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[–] 26 points 1 year ago (4 children)

The movements of Iranian diplomats are severely limited in New York, but one proposal being floated would bar them from shopping at big, members-only wholesale stores like Costco and Sam’s Club without first receiving the express permission of the State Department.

So, still insane but a lot less than the article title implies.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

    They want to stop people from coming into our country and buying products we sell here... Of course that's insane. That's exactly what any country should want if they believe in capitalism/global markets. Money coming into your economy is like the entire point of these tarrifs MAGA believes in. The only way they make sense is if you ignore logic and just say we want our money spent here and limit how much of our wealth gets spread to other countries. Within a global market for one country to be rich, others must be poor really. Exports > Imports = country getting richer. This limits exports, "because we don't like them.". It really shows they don't give a fuck about the companies making money either, hate Trump's all.

    Granted it's just a tiny impact because there are so few of them.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago*

    It's extremely normal for host countries to impose restrictions on the activity of diplomats - hostile or no. US diplomats basically require an escort just to leave the embassy in Russia, for example, and all countries restrict potentially contentious visits (like some diplomats visiting war memorials, as has happened recently in Korea/Japanese politics). But this is an absurd escalation of that privilege for no other reason than trump's ego.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago

    We can't let them learn the secrets of our $4.99 rotisserie chickens!

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago

    The UN has to move all of its activities outside of America and somewhere with a written guarantee of not interfering in its mission.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    Can they at least get the hotdogs?

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Welcome to Costco, I love you if you don't come from Iran

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  • You know it's not Costco banning them right?

    What I would love Costco to do is to fill up several of their trucks filled with a portion of their inventory and drive it within walking distance to the UN so that Iranian diplomats can shop in the truck.

    But I fear that a large truck driving up to the UN might cause the wrong reaction.

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    [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Such stores have been a favorite of Iranian diplomats posted to and visiting New York because they are able to buy large quantities of products not available in their economically isolated country for relatively cheap prices and send them home.

    I mean don't you think they can just get someone else (who might already be here or a friend from another delegation) to do it for them?? I don't see how that'll stop anything it's just an extra step.

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    [–] 46 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    How is this not an onion headline

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  • [–] 34 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Are Costco nukes any good? Asking for a friend.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Iranian in line at checkout with a cart full of uranium

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  • You know, people get very particular, saying that you should go all natural and get fresh ingredients, straight out of the ground, and that this gets you more bang for your buck when you follow the recioe but, really, the markup price is worth it to get the pre-packaged uranium that has already been centrifuged. Not everyone has access to a stand mixer, just like not everyone has access to enrichment-capable centrifuges.

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  • [–] 37 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Why? Just fucking why are Americans like this?

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    What a timeline...

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    The beacon of the free world.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    They are going to horde all the toilet paper! /s

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