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To: greenspirit who wrote (761023)	4/11/2022 7:14:11 AM
From: golfer72	2 Recommendations Recommended By didjuneau garrettjax Respond to of 793738

The Globalists (Soros etc) want Putin out as they see him as an impediment to their plans. So they instructed the MSM to demonize Putin and spread fake news and disinformation and anyone who doesnt completely agree is a Putin lover. Hmmm... Didnt kind of the same thing happen with masks, vaxxes etc?

To: greenspirit who wrote (761023)	4/11/2022 8:20:30 AM
From: skinowski	6 Recommendations Recommended By Berk Hoa Hao lightshipsailor pak73 pheilman_ and 1 more member Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793738

GS, don’t you get it? The guy is an ACTOR. And so successful that they made him president - because he looked good playing one on TV. The problem is - on TV he was reading someone else’s lines. And he still does. Yep, that’s a big problem. The one time someone - Brett Baier - asked him an unscripted question - what can he say about the Azov Nazis murdering POW’s - the man gave what will come to be seen as one of the most moronic answers in history — “Oh yeah… Azov… well, they are what they are… we incorporated them into Ukraine's armed forces…” Sounds like the idiot thinks it’s OK to torture and murder POW’s. Edit - and you know why he thinks so? Can only be because Ukraine’s leadership doesn’t care very much about their own people.

To: greenspirit who wrote (761023)	4/11/2022 8:31:12 AM
From: skinowski	2 Recommendations Recommended By lightshipsailor pak73 Respond to of 793738

Should the world be driven by who has the biggest gun and is crazy enough to make others think he will use it? If so, the free world may as well lie down today and say to Putin, it’s all yours, be our master. The logic is that if we ever change our tactics - we lose - and may just as well roll over and die. This line of thought recklessly positions a hypothetical mind reading exercise against a 100% real possibility of MAD.

To: greenspirit who wrote (761023)	4/11/2022 1:25:28 PM
From: John Koligman	Respond to of 793738

Some good news on the financial front in regard to Russia: Russia slips into 'selective default' on some foreign debt The U.S. Treasury is forcing Russia to draw down on domestic dollar reserves to curtail spending on its war effort. The Central Bank of Russia in Moscow.Dmitry Lebedev / Kommersant/Sipa USA via AP April 11, 2022, 11:26 AM CDT By Rob Wile The financial ratings agency S&P Global has deemed Russia to be in "selective default" on some of its foreign debt after it tried to pay its latest obligations in rubles. Because of U.S. government sanctions, the agency said, investors lack the ability to convert the rubles into dollars. S&P had already warned that any payment in a currency different from the one in which the debt was sold would be considered a failure to pay. Last week, the U.S. Treasury Department blocked Russia's ability to pay debt using dollar reserves held in U.S. banks. A Treasury spokesperson told Reuters that the action was aimed at forcing Russia to draw down its domestic dollar reserves in a bid to further curtail the country's spending on its war against Ukraine. “Russia must choose between draining remaining valuable dollar reserves or new revenue coming in, or default,” the spokesperson said. The country hasn’t defaulted on its foreign debt since the Bolshevik Revolution of 1918. A Russian Finance Ministry spokesman said it considered its obligations fulfilled via the rubles payment. But S&P indicated that ongoing sanctions pressure would limit the ability of Russia to pay its debts. “Sanctions on Russia are likely to be further increased in the coming weeks, hampering Russia’s willingness and technical abilities to honor the terms and conditions of its obligations to foreign debt holders,” it said. Russia now has a 30-day grace period to resolve the default.