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Ukraine is a gold mine US senator
Big News Network ^ | June 10, 2024

Posted on 06/10/2024 6:36:18 AM PDT by McGruff

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To: Navy Patriot

“Faggot Traitor, Illegal Alien Smuggler, Linda Grahamnesty.”

Pretty harsh considering your Putin was in before Lindsey.


61 posted on 06/10/2024 9:04:09 AM PDT by Justa (Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people....)
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To: McGruff

Ukraine is a Gold Mine and guess who gets the Shaft?


62 posted on 06/10/2024 9:08:28 AM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER REV. NIEMOLLER)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

For Russia it also involves the all important geography, they want the coast line and ports, and as much population as possible as well for not only wealth but for growth and positioning.


63 posted on 06/10/2024 9:08:39 AM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: McGruff

What is a “gold mine US Senator”?


64 posted on 06/10/2024 9:12:15 AM PDT by Joann37
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To: Joann37
What is a “gold mine US Senator”?

I think William Randolph Hearst's father may have been one.

65 posted on 06/10/2024 9:29:03 AM PDT by x
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To: dfwgator

America lite


66 posted on 06/10/2024 9:38:39 AM PDT by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
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To: everyone
The Russians must have been watching.


67 posted on 06/10/2024 9:46:48 AM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: mikey_hates_everything

Biden crime family to be exact!!


68 posted on 06/10/2024 10:15:57 AM PDT by RetiredArmy (The Bible speaks truth! Don't believe it, you do so at your own peril. You'd better be right!!)
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To: Williams

Wasn’t Afghanistan supposed to be fabulously full of rare earth metals and other mineral treasures and that was one reason we should keep fighting there endlessly to to prop up a non-existent friendly military and government?


69 posted on 06/10/2024 10:16:35 AM PDT by desertsolitaire (Perhaps the Great Ape Lawgiver in the series Planet of the Apes was correct in his view of humans?)
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To: McGruff

All of Ukraine’s riches—if given freely to us—is only a third our total debt.

I don’t believe a word of what Graham is saying.


70 posted on 06/10/2024 10:20:07 AM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: McGruff

So is that “goldmine” going to give us back all the tax dollars we’ve been sending over there? Of course not, it’s gonna go In their pockets.


71 posted on 06/10/2024 10:22:54 AM PDT by snippy_about_it
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To: McGruff

It's certainly been a "gold mine" for Grahamnesty and his butt boy McLame.

72 posted on 06/10/2024 10:24:16 AM PDT by RasterMaster ("Towering genius disdains a beaten path." - Abraham Lincoln)
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To: McGruff

And the crooked politicians are mining the gold.


73 posted on 06/10/2024 10:26:42 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money. - M. Thatcher)
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To: McGruff
Behind all of the excuses and rationalizations, I believe Putin’s war is simply a war of conquest and greed.

Ego and human nature say he simply wants the wealth of Ukraine, specifically the rich petroleum and mineral wealth that lies below the surface.

And, he also doesn’t want competition from Ukraine for Russia’s oil and natural gas sales to Europe and elsewhere.

And so, because it’s easier to get forgiven than it is to get permission, the simplest way for Putin to satisfy his ego’s desires is to come up with some rationalizations to invade Ukraine and then just take what he wants.

It is what it is. Just ego and human nature acting out, Putin style.

74 posted on 06/10/2024 10:27:43 AM PDT by GBA (Endeavor to persevere. Onward through the fog …)
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To: All

As I noted above, quoting from the World Statistical Report of Energy — the bible of oil/energy for 70 years from BP

UKRAINE HAS NO OIL ABOVE THE CUTOFF

The cutoff is a paltry 300 million barrels. Anything below that doesn’t even get mentioned in the spreadsheet. They don’t have 300 million, they have some number less.

They have nearly no nat gas, but they did make the list at 1 trillion cubic meters. This is nearly nothing. The US burns 900 billion cubic meters/year.

They have coal. Nothing else.

If a report says Russia has control of 60% of their oil, that’s 60% of nothing.

There’s Nothing There.


75 posted on 06/10/2024 10:31:09 AM PDT by Owen (.)
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To: Lazamataz

And this has been going on for a very long time.


76 posted on 06/10/2024 10:32:10 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: McGruff
If we help Ukraine now, they can become the best business partner we ever dreamed of, that $10 to $12 trillion of critical mineral assets could be used by Ukraine and the West

...says the man that paired with John McCain to unlawfully enrich themselves through Ukraine.

77 posted on 06/10/2024 10:34:35 AM PDT by Go Gordon (Cheaper to deport than support!)
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To: McGruff

The actual source has a grammatical headline:

https://www.rt.com/news/599068-ukraine-gold-mine-us/


78 posted on 06/10/2024 10:35:10 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Owen

In the world of oil and gas you must understand numbers.

The US burns 20 million barrels/day. China 15ish. World is 100 million barrels/day.

X 365 = US 7.3 BILLION barrels/year. China 5.5 BILLION barrels/year. World 36.5 BILLION barrels/year.

So if Ukraine’s reserves do not even cross the 300 million threshold you are talking about not even surpassing NOTHINGNESS. 300 million barrels is 0.8% of world annual consumption — and Ukraine did not even make the list with a 300 million barrel minimum. They have less than that.

They Have Nothing.


79 posted on 06/10/2024 10:40:26 AM PDT by Owen (.)
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To: Go Gordon

If the “gold mine” narrative doesn’t work they will switch back to “Russia will conquer Europe.”


80 posted on 06/10/2024 10:43:13 AM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Re-imagine the media!)
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