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johnzo Posted March 17, 2022 Report Share Posted March 17, 2022 6 hours ago, Mark F said: "Essentially, the bill said the state of Texas cannot do business with financial groups that divest from fossil fuels. Issac says the goal is to get these banks and investment firms to change their policies. He calls it "a responsible way to push back that says, 'Look, if you're going to be anti-Texas, then you're not going to get to do business with Texas.'" The bill was signed into law last year. Now the Texas comptroller's office is creating a list of companies that could face a state boycott Tired: cancel culture Wired: divesting from companies whose values don't match your own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrostyWinnipeg Posted March 18, 2022 Report Share Posted March 18, 2022 30 minutes ago, bustamente said: Need faster interwebs man https://www.morningbigblue.com/community/topic/12304-world-politics/?do=findComment&comment=559613 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue_gold_84 Posted March 18, 2022 Report Share Posted March 18, 2022 https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-illusions-about-west-are-over-lavrov-says-2022-03-18/ Quote LONDON, March 18 (Reuters) - Russia has lost any illusions about ever relying on the West and Moscow will never accept a world order dominated by the United States, which is acting like a sheriff seeking to call all the shots in a saloon bar, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. Lavrov, President Vladimir Putin's foreign minister since 2004, said the West's reaction to what Moscow has called a "special military operation" had illustrated that the West was completely dominated by the United States and that the European Union was largely powerless. "If there was any illusion that we could one day rely on our Western partners, this illusion is no longer there," Lavrov told Russian state-funded RT in English. Lavrov's defiant response to the West's effort to isolate his country echoed that of Putin, who has indicated in recent days that the post-1991 era of Russian history has drawn to a close and that from now on Moscow will look to China, India and, increasingly, inwards. "We will now have to rely only on ourselves and on our allies who stay with us," Lavrov said. "We are not closing the door on the West - they are doing so." Putin says Moscow's actions in Ukraine were necessary because NATO's enlargement threatened Russia, and that Moscow needed to save Russian-speaking people in Ukraine from oppression. Ukraine casts the invasion as a Russian imperial-style land grab. Such braindead rhetoric. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardCoreBlue Posted March 18, 2022 Report Share Posted March 18, 2022 30 minutes ago, blue_gold_84 said: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-illusions-about-west-are-over-lavrov-says-2022-03-18/ Such braindead rhetoric. I'm just truly embarrassed for our species. To paraphrase Walter Cronkite , we're really good at finding ways to kill each each other mentally, spiritually and physically but suck at finding ways to build unity across the board. Usually no matter how one packages it, humans will find a way to take good and make it bad. However the comforting news is when surrounding yourself with diverse group of sane people it does help keep one going and hoping. the watcher, Fred C Dobbs, blue_gold_84 and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted March 18, 2022 Report Share Posted March 18, 2022 21 hours ago, blue_gold_84 said: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-will-put-its-enemies-such-united-states-their-place-medvedev-says-2022-03-17/ No accountability whatsoever from Russia's so-called leaders. Nothing but delusional assclowns in the Kremlin. The whole point of being a dictator is to have no accountability, is it not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue_gold_84 Posted March 18, 2022 Report Share Posted March 18, 2022 https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/putin-ukraine-russia-moscow-1.6389517 Quote Russian President Vladimir Putin used a rally before a packed soccer stadium on Friday to justify the invasion of Ukraine, promising tens of thousands of people waving Russian flags that all the Kremlin's aims would be achieved. "We know what we need to do, how to do it and at what cost. And we will absolutely accomplish all of our plans," Putin told a rally at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium. Putin, who recently condemned what he called "scum" and "traitors" in Russia, said the soldiers fighting in what Russia calls its "special military operation" in Ukraine had illustrated the unity of his country. "Shoulder to shoulder, they help each other, support each other and when needed they shield each other from bullets with their bodies like brothers. Such unity we have not had for a long time," he said. The stage where Putin spoke was decked out with slogans "For a world without Nazism" and "For our president," using the "Z" — markings used in the military operation in Ukraine. Putin the despot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardCoreBlue Posted March 18, 2022 Report Share Posted March 18, 2022 8 minutes ago, blue_gold_84 said: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/putin-ukraine-russia-moscow-1.6389517 Putin the despot. If the nato community allows him and his gang to come back from this it’s basically everyone for themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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blue_gold_84 Posted March 18, 2022 Report Share Posted March 18, 2022 Clownshit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted March 18, 2022 Report Share Posted March 18, 2022 3 hours ago, blue_gold_84 said: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/putin-ukraine-russia-moscow-1.6389517 Putin the despot. Right after he said that, he stated that his immediate plans were to learn to walk on water, become a world-class rap performer and marry Scarlet Johanson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
do or die Posted March 18, 2022 Report Share Posted March 18, 2022 1 hour ago, Tracker said: Right after he said that, he stated that his immediate plans were to learn to walk on water, become a world-class rap performer and marry Scarlet Johanson. Simultaneously.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted March 18, 2022 Report Share Posted March 18, 2022 (edited) Edited March 18, 2022 by Tracker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bustamente Posted March 19, 2022 Report Share Posted March 19, 2022 Winnipeg and Lviv are sister cities. I did not know that Fred C Dobbs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted March 20, 2022 Report Share Posted March 20, 2022 Trouble In Kremlin Gulag: Spy Boss Reportedly Arrested As Putin Fumes Over Ukraine Invasion A top commander of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) intelligence agency has been placed under house arrest amid upheaval and infighting among officials as President Vladimir Putin fumes over the botched Ukraine invasion, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday. Russian commander Col. Gen. Sergei Beseda was in charge of the FSB’s Ukraine operation, according to the Journal, citing a U.S. official. The unidentified American official also told the newspaper that “bickering had broken out” between the FSB and the Russian Ministry of Defense, which were the key government agencies planning the invasion. Citing Russian news sources, The New York Times reported that a second FSB official was also under house arrest. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/spy-arrested-putin-anger-ukraine-invasion-trouble_n_623691cde4b046c938dca2e9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted March 20, 2022 Report Share Posted March 20, 2022 Bigblue204, WildPath and the watcher 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bustamente Posted March 20, 2022 Report Share Posted March 20, 2022 1 quarter of the people that lived in Ukraine have fled because of a madman and a world that wont do anything about him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildPath Posted March 20, 2022 Report Share Posted March 20, 2022 (edited) 7 hours ago, Tracker said: Trouble In Kremlin Gulag: Spy Boss Reportedly Arrested As Putin Fumes Over Ukraine Invasion A top commander of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) intelligence agency has been placed under house arrest amid upheaval and infighting among officials as President Vladimir Putin fumes over the botched Ukraine invasion, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday. Russian commander Col. Gen. Sergei Beseda was in charge of the FSB’s Ukraine operation, according to the Journal, citing a U.S. official. The unidentified American official also told the newspaper that “bickering had broken out” between the FSB and the Russian Ministry of Defense, which were the key government agencies planning the invasion. Citing Russian news sources, The New York Times reported that a second FSB official was also under house arrest. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/spy-arrested-putin-anger-ukraine-invasion-trouble_n_623691cde4b046c938dca2e9 I recently read Gulag Archipelago and a book about the siege of Leningrad. I'm noticing a ton of similarities between Stalin and Putin. That's not good. I can't imagine Stalin with nuclear weapons and social media. Edited March 20, 2022 by WildPath Tracker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17to85 Posted March 21, 2022 Report Share Posted March 21, 2022 3 hours ago, bustamente said: 1 quarter of the people that lived in Ukraine have fled because of a madman and a world that wont do anything about him Well I wouldn't say nothing... they've crippled his economy and armed Ukraine quite well. Problem is that he is a madman so you get the world's militaries stepping in directly he is libel to take the "if I lose everyone loses" option. Bigblue204 and the watcher 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted March 21, 2022 Report Share Posted March 21, 2022 Russian navy commander killed in Ukraine -Reuters LONDON, March 20 (Reuters) - A senior naval commander in Russia's Black Sea Fleet has been killed in Ukraine, the governor of Sevastopol said on Sunday. Post-Captain Andrei Paliy, deputy commander of the fleet, died during fighting in the eastern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, Governor Mikhail Razvozhayev said on the messaging app Telegram. The Russian navy did not respond to a request for comment. Sevastopol, which is a major base of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, is located on the Crimean peninsula, which Moscow annexed from Ukraine in 2014. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted March 21, 2022 Report Share Posted March 21, 2022 Ukraine: Russian Soldiers' IDs show them at age 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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do or die Posted March 21, 2022 Report Share Posted March 21, 2022 Russia calls for Mariupol surrender, citing 'terrible humanitarian catastrophe' https://thehill.com/policy/international/598971-russia-calls-for-mariupol-surrender-citing-terrible-humanitarian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted March 21, 2022 Report Share Posted March 21, 2022 11 hours ago, do or die said: Russia calls for Mariupol surrender, citing 'terrible humanitarian catastrophe' https://thehill.com/policy/international/598971-russia-calls-for-mariupol-surrender-citing-terrible-humanitarian Ukraine Rejects Russian Ultimatum to Surrender Mariupol - Getty Ukraine on Monday rejected outright a Russian call to lay down arms and surrender the besieged city of Mariupol, where fierce fighting has trapped an estimated 300,000 people with dwindling supplies. “There can be no talk of any surrender, laying down of arms,” Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk told Ukrainska Pravda. “We have already informed the Russian side about this.” Russia’s proposal was offered Sunday by Gen. Mikhail Mizintsev, who said a “terrible humanitarian catastrophe” was unfolding in Mariupol. The strategic port city has faced particularly heavy bombardment by Russian forces in the three weeks since the invasion began, with authorities saying that roughly 2,500 people have been killed there, though the true number may be much higher. Gen. Mizintsev’s Sunday overture included the promise that civilians and disarmed defenders would be allowed safe passage out of the strategic port city. The plan also outlined the opening of humanitarian corridors by which food, medicine, and other kinds of aid could have been brought in. Vereshchuk said that more than 3,000 people were able to leave Mariupol on Sunday, with government plans in place to send a fleet of buses there on Monday for further evacuations, according to Reuters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatty Liver Posted March 21, 2022 Report Share Posted March 21, 2022 15 hours ago, 17to85 said: Well I wouldn't say nothing... they've crippled his economy and armed Ukraine quite well. Problem is that he is a madman so you get the world's militaries stepping in directly he is libel to take the "if I lose everyone loses" option. I don't doubt it, in his final days Hitler would have taken out all of humanity if he had the ability to do so. Hopefully Russia has built in some safeguards between Putin and the "easy button". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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