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How many additional dead young Ukrainians are worth one dead Putin? Would you be happy to trade another 100,000 Ukrainians (or whatever) for him? I have met a fair number of Russians in the US. I prefer not to do business with them because they tend to be ethically challenged. Further, many...

It sounds like the plan is to wear Russia down and hope internal resistance will topple current leadership. I'm not saying it is wrong, but it may take a while, if it were to ever happen. Meanwhile, human costs will continue to mount. Further, I saw an article recently that Russian citizens...

Most people are simply people. They have similar hopes and feel the same things. The loss of life is tragic, whether it is Ukrainian or Russian. We are talking sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, fathers and mothers. Survivors of war often lead a miserable life. As such, we should...

I simply don't have a yes or no answer for your question. I agree that Russia is illegally occupying Crimea and that Ukraine is within its rights to seek the return of Crimea. However, the way to effect the return of Crimea has some practical considerations, it seems. There is a point at...

Oops, I read your post too quickly and didn't get the point. Got it now and you've made a solid point. If we are to be committed to Ukraine, then for fooks sake, let's not do it half-assed like we do most wars. That only invites stagnation, although things may eventually right themselves...

No long for me as ES low price is below yesterday's low and below the open. Where did the money flow towards risk go? I would look for a short, but my selection criteria for shorts is much stricter than for longs. Would be open minded for a reversion to mean buy, but this will not present...

It looks like peace between Mexico and the US has been achieved. I suppose most anything is possible if we put our minds to it.

Do you believe there is a practical way of ensuring justice will be served? Is there a way of convincing Russia's leaders of turning themselves in for punishment? That would seem a bit naive. Remember, no laws between nations. Even if there were a way of ultimately achieving justice, of what...

Thanks. By the way, did you find out what happened to your friend in Ukraine?

At what point do we decide to take a stop loss on the war? 100,000 dead? 1,000,000 dead? 10,000,000 dead? Would the negotiation sticking points be any different regardless of the cost when negotiations finally begin in earnest? In other words, can we avoid wasting mores lives that...

Political parodies comes top of mind, although editing for business communication is the initial reason. I noticed the Colombia ETF is selling off kind of hard. Any major issues there as of late? My impression was their economic development was going swimmingly.

I don't know. Let the dialogue start and see where it goes. If option A is perceived better than option B by the parties, an agreement may be reached. I am reminded of the Britney Griner prisoner exchange. Biden was willing to be "out negotiated" for political points with his base at the...

Woke is a joke. It is a form of political and speech suppression based on false pretenses.

Too bad Obama is no longer around to give Biden a medal. Although receiving a medal for spending other people's money might be a bit much. What's that, the infrastructure was needed? If so, shouldn't that fall under "Simply doing one's job"?

It seems likely a solution would consider interests, if not perceived imperatives of the parties beyond Ukraine. Ukraine and Russia are currently in a lose-lose situation. If the war escalates, as seems likely, East-West allies will likely become a part of the lose-lose equation. Well...

You going metaphysical on us? Anyway, wanted to ask you for some advice. Was thinking about buying Davinci Resolve, an audio video editing program. If I were to do this, would there be any way for me to avoid going to Hell, given my propensities?

A little sarcastic humor.

Other than a little genocide, Putin may not be all that bad. Zelensky is no saint himself, but he didn't start or directly instigate the war. The US Government and US Corporations are no saints either with their policies causing resentment both within and outside of the US. As such, all...

Damn, the macro environment seems complicated right now. How to reconcile the geopolitical situation? What is a reasonable expectation for equity valuations with an inverted yield curve and rising interest rates? Is credit going to get harder to obtain? There are still supply chain issues...

Where is your intersectional awareness, Tree? Lori fought the good fight and was reaching for the light. Or something like that. Some say she should have taken action against crime. If reaching for the light is not action, what is? In a way, if Lori was brought down by increasing crime...