Slim Cognito wrote: ↑Sat Mar 12, 2022 8:56 pm Can they get Playstation 5s in Russia? We sure as hell can't get them here, unless you want to pay black market prices. And I've been trying. I have the 2, 3 and 4 (with VR). That said, I say stop all video game and console sales for just that very reason. Are you paying attention Nintendo and Microsoft?
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I may have a source for PS5s at regular price. Mine is shipping right now. If it turns out legit, I'll post details; pre-orders for the next shipment in early April are already available. Be warned that shipping is slow.
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Nah. They still have the reverse engineered plans for the IBM 360 knockoffs they were building in the 70's.
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Not even vaguely good propaganda.
As an example, the guy on the left, apart from having a number of photoshopping artefacts is dressed in ex British Army DPM (Disruptive Patterned Material) which was phased out in 2009....
Never mind the BBC did a thorough investigation on this in 2016 even showing the same damned pictures......
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BREAKING: Adidas will close its retail stores in Russia.
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BREAKING: Adidas will close its retail stores in Russia.
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MEDICAL NEWS #1: In Russia, dental implants, crowns, dental drills were primarily imported from Germany. Russia ran out of all such consumables days ago. End of dentistry in Russia.
1:38 PM · Mar 13, 2022·Twitter for Android
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MEDICAL NEWS #2:
In Russia, surgeons can no longer perform surgeries that involve prosthetics because they were all being imported from abroad. This includes but not limited to hip and knee surgeries.
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MEDICAL NEWS #3:
Russia has tried importing these medical prosthetics from China, but they turned out to be very poor quality knockoffs of the European products and are unusable.
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MEDICAL NEWS #1: In Russia, dental implants, crowns, dental drills were primarily imported from Germany. Russia ran out of all such consumables days ago. End of dentistry in Russia.
1:38 PM · Mar 13, 2022·Twitter for Android
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MEDICAL NEWS #2:
In Russia, surgeons can no longer perform surgeries that involve prosthetics because they were all being imported from abroad. This includes but not limited to hip and knee surgeries.
Igor Sushko
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MEDICAL NEWS #3:
Russia has tried importing these medical prosthetics from China, but they turned out to be very poor quality knockoffs of the European products and are unusable.
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“If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.” ― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
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Gosh, that's two of the three remaining superpowers on this planet, and between them they can't make a prosthetic knee.Russia has tried importing these medical prosthetics from China, but they turned out to be very poor quality knockoffs of the European products and are unusable.
That is so surprising! Maybe they aren't such super powers after all! Maybe GERMANY is the new superpower.
Once all the Germans were warlike and mean,
But that couldn't happen again!
We taught them a lesson in 1918,
And they've hardly bothered us since then!
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“Trump Offers to Help Russia File for Bankruptcy”:
https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowit ... bankruptcy
https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowit ... bankruptcy
If you can't lie to yourself, who can you lie to?
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Is this for REAL?Uninformed wrote: ↑Mon Mar 14, 2022 2:10 pm “Trump Offers to Help Russia File for Bankruptcy”:
https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowit ... bankruptcy
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PALM BEACH (The Borowitz Report)—Donald J. Trump has reached out to Vladimir Putin to help Russia file for bankruptcy, the former U.S. President has confirmed.
Calling the Russian economy “in very, very bad, terrible shape” as a result of Western sanctions, Trump said that bankruptcy was “quite frankly” Putin’s only option.
“Bankruptcy is scary the first time you do it,” Trump said. “But once you’ve done it five or six times it’s the easiest and most beautiful thing in the world.”
Trump said that “the first thing Putin should do is stop paying his bills, and that’s something I can show him how to do.”
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“If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.” ― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
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“Putin changes law on leased jets to keep them flying”:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60741161
The DFO’s genius friend comes up with another cunning plan![Bored :bored:](./images/smilies/boredsmiley.gif)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60741161
The DFO’s genius friend comes up with another cunning plan
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Great article. Russia is fixin' to steal $10B worth of aircrafts, a decent amount from Ireland.Uninformed wrote: ↑Mon Mar 14, 2022 7:05 pm “Putin changes law on leased jets to keep them flying”:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60741161
The DFO’s genius friend comes up with another cunning plan![]()
Bet the EU just sucks it up and doesn't even pause their oil payments to Putin.
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Well of course they did.
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Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse wrote: Koch Industries has decided to continue its business operations in Russia, while the Koch Foundation runs its dark money operation here in the United States. Does that surprise anybody?
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NEW - (Reuters) - India is considering taking up a Russian offer to buy its crude oil and other commodities at discounted prices with payment via a rupee-rouble transaction, two Indian officials said, amid tough Western sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.
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It is a pity that all those sanction-violation laws that trump kept throwing at chinese nationals will probably not be applied by biden on koch industries.raison de arizona wrote: ↑Mon Mar 14, 2022 7:43 pm Well of course they did.![]()
Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse wrote: Koch Industries has decided to continue its business operations in Russia, while the Koch Foundation runs its dark money operation here in the United States. Does that surprise anybody?
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There goes that holiday in Siberia, Hunter. You too, Psaki. Even Hillary is persona non grata.
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Hmm, what do think that means? Guess it's just a mystery.
Jon Cooper @joncoopertweets wrote: Does anyone have any idea why there were ZERO Republicans on Russia’s sanctions list?
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AHOY MATIES!!!
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-con ... xt?r=1&s=1
Yo ho ho!TO BE H.R.6869 - To authorize the President of the United States to issue letters of marque and reprisal for the purpose of seizing the assets of certain Russian citizens, and for other purposes.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-con ... xt?r=1&s=1
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Well.....it's time of the Fogbow to raise the Black...Chilidog wrote: ↑Tue Mar 15, 2022 11:14 pm AHOY MATIES!!!
Yo ho ho!TO BE H.R.6869 - To authorize the President of the United States to issue letters of marque and reprisal for the purpose of seizing the assets of certain Russian citizens, and for other purposes.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-con ... xt?r=1&s=1
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No need for the black flag..
if Fogbow gets it's letter then we can fly the US flag
as we send boarding parties over...
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if Fogbow gets it's letter then we can fly the US flag
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Such a letter would even cover me..
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U.S. Senate unanimously condemns Putin as war criminal http://reut.rs/3td8FDZ
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U.S. Senate unanimously condemns Putin as war criminal http://reut.rs/3td8FDZ
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If there is a silver lining of the tragedy in Ukraine, it is that there a shift back towards the ideology that prioritizes people and democracies.
Seeing this unanimous vote may be some evidence of reason for hope in the world.
Seeing this unanimous vote may be some evidence of reason for hope in the world.