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Suranis wrote: ↑Sat Oct 01, 2022 12:25 pm Ugly ass boat. Probably designed to go into a smaller berth while still having lots of floor space.

Tiredretiredlawyer wrote: ↑Sat Oct 01, 2022 9:33 am I've been deeply concerned that JPC was forced to sell his yacht because of the falling stock values in Trump Social.

This yacht is for sale and we (the Fogbow "we") should be able to pick this baby up for a coupla greenbacks. JPC has probably been notified of the sale by the yacht broker.

pipistrelle wrote: ↑Sat Oct 01, 2022 1:25 pm

Suranis wrote: ↑Sat Oct 01, 2022 12:25 pm Ugly ass boat. Probably designed to go into a smaller berth while still having lots of floor space.

That was my reaction. I'd want something sleek.

If we buy it, how do we pay the crew?

Foggy wrote: ↑Mon Oct 10, 2022 7:25 am Oh man, Germany giving winter uniforms ... funny, when the Germans tried to capture Moscow in the winter of '41 - '42, they wouldn't give their own troops winter uniforms, as an incentive program, supposedly. "You'll warm up in Moscow," they were told. They never got there.

Exxon Mobil on Monday said it has fully exited Russia, with the energy giant saying that President Vladimir Putin had expropriated its assets in the country and "unilaterally terminated" the company's Sakhalin-1 oil project.

"With two decrees, the Russian government has unilaterally terminated our interests in Sakhalin-1, and the project has been transferred to a Russian operator," an Exxon Mobil spokeswoman said.

She didn't disclose whether Exxon received compensation for the assets, but added that Exxon plans to reserve its legal rights under international law and its production-sharing agreement to pursue remedies.

Russia's move to seize Exxon's assets come after seven months of negotiations over a transfer of the company's stake in the Sakhalin-1 project, according to Reuters, which first reported on Exxon's move to complete its withdrawal from the country.

Lani wrote: ↑Sun Mar 27, 2022 6:55 am

sugar magnolia wrote: ↑Sun Mar 27, 2022 6:30 am

Lani wrote: ↑Sun Mar 27, 2022 2:54 amWe're chatting a bit....

I just checked on Marina. Still alive in Ukraine. Still doing bead work on Etsy. "Thank you for choosing my tiny shop in such a hard time!
You stand with Ukraine and make us stronger."

National Security Division, U.S. Dept of Justice
@DOJNatSec

Former Special Agent in Charge of the FBI New York Counterintelligence Division Charged with Violating U.S. Sanctions on Russia

A Russian Court and Government Interpreter Also Charged with Violating U.S. Sanctions on Russia

justice.gov excerpt wrote:In 2021, McGonigal and Shestakov conspired to provide services to Deripaska, in violation of U.S. sanctions imposed on Deripaska in 2018. Specifically, following their negotiations with an agent of Deripaska, McGonigal and Shestakov agreed to and did investigate a rival Russian oligarch in return for concealed payments from Deripaska. As part of their negotiations with Deripaska’s agent, McGonigal, Shestakov and the agent attempted to conceal Deripaska’s involvement by, among other means, not directly naming Deripaska in electronic communications, using shell companies as counterparties in the contract that outlined the services to be performed, using a forged signature on that contract and using the same shell companies to send and receive payment from Deripaska.

As Russia’s full-scale war nears its one-year mark, the U.S. has reportedly been considering the decision for months.

Bloomberg noted that there have been concerns in the Biden administration regarding the potential “collateral damage” of such a decision on U.S. industries, such as aerospace and automobiles.

Russia is the second-largest aluminum producer in the world after China and traditionally constitutes 10% of aluminum imports to the U.S. The move would effectively end Russian-made aluminum imports to the U.S.

U.S. President Joe Biden reportedly has yet to approve the decision.

The European Union on Tuesday imposed sanctions ahead of International Women's Day against officials from six countries, including Russia and Afghanistan, for violence and rights abuses against women.

According to a document seen by AFP, nine individuals and three official entities have been added to sanctions lists, subject to visa bans and the freezing of any assets held in the EU.

The sanctions target two Moscow police officers, Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Fedorinov and his subordinate Ivan Ryabov, who are accused of ordering the arrest and torture of female anti-war protesters.

Also named are Russian special forces commander Major General Nikolai Kuznetsov and tank commander Colonel Ramil Ibatullin, whose units are accused of systematic acts of rape and sexual violence in Ukraine.

From Afghanistan, the Taliban minister for higher education Neda Mohammad Nadeem and the minister for the propagation of virtue and the repression of vice, Muhammad Khalid Hanafi, are also listed.

The former is accused of depriving women of education and the second of "curbing their freedom of speech and expression, and inflicting harsh punishments and violence on those who do not respect the Taliban's edicts."

Russia has imposed sanctions on 144 citizens of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania -- three EU and NATO member states that have been among the strongest backers of Ukraine since Russia launched its ongoing unprovoked invasion in February 2022. The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on March 9 that the move is a response to the three Baltic states' "lobbying for sanctions and other measures against Russia, interference in our internal affairs, and inciting Russophobic moods."

AndyinPA wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 1:13 pm On our noon news today, they said that our area's premier chocolate candy maker will not have jelly beans this year. Sarris makes really soft, tasty jelly beans. Their pectin and starch comes from Ukraine. That's most of the jelly bean. No licorice jelly beans.

Apparently, they tried substituting last year, and it was not pretty.