This is one of those reality moments when a few more people might scratch their puzzlers and, if we are lucky, possibly awaken themselves to the reality of World War Reddit.
It was not long ago when MSM headlines were all about how Russia was to blame for starving people around the world as a result of Ukraine farming shortages caused by war. As the narrative was told, specifically as it reflected in massive food inflation, the EU and corporate media said the global grain market was missing the farm output from Ukraine, ergo grain prices skyrocketed; ie. Russia bad.
Well, how does this story reconcile with that narrative? According to Reuters reporting, the EU is telling all member states they must take massive shipments of grain and excessive grain commodities into their country even if it collapses the market price. Poland and Hungary said they don’t want the excessive harvest outputs; the EU is telling them they must take them.
Funny how that global famine narrative now disappears under the weight of excessive commodity outputs from Ukraine. Farming output going well in Ukraine. Weirdest war outcome ever. lolol
WARSAW, April 16 (Reuters) – Unilateral action on trade by European Union member states is unacceptable, the bloc’s executive said on Sunday, after Poland and Hungary announced bans on grain and other food imports from Ukraine to protect their local agricultural sectors.
After Russia’s invasion blocked some Black Sea ports, large quantities of Ukrainian grain, which is cheaper than that produced in the European Union, ended up staying in Central European states due to logistical bottlenecks, hitting prices and sales for local farmers.
[…] “We are aware of Poland and Hungary’s announcements regarding the ban on imports of grain and other agricultural products from Ukraine,” a spokesperson for the European Commission said in an emailed statement.
“In this context, it is important to underline that trade policy is of EU exclusive competence and, therefore, unilateral actions are not acceptable.” “In such challenging times, it is crucial to coordinate and align all decisions within the EU,” the statement added.
[…] Solsky said at the weekend that 500,000 to 700,000 tonnes of various [Ukraine] agricultural products cross the Polish border every month, including grain, vegetable oil, sugar, eggs, meat and other products. (read more)
Old narrative “Russia is starving the world”… New narrative “Excessive Ukraine harvests must be accepted”… Any questions?
Run the European farmers out of business by flooding the market. These will teach those pesky Dutch farmers. It also keeps space between the place of production and the end user (longer supply chains). This makes it so much easier for the Globalists to control the situation.
Europe would be wise to fight this tooth and nail. You can’t shut down farming industry and simply flip a switch to fire it back up. Don’t fall for it.
Are they trying to starve the equatorial countries to death? We already know that this “green” energy boondoggle is crunching agricultural production in the “first” world. Something nefarious seems afoot.
Yes, I think that (starving) is in the works but the shorter term goal is to have governments encourage their citizens to migrate here and in Europe. They will have no choice as they learn food shortages are imminent. Can’t really blame the leaders either because they know what awaits them in a nation of hungry people.
There’s simply no reason that grain in excess to what Europe needs (if it even needs extra) couldn’t be sold to other poorer nations. Like I said I think the combined goal/plan was to cause mass migration and then ruin the farming industry of Europe. Again, once food production is closed down good luck restarting it. Now the Globalist completely control the food supply lines to Europe and its Checkmate. They will have no choice but to do as commanded.
Granted that is/was probably part of their grand masterplan. However as M. Tyson says “Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face.” Well the Neocons and Globalists here and in Europe have taken a couple left hooks and a right cross. I believe they are now in process of losing control as other countries are calling their bluff. Just have to pray they don’t completely lose it and blow the entire world to hell.
A total wickedness, to bring about conditions of starvation.
The Great Depression, Holodomor, Weimer Republic
Democrats have been starving people since the Dawn of Time.
“Democrats have been starving people since the Dawn of Time.”
Unless. . .
They can “buy” millions upon millions upon millions of votes by giving out FREE meal-tickets to their “community” constituency.
“Farming output going well in Ukraine.”
I guess Putin forgot to target tractors and combines.
I thought they would have drafted all the farmers
This is obviously a diabolical Russian scheme to make the Continent fat and unhealthy!
In the next decade diabetes, heart disease, obesity, and… my god!… human flatulence will skyrocket in Europe.
Oh, the horror of human greenhouse gases!!!
It may take YEARS to win this war, but that Putin is one brilliant fighter. And killing the EU with their own deadly produce. 🙀
Fire up the vodka stills! Lemonade out of lemons for cryin out loud!
Nazdrovi, comrade! 🥂
Slovakia joins Poland and Hungary in halting Ukraine grain imports
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/17/slovakia-joins-poland-hungary-halting-ukraine-grain-imports
I’m with Hungary.
So THIS is why they’re so scared of the Ukraine document leaks |
Redacted with Clayton Morris – YouTube
so has this grain been gmo’ed with mrna to thin the population that the vax didn’t??
like cholera-infested blankets?
Ohh, c’mon maaan, that is an old propaganda anecdote to make us sympathize with the Injuns. The FACT is that the so-called “native americans” were so scalp-hungry that the morons — who had not even discovered, much less invented, the wheel by the way — dug up corpses which had died from that smallpox pandemic and took the infected scalps home where they infected everybody else. Kinda stupid when you think about it but hindsight has a tendency to be 100%. Unfortunately, many so-called “historians” — a liar like Howie Zinn comes to mind — still propagate this false narrative.
I do believe I read recently that Hungary was concerned about over use of pesticides of Ukrainian grain and may well have mentioned what you wrote.
Funny, I can’t find the article now.
Speaking of Ukrainian Imports, remember when Pelosi imported Azov NAZIS to smash windows at the Capitol and blame it on Real President Trump?
Just your basic Kristallnacht Blackshirt from the Maidan Color Revolution
Rest in the Vine: Nancy’s NAZIS: “What I saw leading up to the US Capitol attack”
by J. Michael Waller
cross posted at https://freedomaustralia.freeforums.net/thread/3289/eu-solidarity-non-member-ukraine
So they lied to us while they screwed us with unecessary food inflations?
Thank a Democrat.
Modern politics is predicated upon the people having short memories.
And that is what Budweiser is counting on.
I say topple Budweiser and their parent company.
That is so true!
Sadly, these “Don’t try ruining my day with bad news” folks, are killing us!
EU member nations who stand up for their nation’s sovereign wealth, future, citizens – may they withdraw their consent to be governed by such as these?
“EU exclusive competence” – was that term in the original agreement?
What does that even mean?
Is this a form of Tourette’s Syndrome where instead of spewing obscenities the afflicted person spews gibberish?
No, it’s control. Lesser entities don’t need to know why, they just need to do as we say.
Nice country you got there, too bad if you were out of favor with both Russia and the EU……
The Grain harvest was 6 months ago. This doesn’t make sense.
wheat and rye are springtime harvests
Grain stores well even at industrial scale, so the timing might not be significant in that regard, unless Ukraine does a Winter wheat season as well as a Summer, then things would be backing up about now and put an impetus on moving last year’s harvest out, but I’m not sure if they do have two harvests a year like that.
I am tempted to ask if there’s some sort of ploy here to try to keep European grain storage levels low, claiming economic hardship for local farming in order to resist imports and to allow local stocks to dwindle.
I agree it seems to make little sense, but we do have the derpiest people running that show . . .
It’s no longer just Poland and Hungary. Slovakia is also banning Ukraine’s grain and Bulgaria is also considering doing the same.
These countries have resigned their sovereignty and right to choose what is best for their own country and their people.
The unelected bureaucrat “elites” have no concern for the people of Europe.
They are still claiming Russia blocked Black Sea grain exports.
Whilst ignoring that an agreement was hammered out to allow such but Ukraine and our Derps violated that agreement and attacked Russian vessels positioned to protect those shipments.
Team Famine shut down that route, not the Russians.
Team Famine, nice
yes, very apt!
In the background is the WAR that the Berlin/EU (German proxy) is waging against Poland and Hungary.
There is an election in Poland in October and the ruling Law and Justice Party is leading in the polls, seeking its third straight election win.
This situation is very threatening to the EU elites since Berlin via EU has taken over the entire ex-Soviet power structure (Deep State) in Poland, keeping in place Soviet era judges that are doing to the Poles what the Deep State did to President Trump.
The problem for Berlin is that most of these judges are way past their retirement age (refusing to resign) and new judges are appointed by Law and Justice Parliament and the President that is from Law and Justice Party.
Another 4 year term and the problem for Poland will resolve itself, while the Germans and their United States of Europe will be left with their hands in the bedpan.
So anything the EU can do to topple the Polish gov. (think Italy in 2011 and 2019) they will do.
The Ukrainian grain is just another weapon in the EU quiver.
As for Hungary, since Orban is now aligned with Germany (in reality Austria and Germany) in terms of Russia, the EU is backing off on subverting him.
But once the dust settles, it will be open season on Orban again.
The Eastern European farmers are advising that the influx of Ukraine grain is putting them out of business. Also note that there is NO quality control with regard to the grain that Ukraine exported. The issue, at the time everyone was so wound up about the alleged blockade of Ukraine grain (unable to leave the port as, interestingly, Ukraine had put mines in the Black Sea), was that Africa would ‘starve’. Not ONE kernel of Ukraine grain made it to Africa. Instead, it is overwhelming the grain farmers of Eastern Europe, forced to take an inferior product.
When they hammered out the agreement to ship via the Black Sea I was surprised to see that only a small fraction was intended to go to Africa, most was to EU countries.
Actually, about 30% of it was to go to Africa. https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/09/1126811
I ask, what’s this “MUST” crap?
Have people really forgotten who outnumbers whom & what those who fought back achieved throughout history?
“Unilateral actions are not acceptable”. No wonder the EU hates nationalism and patriotism. Sovereignity has no place in the New World Order …
it’s really interesting to watch the totalitarians sell-out their own countries to protect their money-laundering businesses.
This is no different than Biden shutting down our energy independence to protect his crime family and corrupt cronies.
War, what war?
The collapses of industries, power supplies, food production, old organizations like NATO, IMF, UN and depressions in most “western” countries are lining up to appear some lunatic like Klaus Schwab is actually in control.
How much grain from the U.S. and other countries will pass thru Ukraine to the market from “Ukraine farmers”
Satellite photos of their fields of grain or scientific proof of the grain and where it was grown please
The grain is not only rotten and full of weevils from sitting in silos for 2 years without being rotated, it is also full of toxic chemicals forbidden by law in the EU in any kind of food product. Slovakia has burned all the grain it received, others will follow. It is literally unusable.
Slava Weevilli!
We raise a lot of wheat. I have a geneology book in German from when Mennonites brought winter wheat to Kansas from Ukraine 160 years ago.
In war, if the grain merchants didn’t dry the wheat in the bins because of time and high gas prices, to below 13% moisture, the wheat is hog food.
Egypt is the largest wheat importer/consumer. Their version of free food or food stamps for the poor is free bread. I wouldn’t put it past some gubment bakery to make inferior baked goods.
Soros and Biden are not satisfied with merely destroying the U.S. economy, they are now set on punishing Europe. It is time for EU members to leave the f**ked European Union and it is up to us Patriotic Americans to weed put the corruption now rife in DC!
We must stop paying federal taxes…
On April 12, 2023 (4 days prior to the above Reuters’ article), Reuters posted one entitled: Kremlin Warns Outlook For Black Sea grain deal ‘is Not so great'” Everything is connected. Kremlin makes statement/demands and proxy-war buds respond.
FTA: The Kremlin warned on Wednesday that the outlook for extending a deal beyond May 18 that allows the safe wartime export of grain and fertilizer from several Ukrainian Black Sea ports was not great as Russia’s own such exports still faced obstacles.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/kremlin-says-outlook-black-sea-grain-deal-is-not-so-great-2023-04-12/
There is good news. With the mandates, the wheat shipped is not graded and the insects are additional protein.
I don’t know an American flour mill that would touch this.