Hi AC,

Is it true when 'Mc Donalds' closed their 800 stores in Russia, the Russians then open 800 'Mc Vlads' on the same sites? With the "Golden Arcks" instead of the "Golden Arches" A Big Vlad is "Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a bun." The important difference being, no sesame seeds on the bun at Mc Vlads! Taken from Mc Dowell's Coming To America. SM has got a job with Mc Vlad's, he's only a cleaner, but after 5 years he expects to be promoted to cooking French fries!

Hi AC,

You may be right about the Ukrainian army being on the verge of collapse, but they seem to still be a force as the Russian army is making very small advances and might be suffering losses of at least 30,000 killed or wounded and six btgs of hardware every month. I note that the Ukrainians are prioritising command posts, barracks, ammunition, equipment stockpiles and electronic warfare systems. They are also developing their drone capability.

Perhaps I am being duped by western propaganda as you suggest, but according to the information I have the Ukrainians intend to use a similar strategy as they did with their last counteroffensive, so there might still be a few months to wait.

OPEC + to cut oil production by one million barrels per day
http://youtu.be/f3Ry2AjglSQ

America will be displeased about this, they've been wanting an increase to production since the war began, guess that means more inflation for all of us.

Wagner has taken over the city administration building in Bakhmut, and claiming 'legal' capture
http://youtu.be/c8Kul_MrFqc
- But it's a long slow grind.

Russian forces were spread thin during the last successful counteroffensive, this time they have adequate troops numbers and well established defensive lines.
They also have several hundred thousand troops which are still undergoing training (unlike the 2 weeks Ukrainian conscripts are getting but not including 50k being trained by the west) and have not yet been committed to the war yet.
There's a short run down of events here
http://youtu.be/aYv80Lgnq3s

Stormy,

You made great play about a couple of building failures in China. Anything to say about the collapse of over 100 building companies in Australia over the past 12 months.

Western sanctions against Russia destroying the West

'Slap In West's face': NATO Nation France after Putin's Arab friends cut oil output
http://youtu.be/L7WUd8ubvlY

OPEC + nations will sell less oil, but at a higher price, while all western countries who rely on that oil and sought to destroy the Russian economy are now paying a much higher price for oil which will destroy our economies.
- Every business that fails will mean more people out of work and relying on welfare, it's a downward spiral for the west.

French minister ‘slapped in face’ over Russia sanctions – party leader
http://www.rt.com/news/574088-french-minister-flap-face/

"The upcoming change in production rate has led to a spike in prices, with West Texas Intermediate rising by as much as 8%, according to Gulf News. The surge comes as the US and EU continue to grapple with an energy crisis."

Village idiot,

You are really stupid. In Aus, the construction industry is about 9% of the economy and there are about 430 000 construction companies and 100 have gone bankrupt which is about 0.02% of the companies.

In China, the construction industry is about 29% of the economy and most construction companies are technically bankrupt. The only reason most of these companies haven't folded taking the banks with them is that the CCP is pouring $Ts into the industry to prevent a crisis that would dwarf the GFC.

The knock-on effect is that China has lost nearly 20% of its tax revenue and most local governments are running huge deficits.

So there is no real comparison.