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Cashless and flightless, Russian tourists stuck in Thailand
Fox Business ^

Posted on 03/13/2022 11:04:31 AM PDT by BenLurkin

Russians face two main problems: cancellations of their flights home by airlines that have stopped flying to Russia, and suspension of financial services, particularly by credit card companies that have joined sanctions against Moscow.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Travel
KEYWORDS: cancellingrussia; thailand
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To: cgbg

Sorry chum, but if people in Ukraine holding Russian passports are being used to justify a war against Ukraine then anyone holding a Russian passport must be held accountable for what is taking place in their name.

The message here is that if you live outside of Russia and you claim Russian citizenship then it’s time to go home.

Why give Pidor Putin an excuse to invade any other country with a significant Russian population? It’s far safer to round these people up and deport them to Russia. Then Pooty-poot won’t have an excuse to invade.


41 posted on 03/14/2022 1:32:36 PM PDT by MercyFlush (I don't follow the science. I follow the money. )
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To: MercyFlush

Anything they can to Russians they can do to you.

That is a guarantee.


42 posted on 03/14/2022 1:34:32 PM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: cgbg

I personally don’t care. Right now I want the accursed Russian army OUT of Ukraine. All of it. Including Crimea.

And they can take their Russian citizens with them.


43 posted on 03/14/2022 1:43:09 PM PDT by MercyFlush (I don't follow the science. I follow the money. )
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To: MercyFlush

Virtue signaling is all fun and games—until you are one of the victims.


44 posted on 03/14/2022 1:48:07 PM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: cgbg

Invading and stealing someone else’s country is all fun and games until your victims start killing your gangster army.


45 posted on 03/14/2022 1:52:09 PM PDT by MercyFlush (I don't follow the science. I follow the money. )
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To: FLT-bird

“What were hacked were exchanges, not crypto currency itself.”

Semantics.

What was it people lost? Did they lose an exchange or did they lose Crypto?


46 posted on 03/14/2022 2:21:46 PM PDT by jdsteel ("A Republic, Madam, if you can keep it." Sorry Ben, looks like we blew it.)
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To: MercyFlush

Those tourists were vicious killers and need to be punished.

;-)


47 posted on 03/14/2022 2:24:12 PM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: cgbg

“Those tourists were vicious killers and need to be punished.”

They’re Russian so your premise is entirely plausible.


48 posted on 03/14/2022 2:29:25 PM PDT by MercyFlush (I don't follow the science. I follow the money. )
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To: jdsteel

Was the crypto hacked as was initially claimed or was it the exchanges as I said?

That’s not a crypto problem. It happens with fiat currency too. That’s a hacking issue


49 posted on 03/14/2022 4:02:45 PM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: BenLurkin

Gold is better than plastic for money


50 posted on 03/14/2022 4:07:36 PM PDT by Degaston
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To: EEGator

You can visit Thailand very cheaply. Stay in a plain jane hotel or airbnb and eat food from street vendors. It is very delicious.


51 posted on 03/14/2022 4:13:10 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: FLT-bird

Did people lose “money”?

Yes.

The rest is semantics.


52 posted on 03/14/2022 6:30:12 PM PDT by jdsteel ("A Republic, Madam, if you can keep it." Sorry Ben, looks like we blew it.)
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To: jdsteel
Did people lose “money”? Yes. The rest is semantics.

was CRYPTO hacked? NO. Exchanges were. As I said from the start. That is the same for fiat currency. That is not a crypto problem. That is a hacking problem.

53 posted on 03/15/2022 3:57:14 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: FLT-bird

Can you have a Crypto market without exchanges?

No.

So it doesn’t matter. Semantics.


54 posted on 03/15/2022 10:38:53 AM PDT by jdsteel ("A Republic, Madam, if you can keep it." Sorry Ben, looks like we blew it.)
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To: jdsteel
Can you have a Crypto market without exchanges? No. So it doesn’t matter. Semantics.

You're trying to call a hacking problem a crypto problem. They are not the same thing. Hacking happens to fiat exchanges and business as well.

55 posted on 03/15/2022 10:42:33 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: FLT-bird

Hacking an exchange is a Crypto problem.

No one is saying fiat currency “can’t be hacked”.


56 posted on 03/15/2022 11:38:24 AM PDT by jdsteel ("A Republic, Madam, if you can keep it." Sorry Ben, looks like we blew it.)
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To: jdsteel
Hacking an exchange is a Crypto problem. No one is saying fiat currency “can’t be hacked”.

No, its not a crypto problem. Its a hacking problem. The same thing happens to fiat exchanges.

57 posted on 03/15/2022 11:58:15 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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