Trump Gets A Big Win -- May 23, 2019

From twitter today: chipmakers Intel, Qualcomm and Broadcom halt supplying Huawei until further notice. Microsoft pulls Huawei from one of its "cloud" catalogs.

From twitter today:

• Turkey says it no longer imports oil from Iran.
• India says it quit importing oil from Iran and Venezuela as of May 3, 2019. 

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Update On Russian Corrosion

Occasional-Cortez says Vladimir Putin needs to be impeached over allegations of corrosion.

From twitter, May 24, 2019: a bigger mess than most realize --

From twitter today (May 24, 2019): a huge mess --

From twitter today (May 23, 2019):

As much as 5 million tonnes of contaminated Russian oil could have been shipped through pipeline to Europe.

Russia has removed 2 million tonnes of contaminated oil so far, using rail, storage tanks, and ships to store that contaminated oil.

It could be another six months before the system is "back to normal." If so, this takes "them" well into winter.

May 20, 2019: payments to Russia for this oil has been suspended; disruption to this pipeline said to be worse such out in Russia.

May 15, 2019: Russian corrosion much worse than previously reported.

May 2, 2019: Bloomberg calls it a logistical nightmare.