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December 29, 2022
GERMANY is the Largest Economy in Europe and the Fourth Largest in the World. Over the past 20 years German infrastructure has been built to be reliant upon the supply of low cost Russian Natural Gas and Oil. Russia's invasion of Ukraine has caused Huge problems for the German Economy due to the rise in Energy Costs, the need to source supplies from other countries and the massive investment into LGN Facilities. The rise in gas prices resulted in a $50 Billion BAILOUT for National Gas Supplier UNIPER caused by MASSIVE LOSSES resulting from the movement in GAS PRICES. In addition Germany has also had to bailout the energy suppliers and provide subsidy schemes for consumers. The total costs so far are c.$500 Billion and the German Economy is now suffering and heading towards RECESSION. In this video I provide more details, discuss the issues facing Germany and the impact on the European & Global Economies.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:52 GERMANY
3:46 NATURAL GAS
7:05 GAS SUPPLIES
10:40 FINANCIAL COSTS
12:16 INFLATION
14:49 INDUSTRY
18:01 GDP
19:10 SUMMARY & CONCLUSION
Germany in Crisis as $500 Billion Energy Costs & Falling GDP Push Economy into Recession - Joe Blogs
GERMANY is the Largest Economy in Europe and the Fourth Largest in the World. Over the past 20 years German infrastructure has been built to be reliant upon the supply of low cost Russian Natural Gas and Oil. Russia's invasion of Ukraine has caused Huge problems for the German Economy due to the rise in Energy Costs, the need to source supplies from other countries and the massive investment into LGN Facilities. The rise in gas prices resulted in a $50 Billion BAILOUT for National Gas Supplier UNIPER caused by MASSIVE LOSSES resulting from the movement in GAS PRICES. In addition Germany has also had to bailout the energy suppliers and provide subsidy schemes for consumers. The total costs so far are c.$500 Billion and the German Economy is now suffering and heading towards RECESSION. In this video I provide more details, discuss the issues facing Germany and the impact on the European & Global Economies.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:52 GERMANY
3:46 NATURAL GAS
7:05 GAS SUPPLIES
10:40 FINANCIAL COSTS
12:16 INFLATION
14:49 INDUSTRY
18:01 GDP
19:10 SUMMARY & CONCLUSION
December 29, 2022
Democratic Representative Joaquin Castro called out Governor Greg Abbott over his most recent political stunt involving human lives.
Joaquin Castro Scorches Greg Abbott over Migrant Stunt! - Luke Beasley
Democratic Representative Joaquin Castro called out Governor Greg Abbott over his most recent political stunt involving human lives.
December 29, 2022
Marjorie Taylor Greene went after Tulsi Gabbard over her interview with George Santos, saying she didn't show “grace” to him.
Marjorie Taylor Greene Defends George Santos after Disastrous Fox News Interview! - Luke Beasley
Marjorie Taylor Greene went after Tulsi Gabbard over her interview with George Santos, saying she didn't show “grace” to him.
December 29, 2022
Beau of the Fifth Column: Let's talk about bias and narratives....
December 29, 2022
"If Russia stops fighting, the war is finished. If Ukraine stops fighting, Ukraine is finished."
There's nowhere else for the Ukrainians to go but the battlefield, explains Major General Chip Chapman.
How to ensure Ukraine's victory against Russia - Maj Gen Chip Chapman - Times Radio
"If Russia stops fighting, the war is finished. If Ukraine stops fighting, Ukraine is finished."
There's nowhere else for the Ukrainians to go but the battlefield, explains Major General Chip Chapman.
December 29, 2022
During a recent appearance on MSNBC, multiple legal experts said that they have no doubt at all that Donald Trump is going to be indicted. The evidence at this point really is overwhelming, and if the target weren't named "Trump" it would certainly guarantee that an indictment would be on the way. But we've seen Trump get away in the past, so should we really be "confident" about an indictment? Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins answers that question.
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*This transcript was generated by a third-party transcription software company, so please excuse any typos.
On Ms. N B C earlier this week, specifically on Chris Hayes's program, three legal experts appeared, two lawyers, one legal professor. It was Andrew Weisman, Maya Wiley, and Charles Coleman all appeared and every single one of them, all three of these legal experts said that they have absolutely no doubt whatsoever that Donald Trump is definitely going to be indicted. Now, there's lots of different things. They didn't say what exactly he's gonna be indicted for because they said it could be a lot of things, or they may just try to, you know, whittle it down to one or two things. Cuz as we know, there's lots of different investigations involving Donald Trump. You have the criminal referrals that just came from the January 6th committee. You have the ongoing grand jury investigations with the DOJ and the fake elector scheme and the plot to overturn 2020. You have the DOJ also looking at the documents case you got the special grand jury down in Georgia, which by the way, they had told us indictments were coming in early December. We're now in late December and haven't had any indictments from them. So that's a little concerning. However, the legal experts say, don't you worry folks, somewhere down the line, one of these investigations is sure gonna bear fruit. And Donald Trump is going to be indicted. Now, every one of these people I mentioned again, Andrew Weisman, Maya Wiley, Charles Coleman, they know so much more about the law, the legal process, the investigatory process than I could ever hope to. They are in fact the experts, whereas I am not, especially compared to them.
I'm kind of gonna disagree with them though. I want Trump to get indicted if he committed crimes. Absolutely. Let's make no question about that. I think that's pretty obvious for people that watch regularly. You know that that's where I am, and I know you are too. But at the same time, how many times, how many times throughout Trump's administration and since he left office, have we seen headlines? Have we heard somebody say, oh, this is it. This is it for Trump. Oh, there's no way he walks away from this. Is this the end of Trump? The last in the headlines? And the answer is always, no. No it's not. No matter what it is, no matter what the scandal, no matter what the scam, no matter the level of potential criminal activity we could be dealing with, the man somehow always walks away from it. Now, this time, of course, is very different. You know, the, the guy may have used up all of his nine lives at this point. But based on history, I
Think think it's a little foolish right now to even get our hopes up. I want an indictment. If we've got firm evidence of crimes, as does, I think everybody else, hell poll show. Majority of people in the country also want that. But just because we want it doesn't mean we're gonna get it. And again, usually I would defer to these experts on this particular matter, but they seem a little too optimistic to me. If we didn't have years and years of history of Trump getting away with it, I would be just as optimistic as well. But again, they know more about the legal process, so maybe they've got good reason to be optimistic. Something that I don't quite understand. But whatever it is, I'm still not getting my hopes up. There is a part of me that is going to continue hoping that it happens. I'm not giving up hope completely, but if I were a betting man, I wouldn't put any money on it either.
Legal Experts Are Confident That Trump Is Definitely Getting Indicted - Ring of Fire
During a recent appearance on MSNBC, multiple legal experts said that they have no doubt at all that Donald Trump is going to be indicted. The evidence at this point really is overwhelming, and if the target weren't named "Trump" it would certainly guarantee that an indictment would be on the way. But we've seen Trump get away in the past, so should we really be "confident" about an indictment? Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins answers that question.
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*This transcript was generated by a third-party transcription software company, so please excuse any typos.
On Ms. N B C earlier this week, specifically on Chris Hayes's program, three legal experts appeared, two lawyers, one legal professor. It was Andrew Weisman, Maya Wiley, and Charles Coleman all appeared and every single one of them, all three of these legal experts said that they have absolutely no doubt whatsoever that Donald Trump is definitely going to be indicted. Now, there's lots of different things. They didn't say what exactly he's gonna be indicted for because they said it could be a lot of things, or they may just try to, you know, whittle it down to one or two things. Cuz as we know, there's lots of different investigations involving Donald Trump. You have the criminal referrals that just came from the January 6th committee. You have the ongoing grand jury investigations with the DOJ and the fake elector scheme and the plot to overturn 2020. You have the DOJ also looking at the documents case you got the special grand jury down in Georgia, which by the way, they had told us indictments were coming in early December. We're now in late December and haven't had any indictments from them. So that's a little concerning. However, the legal experts say, don't you worry folks, somewhere down the line, one of these investigations is sure gonna bear fruit. And Donald Trump is going to be indicted. Now, every one of these people I mentioned again, Andrew Weisman, Maya Wiley, Charles Coleman, they know so much more about the law, the legal process, the investigatory process than I could ever hope to. They are in fact the experts, whereas I am not, especially compared to them.
I'm kind of gonna disagree with them though. I want Trump to get indicted if he committed crimes. Absolutely. Let's make no question about that. I think that's pretty obvious for people that watch regularly. You know that that's where I am, and I know you are too. But at the same time, how many times, how many times throughout Trump's administration and since he left office, have we seen headlines? Have we heard somebody say, oh, this is it. This is it for Trump. Oh, there's no way he walks away from this. Is this the end of Trump? The last in the headlines? And the answer is always, no. No it's not. No matter what it is, no matter what the scandal, no matter what the scam, no matter the level of potential criminal activity we could be dealing with, the man somehow always walks away from it. Now, this time, of course, is very different. You know, the, the guy may have used up all of his nine lives at this point. But based on history, I
Think think it's a little foolish right now to even get our hopes up. I want an indictment. If we've got firm evidence of crimes, as does, I think everybody else, hell poll show. Majority of people in the country also want that. But just because we want it doesn't mean we're gonna get it. And again, usually I would defer to these experts on this particular matter, but they seem a little too optimistic to me. If we didn't have years and years of history of Trump getting away with it, I would be just as optimistic as well. But again, they know more about the legal process, so maybe they've got good reason to be optimistic. Something that I don't quite understand. But whatever it is, I'm still not getting my hopes up. There is a part of me that is going to continue hoping that it happens. I'm not giving up hope completely, but if I were a betting man, I wouldn't put any money on it either.
December 29, 2022
Tulsi Gabbard, filling in for Tucker Carlson, brought George Santos onto the show for a disastrous interview.
Tulsi Gabbard Interviews George Santos, Goes Terribly Wrong for Him! - Luke Beasley
Tulsi Gabbard, filling in for Tucker Carlson, brought George Santos onto the show for a disastrous interview.
December 29, 2022
Day 308: December 28
Today the Ukrainian General Staff released the results of striking Russian bases with newly arrived Russian recruits and equipment. As you remember, a few days ago, local news reported about a significant concentration of Russian forces in Mariupol. Then huge convoys set out from Mariupol and moved in the direction of Tokmak and Melitopol, and yesterday a series of explosions were reported near Tokmak – exactly where Russian forces arrived.
Today it was confirmed that the Ukrainians conducted several fire missions on the camps with Russian newly arrived recruits and also hangars with transported equipment. As a result of this strike, Russians forces lost between 200 and 300 men. The Ukrainian General staff reported that 150 servicemen were wounded and hospitalized, while the number of those eliminated is being specified.
Apart from the losses in manpower, the Russians also suffered losses in equipment. The Ukrainian General staff confirmed that they destroyed one S300 anti-aircraft missile system and eight units of military equipment of various types. The Ukrainians also destroyed a warehouse with ammunition. Overall, this was a very successful fire mission for the Ukrainians and a very costly move for the Russians. In fact, Russian forces even started deserting after this.
Today Ukrainian Intelligence confirmed that on the temporarily occupied territories of the Zaporizhzhia region, Russian servicemen and mercenaries started leaving their places of service en masse. The situation was so severe that the Russian command had to organize a search operation. They allocated separate divisions of the Russian guard for this task and already sent them to the city of Prymorsk to conduct the search operation. But even when they find the deserters, they will likely be imprisoned for many years, which means that they will not return to the front. According to preliminary information, more than 200 people are wanted. So, in one blow, the Ukrainians got rid of almost half a thousand Russian soldiers – half of them were removed from the front line directly by the strike, while another half left the front line in fear of being the next target.
And their fears are justified because during the last 24 hours, Ukrainian aviation carried out four more strikes on the areas of concentration of Russian forces, and on top of that, they also targeted two control points. Ukrainian artillery units are changing the game in the east very rapidly. Russian commanders in charge of the Zaporizhzhia and Donbas regions were not prepared for this.
Previously, Ukrainians concentrated their artillery in one particular area in order to prepare it for a counteroffensive operation. So, at first, the Ukrainians were overly focused on the Kharkiv region, then the Kherson region, then again the Kharkiv region, and then again the Kherson region. So, Zaporizhzhia and Donbas avoided dealing with a concentrated effort of precise long-range artillery. There definitely were some strikes, but they did not have such a severe impact on the course of their offensive operation.
However, now, the Ukrainians have gradually spread out their artillery brigades along the new line of the most intense action. According to Military Land, the Ukrainians have allocated one artillery brigade to control the Zaporizhzhia region, one for the Donetsk front, one for the Luhansk front, and two for the Bakhmut front.
Now we can observe a very similar situation in Zaporizhzhia. In fact, it is basically the same as what we saw in Luhansk – the Russians sent huge convoys of troops, which were tracked and destroyed near the main logistical hubs, never getting to the front. And what is even worse for the Russians, those troops that were already on the front started abandoning it, horrified by these losses. Hopefully, this positive trend continues.
28 Dec: Nice. 200 Recruits Ran Away From The Front - Reporting from Ukraine
Day 308: December 28
Today the Ukrainian General Staff released the results of striking Russian bases with newly arrived Russian recruits and equipment. As you remember, a few days ago, local news reported about a significant concentration of Russian forces in Mariupol. Then huge convoys set out from Mariupol and moved in the direction of Tokmak and Melitopol, and yesterday a series of explosions were reported near Tokmak – exactly where Russian forces arrived.
Today it was confirmed that the Ukrainians conducted several fire missions on the camps with Russian newly arrived recruits and also hangars with transported equipment. As a result of this strike, Russians forces lost between 200 and 300 men. The Ukrainian General staff reported that 150 servicemen were wounded and hospitalized, while the number of those eliminated is being specified.
Apart from the losses in manpower, the Russians also suffered losses in equipment. The Ukrainian General staff confirmed that they destroyed one S300 anti-aircraft missile system and eight units of military equipment of various types. The Ukrainians also destroyed a warehouse with ammunition. Overall, this was a very successful fire mission for the Ukrainians and a very costly move for the Russians. In fact, Russian forces even started deserting after this.
Today Ukrainian Intelligence confirmed that on the temporarily occupied territories of the Zaporizhzhia region, Russian servicemen and mercenaries started leaving their places of service en masse. The situation was so severe that the Russian command had to organize a search operation. They allocated separate divisions of the Russian guard for this task and already sent them to the city of Prymorsk to conduct the search operation. But even when they find the deserters, they will likely be imprisoned for many years, which means that they will not return to the front. According to preliminary information, more than 200 people are wanted. So, in one blow, the Ukrainians got rid of almost half a thousand Russian soldiers – half of them were removed from the front line directly by the strike, while another half left the front line in fear of being the next target.
And their fears are justified because during the last 24 hours, Ukrainian aviation carried out four more strikes on the areas of concentration of Russian forces, and on top of that, they also targeted two control points. Ukrainian artillery units are changing the game in the east very rapidly. Russian commanders in charge of the Zaporizhzhia and Donbas regions were not prepared for this.
Previously, Ukrainians concentrated their artillery in one particular area in order to prepare it for a counteroffensive operation. So, at first, the Ukrainians were overly focused on the Kharkiv region, then the Kherson region, then again the Kharkiv region, and then again the Kherson region. So, Zaporizhzhia and Donbas avoided dealing with a concentrated effort of precise long-range artillery. There definitely were some strikes, but they did not have such a severe impact on the course of their offensive operation.
However, now, the Ukrainians have gradually spread out their artillery brigades along the new line of the most intense action. According to Military Land, the Ukrainians have allocated one artillery brigade to control the Zaporizhzhia region, one for the Donetsk front, one for the Luhansk front, and two for the Bakhmut front.
Now we can observe a very similar situation in Zaporizhzhia. In fact, it is basically the same as what we saw in Luhansk – the Russians sent huge convoys of troops, which were tracked and destroyed near the main logistical hubs, never getting to the front. And what is even worse for the Russians, those troops that were already on the front started abandoning it, horrified by these losses. Hopefully, this positive trend continues.
December 29, 2022
Beau of the Fifth Column: Let's talk about George Santos and blame....
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