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The Ruble is falling faster than Bitcoin (Original Post) Effete Snob Feb 2022 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author Mary in S. Carolina Feb 2022 #1
the filty rich at the the top maybe, ordinary russians will suffer big time - like with the czars n msongs Feb 2022 #2
Actually read angrychair Feb 2022 #3
sounds like a lot, but it won't last long nt Ex Lurker Feb 2022 #5
The NRA is worried. keithbvadu2 Feb 2022 #4
even freepublicants know this is bad...some comments from them Demovictory9 Feb 2022 #6
Wait until you see markets tomorrow AM JCMach1 Feb 2022 #7

Response to Effete Snob (Original post)

angrychair

(8,697 posts)
3. Actually read
Thu Feb 24, 2022, 03:14 AM
Feb 2022

That the two main banks brought in $5 billion dollars in US currency in the last couple of weeks. For me the clearest indicator this was going to happen exactly as the US government said it would

Demovictory9

(32,449 posts)
6. even freepublicants know this is bad...some comments from them
Thu Feb 24, 2022, 03:58 AM
Feb 2022
Putin turns out to be a fool. He had what he wanted. Now after the initial exhilaration, he will find himself in a bloody quagmire that will not only return Russia to the grim poverty and isolation of the communist era but will ruin his country for many decades. He could not have made a worse decision.



Perhaps it’s beginning to dawn on us that Putin is acting crazy at this point, and he’s threatening military action against us.



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