Clown shows continues:

Poland has requested that the UN intervenes wrt Warsaw's demands for WW2 reparations from Germany.

Another in a very long list of reasons why there is need to protect your wealth.

Collateralised loan obligation (CLO) vehicles own two-thirds of US low-grade corporate loans.

Relations between Russia and Turkey are taking on a trajectory that is causing alarm inside London and Washington.

All wars are only ended through a negotiated settlement.

If you think otherwise you are living in a fantasy realm of existence.

Everytime there is the merest hint of a crisis brewing in the west, the printing press is hurried into service. When Russia is threatened with total destruction of its economy and very existence, it still doesn't happen.

The idea that there will not be serious consequences for a decade+ of QE and ZIRP and decades of the financialisation of western economies, is ludicrous.

Clown show continues:

Components of Taiwan's most advanced carrier-killer missile system were sent to China for maintenance.

Profound changes in the Middle East continue:

Assad meet with Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the UAE.

Increasing evidence China is intentionally squeezing West via export markets. Had a clear example of this in a bike shop via a discussion with the owner about parts etc.

So it continues:

Assad and Erdogan are to meet.

To resolve deep seated differences one has to face those who cause these differences and resolve them, amicably.

There will be many such meetings in the future, it is all part of the ongoing paradigm shift.

Remember WEF came into existence in January 1971 and yet after nearly 5 decades of having no influence on global policy decisions we are seriously expected to believe that suddenly all changed in the last 2 to 3 years.

As ever be informed, not entertained.

Stoltenberg:

Weapons are the way to peace.

What a ludicrous statement.

As we predicted when Taliban assumed control in 2021, Chinese investment would follow.

Taliban has signed a 25-yr contract with Xinjiang Central Asia Oil and Gas for extraction of oil from Afghanistan’s Amu River basin and to develop an oil reserve in the north of the country.

According to the Energy Minister of Ukraine, Herman Galushchenko, Ukraine has lost 90% of wind power generation and 40% of solar power generation.

For those who believe the power of WEF is demonstrated by their interaction with Western leaders fail to grasp these leaders are not decision makers, they are puppets for other interests. So what they also fail to grasp is WEF is trying to influence puppets not decision makers.

German economy continues to decline:

German industrial orders decreased by 5.3% in November, compared with an expected fall of 0.5%.

Reality strikes again. Western big tech has lost 50% of market capitalisation in the last 18 months.

Imagine what happens during a depression?

Capital destruction on steroids.

Very obvious those who have no experience of dotcom era and 2008 GFC. They speak with faux authority about financial matters but their words display abject ignorance.

Worst part is they have large followings who believe them. Those that do will suffer immense financial distress.

German retirees from the army rose by almost 500% in 2022 due to their unwillingness to become involved in the Ukraine war, according to the German Federal Office of Family Affairs and Civil Society Functions.

Reality strikes again and another wake-up call:

BlackRock and M&G defer withdrawals from UK property funds

https://www.reuters.com/markets/blackrock-defers-withdrawals-uk-property-fund-2023-01-04/