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Mastercard, Visa Begin Blocking Russian Access to Their Networks
US News ^ | 3/1/2022 | Tim Smart

Posted on 03/01/2022 7:44:23 AM PST by marcusmaximus

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To: discostu
Oil is up $10 per barrel SINCE BIDEN'S Ukraine sanctions, making gas and heating necessities increase by app. 15% over the past week.

How much more are you willing to spend and why?

41 posted on 03/01/2022 8:16:39 AM PST by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: JonPreston

Biden + Putin invasion = High gas prices.

No Biden + No Putin invasion = Low gas prices.

Simple economics.


42 posted on 03/01/2022 8:17:11 AM PST by marcusmaximus
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To: JonPreston

War is happening.
Sanctions or not the supply chain is interrupted. The price WILL go up.


43 posted on 03/01/2022 8:17:15 AM PST by discostu (like a dog being shown a card trick)
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To: discostu
There’s really no good reason why Putin decided the west still has to be the enemy.

This ain't the "West" of the Cold War.

44 posted on 03/01/2022 8:17:30 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: marcusmaximus
Ukraine owns Jao Bai-din, Hunter Biden, Nanzi Pelosi, Paul Pelosi, John Kerry, John Kerry Jr., and Christopher Heinz (Kerry).

How much is Burisma Holdings paying Democrats?

45 posted on 03/01/2022 8:18:30 AM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: Westbrook
Wait till this happens to you for supporting Trump or “Trumpism”.

My first thought as well. This seems similar to the Canadian government seizing the bank accounts of trucker protesters.

46 posted on 03/01/2022 8:18:59 AM PST by Pajamajan ( PRAY FOR OUR NATION. Never be a peaceful slave in a new socialist America.)
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To: discostu
The price WILL go up.

In response to Biden's sanctions, sanctions you tacitly approve of with your clamor for war.

Again, how much are you willing to pay to support a country that enriched the Biden family by acting as a Democrat slush fund?

47 posted on 03/01/2022 8:20:46 AM PST by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: dfwgator

And it’s not supposed to be the Russia of the Cold War. Except that seems to be what Putin really wants.


48 posted on 03/01/2022 8:22:19 AM PST by discostu (like a dog being shown a card trick)
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To: Pajamajan
This seems similar to the Canadian government seizing the bank accounts of trucker protesters.

That's the model, and couple it with Soros currency manipulation & regime change, all of which neocons are applauding.

49 posted on 03/01/2022 8:22:34 AM PST by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: Westbrook

I was thinking the same thing.

If they can do this so quickly to a major world power…

Well it wouldn’t take much to do it to a bunch of peons.

If anything one should be moving to precious metals or high value barter items, right now! There is going to be blowback.


50 posted on 03/01/2022 8:22:53 AM PST by EBH (Hold My Beer. 1776-2021 May God Save Us.)
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To: .30Carbine

“The globalists took out America. Now they are trying to take down Russia. “

Bingo ! Amazing how many Freepers can’t see this .


51 posted on 03/01/2022 8:23:16 AM PST by sushiman
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To: JonPreston

Sanctions happened at the same time as the war. And let’s keep in mind that price is the currently trading value of oil to be delivered in 90 days. Any time there’s any hint of war anywhere that has oil that price goes up. It went up more than that on 9-11.


52 posted on 03/01/2022 8:23:54 AM PST by discostu (like a dog being shown a card trick)
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To: JonPreston

Blaming Ukraine for high gas prices instead of Biden’s war on domestic energy production and Putin’s invasion is like democrats blaming guns for the democrat city crime wave instead of the criminals who use them.


53 posted on 03/01/2022 8:25:07 AM PST by marcusmaximus
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To: discostu

The West is now a decadent shell of its former self.

I don’t approve of what Putin is doing, but it’s understandable why Russia wants no part of it.


54 posted on 03/01/2022 8:25:12 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: discostu
Simple question; as a supporter of Biden's Ukraine sanctions, sanctions that you just acknowledged will drive up costs to the American consumer given our reliance on Russian oil, how much extra are you willing to spend for basic commodities, and why?
55 posted on 03/01/2022 8:28:01 AM PST by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: marcusmaximus
Blaming Ukraine for high gas prices instead

Still don't get it?

Biden's Ukraine sanctions, sanctions you support, will drive up the cost of imported Russian oil, making everyday living more expensive.

Now that I explained this to you, again, do you still support Biden's sanctions *and* how much more are you personally willing to spend related to increased costs?

56 posted on 03/01/2022 8:33:40 AM PST by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: dfwgator
I don’t approve of what Putin is doing, but it’s understandable why Russia wants no part of it.

Same here. A quick turn around the TV dial should be enough to make anyone reject Joe Biden's democracy.

57 posted on 03/01/2022 8:35:31 AM PST by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: dfwgator

I believe they have a chance to take down Putin. Question is: Will he go nuclear and will China help him.


58 posted on 03/01/2022 8:35:36 AM PST by cornfedcowboy ( )
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To: JonPreston

Biden’s war on US domestic energy + Putin’s invasion of Ukraine = High Gas Prices

Economics 101


59 posted on 03/01/2022 8:36:37 AM PST by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

All baked into the sauce, they want to push EVs, what better way to do it than High Gas Prices....This is precisely what they want. And now they have their cover for it, so people won’t complain.


60 posted on 03/01/2022 8:37:48 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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