Posted on 09/20/2022 5:18:49 AM PDT by Rummyfan
For first time since the end of the Second World War, continental Europe is facing shortages: of food and, crucially, of energy. During the war, as the tide inexorably turned against National Socialist Germany after the disastrous battle of Stalingrad in 1943, the Third Reich was ground to powder by the Stalinist U.S.S.R. and the Western allies, principally the United States, with some help from a reeling Great Britain. The brutal winter of 1944-45 saw the Germans reduced to salvaging firewood from the wreckage of their principal cities and eating the animals in the zoos in order to survive.
Germany and Britain now face another tough winter, but this time the crisis is of their own making. Deluded by their Leftist parties, including the so-called "Greens" (like watermelons, green on the outside, communist red on the inside), and frivolously stampeded by a cataclysmic earthquake/tsunami in a country 5,600 miles away, the panicked Europeans suddenly abandoned their nuclear facilities while simultaneous pivoting away from reliable sources of energy in order to pursue quixotic fantasies of "renewable" energy that will never come true. What did socialists use before candles? Electricity
Europe is in the middle of an energy crisis. Uncertainty over the flow of natural gas owing to Russia’s war in Ukraine has caused a spike in prices. The price of natural gas has soared to as much as $500 per barrel of oil equivalent, 10 times the normal average, fueling fears of winter shortages and cold homes.
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https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/german-producer-prices-post-record-jump-august-2022-09-20/
BERLIN, Sept 19 (Reuters) - German producer prices rose in August at their strongest rate since records began both in annual and monthly terms, driven mainly by soaring energy prices, raising the chances that headline inflation will surge even higher.
Producer prices of industrial products increased by 45.8% on the same month last year, the Federal Statistical Office reported on Tuesday. Compared to July 2022, prices rose 7.9%, it added.
The surge was considerably stronger than expected, with analysts having forecast a 37.1% year-on-year rise and a 1.6% monthly rise, according to a Reuters poll.
In July, the year-on-year increase had been 37.2% and in June 32.7%.
Inflation in Europe’s largest economy is running at 8.8%, as a dearth in Russian fossil fuel deliveries following the invasion of Ukraine and imposition of Western sanctions has led to skyrocketing energy prices.
Now, surging costs are seen in not only oil and gas but also electricity, said LBBW economist Jens-Oliver Niklasch.
Producer prices for intermediate goods also rose significantly, up 17.5% on the year, driven mainly by a 19.9% surge in metals prices.
According to the PM (Viktor Orban), the EU is “shooting itself in the foot,” as Russia sanctions could cause “40% of EU industry to shut down” this winter.
After former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has left the political arena, “Europe no longer has a leader who defends the continent’s interests,” Orban said.
He added that the EU will collapse by 2030, and “Muslim migrants” will become a majority in France.
Orban described the Russian invasion of Ukraine as a “local conflict,” which was expanded by Western meddling. According to him, the war will last until 2030 and will see Ukraine losing up to half of its territory.
>>>According to the PM (Viktor Orban), the EU is “shooting itself in the foot,” as Russia sanctions could cause “40% of EU industry to shut down” this winter.<<<
European “greens” are secretly smiling. They don’t care if thousands of grannies freeze to death: they are just human parasites on Mother Earth Goddess Gaia.
Their true philosophy is best summed up by a statement I heard on NPR between a host and a “climate change” guest:
“We have to destroy the economy to save the planet.”
They both laughed about this.
Are the Germans in for a difficult winter? Yes. They will learn the hard way not to trust and enrich Russia. And in the medium to long run they will be better off. Russia is flaring off millions of dollars of gas that they can’t sell every day. They will have to cap those well heads before winter as their customers are now gone forever. Nord Stream 1 is never coming back online.
This is going to be interesting....
🔥🔥🔥Topics. Main (GlavMedia):
And now Putin has gathered representatives of the Russian military-industrial complex and is holding a meeting with them. The gears have moved, the mechanism has finally been launched.
Russian military equipment effectively withstands Western weapons, it has proven itself: Putin
🔥🔥🔥The referendum on DPR’s entry into the Russian Federation will be held Sept. 23-27, Pushilin said🔥🔥🔥
IL RUSSO 🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺, [9/20/2022 5:10 AM]
🔥🔥🔥IN THE EVENING PRESIDENT PUTIN SPEAKS 🔥🔥🔥
IL RUSSO 🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺, [9/20/2022 5:13 AM]
🔥🔥🔥Preparations are already underway to mobilize everything in unit headquarters🔥🔥🔥
IL RUSSO 🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺, [9/20/2022 5:21 AM]
🔥🔥🔥From September 23 to 27, 2022, the referendum will also be held in the Kherson region - the head of the Kherson region CAA 🔥🔥🔥
IL RUSSO 🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺, [9/20/2022 5:29 AM]
🔥🔥🔥A referendum on joining Russia will be held in the Zaporozhye region only on the liberated territory, then we will liberate the remaining territories, - V. Rogov
It will not be possible to hold a referendum in Zaporozhye even remotely, so as not to endanger the people living there🔥🔥🔥
IL RUSSO 🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺, [9/20/2022 5:56 AM]
🔥🔥🔥The current situation confirms that the people of Donbass want to be masters of their own destiny. This was stated by Sergei Lavrov to Pavel Zarubin for the program “Moscow. Kremlin. Putin.
“From the very beginning of the special military operation, and in general, in the period preceding it, we said that the peoples of the respective territories should decide their fate. And the whole current situation confirms that they want to be masters of their own fate,” he said. Russian Foreign Minister, commenting on reports of referendums in the DPR and LPR🔥🔥🔥
IL RUSSO 🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺, [9/20/2022 6:20 AM]
🔥🔥🔥Poll of the Crimean RIPSI: 94% of the residents of the DPR, 93% of the residents of the LPR, in the Zaporozhye region 87% and in the Kherson region 80% support joining Russia. 86% of respondents are ready to come to the polling stations in the DPR, 87% in the LPR, 83% in the Zaporozhye region, and 72% in the Kherson region🔥🔥🔥
IL RUSSO 🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺, [9/20/2022 6:27 AM]
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🔥🔥🔥President Vladimir Putin may take action today on referenda in the LPR, DPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions
The media report this, citing sources🔥🔥🔥
IL RUSSO 🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺, [9/20/2022 6:20 AM]
Another Ukrainian Telegram channel...
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#rumors #layout The
referendum will be in the LDNR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions.
The referendum will be in electronic form, because there is a risk of physical destruction of polling stations, which will become the number 1 goal for the Office of the President, we wrote about this back on August 9 .
It should be understood that Putin was in no hurry with the referendum, as the European leaders promised him that they would put pressure on Zelensky and there would be peace negotiations, but now everyone knows that there will be no negotiations, the “ spring story ” is being repeated, which means that the rules of the game are changing, the stakes are rising .
Remember one nuance, the increase in rates by the Kremlin means that now there will be no negotiations, up to the capitulation of one or the other side. Also, this will mean the use of a wider range of weapons and the declaration of official war.
Previously, it was still possible to organize a certain “Minsk-3”, but after the referendums it will no longer be possible.
It does not mean anything good for the civilian population. Life will become even more difficult, and more devastation.
Telegram
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#layout #rumors #referendum
Everyone has already heard that the Russians can hold a referendum online.
Our sources say that the Kremlin sees the online referendum as a multi-level instrument with an eye to the future.
Sources explain that...
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