Take the dump, have the smoke, see ya next bread
Not House Rules, the actual Constitution!
Twas last bread notable (#23169) >>18874122
Rep. Luna believes the California Democrat should be punished under Article I, Section 5, Clause 2 of the Constitution, which stipulates that the House of Representatives may “punish its Members for disorderly Behavior, and, with the Concurrence of two thirds, expel a Member.”
Schiff lied to the American people. He used his position on House Intel to push a lie that cost American taxpayers millions of dollars.
Pencil Neck's usefulness is at an end. Thus the debates and the tweets and the soundbites go on. The House itself becomes the Dog & Pony show. Can't impeach Potato if the House can get together long enough to order lunch. Shifty's credibility is shot, and the more those memes quoting him on how he has all this evidence of collusion and assorted crap get passed around the net, the credibility of all those that parroted the same crap have their credibility destroyed as well.
The World is seeing the whole thing. Many breads ago was tweet supposedly from the President of El Salvador asking how the current Administration could preach to other countries about "democracy" and "transparency" and "accountability" when those countries see the crap they do.
Really? What sauce you got on that?
We talking Anglo-American, Glencore Xstrata, or Barloworld?
G-7 talking more Russia sanctions, Russia building a straight-line route and Iran and India are in
Freight corridor linking Moscow with Mumbai slowly taking shape
Sam Chambers May 19, 2023
Another part of the infrastructure jigsaw to create the long-planned International North–South Transport Corridor (INSTC) is taking shape.
The INSTC, a project originally launched by Russia, Iran and India in 2002, is a 7,200 km-long multi-mode network of ship, rail, and road to move freight between India, Iran, Azerbaijan, Russia, Central Asia and Europe. The objective of the corridor is to increase trade connectivity between major cities such as Mumbai, Moscow, Tehran, Baku, Bandar Abbas and Astrakhan. Russia claims the project could ultimately rival the Suez Canal in terms of trade flows.
This week, Russian president Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi signed a deal to finance and build the 162 km Rasht-Astara Iranian railway, a key link in the emerging freight corridor.
The railway along the Caspian Sea coast will help connect Russian ports on the Baltic Sea with Iranian ports in the Indian Ocean and the Gulf.
The two leaders have also discussed building ships in Iran which will be dedicated for the Caspian as part of the corridor, with Putin also saying he would be keen to invest in Iranian ports.
https://splash247.com/freight-corridor-linking-moscow-with-mumbai-slowly-taking-shape/
These guys
G7 leaders discuss further Russian shipping sanctions
Sam Chambers May 19, 2023
Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) nations are meeting in Hiroshima and discussing further shipping-related sanctions on Russia.
New measures announced by the leaders during the May 19-21 meetings will target sanctions evasion involving third countries, and seek to undermine Russia’s future energy production and curb trade that supports Russia’s military. An official announcement on the shipping-related sanctions from the group is expected on Sunday.
The G7 includes Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Canada and Italy, as well as the European Union. Also due to touch down in Japan for talks is Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
US sanctions due to be announced this weekend would cut off roughly 70 entities from Russia, and other countries, from receiving US exports by adding them to the commerce blacklist. And there will be upwards of 300 new sanctions against individuals, entities, vessels and aircraft.
In the lead up to the summit, Britain’s prime minister, Rishi Sunak, announced a UK ban on imports of Russian-origin copper, nickel and aluminium, with other G7 members expected to follow suit.
The UK has today announced a new wave of sanctions against Russia, targeting businesses and individuals connected to Russia’s capacity to fund and wage the war.
The 86 designations target individuals and organisations connected to Russia’s energy, metals, defence, transport, and financial sectors.
This includes a crackdown on what an official British government release described as the “shady” individuals and entities connected to the theft and resale of Ukrainian grain, as well as targeting Russia’s major energy and arms shipping companies.
Companies connected to Rosatom, which are producing advanced materials and technology, including lasers, have also been sanctioned.
A total of 24 individuals and entities connected to Russia’s transport services, have also been sanctioned by the UK today. This includes Pawell Shipping, the State Grain Corporation (GZO) and its director Nikita Busel who are connected to what the UK government described as the “systematic theft” of Ukrainian grain.
Six major Russian shipping companies which have enabled and supported Putin’s wartime economy have also been sanctioned by the UK. This includes Sun Ship Management, an entity connected to Sovcomflot, Russia’s largest state-owned shipping company.
The European Union, meanwhile, has proposed prohibiting access to its ports for vessels that attempt to circumvent sanctions on Russian oil as it seeks to deter transport of its crude and products below the price caps set by the G7.
With price caps on Russian crude and petroleum products already in place, the focus by the EU is now on closing loopholes and more effective enforcement of the restrictions.
The EU has cited a “sharp increase in deceptive practices, and related environmental risks” by vessels trying to circumvent the G7 price cap and a ban on imports of Russian oil to the bloc. Vessels that are suspected or found in breach of the sanctions by engaging in ship-to-ship transfers should be banned from European ports and locks, it has said.
The breakdown of laden tanker Canis Power earlier this week in the Danish straits, a ship belonging to the so-called dark fleet, has added to impetus among European countries keen to clamp down on the growth of the vintage, often poorly maintained fleet hauling Russian cargoes through the continent’s waters.
As part of the planned next round of EU sanctions, the bloc has also proposed targeting vessels that switch off navigation systems.
Earlier this week, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Terrorist Financing & Financial Crimes and Office Economic Policy released a progress report that claimed to underscore the price cap on Russian oil’s success in achieving its dual goals: reducing Russia’s revenue and keeping the global energy market stable.
According to the Russian Ministry of Finance, federal government oil revenues from January to March of 2023 were over 40% lower than a year prior. This is Russia’s single most important source of federal revenue. Before the war, oil revenues constituted 30–35% of the total Russian budget. In 2023, oil revenues have fallen to just 23% of the Russian budget, the American report stated.
Splash will be bringing readers updates from the G7 summit on Monday.
More:
https://splash247.com/g7-leaders-discuss-further-russian-shipping-sanctions
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A South African subsidiary of a Dutch company owns 20% of the uranium in the United States, yet cannot get new fuel rods for the Eskom nuke plants to stop what is now Stage 10 load-shedding?
Did I get that right?
I guess that shows lack of equipment on their side. Makes me wonder where all that money in aid and where all that sophisticated equipment the Ukes are supposed to be getting has ended up
>Guess they want Ukraine.
What for, place has always been troublesome for the Russians.
Meanwhile: >>18875152 Freight corridor linking Moscow with Mumbai slowly taking shape. Not only are the BRICS nations coming closer together, but Saudi Arabia and Turkey want to join.
Add in the sanctions put on Venezuela, but now "oh, you can export oil to EU now to settle debt…" when it's no secret Venezuelan crude is very heavy goop, and has to be thinned out to be of any use. In comes Iran with tankers full of the stuff they need.
Russian crude sold to India on the cheap, sold to EU free of sanctions for a big profit margin. Venezuelan oil thinned by Iranian stuff going to EU for nice profit margin.
Have you noticed the difference a year makes? No squawking from anybody about Venezuelan ports getting visited by Iranian tankers? Morans sanctioned themselves into profits for everybody the sanctions were supposed to hurt, plus some middlemen.
The U.S. companies are under regulation strangulation from DC, so can't meet the demand. Strategic Reserve getting emptied out to make Potato look good to the freezing Germans. With the U.S. companies getting gonked by DC, how they gonna refill the Reserve? Canada, with Trudy up there gonking his people, while selling to the EU himself? Wait, let them buy nice oil from India or China and just memory-hole that stuff started out as Urals Russian crude.
Yeah, shame they smack a nuke in Ukraine while Potato is in Hiroshima.
Visualize with me:
Potato: Nukes are terrible, nukes are bad anybody uses one is bad
Entire City of Hiroshima: Ya don't say
South Africa is up to bread #11 these days. From the stuff I've seen there since the first one, I'd say it's use them when convenient and forget they exist when there's no profit or political advantage in it
Yeppers, that there was posted up like two nights ago
Nah, just ebot, it is Friday night
Looks like ebot's handler is awake
You've already filtered ebot, if you wish to filter this boatfag than up to you
No fucks given, but if you miss any goodies I find in the maritime sites it's on you
They block Russia's ability to ship via the Suez Canal, or even transit the scandinavian countries, there will be a new route bypassing all of them. A more direct line route. A route that involves Iran as well. How can they sanction or stop shipment of stuff that goes mostly road and rail through Russia down into Iran? Ends up in India at the end just to make things more fun. They sanction India, who is going to answer the Customer Service phones?