Ukraine..What's the Next Step?

Republicans are really hoping no one remembers that they totally let Trump skate for threatening to withhold military assistance to Ukraine unless Zelensky gave him dirt on Biden. Zelensky wouldn't succumb to the threats of that POS bully.

We haven't forgotten & neither has Ukraine.

@I_Need_A_Detox

yep      meanwhile he respects joe biden and knows that joe is in a very tough position facing opposition and lobying from both sides to support enact the SWIFT sanction on russia

Careful with your temper in this thread...you are playing with fire and is it worth it?

I am against fracking because of the cost to the environment and the population. When you inject acids, petro chemicals, lead, etc etc into cracks of the earth to force out the goodies what happens to the chemicals that are used to free up the gunk collected? Where do even moderate ammts of these toxic chemicals go? They go into the water table which feeds to wells and lakes and rivers and the soil where people live. 

I would rather spend efforts on becoming less dependent on oil than to extract it through fracking, I would rather consume less than make more. I think Trump could care less about impacts from his choices, his entire life has been void of any consideration of impact and his flagrant reversal on fracking is just another sign of his profit centered approach to life and it is a flawed approach that directly results in the deaths of thousands if not more. If we spent money on renewables that is now spent for tax freebies and government handouts to the petro corporations and focused on developing other ways to reduce consumption that would mean there is no need for fracking and ruining the water table. It is quite unnerving to consider that the water table is globally interconnected so fracking pollution does have impact far from just the small location the chemicals are used to extract.

amid all the suffering and stress in europe now  good news like this is welcome ! 

keep it coming gents !  

Putin's propaganda is failing everywhere around the world except here.

  now thats what im talkin'bout too  

less is more !

Oaklawn I hope?

That senator is scurrilous at best.   But fits right into the "Trump For King" orbit

I wonder why that is a fact.

According to this Bloomberg article CITI and JPM told the administration it could cause the USD to fall and have an inflationary effect

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-25/wall-street-counsels-washington-against-kicking-russia-off-swift

Others are saying it will mark the end of the USD as global reserve currency and usher in hyperinflation. 

Do you ever have any idea what you’re talking about or do you just say things? 

If they don’t support cutting off natural gas and oil sales from Russia, then they’re virtue signaling.

This is all you need to know at this point. 

*Thanks to Midnight1 for alerting to this story earlier

White House and EU nations announce expulsion of 'selected Russian banks' from SWIFT

USA TODAY -

The Biden administration, along with the European Commission,
France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and Canada, announced
Saturday evening that they would expel key Russian banks from SWIFT,
pledging to "collectively ensure that this war is a strategic failure for Putin."

Biden's Son, Kerry Family Friend Join Ukrainian Gas Producer's Board

Ukraine's Burisma Holdings Is Controlled by Former Energy Official Under Yanukovych

2014 

I applaud the Euro nations and the Biden administration on that move.

"This will ensure that these banks are disconnected from the
international financial system and harm their ability to operate globally,"
they wrote in a joint statement released by the White House,
also pledging
      "restrictive measures that will prevent the Russian Central Bank
       from deploying its international reserves in ways that undermine
       the impact of our sanctions,"
and
restricting the sale of "golden passports" that allow
Russian oligarchs to avoid the brunt of sanctions already levied.

All over the tech world, there are reports Intel & AMD have stopped shipping product deliveries to Russia. 

Haven't seen MSM pick up this news as of yet.

Doesn't matter what happens in Ukraine... The stage is set for WW3 sadly...

US and European officials have also discussed targeting the Russian Central Bank with sanctions, according to two people familiar with the talks, a step without precedent for an economy of Russia's size.
Targeting the central bank would strike at the heart of Putin's yearslong efforts to insulate his economy from sanctions.

When is Biden going to put sanctions on their gas and oil? 

sweden has sent 5000 anti-tank weapons to ukraine

IOC recommends Russian and Belarusian athletes
be *BANNED* from international sporting events

CNN -
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Monday
recommended that Russian and Belarusian athletes
be banned from competing in all international sporting events.

“In order to protect the integrity of global sports competitions
and for the safety of all the participants, the IOC EB
recommends that International Sports Federations and
sports event organisers not invite or allow the participation
of Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials in
international competitions,” read a statement.

Extraordinarily, Sweden is not a member of NATO but it is repelling Russia and helping Ukraine. 

Also, Switzerland – which has maintained neutrality for hundreds of years – joined the EU in imposing sanctions against Russia, including Putin.--Yahoo News. 

The whole free world is hugging tightly together and standing against Putin and Russia's aggression over Ukraine.