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Quorum posted:Actually, targeted sanctions, like freezing the assets of individual people, can inflict a certain amount of pain on oligarchs. It won't get rid of all of their money, obviously, but it will prevent them from using large portions of the world to move their money through. I don't know if this is the kind of sanctions that Lindsey Graham has in mind of course. it's not. it's the same issue with the iranian sanctions. and the same issue with the iraq sanctions post gulf war.
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I think more than sanctions what's hurting the Russians right now are the low oil prices. Which I'm not sure how much control over that the US has. Although suspiciously it seems like they started to freefall right after Russia annexed Crimea and (to all intents and purposes)East Ukraine. And I think sanctions must be hurting the Russians government/oligarchs to some degree since they seem pretty keen on getting them lifted.
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Every time I see a Trump tweet I always think the same thing: "Shut up, Donald." Donald Trump: the Meg Griffin of American Presidents.
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I think oil prices were more closely related to the end of the Iran sanctions. SA just sees loving Russia as a nice bonus that gets them points with the US.
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That's amazing. I really hope he personally created that in WMM.
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Charliegrs posted:https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/884016887692234753 The election wasn't hacked. And if it was, Obama and the Democrats should have done something. And if they did, I'm going to do something better.
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I see he's developing a new discipline within the Art of the Deal: drunken style. Spout nonsensical gibberish in order to lull the opponent into a false sense of security, and then WHAM, give them everything they want in exchange for nothing. Checkmate, libtards. 
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im so happy of this new era of cooperation and friendship between russia and the us! goes to show that you dont need the unelected U.N. or other technocratic and tyrannical intergovernmental organisations for countries to have organic dialogue and build towards a better future. MAGA!!!
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Charliegrs posted:
Also they can't buy important weapons components, which is probably the part that Kremlin cares about.
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Arglebargle III posted:I think oil prices were more closely related to the end of the Iran sanctions. SA just sees loving Russia as a nice bonus that gets them points with the US. The Saudis/OPEC had several reason to flood the market and drop the prices when they did. I think their reasoning was more or less as follows: 1) gently caress Iran: the sanctions are ending and Iran will be able to sell their oil again and we can't have that. Let's do our best to tank the value of their oil when they most need and can use it. 2) gently caress the US: Not only did they lift sanctions on Iran, but with shale oil fracing they're starting to become far more independent from our oil than we like. Cutting oil prices will kneecap the fracing industry which will both damage USA's economy and stop further exploitation of shale oil 3) gently caress Russia: Meddling assholes are even worse and more annoying than USA and they're a direct competitor. Let's listen to them SQUEAL when the oil their petrostate depends on hits rock bottom.
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Jul 9, 2017 16:26
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He needs to tag the guy, otherwise he's not even gonna bother. Otherwise, 
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Tag your favorite part. Mine was the group shot where is slooooowly panned all the way to the left to show the president of the united States.
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Wark Say posted:He needs to tag the guy, otherwise he's not even gonna bother. Otherwise, It would be nice if Preet primaries' Cuomo.
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Trump is just treating others the way he'd like to be treated. The golden rule!
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mcmagic posted:It would be nice if Preet primaries' Cuomo. I agree.
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mcmagic posted:It would be nice if Preet primaries' Cuomo. If a dem takes the WH in 2020, I'd like to see him appointed as AG.
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https://twitter.com/Fahrenthold/status/884056867999297536 And when you're a star...
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I'm still amazed at the lack response over MH17 being shot down. Years later no one remembers it actually happened.
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DaveWoo posted:https://twitter.com/Fahrenthold/status/884056867999297536 She's so lucky, she's a star But she cry, cry, cries in her lonely heart, thinking If there's nothing missing in my life Then why do these tears come at night?
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McCain status: somewhat regretful https://twitter.com/PhilipRucker/status/884075909099212804 He will continue to vote for all of Trump's nominees regardless
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I'm pretty sure that doesn't mean "feed them state secrets and give them access to info they shouldn't have". The bible doesn't say "And let them stab you to death" either
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DaveWoo posted:McCain status: somewhat regretful After that Comey hearing it appeared that McCain was deteriorating mentally. Maybe he's no longer capable of actually going against the flow so to speak. Perhaps his moral compass and ability to act are entirely severed.
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Alter Ego posted:Every time I see a Trump tweet I always think the same thing: "Shut up, Donald." We have a forklift at work that everyone hates because you can't see what you're trying to pick up and it's so goofy huge for the spaces it needs to work. It's been nicknamed Donald because it's fat, orange, and no one likes it
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Every time I hear that MAGA chourus, my brain just starts playing Tommorrow Belongs to Me.
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DaveWoo posted:https://twitter.com/Fahrenthold/status/884056867999297536 He was a star all right, and we'll just ignore the massive protests outside his secured safe zone full of approved people
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There Bias Two posted:After that Comey hearing it appeared that McCain was deteriorating mentally. Maybe he's no longer capable of actually going against the flow so to speak. Perhaps his moral compass and ability to act are entirely severed. He's consistently in the top 5 republicans that vote against party lines. That still has him being still a republican and voting on party lines 90+% of the time, but he does at least do it more than almost every other republican.
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DaveWoo posted:He will continue to vote for all of Trump's nominees regardless Of course, because otherwise he wouldn't be an aging old gently caress ready to sundown at noon when he can manage to link two brain cells together
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Owlofcreamcheese posted:clearly scripted but still funny: Am I mistaken or has this guy been on RT?
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DaveWoo posted:McCain status: somewhat regretful In the President McCain universe: My fellow Americans. The control of nuclear weapons is, in my opinion, the greatest responsibility of an American President. The power to destroy the world 25 times over in the hands of one man... Every night I pray to God that today was not one where I was faced with the choice to order a first-strike on Iran, North Korea, Vietnam, and Russia; even if [chuckles] the temptation was there. The man to give that order will go down in history -if history survives, in cave paintings and tribal lore- as the scourge of humanity and the new Satan. It is the ultimate sin, the ultimate recklessness, and worst of all, the ultimate stupidity. I did it thirty-five minutes ago. Amen. Feeling: Concerned.
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Rinkles posted:Am I mistaken or has this guy been on RT? You are correct. He's a comedian whose whole schtick is pretending to be a journalist who's going off script.
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DreamShipWrecked posted:Tag your favorite part. Mine was the group shot where is slooooowly panned all the way to the left to show the president of the united States. my favorite part is the terrible stupid song. the whole thing feels like a parody. yeah pretty much.
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Inferior Third Season posted:I see he's developing a new discipline within the Art of the Deal: drunken style. Spout nonsensical gibberish in order to lull the opponent into a false sense of security, and then WHAM, give them everything they want in exchange for nothing. The sad part is this is literally a viable strategy; ramble incoherently for a while and say nothing of substance. Never take a real stance but vaguely imply them. Then watch your base eat it up because they project their own stupid ideas onto your stupid words.
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DaveWoo posted:McCain status: somewhat regretful Sometimes? Did anybody ask what about the other times?
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They're taunting us at this point. He's basically saying he and Putin plan to rig the next election. Hurry the gently caress up, Mueller.
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MUELLER HURRY THE *gently caress UP*
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A lovely Reporter posted:They're taunting us at this point. He's basically saying he and Putin plan to rig the next election. Hurry the gently caress up, Mueller. ... but wouldn't firing Mueller be seen as a very unsubtle clue that Donald (or people really close to him; the Kushners, mostly) is guilty as gently caress?
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