Well this is good? Hopefully? But who are the “international managers”?

“Beau Barnes, TRS' general counsel, said Friday TRS sold off its shares late last month, losing $3.2 million of its initial $15.6 million investment.

The sale was not mentioned when The Courier Journal asked about TRS' Russian investments earlier this week.

TRS’s remaining exposure to holdings in Russia is proportionately negligible in a portfolio of about $26 billion," Barnes said in a statement Friday.

About $30 million of TRS's $26 billion investment portfolio — around 0.12% — is in Russian investments, Barnes previously said.

All of TRS's Russian investments are through its international managers, Barnes said. It has no internally managed Russian investments.”

https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/education/2022/03/04/amid-russia-invading-ukraine-kentucky-teachers-pension-system-caught-middle/9373911002/

Anonymous wrote:This news from the big Ukraine thread got Moscow Mitch stuck in my head again. The Kentucky Teachers’ pension fund is one of the largest institutional shareholders for both Sberbank and Lukoil.

https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/sbrcy/institutional-holdings?random=6221121054153

I saw this in another forum and went to the Kentucky teachers union fund website. They actually have an external fund manager as well as internal traders (?) thats what I got from it. It would be interesting to know if any of those funds are the external fund management company and who sits on their boards/have a connection to Mitch McConnell or other interesting political figures.

It would also be interesting to see how much of their entire fund is invested in foreign companies, specifically Russian or Chinese. Lets not forget his McConnell's wife.

Anonymous wrote:Talk to me like I’m a child: what’s going to happen to those teachers? SOL?

And also, amazing to see this 2020 thread be so relevant and prescient.

Talk to me like I’m a child: what’s going to happen to those teachers? SOL?

Don’t forget the aluminum plant.

Moscow Mitch indeed. The GOP has been committed to advancing Russia’s interests.

This news from the big Ukraine thread got Moscow Mitch stuck in my head again. The Kentucky Teachers’ pension fund is one of the largest institutional shareholders for both Sberbank and Lukoil.

https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/sbrcy/institutional-holdings?random=6221121054153

Anonymous wrote:This makes me feel just the smidgiest bit better

And...back to full on existential dread

Wow is he sick? Maybe he's got dementia? Isn't coordination affected by dementia? I know they get mean and we have evidence of that. He needs to step down from the Senate and let younger blood in there.

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Anonymous wrote:Hmm, so it is a front for the Kremlin

8/20/20

Dosvedanya, Mitch!

I’m so tired of the treason. So tired of it. So tired that it is happening, so tired that so many refuse to believe, just so tired.

(I can’t stand gifs, so I disabled it in my reply).

Mitch might be the greatest senate majority leader you’ve ever seen. He almost singlehandedly swing the Supreme Court 4 votes.
Top that.

Yes, because creating a lop-sided highly partisan court that will lose credibility with more than half of the citizenry really serves our democracy in the long run.

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Anonymous wrote:

Mitch might be the greatest senate majority leader you’ve ever seen. He almost singlehandedly swing the Supreme Court 4 votes.
Top that.

He is making the court a laughing stock.

+1

The most powerful lawmaker in the country is supposed to improve the lives of the American people. Has he done that? Has he even passed laws?

Anonymous wrote:

Mitch might be the greatest senate majority leader you’ve ever seen. He almost singlehandedly swing the Supreme Court 4 votes.
Top that.

He is making the court a laughing stock.

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hmm, so it is a front for the Kremlin

8/20/20

Dosvedanya, Mitch!

I’m so tired of the treason. So tired of it. So tired that it is happening, so tired that so many refuse to believe, just so tired.

(I can’t stand gifs, so I disabled it in my reply).

Mitch might be the greatest senate majority leader you’ve ever seen. He almost singlehandedly swing the Supreme Court 4 votes.
Top that.

None of how he accomplished that is worthy of praise. None of it.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hmm, so it is a front for the Kremlin

8/20/20

Dosvedanya, Mitch!

I’m so tired of the treason. So tired of it. So tired that it is happening, so tired that so many refuse to believe, just so tired.

(I can’t stand gifs, so I disabled it in my reply).

Mitch might be the greatest senate majority leader you’ve ever seen. He almost singlehandedly swing the Supreme Court 4 votes.
Top that.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow are his motor skills declining?

Seems to be before the pandemic. He will live to 110.

Yup that fall was six years ago. He fell again a year ago and broke his shoulder.

+1
The evil people seem to lead long, happy (for them) lives.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow are his motor skills declining?

Seems to be before the pandemic. He will live to 110.

Yup that fall was six years ago. He fell again a year ago and broke his shoulder.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hmm, so it is a front for the Kremlin

8/20/20

Dosvedanya, Mitch!

I’m so tired of the treason. So tired of it. So tired that it is happening, so tired that so many refuse to believe, just so tired.

(I can’t stand gifs, so I disabled it in my reply).