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Obama's Latest Tactic: "Isolate Russia"
After once again clearly delineating that Russian "costs" are set to surge, and hopefully he means more than just the drop in the Micex and its artificial, paper wealth effect which Putin couldn't care less about as long as crude is soaring...
- OBAMA SAYS INCIDENT WITH UKRAINE WILL BE ‘COSTLY’ FOR RUSSIA
... the US president has laid out his latest tactic:
- OBAMA SAYS HE'S CONSIDERING ECONOMIC STEPS TO ISOLATE RUSSIA
Does he also mean to isolate Russian gas from entering Germany, which just happens to be reliant on Russian imports for a third of its natgas needs? He goes on.
- OBAMA SAYS RUSSIA ON `WRONG SIDE OF HISTORY' IN UKRAINE
Which of course is written by the winners. And the punchline:
- OBAMA URGES CONGRESS TO PROVIDE PACKAGE OF ASSISTANCE QUICKLY TO UKRAINIAN PEOPLE; SAYS SHOULD NOT BE PARTISAN ISSUE ON CAPITOL HILL
Maybe time to send Obamacare to Kiev: so many young, strapping participants just waiting to sign up? Or maybe it just time to raise minimum wages in the Ukraine while giving the local population the safety of mind that comes with investing in the "no risk, guaranteed return" MyRA.
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But when he finds out who did it, someone gets a swirly.
The boy king and his threats...lol. No more hollywood movies for you Putin. Yellen may get to ctrl-p her first war aid....congrats bitch.
This gives FCUK a whole new meaning!
Don't turn Russia back into an enemy!! Here's what you do:
The EU an US should urge Ukraine to just let Crimea go. Heck it was part of Russia before 1954. In exchange, both sides offer to help financially strapped Ukraine. Everyone wins, even Ukraine which at the cost of losing the ethnically-Russia province of Crimea gets to be more western and less Russian and gets the bucks it needs. A negotiated settlement like that gives China nothing to consider regarding Japan and Taiwan either.
how cute. world peace.
you have it right but wrong. the eu and us will let crimea go (because they have no other choice)
both sides will help financially strapped ukraine (both will be feeding lots of money packed suitcases to western ukranaian politicians to gain influence)
and china doesnt give a shit what anybody does as long as it doesnt directly affect them.
Bingo! The Chinese don't give a fuck and will gladly lay in the cut watching all these fools run to lend money which they do not have.
That requires compromise, something the fucking childish American political class knows nothing about. If they don't get their way, they get on camera and fucking cry about it or better yet they throw a tantrum and release the drones.
Behavior typical for exceptionally spoiled brats.
Or as Helmut Kohl put it: "The USA is a giant with the intelect of a toddler."
"We are jolly green giants, walking the earth with guns. These people we wasted here today are the finest human beings we will ever know. After we rotate back to the world we're gonna miss not having anyone around who's worth shooting."-Crazy Earl
And then Odessa, then Kazakhistan, Armenia and Belarussia join without a fight. Next stop, Baltics? China goes for Taiwan and cements sea control in the ECS and SCS at the same time?
Not that the West can do anything to stop it if the Czar is willing to accept the economic and diplomatic hurt as a temporary measure on the road to a new world order.
Because $17 Trillion in U.S. debt is not enough. $200 Trillion of debt if you count unfunded liabilities.
Now we need to put Billions more down the Ukraine rat hole so corrupt politcos there can siphon it.
If you've got a digital counterfeiting machine, might as well use it until it breaks
Did ya see the news or RT.com, about the part where the new idiots in Kiev tried to impose a couple of Ukrainian billionaire oligarchs as Regional Governors, only to have the locals take over their regional offices and repudiate both? Too funny.
Shit, even the Daily Show isn't this funny.
call for reggie obarmy got some executive tension.
dat cia queer boy needs some crack and some cock to chew on and smoke.
obama is do gooder in chief. Just like his simple minded self-riteous blowhard leftist pals that can never leave well enough alone. always sticking their noses where it doesn't belong. i know you think you're doing the right thing, obama, but you really need to step back, shut up and watch so you don't get in any more trouble.
This is not going to end well.
If Obama had any integrity, he would resign. The State Department, CIA and NSA did enough damage to the reputation of the US and the buck stops at the oval office.
Well Barry, you got the guts to quit and let some real hope and change take over?
Indeed. I am shocked and awed at their arrogance, hubris and presumptions.
I find it difficult to believe that they can be so disconnected from the rest of the country, its founding principles and values, and so insular in their world views.
It's like a Latter Day Rome, but this time with the Barbaric Relic tribes at their gates.
Tick, tock.
We are all armchair strategists today, so here goes ...
Russia will stop at the Dnieper. They will hang around the East Side without calling their presence anything. Same as we do in the ME.
We have already seen the worst of it. Long RUSL.
last time I looked, ukraine was a developed country with a strong industry. I didn't know people where starving there? maybe, instead of sending more money, it would be better to kick the oligarchs out of the country?
Don't do that, they will just come here. The fact that we won't help failing cities and municipalities in the U.S. should tell you everything you need to know.
I love the implication the only reason for opposing this "assistance" would be partisanship, rather than not wanting to get involved in yet another overseas civil war.
My thoughts exactly.
"Only a Sith speaks in absolutes."
Re; maybe, instead of sending more money, it would be better to kick the oligarchs out of the country?
People seldom appreciate outsides kicking out the oligarchs. Usually, the oligarchs are worshipped; like our Red and Blue Team oligarchs. Imagine if Canada invaded and kicked the Red and Blue Team out because we didn't have enough Freedum-n-Democracy? Sure, they are right, but everybody loves their oligarchs more than the invaders.
Its not that we love them its because the majority of the dumb fucks keeping blaming the poor for all the problems. We never look up to see who's pissing on us. Because the oligarchs keep telling us to look down or left or right or did you remember the Holocaust today? Make sure you remember it tomorrow. Think of the children. Gun control. Gay rights yadyadayada. Do the dumb ass Americans ever get tired of hearing the same old shit while their being pissed on? HELL NO
Divide and conquer
The way to do so is to nuke WTIC back to teens, hike the overnight rate back to double digit, and tank the economy of the world. Of course, that's not what the Elites want. In the final analysis, Uncle Sam has simply made himself absolutely clear to the world - the emperor has no clothes.
Watch out, Bathhouse has a pen and a phone.
Isolate Russia? Hmmmm, that should probably work out well for everyone. I'm sure China would go right along with DC on this choice, right?
Doesn't the EU get 1/3 of their nat gas / oil from Russian pipelines? As well as 80% of that coming through Ukraine?
Did Obama forget how to sanction?
Uh=Oh...more problems, what do I do...I know! Throw out some more confetti...they said it will fix anything
wait isolate russia, along with china? and iran and syria?
poor obama, still thinks the flat dead broke west wields power and influence.
Don't forget about India and Brazil too. The Queen has lost his mind.
I'll bet it is as simple as Russia smelling blood in the water. They have access to all sorts of intellegence, just like the US.
delusions of grandeur..??
We're not going to play with you anymore, Vlad. Feelings hurt yet, Vlad? Can someone tell me if Vlad is crying yet? The gals want to know if his feelings are hurt.
Just waiting for the Ukrainian "Bagdad Bob" ..... or is that John Kerry? LOL.
Kiev Kerry?
naturally, the economic package must be greater than that promised by russia, because it's now a big swinging dick contest between obama & putin.
Soap Putin's car.
Toilet paper the Kremlin.
Leave a flaming bag of dog crap on his door step.
Vlad isn't a brother under the skin like Lurch.
http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/03/03/washingtons-arrogance-hubris-... PCR: Washington setting stage for WAR
Nice article. "Everyone needs to understand that Washington is lying about Ukraine just as Washington lied about Saddam Hussein and weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, just as Washington lied about Iranian nukes, just as Washington lied about Syrian president Assad using chemical weapons, just as Washington lied about Afghanistan, Libya, NSA spying, torture. What hasn’t Washington lied about?"
http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/03/world/europe/ukraine-tensions/index.html
The comments on the above CNN thread are proof positive that humans are, for the most part, dumb. I think i will stay here. Wow. Give me a moment as I have to collect myself after reading for about 5 minutes on the CNN Thread comment section. Wow, just wow. The public school system is failing in America....or working as it depends on how you think it is being used.
I'm not gonna click the link because stupidity makes my head hurt.
I'm not gonna...shit, I clicked it.
Thanks I.R., always nice to get a refreshing dose of full retard. I'm glad every single person on that thread is 100% dead right with their opinion of how things should be done and everyone else is 100% wrong. Not to mention them having obiviously no knowledge of anything happening. I really enjoyed the comment explaining how Russia and the USA are allies sharing common enemies.......and now I'm out of fucking whisky.
People who know nothing can believe anything. So the school system is working just fine for TPTB.
Iran: 636,372 sq mi
Russia: 6,592,800 sq mi
Economic "isolation" (war) against Iran--FAIL.
Russia?! LOL
Just what we need, more of our tax dollars flushed down the bankster golden toilets.
Sure, public debt and bankster bail outs are going to save the world.
What a fucking joke you are POTUS, a tragic one.
If you like your Ukraine you can keep your Ukraine.
Obama unfriended Putin on Facebook...
TAKE THAT, YOU BITCH.
Oh yeah thanks Obama. Glad to see you are so right on top of this, ahead of the herd there. Sanctions, the answer to everything eh? Guess where my gas supply comes from.
Fucking twat.
"OBAMA URGES CONGRESS TO PROVIDE PACKAGE OF ASSISTANCE QUICKLY TO UKRAINIAN PEOPLE; SAYS SHOULD NOT BE PARTISAN ISSUE ON CAPITOL HILL"
Package of ASSISTANCE?????
WHAT THE FLYING FUCK IS THIS CUNT TALKING ABOUT?
HEY DIPSHIT....HOW ABOUT HELPING FUCKING AMERICANS - YOU TWAT.
FUCK YOU OBAMA...JESUS FUCKING CHRIST THIS DOUCHEBAG NEEDS TO SHUT THE FUCK UP
+1 but i bet you're just racist...
Ukraine must owe JPM big bucks
and the only way JPM gets paid
is if amerika gives Ukraine
the financial assistance to do so ...
Obama loves that tune with 'the wrong side of history' - but how did that play out in Syria, btw?
THE QUEEN IS ON THE WRONG SIDE OF REALITY
Barry, why not just give Putin a fucking blowjob and see if you can get him on your side that way?
Newsflash: Barry is not his type, nor the right gender to 'pleasure' Putin.
Looks like Tom Clancy died too early.
We'll finally get to use all our cool weapons against an adversary that has cool weapons too.
Enough of the dropping missiles on the 10th century sand-people... We're talking war-toy fantasy now.
This is a European issue as the Europeans decided to lay in bed with Russia and natural gas. All Russia needs to do is turn the pipes off. So, US is not a player at all in this. The admin needs to scold and walk away
these words you speak of...
, were they not spoken by the plebs in 1917,... and also in 1941( of course this was a classic casus`belli, where no ship of ours was sunk this time... but a forewarned us navy that sacrificed those in hawaii as america cut off japan's oil, rubber, steel, etc., etc., lifeline?) and it to was called a surprise attack!
Instead of funding yet another charade...
HOW ABOUT SOME DIRECT FINANCIAL AID FOR AMERICA?
Re: HOW ABOUT SOME DIRECT FINANCIAL AID FOR AMERICA?
You mean for the trash-class in the bottom 80%? I don't think the top 20% could digest anymore financial aid.
It's called Food Stamps, and it's at an all time high.
Only if you promise to spend that financial aid on MIC or bankster services.
Great, Moar "CONTAINMENT"?
someone aught to write obi1 that were in the 21st century, well past 1945, and the days of supreme hegemony come with a cost... especially when were already containing 2/3rd's of the globe!
has he heard of metal (canned`heat?) fatique, synonymous with a structural mental breakdown,...
I'm gonna suggest that she see a shrink right away.
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Common Dreams, the Progressive site, just banned me for voiciferously arguing against support for the Russian invasion of the Ukraine. Several days of my loan voice was silenced overnight after the posters their called my CIA AGENT and FASCIST NAZI enough that TPTB actually pulled my plug.
Huffpo lost me when it demanded I join face book and reveal my identity.
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One breezy evening last September, Viktor Pinchuk, Ukraine’s second-richest man, stepped onstage at the Livadia Palace in the Black Sea resort of Yalta to introduce the star speaker of the annual international conferance he hosts to promote his country’s ties with the West: former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Nearby, at a table set for an exquisite five-course meal, sat her husband; they were joined in the hall by Shimon Peres and Tony Blair, as well as a number of former European heads of state, top diplomats, and business tycoons. “Mr. President, you are really a super star,” Pinchuk told Bill Clinton in a seemingly apologetic tone, “but Secretary Clinton, she is a real, real mega star.”
http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/155976/ukraines-wester...
A mega who won't feel bad at all about throwing them under the bus when the time comes.
they really are out of their fucking minds
CAN YOU ARREST A BANKER FIRST BEFORE GOING INTO UKRAINE?????
Russia, China, India and the rest can work on moving away from the US dollar as the the reserve currency.
Dear US, EU
From now on 30% of all future trade to be settled in
physical gold and/or silver.
Sincerely,
Russia, China
Dear China, keep your exports, thanks.
Dear Russia, know any Oligarchs with lots of real-estate in Miami? Yeah, thought so...
We would like to arrange for physical settlement of some COMEX futures.
Love and kisses, China
PotUS: Vlad, haven't you read "Crimea 'n' Punishment" by Fido Dogstoyevksi?
PutIN: Why don't you Crimea river
PutIN: And if you call me and talk shit for 90 minutes ever again, I will shove this samovar straight up your ass.
another nomination for a peaz prize.
whata loser.
You tell em Barry!
Threaten not to use their rockets to get to the space station while your at it.
If I was Putin, that cost for a space ride just doubled.
rides to space station
will be paid in gold ..
This is none of our damn business. Just stay the hell out of the way and let Europe deal with it. You have almost 18 trillion dollars you need to pay off. That is just our current debt. Obama is so out of his league. How did we ever let this man become President. Disgusting.
Wait a sec... Obama is "out of his league" because he is or is NOT meddling in the Ukraine?
What would the other candiates have done? When has the US not meddled in the affairs of others?
The US is a superpower. Imagine the US didn't say squat or didn't get involved. Soon we'd have little Putins crawling out from under every rock. I'm not suggesting the WH response is either good or bad, I'm simply saying there needs to be a response and it can't be "Good job, Putin. Well done. Atta boy"
I gave you an up for for sentimental reminiscing of the good ole days. We (the US), are still going forward due to financial inertia. There are lots of outside sources slowing this down, as well as the friction coefficient of our own parasitic banking and political class. Sometime, well within my lifetime, we'll slowly grind to a halt. Then, shit will fall apart.
Why should we be immune from this? It's happened to every single empire that has ever existed. We are overextended. We have a corrupted culture. We have a corrupted political class. Our currency is devalued and debased. We don't have any semblance of a homogeneous culture, and no common background (or narrative). The American Dream is dead.
We (the US) really have no dog in this fight. This is the EU's fight. Well, it's their fight if they want gas.
Maybe a plague will come and redifine things for us? We are long overdue. Anyways, we are close to a robotic revolution for labor, so maybe the timing will work to that end?
We're not immune and things will get worse before they get better. Our currency is still the prettiest among the group of ugliies at the ball. Why aren't Americans raiding their accounts and converting as is happening in Russia? Why is money still being put into USDs as a last resort instead of Yuan? Same for the Euro which is where alot of that Eastern European wealth is ending up.
Maybe foolish of me to think that way, but the US can afford to trim alot of fat in its current state and keep the lights on for alot longer than China or Russia can.
President "Remus" preparing to deliver the "ultimatum"...
There is nothing partisan about Congress, behind the curtain it is one ethno-bankster controlled syndicate.
If that statement is doubted by any, check the vote on the NDAA.
93 yea.
7 nay.
New .gov unity slogan... Blue or Red, your just as dead.
Either everyone is overshooting their targets here by a mile or this thing is a helluva lot worse than officially reported thus far.
Ukrainians can chose between being drowned in Dollars for eternity or being Russianized.
Imagine you're a foreigner. What choice would you make for the future of your family?
Obama can even sweeten the pot and send all that channel stuffed GM inventory to Ukraine so they can finally drive some decent trucks over there. Farmers for the most part, they will appreciate a good pickup truck. Remember the Lada and Moskovich collection in Yanu's garage? What a joke.
This is one of the main forces behind the rebellion in the Ukraine:
Ihor Kolomoyskyi Business person Ihor Valeriyovych Kolomoyskyi is a billionaire Ukrainian-Israeli business oligarch of Jewish descent. Kolomoysky has a dual Ukrainian-Israeli citizenship although dual citizenship is not recognized by Ukraine and controls his business empire from Switzerland. Wikipediameanwhile, the ussa congress gets ready to lick the balls of its master:
http://www.aipac.org/pc2014/schedule
how's that mr. Tony Wilson
:-))
Although Hollywood and the liberals in the adore Obama, the same can't be said for others in the world. No loss for Russia or others.
Perhaps Russia, China and the US Federal Reserve can work further on destroying the US dollar.
Susan Elizabeth Rice is Obombers National security advisor and guess who Susan's father is? Was ?
Emmett J. Rice
AKA Emmett John Rice
US Federal Reserve Governor (1979-86)
National Bank of Washington Senior VP (1972-79)
Washington DC Official Executive Director, Economic Development Committee (1970-72)
World Bank Executive Director (1966-70)
US Treasury Department Director, Office of Developing Nations (1964-66)
Central Bank of Nigeria Economist (1962-64)
Federal Reserve Bank of New York (1960-62)
Council on Foreign Relations
Fulbright
http://www.nndb.com/people/094/000269284/
just a coincidence I am sure.
"ALL WARS ARE BANKERS WARS"
Michael Rivero
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33903.htm
good digging
:-))
So yer sayin it's who ya know and not what ya know.
The key to this current Ukrainian whole thingie is Mutti, as isolation can only be temporary; too much gas at stake on long term.
Putin hubris and geopolitical chess game as its opposition to Pax Americana global game VS Russia's regional imperative need of EU as key client for MUTUAL economic well being.
Both IMPERIAL PLAYS : Pax Americana Dystopia and Putin Gas cum Eurasian UTOPIA, now in this crazy structural cum financial imbalance of Oligarchy neo-feudals trying to build UNSUSTAINABLE UNIVERSAL empires.
A game as old as Troy and Western beginnings.
"Nobody puts Russia in the corner!"
Patrick Swayze, Dirty Red Dawncing, 1985ish
"Russia, China, India and the rest can work on moving away from the US dollar as the the reserve currency."
That is actually what this is about. The Fed is on it's deathbed.
Aw damn, there go another perfectly good pair of trousers
And he'll follow that up with a strongly-worded memo. That'll teach Ol' Vlad Putin to act like some kind of career KGB agent or something....
He just keeps digging the hole and lowering the bar.
Send in the IRS, Barry. The IRS will screw them just like they did the Tea Party.
If Russia doesn't leave the Ukraine immediately, Biden wants the USA to boycott the Sochi Olympics.
Wrong side of history? Someone ought to bring Obama up to date on the actual history of Crimea.
Worked well in Iran, why not use it again?
Crimea river. Ha somebody said it already!
I am sur ethe bankers are now calling Obama and telling him to STFU. Imagine Russia demanding payment for nat gas and oil in Rubles. That is the end of the petrodollar. It might already be too late. Obama never should have opened his yapper.
Whatever happens, you can be sure Bath House will fuck things up even moar, ho ho ho.
When does China step up to the mic and announce U.S./Euro implemented Russian sanctions might instigate mass treasury sales or oil for yuan transactions. Surely Putin has covered his economic vulnerabilities.
Now the gov will battle with the ex communist nations becasue they are too good at capitalism. This will be the embargo against more successful capitalism. The US and EU are truly screwed until the central bank/TBTF rot and corruption are cleaned out.
I don't know if Obama noticed, but the only country feeling isolated is the USA.
Oh God... he's going to do it isn't he? Obama is going to stick his humanitarian nose up the Ukraine's arse. Don't the doves ever figure out, even though there's no "boots on the ground", that meddling in another country's state of affairs (especially when one of the world superpowers is opposed) is not a very bright thing to do? What does he think he's going to get in return for this 'help'?
If Obama had a pair, this can all be over in a couple days. Just...
1. Lock Russian banks out of SWIFT.
2. Pick your 10 favorite Russian oligarchs. Revoke their EU visas, and confiscate their bank accounts.
3. Oil embargo.
Russians would cave in a matter of days.
What fantasy world do you live in where you think:
Why don't you come back when the drugs wear off?
By "grow a pair", I thought a reasonably intelligent individual could infer that a US President would be able to pursuade allies to take action. My appologies for assuming you - the reader - were not sufficiently intelligent to make the leap of inference.
There was never an actual oil embargo of Iraq or Iran. They both had huge loopholes that made them ineffective, though Iran's was sufficient to create some measure of economic hardship.
China, gonna get squatchy soon
http://news.yahoo.com/first-lady-plans-march-19-26-visit-china-153137025...
So, just Barack and Valerie for a week. woohoo
Obama's Latest Tactic: "Isolate Russia"
Why not? It worked so well with Iran.
Hey you got something here...., Putin bailed out OBama on the Iran thing, maybe he can now bail him out again, a little closer to home..stay tuned.
It may have partial success but in a longer run Russia, with all her resources and brain power, can switch to autarkic economy should US/EU/NATO imposed any meaningful sanctions or forced isolation. The current threat of freezing Russia's and Russian citizens' assets in US/EU/NATO controlled countries may already have (un)intended consequences as the rich Russians may have already started moving their bank deposits in the West to Russia or Hong Kong, Macao or Singapore. Visa restrictions will work both ways and will make it very difficult for the US/EU/NATO controlled corporations to do business not only in Russia but in the whole CIS. Eventually, it may lead to Russia's nationalization of foreign corporations on her soil for pennies on a dollar. Also, the expensive resorts in EU will suffer, too, as well-to-do Russian tourists will opt for spanky new Sochi or (soon to be renovated) Crimea resorts instead of Côte d'Azur or Costa del Sol, thus supporting their national economy rather than EU's. All this BS is completely unnecessary. Let Ukraine split and have her western part join EU, Poland or both, let the remaining part of the country become a republic within Russian Federation.
New stage, new actors, same old play. Check history, 1939 repeat almost exactly. This time Russia bullies self neutered EU/West who make noise but are biting their nails hoping Russia doesn't take more steps. China is a wild card playing their own game for keeps. BTW EU sanctions against Russia? 35% gas supplier? C'mon..
China is apparently setting up camp in Africa and offering a myriad of goodies in return while Obummer figures out new ways to beat us further into the dirt.
Oh yes ,like Obama is in the driving seat.
When are the NSA going to leak the files on Russia's leaders on their yahoo messenger webcams?
Russian leaders probably have more shit on Obamaturd & Co. than other way around.
Maybe we should just send them John Corzine.
Quick, can someone please give Rufus Bamster the shortened version of warfare on the continent of Eurasia: When the white tribes get riled up millions die. This ain't Somalia or East Los Angeles. Once the armor rolls, shit gets real....
That was a harsh phone call ..
Maybe the Ukrainians will be able to quit their jobs because of ObamaAid.
ObamaSatFone?
Why does Clowngrease need to vote on any assistance? Just send Ukraine their own printer. Bernank's not doing anything. He can show them how to plug it in, check the in, and load the paper
We were supposed to have World War 3 last week already. The timing of the deadly protests together with the Olympics somehow made this unlikely; however it is being remedied.
By next week the "West" will have levied sanctions against Russia, and able mercenaries/Al Quaidaists/Livereating friends of Senator McCain will have replaced the defected Ukrainian army while plainclothes Russians/Crimeans/Ukrainian legitimists fortify their parts of the ex-Ukraine.
Aid packages for Ukraine - paid for with???????
We sure have come a long way since Teddy.
Now our policy is to "Speak loudly, and carry a tooth-pick.
The whole world shakes in fear.
"Speak loudly, and carry a teleprompter."
Economic sanctions? They barely work with Iran, and they want to try that to Russia? Russia isn't an economical cesspool run by a thug theocracy, it has massive resources, a 1st world military, and the piss and vinegar to throw whatever they need to at a problem to solve it, without being concerned what the Hague may say.
Mess with the bear, you'll get the claws.
" I have decided to cut off any oil exports to Russia. Also, consumer goods like Vodka and Caviar. I have my phone and pen in hand."
And here I have all this Bitcoin tied up in a mail order "Midwest Bride" operation.
Putin, you bastard, you could have at least written a book!
"Isolating Russia" is pure nonsense.
The EU will not participate in anything serious due to its dependence on Russian gas.
The US will not do anything serious or risk writing off all of Exxon's investments
http://corporate.exxonmobil.com/en/company/worldwide-operations/locations/russia/about/overview.
The UK will not do anything serious or risk writing off all of BP's investments
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7ee4f740-192b-11e2-af88-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2uvhCO7km.
The only area where the US enjoys full spectrum dominance is presidential stupidity and loud mouthed political commentators.
...and those are precisely the reasons why they will do it.
Russia is the largest country in the world. That's going to be a long friggin fence. Long redwood stain.
The man needs a different job, he is an embarrassment.
"Men's room attendant. In a gay sauna."
The neocons are coming out of the woods!
On talk radio, Lush and Shannity have proved to be pure shills, while Savage is the only one calling it down the middle.
Diatribe radio...
ZH, the criticism is those f*cking wimpy EU members and Germany, who are desperate not to cascade an economic meltdown from Russian sanctions. Note the Russian central bank increasing rates before markets opened last session. Germany taking "invasion" out kept the HFTs running supports and hand-balling it back to Obama
Germany is the problem, Poland has a short memory, can you blame them. Vlad's eyeballs are on the next target:
In a further development last night, Poland called an emergency meeting of Nato ambassadors for Tuesday on the basis of a clause in the military Alliance allowing members to "request consultations whenever their territorial integrity, political independence or security is threatened".
European divisions over Russia were highlighted when Germany watered down an EU statement condemning the Russian seizure of Crimea as an "invasion" and delayed a decision on kicking Russian out of the G8 or further sanctions until an emergency summit of European leaders on Thursday.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/10674260/Ukrain...
Russia will not cut gas to Europe or Germany, they haven't to Ukraine, otherwise Putin loses the oligarch support. EU/Germany are utterly pathetic
...and who's gonna listen to Obama/USA? We just stold our allie's Gold Bullion!!! It's Us who will be Isolated. Sad really.
So, where is the "Other hand?"
Is it Venezuela? Is it Iran? Is it Syria? What's China doing?
This "outbreak" of shit going on all over the world seems "contrived."
Who wants to bet they crash gold again in a few days, just shake some free.
And WTF happened to Bitcoin today? $100 in a day? The college kids must have loved that. Although, I was reading a board where there were a lot of kids shorting it. They had their scrotums stretched over their little heads.
Isolate Russia...
Isolate Arizona
Isolate everyobe who doesnt like your gay nonsense [that includes Putin].
I am rooting for Putin and Russia.
They are only men on this stage....in game of silly with weak fag Barack.
Fleet US supports Fredonia against Russia.
This whole fiasco is a great opportunity for Bath House to Fuck US Moar!