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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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Too bad Ukraine's Mariupol steel plant is in ruins. Hope the ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih steel plat is OK.
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McDonald's says it will sell its business in Russia, which includes 850 restaurants employing 62,000 workerss
The fast food giant said keeping its business in Russia "is no longer tenable, nor is it consistent with McDonald’s values."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/pol ... -NLETTER01
The fast food giant said keeping its business in Russia "is no longer tenable, nor is it consistent with McDonald’s values."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/pol ... -NLETTER01
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Give 10 locations to each senior military officer that has their men lay down weapons.neonzx wrote: ↑Mon May 16, 2022 7:14 am McDonald's says it will sell its business in Russia, which includes 850 restaurants employing 62,000 workerss
The fast food giant said keeping its business in Russia "is no longer tenable, nor is it consistent with McDonald’s values."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/pol ... -NLETTER01
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And justice shall be done.
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Bulgari is located in a rusty roll-up door shop?
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That's not a rusty roll up door, it appears to be a heavy, rust colored, blackout curtain in the shop window, and it looks like it even matches the color of the rolled up awning above the window.
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Based on google images, it's quite possibly their signature color, too. Lots of photos of their stores showing it. I think it's supposed to be "gold" colored.
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New Tee Vee show to raise money for Ukraine:
Oligarch Demolition Derby!
Let's take all the yachts that have been seized from the oligarchs, rig them with torpedoes and cannons and weapons and stuff, get some Russians and have them shoot it out on LIVE TEE VEE, and the last yacht still afloat gets ... OK, we drop a daisycutter on the last one.
Well OK, it's a working concept. Might need a little work.
Oligarch Demolition Derby!
Let's take all the yachts that have been seized from the oligarchs, rig them with torpedoes and cannons and weapons and stuff, get some Russians and have them shoot it out on LIVE TEE VEE, and the last yacht still afloat gets ... OK, we drop a daisycutter on the last one.
Well OK, it's a working concept. Might need a little work.
I'm Foggy and I forget if I approved this message.
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I can think of a bunch of youtube channels that could come up with all sorts of 'myths' to bust or cool stunts to play with a bunch of yachts. But even without canons, a demolition durby would be a blast to watch.
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“Looks like Medvedev’s boat is making a turn, going after Yevtushenko’s ship. Come back in 6 hours to see if the attack will be successful!”
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We could turn this into Saturday morning serials.
Show clips of these vessels jockeying for position, firing off cannon, shooting torpedoes, machine guns firing from the bridge. Have Tom Selleck or Lester Holt do the voiceovers. Then, leave us hanging when a torpedo is launched when the beleaguered announcer (a la William Conrad in Rocky and Bulwinkle) intones:
"Be sure to join us next time for 'Torpedo Junction,' or 'Yacht's All Folks.'
Show clips of these vessels jockeying for position, firing off cannon, shooting torpedoes, machine guns firing from the bridge. Have Tom Selleck or Lester Holt do the voiceovers. Then, leave us hanging when a torpedo is launched when the beleaguered announcer (a la William Conrad in Rocky and Bulwinkle) intones:
"Be sure to join us next time for 'Torpedo Junction,' or 'Yacht's All Folks.'
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European Union agrees to partial embargo on Russian oil as part of Ukraine invasion sanctions
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-31/ ... /101112244
European Union leaders have reached a compromise to impose a partial oil embargo on Russia.
Key points:
The measure covers more than two-thirds of EU oil imports from Russia
Other sanctions in the package include removing Russia's largest bank from the SWIFT network
Hungary had made clear it would only support the new sanctions if its oil supply was guaranteed
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-31/ ... /101112244
European Union leaders have reached a compromise to impose a partial oil embargo on Russia.
Key points:
The measure covers more than two-thirds of EU oil imports from Russia
Other sanctions in the package include removing Russia's largest bank from the SWIFT network
Hungary had made clear it would only support the new sanctions if its oil supply was guaranteed
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The Shell gas would have gone to Germany.
The dispute is a refusal of the western companies to pay for the gas using roubles.
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-05/ ... /101072484
The underground network of Belarusians sabotaging Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine and plotting a revolution at home
The underground network of Belarusians sabotaging Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine and plotting a revolution at home
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NATO nations block Russian envoy’s plane from Serbia visit
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia and Russia on Monday formally confirmed that a planned visit by Russia’s foreign minister to the Balkan country will not take place, with Moscow accusing the West of preventing the trip.
The announcement followed reports that Serbia’s neighbors — Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Montenegro — had refused to allow Sergey Lavrov’s plane to fly through their airspace to reach Serbia.
“An unthinkable thing has happened,” Lavrov said during an online news conference Monday. “A sovereign state has been deprived of its right to conduct foreign policies. The international activities of Serbia on the Russian track have been blocked.”
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic earlier Monday met with Russia’s ambassador to Serbia who informed him that Lavrov could not come because the Russian government plane was denied necessary flyover permissions, a statement issued after the meeting said.
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