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The DUmpster / Re: So What Just Happened To Cause Brent Crude To Drop 3%
« Last post by 67 Rover on July 24, 2026, 11:19:31 AM »
Same old crap 24/7

They believe that America is the worst place and that every other country is better in every way but they still refuse to leave.  :banghead:
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Breaking News / Re: Worth Knowing, Probably Not Quite Threadworthy 7/24
« Last post by SVPete on July 24, 2026, 11:16:53 AM »
Ukraine Declares War on Wildberries (Really)

https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2026/07/24/ukraine-declares-war-on-wildberries-really-n4955403

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Residents of St. Petersburg woke up Friday to find their Wildberries on fire, following a series of Ukrainian drone strikes on Russia's largest online retailer. The Associated Press sold the attacks as "hurting small businesses and bringing the war home," but there's more to it than that.

Often called "the Russian Amazon," Wildberries has only grown in importance after four-plus years of war.

When I first read earlier this week that Kyiv had taken out two massive Wildberries facilities near Moscow, I assumed it was part of a wider campaign to bring the war home to typical Russians. But military analyst Chris O. called it "a huge disaster for the Russian economy" because Wildberries is "one of the most structurally important companies in the Russian economy."

In addition to the material losses to Wildberries customers and third-party sellers, the company also serves as a "key channel for dual-use material and non-lethal supplies for soldiers at the front – drones, spare parts, night vision equipment, boots, uniforms, generators, and so on."

Serhii Kuzan, chairman of the Ukrainian Center for Security and Cooperation, told the BBC this week that Wildberries is “a vital component” of Russia’s military logistics system, and United24 noted that "disrupting its distribution infrastructure could affect the supply of critical dual-use goods to Russia’s defense sector."

Willingly or coerced, Widlberries is part of Russia's military logistics, and thus made itself a valid target for Ukraine. Maybe some Russian consumers and business people affected by the Wildberries attacks will understand that Putin did this to them by invading Ukraine. FAFO, drone style.
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Breaking News / Worth Knowing, Probably Not Quite Threadworthy 7/24
« Last post by SVPete on July 24, 2026, 10:36:44 AM »
Secret Service suspends agent accused of leaking JD Vance’s travel details

https://nypost.com/2026/07/23/us-news/secret-service-suspends-agent-accused-of-leaking-jd-vances-travel-details/

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WASHINGTON — A Secret Service agent suspected of leaking details about Vice President JD Vance’s travel has been placed on administrative leave pending an internal investigation.

The unidentified agent is believed to have been a source for an MS Now story published last week that claimed Vance’s protective detail was frustrated with the second family’s habit of making last-minute travel arrangements and special requests.

“A member of the Vice Presidential Protective Division is the subject of an administrative investigation, and potential criminal inquiry, involving allegations of compromising operational and information security,” a Secret Service spokesperson told The Post Thiursday(sic).

The Secret Service has been self-beclowning.
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The DUmpster / Re: So What Just Happened To Cause Brent Crude To Drop 3%
« Last post by CC27 on July 24, 2026, 10:28:48 AM »
Almost appears as if they are rooting against America.

Same old crap 24/7
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The DUmpster / Re: So What Just Happened To Cause Brent Crude To Drop 3%
« Last post by 67 Rover on July 24, 2026, 10:28:00 AM »
I think someone is upset and stupid at the same time.

Almost appears as if they are rooting against America.
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The DUmpster / So What Just Happened To Cause Brent Crude To Drop 3%
« Last post by CC27 on July 24, 2026, 10:07:05 AM »
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gab13by13 (33,273 posts)

So What Just Happened To Cause Brent Crude To Drop 3%

Krasnov threatening massive bombings?
Pakistan oil transporters threatening to strike because no more discounts for cheap Russian crude?
Iran rejecting Krasnov's ceasefire request?
Ukraine blockading Russian oil tankers?
The Houthis setting Saudi oil tankers on fire?
SPR's all across the world at record low levels?

The Oil Markets are ****ing Kabuki Theater.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221397802

I think someone is upset and stupid at the same time.
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The DUmpster / Re: Being Strongly Opposed to Netanyahu Is Not Anti-Semitic.
« Last post by SVPete on July 24, 2026, 08:42:17 AM »
Is MM really pretending that a century of Arab Palis' attacks against Jews did not happen? Is MM really pretending that nearly 80 years of Arab Palis' rocketings and invasions of Israel did not happen? Mamdani is, but is MM that blindly ignorant?

Mamdani expresses his antisemitism, in part, by ignoring Arab Pali atrocities while buying and promulgating Arab Pali false accusations of genocide by Israel.
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The DUmpster / Re: All hat and no cattle..
« Last post by SVPete on July 24, 2026, 08:33:56 AM »
I know that OP was a faux Texanism, but I'm tempted to say that in real life, Trump is more like, "No camels." However, I'm not sure if Iran has Bactrian camels. :-)
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Has Maher's show crumbled into the dust of history yet due to OGBuzz's and DU's rejection?
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The DUmpster / Re: Let Me Make this Pellucidly Clear
« Last post by SVPete on July 24, 2026, 08:19:12 AM »
Why should anyone care what some drunk in a foreign country has to say about our elections?

Easy. Because (currently) Trump.
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