Russian companies and individuals are looking to move to Armenia to avoid sanctions and mobilization, according to Gayane Markosyan, a contributor to the Institute for War & Peace Reporting. Markosyan writes: Business and private individuals hope to escape the consequences of Russia’s attack on Ukraine. Yerevan faces uncomfortable choice between political and diplomatic alliances. Armenian […]
Archives for September 2022
Latvia and Finland Reject Russians Fleeing Mobilization
The countries of Latvia and Finland have signaled that they will reject Russians seeking asylum from mobilization. Al Jazeera reports: Some Western nations have suggested they will not provide asylum or refuge to people fleeing Russia after President Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilisation of reservists. In a televised address on Wednesday, Putin, after speaking about […]
TOOMEY: Banks Are Out of Bounds on Guns, Abortion
Senator Pat Toomey warned banks that they are out of bounds when weighing in on non-banking issues like gun rights and abortion. Reuters reports: WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (Reuters) – The heads of the nation’s largest banks faced pointed criticism on Thursday from Republicans complaining the firms are inappropriately taking liberal stances on social and cultural […]
Will Russian Brain Drain Hurt it Worse than the War?
Most of the kinetic damage Russia has taken in its war with Ukraine has occurred within the borders of Ukraine, but serious damage is being done as the best of Russia’s human capital flees for other countries to escape the war and its increased state control. In The Wall Street Journal, Georgi Kantchev, Evan Gershkovich, […]
India’s Modi Changes Position on Ukraine War
Last week, India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, signaled a change in his government’s position on the war in Ukraine. Whereas India had maintained a neutral stance on the issue, Modi signaled to Vladimir Putin and the world that India was interested in seeing an end of the conflict. India reiterated its change in posture when […]
Shock Interest Rate Hikes Stun Markets
According to David Stockman, persistent, large interest rate hikes have given Wall Street the opposite of what it was praying for. Even dovish Sweden has turned toward shocking rate hikes. He writes (abridged): The Great Central Bank Pivot is now underway around the globe, but it’s not the one Wall Street has been praying for. […]
Who Could Be Against “Fair and Accurate”?
Throw the Bums Out? A reading of the Constitution would suggest that voters have the power to “oust the prior administration via election and install a new guy with new policies and proposals,” advises Francis Menton. “We can ‘throw the bums out!’— or at least, that’s the concept behind a reading of the Constitution. Impossible […]
Remembering Ronald Read Who Died with an $8 Million Fortune
Do you remember our old friend Ronald Read who died in Brattleboro, VT, in 2015 with an $8 million fortune? “He lived modestly, working as a maintenance worker and janitor at a J.C. Penney store after a long stint at a service station that was owned in part by his brother,” writes Anna Prior in The WSJ. […]
There Are Greater Threats to Humanity than Climate Change
On his blog, Dr. Joseph Mercola explains that there are greater threats to humanity than climate change. Instead, Mercola suggests, a lack of potable water is a much greater danger to humankind. He writes (abridged): While the globalist cabal claims “climate change” is the No. 1 threat to humanity, necessitating radical quality of life sacrifices […]
SPAC Drama Seizes Faraday
Electric vehicle company, Faraday, has been seized by rumors and drama surrounding its partial acquisition by a SPAC (special purpose acquisition company) earlier this year. Will Feuer reports for MarketWatch: Electric-car startup Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc. said Thursday its company leaders are facing death threats and a misinformation campaign as they try to raise money for the […]
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