I buy Chinese products almost exclusively. I would love to add Russian products to the list, but I can't because I live in the USSA fascist state. Sad isn't it? Almost boggles the mind what has happened to this country in the last 30 years.
I lived in Washington, DC, from 1962 to 1966. So, I was in the US when John F. Kennedy was assassinated. You're right, the US has changed a lot, and for the worse, since then. That assassination, in my humble opinion, marks a dramatic turning point in the short history of the United States.
I believe that was the 10th Anniversary of AIPAC (formed 1954) and Kennedy was looking into its status as a 501(c)(4) Social Welfare Organisation.
Congress's Social Welfare recipients are the root cause of America's ills, well those traitors/cockroaches and JP Morgan & The Good Ol' Boys Federal Reserve Bank.
When the Zionist sect can't buy off the president, they assassinate him. The US is not a sovereign nation. Where it says "We the People" today it reads "We the Zionists." A fictional state ruled by a shadowy elite.
Thanks for this excellent summation. Like the others you've done, it provides a good look at all the component parts of Russia's governance, particularly w/regard to its economic development. You really can't understand Russia, how it's doing what it's doing and why, without the context these reviews provide.
Putin is a discreet man, not given to showmanship. However, his great work can be seen throughout Russia. Trump, on the other hand, is a narcissist whose work is limited to himself and his fraudulent verbiage. It's the difference between a moderate colossus and a creaking puppet.
Both China and Russia have shown how to manage the separation from the empire, and it requires a long term view. Now that vassals are being challenged and face a cannibal's banquet they find themselves completely unprepared, and in the ensuing chaos will likely find their nationhood at stake. Those nations able to assert their sovereignty will have a better future, however it seems that it won't happen without more blood being spilled.
If you can make a hypersonic missile that can travel thousands of miles and be able to knock out the tree that Macron planted in the White House gardens then what can't Russians make?
Translation error in the first line? “ with the insurance support of your group, one trillion 380 billion projects have been implemented, right?” I’m guessing, but probably should read “projects worth one trillion, 380 billion rubles have been implemented…”.
Karl - not to get off topic but instead of asking the question of what do you think will happen at the end of the SMO (likely, early 2026 as you mentioned) as it seems impossible to predict but what are the minimum gains that the Russian public will find acceptable? Four Oblasts? All territory east of the Dnieper? More?
I don’t think Russians desire territory; what they want is security and to be allowed to develop their society. Russia’s potential is felt by the vast majority. Putin made Russia’s out to 2030 and beyond goals in his Leap Day speech last year and the government has openly worked to implement them. People know. Whatever lands Russia adds, its people will welcome and lend a shoulder to the addition(s). If you haven’t read that speech and you want to know Russia’s future plans, invest about two hours to read the transcript that’s in the archive. Search Leap Day and you’ll get it.
I think it sits as a nice counterpart to the couple of pieces from about a month (maybe less?) ago in which President Putin talked of the centrality of Chemistry to Russian development: first to a scientific / education (?) audience and then to a security (FSB) audience.
Maybe that's just me - in a former life I was a Chemist working in universities...
It is going to be fascinating to watch Russia's efforts to recapture its deep economic, intellectual and historic relationship with chemical development in the next couple of decades.
Putin has several dozen very powerful women on his team in very key positions. The only problem is they don’t get into the limelight often. The Second person in line if Putin can’t perform his duties is a woman, the head of the Federation Council, Valentina Matvienko, who’s had that position since 2011—she’s 75 but looks 60.
KD’s summary conclusion: "And by late spring 2026 what in the fall and winter of 2025 look like the absolute pit of irrevocable despair you'll see green shoots -- real ones, not those fed with hyperactive doses of fertilizer that are going to burn the roots. Next spring, early, will be the time to buy assets at prices half or less than you can get them today, with many, particularly in commercial RE and machinery at 70+% discounts from today's prices.
The GOP wins in a landslide in 2026 as real incomes, measured in hours worked for a gallon of gasoline, a week of food, a new vehicle, a month's rent, a removed appendix and similar will all go down for hours worked in the United States with the largest gains, as much as 30-40%, in the strata of those making less than $100,000/yr."
After I read it all, including the comments…..and was reminded it was April Fools Day! Ouch!
......A little perspective - Vox Day, who has argued for tariffs for a long time, also said: “And, as with all things Trump, wait two weeks before attempting to analyze anything.”
But consider what might be in store – when you read KD’s April 1 article, here’s what’s next: Immigration, Medical Mafia, Energy, Housing… just for starters. You really should read it all - WHY?
Consider – in order for MAGA to become REALITY – America and President Trump have to get serious – NOW! There will be no second chance – this is it. It is truly ironic – what Denninger laid out – and he has been doing it for weeks or months now – is what is necessary to restore our country as a whole. Piecemeal is DEAD!
And it all might have come together as an April Fool Joke!
He is not; it was his April 1 post. KD is many things, but he is often on the nose on practical economics and has been quite vocal about all the ways in which the Trump (and all previous) administrations have been crapping the bed.
It is extraordinary that in the present time everyone accepts their own slavery.
It is extraordinary that libertarian and free market economists are up in arms against tariffs but are comfortable with an income tax that enslaves them to government.
Tariffs are a tax on consumption, which is where the classical economists wanted taxation to be placed. An income tax is a tax on the factors of production–labor and capital. It is the income tax, not tariffs, that suppress the growth of the economy by reducing the supply of labor and capital.
I have been making this point for decades, and it is libertarians, those committed to freedom and liberty, who have paid the least attention. Until slavery was reestablished in 1913, tariffs were the main source of government finance. The United States developed as a powerful industrial and manufacturing economy under the protection of tariffs, not as a free trade country. Indeed, the North invaded the Confederacy and destroyed a country in order to force the South to bear the consequences of a tariff needed for the North’s industrial development.
What are we to make of this? Are we so brainwashed and indoctrinated into our own slavery that we cannot recognize it, preferring to project our present day slavery onto the 19th century South?
When Trump speaks of abolishing the income tax and substituting tariffs, he is speaking of the restoration of American freedom which was abolished in 1913.
But it's getting late - this OFC is going to bed - night all!
Yes-no-maybe - I'm a bit surprised at your lack of depth and perspective, because you're a good reporter....but 'every man must know his limitations'....as Dirty Harry said ……dealing only with tariffs – without addressing Immigration/Repatriations-Real EstateBubble-Medical Mafia-War Games Monopoly-etcetc – will be irrelevant. Trump needs to address DaWholeEnchilada….or go home – game’s over! That's why Karl Denninger’s comprehensive analysis is so insightful - it covers the entire spectrum - not just tariffs alone - tariffs are just a starting point. You might do some more research into this - I already have - that's why DaLimbraw Library!
It is not just Trump although he does take a lot of oxygen out of the room, like Bill Clinton.
There is no thought given nor a need defined anywhere for comprehensive attention to the wellbeing of the entire nation state. There is, AFAIK, also no more attention paid to the need for 'rugged individualism,' the stuff that made America great. Kardashians, anyone?
I buy Chinese products almost exclusively. I would love to add Russian products to the list, but I can't because I live in the USSA fascist state. Sad isn't it? Almost boggles the mind what has happened to this country in the last 30 years.
Yeah, it’s hard to keep sane at times.
I lived in Washington, DC, from 1962 to 1966. So, I was in the US when John F. Kennedy was assassinated. You're right, the US has changed a lot, and for the worse, since then. That assassination, in my humble opinion, marks a dramatic turning point in the short history of the United States.
I believe that was the 10th Anniversary of AIPAC (formed 1954) and Kennedy was looking into its status as a 501(c)(4) Social Welfare Organisation.
Congress's Social Welfare recipients are the root cause of America's ills, well those traitors/cockroaches and JP Morgan & The Good Ol' Boys Federal Reserve Bank.
When the Zionist sect can't buy off the president, they assassinate him. The US is not a sovereign nation. Where it says "We the People" today it reads "We the Zionists." A fictional state ruled by a shadowy elite.
Truth be told, it was never “We the People.”
Thanks for this excellent summation. Like the others you've done, it provides a good look at all the component parts of Russia's governance, particularly w/regard to its economic development. You really can't understand Russia, how it's doing what it's doing and why, without the context these reviews provide.
Thanks for your reply. If you haven’t yet, I suggest watching Nima, Wolff and Hudson deal with Trump’s Tariff War, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=594yN8rxIJo
Wise suggestion. I agree.
I just finished watching the Sachs/Napolitano chat and it was very well worth the time, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0alGvV0Sjc
Professor Sachs has cleared up some of my doubts about the tariff issue. A very interesting chat.
Just watched it as well. Don't know whether you saw Sachs's piece at Consortium News but it complements this video discussion well:
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/04/03/jeffrey-sachs-trumps-impoverishing-tariffs/
Putin is a discreet man, not given to showmanship. However, his great work can be seen throughout Russia. Trump, on the other hand, is a narcissist whose work is limited to himself and his fraudulent verbiage. It's the difference between a moderate colossus and a creaking puppet.
Business model versus love and care for you country, people, and civilization
That is so true.
Both China and Russia have shown how to manage the separation from the empire, and it requires a long term view. Now that vassals are being challenged and face a cannibal's banquet they find themselves completely unprepared, and in the ensuing chaos will likely find their nationhood at stake. Those nations able to assert their sovereignty will have a better future, however it seems that it won't happen without more blood being spilled.
Yep, as the trumpster speeds up Amerika slide into 3/4 world Russia and China move ahead of the class.
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/russia-plans-euv-chipmaking-tools-that-it-says-will-be-cheaper-and-easier-to-build-than-asmls-country-outlines-new-roadmap-to-smaller-chips
I guess the Amerikan so called free press will have to stop saying Russia get their chips from washing machines;-)
Thanks KS
NICE!
If you can make a hypersonic missile that can travel thousands of miles and be able to knock out the tree that Macron planted in the White House gardens then what can't Russians make?
Translation error in the first line? “ with the insurance support of your group, one trillion 380 billion projects have been implemented, right?” I’m guessing, but probably should read “projects worth one trillion, 380 billion rubles have been implemented…”.
Karl - not to get off topic but instead of asking the question of what do you think will happen at the end of the SMO (likely, early 2026 as you mentioned) as it seems impossible to predict but what are the minimum gains that the Russian public will find acceptable? Four Oblasts? All territory east of the Dnieper? More?
I don’t think Russians desire territory; what they want is security and to be allowed to develop their society. Russia’s potential is felt by the vast majority. Putin made Russia’s out to 2030 and beyond goals in his Leap Day speech last year and the government has openly worked to implement them. People know. Whatever lands Russia adds, its people will welcome and lend a shoulder to the addition(s). If you haven’t read that speech and you want to know Russia’s future plans, invest about two hours to read the transcript that’s in the archive. Search Leap Day and you’ll get it.
Thank you!
Thank you, this is a hugely important piece.
I think it sits as a nice counterpart to the couple of pieces from about a month (maybe less?) ago in which President Putin talked of the centrality of Chemistry to Russian development: first to a scientific / education (?) audience and then to a security (FSB) audience.
Maybe that's just me - in a former life I was a Chemist working in universities...
It is going to be fascinating to watch Russia's efforts to recapture its deep economic, intellectual and historic relationship with chemical development in the next couple of decades.
Some of the facilities it’s built and are building are stupendous, a few I’ve reported upon and are in the archive.
Great report... thank you....
Great to see the good guys win one.
Great to see a woman earn her position on merit, unlike such trash as Baerbock who spent a sabbatical period in the US on a CIA sponsorship/programme.
If she ain't a traitorous (keep it clean son, ok) individual then Lindsay Graham doesn't have too much air in his Nikes.
Putin has several dozen very powerful women on his team in very key positions. The only problem is they don’t get into the limelight often. The Second person in line if Putin can’t perform his duties is a woman, the head of the Federation Council, Valentina Matvienko, who’s had that position since 2011—she’s 75 but looks 60.
Just remember - Putin has been there 25 years - Trump is in his third MONTH of his second term.......
Will Trump REALLY DO IT? Fulfill His Promises? Why Do I Ask?
A couple of days ago I read Karl Denninger’s “Trump Has Done -- And Will Do -- It All”
Read full text: https://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=253075
KD’s summary conclusion: "And by late spring 2026 what in the fall and winter of 2025 look like the absolute pit of irrevocable despair you'll see green shoots -- real ones, not those fed with hyperactive doses of fertilizer that are going to burn the roots. Next spring, early, will be the time to buy assets at prices half or less than you can get them today, with many, particularly in commercial RE and machinery at 70+% discounts from today's prices.
The GOP wins in a landslide in 2026 as real incomes, measured in hours worked for a gallon of gasoline, a week of food, a new vehicle, a month's rent, a removed appendix and similar will all go down for hours worked in the United States with the largest gains, as much as 30-40%, in the strata of those making less than $100,000/yr."
After I read it all, including the comments…..and was reminded it was April Fools Day! Ouch!
Yet today - He Wasn't Kidding – by KD......
https://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=253086
......A little perspective - Vox Day, who has argued for tariffs for a long time, also said: “And, as with all things Trump, wait two weeks before attempting to analyze anything.”
But consider what might be in store – when you read KD’s April 1 article, here’s what’s next: Immigration, Medical Mafia, Energy, Housing… just for starters. You really should read it all - WHY?
Consider – in order for MAGA to become REALITY – America and President Trump have to get serious – NOW! There will be no second chance – this is it. It is truly ironic – what Denninger laid out – and he has been doing it for weeks or months now – is what is necessary to restore our country as a whole. Piecemeal is DEAD!
And it all might have come together as an April Fool Joke!
http://crushlimbraw.blogspot.com/2025/04/will-trump-really-do-it-fulfill-his.html
If he’s serious, he’s as delusional as Trump.
He is not; it was his April 1 post. KD is many things, but he is often on the nose on practical economics and has been quite vocal about all the ways in which the Trump (and all previous) administrations have been crapping the bed.
DaLimbraw Library backs up my delusions - what's your backup?
The reality that the tariffs are unconstitutional.
If so - https://crushlimbraw.blogspot.com/2025/02/on-slavery-and-taxation.html?m=1
It is extraordinary that in the present time everyone accepts their own slavery.
It is extraordinary that libertarian and free market economists are up in arms against tariffs but are comfortable with an income tax that enslaves them to government.
Tariffs are a tax on consumption, which is where the classical economists wanted taxation to be placed. An income tax is a tax on the factors of production–labor and capital. It is the income tax, not tariffs, that suppress the growth of the economy by reducing the supply of labor and capital.
I have been making this point for decades, and it is libertarians, those committed to freedom and liberty, who have paid the least attention. Until slavery was reestablished in 1913, tariffs were the main source of government finance. The United States developed as a powerful industrial and manufacturing economy under the protection of tariffs, not as a free trade country. Indeed, the North invaded the Confederacy and destroyed a country in order to force the South to bear the consequences of a tariff needed for the North’s industrial development.
What are we to make of this? Are we so brainwashed and indoctrinated into our own slavery that we cannot recognize it, preferring to project our present day slavery onto the 19th century South?
When Trump speaks of abolishing the income tax and substituting tariffs, he is speaking of the restoration of American freedom which was abolished in 1913.
But it's getting late - this OFC is going to bed - night all!
Taxes on consumption are regressive. I enjoy living in a non-sales tax state.
Yes-no-maybe - I'm a bit surprised at your lack of depth and perspective, because you're a good reporter....but 'every man must know his limitations'....as Dirty Harry said ……dealing only with tariffs – without addressing Immigration/Repatriations-Real EstateBubble-Medical Mafia-War Games Monopoly-etcetc – will be irrelevant. Trump needs to address DaWholeEnchilada….or go home – game’s over! That's why Karl Denninger’s comprehensive analysis is so insightful - it covers the entire spectrum - not just tariffs alone - tariffs are just a starting point. You might do some more research into this - I already have - that's why DaLimbraw Library!
A whole study on the subject - https://crushlimbraw.blogspot.com/search?q=Tariffs&max-results=20&by-date=false&m=1 - a list of headnotes from DaLimbraw Library to various articles by different authors. If you have further questions or comments, please address the authors - I'm just DaLibrarian.
It is not just Trump although he does take a lot of oxygen out of the room, like Bill Clinton.
There is no thought given nor a need defined anywhere for comprehensive attention to the wellbeing of the entire nation state. There is, AFAIK, also no more attention paid to the need for 'rugged individualism,' the stuff that made America great. Kardashians, anyone?