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Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social

BIG country, TINY little gas station economy. That’s what happens when your state is run by a mob running the worlds biggest protection racket and who only want to support business that can’t escape and set up abroad.

aug 23, 2025, 6:47 am • 282 40

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isosolies.bsky.social @isosolies.bsky.social

John McCain called them a gas station with a flag on it.

aug 23, 2025, 1:35 pm • 2 1 • view
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Kevin Riggle @kevinriggle.bsky.social

Yeah but 7-11 rarely tries to invade the Chevron next door

aug 24, 2025, 3:29 am • 1 0 • view
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Trithorn 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @quadrotritacale.bsky.social

To be fair, that is mostly because of the deterrent effect of 7-Eleven’s IceeBM’s.

aug 24, 2025, 3:47 am • 3 0 • view
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Kevin Riggle @kevinriggle.bsky.social

Mutually Assured Doritos Loaded

aug 24, 2025, 3:51 am • 1 0 • view
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Chris Lites @chrislites.bsky.social

We're about to see what the world's largest economy loks like run by the klept.

aug 24, 2025, 3:00 am • 0 0 • view
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Pegdeg @pegdeg.bsky.social

Are you talking about Russia or the US.....?

aug 23, 2025, 6:50 am • 0 0 • view
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Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social

Russia. You’d be silly to think that’s the US.

aug 23, 2025, 6:51 am • 4 0 • view
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Pegdeg @pegdeg.bsky.social

I have my silly face on today.....

aug 23, 2025, 6:52 am • 1 0 • view
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Shirley Will @shirley-will.bsky.social

😆🤣

aug 23, 2025, 6:52 am • 0 0 • view
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Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social

I saw your Prez post. I tried to get the rights to make that film a few years ago. 🤷🏻‍♂️

aug 23, 2025, 6:55 am • 1 0 • view
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Shirley Will @shirley-will.bsky.social

Really? That would have kicked ass. Kinda mad now, lol.

aug 23, 2025, 7:09 am • 0 0 • view
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Ted Faber @snorerot13.bsky.social

Italy catching a stay here

aug 24, 2025, 4:45 am • 0 0 • view
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@stemwinder @stemwinder.bsky.social

and spending 41% of GDP on "defence"

aug 23, 2025, 6:58 am • 0 0 • view
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Kevin Riggle @kevinriggle.bsky.social

As evidenced by literally everybody who can having escaped and set up shop abroad

aug 24, 2025, 3:27 am • 2 0 • view
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Kevin Riggle @kevinriggle.bsky.social

I keep saying that after oil their biggest exports are video games and porn and the video game studios (and probably the porn stars) keep leaving

aug 24, 2025, 3:28 am • 1 0 • view
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Justin Lewins @justinlewins.bsky.social

aug 23, 2025, 2:34 pm • 0 0 • view
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TodayOnFocus @theeliasrework.bsky.social

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aug 24, 2025, 10:16 pm • 0 0 • view
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ArtOfNAR @artofnar.bsky.social

Fun fact: Gas stations don't make money from petroleum sales.

aug 23, 2025, 10:49 pm • 1 0 • view
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Kevin Riggle @kevinriggle.bsky.social

When’s the last time you bought a Russian soda

aug 24, 2025, 3:31 am • 3 0 • view
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Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social

😂

aug 24, 2025, 3:50 am • 2 0 • view
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Jonathan Alters @pangelico.bsky.social

Also the size is usually blown out by the map projection, and lots of the territory is frozen. Paper tiger. Europe should easily be able to defend itself

aug 23, 2025, 8:01 am • 1 0 • view