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FullMoon
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John wrote:
Mon May 09, 2022 6:37 pm
** 09-May-2022 World View: North China vs South China
FullMoon wrote:
Mon May 09, 2022 5:51 pm
> Shutting down exports.

> Once again, like 2 years ago, if they're going to experience
> trouble they might as well export the same or potentially more.

> Shanghai possibly challenge the October election (it's election
> year) Shanghainese consider themselves better than the (brutish)
> northerners.

> Both a domestic and external conflict in this shutdown.
The north and the south have fought many civil wars with each other
over the millennia. Do you have any feeling with a new civil war or
rebellion is near?
Rebellion probably strong within the existing structure as difficulties mount. Struggling just for control of the party and not to create another system. They're held together by the common bond of improved prosperity. Seems like that's over, especially with such a blatant move as shutting down the biggest and most important shipping ports over something ridiculous. Either they're playing a strong move hoping for big result or making a serious blunder. Let's look at their track record of large scale social movements during times of serious national stress.

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Ukraine Latest: Biden Worries Putin ‘Doesn’t Have a Way Out’
Bloomberg News
Tue, May 10, 2022, 1:12 a.m.
https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/ukrai ... 23395.html

Putin could use nuclear weapon if he felt war being lost – US intelligence chief
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/ ... ril-haines

Top U.S. Spy Spills on Putin’s ‘Drastic’ Secret Plan to Win War
https://www.thedailybeast.com/national- ... kraine-war

Top US spy chief says war in Ukraine will likely become 'more unpredictable and escalatory'
https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/10/politics ... index.html
“Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.”

― G. Michael Hopf, Those Who Remain

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https://twitter.com/richbrubaker/status ... F9AyBKh_rQ
“While may be an amazing day in #Shanghai, clouds are forming:

1) Restrictions elevated again.
2) Most conversations I have w/ friends & neighbors involve exit plans
3) Businesses failing. No money. Layoffs looming. Stressed entrepreneurs
4) Out of butter

#fuckcovid #lockdown”
Anecdotal, but it seems foreigners are starting to view China negatively to the point of getting out. I’ve seen a few other posts with the same sentiment.

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Is Ukraine’s War Now America’s War?
May 10, 2022 by Patrick J. Buchanan
https://buchanan.org/blog/is-ukraines-w ... war-159368

US, Western Europe fret over uncertain Ukraine war endgame
By MATTHEW LEE
today
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukrai ... 3bdcd69f7b

Russia Races Troops to Border to Stop Ukraine Offensive
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/russi ... d/1069270/

UKRAINE IS “PREPARING FOR EVERYTHING”
Mac Slavo
May 10th, 2022
https://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/ ... everything

Finland Days Away From Applying To NATO After Approval Issued By Nation's Defense Committee
Tyler Durden's Photo
BY TYLER DURDEN
WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 2022 - 04:15 AM
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ ... -committee

Russian troops pushed back from Kharkiv as forces advance in eastern Ukraine
28,916 viewsMay 11, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miTr4neBdFA

May 11, 2022
5:04 PM EDT
Last Updated 40 min ago
Ukraine reports battlefield gains as Europe's energy worries grow
By Pavel Polityuk and Jonathan Landay
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/uk ... 022-05-11/

Latest Ukraine updates: Kherson seeks annexation
By David Child, Sasha Petrova, Ali Harb and Federica Marsi
Published On 10 May 2022
10 May 2022
Updated:
44 minutes ago
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/5/1 ... e-liveblog

And as for that other superpower...
China surrounds Taiwan for massive invasion ‘rehearsal’ drills
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2022/0 ... al-drills/

Chinese Z-10 Attack Helicopter Flew Into Taiwan’s Air Defense Zone For First Time (Updated)
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/c ... first-time
“Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.”

― G. Michael Hopf, Those Who Remain

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Downed Russian fighters being found with basic GPS 'taped to dashboards,' UK defence minister says
Russia is taping basic GPS systems to the dashboards of Su-34 fighter jets, the UK defence minister said.
Ben Wallace said this was due to "the poor quality" of Russia's own navigation systems.
Russia's military hardware, much of which is outdated, is being tested as the invasion drags on.

Wrecked Russian fighter jets are being found with rudimentary GPS receivers "taped to the dashboards" in Ukraine because their inbuilt navigation systems are so bad, the UK defence minister said.

Speaking at the National Army Museum in London on Monday, Ben Wallace commemorated those who died in World War II and called Russia's invasion of Ukraine "senseless and self-defeating."
https://www.businessinsider.co.za/russi ... -uk-2022-5

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Zoomer go Brr wrote:
Wed May 11, 2022 1:13 pm
https://twitter.com/richbrubaker/status ... F9AyBKh_rQ
“While may be an amazing day in #Shanghai, clouds are forming:

1) Restrictions elevated again.
2) Most conversations I have w/ friends & neighbors involve exit plans
3) Businesses failing. No money. Layoffs looming. Stressed entrepreneurs
4) Out of butter

#fuckcovid #lockdown”
Anecdotal, but it seems foreigners are starting to view China negatively to the point of getting out. I’ve seen a few other posts with the same sentiment.
Is Gordon Chang finally going to be right in year 20 of "The coming collapse of China"?

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Cool Breeze wrote:
Thu May 12, 2022 10:15 am
Zoomer go Brr wrote:
Wed May 11, 2022 1:13 pm
https://twitter.com/richbrubaker/status ... F9AyBKh_rQ
“While may be an amazing day in #Shanghai, clouds are forming:

1) Restrictions elevated again.
2) Most conversations I have w/ friends & neighbors involve exit plans
3) Businesses failing. No money. Layoffs looming. Stressed entrepreneurs
4) Out of butter

#fuckcovid #lockdown”
Anecdotal, but it seems foreigners are starting to view China negatively to the point of getting out. I’ve seen a few other posts with the same sentiment.
Is Gordon Chang finally going to be right in year 20 of "The coming collapse of China"?
Depends on what people define “collapse” to mean. I could see China collapsing like the Soviet Union into a handful of independent states. But even just a full on financial crisis could lead to a collapse. Then there is the the time-bomb “collapse” of their demographics. The Chinese hold themselves as a supreme race, I don’t see them trying to fix this like the West via immigration.

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UN Chief Joins Chorus Of Western Officials Saying 'No Chance' Of Ukraine-Russia Peace Deal Anytime Soon
Tyler Durden's Photo
BY TYLER DURDEN
WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 2022 - 06:00 PM
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ ... peace-deal

ON THIN ICE Mystery as ‘sickly’ Putin MISSES beloved annual ice hockey match and sends video message with ‘blotchy face’
Henry HollowayWill Stewart
7:34 ET, May 11 2022Updated: 8:57 ET, May 11 2022
https://www.the-sun.com/news/5312858/pu ... me-health/

Putin’s Precious War Plan Left Behind by Fleeing Russian Troops, Officials Say
Shannon Vavra - Yesterday 2:12 PM
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/pu ... ar-AAXaaQ5

Finland’s leaders call for NATO membership ‘without delay’
By JARI TANNER
48 minutes ago
https://apnews.com/article/sweden-finla ... f9b194cbec

Medvedev: NATO's involvement in Russia-Ukraine conflict brings risk of 'full-fledged nuclear war'
Greg Norman - 4h ago
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/me ... li=BBnb7Kz

RUSSIA Published May 12, 2022 7:13am EDT
Kremlin calls Finland's NATO move a threat to Russia
Russia threatens to deploy nuclear warheads on Finland's border
https://www.foxnews.com/world/kremlin-f ... -to-russia
“Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.”

― G. Michael Hopf, Those Who Remain

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Guest wrote:
Thu May 12, 2022 8:18 am
Downed Russian fighters being found with basic GPS 'taped to dashboards,' UK defence minister says
Russia is taping basic GPS systems to the dashboards of Su-34 fighter jets, the UK defence minister said.
Ben Wallace said this was due to "the poor quality" of Russia's own navigation systems.
Russia's military hardware, much of which is outdated, is being tested as the invasion drags on.

Wrecked Russian fighter jets are being found with rudimentary GPS receivers "taped to the dashboards" in Ukraine because their inbuilt navigation systems are so bad, the UK defence minister said.

Speaking at the National Army Museum in London on Monday, Ben Wallace commemorated those who died in World War II and called Russia's invasion of Ukraine "senseless and self-defeating."
https://www.businessinsider.co.za/russi ... -uk-2022-5
This isn't a new thing. Photos of Russian fighters in Syria clearly showed Garmin eTrex GPS units clamped to the dash.

https://defence-blog.com/russian-pilots ... -in-syria/

Not sure whether it's due to poor quality electronics in the fighter or issues with GLONASS itself.

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Finland leaders back NATO bid; Russia vows 'retaliatory' military measures: Live updates
John Bacon
Kim Hjelmgaard
Celina Tebor
USA TODAY
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/pol ... 740864002/

does this mean retaliatory against Finland?
"Russia will be forced to take retaliatory steps, both of military and other nature, in order to curtail the threats that arise to its national security in this regard,” the ministry said in a statement.
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