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Russia Reminds US It's Not Over: Test-Fires Nuclear Missile
Both sides have run their nuclear drills (US here and Russia here) and it had all gone eerily quiet in the detente between the West and Russia...until now:
- RUSSIA TEST FIRES INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE: INTERFAX
- RUSSIA LAUNCHED TOPOL ROCKET FROM SITE IN ASTRAKHAN REGION: IFX
- RUSSIA SAYS TEST MISSILE HIT NOTIONAL TARGET IN KAZAKHSTAN: IFX
- INTERFAX CITES RUSSIAN DEFENSE OFFICIAL EGOROV ON MISSILE TEST
That should wake things up...for the 2nd time in two months. Time to BTFWWIII.
As Bloomberg reports,
Russia launched Topol rocket from site in Astrakhan region at 9:08pm Moscow time today, Interfax reports, citing Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Egorov.
Test missile hit notional target in Kazakhstan: Interfax
Of course - panic set in and so "Someone" - from the NY Fed - decided it was a perfect time to sell the shit out of the VIX ETF in massive size...
As a reminder, this is how Russia was not preparing for a nuclear strike...
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Sounds like it's time for our Slapdick-in-Chief to do something stupid.
is puting still in charge or not? i thought he was in china ...
For those who haven't seen it, here's the Oligarch plan for WWIII:
http://www.worldaffairsbrief.com/keytopics/threats.html
Basically make the US look increasingly bad, justifying a Russia/China first strike against the US. With a new world government winning in the end.
All non-connected and unprepared peasants lose.
sure. on the selling point that only cockroaches survive, and politicians...
Putin is selling arms in China. ICBMs are arms... it's a commercial demonstration
Does this mean we can't use Russian rockets to launch Chinese warheads?
they havent perfected them like we have. test on bitchskis.
We could consider a self-detonating Chinese rocket and a mysteriously disappeared spy satellite like the W J Clinton/Loral/Chicom deal.
What some people won't do for a lousy million or two in campaign slush...
The Russians know that the US media's attention span is.... wait... what was I writing?
fuck this shit! Come one you bastards! you want to poison me, kill me? come on! i'm ready to fucking jump out from the roof!
Gotta defend against those Loral MIRV'S.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/missile/keystories.htm
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Technical Directives for the Construction of Private Air Raid Sheltersyou can google that or here is the link to the pdf
http://www.survivalring.org/allhazards/index.php
Thanks. Could not find a free copy at the sources you listed but I am all for free stuff.
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Just do a search in google for the title I gave above and you will see google give you the pdf link in the searches that takes you to the link in the survivalring website. Anyways besides that he has tons of other docs on survival etc and you can download for free.
Thanks Cosmos. There is a backstory to that particular document. Back in the 1980's at the height of the cold war, I developed a business relationship with an engineer who worked for a Swiss engineering firm. It turned out that the engineer was not exactly Swiss. He was a German who survived the fire-bombing of Dresdan as a boy in WW II. He subsequently developed a passion for what would be his life's work - protecting civilians and ordinary people from the horrors of war, even nuclear war. I received a treasure trove of documents from that era that I used in my work. Now, since the documents are not helping anyone lying in my archive, I decided to share them and promote their use. Since my German is rusty, I am posting the English versions first.
The document in question contains pre-engineered plans that would allow a competent do-it-yourself person to construct a safe home shelter. Of course if your pockets are deep enough, you can hire custom designs and construction or take your chance with an off-the-shelf bunker that may or may not work.
Why should we concern ouselves with blast and radiation shelters? I assure you that our .gov politicians in D.C. and in every state capitol have a seat in a shelter. If our leaders are protected why not us? Do they know something we don't?
The scientists who designed the bombs also knew how to protect against them. There is a substantial literature on the subject. For all who are new to this discussion and for all who may read this comment, please purchase a copy of "Nuclear War Survival Skills" by Cresson Kearney. The 1987 Expanded Edition with a Forward by Edward Teller is best. It has a bright green cover. You can inspect an on-line edition here:
http://www.oism.org/nwss/s73p904.htm
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Good. Save the best ears for seed for successive generations and it should adapt to your local conditions and yields should improve year over year. Make sure your cross-pollinated varieties are non-hybrid and non-GMO open pollinators lest recessive genes sabotage your efforts. All the best for your endeavors El V in your area of operation.
@NewOrdnance:
I'm getting 100% germination rates on the corn I bought from you, and I'm stunned at how fast it's sprouting.
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Thanks for the testimonial Meattrapper.
Good to hear from you!
Hmmm, 100% lol find it hard to believe
LOL. Meattrapper is down south. I am in Montana. We collided on zerohedge. Seems like we had some mutual interests - simple hunters and trappers.
It is an idea though. I am not as clever as the Bard and don't know how authentic the dramatis personae would be without a lot of practice.
"All the world is a stage..."
According to rumour the latest version of the Topol vehicle can drop 3-8 re-entry packages into a 170 mile diameter 'basket', with a circular error probability of under 50 meters per package. How reliable it is at doing that, I couldn't say, but with 110/550kt per warhead, it only has to get it right more than half the time to give you a really bad day.
Well, the US looks like it has either not enough, or has non-working hardware to fire off on a test range in response.
This does not look good.
I wonder if any of our weapons even work anymore.
Probably melted all the warheads down and gold plated them, to give Ft Knox the appearance of actually having some gold.
Hey Russia! Better save some for the Grand Finale!!
from your link: "The Western globalists are divided into two main factions: a US/British faction firmly in control of the financial means of the NWO, and a European faction of hard-core leftists, secretly aligned with Moscow, which controls the majority of votes in the General Assembly of the UN."
just a general question: why do we "hard-core leftists Putin-friends" aka continentals control a majority of votes at the UN?
because none cares ... and all left or right or whaever just play what role they auditioned for ... just a job
I think that's probably because all of the former colonial states would vote for that faction as a way to "even" things out from the colonial exploitation. Most 3rd world countries and/or former colonies are hard leftist states
"hard-core leftists Putin-friends" aka continentals control a majority of votes at the UN
ROTFLOL, the USSA bullies most countries to toe the line or else....
Unless or until something breaks (ie a big bank, hedgie, or company) or goes tits up, you will get stupid action. There IS no fear because the banksters have your back. The VXX should be up 10 points.
We call him King Putt, and I guess he is "in charge". Puting is spelled "PUTTING".
Disclaimer: Long Ready-Mix.
Can they only target WASH DC ? That would be such a relief !
And he will. It's the only thing you can truly count on.
He is so good at dumb...as if it is planned.
OH WAIT!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZvW9esvwWg
I know its nearly a half-hour video, but one you won't regret finding the time to watch, and you should prepared to take a few notes. The one thing important I want to point out now is a conclusion R. Grove mentions at the very end, when he explains that America, right now, is acting in a way, Globally, that destroys our reputation and makes it easy for countries to dislike us and believe we deserve anything "bad" that may happen to us
(a wealth of knowledge and I never heard of him before, you'll want to view this)
""""when he explains that America, right now, is acting in a way, Globally, that destroys our reputation and makes it easy for countries to dislike us and believe we deserve anything "bad" that may happen to us""""""
I should have added that this is by Intent. You'll understand once you view the tube.
Barry Potter and the Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles of Astrakhan.
Topol is an idiot
https://screen.yahoo.com/topol-idiot-000000897.html
Topol is an idiot
https://screen.yahoo.com/topol-idiot-000000897.html
More importantly where is bathhouse Barry golfing today?
38°53 N 77°26 W is close enough for a MIRV.
You mean an ICBM? It's not nuclear unless it has a real warhead on it, and I'm assuming that's not the case.
Its the thought that counts.
Best wishes from Vlad.
http://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/
I suggest the SS-25 Topol or 800 KT.
I suggest the Swiss Connection.
http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0281/6710/files/Swiss_Shelter_Standards.html?1826
http://www.survivalring.org/downloads/
has the said pdf of swiss basement shelter in their archives for free as well as other stuff
or you can just search google for the pdf with
Technical Directives for the Construction of Private Air Raid Shelters
Thanks. Could not find a free copy at the sources you listed but I am all for free stuff.
For anyone who wants a free copy but cannot buy Painted Mountain Corn Seed, shoot an email to manager@rockymountaincorn.com for the promocode.
Now that's pretty swift right there
Try the Dong Feng 5000 which is in China's arsenal. Now THAT would have a little bit of a sting. We are outside of the Topol for our current location, but the Dong Feng would give us about 10 minutes to get outta Dodge.
Gulp, thanks.
Hail Mary...
What this thing? Have al-CIAda been playing Street Cleaning Simulator?
From Russia With L...aughter
It was a live drill, but it was a dud. They really hate Kazakhstan.
Bama couldn't be reached for comment, he's busy test firing reggie's missile.
Russia shoots nuke at Kazahkstan. Kazahkstan says Russia crossed a red line, threatens sanctions, compares Putin to Hitler.
Did they # it yet?
And what's up with Merkel?
MERKEL SAYS WON'T SOLVE PROBLEMS WITH RUSSIA THROUGH WAR
That means that behind the scene, there's a growing number of countries willing to go to war with Russia and Merkel is warning them that Germany wants no part of it... which is quite scary. They probably think that Russia wouldn't be willing to launch nuclear war if they were attacked... YOU GUESSED WRONG.
Russia drains $500 billion/year from its enemies without firing a shot.
At some point, those enemies will feel the bleeding. They will have to do something, and it won't be stop buying oil and natural gas.
Why pay and bleed when they can kill a few thousands and get it for free and charge the locals for their own stuff, ie Ukraine. I mean Biden's son is on the board, how soon before he becomes CEO lol
Good analysis "lolmao500". I have noticed Germany is slowly trying to position itself as a rational actor in the Ukraine crisis, after at first lining up 100% with Washington. As you point out, the reason Germany is now talking differently, is probably because behind the scenes they are being filled in on Washington's plans for war with Russia. A proxy war with the USA funding, arming and training a series of willing dupes. Such as. The Ukrainian Right Sector, Bandera Nazis and various brands of extreme right wing nationalist West Ukrainians. They would carry out a proxy war in East Ukraine, doing their best to provoke Russia into acting to defend the population in East Ukraine. The CIA would step up it's funding, arming and training of Chechen terrorist groups. The anti Russian political parties in East Europe will get heavy funding of their campaigns for office, and the USA will sekk out and arm any and all Muslim extremists that promise to carry out terror attacks inside Russia.
What is more worrying by the Germans trying to talk down the west from open war, is the fact that teh USA really does want war, Poland and the Baltics are onboard with war, and even Sweden is talking war. So I assume that neo-cons have taken over the Swedish military industrial complex, and don't laugh, that Swedish complex is real and well funded.
Germany has seen the US war plans and are trying to stop this from going bad. Lets hope Germany can pull it off, because the US is war crazed at present and Russia has always been the target they most want to attack and destroy.
"Poland and the Baltics are onboard with war, and even Sweden is talking war" told you so, didn't I? Though I would not pose it this way. More of a case of tensing, creating readiness if needed, advertising willingness if provoked further...
Germany, France, Italy and the BeNeLux are all trying to stop the Bold Eagle and the Russian Bear from behaving like two drunks baiting for a brawl
and with enough european countries opposed, it's easier to keep a lid on the thing
and the continentals will save the day, marking the dawn of pax europa.
I think you are the first Old World Order (OWO) conspiracy theorist I spotted here on ZH
in the meantime the oligarchs push for war to profit
http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_05_20/Ukraines-oligarchs-gain-million...
haha! thanks for that ;-)
although, i don't think we're going back to some previous order.
given what i observe, i am optimistic that we're finally on our way to a benevolent and practical one-world government. and i only see the EU as the capable model to lead change and make a more positive difference on the world.
happy to see you liked the humour. yet... a one-world government? there is a big difference between that and a capable model
the tendency in Europe is towards a more centralized governance model.
i think many don't understand or misconstrue how a "one-world government" might function. not many consider the benefits such a system would offer in solving some of the root causes of today's problems.
such a one-world government could foster more cooperation of people + states + corporations, common standards, harmonization of processes, and a redistribution of resources to fulfill the basic human rights of every person on the planet, as per the UN declaration. you solve those problems and you basically set better conditions for world peace.
this is where i see the EU coming in to take the lead in setting priorities and making the tough decisions that must be made, because who else has the political capital to do that?
As the dollar status dwindles, Bath House's handlers are pushing him for woar.
TPTB in the USG have fewer and fewer options left...we have seen this throughout history.
"War is Diplomacy by other means."
As they panic, war becomes a gamble worth taking. After all, they will be secure in DUMBs while the rest of us become nuclear toast.
The obsession to hold power at the expense of the US People is...Evil in its purest form.
Hedge accordingly.
reported today, Ukrainian MPs call for immediate troop withdrawal from country’s east.
how dare the puppets defy their Amerikan overlords, don't they understand they are to be willing sacrifices, debt slaves to the MIC?
it's high time eurasia figured out they would be better off without Amerika's boot on their neck.
The MSM propaganda has been carried out with such a single coordinated voice it's like nothing I have seen before.
They certainly want a major conflict of some sort to develop badly although I seriously doubt anyone wants this thing to go nuclear... especially the Europeans.
Unfortunately it's an all or nothing gambit at this point and even if they manage to subdue or isolate Russia I think China and India are fully aware that they are next in line.
I am reminded of the quote... "When you want something in the worst possible way that is precisely how you will get it..."
I agree Jack, Europe looks with great hunger at Russias natural resources and territory, this time it will be all of Europe going to war with Russia, you cant run an economy only on ageing american tourists, they need raw natural resources.
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I agree Jack, Europe looks with great hunger at Russias natural resources and territory, this time it will be all of Europe going to war with Russia, you cant run an economy only on ageing american tourists, they need raw natural resources.
I agree Jack, Europe looks with great hunger at Russias natural resources and territory, this time it will be all of Europe going to war with Russia, you cant run an economy only on ageing american tourists, they need raw natural resources.
I agree Jack, Europe looks with great hunger at Russias natural resources and territory, this time it will be all of Europe going to war with Russia, you cant run an economy only on ageing american tourists, they need raw natural resources.
I agree Jack, Europe looks with great hunger at Russias natural resources and territory, this time it will be all of Europe going to war with Russia, you cant run an economy only on ageing american tourists, they need raw natural resources.
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Remember Back Door Barry's first Euro appearance? By the Brandenburg Gate?
The central, deep European Powers TB run this guy.......don't they?
The Plot Thickens. TPTB have given him orders....but:
"H- Hello?"
"Hello, Barry. It is Vlad. Time for a game of Solitaire..."
"Yesss, solitaire....."
"Do you see the Red Queen?"
"Hillary is New York."
"No, the other Red Queen- in the cards..."
"....Yes...."
"What did TPTB tell you.. reveal to me their nefarious plans."
It's the Anglo-American Alliance that's opposed to having Germany rise to European economic dominance. A strong Germany means an attractive financial center in Frankfurt, and a level-headed Germany is bad for their own MIC but good for Germany's MIC. Russia and China should keep buying German weapons, just to keep Germany neutral.
Very true, the Russians left Germany long ago after fall of Berlin wall, ask yourself why the Americans stuck around??????
Where does Merkel make that statement??? Because I can't find it anywhere on the Net except, the "Godlike Productions" website that educates the loony fringe to become more loony and, if you try and read that article, you get a message that you are banned even though I've never been on that website. Question why you are banned and you get an email where they charge you $100 for membership.
If Merkel said it elsewhere please state it but, I think she said squat!
All is well. Obama's containment strategy is working like clockwork.
Yeah - he's pretty much got us boxed in.
Put a bow on it.
Coo-Coo clockwork if you ask me...
No worries because the Bama Green Lantern will be to the rescue ;-)
The Green Lantern Theory of the Presidency, explained http://www.vox.com/2014/5/20/5732208/the-green-lantern-theory-of-the-pre... via @voxdotcom
This is no big deal; there is nothing to worry about, just ask Baghdad Bob...err, I mean Jay Carney.
Meanwhile unnoticed Nikkei futures fall through 14k
S&P is now climbing
"RUSSIA SAYS TEST MISSILE HIT NOTIONAL TARGET" Really? Every military test launch "hits" it s target, but 2 out of every 3 commercial or military satellite launches explode, implode, fall apart, fail to separate from 2nd and 3rd stages, or simply burn on the launch pad.
It's called "Trust, but verify." And Russia (naturally) won't release any launch details.
"2 out of every 3 commercial or military satellite launches explode, implode, fall apart, fail to separate from 2nd and 3rd stages, or simply burn on the launch pad. "
I trust you, but could you verify that with a link?
in 2012 only 6 out of 78 launches failed. 2 out of 11 Proton launches failed
in 2013 only 3 out of 81 launches failed. 1 out of 10 proton launches failed.
Russia had 31 launches and only 1 failed in 2013, vs 19 and 0 for USA.
As an established net.kook, b_thunder can be ignored or mocked, depending on one's mood, but trusting him/her is not well advised.
As for launch statistics:
http://www.spacelaunchreport.com/
Don't expect anyone to fess up to a miss with an ICBM, ever.
I remember an episode of Gilligan's Island when a warhead landed in their compound. The US and USSR were in a missile competition. The USA claimed their missile hit within 2 feet of its target. The Russians immediately responded Their missile hit within 14 inches of its target.
Of course, the Russian dummy warhead was way off, having landed on top of Gilligan.
Neither side will ever reveal its screw-ups.
Best TV show in history if you ask me. Nothing else even comes close.
I am pretty sure that close is good enough when you are lobbing thermo nuclear devices
When was the last time the USSA tested an ICBM? Video games and computer simulations don't count...
Bath House had them decommissioned as an environmental threat to the Montana Field Mouse.
probably closer to the truth than should be allowed
Someone posted a link to an IG report on US nuke warheads
on ZH last year.
Bottom line was that only 50% of US warheads might not be duds.If that carries thru to launch vehicles,there may be no US deterrent.
1,550 New START Treaty limit on deployed strategic warheads, which counts the actual number of warheads on deployed ICBMs and SLBMs plus one warhead for each deployed nuclear-capable bomber. This limit takes effect in February 2018.
1,585 Number of warheads on deployed U.S. ICBMs and SLBMs plus number of warheads counted for deployed U.S. nuclear-capable bombers as of March 1, 2014 (the New START limit is 1,550).
1,800-1,850 Estimated number of warheads on deployed U.S. ICBMs and SLBMs plus the number of nuclear bombs and air-launched cruise missiles at bases for deployed U.S. nuclear-capable bombers once the United States reaches the New START limit of 1,550 deployed warheads. The difference reflects the fact that, while New START counts all warheads on deployed ICBMs and SLBMs, it only attributes each deployed nuclear-capable bomber as one warhead, when the bombers can carry many more.
2,700 Estimated number of U.S. nuclear weapons that have been retired from the stockpile and are awaiting dismantlement. There is a significant backlog in dismantling weapons.
3,200 Number of U.S. non-strategic nuclear weapons deployed forward in the Pacific region—Okinawa, South Korea, Guam, the Philippines and Taiwan—at their peak in 1967. The number began to decline after 1967, falling to 1,200 by 1977. The last forward-deployed nuclear weapons in the Pacific region were withdrawn in 1991.
4,650 Estimated total number of nuclear weapons—strategic and non-strategic, deployed and non-deployed—in the U.S. nuclear stockpile as of January 2014 (does not count an additional 2,700 retired weapons that await dismantlement).
http://www.brookings.edu/research/articles/2014/04/28-50-nuclear-facts
Not that one but thanks.
It was a technical analysis of component degradradation
over the long term.Mainly electronics.
Upgrading just allows Chinese chips(with backdoors) into the
warheads, also possibly neutralizing them.
I tried hard to find it. No luck.
They gave the Chinese the coordinates of the Notional Target. Didn't you get the memo?
Everything is going to be hair-trigger soon if not already. The Nobel prize winner spreading peace and prosperity in Syria, Ukraine and this world. Give him another.
You forgot Lybia, Egypt, Iraq and Thailand. There are probably more on the list too.
Turkey, Argentina, Venezuela, Pakistan, Afghanistan...soon the list will be "places that are not knee deep in civil unrest".
If you made a jeopardy category of "places that are not knee deep in civil unrest" do you think you could make a whole column out of it?
This is the peninsula where a referendum vote sealed the re-admittance to Russia.
What is Crimea?
200 and she has the board...ready...GO.
Kirk is all for spreading peace in Labia. Especially if I ran Thai land.
;-) ;-)
How are those sanctions working out? oh, lest i forget the verbal threats..
Meanwhile back in the U.S, we've forgotten how to build a rocket, and there is a good possiblity that our ICBMs are worthless.
Pehaps the missiles are, but the bunkers make wonderful kinky sex dungeons. Or so I've been told.
I suspect the Bath House has intentionally disarmed every strategic missile we have.
Why else the turmoil in the US Rocket Forces, with all those officers canned?
I suspect the plan is to completely disarm the US Forces so as to enable foreign invasion "to restore order."
"Hahaha, Backdoor Barry, I can fire my missiles with this remote control all the way from China!"
Backdoor: "slurp slurp."
Reggie: "Ah, that's the spot."
Time for a swift rise in VISA and anothe Gold and Silver smack?
The computers don't care about ICBMs, most of the important ones are way underground. Now an EMP blast might get their attention
I wonder if that's the Russian Christmas/holiday card photo to TOTUS and Horsehead this year?
... Meanwhile, inside a 3 room apartment next door to NSA data center in Frostbite Falls, MN....
Boris: Natasha come quickly!
Natasha: What is it darling?
Boris: Do my eyes deceive me?
Natasha: (defiantly) Your eyes would not dare to do it.
Boris: Is encrypted message from Fearless Leader Vlad.
Natasha: What does it say boopski darling?
Boris: Is foolproof secret KGB plan to install Moose and Squirrel as pupet USA government and steal all USA gold.
Natasha: Foolproof? Is KGB
Boris: No plan has been tested by CIA in Kiev.... it worked for them it can work for us.
NARATOR: Stay tuned for our next episode... Baby it's Gold Outside... or Sanction This!
They just don't do cartoons like they used to. Ren & Stimpy tried, but the flouride has worked it's magic.
http://personalliberty.com/new-secret-buyer-u-s-debt/
Bill of Rights
"The elites don’t want to hide behind the curtain anymore. They want recognition. They want to be worshiped. And, it all begins with secret buyout of America..."
Good read, until the end. The correct words are, " the open sell-out of America."
K
Nothing is over:
http://youtu.be/ahts98kT_fQ
Vladdie boy shud lob a few ICBM's over Israel. That should cheer them up!
With the Smirnoff's logo tagged along the side, you can tell it's a Russian missile.
2 pm stick save.....NASDAQ has been up ever since. Maybe the ICBM helped?
So we are, as always, one bad bottle of Tequila away from all-out war in Russia & China
This market is so close to going away and not coming back I can taste it and all that printed fiat will be for naught.
Can you miss with an ICBM? As long as you hit the right contintent you should be ok.
"Oh shit, sorry Auzzies, our bad."
you can miss. counter measures may blow out the icbm's propulsion causing the icbm to fall short of its target.
this could be a grave threat for canada if US and Russia want to play that game over the artic, every successful counter measure could mean a new crater for canada.
i've been reading about the wwiii this week or next week for decades.
monkey and a typewriter may not be able to write a symphony but it sure can come up with yet another wwiii omg!!! article for a blog.
:)
Calling for WWIII means you recognize your mark is losing and you are looking to double down.
Well, as they say, it only takes being right once
not if that once never occurs after always being wrong.
:)
China's openly slamming it to Vietnam,
Russia's taking Crimea,
Russia and China doing Billions in trade w/o fake USD's,
Time for more do Nothing sanctions or perhaps some hacking charges, Blahahahahahha, what an utter fucking joke.
WW3 is the only way out for such a totally inept leadership. Red shield will be soooo pleased.
Here's an interesting take on Ukraine that you will not see in the Western press.
http://www.voltairenet.org/article183839.html
Pffftt...Yahoo tells me all I need.
Quite a find:
“The Israeli-Ukrainian oligarch living in Switzerland, Ihor Kolomoisky, called South-East pro-federalist leader, Oleg Tsarev, to inform him that the Ukrainian Jewish community was prepared to pay a bounty of $1 million to whomever would assassinate him. He ordered him to immediately flee the country.” – Voltaire Network (The federalists are those who want either separation from Ukraine or federation.)
This recent quote by Kolomoisky fits in with an old quote by veteran screenwriter and former ADL propagandist, Sidney Chayefsky --who was responsible for the deliberate falsehood (lie) that “Hollywood is owned by the Arabs” --in a film never produced and based in Palestine at the time of Israel’s founding: “We kill to survive. We kill so that we and our descendants shall live.”
Chayefsky, who died in 1981, made his mark in Zionist propaganda in the film “Network,” where in his preparatory notes, according to columnist Michael Piper, he wrote:
“The basic joke is that the networks are so powerful that they can make true what isn’t true and never even existed.”
There is an old adage that 5% of the people make up the minds of the remaining 95%. Actions such as this test firing of a missle is meant to assist the scared in applying pressure to the 5% whom make up their minds.
By his actions, Putin admits he is not in the 5%. Sitting on the outside of the decsion-makers; Putin shows he wants respect, and a seat at the table.
This approach (by Putin) worked a month ago. Today, not so much. Putin is not managing world events and is finding himself moved away from that seat at the table that he so wishes.
It's clear that Germany is winning this fracas between Russia and the Ukraine. The USA plays the bad cop, as usual. Germany has stepped up it's geopolitical game and is playing the good cop. (That good cop role was usually played by Britain.) The time series of events are showing that Germany is the leader of Europe. There is no room for Russia. German-American relations are being strengthened as we watch this play out.
Germany is wishing the US would STFU so as not to crater German interests. I can see how you may think a goodcop/badcop scenario is being played, but in the end, the US is moving headlong into economic dire straits and war is the only solution...Germany is playing both sides so when the US officially shits the bed they can go to Vlad and say, "Hey...we thought they were batshit crazy too. We cool, right Vlad?"
No way Germany falls on its sword for our Red Queen.
"In the end, Bath House was alone, except for Reggie and his young dancing boys in the bunker. Nobody would take his calls. The spent condoms and crack pipes attested to his frustration."
"war is the only solution" ? why? because of all the Neo-Keynesian Broken Windows? Has Dr. Krugman really brainwashed the US?
Yes. I think history backs me up on where this leads to. As the proud father of two, I am not happy about this. There will be more than broken windows. This is moving ahead like the 1930s. This is the end of the current global paradigm as we are about in the middle of this wonderful Kondratieff Winter of Our Discontent. I think it sucks, but I have no control over geopolitics, just a nice seat in the stands with three other souls under my command.
yes, but it's a bit more complex than that. take for example the role usually played by Britain. it was often in cooperation with France, and posing vs America as "Britain leading Europe"... for historic and cultural reasons
on the continent, we have less need for "leadership". it's built more on a consensus among peers. it's very visible in the US diplomatic approaches, too, nothing the US Foreign Department would not be conscious of
in short: it's not all about Germany at all, and particularly not "as the leader of Europe"
I can only speak as an outsider, but it certainly seems to me here in the good ole USA that Europe does pretty much whatever Germany wants (at least for the time being) because Germany is about the only viable economy left on the continent
that's a very common view, so common that it is reinforced by legions of journalists all over the planet
Do those moose entrails you're reading say anything else.
Only because the exact opposite of your portends are what we are seeing.
Rather, Germany's depence on Russian gas has been exposed, thus, making Germany look weaker, not stronger.
Futhermore, I don't know if this current crisis will lead to war or not, but it has certainly strated the process of Russia gaining back it's superpower status, and more importantly, strenthten it's grip on the military power in Asia, and further down the road, in the whole world, i.e. over the US. Eventually, unfortunately, this will end up with nuclear weapons dropping on the US. I hate that scenario, I don't know how long it will take, 1-50 years, but the process has started and it will culminate in the downfall of the US in the hands of Russian nuclear weapons.
I regret to say it.
You regret to say it? I regret to read it...
President Purple-Lips will save the USSA.
"Who do I have to blow to keep this gig?"