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[Nouseforaname]

7 minutes ago, Crap Throwing Clavin said:

 

I promise, if I'm ever President, I will send out, via different communications channels, meaningless phrases like "The purple weasel has taken out the trash."  Just to &#%$ with conspiracy theorists.

 

I mean...that's still a better election platform than Democrats, right?

No matter what you’ll still never match covfefe.

[devnull]

9 hours ago, Nouseforaname said:

No matter what you’ll still never match covfefe.

 

 

[Spartacus]

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/austrias-anti-immigration-anti-sanctions-freedom-party-now-tied-1st-place-polls

 

FPÖ is only major party against Russia sanctions

However, it is not only the migrant wave that is driving support for the FPÖ. The party has been aggressively calling for an end to sanctions on Russia, even demanding a referendum on ending all sanctions be held.

“It’s finally time to appear in the EU and say: These sanctions harm us much more than Putin. Our people have to foot the bill for them,” said deputy FPÖ chairwoman Dagmar Belakovich in the plenary session of the National Council. 

The party’s leader, Herbert Kickl, has also pointed to the absolute necessity of Russian energy for Austria’s households and businesses. Inflation surged to 10.5 percent in September, mostly due to soaring energy prices.

“If you were honest, you would have to say to the population: We can’t do without this Russian oil and gas for a long time,” said Kickl. 

“We need this cheap energy for households, for heating, for cooking, for hot water, for manufacturing companies.” He has argued that the government cannot compensate for this.

In another worrying sign for the ruling government, 40 percent of Austrians want new elections, with only 20 percent of those surveyed currently considering the government’s cooperation to be “stable and good.”

[Crap Throwing Clavin]

5 hours ago, devnull said:

 

 

 

Reminds me of something I heard years ago in a show about Tom Landry:

 

"If I could describe Tom Landry in one word, it would be 'fair and compassionate.'" 

[snafu]

On 10/31/2022 at 11:59 PM, Deranged Rhino said:

“It’s done.”

 

The most obvious “covert” operation in recent memory. 

 

HaHaHaHa!!!

NORDSTROM attack!

 

My Typo would have been Nordberg Attack.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[snafu]

18 hours ago, Crap Throwing Clavin said:

 

You'd think they'd have a code.  Like, the UK blows up the pipeline, and she texts "The purple weasel has taken out the trash."

 

But of course they send the message in plain English over an unsecured channel so even the dumbest &#%$ing parsnip on the planet knows they blew up the pipeline.  Yeah, that sounds likely. 

 

Well, it is Liz Truss and Antony Blinken we're talking about here.

So maybe.

 

 

[Hedge]

 

 

[Nouseforaname]

22 minutes ago, Hedge said:

 

 

I thought it was hundreds of billions.

[Crap Throwing Clavin]

59 minutes ago, Hedge said:

 

 

 

Interesting, the Phoenix Ghost.  It's a new USAF platform, developed by the USAF, but not for use by the USAF.  It was specifically developed for Ukraine, specifically for use in this war.

 

The M1117 isn't a combat vehicle, it's basically an armored police car.  The implications of that are interesting.

 

And that, and the Hawk, are "surplus to requirements" - i.e., being taken out of storage.  So quite a bit of that cost is "notional."  Just bookkeeping, not real money.  The Ghost is brand new, that's real money.  So's the tank refurbishment - looks like we're paying for the Dutch to refurbish T-72s we buy from old Czech stocks.  

 

Pretty sure Epstein's list isn't all-inclusive, too.  

[snafu]

20 minutes ago, Crap Throwing Clavin said:

Pretty sure Epstein's list isn't all-inclusive, too. 

 

We'll never see Epstein's list.

Wait...wut?

 

[Foxx]

1 hour ago, snafu said:

 

We'll never see Epstein's list.

Wait...wut?

 

Signed, Epstein's Mother...

[Foxx]

So... The G-7 has agreed to price caps on Russian Oil.

 

But... are you ready for this? That only applies to the initial sale. Resale can be priced at whatever... 

 

Folks, it's literally a comedy of errors. 

 

It's tantamount to a tragic comedy. 

[Crap Throwing Clavin]

25 minutes ago, Foxx said:

So... The G-7 has agreed to price caps on Russian Oil.

 

But... are you ready for this? That only applies to the initial sale. Resale can be priced at whatever... 

 

Folks, it's literally a comedy of errors. 

 

It's tantamount to a tragic comedy. 

 

It also only applies where the G7 can enforce it.  There is no way the G7 can enforce a price and sales cap on Russian sales to, say, China.  

 

Basically, it means that the G7 has backed themselves into a corner where they can't compete with other countries on the world market for Russian oil products.  They're creating an artificial shortage in their own countries.  Unbelievable.  

[Foxx]

3 minutes ago, Crap Throwing Clavin said:

 

It also only applies where the G7 can enforce it.  There is no way the G7 can enforce a price and sales cap on Russian sales to, say, China.  

 

Basically, it means that the G7 has backed themselves into a corner where they can't compete with other countries on the world market for Russian oil products.  They're creating an artificial shortage in their own countries.  Unbelievable.  

Apparently, they have not learned one thing from the already issued sanctions.

or have they??

[Deranged Rhino]

4 hours ago, Foxx said:

Apparently, they have not learned one thing from the already issued sanctions.

or have they??

They know what they’re doing. Have from the start. It’s not about keeping anyone safe in our country or Ukraine, but a combination of a desire to keep the skeletons buried and force regime change in Moscow (again, for their own benefit not ours). 

[Deranged Rhino]

Why do it in secret? This should have been the public position from the start - but diplomacy doesn’t print money like restarting the permawar machinery.
 

... Now an unaccountable $150b in, and rising weekly, they can float it in secret, while publicly fanning the flames, and say later that they “tried”.
 

We keep letting them get away with this shit. It’s on us every bit as much as it’s on them.  

[4merper4mer]

On 11/4/2022 at 1:07 PM, Nouseforaname said:

I thought it was hundreds of billions.

Don’t worry.  Canadians don’t have to pay.

[Nouseforaname]

11 hours ago, 4merper4mer said:

Don’t worry.  Canadians don’t have to pay.

Canada is part of nato and we do pay.

 

Did a Canadian steal your gf or something?

[Hedge]

2 hours ago, Nouseforaname said:

Canada is part of nato and we do pay.

That’s about the equivalent of saying you paid for dinner, when all you really did was kick in a little for the gratuity. Except you also skimped on that because Canada doesn’t even meet its  minimum 2% GDP funding requirement to NATO.

[Nouseforaname]

1 minute ago, Hedge said:

That’s about the equivalent of saying you paid for dinner, when all you really did was kick in a little for the gratuity. Except you also skimped on that because Canada doesn’t even meet its  minimum 2% GDP funding requirement to NATO.

I have always voted for leaders that paid attention to military obligations.  There’s not much more that I can do than that.

 

https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/corporate/reports-publications/proactive-disclosure/afgh-9-may-2022/nato.html#
 

Of course it seems the liberal government got a wake up call thanks to Vlad the terrible.

 

• Canada is forecasted to spend approximately 32% of its defence expenditures on major equipment in 2024, far exceeding the 20% NATO guideline.