Russian Invasion of Ukraine Megathread

[DumbDude42]

Between Ukraine banning exports and Russia's sanctions... 28% of the world's wheat supply has just disappeared.

Ukraine Bans Wheat & Grain Exports Vital To Global Food Supply, Citing Citizens Under Siege (source)

"Russia and Ukraine together supply nearly a third of the world’s wheat and barley exports"

As many people in this thread know (but most normies have no idea)... The Arab Spring started because of a bad harvest in Eastern Europe. Put some compost on your living room carpet, lads. It's time to make bank.

And you know what they say... Rate this post informative or your mother will die in her sleep tonight.

i have unironically been considering stocking up on rice and pasta, put a couple kilograms in the basement, just in case

 

[Donttouch2323]

Granted, even a BSL-3 on the border to Russia would raise suspicions, considering that one of the favorites for countries when it comes to bioweapons, Anthrax, is a BSL-3 organism (it's because there are not just treatments, but also a vaccine, but also because it's earmarked as a high-risk for bioterror use and the fun that comes with spores).

It is pretty normal to have BSL3 labs though. The US has several hundred, some on the borders of Canada and Mexico. You need them for normal medical doagnostics work.
If they are working with BSL4 organisms in a BSL3 lab then that is cuase for concern, but a BSL3 lab just existing is not.

 

[Lone MacReady]

Germany has and always will have their own ambitions. Treating every european country as a hapless client kingdom of the US isn't giving them enough credit.

Germany, like Japan, is a bit different with the whole occupied territory for decades thing. You can't always say "no" to America when there are aircraft carriers still parked on your shores.

 

[eternal dog mongler]

The Russian strategy is risky in that they have put large numbers of Ukrainian Army soldiers in their own rear areas often seemingly contained only by roadblock positions. Its also hard to tell if their strategy is to clear up the pockets or just let the Ukrainian Army forces sit trapped in them.

This is pretty much the MTB doctrine though. They don't engage unless it's a strategic target. If that UA group near Donetsk just wants to sit there, then, well...they can sit there.

 

[Spicey McHaggis]

It's mostly utility bills. The adherents stop paying for gas, electricity and water and end up either expelled from their apartments or buried under mountains of subpoenas because according to Russian law the state can't deprive you of your only place of residence.

That sounds like a true nightmare to live with as a landlord. Also semi related, but how is the Russian housing market?

 

[DumbDude42]

Germany has and always will have their own ambitions. Treating every european country as a hapless client kingdom of the US isn't giving them enough credit.

every european country, no. france especially has a certain degree of pride in its independence, others like spain and italy too. but germany in particular is 100% buck broken, their entire ruling class basically see themselves as stewards whose duty is administering occupied german territory in the name of the western allies (primarily france and america)

 

[Kendall Motor Oil]

Germany, like Japan, is a bit different with the whole occupied territory for decades thing.

A bit strange with Germany occupying other countries via EU controls. The eternal Roman Amerimutt isn't as eternal and far reaching as people fantasize it.

 

[evrae]

It is pretty normal to have BSL3 labs though. The US has several hundred, some on the borders of Canada and Mexico. You need them for normal medical doagnostics work.
If they are working with BSL4 organisms in a BSL3 lab then that is cuase for concern, but a BSL3 lab just existing is not.

Oh yeah they are certainly very common compared to BSL-4, it's just that Russia would certainly be curious why there's an American-ran BSL-3 right on their border, you know?

 

[Lone MacReady]

A bit strange with Germany occupying other countries via EU controls. The eternal Roman Amerimutt isn't as eternal and far reaching as people fantasize it.

No, but Rothschild dollars and their subsequent derivatives are. Well, for a little while longer as the system resets. They had a good 80 years of debt exportation, but the ride is over and they are moving to FEDcoin.

 

[UVB-76]

If you people have ~50 minutes to spare, this clip from a podcast explains why the fuck there's so many BIOLABS and why governments/labcoats are obsessed with this kind of research.

 

[Mussi]

Funny how all the same media companies that are siding with Ukraine are not looking into who is also siding with Ukraine.
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But it's all for a good cause

This is just like the Avengers in real life : )

 

[wtfNeedSignUp]

because if the chinks were to occupy america they'll give americans the uyghur treatment

Nah, that treatment is reserved to subhumans like muslims and niggers.

 

[Reddit Gold]

Some Russians locked themselves in a tank and wouldn't come out while some Ukrainians are banging on the hatch telling them to come out.
Place I found it said they eventually did.
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By the Nine Divines! It's Mikolaj! The Schizo of Kiev.

 

[Kermit Jizz]

Nah, that treatment is reserved to subhumans like muslims and niggers.

Yeah, Americans.

 

[FatalTater]

U.S. dismisses Russian claims of biowarfare labs in Ukraine

The United States on Wednesday denied renewed Russian accusations that Washington was operating biowarfare labs in Ukraine, calling the claims "laughable" and suggesting Moscow may be laying the groundwork to use a chemical or biological weapon.

www.reuters.com

Ya know, back in the day when everyone was concerned about Hunter Biden's laptop, I said that where those pictures were taken would be more important than who was in them.

Perhaps if I sober up a bit later I can explain further, but it's a Wednesday so don't count on it.

USA better stay out of this as much as possible. I could see this going like - US gets involved, China gets involved, step 3 profit, America loses bigly.

 

[Kendall Motor Oil]

No, but Rothschild dollars and their subsequent derivatives are. Well, for a little while longer as the system resets. They had a good 80 years of debt exportation.

The asset holding elite can jump to any western state and continue their activities. We can rest assured they will keep us shackled throughout any collapse.

 

[Lone MacReady]

The asset holding elite can jump to any western state and continue their activities. We can rest assured they will keep us shackled throughout any collapse.

Yup, which is why I say most on SWIFT are fucked.

 

[Drag-on Knight 91873]

English is the lingua franca of the world currently, but in a few decades schools will be mandating Mandarin.

Gotta disagree considering how byzantine the Chinese writing system is. It's very telling that there's Traditional and Simplified on translators AND pinyin uses the English alphabet more or less.

 

[Mr Processor]

Nintendo Delays Advance Wars Reboot

I wonder if other videogame companies will follow suit if they have games based around war?

Well, fortunately, that can't be that many games, right?

 

[Borscht]

That sounds like a true nightmare to live with as a landlord. Also semi related, but how is the Russian housing market?

Funny you should ask. Last year everybody rushed to buy country houses because of Corona, this year everybody is trying to make a deposit for an apartment before the money turn into kindling paper. Too late for that I guess, but hope springs eternal.

Another factor that is driving up prices is the lack of construction workers. Most of the construction companies hire brigades of Asian migrant workers (uzbeks, tajiks, etc.) because they work for peanuts, but they are now leaving in droves since Putn banned outgoing money transfers and they cannot funnel wages to their families. Bad for construction business, good for crime prevention, bugger me if I know how it reflects on the economy. Last time I checked, almost 20% of these former Soviet republic income came from such labor migrants.

In before "ha ha, what economy".