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DeSwiss

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62. Indeed.

Fri Aug 8, 2014, 08:36 AM

Aug 2014

- The key to pulling-off a sanction is that it has to hurt the other guy more. They used to teach that in Econ 101......

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''Mmmm? Sanction, you say? A sanction
is what you use instead of a gun. And you only use it when
you KNOW have them by the balls. If the sanctions
don't hurt them, then you have just shot yourself.''[/center]

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Russia bans all U.S. food, EU fruit and vegetables in sanctions response; NATO fears invasion [View all] DeSwiss Aug 2014 OP

"The top poultry-producing states are all red." merrily Aug 2014 #1

So while some Repugs..... DeSwiss Aug 2014 #2

I believe in unintended consequences much more than I believe in eleventy-dimensional chess. merrily Aug 2014 #3

Anything is possible. n/t DeSwiss Aug 2014 #4

In theory, yes. But some things are much more likely to occur than others. merrily Aug 2014 #5

In Minnesota, we walk on water every winter. Thor_MN Aug 2014 #13

Ah, I see the problem. Igel Aug 2014 #21

Ah, I see a bigger problem. Thor_MN Aug 2014 #46

TTIP here we come jakeXT Aug 2014 #6

We can't sell our Anti-biotic, BGH, Arsenic & GMO laden food in Europe. DeSwiss Aug 2014 #14

The idea's been proposed that the Russians like the idea of the sanctions. Igel Aug 2014 #22

Pepsi was always the drink behind the iron curtain jakeXT Aug 2014 #23

Cheap chicken in the USA as a possible outcome? nt littlemissmartypants Aug 2014 #7

One would think...... DeSwiss Aug 2014 #15

The big breasts.... BronxBoy Aug 2014 #30

I understand about the inhumane breeding techniques..... DeSwiss Aug 2014 #32

Well.... BronxBoy Aug 2014 #33

The practices in breeding and raising that I refer to...... DeSwiss Aug 2014 #38

Oh....they are horrible BronxBoy Aug 2014 #43

I don't think it's genetic---it's how you treat the animals that helps them grow wordpix Aug 2014 #40

Those sound like they were laying hens... BronxBoy Aug 2014 #42

already cheap w/inhuman crowding in cages, agrotoxin-laden feed coming up thru food chain wordpix Aug 2014 #39

Have you been in a chicken house? littlemissmartypants Aug 2014 #41

huh? I'm big on humane treatment of animals. What did you not get in my post? wordpix Aug 2014 #45

Just asking. Have you? eom littlemissmartypants Aug 2014 #48

Good. A starving nation ban food and raises their collective glass of vodka. nt kelliekat44 Aug 2014 #8

But Putin and his buddies are not the ones who will go hungry or suffer from higher pampango Aug 2014 #10

That was Stalin. DeSwiss Aug 2014 #16

Stalin died in the '50s. Igel Aug 2014 #25

My reference was with respect...... DeSwiss Aug 2014 #28

Starving? MattSh Aug 2014 #17

The 1930s. former9thward Aug 2014 #44

let them eat cake dembotoz Aug 2014 #9

let them eat Vodka! tomm2thumbs Aug 2014 #18

More like turnips and cabbage theHandpuppet Aug 2014 #24

awesome!!! santroy79 Aug 2014 #11

Putin is an idiot. He's gonna make his country suffer for no reason other than he's trying to be a WhoWoodaKnew Aug 2014 #12

IMO this is a sanction that only hurts his own people. jwirr Aug 2014 #19

Right..... DeSwiss Aug 2014 #20

"Only" is an overstatement, to be sure. Igel Aug 2014 #26

I suppose we'll just have to wait and see..... DeSwiss Aug 2014 #27

"hit consumers who rely on cheap imports" - cheap US food due to agrotoxins, inhumane treatment of wordpix Aug 2014 #29

This. DeSwiss Aug 2014 #31

yes i forgot to include GMO, another boon to the agrotoxin industry wordpix Aug 2014 #37

Why do I have the image of ChairmanAgnostic Aug 2014 #34

You haven't taken your meds? :-} n/t DeSwiss Aug 2014 #52

As the old song goes... whistler162 Aug 2014 #35

It is a complex problem so I would not simplify it so much. PeaceMonger12345 Aug 2014 #36

I rarely use Google. DeSwiss Aug 2014 #60

Maybe food prices in the U.S. will decrease. Trillo Aug 2014 #47

I guess so, unless they ship the surplus to soup kitchens for free... Amonester Aug 2014 #49

How dare Russia stooping to doing what is done to them. Don't the Russkies understand that the indepat Aug 2014 #50

Indeed! DeSwiss Aug 2014 #53

Our nation, including many of its leaders and institutions, is eaten up with an almost always fatal indepat Aug 2014 #67

Americans will be better off if all the states exporting produce and chicken sell domestic. Sunlei Aug 2014 #51

Brazil to Substantially Increase Exports of Meat, Dairy to Customs Union dipsydoodle Aug 2014 #54

Looks like those sancguns are working.... DeSwiss Aug 2014 #55

Not too much fun for Lithuania and Finland dipsydoodle Aug 2014 #58

Maybe they should consider BRICs. DeSwiss Aug 2014 #59

Im sure those redstate baggers workinclasszero Aug 2014 #56

Indeed. DeSwiss Aug 2014 #62

Reuters: EU experts to debate Russia's ban on European food on Aug. 14 dipsydoodle Aug 2014 #57

! DeSwiss Aug 2014 #63

Ukraine Threatens Oil and Gas Cut-Off in Russia Sanctions dipsydoodle Aug 2014 #61

Ukraine's turn...... DeSwiss Aug 2014 #64

forgot to add...... dipsydoodle Aug 2014 #65

Well, for one they can learn from the Swiss! DeSwiss Aug 2014 #66