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Re: Sanctions and Support
Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2022 8:18 am
by Foggy
Actually, we don't need a clown who can't even find a comb to run the world's response to the invasion of Ukraine. Joe is doing a fine job of that, why don't you spend your time trying to fix Brexit, you wanker.
Re: Sanctions and Support
Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2022 3:59 pm
by Volkonski
Duty To Warn
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@duty2warn·1hAmerican Express has joined Visa and Mastercard in suspending operations in Russia.
Re: Sanctions and Support
Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2022 5:06 pm
by Volkonski
Re: Sanctions and Support
Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2022 5:09 pm
by Volkonski
Really American
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@ReallyAmerican1·3hJUST IN: Chinese social media company Tik Tok will cease operations in Russia.
Who thinks the Chinese government should sanction Russia like the rest of the world?
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Re: Sanctions and Support
Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2022 6:05 pm
by Volkonski
Jon Cooper
@joncoopertweets
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2h
NEW: The International Judo Federation announced today that it has removed Vladimir Putin from all positions held in the Federation.
Re: Sanctions and Support
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2022 12:30 pm
by p0rtia
https://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/co ... USD&To=RUB
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Re: Sanctions and Support
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2022 8:27 pm
by Dave from down under
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-08/ ... /100890438
Russian gymnast Ivan Kuliak wears pro-war Z symbol on podium, standing next to Ukrainian competitor
Kuliak taped the Z symbol — seen on Russian tanks and military vehicles in Ukraine and embraced by supporters of the war — to his vest for a medal ceremony at a World Cup event on Saturday in Doha, Qatar.
He took
bronze in parallel bars and stood next to a
gold medallist from Ukraine.
"Z" is the new "L" for loser!
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Re: Sanctions and Support
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2022 9:17 pm
by pipistrelle
Dave from down under wrote: ↑Mon Mar 07, 2022 8:27 pm
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-08/ ... /100890438
Russian gymnast Ivan Kuliak wears pro-war Z symbol on podium, standing next to Ukrainian competitor
Kuliak taped the Z symbol — seen on Russian tanks and military vehicles in Ukraine and embraced by supporters of the war — to his vest for a medal ceremony at a World Cup event on Saturday in Doha, Qatar.
He took
bronze in parallel bars and stood next to a
gold medallist from Ukraine.
"Z" is the new "L" for loser!
The article neither named nor pictured the gold medalist from Ukraine.
Re: Sanctions and Support
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2022 9:28 pm
by RVInit
Well, that last sentence is just another example of the media is the goddamn problem.
Re: Sanctions and Support
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2022 9:43 pm
by Frater I*I
RVInit wrote: ↑Mon Mar 07, 2022 9:28 pm
Well, that last sentence is just another example of the media is the goddamn problem.
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Re: Sanctions and Support
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 8:51 am
by Foggy
Seeing on the Twitter machine that Biden will announce
US will stop buying Russian oil, gas, coal.
Details, and maybe a link, to follow.
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Re: Sanctions and Support
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 8:53 am
by Foggy
Re: Sanctions and Support
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 9:06 am
by bill_g
Why would we need to buy coal? Wyoming has scads.
Re: Sanctions and Support
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 9:53 am
by W. Kevin Vicklund
bill_g wrote: ↑Tue Mar 08, 2022 9:06 am
Why would we need to buy coal? Wyoming has scads.
There are different grades of coal. When the utility I work for switched to Western coal (for environmental reasons), it cost about $20 million to make the conversion, and the process is less efficient in certain ways (we are unable to produce as much power as before). But it knocks the pollution down a lot. In any case, it's not as simple as you might think to switch to a different source of coal.
NB: we shut down one of our coal burning plants just over a year ago, and the remaining one shuts down next year
Re: Sanctions and Support
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 10:46 am
by p0rtia
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Re: Sanctions and Support
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 10:58 am
by Estiveo
p0rtia wrote: ↑Tue Mar 08, 2022 10:46 am
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From the wiki:
Note GS1 member companies can manufacture products anywhere in the world and can license prefixes from the GS1 organisation of their choice, GS1 prefixes do not identify the country of origin for a given product.
Re: Sanctions and Support
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 1:42 pm
by Notaperson
McDonald's to temporarily close 850 stores in Russia
DETROIT — McDonald’s said Tuesday it is temporarily closing all of its 850 restaurants in Russia in response to the country’s invasion of Ukraine.
The burger giant said it will continue paying its 62,000 employees in Russia “who have poured their heart and soul into our McDonald’s brand.” But in an open letter to employees, McDonald’s President and CEO Chris Kempckinski said closing those stores for now is the right thing to do.
“Our values mean we cannot ignore the needless human suffering unfolding in Ukraine,” Kempczinski said.
Kempczinski said it’s impossible to know when the company will be able to reopen its stores.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business ... story.html
Re: Sanctions and Support
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 4:16 pm
by Estiveo
Notaperson wrote: ↑Tue Mar 08, 2022 1:42 pm
McDonald's to temporarily close 850 stores in Russia
About time somebody finally declared a no fry zone.
Re: Sanctions and Support
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 4:18 pm
by Danraft
Re: Sanctions and Support
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 9:10 pm
by Phoenix520
And how cool that they’ll keep paying their employees. Not sure how long they can keep that up, though.
Re: Sanctions and Support
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 9:25 pm
by Estiveo
If they pay in rubles, they can keep it up forever.
Re: Sanctions and Support
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 9:32 pm
by Frater I*I
Estiveo wrote: ↑Tue Mar 08, 2022 9:25 pm
If they pay in rubles, they can keep it up forever.
I shouldn't bbbbuuuttt....
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Re: Sanctions and Support
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2022 7:07 am
by Dave from down under
If Donnie ever gets his private jet flying..
He should avoid going to the UK in it..
Britain impounds Russian plane after launching new aviation sanctions
Britain unveiled new aviation sanctions on which give the power to detain any Russian aircraft and banning exports of aviation or space-related goods to the country, saying it had already impounded one plane.
The measures to strengthen action against Russian aircraft mean it is a criminal offence for any to fly or land in the United Kingdom.
The ban includes any aircraft owned, operated or chartered by anyone connected with Russia or designated individuals or entities, and will include the power to detain any aircraft owned by persons connected with Russia, the Foreign Office said in a statement.
"Banning Russian flagged planes from the UK and making it a criminal offence to fly them will inflict more economic pain on Russia and those close to the Kremlin," foreign minister Liz Truss said.
The foreign office said it would lay new legislation to implement the measures, which also include a power to remove from the British aircraft register any aircraft belonging to sanctioned Russian individuals and entities.
Reporting by Reuters
Re: Sanctions and Support
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2022 10:04 am
by johnpcapitalist
Estiveo wrote: ↑Tue Mar 08, 2022 4:16 pm
Notaperson wrote: ↑Tue Mar 08, 2022 1:42 pm
McDonald's to temporarily close 850 stores in Russia
About time somebody finally declared a no fry zone.
I enjoyed discovering this pun as I was trying to ketchup on all the Ukraine news.
Re: Sanctions and Support
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2022 10:06 am
by Suranis
I've nothing to Chip in to this story.