard time getting inventory.

Also, try ordering IVM from one of the India sources. They keep making it more difficult to pay the vendors. Last time I tried, I had to go to some shady third party pay processor and just didn't feel right giving up the digits.

Really sorry to hear that. While I'm sure your grandfather is not in this category, in general there is a MASSIVE dependency on pills in the US. That of course is by design, where a multiple of powerful industries have a vested interest in a fat, sickly population. Many of them are essentially addicted to pills, even if they are not pain pills.

The problem is that there is a huge demand, and a rather fragile supply chain for this massive nationwide dependency. So any supply chain failure will be cascading, and then you have a huge panic demand for all of these drugs, even though (in my opinion), about half either don't need them at all or could easily substitute by healthy living.

 

[username]

Are sanctions REALLY wrecking life in Russia?

The pictures were taken at a food hall, two superstores and a corner shop in Perm, a city with a population the size of Birmingham in the Ural mountains.

www.dailymail.co.uk

"Are sanctions REALLY wrecking life in Russia? As British supermarkets ration eggs and vegetables - thanks in part to Putin's war in Ukraine - shelves in a provincial Russian city are groaning under piles of fresh food"

 

[holgerdanske]

Are sanctions REALLY wrecking life in Russia?

The pictures were taken at a food hall, two superstores and a corner shop in Perm, a city with a population the size of Birmingham in the Ural mountains.

www.dailymail.co.uk

"Are sanctions REALLY wrecking life in Russia? As British supermarkets ration eggs and vegetables - thanks in part to Putin's war in Ukraine - shelves in a provincial Russian city are groaning under piles of fresh food"

"Putin's war" - that's where everyone should stop reading.

 

[holgerdanske]

Rightfully so. Under Obama the Swiss were blackmailed into giving up their long standing laws of banking anonymity. Anyone who still relies on the Swiss for financial anonymity or protection against frivolous asset forfeiture is a fool.

 

[Going strong]

Anyone who still relies on the Swiss for financial anonymity or protection against frivolous asset forfeiture is a fool.

Anyone who still relies on banks for anonymity or long-term protection, is a fool.

Instead, buy gold and bury it. Bury weapons close to it, too.
Alternatively, buy agricultural land or properties in Argentina or Brazil (and, bury gold there, too), or Russia if you speak Russian.

Funny in any case to see that the "sanctions against Russia" have resulted in zero Russian bank collapsing, but already 3 American banks plummeting and spectacularly crashing, like they're some Reaper drones or some.

 

[TruckDriver9]

 

[TruckDriver9]

Funny in any case to see that the "sanctions against Russia" have resulted in zero Russian bank collapsing, but already 3 American banks plummeting and spectacularly crashing, like they're some Reaper drones or some.

 

[Renzy]

"Our banking system has certain connections with some segments of the international financial system, but it is mostly under illegal restrictions from the collective West," the spokesperson for Kremlin, Dmitry Peskov, said Tuesday, according to TASS state news agency. He was referring to sanctions against the country over its invasion of Ukraine one year ago.

"We are, to a certain extent, insured against the negative impact of the crisis that is now unfolding overseas," Peskov said, per the media outlet.

 

[Handsome Creepy Eel]

Note how he uses measured, reasonable language and says "to a certain extent", unlike the US clowns bragging about the "best economy in history" or whatever transparent lies.

 

[holgerdanske]

Note how he uses measured, reasonable language and says "to a certain extent", unlike the US clowns bragging about the "best economy in history" or whatever transparent lies.

"The empire of lies" - Putin put it best.

 

[TruckDriver9]

 

[Robert High Hawk]

Rightfully so. Under Obama the Swiss were blackmailed into giving up their long standing laws of banking anonymity. Anyone who still relies on the Swiss for financial anonymity or protection against frivolous asset forfeiture is a fool.

I agree and like your comment, but like anything else in life, the Swiss had a choice of whether or not to bend the knee to uncle Sam. But ultimately they would not resist being part of the "Collective West" aka GloboHomo lest their elites lose out on special committees or hosting of snazzy conferences.

Especially now with Credit Suisse and the ridiculous cronyism bailouts, they made a nice Faustian bargain with uncle Sam to give up sovereignty. They even democratically voted in covid for mandatory
Vax passports... and right before that they voted for gay marriage. So yeah... not a bright future for that country at all.

 

[Robert High Hawk]

I hate to tell them this, but making other airlines fly insane roundabout routes will result in a lot of extra carbon emissions, and that's like, not cool.

Seriously though imagine the insane amount of wasted fuel if every airline has to fly these routes.... I don't even believe in climate change but isn't this just egregious wasteful pollution?

 

[JohannesAusPrag]

loooooooooooooooool

 

[Samseau]

I hate to tell them this, but making other airlines fly insane roundabout routes will result in a lot of extra carbon emissions, and that's like, not cool.

Seriously though imagine the insane amount of wasted fuel if every airline has to fly these routes.... I don't even believe in climate change but isn't this just egregious wasteful pollution?

So rather than drill more oil and crush oil prices to beat Russia, we'll fly around the world to enforce "sanctions" and buy secondhand Russian oil from India and UAE. I think it's pretty obvious our leaders don't want to win. They've probably already positioned themselves inside of Russia or China.