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Looks like Biden is going to announce an oil ban today ... I hope, as reported as an option to replace that oil, there is not a lift of the ban on Venezuela. https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/07/russia-oil-ukraine-biden-00014873

In the not unexpected, but unfortunate category https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-putin-oil-gas/

There was the agreement as well after the USSR if the Ukrainians gave up the nukes they would not be invaded .. how many times has that been broken (3 or 4) .. now, Crimea, separatist regions (maybe not invaded, but at least armed by Russia)

I guess the other factor is whatever the terms are, how much trust do they have that the Russians will keep their end of the bargain

I don't see really any of them being agreed to at this point beyond maybe letting some of the separatist areas go

Russian terms ... go fuck yourself would be an appropriate response

I went to this store today near Dallas (Ukrainian-American owned) https://www.ukiestyle.com/pages/about-us Bought some things, have a Ukrainian flag flying outside my house (they are donating 100% of profits for relief efforts) and made a cash donation. Very nice people and waves of people...

Was just coming here to post this. I have always been a huge Purple fan .. now I am a bigger one Spoiled because of the size

Anything short of Ukrainian borders (as of 1991) being Russian military free should be a non-starter

On Netflix (in the US) there is a documentary called Winter on Fire about the 2014 Maidan revolution ... very interesting and informative to current events. I am sure that was covered much more extensively at the time in Europe versus the US (where it was covered, but not much).

Right. Which is why I said the US could survive this fairly easily. We can do what we can to send LNG and coal to Europe in the short term ...partial solution for sure. But they have until next winter to figure it out. Ukraine does not have that much time

That would be great, but until the taps from Russia are shut down they can keep marching. Europe needs to do the same and fast ..and that would have a greater impact than the US doing it ...but the US needs to do it soon and we can manage

Not that I think US politics matters much in any of this .. and I really do not want to sidetrack the conversation .. but Biden standing in Kyiv with Zelensky after the Russians were driven out would benefit him. I had hoped he was going to announce the oil ban at the state of the union, but...

I am not torn at all ... be a leader .. ban the oil, explain why you are doing it, take steps to mitigate the impact (tax holiday, encourage states with surpluses (most of them) to do the same, increase domestic production, keep pushing on alternatives, find other foreign sources) and see what...

Idiots ... show some backbone. Biden is trying to a) keep inflation down b) not piss off part of his constituency by increasing US production to help in the mid-terms. Spineless fuck

Yeah, for what it is worth, I wrote on the forum and emailed saying I have been a fan for a really long time and this is the only time they have disappointed me

I do not think there is anything wrong with them canceling in Russia. I think people were hoping for a bit stronger statement as to why

Got the new Rosalie Cunningham (ex-Purson) album .. really good.