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Regarding reports of #Russian #retreat from #Kherson:

The only sense I can make of it is highlighted in the text above, from
Wikipedia's Dnieper page.

However, a website called Encyclopedia of Ukraine states:
"In winter the #Dniepro freezes over, usually after a 20-day spell of #subzero temperature.

The average freezing and thawing dates are:

Kyiv - 17 December and 24 March;
Cherkasy - 23 December and 22 March;
Zaporizhia - 5 January and 9 March;
Kherson - 3 January and 3 March.

The ice regime is not stable: sometimes the Dnipro freezes for short intervals, and sometimes it does not freeze at all."


To be honest I have just about given up on making any predictions regarding this war.

The Russian military strategy is so baffling as to cause one to wonder if they have any coherent strategy at all. 🤷‍♂
The 2 images above describe what seems to have happened at #FTX #Crypto-currency exchange.

CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (
#SBF) operated what is known as a "Flywheel scheme" at #FTX

Flywheel schemes enable firms to mark their illiquid token holdings to market value.

Throw in a little market manipulation, and you can generate billions in assets.


At least, on paper.

In reality, these tokens cannot be monetized because the markets are so distorted!
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#FTX's token, #FTT, is used internally within the exchange.

#FTX's "assets" included #FTT valued at over $5 Billion.

However
#FTT's market capitalization was only approx $3 Billion. 🤷‍♂

Additionally the majority of the remainder of #FTX "assets" appear to be highly illiquid #AltCoin tokens


https://twitter.com/MikeBurgersburg/status/1588481525527502848
This #SBF #FTX saga gets worse!

#SamBankmanFried seems to have reeled in all his own employees into his cryptoponzi scheme
Forwarded from Louise McKenna(c) (Louise McKenna)
The teashock of IRELAND needs to be held accountable for his part to play in the genocide of the men and women and children of éiRe.
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My very first thought was: "This can't be real.... it has to be a parody"

but noooooooo.....

Meet #CarolineEllison, CEO of #SamBankman-Fried's #AlamedaResearch and self-described #HarryPotter fan.

And now you know what happened to #FTX.
The #Myth Of "#Russian #Isolation" Takes Another Blow To The Body.....

THE LONDON METAL EXCHANGE DECIDES AGAINST BAN ON RUSSIAN METAL

Friday November 11, 2022

The #London #Metal Exchange decided against a ban on new deliveries of #Russian metal, in a blow to big western #aluminum producers and some traders who had lobbied the exchange to take action....

#Alcoa, the biggest US producer, is “extremely disappointed in the LME’s decision to simply maintain the status quo,” a company spokesman said.

We continue to believe that there is a significant risk that unwanted Russian-origin metal will flood into the LME warehouse system, threatening the reliability of the LME aluminum contract.”

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"UNWANTED"?

....................... BY WHOM?
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Just Sayin' 🤷‍♂

This is going to be my go-to reply for whenever I see a
#British person criticizing the #behaviour of any other #country
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💢 More and more Germans believe the Russian media, accept the Russian point of view - Spiegel poll:

▪️40 percent of respondents fully or partially agreed with the statement that the "Russian aggressive war" was Russia's reaction to NATO's uncontested provocation. This is eleven percentage points more than in April.

▪️44% are fully or partially convinced that Putin is acting against the "global elite", which "pulls the strings in the background." This is twelve percentage points more than in April.

▪️14% fully agreed that Ukraine "historically has no territorial claims" and "is actually part of Russia." About one-fifth of respondents consider it partially.

▪️With nine percent, the number of those who fully believe that the war was "necessary" "to get rid of the fascist government in Ukraine" has almost doubled.
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Ukrainian troops have begun rounding up Kherson locals, who are suspected of having “collaborated” and supported Russian forces.

In previous instances, civilians detained for such “crimes”, which include even accepting a salary from local Russian administrations, simply disappeared
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Warren #Buffett's explanation for why he has never invested in #BitCoin

"If you said … for a 1% interest in all the farmland in the United States, pay our group $25 billion, I’ll write you a check this afternoon.

For $25 billion I now own 1% of the farmland.

If you offer me 1% of all the apartment houses in the country and you want another $25 billion, I’ll write you a check, it’s very simple.

Now if you told me you own all of the bitcoin in the world and you offered it to me for $25 I wouldn’t take it because what would I do with it?

I’d have to sell it back to you one way or another.

It isn’t going to do anything.

The apartments are going to produce rent and the farms are going to produce food.”
lol

#SamBankmanFried is ...... a fat vegan?

#FTX
#MoneyLaundering
#DemocraticParty
#Ponzi
#SBF

Sam is apparently an unbelievably good person, and only wanted to do good in the world 😂


Most tracked flight in the past 24hrs is alleged to be that of the founder and exCEO of FTX, #SamBankmanFried en route to Argentina after the #FTX collapse and the reports of hack. - Flightradar24

But "Honest and Good" Sam tells Reuters that "no, .... still in the
#Bahamas!"

Sam Bankman-Fried reportedly denies fleeing to Argentina, says he’s still in the Bahamas
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🚨WARNING🚨 - THE VIDEO POSTED ABOVE IS GRUESOME, ABSOLUTELY #NSFW.

If any one had any lingering doubts that, despite his frequent protestations to the contrary, Michael #Brooks (@dlbbuhankachat) of "#BuhankaWatch" is a 100% proUkraine #propagandist, and likely paid shill for the UK military's internet psyop division known as "77th Brigade", then a recent post of his concerning the gruesome execution of Russian deserter Nuzhin Evgeny #Anatolievitch should dispell those doubt's entirely.

The post by #Brooks blames #Russian PMC "Wagner" for the gruesome execution shown in video above.

However in the video the victim clearly states that he was grabbed off the streets of #KIEV.

The idea that the #Wagner #PMC has the ability to grab people at will off the streets of Kiev is simply nonsense.

And there's no way #Brooks doesn't know this.

The fact he is so willing to post such obvious propaganda confirms beyond any doubt his agenda and that of his likely employers the #UK military's #77thBrigade
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These three videos alone contain more than enough red flag information to confirm to anyone that #FTX was a massive #PonziScheme

Apparently #CarolineEllison, the CEO of #SamBankmanFried's #AlmedaResearch has managed to get herself to Hong Kong, which in her case is probably a very wise move.

"The source has also revealed that #Ellison is currently in #HongKong"

Far wiser still would have been to not to admit to the stuff she already admitted to on that video though 🤷🏻‍♂️

Sam Bankman-Fried is ‘under supervision’ in Bahamas, looking to flee to Dubai

It is understood that Sam Bankman-Fried and two former FTX associates are currently “under supervision” by Bahamian authorities.