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posted by n1 on Wednesday June 14 2017, @11:52PM   Printer-friendly
from the just-like-old-times dept.

The Republican-led Senate voted decisively to punish Moscow for interfering in the 2016 election by approving a wide-ranging sanctions package that targets key sectors of Russia's economy and individuals who carried out cyber attacks.

Senators on Wednesday passed the bipartisan sanctions legislation 97-2, underscoring broad support among Republicans and Democrats for rebuking Russia after U.S. intelligence agencies determined Moscow had deliberately interfered in the presidential campaign. Lawmakers who backed the measure also cited Russia's aggression in Syria and Ukraine.

Source: USNews.com


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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by Snotnose on Thursday June 15 2017, @01:37AM (2 children)

    by Snotnose (1623) on Thursday June 15 2017, @01:37AM (#525805)

    Actually, I voted for Gary Johnson. I couldn't stomach either HRC nor Trump, even though Gary had 0% chance of winning.

    We are not being run by Russia. Russia can barely run their own country, let alone some shitstain like Mexico. Or the US. We are being run by the nutjobs on the right, and the nutjobs on the left, whomever has the most power in their kitty litter box. The middle, which is most of us? We've been ignored.

    Trump is a disgrace. HRC would have been worse. The DNC and DWS fed us a pair of shitty candidates and we had to choose. We chose. We lost either way.

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  • (Score: 2) by cubancigar11 on Thursday June 15 2017, @07:33AM

    by cubancigar11 (330) on Thursday June 15 2017, @07:33AM (#525903) Homepage Journal

    Bingo. And the reason behind it? Because the middle is emotional, egotistical and lacks conviction. It has the biggest number, but it is always looking for someone to give power. And it has no regard for who is using that power, even though it is a mathematical certainty that all power is always used by the extremists. Left turns a blind eye towards legitimate issues on the right, and right turns a blind eye towards legitimate issues on the left.

    In the end, the middle is not like each other. It is divided, and the division becomes visible by focusing on the extremists. That is why media is always blind towards a common man's issues. Because common man's issues don't throw any light on their difference.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 15 2017, @05:02PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 15 2017, @05:02PM (#526094)

    You, sir, win the internets today. Well done.