© Office of the President of UkraineUkraine President Volodymyr Zelensky in conference with BlackRock's Larry Fink (Upper left)
Most recently, we began investing in new construction, purpose-built for-rent housing developments... Our focus is on building single-family rental housing...furthermore, BlackRock invests in multifamily properties, apartment complexes, and other residential real estate. As of March 31, 2022, BlackRock has invested $120 billion into the U.S. residential real estate rental market.The Times article touted the meeting as a discussion on "how to attract investment in the country's war-ravaged economy." According to a statement released by Zelensky's office, Fink provided "pro bono advice" on "setting up a reconstruction fund in support of the recovery of the Ukrainian economy" and this "fund" would accept money from both "public and private investors".
Well isn't Mr. Fink just a humanitarian! (How much of this money will actually go to the people, rather than the elites? I'd be willing to wager — zilch.)
But now, all the pieces are coming together....
Yesterday morning, the Russian news agency reported that Zelensky was planning to launch a "patronage program" offered to foreign entities, both public and private. From Zelensky's own words just this past Tuesday:
"Even now, we create a special patronage system. The system will enable leading countries and companies to take patronage over the reconstruction of Ukrainian regions, cities, industries, and enterprises."The president alleged that a host of countries was interested in the program, including the United States, and additionally touted the move towards globalism and "green energy":
"We are already integrating Ukraine into the European Union. We have already become a part of the EU Single Market. We will become a part of the EU institutions. We have already joined the EU Single Energy System. We will become those whose potential in 'green' energy will replace dirty Russian fossil fuel for Europe."So let me get this straight: Zelensky, under apparent "pro bono" advice from Fink, created a "patronage" scheme, which would auction off Ukrainian jurisdictions to the highest foreign bidder? And then this money would go into a "reconstruction" pot, before it likely disappears? (If we know anything about the notoriously corrupt country, we remain acutely aware of Ukraine's penchant for money laundering, and its utter lack of transparency regarding the gravy train at the expense of America's working class citizens.)
The term "patronage" bears with it an idea that the patron has the "power to control appointments to office or the right to privileges" — in 2015, The Guardian said the country was "marred by corruption so endemic that even the hospitals appear to be infected" — so I wouldn't be at all surprised if Zelensky's program fulfills the full meaning of the word.
Jumping into bed with Wall Street billionaires and corrupt global leaders to sell out your country? Sounds like Joe and Hunter Biden, or Obama, or Dick Cheney, or Chinless Mitch — it appears as though Zelensky is cut from the same cloth as some of the worst traitors in American history.
Comment: What can we say...he's learned from the best!
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US’ President Joe Biden is rattled. He has kept on fuelling the war in Ukraine without realising the fact that every war comes with financial and weaponry compulsions. While the US hasn’t directly engaged in the war, it has put all its force and efforts into pushing its allies towards supporting Ukraine.
The results of all these forceful actions have come with a huge cost for the US as it has infuriated its own long-standing friend and allies. Hence, the US may no longer be able to send weapons to Ukraine. Watch the video to know more.
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Thanks for linking here!!!
snorted some cokie-coca-cola, laughed at the suffering of others....
but little did the finkster ensky realize they were being watched and recorded....
now tis time to pay the reaper I reckon.
BK, 2nd Poem of the Day, 12522 949
We spend billions on our overseas military.
We have 1,000 US military bases we RENT from EU members and global nations.
We invest massively in arms production globally.
Buy the Ukraine!
Manufacture weapons for US use and globally sales in one country, Ukraine!
Move all overseas bases to our own European country!
Sell only to countries open to 'democracy!"
Film border confrontations with Russia and release daily to PAID subscribers!
Drone film capture as major releases, sell German sneak videos to Poland, Poland sneak videos to Czech, France sneak video to Canada.
For once the military will have paid its own way!
Presently that is not the situation and it is a recipe for extinction.
The military is not alive, neither are corporations, nor is any gubment entity for that matter - their energy comes from the People and the People's interest is paramount. Unalive entities trying to dominate need to be exterminated swiftly and then going forward they belong to the People not only in concept but in reality.
Individual members perpetuating suffering of innocence on large-scale need to be identified correctly and then face justice discriminately. I advocate for swift hanging mercifully for those identified fairly by a justice of peers, members of the community, assuming the evidence is rock-solid.
If not that, then just slice off their necks when the chance presents itself and you know you are not alone in sentiment. Because we know who the individuals are perpetuating suffering of innocence and one lie too many is one lie too much.
Ken