U.S. Freezes Putin’s Netflix Account

[Tommy_Carcetti]

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/borowitzreport/2014/03/us-freezes-putins-netflix-account.html

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—In what was described as a major ramping up of sanctions, Secretary of State John Kerry announced on Tuesday that the United States had frozen Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Netflix account, effective immediately.

“Unless and until Mr. Putin calls off the annexation of Crimea, no more ‘House of Cards’ or ‘Orange Is the New Black’ for him,” Mr. Kerry said. “The United States will not stand by and reward the annexation of another sovereign nation with a policy of streaming as usual.”

While all of the sanctions Mr. Kerry announced on Tuesday were Netflix-related, he warned Mr. Putin that “nothing is off the table.”

“I’m sure I don’t need to remind the Russian President that ‘Game of Thrones’ is about to come back for another season,” he said. “As I have said, this thing could get very ugly, very fast.”
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Borowitz, so obviously

I don't know, though, the HBO threat could be a real game changer with Game of Thrones on the horizon. I hear Vladimir's a huge fan of House Lannister. He loves that Joffrey.

[steve2470]

1. I looked for Putin's name on the list of sanctions

I guess they're saving him and Medvedev for Defcon 2 or 3.