”Shirt buttons? We don’t need no stinkin’ shirt buttons.”
How did vehicles in America operate reliably for the first 100 years without all the extra stuff.
kinda strange you’re more concerned about russia’s economy while biden is destroying ours...
Putin wants it to be like the USSR again!
It was either another Freeper or Reagan that told the story about how back in the day in the USSR you had to wait 10 years for a new car, and you had to pay the money up front.
So the guy goes in and lays down his money.
“Thank you comrade! We’ll see you in 10 years.”
“Yes comrade. Morning or afternoon?”
“What kind of a question is that!?”
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“Well, the plumber is coming in the morning.”
No shirt buttons. That explains the shirtless Putin pictures.
While claiming the sanctions are having no effect, they sure do complain about the sanctions a lot.
Senior Biden administration officials said gold is Moscow’s second largest export after energy, and that banning imports would make it more difficult for Russia to participate in global markets. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss details before the announcement.British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the ban on Russian gold will “directly hit Russian oligarchs and strike at the heart of Putin’s war machine,” a reference to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Russia’s economy seems to be doing OK. In fact, the ruble is more valuable today than it was 6 months ago and they are taking in MORE MONEY for their chief export, oil and gas.
They will adapt and develop alternatives or find alternative sources of supply. These sanctions are going to hurt our economy even worse over time.
My old girlfriend from my high school days had a ‘65 Mustang with no power brakes, no power steering, no air bags and no other “extras”. She was a small girl and she handled that car fine.
I drove it once and wondered how she managed without power steering. It was like driving a “duece and a half”.
No seat belts, no anti-lock brakes nothing extra, just a car, like every other one on the road at the time.
QIAOTOU, China -- The humble button may not seem so significant -- unless you're in Qiaotou, China, where hundreds of factories produce more than 60% of all buttons on earth.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/welcome-to-button-town-china/
I'd think the Russians could get buttons from the same place we get them. Although we probably don't import many buttons. We import the clothing with the buttons already sewn on.
That was from the Soccer Mom Law that went into effect in the US in 2009.
Since China and India are still trading with Russia and are major gold purchasers..., those bans won't amount to much. Gold is very fungible and liquid.
Sounds pretty much like every care ever build when I was growing up. I wish that we could buy cars like that again. The price sounds pretty good too.
——the new Lada-—
is actually a very old lada
Russia has become what isolationist Freepers want America to be
We had covid bs lockdown...we had nothing for a year
”Shirt buttons? We don’t need no stinkin’ shirt buttons.”
We should be so fortunate. Car prices - and insurance - keep climbing in part due to government policies and progressive actions.
I'll take one.
Russia earned what is very likely a record 93 billion euros(about $97 million) in revenue from exports of oil, gas and coal in the first 100 days of the country’s invasion of Ukraine, according to data analyzed by the Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air, a research organization based in Helsinki.
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MOSCOW, June 22 (Reuters) - The rouble jumped on Wednesday to its strongest mark in seven years against the dollar and euro, supported by capital controls, a favourable upcoming tax period and Russia's trade surplus.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-16/russia-current-account-surplus-surges-to-96-billion-on-energy#:~:text=Even%20with%20oil%20restrictions%2C%20Russia%27s,Economics%20forecast%20on%20May%206.
Russia’s current account surplus more than tripled in the first four months of the year to $95.8 billion, the central bank said, as prices surged for its oil and gas exports and imports plunged under the weight of sanctions imposed by the US and its allies over President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
The surplus on the current account, the broadest measure of trade in goods and services, was the highest since at least 1994. The figure in first four months of last year was $27.5 billion.