Supernovice

Busy morning- Russia to declare 'martial law' on Friday? That's the rumor.  No more flights out of Russia between now and then so people are driving out.  Couple tech guys I spoke to had some very interesting conversations w/ border guards on the way out. They had arranged for "temporary remote work" to get out- phones were checked, took them forever to cross.

Also Nuclear deal w/ Iran to be signed in~72 hrs...their oil is back on the market.

13 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

They are going overhead every 10 minutes here.  Could just be training exercises from Westover but very unusual to have this many.

There's at least 1 Army C-130 out from Windsor Locks...did a loop over Leominster and returning now. Looks to be training

Can’t have a stock market crash if you don’t open the stock market.

In any case official language is out from the EU it’s all over but the crying. Happy hunting.

This seems less than ideal, via Russian State TV just now:

16 minutes ago, Sugarloaf1989 said:

I heard on Euro news that the opening for the Russian market on Monday could be very bad for the Ruble. 

It’s going to be a f-ing bloodbath

Bid is 173 for RUB to USD. Was 83 on Friday. Edit:171

13 hours ago, Supernovice said:

It’s actually much worse than that- ruble to zero. Putin’s options are very very limited now and not in a good way.

On cue:

7 minutes ago, PhineasC said:

When Putin doesn't slow down or stop at all what will you say then? I get that you still think the almighty USD markets still dominate global politics like it's 1980 and cryptocurrencies and the yuan aren't having an impact. These sanctions will hurt the EU and US almost as much as they hurt Russia, but keep pimping them, I guess.

Bro I’m muting you for awhile. Don’t have time for your shit. Suggest you pick a career and stick to it: either a YouTube schooled epidemiologist, or supposedly ceo of a u.s. defense contractor who repeats Russian propaganda basically word for word. Wild shit. Either way have a good one, or don’t, idgaf tbh.

5 minutes ago, PhineasC said:

Won't stop him at all. He can still bank with China and the Europeans desperately need his oil. He can still raise capital by selling them all the oil they can handle.

Go away.

11 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

I think if that comes to pass we could see Russia based cyber attacks against European and US financial institutions.  
Good times. 

6 minutes ago, mreaves said:

There have been stories that Putin has spent the time since the Crimea annexation making Russia better prepared to withstand sanctions. Paying down foreign debt, integrating Russian exports into Western European economies etc. Also, and you may have been the one to mention this, the Chinese have a competitor to SWIFT they’ve been trying to boost called CIPS, if I’m remembering correctly. 

To your point yes- he’s going to lash out at the west and Ukraine… it’s not going to be pretty.

Ya trust me swift is one thing and more symbolic than anything else due to the sanctions put in place last week but…. Seizing/ freezing cb assets is an act of war. No two ways about it. It cannot be overstated how big of a deal this is- provided there aren’t gigantic loopholes- Just wow

27 minutes ago, Hoth said:

Bank runs secured. 

It’s actually much worse than that- ruble to zero. Putin’s options are very very limited now and not in a good way.

I’m absolutely stunned by the below. This is literal insanity. Putin is about to get very very desperate. Ruble is going to zero on Monday/ Sunday night.

While I’m posting tonight- I’ll actually add some value and not exclusively shitpost.

My IT guys and girls are freaking the f out- they have been told to expect cyber attacks on U.S. assets. My advice to all of you is to keep a super sharp eye on your emails, phishing etc. if you own crypto (not that you aren’t already paranoid) but be very very skeptical. I know we have some defense related business owners here- I’m sure they are in the loop too.

Having said that,  please provide me your SSN and mother’s maiden name and I’ll be happy to cross reference that to known ongoing hacks. Jk jk.

11 minutes ago, NorEastermass128 said:

I was thinking of that post of yours earlier today.  I’m confident you’ll be wrong, but boy…

Oh for sure…I was being hyperbolic.

I didn’t think Putin would actually do it at the time, but here we are. 

Seems Ukraine is putting up some fierce resistance. Tonight will be telling.

On 12/9/2021 at 9:55 PM, Supernovice said:

Gallows humor,  but laughing thinking about those saying it doesn’t snow in New England anymore…boy their tunes will change during the nuclear winter (summer) of 2022.

Just re-upping this so I can get a much needed laugh and say “I told you so”. What an awful few days with little sleep.

Dark day in history.

Anyone see what’s going in the N.Atlantic?

Extra-tropical storm is bombing out, down 55mb in 24 hours, 77 in the last 48. Can we get that off the BM pls?

We looking at flooding in downtown Boston and other prone areas- or are the tides not going to align?

2 hours ago, DavisStraight said:

Actually just going up 50 cents isn't too bad, I've seen a much bigger increase in my area

Ya no sh*t. Hence me calling out that embarrassing piece of ‘journalism’.

This was actually published in the NYT today- Embarrassing.

prob sounds familiar to some of you guys tho based on the convo

1 hour ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

Kev must have early onset dementia...always disoriented. 

Did he get vaxxed? It’s a well known side-effect

2 minutes ago, Torch Tiger said:

how?

I'm going to count to three...everyone face east and blow out of their mouths as hard as they can... ok? 1-2-3. done- west trend stopped.

2 hours ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Wait.. you have under 1” left ? Wtf 

2 hours ago, Ginx snewx said:

No 3 or 4 inches 

40 minutes ago, PhineasC said:

I tried to get the Starlink beta here but was declined. Too far north, I guess?

From a grain marketer in Saskatchewan. I don’t know how it works eligibility wise…but I think it’s still in ‘beta’ so possible coverage areas are still limited?

edit: should try reading entire posts before responding

On a brighter note- tell me what you see in the below?

If you guessed a StarLink satellite dish being rendered inoperable by stray cats (due to the heat generated on a comparatively cold day) you’re correct. Would have also accepted: a dream holiday snowpack.

Anyways this cracks me up for a variety of reasons.

If this were to verify: fastest trans-continental flights ever? Paging @Typhoon Tip

Either way- this all seems very normal and nothing to think twice about.