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And Now, In The Octagon We Have John Kerry Vs Vlad Putin

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While John Kerry has only been in his role a few months and Russia seemingly happy to hold Edward Snowden for a while longer, it seems he has the hang of international diplomacy...

  • *KERRY SAYS U.S. NOT LOOKING FOR 'CONFRONTATION' ON SNOWDEN CASE
  • *KERRY SAYS RUSSIA SHOULD RESPECT RULE OF LAW ON SNOWDEN

So there we have it, add another 'threat' to the already brewing war-by-proxy in Syria; in one corner we have Vietnam war "veteran" (always ready to act 'swiftly'), in the other a Former KGB superspy who wrestles bears. Guess who wins.

 

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Tue, 06/25/2013 - 12:34 | 3691523 IndyPat
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Well, if you feel like holding your breath, there's this:
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/06/24/u-s-civil-charges-against-corzine...

With all the weird shit going down, maybe they are going to burn him for a distraction. Again, I'm not holding my breath, but since you brought the fucker up....

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 09:17 | 3690705 asscannon101
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Its Mad Vlad, The Wrasslin' Russian vs .... The Lumpy Dipshit from DC. I saw Vlad mate with a Siberian Tiger once. Tigers love pepper.

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 09:21 | 3690726 GMadScientist
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Thank goodness Putin was on the pill.

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 09:17 | 3690706 replaceme
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I would pay to watch Putin pimp slap Kerry.  Not that violence towards women is ever something I'd normally condone.

I thought we were "reigning in" Kerry for running his filthy, whore mouth?

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 09:24 | 3690743 lakecity55
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Well, I would pay to watch Vlad slap Hitlery, since it would not be hitting a Lady.

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 09:23 | 3690728 lakecity55
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*KERRY SAYS RUSSIA SHOULD RESPECT RULE OF LAW ON SNOWDEN"

 

Now that statement takes the largest balls of hypocrisy I have ever seen. 

 

(Pay no attention that we are international pirates, vlad, give us the spy back)

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 09:25 | 3690745 yogibear
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LOL, what rule of law? Those in DC spit on the constitution every time their in session. Their traitors.

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 09:22 | 3690737 noless
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I hope snowden gets somewhere where they won't fuck with him.

The blatant hypocrisy, how can this not boil over? Complete and utter insanity.

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 09:24 | 3690741 SheepDog-One
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'Rule of law'....wow that's more fake than Kerry's Purple Heart for self-inflicted combat wound!

 

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 09:25 | 3690751 lakecity55
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....or the fact he went to an army surplus store to buy the medals he tossed over the WH fence (with a camera at the proper angle for effect).

 

He kept his actual "medals," fact.

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 09:23 | 3690742 adr
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What Putin doesn't know is that Kerry rigged the ring. When the trap causes Putin to fall Kerry jumps on for the pin.

He remembers his father telling him that he can't be CIA director until he wrestles a KGB director.

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 16:36 | 3692320 Flagit
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so you think a former kgb director is going to step into the ring without "the fix" being in place?

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 09:32 | 3690744 Aurora Ex Machina
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Sigh. I guess no-one gave Kerry the G8 memos, where Putin explicitly stated that Russia was following International Law in supplying arms to Syria legally and that the USA was not, in their support of the rebels? You know, where he stood next to Cameron and pointed out that supporting cannibals wasn't what it was supposed to be about?

Want to hand him more free shots? Hint: there's even a fucking FILM about the legal status of individuals in airport terminals if your passport is revoked, if you need spoilers.

At this point, I refuse to believe this is anything but kabuki. The USA is so shafted if this isn't a massive geopolitical smoke cloud to cover up TPP and new internet laws designed to shackle it all down. It's getting embarrassing; either your home market is so dumb you need to frame it like this, or you really think that this shit flies. Both are depressing as hell.

 

Hint. U.N. & Ambassadors. Use them you stupid fucks, we don't need to hear your bleating.

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 09:25 | 3690748 Seasmoke
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Putin loves the Obama administration. It gives him plenty of time to worryabout real threats elsewhere.

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 09:27 | 3690755 Whoa Dammit
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Catch-up Kerry! The Russians are holding Snowden because the State Deptment is rumored to have revoked his passport thus making Snowden in violation of Russian law. Bahahahhah!

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 18:06 | 3692559 tvdog
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Snowden no longer needs his U.S. passport. Ecuador has issued him travel documents. (Otherwise, he could not have left Hong Kong.)

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 09:27 | 3690761 stant
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Putin how's Hillary. She feeling better. And can she sit now

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 09:27 | 3690762 loveyajimbo
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"Respect the rule of law"...... that Kerry, always making jokes.... he is really the life of any party... He does a sketch on Benghazi and the IRS "Bumps in the Road" that had the crowd howling... sort of like a wrinkled Jim Carrey tree thing...

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 09:56 | 3690763 ebworthen
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Meanwhile, Case-Shiller 10 city index posts biggest one month gain in history of index.

Shiller on CNBC saying this does not mean a healthy recovery and it worries him (a lot of cash purchases, house flippers returning).

Looks like we are almost back to 2006 housing bubble price levels:

http://www.businessinsider.com/april-case-shiller-home-prices-2013-6

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 09:28 | 3690764 jayman21
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Rule of Law.....he he he.  He said rule of law.  Look in the mirror Holder/Kerry and start with that thing you see in the mirror.

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 09:30 | 3690779 GMadScientist
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You know they don't reflect in mirrors, right?

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 09:30 | 3690774 GMadScientist
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You know who loves Snowden?

Bashir Assad.

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 09:36 | 3690798 lakecity55
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SCMP:

"Snowden granted asylum in Damascus"

"Hands over knockdown software for NATO Criminal Warplanes."

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 09:31 | 3690778 buzzsaw99
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Rule of law, funny. I saw Owebama utter those words the other day. It sounded like he had a mouthful of marbles.

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 09:42 | 3690829 ParkAveFlasher
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They were mints, to freshen up after gargling Buffet's nutsackz.

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 11:24 | 3691265 GMadScientist
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Not even Benzene can get that out.

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 09:31 | 3690781 100pcDredge
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Ands.... guesses who loses (whatevers them outcomes) - as well... ore don't. I could not care less.

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 09:40 | 3690785 lakecity55
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<Putin + Ron Paul 2016

<Ron Paul + Putin 2016

 

(just for kicks)

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 09:51 | 3690866 Dr. Engali
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Even though I like seeing Putin rub Kerry's face in it, I want nothing to do with that guy.

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 10:13 | 3690953 lakecity55
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<Paul+Farage 2016

<Paul Jr+Farage 2016

 

OK

 

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 09:34 | 3690790 lolmao500
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Will someone man up already and tell these fucking American dictators to shut the fuck up already?

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 09:35 | 3690793 lynnybee
Tue, 06/25/2013 - 09:34 | 3690794 yabs
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rule of law?

gimme a break

 

what about all the bankers horse face?

 

lets get this staright

rob savers out of billions, manipulate all markets, help launder money for mexican drug cartels.

destroy capitalism just to save bankers bonuses. Enter into phony wars for bankers etc etc etc and thats ok, but tell the TRUTH and thats too much , off to jail

can someone wake me when this sick dream ends

worst of all is all the sheeple do not see it

mention any of this and you are a conspiracy theorist

really am I awake?

 

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 09:44 | 3690834 walküre
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You're awake and angry but trust me, you wouldn't want to live in a world where everyone is awake and angry. Find like minded friends who share your views and enjoy life in the gulag as much as you can. When the time comes, you are prepared and will not be caught off guard. Preparation of the body and mind. Don't underestimate the mental prepardness part. Knowing what will happen is a huge deal. Living with that knowledge and watching days go by where everything seems fine and yet you know it's not, will bring mental anguish. Learn from religious followers on how they suspend their believes to cope with life in the realm of the fake and deception. You're not alone out there. Take comfort in that.

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 09:35 | 3690795 fuu
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I would be surprised if Kerry can even spell "law" much less know what it means.

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 11:27 | 3691273 GMadScientist
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He knows there's one set for you and another for him.

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 11:46 | 3691345 fuu
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I'm surprised his mind can even handle the word dichotomy.

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 09:35 | 3690797 Divine Wind
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This is a very dangerous time for America.

Not because of external threats, but the opportunity all of this presents to our elected officials.

If they were looking for an opportunity to, say, crash the system and be able to point the finger, this would be it.

Pray.

 

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 09:40 | 3690816 The Carbonator
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The Law is Bull Shit.  The same folks who talk about the 'rule of law' respect NO LAWS.

 

IRS Auditing of Political Enemies.

NSA Spying on American Citizens.

Gun running to drug Cartels in Mexico to use as an excuse to attack the 2nd Amendment.

Blaming a stupid You Tube video on the attack and assasination of our Diplomat.

Allowing states like NY, CA to infringe on the 2nd Amendment.

 

Go F Yourself Kerry.

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 09:42 | 3690826 BadDog
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The name Vlad has such cacthy.

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 09:47 | 3690848 tictawk
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Munster Mash, Lurch loses!

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 09:47 | 3690849 vegas
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"Can I get me a hunting license here?" John I-was-in-Vietnam Kerry; what a maroon. This douche is a perfect metaphor for Chalky and his regime. Thanks, I'll take Vlad any day.

 

 

http://vegasxau.blogspot.com

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 09:52 | 3690870 the not so migh...
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give them hell Rooskies!

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 09:52 | 3690876 FranSix
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Once a spy, always a spy.  

Moscow grabbed Snowden, because he was making the 'rounds.  China, Russia, Cuba, Ecuador.  Sure looks like a line-up of usual suspects.  They'll have to swap him out.

But of course, the Impossible Mission Force disavowed him at the outset.

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 11:36 | 3691313 el Gallinazo
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" They'll have to swap him out."

Crap. Name one swap where agents were traded to the other sides to mete out  punishment.  It was always done in the past to free them for return to their home countries and a cushy retirement.

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 09:53 | 3690877 GoldForCash
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AS I WROTE PRIOR TO THIS. SNOWDEN ABORT YOUR TRIP TO THE USSR.

PUTIN WILL DEAL WITH HIS BUD OBAMA AND SNOWDEN WILL BE SERVED OVER TO THE USA.

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 11:30 | 3691284 el Gallinazo
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Probably not.  Vlad would lose too much cred and weaken his position a lot with his line in the sand regarding Syria.  And punishing Snowden is not important enough to the Stazi to give up any major negotiating points on Syria.  TPTB are basically using Snowden now as a polling device regarding the temperament and gullability of the American Sheeple.  They miscalculated on their gun grab thinking the false flag massecres in Aurora, CO, Detroit, Conn, and Boston would do the trick.  They are in trouble.  In Boston, they figured they would use a militia type as the patsy, but the true alternative media saw through their bullshit in a matter of hours, and they had to fall back to Plan D, a couple of Cheznian kids they had been grooming and financing for years.  And they had to kill the older one while in custody to shut him up (Lee Harvey anyone) and came within a couple of inches of killing the younger one also though he was completely unarmed.

The globalists are desparate with Syria.  Toppling it has been an integral part of the long term planning regarding toppling Iran and sourrounding China and Russia.  They have no Plan B.  Which makes the situation very dangerous for the entire world as they are psychotic psychopaths with a tendency toward suicide.

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 13:03 | 3691615 TuesdayBen
Tue, 06/25/2013 - 09:55 | 3690885 moneybots
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"KERRY SAYS RUSSIA SHOULD RESPECT RULE OF LAW ON SNOWDEN"

 

Respect the rule of law on felony financial fraud by bankers.

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 09:58 | 3690893 Peter Pan
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Kerry asks the Russians to respect the rule of law after the USA has been listening in on every Russian phone call?

This guy leaves George Burns for dead.

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 10:13 | 3690926 spanish inquisition
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Lets check our rule of law

http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/asylum-or-refugee-status-who-32298.html

Edit: Political opinion. Persecution of this kind means that you hold opinions that the authorities don't tolerate, most likely opinions that are critical of the government's policies or methods. Of course, you would need to show that the authorities know about your opinions -- otherwise, they'd have no reason to persecute you. It will help if you have, for example, spoken in public, written about your criticisms, or taken part in anti-government protests.

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 10:12 | 3690947 orangegeek
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Kerry sounds like a whiny bitch.

 

"c'mon Vlad, give us our kid back.....puulllleaasse...."

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 10:13 | 3690951 Dollar Bill Hiccup
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A John Kerry, a man's man. How did he earn his fortune? By marrying it.

Strike fear into the heart of your adversaries, Mr. Kerry!

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 10:14 | 3690959 Shizzmoney
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KERRY SAYS RUSSIA SHOULD "RESPECT RULE OF LAW ON SNOWDEN"

There is no law anymore, dickhead.

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 11:15 | 3691231 el Gallinazo
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"We are above the law."  Local cop making an arrest for open carry of a semi-auto assult rifle in the boonies.

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 10:22 | 3690978 q99x2
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How can Kerry win anything when he's fighting for a bunch of psychopathic globalist banksters that have taken over Washington DC. Everyone in the world is going to hate Kerry and laugh at him and what he is trying to accomplish. No country in the world is going to deal with psychopathic lawless globalists. When I see Hillary I have to laugh. When I see the black potus gift to the world from Bilderberg I have to laugh. These F'kers are sick. They are going to get laughed off the face of the planet.

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 10:58 | 3691164 Bringin It
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I hope Vlad can see that and work with it.

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 10:23 | 3691009 Oldballplayer
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I know a woman that was a "cub reporter" back in the late seventies, when Kerry was fucking everything with a vagina.  He screwed her in the back seat of a car while he was running for office. 

Classy guy.

And, from her description, quite a disappointment in the, ahhh, performance and selfishness arena.

He was a jerk then.  He is a jerk now.

Putin will would wipe the floor with this loser.

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 11:00 | 3691166 Bringin It
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Mr. Ed having sex?  Where are you going with this?  What a nightmare.

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 12:32 | 3691516 Reader1
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Wow, I just keep thinking of that awful Thurston Howell blue blood doucher voice coming from the backseat

"Owwwww Yehhssss!  Owwwwwh Owwwwwh Owwwwwwh Yeeehsss!"  "Why ahre you crahying?  You weren't thaht bahd.  I, awf course, wahz ahmazing." 

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 10:24 | 3691018 flyme
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The rule of law is what those in charge say it is. Isn't it obivious? - the lines of power have shifted.

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 22:13 | 3693182 Flagit
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well, too obvious is just the curtain being pulled back. the president DID promise transparency...

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 10:25 | 3691021 Z_End
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This John Kerry in the ring with Vladimir?

http://cheezburger.com/4092194048

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 10:29 | 3691045 pragmatic hobo
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rule of law? seriously?

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 10:30 | 3691048 Antifaschistische
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I've started using "password required" Word documents for all my external communications.   Can anyone confirm if Microsoft provides the backdoor keys to the NSA or CIA to bust open all my password required Word or Excel files?

...and has someone built a "snowdentracker.com" website?   That would be great.  

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 11:10 | 3691211 el Gallinazo
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Does a bear shit in the woods?

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 11:48 | 3691356 Rustysilver
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Antifaschistische,

There are s/w apps that let you recover your forgotten password for Word.  At least, that the way it was a while back.

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 10:34 | 3691076 Curt W
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Respect the rule of law.

No more warrentless eavesdropping.

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 10:35 | 3691081 RealityCheque
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Surely this is an easy one for William Banzai?!

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 10:35 | 3691084 razorthin
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My money's on the impaler.

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 11:07 | 3691199 marcusfenix
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Kerry vs. Putin?

in the octagon?

that would be to much to wish for.

I just hope Vlad would take his time...give us a show cause if he didn't it would be over way to fast.

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 13:12 | 3691648 TuesdayBen
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Kerry's trunks will bear the logo of his corporate sponsor, Grey Poupon...

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2013/02/grey-poupon-commer...

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 11:14 | 3691227 Your Creator
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Lurch!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 11:15 | 3691230 Atticus Finch
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"The Rule of Law", but of course not the First, Second, and Fourth Amendment or the rest of Constitution.

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 11:33 | 3691297 Debt Slave
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Respect the rule of law. That's funny, coming from an assclown like Kerry who is nothing more than a stooge employed by our above the law rulers.

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 11:43 | 3691340 Jack Burton
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I am now wondering if the Viet Cong might have done the world a favor back in the Mekong Delta and have hit Kerry on the bridge of his Swift Boat. Kerry is now a tool of the unconstitutional police state and the fascist war mongers in congress. Kerry is a shameless whore for militarism and fascism at home.

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 11:50 | 3691364 wonderatitall
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kerry vs putin,hmmm my money is on putin winning and kerry doing the usual..running to his tax exempt yacht...kerry, puh leeze

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 12:10 | 3691374 tony wilson
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stop the hate kerry is a hero sea

swift boat king of the viet kong delta

giving charlie the blues daily

charlie dontes surf or mess wid der skull and bonze man.

putin messin wid der wrong long skull here.

putin is low

kerry is illuminated and  long

putin is der new kong

russia is a failed state run by a little tony soprano

kerry is a big bush man

donte mess wid der bush clan

or freedom will come yer ways

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 12:27 | 3691498 Reader1
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Gentlemen, Please!

No fighting in the War Room!

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 12:49 | 3691570 David Wooten
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Someone ought to organize a petition to Putin, signed by Americans, urging him not to accede to the US Government's hands to turn over Snowden.  Such a petition may not be necessary but it would embarrass the US Government and give Putin some cover in dealing with guys like Kerry.  There is already such a petition to Obama but it won't do any good.  Let's send one to Putin instead.  I'm ready to sign.

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 22:26 | 3693228 Flagit
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look at it this way, you say there is a petition to the president here? where? how would you sign it? go to washington?

maybe you shouldnt be as ready to sign as you should be ready to start one. how would you go about signing one to the russian president? go to russia?

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 13:28 | 3691700 Judge Crater
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Compare the United States demand that other countries promptly respond to its request to extradite Edward Snowden to the way the USA has ignored requests to extradite from Florida terrorist bomber mastermind Luis Posada Carriles.  Cariles was the ringleader responsible for planting bombs aboard a civilian Cuban passeneger jet in 1976, a bombing that caused the deaths of all 78 passengers on board, including many teenagers.  The United States has steadfastly refused to allow the deportation of murderer Carriles to countries demanding he be deported to stand trial for his crimes.  Incidentally, just before Carriles went on his terrorist spree of bombings, he was on the CIA payroll. 

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From Wikipedia (edited): Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 was a Cuban flight from Barbados to Jamaica that was brought down by a terrorist attack on October 6, 1976. All 78 people on board the Douglas DC-8 aircraft were killed in what was then the deadliest terrorist airline attack in the Western Hemisphere. Two time bombs were used, variously described as dynamite or C-4.

 

Evidence implicated several CIA-linked anti-Castro Cuban exiles and members of the Venezuelan secret police DISIP. Political complications quickly arose when Cuba accused the US government of being an accomplice to the attack. CIA documents released in 2005 indicate that the agency "had concrete advance intelligence, as early as June 1976, on plans by Cuban exile terrorist groups to bomb a Cubana airliner."

 

Four men were arrested in connection with the bombing and a trial was held in Venezuela: Freddy Lugo and Hernán Ricardo Lozano were sentenced to 20-year prison terms; Orlando Bosch was acquitted because of technical defects in the prosecution evidence, and lived in Miami, Florida until he died on the 27th of April, 2011; and Luis Posada Carriles was held for eight years while awaiting a final sentence, but eventually fled. He later entered the United States, where he was held on charges of entering the country illegally but released on April 19, 2007.

 

Eleven minutes after takeoff from Barbados's Seawell Airport (now Grantley Adams International Airport) and at an altitude of 18,000 feet, two bombs exploded on board. One was located in the aircraft's rear lavatory, and another in the midsection of the passenger cabin. The former ultimately destroyed the aircraft's control cables, while the latter blasted a hole in the aircraft and started a fire.

 

All 73 passengers and 5 crew aboard the plane died: the passengers comprised 57 Cubans, 11 Guyanese, and five North Koreans. Among the dead were all 24 members of the 1975 national Cuban fencing team that had just won all the gold medals in the Central American and Caribbean Championships; many were teenagers.

Hours after the explosions, Trinidad authorities arrested Freddy Lugo and Hernan Ricardo Lozano, two Venezuelan men who had boarded the plane in Trinidad and checked their baggage to Cuba, but who had exited the plane in Barbados and flown back to Trinidad. Lozano had been traveling with a false identity under the name of José Vázquez García.

Lugo and Lozano confessed, and declared to be acting under the orders of Luis Posada Carriles. Their testimony, along with other evidence, implicated Posada and Orlando Bosch, an anti-Castro Cuban living in Venezuela.

Posada fled from the San Juan de los Morros penitentiary on the eve of the pronouncement of his sentence. He had been confined in this prison following two previous failed escape attempts. Allegations were made that Venezuelan authorities were bribed to help him escape. No verdict was entered against Posada because, according to the Venezuelan Penal Code, judicial proceedings cannot continue without the presence of the accused. The court issued an arrest warrant against him which was still pending as of November 2005.

Posada fled to Panama and then to the United States. In April 2005, a new warrant for Posada's arrest in connection with the bombing was issued in Venezuela by the government of Hugo Chávez. However, a U.S. immigration judge ruled that Posada should not be deported to Cuba or Venezuela because he could be subject to torture in those countries. In 2007, Congressman Bill Delahunt and Jose Pertierra, an immigration lawyer representing the government of Venezuela, argued that Posada could be deported on the grounds that the U.S. was making an exception for Posada. Because, they argued, the U.S. practices extraordinary rendition involving the seizure and transportation of suspected terrorists to Syria and Egypt, both of which practice torture, the U.S. could also deport Posada, a terrorist, to Cuba or Venezuela.

Freed from Venezuelan charges, Bosch went to the United States, assisted by US Ambassador to Venezuela Otto Reich; there, he was ultimately arrested for a parole violation. Bosch was pardoned of all American charges by President George H.W. Bush on July 18, 1990, at the request of his son Jeb Bush, who later became Governor of Florida; this pardon came despite objections by the then President's own defense department that Bosch was one of the most deadly terrorists working "within the hemisphere."  Although many countries sought Bosch's extradition, he remained free in the United States. The political pressure to grant Bosch a pardon was begun during the congressional campaign run by Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, herself a Cuban American, and overseen by her campaign manager Jeb Bush.

In 2005, Posada was held by U.S. authorities in Texas on the charge of illegal presence on national territory before the charges were dismissed on May 8, 2007. His release on bail on April 19, 2007, had elicited angry reactions from the Cuban and Venezuelan governments. The U.S. Justice Department had urged the court to keep him in jail because he was "an admitted mastermind of terrorist plots and attacks", a flight risk and a danger to the community.

On September 28, 2005, a U.S. immigration judge ruled that Posada could not be deported because he faced the threat of torture in Venezuela.

A U.S. Government document released through FOIA also confirms Posada's status with the CIA: "Luis Posada, in whom CIA has an operational interest - Posada is receiving approximately $300 per month from CIA".

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 13:49 | 3691771 indigoboy
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............................................

It looks like Snowden isn't the only one opening the can of worms.

Podcast Show #112: NSA Whistleblower Goes on Record -Reveals New Information.

http://www.boilingfrogspost.com/2013/06/19/podcast-show-112-nsa-whistleblower-goes-on-record-reveals-new-information-names-culprits/ 

 

Tue, 06/25/2013 - 13:52 | 3691777 Mr. Hudson
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We know about the tyranny that befell Russia once the Czar was kicked out. Is what happened to Russia in 1918 now happening in America, or is this going to be different? Putin: "the first Soviet government's composition was 80-85 percent Jewish" http://www.jta.org/2013/06/19/news-opinion/world/putin-first-soviet-government-was-mostly-jewish#ixzz2XFdl56rI
Tue, 06/25/2013 - 15:22 | 3692100 pashley1411
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In this corner, the youngest-ever colonel of the K.G.B.

In this corner, the courtesan to rich bored women.

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