Honestly, this has got to be the best value for a $50 spend I have ever received in my life. Every single letter helps me understand what is nearly impossible to grasp. This one for me though tonight is exceptional. Thank you. Now we both need to get some rest. (Or at least I do - I had just finished grading for tonight when your letter popped up in my feed)
Honestly, this has got to be the best value for a $50 spend I have ever received in my life. Every single letter helps me understand what is nearly impossible to grasp. This one for me though tonight is exceptional. Thank you. Now we both need to get some rest. (Or at least I do - I had just finished grading for tonight when your letter popped up in my feed)
This is the first I have seen in any media source say that the pipelines were not in use, or say that insurance might have been the motivation for Russian sabotage. That's just the kind of perspective I come to Dr. Richardson for.
It's interesting how Putin, like Trump, uses just the parts of civilization that suit him while flouting the rest. Hopefully his insurance policy on the pipelines includes an exemption for acts of war.
Thank you ! She is outstanding and has great insight into the way Putin operates. I will never forget her story of sitting next to Putin at a dinner some years ago during which he barely spoke and neither ate nor drank anything, including water-- so paranoid was he!!! Can you even imagine what his life is like now?
Thanks for the link. Hill quotes Jake Sullivan, WH Natl Security Advisor, as saying that there are very few countries with the technical capability to sabotage those pipelines. Then she talks about Putin smirking as he discussed it.
Mobiguy, I regularly find information from Heather that never shows up on other media. I'd like to know how her radar works, when clearly no other sources have managed to find what she does.
HCR's citations reveal alot. Pay attention to the bylines. Some sources have specialty expertise, for example, Kyle Cheney on legal matters. Kyle is accurate & is rapidly improving. HCR has many very good sources to make an understatement such as the erudite & savy Anne Applebaum.
There's no doubt that Heather has a huge number of brilliant sources. What I find astounding is that, in addition to what must be a full teaching load at BC, she finds time to pull all the threads that expose these little acorns. She even finds time to spend kayaking or hiking. I'm sure that all off these endeavors account for her continuing efforts to inform all of us that she manages to send out in the wee hours of the morning. We're all eternally grateful!
The pipelines hadn't been abandoned; they'd simply stopped pumping gas for delivery. They remained full and one aspect of the situation that hasn't been adequately covered is the environmental impact of the methane that was released following the explosions.
It just seems difficult for inert gases to bubble any length of time. Air is heavier and cheaper to maintain pipelines.
The methane contribution is very significant. Something like a 20 year load was already distributed. But whoever sabotaged the pipe wasnтАЩt environmental.
On German news they say that they have to wait until the methane gas has released enough that they can send people down there to investigate and then they can definitively say who did the damage. That is why I assume Putin is rushing to have certain actions like an international declaration so that he can get the insurance money before they discover that he sabotaged it himself. However, they say it was evenly 50 meters apart, and that you would have had to have submarines and whoever did it was careful to stay outside of NATO territory, so that is why Russia is also under suspicion because it was just outside of actually provoking NATO to actually take action so on some level whatever Biden has said to Putin he is unwilling to truly find out if Biden was bluffing or serious. Biden has been serious enough so far that Putin does not seem to be willing to risk it. He ends his career.
This time I question what HCR wrote about the pipelines not being in use. From what I have read, they were in use and it was one of the worst environmental disasters under water.
See my Sunday post a minute ago; Denmark & Sweden are reporting purposeful TNT blasts on 9/26. Der Spiegel concurs reporting sabotage citing intelligence reports & explosions registering 2.1 & 2.3 on the Richter Scale.
This post this morning on CSIS is saying that everyone needs to be watching their energy supply lines and grid both physically and the cyber security piece.
I have been thinking that people should have back up generators and solar power to be well situated. We are discussing this for our home. While it sounds like I am a survivalist, I am just thinking that there are both natural and other reasons to start thinking like this. Obviously it is harder to do if one rents and lives in a big building, but in Puerto Rico, which seems to have had been foisted or chosen a very poor set up for power, the people who had installed solar power and back up generators are the ones who had power when no one else on the island did after hurricane Fiona. I think we should be looking at these set ups and making decisions on how to be less vulnerable to these potential attacks. These hostilities are on-going and who knows whether our next government will not give away all of our secrets to countries who turn out to be adversarial in the long run. I know that the German intelligence has reports as do the Scandinavian countries, which is why Norway has set out security to guard the newly opened Baltic pipeline. That seems wise to me. So, did Putin threaten to show he has the upper hand, or play his hand too soon? We shall see.
I also read that they were not in use. I am not sure where, but yesterday I saw German news, and read Radio Free Europe, Meduza, the Washington Post, NYT, CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies), The Atlantic Daily, The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: Europe and then some local papers.
But even if they were not in use, they are on the ocean floors, and by blowing them apart, oil and gas, and natural gas that were in them polluted the seas.
Not implying that it was not a catastrophic environmental disaster. Just saying that they were not in use to deliver gas according to the sources that be. Here is a discussion. People don't exactly know what will happen. Some of it is wait and see, but based on what they know and past experience, it won't be good.
You must know that the corporations that own those pipelines are never going to tell us that there was any leaking toxic fuels in caused by those explosions. They lie to everybody with the intention of not being blamed for destroying the environment. Of course, it could be true what they tell us, but they are capitalists.
Honestly, this has got to be the best value for a $50 spend I have ever received in my life. Every single letter helps me understand what is nearly impossible to grasp. This one for me though tonight is exceptional. Thank you. Now we both need to get some rest. (Or at least I do - I had just finished grading for tonight when your letter popped up in my feed)
This is the first I have seen in any media source say that the pipelines were not in use, or say that insurance might have been the motivation for Russian sabotage. That's just the kind of perspective I come to Dr. Richardson for.
It's interesting how Putin, like Trump, uses just the parts of civilization that suit him while flouting the rest. Hopefully his insurance policy on the pipelines includes an exemption for acts of war.
Fiona Hill had good insight into this, and spoke last night to PBS. Her interview starts at about 4:45 into the Putin news story.
https://www.kcet.org/shows/newshour/clip/russian-invasion-1664573241
Thank you ! She is outstanding and has great insight into the way Putin operates. I will never forget her story of sitting next to Putin at a dinner some years ago during which he barely spoke and neither ate nor drank anything, including water-- so paranoid was he!!! Can you even imagine what his life is like now?
Thanks for the link. Hill quotes Jake Sullivan, WH Natl Security Advisor, as saying that there are very few countries with the technical capability to sabotage those pipelines. Then she talks about Putin smirking as he discussed it.
Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for the link. Her interview starts at about 3:45 on my iPad.
Good premise Mobiguy. Generally, such insurance policies do not cover acts of intentional wrongdoing. In short, the "loss" is not an "accident".
тАЬFollow the MoneyтАЭ
This incident may be a rare exception in that "Money" could be substituted by "Gain", either 'Political', 'Strategic', or 'Financial'.
OR if we are Lucky, Aquaman and his Atlanteans heard Putin's speech and were sending him a Reminder to behave.
Mobiguy, I regularly find information from Heather that never shows up on other media. I'd like to know how her radar works, when clearly no other sources have managed to find what she does.
HCR's citations reveal alot. Pay attention to the bylines. Some sources have specialty expertise, for example, Kyle Cheney on legal matters. Kyle is accurate & is rapidly improving. HCR has many very good sources to make an understatement such as the erudite & savy Anne Applebaum.
There's no doubt that Heather has a huge number of brilliant sources. What I find astounding is that, in addition to what must be a full teaching load at BC, she finds time to pull all the threads that expose these little acorns. She even finds time to spend kayaking or hiking. I'm sure that all off these endeavors account for her continuing efforts to inform all of us that she manages to send out in the wee hours of the morning. We're all eternally grateful!
New book too ! and got married ЁЯШК!
Absolutely!
Totally agree!!!ЁЯЩВ
I wonder about the report the pipelines were abandoned on the basis of the bubbling gas that was forming days after the explosions.
It seems idiotic for Russia to reduce its few sources of Western Revenues in that manner.
A recent opened Norway-Polish pipeline opens other possibilities for sabotage.
But in the end we will probably never get anything more than speculation.
The pipelines hadn't been abandoned; they'd simply stopped pumping gas for delivery. They remained full and one aspect of the situation that hasn't been adequately covered is the environmental impact of the methane that was released following the explosions.
It just seems difficult for inert gases to bubble any length of time. Air is heavier and cheaper to maintain pipelines.
The methane contribution is very significant. Something like a 20 year load was already distributed. But whoever sabotaged the pipe wasnтАЩt environmental.
Methane isn't inert and the gas is piped under pressure which was presumably maintained to facilitate resumption of deliveries.
There's no doubt that the saboteur was completely unconcerned about immediate environmental impact.
On German news they say that they have to wait until the methane gas has released enough that they can send people down there to investigate and then they can definitively say who did the damage. That is why I assume Putin is rushing to have certain actions like an international declaration so that he can get the insurance money before they discover that he sabotaged it himself. However, they say it was evenly 50 meters apart, and that you would have had to have submarines and whoever did it was careful to stay outside of NATO territory, so that is why Russia is also under suspicion because it was just outside of actually provoking NATO to actually take action so on some level whatever Biden has said to Putin he is unwilling to truly find out if Biden was bluffing or serious. Biden has been serious enough so far that Putin does not seem to be willing to risk it. He ends his career.
This time I question what HCR wrote about the pipelines not being in use. From what I have read, they were in use and it was one of the worst environmental disasters under water.
See my Sunday post a minute ago; Denmark & Sweden are reporting purposeful TNT blasts on 9/26. Der Spiegel concurs reporting sabotage citing intelligence reports & explosions registering 2.1 & 2.3 on the Richter Scale.
This post this morning on CSIS is saying that everyone needs to be watching their energy supply lines and grid both physically and the cyber security piece.
https://www.csis.org/analysis/security-implications-nord-stream-sabotage
I have been thinking that people should have back up generators and solar power to be well situated. We are discussing this for our home. While it sounds like I am a survivalist, I am just thinking that there are both natural and other reasons to start thinking like this. Obviously it is harder to do if one rents and lives in a big building, but in Puerto Rico, which seems to have had been foisted or chosen a very poor set up for power, the people who had installed solar power and back up generators are the ones who had power when no one else on the island did after hurricane Fiona. I think we should be looking at these set ups and making decisions on how to be less vulnerable to these potential attacks. These hostilities are on-going and who knows whether our next government will not give away all of our secrets to countries who turn out to be adversarial in the long run. I know that the German intelligence has reports as do the Scandinavian countries, which is why Norway has set out security to guard the newly opened Baltic pipeline. That seems wise to me. So, did Putin threaten to show he has the upper hand, or play his hand too soon? We shall see.
Timely & important Link Linda. Smaller & less costly solar options (plual) are developing.
I also read that they were not in use. I am not sure where, but yesterday I saw German news, and read Radio Free Europe, Meduza, the Washington Post, NYT, CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies), The Atlantic Daily, The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: Europe and then some local papers.
But even if they were not in use, they are on the ocean floors, and by blowing them apart, oil and gas, and natural gas that were in them polluted the seas.
Not implying that it was not a catastrophic environmental disaster. Just saying that they were not in use to deliver gas according to the sources that be. Here is a discussion. People don't exactly know what will happen. Some of it is wait and see, but based on what they know and past experience, it won't be good.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/burst-pipelines-in-baltic-sea-may-be-the-largest-methane-leak-ever-180980863/
You must know that the corporations that own those pipelines are never going to tell us that there was any leaking toxic fuels in caused by those explosions. They lie to everybody with the intention of not being blamed for destroying the environment. Of course, it could be true what they tell us, but they are capitalists.
Another valuable Link, thank you Linda. The current leaks do recall the 2015 Aliso Canyon blowout in the Eastern hills above the San Fernando Valley.
Yes, that is what I had heard about the pipelines and there being the largest methane leak ever! Thanks, Linda.
And, the air we all depend on.
It is . . .
I love your answer and I agree