Theme: Meet the New War – Risk ON

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    1. The WHO website has video of the initial meeting. Subsequent meetings have seen lack of consensus: https://subscriber-input.solari.com/forums/topic/november-29-2021-the-day-of-the-world-coup-detat-by-who/

      “The EB report from the Working Group on Strengthening WHO Preparedness and Response to Health Emergencies (WGSWP) was nine pages at the start of the group’s meeting last week – but the latest version is down to six pages. The entire clause that suggested that the WHO should have speedy access to disease outbreak sites has been removed – at the insistence of China, diplomatic sources told Health Policy Watch.”

    1. Also Germany and France being separated.

      > There are future weapons contracts for US and UK military contractors at stake here, as well as France’s desires to become a major player in European arms sales … The European Union is looking for ways to assert its independence from Washington D.C.

      Germany will now be buying more US equipment, https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/germany-hike-defense-spending-scholz-says-further-policy-shift-2022-02-27/

      > Germany has long resisted pressure from the United States and others to raise its defence spending to 2% of economic output in the light of its 20th century history and resulting strong pacifism among its population … Scholz said the government had decided to supply 100 billion euros for military investments from its 2022 budget. Germany’s entire defence budget by comparison was 47 billion euros in 2021 … Germany could purchase U.S. F-35 fighter jets built by Lockheed Martin (LMT.N) to replace its ageing Tornado in the role of nuclear sharing, Scholz said.

  5. What sanction can EU impose? I live in EU. Went to a hypermarket and checked the labels to see how many products are Made in EU or Made in USA. Even American and European brands are made in Asia. Could not find anything from USA or Canada. Of course Japan, S.Korea, Thailand.. will block exports. Russia will be forced to buy Chinese equivalent. For now, China needs Russia, otherwise they are alone.
    Before 2014, Russia imported food from EU. Now they are bigger exporter of wheat. They still import cars, wine, french cheese .. nothing essential. They can drive Lada and eat homemade cheese. Everything that USA produces they can download from torrents.

    What if Russia ask payment for gas in yuan or rubles? Or gold. Doubt they will accept bitcoin.

    Off Topic:
    I worked for a German corporation. Few years ago they announced that 20 new locations will open worldwide. one in Romania, 19 in China. Downsizing in Germany.

    1. a massive expat exodus has happened in china since covid border restrictions. french school has closed one campus in shanghai, and at the german school 2/3 of pupils are dual passport chinese kids who do not speak german. for foreign companies, new staff has difficulty getting themselves and their families into the country, and old staff is eager to get out because they haven’t seen their families in 2 years. quarantine is rumored to be up to 21 days, plus 7 more days home observation. that is a month in isolation, with a risk for longer quarantine in case of a positive covid test.

      difficult to see the expat population returning to what it was in 2019. the question i imagine the foreign corps are asking themselves is, can we keep investing and running these operations with no oversight except local management?

  6. Hoping we don’t lose the ground we’ve gained in freedom. The truckers in Canada were wildly successful in proving tyranny. Many were re-thinking the medical tyranny also, those on the fence. Many were facing: how far am I willing to go against my own fellow-human? Now Trud… comes out as strong leadership, after he stood naked before the world as a petty tyrant. The truckers in the U.S.A. are seemingly on their own with all the distraction.
    That’s not to take away from all the people who are terrified if Ukraine is being invaded, and all the hundreds of thousands who would lose their homes, lives, land, everything.

  7. I saw in the email update a link regarding any topics that could perhaps be discussed at some time in the future. The link took me here. Am I in the proper place for that?

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