Pseudonomdeplume wrote: ↑Fri Mar 04, 2022 10:10 am

mannanman wrote: ↑Fri Mar 04, 2022 8:32 am Your governments, pension funds (private and government), banks, local governments and private firms all have investments in those firms. Do you boycott them too?

Governments and pension funds can be scrutinised and pulled to order, in most/some Western countries, just as Google was. Banks, I avoid where possible, regardless.

My post was also asking the question, of "how far do you go?" I'm saying, I wouldn't directly invest in weapons manufacturers.

Besides, while some investors might be attracted to the industry, due to the probable revenue increase, it is investments that drives the price.

Big Daikon wrote: ↑Fri Mar 04, 2022 9:12 am

siliconlife wrote: ↑Fri Mar 04, 2022 9:00 am It's ultra-conservative propaganda...

Not sure that even means. Anywho, the real question is the story real or not.

More "crackpot" media sources seem to verify the story.

1. https://news.yahoo.com/ukrainian-presid ... 299mhfz6_q
2. https://kyivindependent.com/uncategoriz ... xperience/
3. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl ... 24985.html
4. https://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-releas ... ky-1683175

Objectively, I can see the value in this move. These inmates have combat training. On the other hand, I can see the potential for problems.

Ukrainian prisoners with combat experience will be released from jail and allowed to serve their debt to society on the front lines of the conflict with Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced today.

Big Daikon wrote: ↑Fri Mar 04, 2022 10:40 am

Doc67 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 04, 2022 10:27 am

Big Daikon wrote: ↑Fri Mar 04, 2022 9:12 am

siliconlife wrote: ↑Fri Mar 04, 2022 9:00 am It's ultra-conservative propaganda...

Not sure that even means. Anywho, the real question is the story real or not.

More "crackpot" media sources seem to verify the story.

1. https://news.yahoo.com/ukrainian-presid ... 299mhfz6_q
2. https://kyivindependent.com/uncategoriz ... xperience/
3. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl ... 24985.html
4. https://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-releas ... ky-1683175

Objectively, I can see the value in this move. These inmates have combat training. On the other hand, I can see the potential for problems.

Ukrainian prisoners with combat experience will be released from jail and allowed to serve their debt to society on the front lines of the conflict with Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced today.

Err, I'm not sure it's a given they will all see it that way. If you have served 4 out of 5 years for serious assault or whatever, why would you calculate that 1 year in jail is worse than a serious probability of dying on the front line? The risk/reward ratio is not good.

Remember these people are criminals and as such they are not the most dependable of people. In the fog of war, what's to stop them heading straight for the borders of which there are many - Poland, Moldova, Hungary, Romania or Slovakia.

Isn't that where Catch-22 comes from? Violent psychos do not make good soldiers.

sigmoid wrote: ↑Wed Mar 02, 2022 12:15 am Everybody's expecting the nuclear false flag right about now... (dirty bomb)

Or maybe Chernobyl?

Russian forces shelled Europe’s largest nuclear plant early Friday, sparking a fire as they pressed their attack on a crucial energy-producing Ukrainian city and gained ground in their bid to cut off the country from the sea.

The world’s leading nuclear authorities were concerned — but not panicked — about the damage to the power station, but the assault triggered a phone call between U.S. President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and the U.S. Department of Energy activated its nuclear incident response team as a precaution.
...........

U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm tweeted that the Zaporizhzhia plant’s reactors were protected by robust containment structures and were being safely shut down.

In an emotional speech in the middle of the night, Zelenskyy said he feared an explosion that would be “the end for everyone. The end for Europe. The evacuation of Europe.”

“Only urgent action by Europe can stop the Russian troops,” he said. “Do not allow the death of Europe from a catastrophe at a nuclear power station.”

But most experts saw nothing to indicate an impending disaster.