{"id":3580,"date":"2023-01-17T13:30:52","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T18:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sinkers.org\/stage\/?p=3580"},"modified":"2023-01-17T13:32:23","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T18:32:23","slug":"the-vasectomy-kid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sinkers.org\/stage\/?p=3580","title":{"rendered":"the Vasectomy Kid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sinkers.org\/posters\/ballshot\/ballshot150dpi.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: 0px none; margin: 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sinkers.org\/posters\/ballshot\/ballshot650w.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"955\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em><strong>&#8220;In 2020, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2022\/10\/30\/business\/economy\/russia-trade-ukraine-war.html\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Congress<\/a> imposed secondary <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nytimes\/status\/1587599133191409666?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1587599142301609987%7Ctwgr%5Ef5208200510af829621cc556d613de2303c90b86%7Ctwcon%5Es2_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fgeopoliticaleconomy.com%2F2023%2F01%2F10%2Fsanctions-blowback-europe-russia-china%2F\" target=\"_blank\">sanctions<\/a><\/strong> on banks that processed transactions related to the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines and on ship insurers that serviced them.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\">When construction of Nord Stream 2 was finished in 2021, Washington imposed new sanctions on insurance and certification companies to keep it from opening.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Finally, both pipelines were sabotaged in an undersea explosion in September 2022.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\">As a result, the industries that had made Germany preeminent in Europe, such as steel, chemicals, machinery, and automotives, are suffering from high energy costs and the loss of Russia\u2019s aluminum, titanium, and palladium.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\">As a consequence, one in four German companies is considering moving production to other countries, amid the energy crisis&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> <\/em><em><\/em><em><\/em><em><\/em><em><\/em><em><strong>\u2014 Renate Bridenthal at the <a href=\"https:\/\/geopoliticaleconomy.com\/2023\/01\/10\/sanctions-blowback-europe-russia-china\/\" target=\"_blank\">Geopolitical Economy Report,<\/a> 01.10.2023<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>11.75 x 17 inch medium-res <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sinkers.org\/posters\/ballshot\/ballshot150dpi.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">color .jpg image, <\/a>633kb<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;In 2020, U.S. Congress imposed secondary sanctions on banks that processed transactions related to the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines and on ship insurers that serviced them. When construction of Nord Stream 2 was finished in 2021, Washington imposed new sanctions on insurance and certification companies to keep it from opening. 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