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2022-09-07 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

'Winter will be long': Russian oil giant Gazprom taunts the West with sinister video showing Europe freezing over after Moscow switches off gas supplies

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Posted by Skidmark 2022-09-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 A game of chicken -

Russia Privately Warns of Deep and Prolonged Economic Damage

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-09-07 09:31|| 2022-09-07 09:31|| Front Page Top

#2 Russians using winter as a tool in a conflict.

Say it ain't so!

Russia may face a longer and deeper recession as the impact of US and European sanctions spreads

Oh, so these financial reporters do know what a recession is.

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-09-07 12:11|| 2022-09-07 12:11|| Front Page Top

#3 Russians using winter as a tool in a conflict.

Stopped Sweden, Napoleon and Hitler.

Posted by Skidmark 2022-09-07 13:06|| 2022-09-07 13:06|| Front Page Top

#4 Me: These "Biden" policies are going to have us washing our aluminium foil like grandma.

Fact Checkers: your grandma didn't wash her aluminum foil.

Me: yeah, had a drawer of it.

Newsweek: Citing an "unprecedented rise in global energy prices," Century Aluminum in Kentucky announced they will be laying off 628 Hawesville Smelter employees starting August 5. In fact, mass layoffs are happening nationwide as fears of an economic downturn continue to escalate.

Reuters: LONDON, Sept 1 (Reuters) – Two more European aluminium smelters are powering down as the region’s energy crisis shows no signs of abating.

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-09-07 14:08|| 2022-09-07 14:08|| Front Page Top

#5 CERN may shut down Large Hadron Collider

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-09-07 14:28|| 2022-09-07 14:28|| Front Page Top

#6 ...well, that's one 'oops' I won't have to worry about.

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-09-07 15:33|| 2022-09-07 15:33|| Front Page Top

#7 “Who runs Bartertown?” - Vlad enquired

Posted by Griter Slash1619 2022-09-07 18:29|| 2022-09-07 18:29|| Front Page Top

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