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1 posted on 08/07/2014 5:46:33 AM PDT by Freelance Warrior
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Good — more food at lower prices for the rest of us.


2 posted on 08/07/2014 5:55:44 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
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Canada’s pork industry is bracing for a major blow after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced his country will ban the import of agricultural products from countries that have imposed sanctions on Russia. The Globe and Mail

The products that intended for export to Russia will remain in the European market, thus causing a crisis Le Figaro

Russia specifically imports 25% of peaches and 50% of strawberries that are exported by Greece. To Vima

3 posted on 08/07/2014 5:58:51 AM PDT by Freelance Warrior (A Russian.)
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And we depend on them to get into space!


6 posted on 08/07/2014 6:22:31 AM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (Obama lied; our healthcare died.)
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To: Freelance Warrior

Shooting wars often start this way.
Step 1.) Sanctions, boycotts, blockades...

Russians in Europe are already talking about war.
I met one such Russian yesterday, just West of the Ukraine.

Perhaps Kondratieff was right (long wave cycle of economic crises, war, disease) and all those naysaying Economists who nix his ideas need to rethink.


9 posted on 08/07/2014 6:33:16 AM PDT by Fear The People (When the government fears the people, you have LIBERTY.)
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As Putin is fond of saying, “So long as there is bark on some of the trees, the Russian people will have something to eat.”


12 posted on 08/07/2014 1:44:36 PM PDT by Tau Food (Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.)
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were not many of these already banned?

ie Chobani genetically modified yogurt?

(Chuck shumer’s favorite yogurt maker money donor)

13 posted on 08/07/2014 1:55:34 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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