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  1. Rumor is that bribe for Ukrainians that want to live the country is 5000Euro. Was 500-1000E first day of war. Very patriotic from the border control.
    All the state is like that; probably this is why Putin believed that the Ukrainians will not fight.

    1. Some pieces have been in place for a while.

      April 2020, Diia mobile app with digital ID and biometric passport, https://www.biometricupdate.com/202004/ukrainian-ids-go-digital-biometric-passports-available-in-diia-mobile-application

      Dec 2021, https://freewestmedia.com/2022/03/11/ukraine-already-has-a-social-credit-system/
      ” money (1000 hryvnia) has been given to the citizens of Ukraine from the age of 14 years old if they can show proof of a full course of vaccination against the Corona virus … Despite the promise of money, only one in five Ukrainians have however so far opted for a full course of Covid-19 vaccine, the lowest rate in Europe. This suggests that even before the war, the trust in government had eroded. Banking oligarchs are behind the push for helicopter money and the program was extended after hostilities began …

      Ukrainians do not have the choice but to spend the money only on certain items, such as books and medicine … The undisputed leading direction in spending funds that our citizens received for vaccination is the purchase of books – in less than two months, Ukrainians have bought books for 1 billion hryvnia. Obviously, this will be a significant support for the publishing business.”

      Meanwhile, EU “Russian” residents subject to bank account surveillance, https://www.reuters.com/business/exclusive-ecb-tells-banks-watch-all-russian-clients-widening-sanctions-net-2022-03-15/

    2. So they can pay for vaccine passport in bitcoins? Instead of 250Euro it will be 0.00666 BTC

      1. “If that’s the deal, then, sure I will sign on in order to get billions in military and foreign aid.”

  2. Regarding the WSJ article about CV19 and Ukraine funding, first paragraph the anchoring bias in the second paragraph the composition/division fallacy …so the Democrats blocked the Covid money take back but the democratic leader of the house was very disappointed…uh? Oh wait that’s how DC works perhaps

  3. This discussion about the Ukraine with Karel van
    Wolferen is the best ever. Thanks! Also, my apologies for PayPal, auto renew surprised me, I’ll send you cash later if you don’t get it. During this time I’ve been walking my father to the threshold. You know, he was in the California Controller’s and Treasurer’s offices, his real job at age 44, 1975 to 1996, after training by Cornell Gov’t, USAF Psychological Warfare, Yale Law, General Dynamics, Harris Upham Eastman Dillon; it all came together for the benefit of California. Power is for service because God is Love. He came through intact. And Catherine, don’t gloat, remember to pray for Divine Mercy even for the chew toys.

    1. Yes, good point. I believe that God can save and use anyone for his good.

  4. Catherine,

    Thank you for your summation of Martin Armstrong. I have told people the same thing you shared on your Q & A and some agree and some think he is a great guy, yet you shared that when you gave your viewpoint on him, he threw you off his email list the next day.

    Yeah, I use to live 25 minutes away from his moms house where he was living after everything that happened to him, I tried to build a relationship with him and it was like, if I am not paying him for his black box Socrates prediction, he is not interested in talking to me. This is not what he specifically told me, but its what I gathered over the years, at first I thought he was being cautious, I like to give people the benefit of the doubt, but now I think its just I am a nobody and the only use he has for a nobody is to pay him for Socrates.

    As a small business owner, I have found its better to build a business by being sociable and relatable, but ok.

    What a way to build allies after all that he has supposedly been through. So anyway, I share the same thoughts and feelings as you.

    1. Luis:

      For many years, I found that he and I agreed on many big picture trends – dollar, stock market, etc. I do feel he understands the financial markets.

      Nothing wrong with someone wanting their business to go.

      Catherine

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