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"Anti-Petrodollar" CEO Of French Energy Giant Total Dies In Freak Plane Crash In Moscow

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Three months ago, the CEO of Total, Christophe de Margerie, dared utter the phrase heard around the petrodollar world, "There is no reason to pay for oil in dollars,"  as we noted here. Today, RT reports the dreadful news that he was killed in a business jet crash at Vnukovo Airport in Moscow after the aircraft hit a snow-plough on take-off. The airport issued a statement confirming "a criminal investigation has been opened into the violation of safety regulations," adding that along with 3 crewmembers on the plane, the snow-plough driver was also killed.

 

De Margerie, 63, joined Total in 1974 after graduating from the École Supérieure de Commerce in Paris. He served in several positions in the Finance Department and Exploration & Production division. In 1995, he became President of Total Middle East before joining the Total's Executive Committee as the President of the Exploration & Production division in May 1999. In May 2006, he was appointed a member of the Board of Directors. He was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Total on May 21, 2010.

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As RT reports,

According to preliminary data, the light aircraft collided with a snow-cleaning machine on takeoff, a source at the capital’s airport told RIA.

 

The aircraft was sending distress signals while still in the air and reporting an engine fire and fuselage damage, LifeNews reports. Upon crashing on the runway, the aircraft was engulfed in flames, reportedly killing everyone on board.

 

While initials reports suggested four people died in the tragedy, officials report that five bodies were found at the crash site, one allegedly being the driver of the snow-cleaning vehicle.

 

Vnukovo Airport has temporarily suspended all flights following the incident.

 

“A criminal investigation has been opened into the violation of safety regulations after a light aircraft crash in the capital's Vnukovo airport,” transport official Tatyana Morozova told RIA.

 

An investigative group is working at the crash site, Morozova added. In addition to people who were on board the plane, she said, the driver snowplow was killed.

 

Debris from the aircraft was scattered up to 200 meters from the crash site, according to the rescue services. The engine was found some 50 meters from the crash site, while one of the landing gears was ripped off and discovered nearly 200 meters from the main mass of debris.

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The plane he was aboard...

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Of course this could merely be a desparately sad accident... aside from the coincidence of this so recently...

Christophe de Margerie, the CEO of Total (the world's 13th biggest oil producer and Europe's 2nd largest), believes "There is no reason to pay for oil in dollars." Clearly, based onhis comments, that we have passed peak Petrodollar.

As Reuters reports,

Oil major Total's chief executive said on Saturday the euro should have a bigger role in international trade although it was not possible to do without the U.S. dollar.

 

Christophe de Margerie was responding to questions about calls by French policymakers to find ways at EU level to bolster the use of the euro in international business following a record U.S. fine for BNP.

 

...

 

"There is no reason to pay for oil in dollars," he said. He said the fact that oil prices are quoted in dollars per barrel did not mean that payments actually had to be made in that currency.

So even a major beneficiary of the status quo appears to see the end in sight for the Petrodollar.

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Furthermore, despite Western-imposed sanctions on Russia that prohibit western financing and technology transfer to some Russian energy projects, Total is continuing to pursue a natural gas project in Yamal, a joint venture with Russia's Novatek and China's CNPC.

“Can we live without Russian gas in Europe? The answer is no. Are there any reasons to live without it? I think – and I'm not defending the interests of Total in Russia – it is a no,” the Total boss told Reuters back in summer.

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And of course, it had to happen in Russia!

 

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Mon, 10/20/2014 - 19:21 | 5357089 IridiumRebel
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Those damned Russians and their BUK systems are everywhere. 

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 19:49 | 5357231 JuliaS
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Sacre... blew!

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 19:23 | 5357097 JuliaS
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In Soviet Russia the petrodollar crashes you.

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 19:25 | 5357108 conscious being
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In modern Russia, Putin crushes the Petrodollar.

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 22:45 | 5357858 Reggie Dunlop
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Yeah.......about that........

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 23:37 | 5358019 bunzbunzbunz
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Let them hope. Without hope, what do they have?

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 19:25 | 5357110 Debeachesand Je...
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I guess that snowplow driver was just "damage control" for TPTB crowd....

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 19:28 | 5357115 p00k1e
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Capping people in Russia. 

 

Nice touch.

 

 

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 19:28 | 5357118 RickTome
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Want to die from any place in the world no matter how powerful or rich you think you are? Publicly say the petrodollar is no longer needed and you'll find yourself a one way ticket to the grave, courtesy of misplaced snow plowers.

 

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 19:29 | 5357133 El Vaquero
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The petrodollar is no longer needed ;)

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 19:42 | 5357192 layman_please
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still here?

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 19:51 | 5357241 El Vaquero
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Fuck no.  The assholes made it look like I had an unfortunate accident with one of these:

 

http://www.controlcable.com/images/products/staple_gun.jpg

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 19:58 | 5357276 just-my-opinion
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I need the petro to run the car and dollar to (atleast get beer).....sometimes there is a need to and end

 

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 19:27 | 5357120 Martin Silenus
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Once is chance, twice is coincidence, three times is a pattern.  Any more than that is modus operandi.

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 19:29 | 5357125 magnetosphere
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this dood was the head of an oil major AND he was firmly in the oil is a finite resource camp...

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 19:29 | 5357129 QQQBall
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2 for 1. Buy a hot tub, get a free snow plow.

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 20:19 | 5357366 Hulk
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Next guy to talk shit on the petrodollar is going to get whacked by a motorized hot tub, just you watch !!!

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 19:31 | 5357137 kowalli
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higher bets - higher the risk, the situation is heating up very quickly

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 19:31 | 5357138 Stained Class
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Somebody should check a webcam.

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 19:59 | 5357251 ThisIsBob
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Dash cams.

Tue, 10/21/2014 - 04:54 | 5358390 Supernova Born
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The Snowplows of October.

Marc Faber has been saying for years that war by other means was already ongoing.

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 19:31 | 5357144 just-my-opinion
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What Petro-Dollar....look out for the treezz

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 19:33 | 5357148 nah
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I blame all truly weird shit on ghosts and superstition

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I don't want to know why bitches

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 19:34 | 5357151 Truffle_Shuffle
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You mess with the bull...you get the jackals.

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 19:33 | 5357152 Truffle_Shuffle
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You mess with the bull...you get the jackals.

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 19:35 | 5357161 just-my-opinion
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You forgot Jesus....you know....that Mexican dude

 

We are not Bitches....we are ZH bros

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 19:37 | 5357163 Casserole of no...
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Putin doesn't share the stage

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 19:39 | 5357175 just-my-opinion
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Putin wants a WAR just as much as O

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 19:52 | 5357253 just-my-opinion
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I just wanted to see If I could up vote my-self.....you should not be able to do that.....I guess I always get +1.....that is so funny....I am get ready for the football.....I have a ticket to the game but....Too drunk to drive there.....Any body want to drive to the game....I buy the beer

 

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 19:40 | 5357182 NoWayJose
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The snow plough driver was indeed killed - but how long BEFORE the crash was he killed? And what happened to the guy who was ACTUALLY driving the snow plough? Which direction did he run after he bailed out?

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 19:44 | 5357205 just-my-opinion
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You tell me....We don't get that much snow In Houston

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 19:41 | 5357187 pacrim888
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Never believed in conspiracies. Now I can say I was wrong. This is too obvious.

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 19:42 | 5357190 AustrianJim
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Someone thought he was going to live to give that speech again?

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 19:41 | 5357191 Nex
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Enrico Mattei
Mon, 10/20/2014 - 19:42 | 5357198 flyonmywall
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This is a surprise how? A CEO is nothing after what they did to the Polish president's plane a few years ago.

Just business as usual. Next time, teleconference or take the train.

Notice how even the poor snow removal machine operator died, as well as everybody on board. Gotta leave no loose ends you know.

You get too important and too big for your britches, and talk too much, and it's an "accident" for you, you see.

 

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 19:47 | 5357215 JuliaS
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The crash was a Total loss.

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 19:56 | 5357263 just-my-opinion
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That Crash was so dis-apointing

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 19:47 | 5357220 More_sellers_th...
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Honestly ...why even bother to make it look like an accident anymore...the general populous is too stupid to know who he is and the 5 percent that have a clue can do nothing about it anyway.  AHHHHH freedom

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 19:48 | 5357222 gwar5
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If you can hack into a Mercedes, a small jet ought be a cinch.... How come planes never go down when central bankers are in them?  The most obvious questions answer themselves.....  

 

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 19:53 | 5357256 A_Huxley
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Reminds me of the Italian public administrator Enrico Mattei who negotiated oil and gas deals.  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrico_Mattei

Italy was making deals to secure secure foreign supplies.

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 19:54 | 5357260 are we there yet
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If you drink vodka, don't drive snowplows at airports.
I just flew from Moscow 3 days ago on Singapore airlines.

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 20:44 | 5357461 Volkodav
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Singapore is best.

Moscow/Houston

I don't care for Houston much, though.

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 21:27 | 5357630 jerry_theking_lawler
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I love the little ladies waking me up from my nap whispering in my ear if I want 'anything'....by the way, yes. Plus, travel tip when traveling from HOU to SIG via Moscow in shorts, short sleeve shirt, flipflops in early December....you may get a few strange looks....everyone there is bundled to the 10th and the snow is deep and it looks like I just walked off the beach, classic.

Tue, 10/21/2014 - 00:01 | 5358085 are we there yet
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The Moscow business and diplomat lounge is great. It puts the other airport club lounges to shame. Real luxury. Tasty food with IQ points.

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 19:55 | 5357266 p00k1e
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And God reached down spinning the snowplow right into oncoming traffic. 

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 19:59 | 5357280 sheikurbootie
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Why can't one of these crazy fuckers sneak onto the golf course.  How hard can it fucking be?

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 20:03 | 5357299 chindit13
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US Offers Putin Penile Implant in Exchange for Crimea, Free Ukraine

MOSCOW (OP)---State Department sources report that the United States has offered President Vladimir Putin of Russia a penile implant in exchange for the annexed region of Crimea and a promise from Putin that he will remove all Russian troops currently running a covert war in Eastern Ukraine.

The vertically-challenged Mr. Putin, who recently traded in his aging babushka for a ribbon-twirling strumpet, was discovered by the NSA to be surfing a number of penis enhancement sites on the Worldwide Web, apparently concerned that his wealth alone would be insufficient to keep the young nymphet satisfied and attentive.  Apparently Putin also sent FSB operatives to try to make contact with adult movie star Ron Jeremy.  That intelligence became the impetus for offering to provide Putin what nature denied him.

Putin even went so far as to make a surprise visit to former Italian PM and fellow vertically-challenged billionaire Silvio Berlusconi, a man who underwent a similar enhancement operation before engaging in his now infamous Bunga Bunga parties, in order to get a testimonial.

Sources say that funding for the medical procedure will come from Victoria Nuland’s State Department budget.  “Historically, we know that penile insecurity often been the bane of civilization, and has resulted in disastrous compensatory behavior. We all are familiar with the stories of Napoleon, Stalin, and Ron Perelman”, said the unnamed source.

 

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 20:41 | 5357454 Volkodav
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stupid

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 21:02 | 5357526 jm
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"I'm afraid implanting a functional penis is insufficient in this case," said experts.  "Those floppy man-boobs Putin flashes while posing with bears and tigers negate the whole operation."

"He can pump me up anytime!!" The man-whore Volkodav was quoted to have said in exchange for about $15 US DOLLARS.

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 21:21 | 5357609 Apostate2
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I'm having a laugh.

+1

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 22:52 | 5357871 Reggie Dunlop
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I am shocked that you were able to post this on ZH without being berated by all of the Putin nut-huggers that reside here.  Well done.

Tue, 10/21/2014 - 00:03 | 5358083 IridiumRebel
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As long as you don't go super racial, it's fair game. Chindits a good poster and plays the obverse. I wouldn't come here as much if everyone was parroting the same line of shit. All country's partake in fuckery, it's the nature of government.

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 20:03 | 5357301 chindit13
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Damn Tyler, you don’t even pretend any more that this is a legitimate or serious site.  Instead, it’s clickbait for the loons, daycare for the wingnuts, TMZ for the moonbats.

Enjoy the money, I guess.  Sad.  You coulda been a contenda; you coulda been SOMEbody.

 

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 20:16 | 5357358 kowalli
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you can always watch fox news.

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 20:34 | 5357430 jm
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He's trying to save this site you clueless dumbass.

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 22:18 | 5357798 bunzbunzbunz
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Dont know if there is saving a site that depends so much on ads...I want to think it is a site run by Russians...hence the whois info...but then why the need for profit....UNLESS thats what they WANT me to think!!!@#!@# ARRRRRRRGGGG

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 22:35 | 5357833 Oh regional Indian
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Hahahahaaaa....Chinnnnnedit the missionary douche saving the site...now THAT is a hoot.

Chinnnnndit can go to the dustbin of history, not too soon too....

Hey Chinnned it, you missionary douche, when are you bringing your poisonous ministrations this a ways again?

 

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 22:42 | 5357852 jm
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Missionary douche... Is that your idea of a sex act?

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 20:58 | 5357521 ThankYouSatan
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I kinda miss you Chindit

 

 

Wendat

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 21:19 | 5357605 Apostate2
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'You want to know what's wrong with our waterfront? It's the love of a lousy buck.'

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 22:17 | 5357792 bunzbunzbunz
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burkhead?

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 20:06 | 5357313 Smiley
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"Do you expect me to talk?"

"No, Mr Bond, I expect you to die!"

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 20:11 | 5357337 Voicefather
Mon, 10/20/2014 - 22:23 | 5357808 bunzbunzbunz
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MORE COVERUPS: http://rt.com/news/baltic-sea-ufo-object-007/

Western countries ar hiding space ships in the Baltic!@#@!#!@#

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 20:11 | 5357338 Alternative
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Mission Impossible IV.

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 21:45 | 5357361 Amerikan Patriot
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Speaking of Moscow, Russia just had its none-too-delicious sovereign debt downgraded again today.

The last batch went out the door at just under 10%.  I can't imagine that this latest sprinkling of doubt will help matters much.

Eat that crow, Vlad - there's more where that came from!

We've also got lower oil prices for you and a dramatically weaker ruble.

Did I forget anything?  Oh yes, and a Russian economy on the cusp of recession.

Which city are you Zero Hedgers going to apply for Russian citizenship from?  Your favored ruler is in Mother Russia, so best be beating feet on over there! 

 

 

Tue, 10/21/2014 - 00:14 | 5358108 TeethVillage88s
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Communism is here, dude. Or maybe you will call Fascism:

By Lisa Rein October 20 at 12:32 PM

Tens of thousands of federal workers are being kept on paid leave for at least a month — and often for longer stretches that can reach a year or more — while they wait to be punished for misbehavior or cleared and allowed to return to work, government records show.

During a three-year period that ended last fall, more than 57,000 employees were sent home for a month or longer. The tab for these workers exceeded $775 million in salary alone.

- Gives new meaning to corporate welfare, socialism, Nepotism.

- Nepotism, favors for those in the NETWORK

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 20:19 | 5357363 10mm
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Told the truth. Justttt a little too much.

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 20:20 | 5357372 Dead Man Walking
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what's really weird is that it was a mid air collision.

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 21:42 | 5357685 swmnguy
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Well, it was about 40 degrees in Moscow. No doubt the snow wasn't hitting the ground.

Tue, 10/21/2014 - 00:05 | 5358093 TeethVillage88s
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Hard Core:

Russian Artist Slices Off Earlobe to Protest Putin...

Previously nailed scrotum to Red Square...

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 20:21 | 5357373 besnook
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way back when i brought up a discussion of crime in the "legitimate" business world based upon the premise that if drug dealers were willing to kill over a few thousand dollars that it stands to reason that millions of dollars would encoourage the same behavior especially if states were willing to go to war for less and political assassinations were so common. i could not get anyone to agree with me but all they offered as a reason were naive platitudes about the character of businessmen and the rule of law.

it is naive to think that the death of any prominent businessman is an innocent affair and even the investigation of the death must be carefully vetted.

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 20:20 | 5357376 kowalli
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many trolls here...

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 21:06 | 5357538 bigusdickus
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one deuchebag here

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 20:22 | 5357381 silentsock
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If you pose a threat to the 'Petrodollar', NEVER fly on aircraft, get into hotubs(or any tub), go into high buildings, own nailguns, and have redundant food tasters....ect...ect

 

Don't these people ever learn?

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 20:33 | 5357424 10mm
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John Madden could care less about the Petro Dollar.  His fat ass ain't getting on no plane.

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 20:22 | 5357385 robnume
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Nothin' suspicious here. huh?

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 20:24 | 5357398 10mm
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I like those old Miami Vice episodes where the private jets fly with cocaine with no hiccups. 

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 20:33 | 5357423 jm
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They paid the pilot to kill himself in defense of the petrodollar.  

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 21:07 | 5357434 bigusdickus
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.........................

 

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 20:44 | 5357439 bigusdickus
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Inspector Clousseau will figure it all out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnlIWpZSPXU

 

The filthy minkey did it....

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 20:39 | 5357440 bigusdickus
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One thing is for sure you can expect the French to retaliate once they increase taxes to pay for an economy flight over.

I would think the guy who said "Americans invented American Fries" should be worried

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 20:47 | 5357475 Wahooo
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No snow in Moscow this week. WTF

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 20:56 | 5357509 Chipped ham
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My first thought too.  I had to first decipher pluogh though.  Another thought. Plough, though, thought. In Canada...abote.  So many ways to pronounce ou.  Cheers.

Tue, 10/21/2014 - 00:18 | 5358116 TeethVillage88s
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Only in this culture. Pick a culture and language.

Does it apply to Putin in Russia or frogs in France.

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 20:47 | 5357478 williambanzai7
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Totalled

Tue, 10/21/2014 - 03:29 | 5358340 HardlyZero
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TOTAL LOSS !

Europe shares open lower despite China data

http://www.cnbc.com/id/102104569

 

WB7 started it...heh.

 

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 20:49 | 5357481 dizzyfingers
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"Some coincidences are too convenient to be coincidences."

There are no coincidences.

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 23:01 | 5357902 nostromo17
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Just because you are paranoid doesn't mean they aren't watching you. - Pynchon Paranoid Proverbs (paraphrased?)

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 20:52 | 5357489 bigusdickus
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So

if I said fortune cookies were crap....

then....

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 20:52 | 5357490 FreeNewEnergy
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Justin Beiber gets it next.

Just a hunch... or a wish.

Because (I'm not sure whether or not to put a period here because I didn't pay attention in English class, or, because that was 45 years ago and I forgot.)

OK, well, there's one. shit. another one. damn. things... are everywhere...........................................

...

... ... . .

; WTF?

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 20:56 | 5357503 SillySalesmanQu...
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While this could be (pending further review) the first overt act against those who wish the death of the allmighty petrodollar, there have been many covert acts against those who have been paying for oil/or wish to pay for oil in something other than dollars.

The cabal does not look kindly upon those who speak out about settling oil contracts in something other than dollars...

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 23:31 | 5358004 Five8Charlie
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Hardly the first...

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 21:07 | 5357514 bigusdickus
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it appears we have bourne's everywhere

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 21:05 | 5357539 D-Fens
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It's inevitable the elite would start killing each other when there's nothing left to loot.

Tue, 10/21/2014 - 02:06 | 5358267 Otrader
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"It was a carefully contrived occurrence. International bankers sought to bring about a condition of despair, so that they might emerge the rulers of us all.""

Louis McFadden on 1929 Stock Market Crash. Louis McFadden died of poisoning shortly thereafter.

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 21:07 | 5357551 loveyajimbo
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I thought since 911... planes and people vaporized in a crash.... no?

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 21:11 | 5357567 viator
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Snowplow, October. Must be global warming.

"Moscow, Russia, had two rounds of accumulating snowfall since Friday. The first, which occurred on Friday, resulted in generally less than 2.5 cm (1 inch of snow). The second round of snow, which fell on Sunday night in advance of a warm front, totaled around 5 cm (2 inches) throughout the Moscow area."

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 21:18 | 5357598 Who was that ma...
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There is actually, a very GOOD reason to pay for your oil in dollars.  It will help prevent unlikely accidents and your own untimely death.

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 21:19 | 5357601 torabora
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GloBull warming means snowplow on runway

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 21:22 | 5357613 tony wilson
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idf ucking believe it

man aman

total mossadick operation

dollars for plough shares

blood for the rabbi

you cannot make this shinbet shit up

init

Tue, 10/21/2014 - 08:59 | 5358737 lakecity55
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"Removing the competition since 1963."

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 21:23 | 5357617 Who was that ma...
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Just another government snowjob.

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 21:24 | 5357621 nathan1234
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Folks in his honor -

Let us use the opportunity to boycott the US $ .

Not just for oil & gas but for all trade.

 

 

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 21:26 | 5357624 One Eyed Jack
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Oligarch turf war

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 21:42 | 5357684 Rastadamus
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Straight out of the HAARP playbook. Create a little snowstorm... and BAM! Bye Bitch.....

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 21:42 | 5357691 Lmo Mutton
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Meh, snow plow, nail gun, what the difference?

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 23:31 | 5357694 Amerikan Patriot
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It's so sinister and mysterious - it couldn't possibly be an accident! 

"Zero Hedge - Seeing Perpetrators and Conspiracies Under Every Bush Since 2009"

Tue, 10/21/2014 - 05:21 | 5358401 Joe A
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That's funny. Somebody who is a pro-Kiev troll several weeks ago said he was following ZH since 2005.....(yes since 2005...) and I bet he also thought that ZH was spewing conspiracies since back then. Turned out that guy was member of ZH for only a few weeks not much unlike.....you!

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 21:45 | 5357696 jomama
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weird, that's the company i work for.  tomorrow should be interesting.

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 23:50 | 5358010 DarthVaderMentor
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The French oil company or the American "export-import information" company? If the latter, I'll meet you at the "corporate starbucks" in the first floor at 10AM tomorrow. I'll be wearing the lime colored Polo shirt. You are an old friend. They call me "Sonny" there.....

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 21:46 | 5357699 Youri Carma
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Plane crashes are Langley’s trademark.

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 21:50 | 5357710 Jameson18
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Apparently he wasn't in the club.

Tue, 10/21/2014 - 08:57 | 5358727 lakecity55
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Yep, apparently he GOT clubbed!

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 21:52 | 5357712 lakecity55
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Didn't he know wht happened to Saddam and KadaffY?

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 22:03 | 5357760 Infinite QE
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Or the entire Polish government?

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 21:52 | 5357723 Jameson18
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Apparently he wasn't in the club.

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 22:12 | 5357754 diogenes614
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In the death throes of a tyrant , their  true colors are revealed.

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 22:36 | 5357837 joethegorilla
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15 odd years ago, as I looked out the window of a train at the still soldering wreckage of the Concord, I thought to meself, I'm not flying on French planes. No thank you.  I doubt there is anything worthy of a conspiracy here, but hey, it's a free country. Think what you want.

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 22:37 | 5357841 Stumpy4516
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If they did this then they had a successor planned.  Look to see who fills his position in the next few months.  Or maybe they will stay out of it on the assumption that the message has been sent.

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 22:38 | 5357843 Flocking swans
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Jump. that. shark.

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 22:49 | 5357864 nostromo17
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Headline should read "CEO TOTAL TOTALLY DIES"

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 23:38 | 5358021 Aussiekiwi
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Totally Dude

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 22:52 | 5357872 remain calm
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So all you Fucking intellectual giants explain to me why Russia who hates the US, hates the Petro dollar would would kill a Petrodollar hater? Oh wait it was the CIA in Russia that did him in??? Go fuck yourself you retards.

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 22:55 | 5357883 nostromo17
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Maybe Russia doesn't hate the Petro dollar as much as is thought, uno. Two it could have been anybody in Russia not Russian. You are obviously the intellectual giant here remain calm and we all stand aside in deference to your brilliance. Maybe just an accident. Maybe no an accident but unrelated to quote. Who knows?

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 22:52 | 5357880 nostromo17
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He went out in a flash. Distress signal before hitting the plow is interesting.

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 23:05 | 5357908 nostromo17
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or "Totality of disintigration of aircraft totally totalled Total's Ceo, totally."

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 23:15 | 5357939 Amerikan Patriot
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The Ugly American:

"Go 'merika, fuck yeah!!!"

 

The Ugly Zero Hedger:

"Keep stackin', bitchez!"

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 23:18 | 5357960 Amerikan Patriot
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Oh my god, goldcentral.com is down right now - it must be a conspiracy!!!

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 23:25 | 5357983 reader2010
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When he made himself the enemy of the Empire,  I thought instantly he would drown in a bathtub just like Matt Simmons did. 

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 23:34 | 5358005 rocketroj
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Well planned and executed.  Staging it in Russia was brilliant... Appears to be a tragedy through mass media.  Yet the back channel stattement that Putin cannot protect you in Moscow no less sends a well timed message. 

Is Putin being set up for a fall?  Do Oligarchs believe he is an impediment to wealth creation?  The West must have Russia for her resources.

Renews my faith in the Dollar.

Tue, 10/21/2014 - 05:15 | 5358400 marriedgeordie
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Russia's resources are belong to China

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 23:33 | 5358008 Gringo Viejo
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Who knew? The PPT don't play.

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 23:41 | 5358031 Aussiekiwi
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Or maybe it was just an accident, pretty elaborate to try and time a snow plow on a runway just as they are taking off, but then the paranoia runs deep on this site,

there are way easier ways to kill somebody.

 

signed

CIA Stooge.......bet you believe that as well, lol,

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 23:56 | 5358069 cornflakesdisease
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It isn't wise to mess with Dollar, Inc.  I wonder how Ron Paul survived poking the monster in the eye as much as he did.

Tue, 10/21/2014 - 02:31 | 5358285 JB
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Because he's in the club. ;)

 

His job title is 'agent provocateur.'

Tue, 10/21/2014 - 05:59 | 5358417 Jack4952
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He survived because:

1.) He had little to no chance of winning;

2.) Had he somehow won the Presidency, he could never have gotten his programs through Congress;

3.) Had he issued "excecutive orders" to have the Treasury directly issue U.S. Notes as dollars (as JFK did) thereby by-passing the need for borrowing the currently used Federal Reserve Notes, he would probably suffered the same fate as JFK and/or witnessed a massive, world-wide orchestrated economic crash caused by the Federal Reserve; (Lincoln also had the Treasury directly issue U.S. Notes - the "greenbacks" - instead of borrowing money from the private banks. The result: a bullet to the head.)

4.) Had he issued "executive orders" to audit the Federal Reserve, including all its off-the-books "currency swaps", etc. OR simply an audit of its actual reserves of GOLD BULLION (held for the U.S. and many foreign nations), he would would probably suffered the same fate as JFK and/or witnessed a massive, world-wide orchestrated economic crash caused by the Federal Reserve; (After all, a bullion audit would involve simply COUNTING the number of gold bars, then randomly selecting some sample bars to check their weight and purity (e.g., an assay). Neither Ron Paul nor anyone else ever suggested checking every bar of bullion at the NY Fed or Fort Knox.Such assays for weight and purity are ROUTINE at every major central bank AND private gold-storage company throughout the world on all incoming and outgong gold bullion. And if you do not trust the company, it is easy to find independent assay companies to accomplish this task at minimal cost. I have had this done for every ounce of gold (bullion or coins) that I have ever purchased.

5.) Same for a GOLD BULLION audit of the Fort Know gold depository.

 

The GOLD BULLION (U.S. and foreign) supposedly held at the NY Federal Reserve and Fort Knox (U.S. gold bullion only) is simply NOT there, except in very small amounts. Germany received only 5 tons of its gold bullion held by the NY Fed over the course of 1 year - the NY Fed stating the "logistics were too complicated". Yet somehow all 3 tons of Ukraine's gold was flown in one plane overnight from Kiev to the NY Fed. German officials were finally allowed to VIEW one small stack of gold bullion at the NY Fed, but were NOT allowed to even TOUCH it, much less take samples for assay. Further, the gold bars they viewed lacked the original German markings. Finally, the mere 5 tons eventually returned to Germany had to be re-smellted to restore it to its original purity before being sent to Germany.

I agreed for many years with Ron Paul on many issues, long before he ever ran for the presidency. And had he won the nomination, I would have voted for him. But did I want him to WIN? Absolutely not! Had he attempted to force through even a few of his ideas via "executive orders", it would have been his death sentence before any such actions ever took place, much less made public.

 

 

 

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 23:58 | 5358071 cornflakesdisease
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Tue, 10/21/2014 - 00:06 | 5358094 TeraByte
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Get real everybody. This is not a James Bond movie and mundane accidents do happen in the industry.

Tue, 10/21/2014 - 00:13 | 5358101 flyingcaveman
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Use some imagination.  I'm assuming this 'snowplow' was dropped out of a stealth mini-shuttle from orbit until proven otherwise.  * but that's if you beleive the American's did it.  The Russians would just use a remote controlled Snowplow that would make an untimely runway incursion on command.  Much simpler that way, Simple is better.

Tue, 10/21/2014 - 05:13 | 5358398 marriedgeordie
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According to a Spanish air traffic controller working at Sheremetyevo, the snowplow was dropped from a Ukrainian SU-25 fighter jet, who then also fired on the aircraft as it was taking off. The Ukrainian national flag was found in what remained of the showplow, along with a business card of Dmytro Yarosh, an ultra-right-wing Ukrainian politician and commander of a Right Sector batallion currently fighting in the Eastern Ukraine....

Tue, 10/21/2014 - 00:13 | 5358106 Flocking swans
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Fake headlines on the MSM

Fake outrage on Faux newz

Fake conspiracy on ZH

Faking out of fucking control...

Tue, 10/21/2014 - 00:29 | 5358137 Moonrajah
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I guess he was totalled.

Tue, 10/21/2014 - 00:51 | 5358172 Bemused Observer
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Oh God! Enough of these conspiracy theories already! Most of the people in charge of shit these days couldn't tie their own shoelaces without the aid of an assistant. They stumble into any successes, and get credit for being Machiavellian geniuses.
Puleeeeze!

Tue, 10/21/2014 - 01:02 | 5358191 herbivore
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Did the pilot report mechanical problems BEFORE hitting the snow plough? If so, the possibility of assassination seems more likely.

Tue, 10/21/2014 - 01:09 | 5358209 Equality 7-25-1
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This is what happens when you pay actors millions of dollars per project and outsource your airplane maintenance to the low bidder. You don't want people pissed off at you working on your critical life support systems.

Tue, 10/21/2014 - 01:14 | 5358215 discopimp
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Totaled!!

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