They both said they wanted corridors for civilians. But yet couldn't agree to it. One of the sides is lying obviously. Or both. lol

Greek colonies/Iranian tribes/nomads. Jewish Turkic Khazars with Seljuk mercenaries. Mongols/The Golden Horde. Crimean Khanate under Ottoman protection. ....Now I'm not exactly sure if the Ottomans ever formally actually annex the Crimean ...

Nope don't need them for that. Just killing time since its Presidents day here and futures market closed 3 hours ago lol.

Yeah unfortunately you're right. Now is exactly when the Politicians will come out of their ditches. They are nowhere when you really need them. Once the moment passes they'll be now arguing and gossiping about it for years.

Good round up Igrok. Hopefully, we can all move on now. I want the Baseball strike resolved.

I think Morocco was the first country to recognize the United States. They did that so that they could raid American shipping. Since they had a deal not to raid Britain ships.

feels pretty anti-climatic so far. But someone out there is probably outraged by it.

a Car Explosion? Oh please, I was watching a Charles Bronson movie last night. It's going to take more than that to impress me.

Will Ukraine already fall apart please. SO western Ukraine can join Poland. for Greater Poland already.. that's the only way I'm getting a horse in this race being 1/2 Polish.

The market might ignore this news for a few days. The focus might be on good earnings coming out of the U.S.A until those rallies fade.

Deploying troops in case of Omicron wave. Sounds like a Zombie Apocalypse.

Governemnt spending does lead to bigger paychecks but thats what corruption is.

We will find out TMRW how united the Catalans are... Spain put a lot of spin on everything over the weekend.. do their best.. PR work. Did it get to the Catalans heads ... They are in uncharted waters.. almost like the French Republic was when they ...

Legal base.. means lawyers... which is more Madrid style anyways bureaucrats.

The difference between France and Germany... is that France was subjugated by the Romans... Germany wasn't.... ROMANS = Centralization. Germany Tribes = a people with a common enemy the Romans... The culture of the two started to differentiate.. its ...

LMAO - you're hilarious

Omg. I did google it. Tribal confederation against the Roman. Big deal. It was still decentralized. Bismarck was after Napoleon. And i know about the holy roman empire. It was more centralized at the start. And it decentralized during rennansance. ...

Germany was under descandants of charlegme aka holy roman empire than over the next thousand years it systematically decentralized more and more. Only thing that snapped it back together and the whole concept of nationalism is when napoleon trounced ...

Nationalized germany is just a response to the french republic. Its a reaction. It wont last.

They need madrid only as a bidder for their products same as all the other more populated areas of western europe. They dont need madrid or their king as an oversee er. Madrid was a thing during the era of colonization and trade with carribean.