January 20, 2025 is twelve weeks away. At 2500 casualties weekly, 30,000 will occur before POTUS change. Does the Blackrock Mafia know what's best? What will EU/NATO do? What will the Ukronazis do? Is it possible the West won't agree on what to do? Russia will continue to attack. One Russia gets past Chasov Yar and Toretsk, those fronts …
January 20, 2025 is twelve weeks away. At 2500 casualties weekly, 30,000 will occur before POTUS change. Does the Blackrock Mafia know what's best? What will EU/NATO do? What will the Ukronazis do? Is it possible the West won't agree on what to do? Russia will continue to attack. One Russia gets past Chasov Yar and Toretsk, those fronts will begin to unravel like the one in the Ugledar sector. Once military forces start reeling backwards, that direction is hard to stop.
On drones, they'll become an even bigger problem going forward when Russia gets to the open fields. They provide a different type of close-air-support where they can act like locusts 5-8km ahead of the main advance line of troops. Oh, one reason for fewer Russian air force personnel is they are now drone pilots and support personnel.
Do you have any evidence of Blackrock involvement in Ukraine, except for the Investment Fund they proclaimed late last year I think, slated to raise $15B, but un successful according to Reuters early this year, in raising more than $500 million
I have never seen any evidence, merely claims - which allows people to fearmonger about their own side, as well as fearmongering about the other side
Nobody is questioning the ethics of Blackrock, merely asking for evidence of any involvement apart from the unsuccessful, evidently, investment fund BR launched
As to your previous question, they did not surface on S's previous post, so I could not then post a reply, which now I take adavntage of your above comment to do
The dominant tone of this substack is given by S – who does use frequent citations and cut outs of MSM press to illustrate his points
This has the advantage to counter point his own often contraraian point of view with what the general public is being fed, thus opening up perspective for his readers
Most of whom, nonetheless, & like you, are incapable of expressing any point of view, other than one infused by prejudice or ideology
You may also be curiosity shopping, for personality, for the rare and the ‘unique’ as you call it
The main lesson to be drawn from any study of current affairs, especially a war, and the main lesson taught by S, is to be able, via point and counterpoint, to learn to think for oneself
This it appears you have yet discovered how to do, or if you have you have not learned to express any original thoughts
My comments are very often limited to quoting a point or a counter point, either MSM or alternative news source – you can skip them only on pain of, as the english say, cutting off your nose to spite your face
As for my criticisms of people like you, well….why not tell people what one thinks of their remarks ? You find this distasteful, aggressive, un necessary ?
So what – that is merely a sign of your class and your notion of manners, the position you credit yourself within EU society, and an indicator of how little you understand the world, and especially this war
Which announces the coming collapse of your society, the consequent loss of your manifest sense of security and superiority, the practice of which has inflicted so much damage on the rest of the world
It is plain and simple to present evidence, to compare and to contrast facts and contexts
Generally this is what S does, as do the reasonable
Yet, S, being US resident, occasionally falls for conspiracy theories as is your EUUS wont, it is in your blood, your water
You adore fabulations about your big bad corporations, rather than looking at the truth of these which exploit and corrupt
It is makes life easier for you than to face the facts of your oppression
It is not the truth about BR which counts, rather to explode all conspiracy theories, even ones as obviously foolish and as comforting to you as this one
Of course any conrarian point of view is hard for you to understand and you take it personally – do not – you are the comfortable & conned victim of your ignorance, incapable of understanding the world
Just published reports of Blackrock buying this and that, along with Zelensky's meetings with its operatives to sell more Ukie assets. Actual docs, no. The place to look is in its most recent quarterly report.
With due respect....... these published reports, at least the ones I have seen, seem wild exaggerations, BR buying up all UA agri land etc
Both Ukraine investment reports and CSIS mention BR only with respect to the investment fund - it is unlikely that these very interested parties in promoting inward investment into Ukraine would fail to mention BR 'massive 'purchases if they had in fact taken place
Selling UA agri land to foreigners is illegal, although Z was trying to subvert this law
"The Ukraine Development Fund, created by BlackRock and JPMorgan, aims to attract private investment to sectors like energy, infrastructure, manufacturing, agriculture, and IT by leveraging “concessionary capital” from international financial institutions. Targeting $500 million to $1 billion in catalytic capital, the Ukraine Development Fund plans to draw $2 billion in private capital, starting project funding in 2025'
The fund was launched June 2023, and still has not raised any significant amount 'targeting $500m'
Every bone honest yank likes to have some fairy bogeyman to curse, preferably one just around the corner - it's a tradition
But BR may be a disastrous company - however they did not get rich and make their clients rich by buying illegal assets from a country losing a war against Russia, nobody did nor does
When they can buy Pittsburgh, or Venice or whatever
Their quaterly reports do not go into such detail as to list all their investments, they would be thousands of pages long if they did
Besides Cargill and Monsanto control mostly all Ukraine grain exports, without needing to go buying any land - that's a story for another day
I tend to discount wild reports, but the basis is there. And BR is an extractive Parasitic member of the FIRE sector that's responsible for deindustrializing the West while promoting the government financial polices that have given it so much wealth and power. Black Rock like its kin is an enemy of All Humanity.
It is curious that the Ukraine does not mention these investments, nor CSIS, an extracftive US Deep State organisation
Of course they do not mention Cargill or Monsanto either -
The problem with all times of war is that rumour and ideology come to the fore and people feel they are free to believe what they like in order to not have to face the hard facts
I do not believe that phrases such as the enemy of all humanity, are useful - after all this is as the USEU propaganda designates Russia, and VVP
To describe capitalist practice as such merely avoids understanding how capitalism works and how or what to do about it
January 20, 2025 is twelve weeks away. At 2500 casualties weekly, 30,000 will occur before POTUS change. Does the Blackrock Mafia know what's best? What will EU/NATO do? What will the Ukronazis do? Is it possible the West won't agree on what to do? Russia will continue to attack. One Russia gets past Chasov Yar and Toretsk, those fronts will begin to unravel like the one in the Ugledar sector. Once military forces start reeling backwards, that direction is hard to stop.
On drones, they'll become an even bigger problem going forward when Russia gets to the open fields. They provide a different type of close-air-support where they can act like locusts 5-8km ahead of the main advance line of troops. Oh, one reason for fewer Russian air force personnel is they are now drone pilots and support personnel.
Dear Karl
Do you have any evidence of Blackrock involvement in Ukraine, except for the Investment Fund they proclaimed late last year I think, slated to raise $15B, but un successful according to Reuters early this year, in raising more than $500 million
I have never seen any evidence, merely claims - which allows people to fearmonger about their own side, as well as fearmongering about the other side
Which is indeed the western way of war
A good question on evidence !!! Thank you
Yes Karl, how dare you question the ethics of Blackrock?
Precisely this exponent of our beloved capitalist society invests for prosperity and peace and well-being for all people. Would never invest in wars!
I’m glad Sheriff White is guarding us from this misunderstanding.
Nobody is questioning the ethics of Blackrock, merely asking for evidence of any involvement apart from the unsuccessful, evidently, investment fund BR launched
As to your previous question, they did not surface on S's previous post, so I could not then post a reply, which now I take adavntage of your above comment to do
The dominant tone of this substack is given by S – who does use frequent citations and cut outs of MSM press to illustrate his points
This has the advantage to counter point his own often contraraian point of view with what the general public is being fed, thus opening up perspective for his readers
Most of whom, nonetheless, & like you, are incapable of expressing any point of view, other than one infused by prejudice or ideology
You may also be curiosity shopping, for personality, for the rare and the ‘unique’ as you call it
The main lesson to be drawn from any study of current affairs, especially a war, and the main lesson taught by S, is to be able, via point and counterpoint, to learn to think for oneself
This it appears you have yet discovered how to do, or if you have you have not learned to express any original thoughts
My comments are very often limited to quoting a point or a counter point, either MSM or alternative news source – you can skip them only on pain of, as the english say, cutting off your nose to spite your face
As for my criticisms of people like you, well….why not tell people what one thinks of their remarks ? You find this distasteful, aggressive, un necessary ?
So what – that is merely a sign of your class and your notion of manners, the position you credit yourself within EU society, and an indicator of how little you understand the world, and especially this war
Which announces the coming collapse of your society, the consequent loss of your manifest sense of security and superiority, the practice of which has inflicted so much damage on the rest of the world
This may sober you, but probably not
It is plain and simple to present evidence, to compare and to contrast facts and contexts
Generally this is what S does, as do the reasonable
Yet, S, being US resident, occasionally falls for conspiracy theories as is your EUUS wont, it is in your blood, your water
You adore fabulations about your big bad corporations, rather than looking at the truth of these which exploit and corrupt
It is makes life easier for you than to face the facts of your oppression
It is not the truth about BR which counts, rather to explode all conspiracy theories, even ones as obviously foolish and as comforting to you as this one
Of course any conrarian point of view is hard for you to understand and you take it personally – do not – you are the comfortable & conned victim of your ignorance, incapable of understanding the world
Just published reports of Blackrock buying this and that, along with Zelensky's meetings with its operatives to sell more Ukie assets. Actual docs, no. The place to look is in its most recent quarterly report.
Dear Karl
With due respect....... these published reports, at least the ones I have seen, seem wild exaggerations, BR buying up all UA agri land etc
Both Ukraine investment reports and CSIS mention BR only with respect to the investment fund - it is unlikely that these very interested parties in promoting inward investment into Ukraine would fail to mention BR 'massive 'purchases if they had in fact taken place
Selling UA agri land to foreigners is illegal, although Z was trying to subvert this law
Here's the CSIS report, Sept 2024 -https://www.csis.org/analysis/untapped-market-impact-investing-ukraine
"The Ukraine Development Fund, created by BlackRock and JPMorgan, aims to attract private investment to sectors like energy, infrastructure, manufacturing, agriculture, and IT by leveraging “concessionary capital” from international financial institutions. Targeting $500 million to $1 billion in catalytic capital, the Ukraine Development Fund plans to draw $2 billion in private capital, starting project funding in 2025'
The fund was launched June 2023, and still has not raised any significant amount 'targeting $500m'
Every bone honest yank likes to have some fairy bogeyman to curse, preferably one just around the corner - it's a tradition
But BR may be a disastrous company - however they did not get rich and make their clients rich by buying illegal assets from a country losing a war against Russia, nobody did nor does
When they can buy Pittsburgh, or Venice or whatever
Their quaterly reports do not go into such detail as to list all their investments, they would be thousands of pages long if they did
Besides Cargill and Monsanto control mostly all Ukraine grain exports, without needing to go buying any land - that's a story for another day
I tend to discount wild reports, but the basis is there. And BR is an extractive Parasitic member of the FIRE sector that's responsible for deindustrializing the West while promoting the government financial polices that have given it so much wealth and power. Black Rock like its kin is an enemy of All Humanity.
It is curious that the Ukraine does not mention these investments, nor CSIS, an extracftive US Deep State organisation
Of course they do not mention Cargill or Monsanto either -
The problem with all times of war is that rumour and ideology come to the fore and people feel they are free to believe what they like in order to not have to face the hard facts
I do not believe that phrases such as the enemy of all humanity, are useful - after all this is as the USEU propaganda designates Russia, and VVP
To describe capitalist practice as such merely avoids understanding how capitalism works and how or what to do about it
I agree, with this one proviso - it's 2500 casualties for Ukr PER DAY.
Now look at the math again. (Stalin's comments on statistics comes to mind).
Yes, the curse of writing too late in the evening. Those should be daily losses, not weekly for a total of 210K.