The exodus of Wall Street from Ukriane.

Goldman Sachs is leaving Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. 

I think it is appropriate to recognize the sacrifice these larger corporations are making in leaving these countries. While diplomacy assists in setting up a path to enter a country and bring prosperity, there is still a lot of investment in real estate and the process of competently setting up a profit structure that provides shareholders their percentage. 

I think we need to realize how there is a downside to doing the right thing for Wall Street. I can't fathom a guess to what it is costing a firm like Goldman to rip up their roots and move on.

I am sure the CEOs had great hopes for their venture into Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. It has had to be difficult bringing a team together to successfully rip up their roots and call it a failure to some extent in the face of blatant aggression by a Russian president they had come to trust.

It wasn't as though the recent past tells us anything except to proceed cautiously.

PUBLIC LAW 112–208—DEC. 14, 2012 (click here)

On December 7 (2020) —following years of debate (click here) among member states—the European Union finally adopted the European Magnitsky Act, establishing a global human rights sanctions regime that allows the EU to freeze the assets of, ban entry to, and prohibit dealings with human rights abusers wherever they may be located. The EU joins the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada, which have similar Magnitsky legislation. The European Magnitsky Act has some limitations, but if implemented and enforced consistently, it has the potential to make a large impact in the global fight against human rights abuse because of the opportunity it creates for the United States and Europe to coordinate their efforts together....

Putin absolutely hates these laws. I think he just hates democracy.

A presentation of history that is absolutely incredible.

This is an absolutely stunning reality of Ukraine and historical violence. (click here)

It is no surprise Ukraine can only be governed by Ukranians.

They thought they were safe this time. No NATO membership, dismantling of any nuclear weapons, pledged to peace and neutrality and a strong anti-corruption agenda. Public officials that were young, vital with profiles that dictated peace and not aggression.

I guess so long as their are despots in the world trying to portray a peaceful, non-violent stance is worthless. Unfortunately. Even dangerous.

I applied to work and was accepted to help with the census. I was never asked to work.

This looks like racism to me. When firm numbers are established, all that redistricting will be challenged in court.

March 10, 2022
By Bill Keveney

The nation's Latino population (click here) was undercounted in the 2020 census at a level more than three times that of the 2010 census, according to estimates U.S. Census Bureau estimates announced Thursday.

The Black population along with Native Americans living on reservations also were undercounted at higher levels in the 2020 census, while non-Hispanic white people and Asian Americans were overcounted, according to comparative demographic data released in conjunction with a Census Bureau virtual presentation.

Census officials acknowledged unique challenges with the 2020 census, particularly the COVID-19 pandemic and related lockdowns in 2020.

A nearly 5% undercount of Latino people was more than three times larger the population's 2010 undercount (1.54%), marking the biggest differentiation by far for any racial or ethnic group since 2010....

Only one witness is necessary to prove ethnic cleansing. I am confident there are others.

Nearly 78 percent of the population of Ukraine is Ukrainian. A small ethnic population of Russians is less than 18 percent. The rest are other minor ethnicities.

The official language is Ukrainian. The people can speak Russian if they want to without prejudice. 

The death rate of Ukrainians improved since 2019 and is down 14.7 percent with a longevity of 71.76 years. Median age of men and women is 36 to 37 years old. 

10 March 2022
By Rachel Bunyan

A captured Russian commander (click here) has revealed he was told to shoot civilians and was part of a unit sent to capture Kharkiv in three days.

The man, a platoon leader in Russia's military according to Ukrainian authorities, said Vladimir Putin had ordered the troops to occupy the city of Kharkiv before advancing and capturing other Ukrainian cities.

The soldier, who has not been named, said they were told to 'open fire' on the civilian population in Kharkiv, after they landed in Ukraine at the beginning of Russia's barbaric invasion on 24 February....

Doctors Without Borders

Doctors Without Borders are sending medical supplies to Ukraine (click here to donate). 

Needless to say, the bombing of the hospitals in Ukriane have their attention.

It is an organization that values women's leadership (click here).

They go where the patients are. (click here)

 

FACT!

I have received word that a Scottish man has been killed in Ukraine. How many of the dead are foreign nationals? Will we ever know? Are some in mass graves? This widow has her husband coming back to her for a proper funeral. At the very least, NATO has a right to be involved. Obviously, NATO beiieves their distancing from the war in Ukraine will satisfy Putin to prevent a greater war. There should be a descriptor that goes along with that idea, "...for now."

The lies keep mounting. Russia has a long history of never acting to end the Syrian attacks on civilians either, be they hospitals or barrel bombs of chlorine. Here again, if those attacks are by militias, they belong to the insurgents of the civil war in the east. Putin has no control over his allies. That is an excuse since he is arming them.

Ukraine said three civilians died (click here) after Russia bombed a maternity hospital in Mariupol on Wednesday.

Russia's foreign minister said Thursday, without giving evidence, that it was occupied by Ukrainian militia.

Multiple images showed bloodied civilians being rescued from the wreckage.