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Hot On The Heels Of Its China Breakthrough, Russia Set To Build Eight Nuclear Power Plants In Iran
Before anyone suggests that all Russia is focusing on is China at any and all costs, consider that as we have been saying since 2012, perhaps just as important to Russia (and China) strategically is Iran which has already lashed out against the Petrodollar on numerous occasions in the past, not only for its vast oil reserves, but for its even more strategic location in the heart of the Persian Gulf.
To be sure, the Eurasian crescent of Russia and China would be made all that much stronger if the two nations had a toehold on the Straits of Hormuz, and were able to shut traffic - either tanker or military, with the US Fifth Fleet located in Bahrain - into the Gulf at their bidding. Which is why it was not surprising that not even 24 hours after Russia and China announced the "holy grail" energy deal, that RIA reported Russia is already preparing to lock in the Tehran regime with a deal to build not one but 8 (!) more nuclear power plants in the country.
Moscow may sign an intergovernmental agreement with Teheran this year to build eight new reactors for nuclear power plants in Iran, a source close to the negotiations told journalists Thursday.
Two reactors could be built at the Bushehr Power Plant and six reactors at other sites, the source said, adding that the talks were in their final stage.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said earlier this week that Russian-Iranian cooperation will continue despite international turbulence around Tehran. Putin said that Russia and Iran are not only neighbors, but also long-standing reliable partners.
Iran’s only nuclear power plant near Bushehr came online September 2011 and began operating at full capacity a year after. Moscow handed over operational control of the Russian-made plant to Iran in September last year.
A deal, it goes without saying, that would have China's explicit and implicit blessing.
And cue the US foreign department collapsing in an apopleptic fit of sheer powerlessness, if many, many "costs" for all those involved.
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Wow, they gonna push till this shit blows.
You don't need a cruise missile destroyer or cruiser if you park them babies on the Iranian shoreline.
The old enemy of my enemy is my friend thing is getting pretty popular in these days of extreme fucked-upness.
"The enema of my enemy ..." etc would be more accurate.
Russia and Persia... Trading for centuries. Its called the Caspian Sea.
Interesting tidbit. There used to be so many wolves in Northern Persia/Iran, in a region called Hyrcania, people were afraid to live, let alone travel there.
There used to be so many wolves in Northern Persia/Iran, in a region called Hyrcania, people were afraid to live, let alone travel there.
+1 for obscure Greek topynomical reference.
This is what I like about Zero Hedge, an "economics" website.
Without ZH most of us would remain ignorant on geopolitics. The old media is dead silent on matter like this.
ZH is good (despite their delusional belief in a "free market", which is about as real as unicorns), but there are some good news sources out there. Just gotta search for them because they are not being broadcast in the MSM.
Real news and information must be sought out because nobody is gonna just "give" you the facts. They are far too inconvenient for the powers that be.
Hmm what was the name of that ancient Greek general that before Alexanders time fought for the Persians and then let his 10k greeks back home after a long journey which he chronicled and which inspired Alexander? I think he passed through that Persian region you mentioned.
You refer to Xenophon, I believe.
Yep that was the man, quite an impressive character, a writer and a frontline fighter. I guess that is why he wrote so well, he wrote from the heart.
Hmm didn't know the Autobots were around, how is your Kenworth Truck doing these days Optimus?
The post-modern world is all about decontextualization - human brains floating in a sea of fear and desire, with no anchor to history or place.
I sometimes wonder if guys like Orwell were time travellers.
Yeah, Spastica, that is what I have been thinking lately also. This is starting to look so much like 1984 it is just plain blowing my mind!
How our "leaders" could be so blatantly inept is friggin hard to believe! It has to be part of the "plan". WTF? Time to start drinking!
I look forward to uniformly peddled lies and a hysterical speech or 2 by Binyamin Mielikowski aka Netanyahu complete with childish props.
This is good news to me for the following odd reason. In what I guess is a propaganda campaign, I've seen a couple of articles talking about the eventual showdown between Iran and Russia. The logic was somehow the US is aligning themselves with IRan which would put a wedge between Iran and Russia.
I figured the chances of that were on par with the chances of me growing a 4th ball. This essentially confirms that.
Not prying but
You have three ?
Fair ask. I'm gifted with a thoroughly unimpressive pair, and I say a 4th one to illustrate how small the chances are as I'd have to grow a 3rd one first.
Dr. Jim Willie has been saying the US will start saying nicer things about Iran as they throw the Saudis under the bus. Willie has said that Saudi oil fields are shagged out and the UK and USA have been stealing the Saudis gold in London.
I say there Vladfish, I am regusted by your bellicosity.
Aside from helping Iran, Russia is helping build 2 nuclear plants in India as well, announced just now. So much for Western nuclear prowess. This is what happens when you try to sanction a large country. Now so many countries have been sanctioned and so many are unhappy with American hegemony/interference/drone attacks/lack of support due to ever increasing US debt, that they have started working as a large group on their own WITHOUT THE US, outside the traditional US/UK/EU/NATO influence.
21st century here we come! Get ready for the ride in front of our eyes where power will shift faster to the East than anyone can imagine. Civilizations always migrate towards where the money is plenty or resources are greater or opportunity is maximum. The new axis will revolve around a country that starts with a C and ends with an A and in major role will be the country whose name starts with R and ends with A. While supporting roles will be played by Iran, Venezuela, N. Korea, Pakistan, Afghanistan, ex Soviet States, most Latin American countries, most African countries, several Middle Eastern countries and several Asian countries. Guess who will not be invited to the party: several Western countries!
It seems the debt laden Western countries have chosen to fight against some big adversaries instead of working with them and look all set to lose game, set and match.
Russia, India sign deal to build two units of Kudankulam NPP
Read more: http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_05_22/Russia-India-sign-deal-to-build-two-units-of-Kudankulam-NPP-9546/
Well said, the Dollar coalition didn't want to share as is typical of the playground Bully, he just wants it all for himself, until the weaker kids band together and kick his ass and ostracize him.
"Carney was a tool but had the largest steel marbles on the block. The “steely” was the most sought after and traded of all the marbles, and Carney was a grand collector. Myths were born from his ability to bully smaller kids into trading their one or two heavy spheres for ten or twenty smaller and bland marbles. At one point I was certain that he had all the steelies in a 1 mile radius.
The afternoon laughter was usually broken by his emergence from the alley and into the field where we kids met every Saturday for the traditional game of marbles. With his girth and weight he would trample the smaller of the lot and settle at the highest edge of the ring.
Everyone hated playing with Carney because you would never win, even if you did. It was a lose-lose proposition which many refused to participate in.
Eventually a small grouping of kids joined together and began to avoid Carney altogether. They would randomly change the location each Saturday and start earlier in the afternoon. With each passing weekend Carney became more upset and angry over missing the games, not because he couldn’t expand his collection of steelies but because he was left out of the game altogether.
A method of separating Carney from his steely collection was soon devised. For each weekend which he wished to play, he had to trade back one large steely for smaller and less valuable marbles. Though not pleased about this at all, his choices were simple now that a group had taken up defense against him. One, he could continue to bully and unfairly trade with the other kids in order to expand his already large steelie collection. Or two, he could trade fairly and still be allowed to play the game with the others.
With the kids no longer divided, Carney’s choice was clear. The feeling of isolation and being left out was more impactful than the feelings of unwarranted reward. For what was the real value of his steely collection if nobody else wanted to play a game that involved them.
Never once in our childhood understanding of events did we question the fact that the real value of the marbles was provided by the parents who would give us the assorted bags and send us on our way. So focused on beating each other and transferring marbles amongst ourselves that we never thought to consider where the marbles were actually coming from.
As we continue on into adulthood there isn’t much that changed. Marbles are replaced with money and we have no idea where it came from. We just seeked to acquire more of it and trade with it."
philosophyofmetrics - http://bitly.com/ust2rmb
Starts with a C and ends in an A? Oh Canada! LOL! Canada actually is well positioned as a mini Russia with resources. I agree with the rest of your analysis.
The oil and energy between Russia, Iran and neighboring countries is staggering and Russia has the pipelines. If Putin is smart, he will treat these countries as partners with him. Using mutual respect.
My guess is Germany will pivot towards the east.
LOL.
I wish it would be Canada because overall it is a very nice place.
However, Canada gets a HUGE erection for Israel plus is anti Iran. If you didnt know Canada was the only country in the past few months who wanted to visit Iran but Iranians made it difficult and actually had to pass the request through Parliament - just for the Canadians - to visit Iran. Wtf! Rest all the countries have been visiting at a speed of few a week with no Parliamentary approval required.
Canada may have the resources but has always been under the shadow of its biggest neighbour which is turning into a negative for the future to some degree.
Only with India, I see them as some sort of business friendly.
In Afghanistan, Iraq etc, Canadian forces were fighting to bring democracy and freedom and find WMD's. This did not go well.
As far as China is concerned, Canada is busy selling its large oil and gas assets to the Chinese so it is a one sided relationship. Money does go a long way.
73% of exports and 50% of imports happen from just one country - USA.
Canada is slowly losing its usefulness on the international stage. It has rarely gone against the wishes of its US Federal masters. If China and Russia band together, Canada will not have any major role to play but will continue in it's past glories nonetheless. The Queen will not let such a large wasteland go to waste!
SWEET!
HOT is right. As in "Hot War"
I thought Iran promised Obama that they weren't going to build any nuclear reactors..in that last memorandum of understanding?
/sarc
They're not. Russia is. (Must always read the fine print for loopholes)
Damn...we gotta get some new White House lawyers!
First step is to kill all the lawyers
Or something to that extent
-Wild Bill Shakespeare
Read the context of that quote, it's not what everyone likes to believe.
Why do yo need new lawyers from, you got a president who studied Constitutinal Law
'Kill all the lawyers?' Well that would sure clean out D.C.
Yes Lawyers and Ivy League boys are always the answer. Never mind business people, real generals or even street sweepers.
Putin you terrrist!
/s JESUS!
Yes
Good for them!
Makes it even harder to "bomb them back to the Stone Age" as many simple Americans have advocated.
We're too busy printing us back to the stone age.
So this is just hilarious. Is it obvious to the world yet that the US is a complete and utter joke of a banana republic?
Of course, when the US goes spreading nuclear tech around, it's not in any way controversial.
Iran that has reliable power and does not have to rely on selling crude for cheap only to reimport refined for $$$ (because someone keeps blowing up their refineries and crying about alternative energy solutions)... is an Iran that gets to break free from the petrodollar entirely.
Putin recognized it years ago. You're just seeing the fruits of his efforts here lately. None of these deals were put together in just the last few months.
now,
if you experi-mental with erasing the vertical lines
drawn in your mind - the vs. implant
and instead practice thinking within the
circle'd
your last sentence makes even more sense.
it's a small world, after all
But he did plan to use his plans in quick succession. The West will at some point wonder WTF happened.
shock and ah shit.
(AP)- Today in a speech on the White House lawn, with the 12 Billion-dollar WhirlyBird1 beached as a backdrop, President Obama - Peace be unto Him - announced a historic "Pivot to Persia."
Forward elements of the 1st DHS Expeditionary Division, supported by two of the California State Police's Armored Brigades will deploy to Kuwait.
The FBI will deploy two wings of armed drones, as well as one dozen new FBI Harrier Jump Jets.
FBI PR spokesperson Random Douchebag indicated it has added the Iranian Nuclear Power Installations to its "Most Wanted" list...
Two things...
01.) Iran using nuclear energy... you have to ask... why? My answer is the actual supply of in ground oil is dramatically less than what OPEC states in their estimates (read: The Long Emergency).
02.) The Central Banking Cartel will unleash hell upon the earth should Russia and China join up with Iran and other middle eastern countries to side step the petro dollar. They will plunge us into WWIII.
Number 1, maybe the Iranians are planning for the future. Why burn oil or natgas for electricity when there are other options? As a bonus, they get to piss off their oppressors. Or maybe it's a ruse to get the bumbling West to make more foreign policy mistakes.
Number 2 is well underway. It makes me wonder whether the Saudis will change teams. They see the US crumbling, quick loss of the petrodollar would send the US into chaos.
Maybe because Russian/Soviet nuke plants have not historically been reliable.
Also, if Iranians were smart they would instead build a Petro refining plant so they could supply themselves with their own gas rather than having to import it despite having a crpload of their own oil they export.
LOL like just look at all the USA design masterpieces, and nuclear accidents, just google it. Also right now with Fukushima, American designs have screwed up more of the world than Chernobyl ever did. But the west media made a big stink about reporting everything about chernobyl but is keeping tight lipped on Fukushima. USA USA USA USA USA
Would suggest they architect these as dual use facitities by integrating a mosque into each nuclear powerplant.
Gives new meaning to "blind" faith
Hmmmmm...Hopefully they do. Then all that will be needed is a few thousand pounds of Ham Hocks and Bacon Bombs dropped onto them. That will defile the Mosques. Nobody will report to man the reactors. That will cause meltdowns rapidly. Hmmmm....Uranium Fried Bacon...
From: http://newsaxonvlad.tumblr.com/post/32971669646/canada-bacon-bandits-hit-mosque-hate-crime
On the Internet, bloggers are invoking pork to incite Muslims. In a recent column on the conservative Town Hall.com, Mike Adams, a criminology professor at the University of North Carolina, proposed several pork-related pranks against the “ground zero mosque,” including “building a large bomb filled with bacon grease. Dubbed the ‘Mother of All Bacon,’ or MOAB, this bomb would not hurt anyone but would permanently defile the location so that no one could worship there.”
I wonder if Israel feels the walls are closing in ??
netanyahu is going to have to adjust his bomb graphic again. lulz
as i commented above, some comic genius out there needs to remake the hitler in the bunker video as bibi in the bunker video... done right, it would be huge...
yeah... but then they'd end up get whacked by the Mossad.
That's a high price to pay for good comedy.
don't know man... to me, it looks like the fear master are loosing their grip. once that starts to happen, the inmates turn on them fast and viciously. things are about to get very interesting i think.
we can only hope...
The graphic he only shows to his cabinet is of the Israeli hand reaching and stealing money from the American Wallet
China provides consumer goods, Russia and Iran energy. All three manufacture weapons and all three hate the US. Pretty logical combination.
Wonder what happens when Israel blows up one of those Russia facilities....
The question is who will Israelis frame and how will they coax uncle sam into paying for the war that results.
Simple, the Iranians hit Israel's nuclear facilities right back, also wipe out Saudi Arabian refineries, storage and production sites thus ending the Petrodollar in an INSTANT. And in the eyes of the world they would be entitled to it since they were attacked first by Israeli planes flying through Saudi Air Space. That is why no country at the moment wants to give Israel overfly rights since they know Iran would make their country a mess.
then it's on bitchez. don't worry, izreel will make sure the usa is destroyed too.
Please, only if they aren't financing that construction.
Israel gets stomped into the stone age...where they belong?
Just to clarify, I wasn't advocating it, just saying it might well happen and then bigger hot war in the middle east as Russia decides to intervene...
Who's going to stop them?
TEAM AMERICA: WORLD PONZI
Again and again things turn out opposite as planned for the leadership in Israel. You'd think they'll get a clue, but when a group of people believe in their superiority over others, it's helpless.
*oh, SNAP*
Well for one thing that kind of belief has for centuries caused people to underestimate their opponents with disastruous consequences.
You would think someone claiming descent from an ancient culture (which may or may not be truee) would know their history better.
http://www.amazon.com/Slave-Species-Gods-History-Anunnaki/dp/1591431514Everything you ever wanted to know about our past, religious or otherwise. Incredible book.
And the Jews did steal a lot from the Sumerians. In fact, just about all of it. Well, the important stuff, not the Goyim stuff . . .
The Garden of Eden was Babylonian, Yahweh was the Babylonian god Baal, and the original people of Judea were polytheistic.
I'm not too fond of Sitchin's mistranslations however, I think that's a bullshit too far.
WTF you talking about?
Things are going exactly according to Israels goals. They recognize that there will be no peaceful solution, just positioning so the US must enter the war and back their actions.
Hence their celebration on 911.
Wow
Let there be no mistake! I just learned out this on CNN and madder than hell. There will be consequences, period.
Can they do that, Barry?
Yes, another blow against dollar hegemony and U.S. imperialism...but you'd think Tehran would be wary of nuclear power after 2011...
The Iranians know about Chernobyl right?
Putin still has a lot of Plutonium to burn. Japan and the U.S. aren't taking enough.
or Fukushima -- lots of quakes in Iran, big ones. Dumbasses. Why don't they build oil refineries, they have the oil. Or coal or gas plants.
The biggest fuckup at fukushima was letting an israeli firm handle security.
You should know there are dozens of russian power plants in operation in Europe, and more are to come.
There is all the sand and the jibjabs that the terrrrrists force their womenfolk to wear!
pods
awesome!
Oh, this is all just a parade of events staged by the international banker puppeteers to move the world to one government - one currency. The only real event is the puppeteers' hand.
How's that? Am I parotting the grand conspiracy line properly, or do I still need some more work on it? [/sarcasm]
Anything to do with Iran concerns me, i live in the UAE and something has got this country and the Kng of Saud spooked. The amount of military these countries are buying is phenomenal, they clearly feel threatened by events in iran.
I would think the House of Saud would concern your more. They are the main problem, not Iran (aside from Israel).
I'd be threatened too if the dog you backed suddenly breaks a leg in the race.
SA is one reserve currency hiccup away from being nothing but a bloody sandbox.
Most of the ME is as dependant on the $ as the US is.
pods
Dr. Jim Willie talks about how the USA and probably the UK will throw the Saudis under the bus because:
1. SA oil fields are shagged out.
2. USA and UK are stealing the Saudi gold in London.
Jim Willie says you will see the USA slowly make nice with Iran and throw the Saudis under the bus. Saudis pivot to China which is happening already.
I am suprised you are in the UAE and you don't understand Shia and Sunni. It sort of sucks that Iran became islamic because the Persians are pretty amazing. Anyway, this Sunni and Shia sh*t has been going on for 1300 years(?) or so. The Shia have been getting it from Sunni Saudis and nobody likes the Saudis. In fact, more than a few people think the House of Saud are non-muslims from Iraq installed by the British bankster family.
I would argue that the Persians (Shia) are pretty tough hombres and are smarter than their counter parts in that part of the world. I would be losing sleep if I were a shiek or prince in SA or the UAE.
When will Secty. Kohn deplore this?
A little off beat, but it doesn't seem like we need more Nuclear Power Plants in a world already dying from Nuclear accidents and waste.
Looks like the Zionist Entity parasitized the wrong horse, lol.
Just goes to show that nobody in the civilized world believes Netanyahoo's apocalyptic gibberish about Iran and nukes. Russia doesn't feel threatened, despite being Eastern Orthodox kaffirs and a hell of a lot closer.
Luckily for Netanyaho, nobody in the US congress or senate is part of the civilized world. So he's got that going for him...
One question - does the jetstream typically flow from iran to the direction of israel? just in case theres significant venting from those eight (8) reactors.
Ok, now you've done it. It's time to call in the EPA and regulate this whole affair. Or maybe the USDA since they have all the ammo. Ah hell, why not both.
You're missing the point. I have no probs with significant venting headed for israel
It's a Russian plot to poison Iran.
Take this, Obozo.
I can't wait until China and Russia have a fully functioning and reliable SWIFT/transfer system. Western money (including mine) is going to fly out of western bank accounts and the .gov NSA prying eyes. Switzerland better be careful not to fuck too many western millionaires over.
You beat me to this comment, Yen. When the west no longer has the bank transfer system to attack it's enemies, there won't be anything to stop a new reserve currencly from pushing aside the dollar.
I'm sure Putin has this move planned in advance.
The United States has moved so far left we are soon going to be left out...
It just keeps on coming doesn't it. Since this seems to be a tag team perhaps next week we will get a gold backed Yuan.
June perhaps
There's a lot of gay sex in Persia. A lot. Their women are also very hairy.
Well at least there it's illegal to fuck your cows and sheep...unlike Texas where the men are men and the sheep are nervous.
Persian women are renowned as some of the most beautiful in the world. But yes, I am sure Iran is way behind in the use of silicone and botox.
In the past couple of months I have met two Iranian woman (and yes, we where out for drinks - don't as
k me how and why) and they are georgeous! Stunning. I didn't have a chance to check how hairy they really are...
Iran doesn't have enough superfund sites yet. It's about time they got started on that. Or haven't they gotten it yet that depleted fuel rods and irradiated reactor sites are still an unsloved problem?
I think the plan is for Iran to dump their nuclear waste in the smoldering ruins of Israel.
I wish i could upload a pic of my shocked face. Now Vlad is just high stepping into the endzone. I'm sure the enzone dance will include nukes in Cuba. the dude is evil, but you gotta hand it to him recently, well played.
He's no more evil than our overlords here in the USSA.
Remember, you don't bring a knife to a gun fight.
dat Razzist
Looks like the Red Line has been turned into a Limp Dick.
Haha, "Bath House," what a fuckin' Tool!
sorry to be a buzzkill, but they MAY sign this deal. just as russia allegedly had plans with iran for a barter arrangement worth billions that wouldve flown in the face of sanctions against iran--that still hasnt materialized. so lets take news from RIA with a grain of salt....
Russia obviously wants another cold, or even warm, war. Perhaps it is time for the US to be friends with its old friends and enemies with its old enemies for a time.
Yea. Once Iran was found to have hundreds of Nuclear weapons Obama started to play all nice guy to his muslim buddies. Fucker blew that opportunity too.
It has been queite a while since we've seen the West do anything except profit the banks.
"Once Iran was found to have hundreds of Nuclear weapons"
With all due respect; Are you fuckin retarded or are you really that fucking stupid and gullible?
I think he meant Israel.
Obama to staff: This is a major provocation by Putin. By executive order:
1) Restrict freedoms for Americans,
2) Raise taxes,
3) Confiscate guns,
4) More money to the banks,
5) Institute Capital controls on middle class Americans,
6) Boost budget for domestic spying,
7) Tell the media to blame the tea partyers,
8) Move CINC Defcon controls to the 14th Green at the Andrew's Air Force Base Golf Course.
The US should be having a building boom of nuclear power plants. Replace these old GE clunkers that dot the land. I'd rather trust a brand new power plant then some 50 year old design. Bring jobs to many and allow us to at least have electricity as oil/gas peak and production slips off. We should also be figuing out ways to use "waste"...the amt of energy in nuclear waste alone could probably power us for decades or centuries. Nuclear power (as long as you don't build them on fault lines/tsunami areas) provide huge amts of reliable baseload power without using fossil fuels (not totally true..need a lot of fossil fuels to build/maintain/extract uranium).... Wind/solar are not the answer. Coal will be the go to, because oil/natural gas will skyrocket in price in the years to come (and become less available).
Disagree. Nuke power plants are the greatest existential threat to mankind - worse than bombs. Much better solutions exist beyond wind and solar.
Don't live downwind when the grid drops out.
http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/map-power-reactors.html
And now this; http://thebabushkasofchernobyl.com/
"Nuke power plants are the greatest existential threat to mankind."
Existentially speaking, is it still a 'threat' when the worst of the worst has already started? It's more than a 'threat' at this point.
What's with all the hating on fossil fuels? It's a renewable resource we know how to extract fairly efficiently and we have lots of infrastructure to support its use. They do not contribute to global warming and aren't one stupid government away from exterminating homo sapiens.
Plus I can't haul my boat with your Volt even if it doesn't catch on fire.
The BIG event will be when Saudi announces it will accept YUAN for oil.
Seems unlikely they'll do that given the fact that the only thing that keeps the Saudi royals in power is US backing. Without which they'd all be executed in a public stadium. And rightly so.
I think the ability to convert USD to gold at attractive prices is important to the Saudis as well.
Now batting for the other team (Russia+China military protectorate axis), The House of Saud !
There's a reason Brunei went full-tilt Sharia.
No other way to slice it. Obama has weakened US strength domestically and abroad. What country is feeling isolated now? Putin is schooling Obama and Russia's clout and momentum has never been so recognizable.
If you're sitting on a veritable sea of oil why do you want nuclear power plants? HOw about some refineries and oil fired power plants?
You may ask your child that question. But not a sovereign nation.
You talk about USA, yeh?
They have a plenty of ofil gas and coal, but run several dozens NPPs
. . . with several dozens of "spent" fuel pools, ticking bombs on countdown if anything stops their cooling. The US got into it before the risks were obvious to many. After Fukushima they are plainly obvious.
Iit takes 5 plus yrs to build these plants. I don't think they will ever be finished. There's just not enough time. But in the mean time Russia will make some rubles. If Hillary is elected she will probably stick close to the road McCain always talks about to prove she's got balls. And if she's not elected okay well we're fucked either way I don't give us five years
The next James Bond movie is going to look pretty tame compared to what is going on right now
under cold war rules we would bomb those nuclear plants, and if a few russian scientists were blown up that was too bad (or better yet we get israel to do the deed for us) i suppose the russians will offer to monitor the input and output of material to guarantee that no plutonium is left behind. and they believe in non-proliferation unless maybe somebody is pointing nuclear weapons at them (think Nato, EE) so its a backhanded provocation, but less backhanded than the Cheney doctrine. the new cold war, new rules or tricks, for old dogs.
Putin took the ball and went home. I don't think Barry has dog in the race anymore.
The only way for Barry to get back in the game is to say sorry, or start lobbing bombs. Hopefully there is more money to be made by the world banking system in peace this time. But I doubt it.
Well played Barry!
Barry wins, the neo-nazi-cons in West Ukraine have taken power, and now they will spread the message of consumer driven democracy (the best freedom that money can buy) through credit-free (radio free) Europe, bail you out now, bail you in later, tossing copies of GQ magazine over the (Berlin) wall that now separates the two Ukraines. in twenty years potus Jenna Bush will say, Putin tear down that wall. and we'll all go oo ahh give that girl a nobel prize. or it could be as ugly as the two Koreas, or as possibly cancerous as the war between the two Vietnams. spliting countries in two is old cold war strategy, hardly makes Obamas already tarnished medal any less heavy around his neck. not good for obama but it gives the real Cold Warriors a chance to win the next election, by calling Obama a pussy, and what can the Democrats do? run a women against their candidate?
Well that is 45 million more people that can soak up all those dollars printed, I mean plan is simple, crash their currency and make them use the dollar.
and soak up lots of IMF debt, and of those 45 million people my guess is quite a few are young soon to be factory workers. the german nazis had a more direct way of getting labor. todays fascists have better propaganda, and better hi tech tools. they call it progress.
It'll be hilarious when Israel tries to air strike these plants and all of their jets are shot down by Russian missiles. By hilarious I mean terrifying. This is how shit like WW1 starts.
The invasion of the Sudetenland and countries neighboring Germany were the first steps in WWII. You see, it was claimed that Germans were being discriminated against and threatened. The invasion was a "rescue" operation.
The Invasion of Georgia and now Ukraine by Russians is purported (by Russian State Media) to be to protect Russians from supposed harm by their yesteryear cousins, the Ukrainians. Russians in Crimea, claimed RT News, were being attacked by Ukrainians.
I suspect Putin gave a little *giggle* when he directed the Russian Media to spin the story of the invasion as one of a "rescue operation".
Do you think Hitler giggled, too, or did he just give a satisfied smile?
Any chance these power plants will be thorium-based?
they should use the US technology, we use monetary based energy, all you need is paper and ink (and a helicopter - 100% safe)
...and shovels, and naive recruits, and lots of sand and lots of concrete to make a "Sarcophagus". And lots of stupid. Stupid is the key ingredient.
Dear DC US,
Some wisdom from the Stones:
Well, I saw her today at the reception
A glass of wine in her hand
I knew she would go meet her connection
At her feet was her footloose man
No, you can't always get what you want
aaaahhwaw
No, you can't always get what you want
aaaahhwaw
No, you can't always get what you want
aaaahhwaw
But if you try sometime, you just might find
You get what you need
And I went down to the demonstration
To get my fair shares of abuse
Singing, "We're gonna vent our frustration
And if we don't, we are going to blow a 50-amp fuse", yeah
And no, you can't always get what you want
aaaahhwaw
No, you can't always get what you want
aaaahhwaw
Well, no, you can't always get what you want
aaaahhwaw
But if you try sometimes you just might find
You get what you need, baby
And I went down to the Chelsea drugstore
To get your prescriptions filled
I was standin' in line with Mr. Jimmy
And man, did he look pretty ill
We decided to have a soda
"Whatcha favorite flavor?", "Cherry red"
And I sung my song to my friend Jimmy
And he said one word back to me, that was "Dead"
I said
Oh, you can't always get what you want
aaaahhwaw
Oh, you can't always get what you want
aaaahhwaw
Oh, you can't always get what you want
aaaahhwaw
But if you try sometimes, you just might find
You get what you need
Oh, you can't always get what you want
aaaahhwaw
You can't always get what you want
aaaahhwaw
You can't always get what you want
aaaahhwaw
You can't always get what you want
aaaahhwaw
And I saw her today at the reception
In her glass was a bleeding man
And she was practised that the art of deception
I could tell by her blood-stained hands
Oh, you can't always get what you want
aaaahhwaw
Oh, you can't always get what you want
aaaahhwaw
Oh, you can't always get what you want
Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want Lyricsaaaahhwaw
Oh, you can't always get what you want
aaaahhwaw
Oh, you can't always get what you want
aaaahhwaw
Oh, you can't always get what you want
aaaahhwaw
But if you try sometimes you just might find
You get what you need
You poor little idiot.
I'm going to tell Keith Richards what you said. When this goes nuclear, guess who will still be alive? Keith Fucking Richards...and some cockroaches. Should you make it through the fallout, you will then have to deal with a Nuclear Empowered Kieth Fucking Richards. Be careful with your words.