Haakon
has an accommodating arse
Saw a new Ural with a sidecar parked up on the medium strip last week. Owner chilling on the grass nearby waiting for a ride…
Russia Vs. America; Here we go again kids!
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rockmoose
his flabber is totally gastered
Bodie and Doyle wasn't it? They were awesome.
safreek
*******
Seems like the quality hasn't changed.
I had a sidecar as well. Whenever it broke down (often) all I would do is have a couple pipes and lay back for a while then give it a couple boots in the guts, half the time it would start again.
They were cheap back then, have seen a couple old ones for 8k now, fucken madness
ausdb
Being who he is
I think that was the Professionals, where they drove around in a hotted up escort. The one I was referring to was WW2 based.
rockmoose
his flabber is totally gastered
Right you are. I remember watching, and loving danger uxb too, but can't remember my action heroes from it.
beeb
Dr. Beebenson, PhD HA, ST, Offset (hons)
pink poodle
気が狂っている男
It seems peace talks are going well.
thenewdaily.com.au
Russia attacks Ukraine capital Kyiv and peace talks pause
Ukrainian and Russian officials have met again for peace talks – all the while invaders launched attacks on the capital and killed more civilians.
Saw a bit of this on TV yesterday: Dennis Richardson and Paul Dibb speaking at the National Press Club on Russia, the Ukraine, and China, and found it really interesting. Will probably be on iView as well.
Litenbror
Eats Squid
It was good but once again the experts completely ignored the money.
Putin and his oligarchs are scared that the democratic change in Ukraine will spread as it did recently in Belarus and that threatens their money.
For all of the tough talk and sanctions I haven't heard of any Western country tightening their financial regulations to stop the flow of illicit money.
Squidfayce
Eats Squid
That's because differentiating illicit from legitimate is exceptionally difficult one in the financial system. Most illicit money becomes legitimised in as little as 1-2 "hops". Its not like finding money stashed in a wall which has no business being there.
Source of funds controls at almost all institutions are weak by design, however making them stronger is typically impossible due to not having the ability to scrutinise other institutions controls on the matter. Ie funds go to a crypto exchange, get traded, then deposited into a transactional acc. Th3 bank that owns the transactional account can't scrutinise the exchange. They have to trust that the exchange did their due diligence on the source and are limited to asking their client what the source is, to which the answer is "trading crypto", which basically checks out.
Rich people only really need to explain their wealth if it is sudden. And even then, only maybe once or twice. After that, it's smooth sailing.
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What did people think of the assertion made by Paul Dibb (I think) that Russia will be able to absorb more pain from financial sanctions than the West will be able to e.g. at the current level, Russia can wait it out for (say) 5 years, but the West won't be able to live without Russian-produced goods for that amount of time?
pink poodle
気が狂っている男
If Putin turns off the pipes to Europe...they are in trouble.
Asininedrivel
caviar connoisseur
Yerp. Especially Germany. But Putin would be hanging himself if he did - something like 40% of their GDP is fuel exports to Western Europe.
pink poodle
気が狂っている男
But who can hold it longer in that scenario? Putin likely gives zero fucks about his domestic economy in comparison to crushing the west. I've been surprised there hasn't been a slow so far as it it. But I guess it sounds unmasculine to only give half pipe...
Litenbror
Eats Squid
Absolutely it's a system problem and we have allowed the system to be built by the financial sector. The level of people transfer between wall Street and US regulators is ridiculous. The whole shell corporation in a tax haven has no legitimate purpose that is more important than stopping the movement of illicit money but there is no way Western governments will stop the practice.
This was a very interesting watch, warning it's long.
Asininedrivel
caviar connoisseur
Maaaaybe. I think he needs that economy ticking over to survive. The older Russians might be a stoic lot used to existing on cabbage and tractor but the young generation are already restless and they're not taking well to their newfound pariah status.
The Otpor! movement took less than two months to depose Milosevic back in 1999, and that was all pre the collective organisation and power of mobile phones and social media.
Squidfayce
Eats Squid
Yeah, there’s always eyebrow raising moves in financial circles. Though they’re never a surprise.
The system that has been built can’t be “unbuilt”. Rich get richer and all the largely legal loopholes and strategies help them continue to build wealth. If not one country, then in another. The horse has bolted on could say. The only way to look at it really is that these same strategies can help you. It really is a scenario of if you cant beat ‘em, join ‘em.
Various financial strategies exist in for normal (averagely financially endowed) people that heaps of people just don’t know much about. Just comes down to how you feel about it/morality. But in an immoral world, your individual morality is largely irrelevant/not recognised, and to be honest what you do financially isn’t really visible to those around you so they cant really form much of an opinion about you in that respect anyway. So I say use any strategy you can to make things better for you and your family. Just don’t do anything illegal.
Flow-Rider
Burner
It's China you got to watch, 2nd biggest economy and if they want to punish the world, well, it's at the peril of their control. They're going to keep on trading with Russia behind closed doors regardless, I'd say.
Litenbror
Eats Squid
Any particular reading you would suggest for someone with flexible monetary morals
pink poodle
気が狂っている男
The tax pack...Any particular reading you would suggest for someone with flexible monetary morals