Russia lost 27 million in WW2. That is the basis of their fear of NATO and of Europe. That is the reason why this war in Ukraine happened. Europe has invaded Russia twice in history, and it isn’t an abstract thought that there could be a third invasion. In fact, Russia considers NATO’s reckless expansion eastward as the third — stealth — invasion.
No Ukraine Involvement
The US should stay out of the Ukraine situation. Not in our national interest to get involved in any way. This war was caused by NATO’s reckless expansion eastward.
Instead of constantly taking an adversarial position relative to the interests of Russia, the US should see and understand their point of view on issues and be willing to compromise.
Intermittent Fasting
I’ve been doing 19:5 for a very long time. Eat just one large meal around noon and stop eating around 4 pm. Snack in those last 4 hours. Lately have been doing something like 21:3 3 times a week because I can swim on those days in an indoor pool and so it is easier to push back the big meal from 11 am. to 1 pm.
Goal is to increase the time I’m in ketosis in order to burn more body fat. I’ve gotten pretty close to my ideal weight, but am still interested in reducing body fat as much as possible. I think that when one plateaus and isn’t losing any weight, one can still be reducing body fat.
I call myself an “almost vegan,” as I follow Joel Fuhrman’s GBOMBS diet but eat a small amount of turkey every day, but no dairy. Very focused on both ketosis and autophagy. For autophagy, I’m trying to do one 48-hour fast each month — the first Monday of each month. I find that if I can be very busy with things during that Monday, it is easier to go without food that whole day. But if I’m idle, then it is a problem.
With IF, I’ve dropped from 195 to 146 — I’m 5’7″. I think my ideal weight is 140. But a very lean 140. I think the 3 days doing 21:3 will get me there.
Odyssey
In life, each man is on an odyssey of sorts, whether they go far or near.
Defund Consequences
The defund the police movement has made cities unlivable. Witness today’s attack on a NYC subway.
Ukraine War — Current Status
Not Easy
Nothing is easy.
Roubles, Not Dollars
Since Russia demanded to be paid in roubles for their natural gas and oil, the rouble has rebounded from its US-sanctions low and gotten all the way back to even. So one might say that the sanctions have proven to be a failure. And perhaps, worse than a failure, in that they have caused huge inflation in the West — because of the absence of Russian commodties — and even called into question the continued support for the petrodollar regime of the last 50 years.
The Russian also pegged their rouble to gold. So are we seeing the re-emergence of a gold standard and the demise of the all-powerful dollar?
Sugar
Sugar addiction is very common now, as the food industry when they took out fat and labelled everything “low fat” to get customers compensated by adding sugar to everything, which of course is a health disaster for the American public.
I always check the ingredient list of everything I buy and specifically the little subsection where they indicated whether there is “added sugar”. I want to see a zero there and even the claim on the package “No Added Sugar”. Some food companies are getting the message that added sugar isn’t healthy and are moving in that direction now.
More Ukrainian Lies/Propaganda
The Ukrainians are creating fake battle scenes to incriminate the Russians with the West and bring in the West into the conflict. Don’t buy it.
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