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Strange Liaisons? Putin Visits Berlusconi's Home At 3am After Warning Merkel Of Gas Squeeze

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It appears Bunga-Bunga boy still has something to offer the international elite. After a lengthy meeting with Germany's Angela Merkel (at a hotel in Milan) where Putin warned of "big transit risks" in delivery of Europe's gas as Ukraine is "starting to siphon off our gas from the export pipeline," and threatening to respond by "reducing flows by the amount stolen;" Putin decided the place to be was 78-year-old Berlusconi's house at 3am. Finally, it is worth noting that Ukraine's President Poroshenko was scheduled to meet with Frau Merkel this morning - we assume to plead his case for why gas transit should flow through his nation (and beg for some more support).

 

 

As Bloomberg reports,

Russian President Vladimir Putin flew into Milan last night for peace talks with European Union leaders after threatening to cut the supply of natural gas through Ukraine if the government in Kiev diverts fuel for domestic use.

 

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“There are big transit risks,” Putin, who denies involvement in the Ukrainian conflict, said yesterday in Belgrade, Serbia. If Russia sees its Ukrainian partners “are starting to siphon off our gas from the export pipeline network, we will respond by reducing flows by the amount stolen.”

And then, as WSJ reports,

Russian President Vladimir Putin perhaps couldn’t resist an invite from his Italian chum, former Premier Silvio Berlusconi, in the early hours of Friday to his mansion in Milan.

 

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A Russian presidential spokesman said Mr. Putin visited “his old friend” Mr. Berlusconi following an invite from the Italian politician. Mr. Berlusconi heads Italy’s biggest opposition party.

 

President Putin, 62, must have felt the need to relax after his meeting with Ms. Merkel at 1.36 a.m. CET on Friday. He drove off with a large police escort, which included dark limousines, to Mr. Berlusconi’s house and stayed there until roughly 3 a.m.

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Strange Liaisons indeed...

 

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Fri, 10/17/2014 - 09:46 | 5346146 Dr. Engali
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Yeah, he got laid.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 09:52 | 5346170 Farqued Up
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Oh no, not MERKEL!?!?!

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 09:53 | 5346189 wallstreetapost...
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Hitler & Mussolini

Putin and Berlusconi

 

Just saying...

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 09:56 | 5346191 Anarchy 99
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on this point.......you're full of shit.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 10:02 | 5346216 kliguy38
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bet the chicks we're hot

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 10:04 | 5346229 Citxmech
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Bunga bunga.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 10:22 | 5346317 HardlyZero
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Putin got divorced recently after a long marriage. Must be a hot Italian palace.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 10:35 | 5346439 LULZBank
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Putin: "Hello Berlusconi, bro, I forgot my stash, have you got a blue pill ofr me?"

Berlusconi: "Who do you think I am? Morpheus? lol, Just kidding, come on over."

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 10:39 | 5346486 max2205
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Follow the money....to the 13 year old pussy

Ps. I will never buy anything close to a Prudential product

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 10:43 | 5346523 Latina Lover
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Putin does not need Berlusconi to procure hot pussy.  Spend some time in Moscow or St. Petersburg, russian women are smoking hot.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 10:56 | 5346615 Anarchy 99
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damn, your new avatar is distracting,   :)))))

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 14:04 | 5347854 Eirik Magnus Larssen
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It's the Eurasian thing. I noticed plenty of fellows seem to have a soft spot for that.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 10:08 | 5346246 LULZBank
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Booty call Bitchezz!!

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 11:28 | 5346875 Itch
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"bet the chicks we're hot"

Bet they were sproadically going to the toilet and throwing up too.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 09:56 | 5346194 Ozy_mandias
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Looks like the mustachioed fellow just farted

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 10:02 | 5346212 TruthInSunshine
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Vlad expended testosterone laden manhood in sexy woman while Bathhouse Barry O was fed whip cream covered strawberries by Reggie.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 11:14 | 5346740 Freddie
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Hilarious and sickening that ZH still has libtard Obala supporters.   Silvio and Vlad are Geroge Washington and Thomas Jefferson compared to Obala.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 11:35 | 5346870 fervent in spirit
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Comparing Belusconi and Washington??? Surely you jest.

Here's a couple of quotes of George Washington...

“It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor.”
- George Washington

“Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable.”
- George Washington

You may disagree with the views of Washington but not the fact he held them.

We don't have many (if any) politicians of that calibre today. Certainly not Berlusconi and I seriously doubt it concerning Putin.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 13:05 | 5347440 Freddie
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Past history.  The USSA is a joke and disgrace.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 10:12 | 5346266 SteveNYC
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Not sure I see the connection....

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 11:43 | 5346973 WillyGroper
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@wallstreetapost

What's so amusing is most here are aware there's really no left/right & that they are all team players.

No different with the ones in power. 

It's optics & interests.

No hero's here, just as sure as there will be many losers that fall victim to their folly.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 13:10 | 5347474 fightapathy
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Hitler & Mussolini

Merkel & Poroshenko

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 14:49 | 5348124 Sirius Wonderblast
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Remember it was Berlusconi who reportedly described Merkel as an "unfuckable lump of lard". What's not to like?

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 09:52 | 5346175 Croesus
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Hookers and Blow. 

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 10:05 | 5346237 MidwestJester
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Just doing their part to try and boost Italian GDP!

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 10:24 | 5346333 HardlyZero
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Laying down some deep (gas) pipeline.   What a deal !  Italy is THE major terminal for South Stream.  If Italy backs South Stream then its a GO, GO, GO !

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 10:42 | 5346500 max2205
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And Viagra

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 12:38 | 5347284 Freddie
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It will be good for Italy.  Italy is a Christian country like Russia.  Italy needs to get rid of all that dark noble oligarch scum and goldman red sheild in Milan.   The USSA now is an Obala scum cuntry.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 09:56 | 5346192 SHEEPFUKKER
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Pillow fight!!

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 09:56 | 5346196 TeamDepends
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Holy crap! Man dies vomiting in his seat on flight from Lagos to JFK yesterday. "Officials" gave corpse "cursory" exam before declaring that the victim did not have ebola. Bet that made the 145 passengers feel a whole lot better! Story at nypost, sorry if this has already been covered.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 10:16 | 5346283 The Merovingian
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Move along, nothing to see here.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 10:27 | 5346363 LULZBank
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"Officials" gave corpse "cursory" exam before declaring that the victim did not have ebola.

 

Well obviously, they could see he was not the one they had pre-infected.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 10:30 | 5346398 TeamDepends
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Who the fuck junked us and why? Representative Peter King immediately fired off an angry letter decrying the CDCs slipshod handling of this event. Where are the passengers who were cooped up with a dead man covered in his own vomit for hours? Is the plane still in service?

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 11:51 | 5347029 StandardDeviant
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Wasn't me, but maybe not everyone agrees that every single fucking ZH thread, however remote the subject of the original article, should turn immediately into a discussion about Ebola.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 12:34 | 5347264 TeamDepends
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Point taken.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 12:35 | 5347270 Anusocracy
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Yup.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 12:41 | 5347297 Freddie
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Lagos to JFK?   All Libturds, Demos and Obala voters.  They all deserved to get Obala feces and vomit all over them. F em  - they voted for this.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 13:55 | 5347791 silverliberty
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It wasn't Putin, who got laid.  It was Berlusconi and Putin laid him.  Putin laid some serious cash and support on Berlusconi in return for his future support.  Italy may be the first to leave NATO.  I know some of you are thinking Italy wouldn't switch sides, LOL!

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 17:49 | 5348846 Paveway IV
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"...Italy may be the first to leave NATO..."

Italy's PM, Matteo Renzi, can't resist the black crack: oil. He just got back from making a deal with the most brutal, oppressive dictator around - the head of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly known as Zaire) - for oil.

Likewise, Renzi will be salivating at the thought of 'owning' a future gas tap at the end of ZATO's NABUCCO pipeline or Russia's South Stream. Neither pipeline needs to go to/through Italy, so Renzi can be bought with promises from either side. If South Stream looks more promising for an Italian connection, Italy will flip in a second. ZATO wants NABUCCO, but the only way they're getting that built is to con U.S. taxpayers to pay for it. The EU is broke and Israel doesn't pay for anything. Turkey has become a security issue ever since they hosted fake al Nusra and ISIS who are now killing western Kurds. NABUCCO may never happen or never be secure if/when it's built.

Funny how creating fake jihadists to overthrow Syria has turned around to bite ZATO in the ass. Putin's best strategy now might be to back off South Stream and let ZATO attempt to pacify the ME so they can build NABUCCO. That will surely bleed the West for decades and never result in a useable pipeline.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 09:48 | 5346157 My Days Are Get...
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With friends like that, Putin could have walked to the mansion without bodyguards.  Nothing would have happened to him.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 10:22 | 5346318 Stumpy4516
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Because others would have been afraid of them but not Putin?   Who then has the power?

Goodness Putin!!  Have some dignity.  Here you are shuffling in the middle of the night from house to house pleading your case and making more noise again.  Just Do Something. 

Putin is lowering Russia to nothing more than a supplier of gas who can only use that to nudge a customer.  They do not come to Putin, he knocks on their doors in the night hoping they will open.

Getting dissapointed in the man.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 12:38 | 5347283 Anusocracy
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Seriously?

 

The US has its subhuman killers all over Italy.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 09:51 | 5346166 the phantom
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After meeting with the stiff Frau Merkel and dealing with the rest of the EU lemmings and Ukie criminals... a little levity with bunga-bunga is understandable.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 09:53 | 5346171 Anarchy 99
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people here rip Berlusconi because of his escapades, like other world leaders are saints, at least he is fucking females, not like the brits that fuck little boys and sheep,  yet he tried to get Italy out of the Euro and was forced out by Brussels, say what you want, he will be proven right.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 10:11 | 5346260 LULZBank
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During a survey they asked all the women in the Italian government if they would sleep with Berlusconi?

20% replied "Yes"

80% replied "You mean, again?"

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 10:34 | 5346425 Anarchy 99
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LOL good one. 

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 12:12 | 5347143 Socratic Dog
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Agree with you Anarchy.  Too many feminized men here.  What the fuck is the point of being king/president/boss if it doesn't get you young pussy?  It's called evolution.  It's not about fake female "morals", it's about spreading your seed.

One in 12 Chinese men is a direct descendant of Genghis Khan.  Silvio may be, as well.  More power to him, and more pussy.  And all you feminized hedgers, go grow a pair of balls.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 12:40 | 5347295 Anusocracy
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It's about animal behaviors.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 11:12 | 5346721 smacker
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Brits are not the only ones who f*ck little boys.

Think: "The Franklin Scandal" :: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtstlx96s8M

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 12:55 | 5347384 Freddie
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Ben Franklin or Joe Franklin?

 

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 14:37 | 5348062 smacker
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Boystown, Nebraska. Laurence King - fraudster, pedophile. Franklin Credit Union, child abduction, homosexual prostitution, sex/drug orgies involving people at v/high levels in society, political and corporate. It makes the pedophile happenings in Britain being covered up look like a tea party.

The videos are worth watching.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 09:53 | 5346173 bigdumbnugly
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Strange Liaisons? Putin Visits Berlusconi's Home At 3am After Warning Merkel Of Gas Squeeze

 

 

sounds kinky...................

 

threesome and a gas squeeze

is there a video?

a scratch and sniff maybe???

 

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 09:56 | 5346174 Slowdrip
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The Vlad, Silvio's crib, 3:00 A.M., some fresh (came in on the last load) Peruvian 'Pink', ya baby......

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 09:51 | 5346176 1000yrdstare
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Putin does not seem like the guy to change his mind over some tail.....

I wonder who had the upper hand in that meeting.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 10:28 | 5346372 HardlyZero
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Italy is the major terminal for South Stream.  Working the deals from the back room makes sense.  Once they setup the business end, then should flow smoothly through the Italian system.  Mr. B and Mr. P have a deal !

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 09:52 | 5346178 dbTX
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Putin just stopped by to see if Ruby was there.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 10:00 | 5346210 Urban Redneck
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but can Ruby do this?

At least they have some common interests to facilitate an adult discussion of the liberation of the EUROtard slaves from their colonial masters at the Maison Blanche and 33 Liberty.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 10:08 | 5346247 Anarchy 99
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+1

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 10:14 | 5346271 LULZBank
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A bit too flat, but I see your point.

Ruby doing a belly dance has its own charm though.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 09:53 | 5346183 DavidC
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If the WSJ has any grammatically aware journalists, it should know that you don't send out an invite, you send out an INVITATION.

One of my pet peeves, using the bare infinitive as a noun.

DavidC

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 09:59 | 5346206 NoDebt
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They know nobody's reading it anyway.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 15:29 | 5348356 Isotope
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"Gerund or gerundive?" Yeah, I know, neither. Just trying to mess with it.

 

Spooooooon!

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 10:08 | 5346245 NotApplicable
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LOL

I'm just happy nothing was "decimated." I don't know if I've ever seen that term used correctly.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 10:29 | 5346382 WhyWait
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Stop! You're getting me disorientated!

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 15:26 | 5348346 Isotope
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Well, not too many Roman Legions around these days.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 10:28 | 5346375 dsty
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the bare infinitive noun is rather suggestive considering the 3a situation

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 10:46 | 5346543 dsty
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then there is the dangling participle

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 09:56 | 5346193 Chupacabra-322
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Think about it. Putin's da man. He has leverage with a natural resource. We have leverage with a Golf Course.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 12:57 | 5347394 Freddie
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Amerika has Obola and the Wookie.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 09:58 | 5346201 eddiebe
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Hitler wanted to be like Mussolini, I don't think Putin wants to model himself after Berlusconi.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 09:59 | 5346205 youngman
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Left at three am...the Viagra is just starting to kick in at that time...and the party is just getting started..that is when they play naked Twister...and being the black belt in Judo..I bet Putin is good at that..

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 10:30 | 5346381 HardlyZero
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Layin' down South Stream pipe from Russia to Italy...in so many ways !

Putn' is gong to love these South Stream "business" trips and meetings to finance to the close.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 10:00 | 5346207 buzzsaw99
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putin is a badass if he can stay up until 3 a.m..

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 11:14 | 5346745 Atomizer
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Do you really think I care about the down votes? That Clinton windbag will not get elected for the POTUS position in 2016.

She cannot pass the physical. 

 

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 13:49 | 5347751 Duude
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ZH is full of hard lefties that would like nothing better than for Hillary to sit on their faces.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 10:02 | 5346215 nightwish
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That does it for me. Vlad has enough moral sanction to bomb Ukraine to smithereens, is the way I see it. Hope he gets poroshenkoberg and Biden's coke snorting son in the process.

 

 

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 10:03 | 5346220 Osmium
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OT:  Univ of Michigan gauge of U.S. Consumer sentiment hits 7 Plus Year high.

How the fck is that possible?

 

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/consumer-sentiment-climbs-to-the-highes...

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 10:09 | 5346249 NotApplicable
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Pills. Lots, and lots of pills.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 10:09 | 5346256 Atomizer
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Market Watch 

Murdoch Watch ass slinging financial wanker newz reporting piece. 

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 10:24 | 5346334 LULZBank
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At this point, believe that the news is manufactured to fit the narrative or back the intended actions.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 10:26 | 5346362 WhyWait
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Perhaps they've decided it's time to spend their last shred of credibility on staving off the disaster?

Apres moi le déluge time in the house of mirrors?

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 10:10 | 5346254 WTFRLY
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The ‘data set’ that predicted the Ebola cruise ship problem?
http://wtfrly.com/2014/10/17/data-set-that-predicted-the-ebola-cruise-sh...

Cruise ship denied port in Belize as US tries to evacuate Dallas nurse who handled Ebola sample
http://wtfrly.com/2014/10/17/cruise-ship-denied-port-belize-us-tries-to-...

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 10:25 | 5346337 Atomizer
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This nurse could be handling a sperm protein sample spit into a cup. Call it a Ebola miss marriage. 

/ Bwahahahaha 

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 12:23 | 5347203 Socratic Dog
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I fucking love it that BELIZE is more on top of this than the USSA.  They wouldn't let anyone off the ship.  Maybe we need a Belizian for ebola czar.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 10:10 | 5346259 WTFRLY
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The anti-cartel (or ousted cartel members) are banding together. Survival.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 10:12 | 5346268 Latitude25
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Alright "The ZH Enquirer".

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 10:15 | 5346280 10mm
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Freak show mong the freaks.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 10:22 | 5346313 LULZBank
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2 divorced, aging, shiny heads with dreams of grandoise meeting up at 3am to discuss business.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 10:31 | 5346402 HardlyZero
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Putn' layin' down South Stream pipe.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 10:40 | 5346480 LULZBank
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nevermind

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 11:52 | 5347033 nightwish
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Can't win em all ;-)

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 11:23 | 5346338 Joe A
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He had a long day. He started in Belgrade Serbia where he had meetings, held speeches and had to visit a long military parade in the rain. Then he had to fly to Italy where he kept Merkel waiting, finally met her to tell her it is going to be a long and cold winter in Western Europe. And then visited his old buddy and stayed up until 3 am.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 10:30 | 5346404 Irishcyclist
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Good to see that Putin and the EU (Merkel) are still prepared to meet and talk in person.

EU allowing itself to become embroiled in Nuland/Obama's disagreement with Putin is the height of stupidity

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 10:51 | 5346581 Atomizer
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Nuland clan down voted you. Incredible use of the Edward Bernays tactics. 

Edward Bernays and the Art of Public Manipulation

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qiKMmrG1ZKU

Enjoy.....

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 11:03 | 5346667 smacker
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Agreed.

But methinks the EU was involved in it more than simply becoming embroiled with Nuland. They sent reps to Kiev in the days of the revolution to stir up the anti.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 11:27 | 5346860 Atomizer
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Plan was foiled. Next step, create a global virus epidemic. Once that fails, begin shooting the CDC alarmist. Society will move on.

Someone offered a boat load contract's to sell Ebola products into the market. Go to the rabbit hole to find out. I already know. 

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 10:42 | 5346505 NoWayJose
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All Putin needs to do is say to Merkel - I will tell you that I will put 10 units of gas into our pipeline and you will pay me for 10 units. If you only see three units arrive you will still pay me for 10 units. If you want to find out about the missing 7 units then go to Kiev.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 11:00 | 5346639 smacker
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Exactly.

Seems to me that Putin has shown extraordinary restraint over the Ukraine and gas fiascos.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 11:15 | 5346750 nightwish
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Smacker, seems like tribal finaglery is afoot and gaining momentum. It became clear that they were behind ukraine for ambiguous reasons, and then ISIS popped up all Hollywood-ish, and now Ebola as a further distraction with Joows at the top of CDC and now as the new Ebola czar. These developments in concert seem to indicate a grand plan in the works, with things looking pretty scary going forward. Does u.s. intelligence recognize the risks with their influence, or do they own our Intel too? It don't look good.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 11:34 | 5346913 COSMOS
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US intelligence is now run out of Mossad headquarters, the USA has been completely parasitized.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 12:03 | 5347104 smacker
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It looks to me like the world's powers are slowly polarising towards one side or the other of the growing divide as preps get underway for WWIII or at least a financial/economic collapse and social unrest on a grand scale.

Which side bunga-bunga sits is a mystery and Merkel too for that matter. One shouldn't automatically assume their interests reside with Washington, Westminster and Brussels.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 10:45 | 5346533 the not so migh...
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wow, that must have been a crazy party

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 10:49 | 5346556 dalitis
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Kick Renzi out, put Silvio in. End of sanctions and South Stream green light. At least that's the ultimate goal for Putin.

 

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 10:53 | 5346594 Salzburg1756
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Is that Putin in the dress?

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 10:54 | 5346597 Chuck Knoblauch
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Isn't it noticable that Putin didn't use a phone or email to relay the message?

They seem paranoid about using electronic devices.

I wonder why?

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 11:23 | 5346820 Gadfly
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Bingo.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 11:40 | 5346704 Atomizer
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icloud is the safest method in sharing Intel.

/sarc

Edit: we don't call it Crapple for the hell of it. Buy a new BlackBerry Passport phone. Or a Z10, Z30. Lacking security and privacy is why Apple became so popular as a lemming phone of choice. 

They need a app to start /shut down phone. 

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 11:33 | 5346911 Joe A
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In Serbia Putin agreed that Fiat 500 that are produced in Serbia can be exported to Russia duty free. (Serbia already has a free trade agreement with Russia for certain products and hopes to export more agricultural produce to Russia). That is quite clever of Putin. Fiat happy, Italy happy, Serbia happy, EU not happy, Fiat competitors not happy (putting pressure on their respective governments to make them happy).

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 11:56 | 5347067 Moribundus
Fri, 10/17/2014 - 12:35 | 5347251 Ariadne
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Knock Knock!

Who's there?

Vlad.

Vlad who?

Come on Silvio, you know its me. Open the door.

Pleaeeze don't kill me!

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 13:05 | 5347442 Hamm Jamm
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Its all about the " PUMP " 

pumpin hoes and pumping gasoline ....  heeeyaaaaaaaaaarhhhhh

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 13:09 | 5347470 fightapathy
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Tells ya just who runs Italia, doesn't it?

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 13:10 | 5347477 corbeau
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".. international elite.." - euphemisme for "mean, shortminded people". Elected by mean, shortminded, stupid people. As should be in each respected democracy.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 13:12 | 5347483 SmittyinLA
Fri, 10/17/2014 - 13:37 | 5347653 gcjohns1971
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Putin visited Merkel and Berlusconi because of this chart:

http://cdn1.vox-cdn.com/assets/4810754/europe_gas.png

Notice how the only two Wester European countries with SIGNIFICANT reliance on Russian Gas are Germany and Italy?

But why did he visit Berlusconi who was ousted from power rather than the current Prime Minister of Italy?

It is because Berlusconi owns part of South Stream, the pipeline Russia is building to avoid Ukraine transport.

http://burnanenergyjournal.com/rome-burns-berlusconi-putin-and-a-natural...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/putin-accused-of-giving-b...

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-15/medvedev-to-seek-support-for-ae...

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/dec/02/wikileaks-cables-berlusconi...

 

Where there is this much smoke, there is fire.  Putin visited Berlusconi to notify him so that there could be a concerted push to get the EU to approve South Stream, whereas Nabucco and other pipelines to non-Russian gas suppliers have been blocked.

Flame away.

I know that anthing insufficiently praising Putin is TABOO and Forbotten here.   I am simply unconcerned about such TABOOs and the personalities that demand them.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 13:53 | 5347787 bid the soldier...
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Here's a picture worth a 1000 words.

http://rt.com/business/196856-russia-ukraine-gas-crisis/

 

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 13:59 | 5347826 corbeau
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"..the only two Wester European countries.."

These "only two" account for one third of EU GDP. And cutting out UK, which is a complete economic fake - half.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 13:43 | 5347716 Duude
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Putin heard Berlusconi had some young girls over.

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 14:07 | 5347868 bid the soldier...
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Many of you probably noticed in the last week or so, all the quotes from EU spokespeople that Die Allianz was ready to reconsider its sanctions on Russia (if somebody caved in to Ukranian gas demands).

How like Putin not to fall for this Western bullshit in Milan.

 

Fri, 10/17/2014 - 18:48 | 5348979 limacon
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Is Italy under Berlusconi leaving the EU , with Germany's support ?

See

https://www.academia.edu/8816411/Rogue_Swan_EU_disintegration

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