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The effects are being felt nationwide, with support for the war falling as Russians feel the financial pinch caused by sanctions... "Western sanctions seriously disrupt the Russian economy. At the very least, they increase production costs for Russian enterprises," Sonin said... "Sanctions cannot destroy the Russian economy — sanctions are not missiles or bombs — but they slow down the production and decrease the volume of what Russia produces," Sonin added... On August 23, Russian newspaper Izvestia reported gasoline shortages at fuel stations across the country. This happened in the cities of Astrakhan, Volgograd, Saratov, Ryazan, and Novosibirsk, as well...

Would you pay $100 for a sheet of plywood? I know that sounds absolutely crazy, but we are almost there. The price of plywood has been soaring into the stratosphere in recent weeks, and analysts are telling us that it will remain high for the foreseeable future. Memes about plywood have started to pop up all over social media, but this is no joking matter. These extraordinarily high prices are causing a lot of pain in the homebuilding industry, and many Americans have had to postpone construction plans indefinitely. Unfortunately, our national leaders continue to flood the system with even...

MINNEAPOLIS — Hundreds of boards sit inside a 1,000 foot space. “We are in the Northrup King Building in north Minneapolis and we've had this since the beginning of October,” says Leesa Kelly, with Save the Boards to Memorialize the Movement. After George Floyd's death and the protests that followed, Kelly says, "I just was heartbroken and experiencing a lot of trauma and I needed to do something." Kelly wanted to save the murals popping up on plywood boards posted on businesses throughout the Twin Cities, murals that captured the emotions of a community dealing with the hurt and pain...

well, ok. maybe it is for Mike Pence? He is kind of stiff.

First, neighbors in San Francisco's Clinton Park bought boulders to keep homeless people and drug dealers off their sidewalk. Now, in Ingleside, a neighbor who did not want to be identified placed a plywood wall to keep the same type of crowd out of an alleyway.

Yes, you read it right. Our Gov. Arnold the fool appointed a facist environmentalist women to run the AQMD that without comment or any scientist supporting her has put on the agenda outlawing plywood. Guess the replacements will come from China. He played Conan the Barbarian, thinks he is Richard the Lionheart but is actually the court actor, Arnold the fool.

ATLANTA, March 30 (Reuters) - The chief executive of home improvement retailer Lowe's Cos. (nyse: LOW - news - people) said on Tuesday that he does not expect plywood prices, which are up more than 100 percent in the past year, to decrease. "I don't think you'll see plywood prices come back down," Robert Tillman told a New York consumer conference in remarks carried over the Internet. "The supply is now pretty well managed. There's not an oversupply. There are fewer manufacturers." Tillman said prices of other wood may fluctuate. Lumber prices, specifically plywood and other structural panels used in...