09-24-2022, 12:07 AM
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#7841
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damn onions
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Originally Posted by Elkyiv
Czechoslovakia, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Yemen, Ukraine.
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Yemen? No. I don’t even know what you’re talking about there. Which people in Yemen? I’ll give you Egypt and Tunisia and Libya (kinda…). Anyway. Different contexts different places etc.
I haven’t read too much about the torture imprisonment killing etc of protesters in those countries but hey, maybe they’re all just braver than the average Russian. Or maybe Russia crushes protests a little quicker and a little more ruthlessly based on necessity. I dunno, could be whatever. But my sense is it’s one thing to type away in your basement about what kind of Captain America things you would do and then another thing if you people were all put in their shoes.
Last edited by Mr.Coffee; 09-24-2022 at 12:10 AM.
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09-24-2022, 04:42 AM
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#7842
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Helsinki, Finland
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Locke
Thats actually brilliant. I mean, ethics aside.
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It's extremely standard stuff for going around sanctions, this is also how ISIS oil was circulated into the world market.
Everyone also knows this is going on, to the point that EU has put a limit on how much you are legally allowed to pay in EU for "totally not-Russian" oil products. That last bit might sound weird, but price limits are actually quite effective in limiting how much profit Russia can ultimately make out of this.
The practicalities of sanctions are a real underworld of international politics.
As another example, the reasons why Russia allowed Ukraine to start exporting grain again through the Black Sea were I think never made public, but it likely included "totally unrelated" things like Turkey temporarily seizing some Russian grain ships at the Black Sea suspected of "selling stolen grain", and Lithuania allowing train transports to Kaliningrad again coincidentally right after first grain ships from Ukraine had sailed.
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09-24-2022, 07:27 AM
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#7843
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Calgary
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Pointman make it out?
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09-24-2022, 07:42 AM
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#7844
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Salmon with Arms
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Quote:
Originally Posted by burn_this_city
Pointman make it out?
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It's a bit concerning we haven't heard from him
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09-24-2022, 07:51 AM
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#7845
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Scoring Winger
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
It's a bit concerning we haven't heard from him
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I’m going to chalk it up to that he’s got a lot more important things on his mind at this moment then posting on Calgary puck. Must be a terrifying situation especially having to leave his family back in that crap hole of a country.
Last edited by TKB; 09-24-2022 at 01:16 PM.
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09-24-2022, 07:59 AM
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#7846
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Calgary
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09-24-2022, 08:36 AM
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#7847
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Calgary
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09-24-2022, 11:00 AM
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#7848
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Learning Phaneufs skating style
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Putin has fired the deputy defence minister who was in charge of Russia's military logistics operations since 2008. His replacement is the general who commanded the Mariupol siege and is known as the Butcher of Mariupol by Ukranians.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63021117
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09-24-2022, 12:30 PM
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#7849
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Franchise Player
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Hopefully that ####bag catches a HIMAR to the face.
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09-24-2022, 04:40 PM
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#7850
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Huntingwhale
Hopefully that ####bag catches a HIMAR to the face.
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What did pointman ever do to you?
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09-24-2022, 04:43 PM
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#7851
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by burn_this_city
Pointman make it out?
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He said it was a Friday/Saturday journey. It will be a few days before we hear from him.
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09-24-2022, 04:46 PM
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#7852
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Vancouver
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Did he even say where he was going? He said train and that Israel was his destination so I assumed Georgia or Kazakhstan.
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09-24-2022, 06:46 PM
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#7854
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Franchise Player
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Man. If those Tweets are factual and not propaganda from the West, how is this in any way responsible of Russia to do to their own citizens? Sending people to the front lines with zero training or experience? Terrible.
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09-24-2022, 06:49 PM
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#7855
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by activeStick
Man. If those Tweets are factual and not propaganda from the West, how is this in any way responsible of Russia to do to their own citizens? Sending people to the front lines with zero training or experience? Terrible.
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Did you not watch Enemy at the Gates??
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09-24-2022, 06:50 PM
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#7856
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Salmon with Arms
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jeffman
What did pointman ever do to you?
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He was referring to Putin
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09-24-2022, 07:12 PM
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#7857
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Craig McTavish' Merkin
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
He was referring to Putin
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He was joking.
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09-24-2022, 07:13 PM
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#7858
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damn onions
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Quote:
Originally Posted by chemgear
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I’m not sure id have much faith in the Russian leadership’s assessment about what is or isn’t “intelligent”.
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09-24-2022, 07:13 PM
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#7859
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Salmon with Arms
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DownInFlames
He was joking.
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I don't understand how to joke anymore
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09-24-2022, 07:18 PM
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#7860
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tromboner
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: where the lattes are
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
I don't understand how to joke anymore
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With a 
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