John Hjorth

Somebody seem to have forgotten how and what this started with. Mike [ @cubsfan ] & Greg [ @Gregmal ], Du you remember? : United Nations - 8974th Meeting (Night) [February 23rd 2022] : Russian Federation Announces ‘Special Military Operation’ in Ukraine as Security Council Meets in Eleventh-Hour Effort to Avoid Full-Scale Conflict Subtitle : ‘Give Peace a Chance’, Secretary-General Stresses as Political Affairs Chief Calls for Dialogue ‘Even at this Late Hour’ - - - o 0 o - - - ABC News [February 24th 2022] : Russian President Putin announces military operation in Ukraine

Personally, I appreciate your posts in this topic very much, @Pelagic ! I hope you woulden't mind to share your nationality, thank you in advance, meaning also : If you mind, that would naturally also be OK, and would be respected.

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114031332924234939 @Xerxes, He is a disgrace to The Office. Do you remember the concept of 'The Alternative Reality' under his first presidential period?

Which interview, @Xerxes ?

Mike [ @cubsfan ], Why do you continue to derail this topic with these kinds of political nonsense and *BS*, not related to the war we discuss here? To me, by doing so, you are playing with the posting privileges of others in this topic, who can stay on topic here.

The yearly Semper Augustus Letter expected this Friday [21st February], obviously whole production process and release under supervision of Big Oil :

Berkshire Hathaway - Press Release [February 18th 2025] : 2024 Annual Report Release Information. Saturday 22nd February 2025, at around 8:00 AM eastern time.

Upon the MSC2025 conference, I was this morning met by the following cartoon on JP.dk - what a great start on the day! :

Yes, Roger [ @rogermunibond ], There is to me personally no doubt that SDs [ @SharperDingaans ] starting post in this topic has merit, because of the way all this tariff talk has been communicated by the newly sworn-in POTUS has been highly influential on general sentiment towards USA at the populations in countries being allies with USA and being hit by this tariff talk. To me personally, it's a real and tangible thing building up here in Europe by now. I'm pretty sure for EU, it'll be swift eye-for-an-eye, tooth-for-a-tooth priciples of reactions by measured reponses against USA with regard to tariffs, based on an inner solidarity priciple - 'one for all, - all for one' - not some whining by filing of complaint cases against USA in WTO. - - - o 0 o - - - Posted certainly not with the intent to politicize the topic, and here trying to be careful and conciderate in phrasing, not to stir the pot.

The Economist January 25 2025 edition has Euro area 2024 GDP growth at 0.8 per cent, not 0.1 per cent.

And the cash continues gushing in every day at Bershire, a bit below USD 3 B per month.*) [That's actually ~ USD 100 M - per day ] Has Mr. Buffett stopped taking showers and is now taking baths like Scrooge McDuck in cash and T-Bills? *) USD 25.9 billion for the first 9 months of 2024.

Thank you for an absolutely awesome post here, @nsx5200, Very good points. One could also call it hypocrisy or the application of double standards. It actually made my Saturday morning reading your post and the related stuff. - - - o 0 o - - - Edit : Also, please mind the actual narritive as discussion basis in the actual situation on the security conference in Munich contra latest known facts about defence spending by NATO member countries : USA representatives states that Europe is the laggard and the culprit, while the fact is that USA is not even the frontrunner here, likely Canada also holding its head low in this ongoing discussion. - - - o 0 o - - - Pravda [Friday, 14 February 2025, 22:25] : Northern European leaders urgently meet on the sidelines of Munich Security Conference after Trump's statements. Danish Prime Minister's Office [February 14 2025] : Joint Nordic-Baltic Leaders' Statement on Ukraine 14. February 2025 - Nordic-Baltic Leaders' Statement (Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden). Please note where you find these countries located in the graph above. Europe isen't just 'Europe' in this context, there are certainly shades and nuances to the situation, which there thus also should be to the discussion.

Munich Security Conference 2025 (MSC2025)[Friday, February 14th 2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.] : The U.S. in the World - J.D. Vance, Vice President, United States of America. I have never before spent time really listening to Mr. Vance before. I simply must say : Godd***it he is good! He is of another, - totally different! - caliber [or breed] of a speaker than the incumbent POTUS. The messages from Mr. Vance passes pretty clear and as obvious into the content inside the upper part of my Northern European, semi-thick, semi-neanderthaloid skull. Does anyone hear anything in the speech by Mr. Vance below the three upper levels in Graham's Hierarchy of Disagreement? :

Welcome in the arena , @dipod

CEO Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen was specifically asked about it in an interview a few days ago. [I think it must have been in connection with the release last week of the Annual Report for 2024, which I'm still digesting and chewing on.] Mr. Jørgensen said he considered it manageable for the company, because the company already has production and production capacity in the US. The answer was phrased in a way, that I perceived it as not just a triviality, though. - - - o 0 o - - - Edit : Here is the interview : Bloomberg - Industries - Health [February 5th 2025] : Novo Sees Ozempic Boom Prompting Another Sales Surge.