Punishing Russia With Sanctions
POSTED BY: THG
UPDATED: Tuesday, August 4, 2026 04:52
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Originally posted by second:Quote:6ix, you are like some random stranger in an elevator with me saying, "First you pushed the up button, second. The next time I see you, you pushed the down button. You are totally inconsistent." 6ix, you are definitely a contrarian and I am getting off this elevator with you and out of the building.
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Your opinion changes every five minutes, Second. You have no ideological cornerstone and nothing but a million little contradictory flickers of ideas flitting in and out of existence inside that little brain of yours like fireflies that are brought out when you want to make an argument, and then blinked right back out of existence and forgotten about just in time to make your next hypocritical argument in another thread.
Every single post post you have ever made in these boards directly contradicts another post you've made. Some of them do it mere moments apart from each other.
Good. I have no desire to discuss anything further with you ever. Do us both a favor and ignore me like Ted does.
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To know and not to know, to be conscious of complete truthfulness while telling carefully constructed lies, to hold simultaneously two opinions which canceled out, knowing them to be contradictory and believing in both of them… To forget whatever it was necessary to forget, then to draw it back into memory again at the moment when it was needed, and then promptly to forget it again… that was the ultimate subtlety.
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Russia Suffers Blow as Germany Strikes Natural Gas Deal With Qatar
Germany said Sunday that it had reached a deal on an energy partnership with Qatar, as the European powerhouse seeks to reduce its dependence on Russia amid the invasion of Ukraine.
Last month, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced the nation would stop the certification of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline after Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow would recognize the sovereignty of self-proclaimed "people's republics" of Donetsk and Luhansk in Ukraine—a step Putin took just before he invaded Ukraine.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russia-suffers-blow-as-germany-st
rikes-natural-gas-deal-with-qatar/ar-AAVitpC?ocid=msedgntp
Good news...
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A campaign to force Vladimir Putin’s reported lover out of her luxury villa in Switzerland
A petition has been launched for the Swiss to deport former gymnast Alina Kabaeva, 38, describing her as an ‘accomplice of his regime’. Kabaeva, who received Russia’s highest state decoration from the president after winning an Olympic gold medal in 2004, is thought to have had four children with the 69-year-old. Kabaeva's children are Swiss citizens.
The traditionally neutral country, a favourite bolt-hole of the Russian elite, unexpectedly signed up to international sanctions against the Kremlin earlier this month.
As a Russian MP from 2007 to 2014, Kabaeva backed laws banning the adoption of Russian orphans in the US, said to have contributed to the deaths of a number of children who needed complex medical care.
She also voted for so-called ‘gay propaganda laws’ effectively banning public discussion or displays of LGBT relationships that could be seen by children.
Her current job as chair of the board of directors at National Media Group, a Kremlin-backing TV and newspaper giant, reportedly earns her £8 million a year.
Kabaeva left Russia when the Ukraine invasion began and has been staying in a ‘luxury and very private’ chalet in a remote part of Switzerland, according to various reports.
Putin revealed too much: ‘I have a private life in which I do not permit interference. It must be respected. I have always reacted negatively to those who with their snotty noses and erotic fantasies prowl into others’ lives.’
https://metro.co.uk/2022/03/22/alina-kabaeva-petition-launched-for-swi
ss-to-deport-putins-lover-16318574/
Alina Kabaeva https://www.google.com/search?q=Alina+Kabaeva
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
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Hey!
I know!
Let's ban Russian cats and dogs!
THAT'LL show the world how effective we are!
/snicker
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
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What does Hindu India think?
What They Want: Allies Meet In Europe For Ukraine Summits
https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/russia-ukraine-crisis/what-th
ey-want-allies-meet-in-europe-for-ukraine-summits-articleshow.html
Ukraine: Torn between West and Russia
https://www.wionews.com/photos/ukraine-torn-between-west-and-russia-45
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Arnab Goswami Opinion
https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/russia-ukraine-crisis/why-doe
s-america-love-the-russia-ukraine-war-arnab-goswami-cuts-to-the-chase-articleshow.html
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Originally posted by SIGNYM: If you look at a map of the world and who is sanctioning Russia v who is not, the sanctioners are a tiny portion in a sea of nations that still trade with Russia.
Map taken from the 'batshit crazy' debate
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How Russia and Right-Wing Americans Converged on War in Ukraine
Some conservatives have echoed the Kremlin’s misleading claims about the war and vice versa, giving each other’s assertions a sheen of credibility.
After President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia claimed that action against Ukraine was taken in self-defense, the Fox News host Tucker Carlson and the conservative commentator Candace Owens repeated the assertion. When Mr. Putin insisted he was trying to “denazify” Ukraine, Joe Oltmann, a far-right podcaster, and Lara Logan, another right-wing commentator, mirrored the idea.
The echoing went the other way, too. Some far-right American news sites, like Infowars, stoked a longtime, unfounded Russian claim that the United States funded biological weapons labs in Ukraine. Russian officials seized on the chatter, with the Kremlin contending it had documentation of bioweapons programs that justified its “special military operation” in Ukraine.
As war has raged, the Kremlin’s talking points and some right-wing discourse in the United States — fueled by those on the far right — have coalesced. On social media, podcasts and television, falsehoods about the invasion of Ukraine have flowed both ways, with Americans amplifying lies from Russians and the Kremlin spreading fabrications that festered in American forums online.
By reinforcing and feeding each other’s messaging, some right-wing Americans have given credibility to Russia’s assertions and vice versa. Together, they have created an alternate reality, recasting the Western bloc of allies as provokers, blunderers and liars, which has bolstered Mr. Putin.
The war initially threw some conservatives — who had insisted no invasion would happen — for a loop. Many criticized Mr. Putin and Russia’s assault on Ukraine. Some have since gone on to urge more support for Ukraine.
But in recent days, several far-right commentators have again gravitated to narratives favorable to Mr. Putin’s cause. The main one has been the bioweapons conspiracy theory, which has provided a way to talk about the war while focusing criticism on President Biden and the U.S. government instead of Mr. Putin and the Kremlin.
“People are asking if the far right in the U.S. is influencing Russia or if Russia is influencing the far right, but the truth is they are influencing each other,” said Thomas Rid, a professor at Johns Hopkins University who studies Russian information warfare. “They are pushing the same narratives.”
“It serves them, and Russia, to muddy the waters and confuse Americans.”
More at https://web.archive.org/web/20220323102544/https://www.nytimes.com/202
2/03/23/technology/russia-american-far-right-ukraine.html
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
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Why the enormous scale of financial pain being inflicted on Russia worries some in the West
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/why-the-enormous-scale-of-fina
ncial-pain-being-inflicted-on-russia-worries-some-in-the-west/ar-AAUxvE4?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531
These sanctions are going to last long after they are lifted. Russia will never be the same. Most who will suffer have nothing to do with Putins' decisions yet without sanctions of this magnitude war is the only option left. It may come to that yet. Putin cannot be allowed to march through Europe. There are no winners here. Only those who will suffer because a mad man is running Russia.
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Anonymous claims hack on Russia’s Central Bank and will ‘release secret agreements in 48 hours’
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/anonymous-claims-hack-on-russia-s
-central-bank-and-will-release-secret-agreements-in-48-hours/ar-AAVshrn?ocid=msedgntp
I'm all a tingle.
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Russia's days as an energy superpower are coming to an end
In a matter of weeks, the war in Ukraine has upended an energy relationship between Europe and Russia that goes back decades. Europe understands that it cannot sever ties with Russia overnight, as it still needs Russian energy. But Russia's role in the European and global energy system has been shaken. This is a profound shift that will mark the end of Russia as an energy superpower.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/opinion-russia-s-days-as-an-energ
y-superpower-are-coming-to-an-end/ar-AAVs74S?ocid=msedgntp
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Opinion.
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Originally posted by THG:
I'm all a tingle.
We know dude. You've been showing off your sad little 1" war boner for weeks now.
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