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Norwegian fuel supplier refuses U.S. warships over Ukraine

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Re: Norwegian fuel supplier refuses U.S. warships over Ukraine

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Post by 1123581321 »

sergers wrote: post #15
dagss wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ah right, I guess that name for them is Norwegian/European. Around here, "American pancakes" are about 1 cm (1/2 inch) thick and the size of a hand. Contains baking soda "Pancakes" are larger, the size of a plate, and much thinner (a couple of mm). No baking soda. Like the French crepe but smaller diameter. They taste quite differently.

Being canadian, you just described different styles of pancakes that we just call all pancakes. Thin, thick, size of a plate, sand dollar size, size of your hands... just all called simply pancakes. I find the thick ones not good. Theres a chain of big pancakes size of plate restaurants called dedutch pannekoek house, or just dedutch.

Do Canadians not call the Scandinavian crepe style Swedish pancakes? That’s the common term in the US regardless of size and fold.

Re: Norwegian fuel supplier refuses U.S. warships over Ukraine

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Post by duxup »

dagss wrote: post #13
duxup wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Were they American pancakes before? Serious question, I just call pancakes, pancakes….

Ah right, I guess that name for them is Norwegian/European. Around here, "American pancakes" are about 1 cm (1/2 inch) thick and the size of a hand. Contains baking soda "Pancakes" are larger, the size of a plate, and much thinner (a couple of mm). No baking soda. Like the French crepe but smaller diameter. They taste quite differently.

Thank you, this is new to me.

Re: Norwegian fuel supplier refuses U.S. warships over Ukraine

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Post by aaron695 »

If true [1] this is the insanity why Trumps team is right, U.S. warships are currently defending Ukraine.

Based on a 10 minute video, 24 hours later, they are cutting off the supply to the US which supports and defends countries like Ukraine in the region and further abroad like Africa.

The US isn't attacking Ukraine, FFS.

This should be illegal, as critical infrastructure Haltbakk Bunkers should have obligations they have been paid for.

Take their request as serious and stop refueling the US in the broader region. Europe will take up the slack of Ukraine and everything else the US does? Europe will struggle to even defend Ukraine. Trump will get his insanely large budget cuts and Europe can be blamed for dragging the world into disarray.

[1] Their Facebook post is down but was real - https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/1895896267269808193

Re: Norwegian fuel supplier refuses U.S. warships over Ukraine

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Post by netsharc »

duxup wrote: post #10

Trump administration is weakening the US in ways and with speed that our enemies could never accomplish.

Xi Jinping must be pleased, he can call countries around the world and be treated as the sane, reasonable superpower... (And he's got the superpower-wannabe Putin on a leash, and to continue the dog metaphor, Putin in turn has Trump licking his balls)

Re: Norwegian fuel supplier refuses U.S. warships over Ukraine

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Post by [deleted] »

craftkiller wrote: post #18
dagss wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ah right, I guess that name for them is Norwegian/European. Around here, "American pancakes" are about 1 cm (1/2 inch) thick and the size of a hand. Contains baking soda "Pancakes" are larger, the size of a plate, and much thinner (a couple of mm). No baking soda. Like the French crepe but smaller diameter. They taste quite differently.

FWIW you can get pancakes 1cm thick in both the size of a hand and the size of a plate in the US. When they're the size of a plate you usually get a couple just stacked on top of each other. Source: I am American.

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Re: Norwegian fuel supplier refuses U.S. warships over Ukraine

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Post by watwut »

netsharc wrote: post #25
sirolimus wrote: post #16

Go norway!

As much as I'm behind Norway in this little spat, I think Putin's Arctic fleet might smell an opportunity to mess with Norway a bit more, and then who will they beg for help?

Well, America will support Putin currently. If Putin attacks Norway, America will bully Norway.

Re: Norwegian fuel supplier refuses U.S. warships over Ukraine

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Post by sirolimus »

netsharc wrote: post #25
sirolimus wrote: post #16

Go norway!

As much as I'm behind Norway in this little spat, I think Putin's Arctic fleet might smell an opportunity to mess with Norway a bit more, and then who will they beg for help?

The company behind this fuel boycott is a private company and is completely independent from the state. Boycotting is not a crime.

Re: Norwegian fuel supplier refuses U.S. warships over Ukraine

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Post by sirolimus »

watwut wrote: post #28
netsharc wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As much as I'm behind Norway in this little spat, I think Putin's Arctic fleet might smell an opportunity to mess with Norway a bit more, and then who will they beg for help?

Well, America will support Putin currently. If Putin attacks Norway, America will bully Norway.

That won't happen because of Norway's immense oil and gas supply and good relations. If Russia manages to take Norway, USA will be at an incredible disadvantage due to the immense oil and gas reserves on the coastline in addition to the oil-fund. If anything USA will annex Norway.
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