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You’re clearly trolling.

No

Also, what happens when your opponents take over and sensor your rebuttals of their lies.

I struggle with this question. Who decides what is or is not propaganda, and how do you prevent people from circumventing your ban? Maybe we can start by just shutting off Fox News? /rimshot

Yeah. My initial reply there probably didn’t offer this situation the seriousness it deserves. The speed and solidarity of the sanctions seem to have surprised Putin and now he’s likely feeling backed into a corner.

A little, yes, but not far off from the truth

I prefer using my powers of clairvoyance on cashing in on the lottery and picking winners in horse racing.

Thank you for your valuable contributions to this difficult thread on this important topic. It’s been really helpful and is appreciated.

Because you asserted it as fact. You cannot know what you claim to know, and we could equally claim that Zelensky giving in would’ve resulted in immediate nuclear actions. Such speculations rest on the same baseless footing as yours.

A problem with no fly zones is that people don’t just magically stop flying in the air space when you declare one. Once declared, it must be enforced by shooting any one who enters it. Russia would fly in, then a Polish or American craft would shoot it down, and in that flash of a second the west will have officially declared war with Russia. We all need what Russia is doing to Ukraine to end, but a de facto declaration of war on them seems unlikely to achieve that on the timeline we desire. Also would result in lots more lost life and unpredictable downstream consequences.

Lol. In a thread with only 8 replies, 2 of them have citations.

And I have a suspicion that someone forgot to take their meds today

Yes

Pressure from the private sector is mounting and amplifying sanctions, too. Boeing suspended major operations in Moscow, as well as maintenance and technical support for Russian airlines. Shell will sever ties with Russian gas giant Gazprom and end its roughly $1 billion financing of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. Exxon Mobil says it will exit Russia oil and gas operations valued at more than $4 billion and cease new investment. GM, which sells only about 3,000 cars a year in Russia, says it will suspend exporting vehicles. Ford suspended operations. BMW stopped shipments and will stop production in Russia. VW paused delivery of Audis already in Russia so it can adjust car prices to reflect the decline in value of the ruble. Harley-Davidson suspended shipments to Russia. Adidas suspended its partnership with the Russian Football Union. Nike ceased online sales because it can’t guarantee delivery. FedEx and UPS suspended shipments. Yoox Net-A-Porter Group and Farfetch, luxury e-commerce platforms, are suspending deliveries in Russia. Apple paused product sales and limited services (including Apple Pay), on top of ceasing exports to Russia and restricting features in Apple Maps in Ukraine to safeguard civilian safety. Dell stopped selling products. Walt Disney is pausing film debuts in Russia. Warner Bros., Sony, Paramount and Universal say they won't release films in the country.

Or, you know, move on to renewables and away from O&G entirely before Kansas and Alberta become coastal states.

Who cares? It’s the internet. For all we know, they’re genetically modified kittens who learned to type. All that matters is WHAT gets posted, not WHO posted it.

This isn't a brain teaser. Chickens also didn't magically appear out of thin air.

Energy supply is the thing to watch here, IMO. If EU countries (esp. Germany) can hold strong and survive lack of Russian oil and gas, then Putin crumbles. If, however, domestic protests cause EU governments to cave and start buying Russian O&G again due to price concerns of their citizens, then Putin survives. Amplifying this risk: Russian trolls have become very good at stirring up “grassroots” protests in other countries that could push this more quickly (aka: astroturfing). Suppressing this risk: US and other countries releasing 60 Million barrels of O&G from strategic petroleum reserves and showing a willingness to release more. Almost certainly. Seizures of super yachts, private jets, and luxury apartments are already happening. Nobody likes it when people start messing with and taking away their toys, especially the ultra wealthy.

Probably not. He’s been downright dictatorial and authoritarian in his separation from the infected and isolation against risk. As for the rest of your post… yeah, no.

US has banned all Russian flights from entering the country, and in parallel Boeing announced an end to all maintenance and flight assistance for Russian airlines.

Sometimes symbolism and protest is worth more than rubles, especially today

Then again… we are the universe expressing itself as a human being for a little while. (~E.Tolle)

He’s conflating conservation principles with reincarnation. It’s just sloppy silliness.

This isn’t physics. It’s not even interesting. We’re all star dust. On another note, you need a blog, not a discussion forum.

Fairly certain it's not the brain of the "savior" that's "deadish."