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White House Admits Economies Of European Allies Crippled By Russian Sanctions
Just over a year ago when the Obama administration first introduced the vague, scary-sounding, all encompassing concept of "costs" when it explained how US sanctions would cripple the Russian economy, we mocked this latest bout of amateurism by the US State Department, noting that ig anything it would instead crush Europe's dominant, and far more intertwined with the Russian economy, powers such as Germany.
A few months later, Europe was on the verge of a deflationary bust and triple dip recession, and only the launch of €E has allowed the continent to kick the can for a few months before the crippling economic reality comes back with a vengeance. Incidentally, some skeptics (such as this website) wondered in late 2014 whether the Russian sanctions weren't precisely what Mario Draghi ordered: without the collapse in the German economy in the second half of 2014, the ECB surely would not have been allowed to proceed with its current courtesy of debt monetization.
But more importantly, overnight it was none other than the White House itself which finally admitted that the entire brilliant idea of collapsing the Russian economy by way of sanctions across the western world, ended up hurting European nations (i.e., US partners) who had no choice but to "sacrifice their own economies."
This is what Josh Earnest, White House press secretary, said yesterday.
"The commitment required by our European partners to implement and maintain these sanctions is significant. They have economies that are more integrated with Russia than the United States has, and so we recognize that many of the countries that we’re counting on to continue to enforce these sanctions are countries who do so at some sacrifice to their own economy."
In other words, the Russian sanctions will continue until every European country taps out.
And just to make sure Europe is crushed by the relentless juggernaut of John Kerry's diplomatic skillset, earlier today Obama said he'd convinced European leaders to maintain economic sanctions on Russia, "even as U.S. officials concede the measures have done little to curb aggression by separatists in Eastern Ukraine" according to a CNN report.
It doesnt end there, because Obama, ever generous with crushing the economies of America's partners, will gladly continue until the bitter end... for said partners.
Obama said Europe and the United States stand ready to impose new sanctions if violence increases.
"Ultimately, this is going to be an issue for Mr. Putin," Obama said. "He's got to make a decision: Does he continue to wreck his country's economy and continue Russia's isolation in pursuit of a wrong-headed desire to recreate the glories of the Soviet empire? Or does he recognize that Russia's greatness does not depend on violating the territorial integrity and sovereignty of other countries?"
So when the impact of the current iteration of European QE fades to nothing, at least we now know precisely how the status quo will enable round two: boost Russian sanctions so aggressively that Europe skips the triple-dip recession and goes straight into depression.
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Yes, all must suffer because of the f'ing jew. Same old. Same old.
Economies of European Allies are crippled by their own sanctions against Russia. I think? ;-)
Looney
So sorry for your losses
LOL!!!
Backfire Bitchezzz......
And to wrap the caption contest:
"I don't have a fucking clue as to what i am doing" Said Barry to Angie.
Would you rather be an ally of the US right now or an enemy?
Yeah, me too.
Well Barry did say he is moar Jewish than all the previous presidents combined.
You get what you pay for .....sometimes
I get it now…. The EU politicians are victims without free will or basic intelligence or the ability to make their own decisions on how they should “lead” and govern.
Just blame America and everything gets better.
Leaders that don't obey the US get a visit from the Economic Hit Men (John Perkins). It can escalate up to reaal hit men.
Is Val Jarrett incapacitated?
POTUS seems to be having trouble with the prompter lately.
Except that EU sanction extensions must be approved by ALL EU (Still slightly) sovereign States. Greece, Hungary and several others will not go along so how will they get round that? I guess another of those subliminal "Show of hands "All hands were raised you missed it" jobs?
If it takes this long for fucking greece to collapse..... AMERIKA will be here for another 300 fucking years....Until mother nature says FUCK YOU!! Infinite growth on a finite planet good luck with that...
Why would anyone want to be an allyof the Corporate-Fascist U.S. government.
No, I got one more:
"I mean, those things are really PENDULOUS, you know?"
Well since policy of any kind is foreign to President Zippy and his sidekick Ketchup-Boy, I imagine that things will turn out just swimmingly for the EU. The first problem is the EU leaders are just as clue free. The second problem is Putin came up through the KGB which were damned serious about playing. There are many ways for it to play out, I just wish our leadership would quit picking the worst one......
All I can do is HAHAHAHAHA.
Putin was right, back in Apr 2014, and all the facts since have proven that he indeed was.
“The US is certainly one of the world’s leaders. At some point it seemed that it was the only leader and a uni-polar system was in place. Today it appears that is not the case. Everything in the world is interdependent and once you try to punish someone, in the end you will cut off your nose to spite your face,” he said.
Obama has lost every single action against Putin as well as Syria or even the smallest country in the world...no wonder he does not step much out of US for diplomacy until it is in the cocoon of his sadistic G7 partners in crime ....and now in order to create his legacy, Obama will strike a deal with Iran.....which is great for peace but sadly will change status quo in the region and make Middle East much more destabilised than it has ever been.
Hope and Change was the worst slogan ever created. The world is a worse place than in 2008 when Obama inherited it.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-17/putins-top-10-qa-quotes-us-will...
'Bammy keeps shooting off his own toes -without any signs of embarassment or chagrin
... another in a long string of great foreign policy successes by the arrogant narcissistic incompetent illegal indonesian kenyan alien muslim sociopathic pathological lying fudgepacker..... who woulda thunk it...
"Yes, all must suffer because of the f'ing jew. Same old. Same old."
Which Jew in the article are you referring to: Obamma or Putin.
No meds today, bitchz?
"Yes, all must suffer because of the f'ing jew. Same old. Same old."
Which Jew in the article are you referring to: Obamma or Putin.
No meds today, bitchz?
The jews orchestrating the slaughter in Ukraine, you stupid Kalifornia Khrome Kocksucker. Need more explanation?
Soros.....
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-06-01/hacked-emails-expose-george-sor...
Netanyahu: 911 was good for Israel.
With fag friends like this i'm with Putin.
Is Joe Biden the strategerist here? Seriously...
Is Joe Biden the strategerist here?
Maybe this guy is
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Podesta
Are these people really so stupid that they can't see that global chaos is the goal of the peace prize winning community organizer?
His puppetmasters intended to hurt the eu.
It was a twofer.
The only thing Obozo directs is a golf ball.
And the wookie's penis.
The funny thing with democracy is that figures like Merkel, e.g., represent less than a third *) of the eligible population but are in charge to take decisions on historical matters that go beyond her comprehension by orders of magnitude.
*) voter turnout: 71%; pro Merkel: 41%
Fuck the Europeans ! If they are stupid enough to put up with Obozo's crap, they deserve everything that's coming their way...
I don't get it either. What was unclear to them about "Fuck the EU"?
It will be even more clear if the ultimate plan of replacing energy supplies from Russia by those from Israel leviathan field works out. $250 a barrel as per Herzliya 2012 Israel Security conference?
Don't forget he is a Constitutional Scholar.
A couple of guest lectures reading from a high school civics book was all it took to crown him so. He wipes the ass with the Constituiton daily.
we sanctioned some folks
Looks like he is ready to suppor Merkel's sagging boobs with his palms pointing up like that.
Angela certainly is a handsome woman.
I need some more beer
How about some Russian vodka to make my hippie lettuce go down smoove.
I have a boycott of my own going. No European beer or spirits until the sanctions are lifted against Lemonhead
I believe she's showing some nipple to Barry in that picture. Of course he's more interested in Cameron
@ Tasty,
Yep, she's looking more & more like her daddy Adolph every day.
The photo in this article looks like a pissed off mom tired of hearing her kids bullshit explanations.
Both are just sock puppets... ugly too !
Are the G-7 leaders around the table in Germany (the anti-Putins) the real leaders of the world or even their own nations? No, says a political analyst from New York City, Caleb Maupin. They are “hired actors” and the real G-7 decisions are made by the “leaders of high finance in New York and London,” i.e., the international bankers.
The interview is on Russia Today but its’ incredible thrust shows no bias, only the frightening truth:
Leaders of high finance make real decisions; G7 'hired actors'
June 8, 2015 by Caleb Maupin
Germany and other European countries are forced to work against their own interests in order to help big American and British corporations and rich, powerful forces to lay down the law, claims Caleb Maupin, journalist and political analyst.
RT: So we’ve been hearing then, that some Western powers want even tougher sanctions against Russia, do you think that’s likely?
Caleb Maupin: It is very likely. The Wall Street bankers are determined to drive Russia out of the world economy. As Russia emerges as a stronger power in the field of natural gas and oil, it’s a threat to the global hegemony of the big bankers on Wall Street and in London and they very much want to keep control of the global markets; they are threatened by Russia emerging as a power in the international markets and they’re doing everything they can to suppress it. I don’t think the reason Russia was excluded has anything to do with Ukraine. I think it’s about continuing to put pressure on Russia, continuing to isolate Russia.
Let’s remember that the entire Ukraine crisis was manufactured by the US, it was efforts from the US that led to the overthrow of the democratically elected President Yanukovich and the current government in Kiev coming to power. That was all done by the US, so why is Russia being punished for something that was carried out by the US?
RT: How much power and influence does the G7 actually have right now, there’s the G20, there’s the emerging economies with the BRICS countries as well. Is the G7 at this moment in time actually that powerful?
CM: Well, we all know that the real decisions are not made in these meetings that are taking place. The real decisions are made in meetings with the leaders of high finance, the big bankers. They’re the ones that make the decisions. The figures that are having the meeting right now, these are simply hired actors; hired by the big corporations and the rich and powerful forces in the United States and Britain to kind of lay down the law. And what’s very interesting is that Germany and many other countries throughout Europe are basically being forced to work against their own interests in order to help the United States. These sanctions on Russia are benefiting the United States; they’re benefiting Britain. But they’re not to the benefit of Germany, they’re not to the benefit of Poland, they’re not to the benefit of many countries throughout Europe, but these countries are basically being forced to go along with something in order to strengthen the United States and Britain.
RT: European Council President Donald Tusk mentioned so-called "community of values” and says that is why Russia has been excluded from the G7 which used to be the G8. What was he referring to there?
CM: It’s just a lot of rhetoric, because if there were any values in the leaders of the G7 they would immediately condemned the Kiev junta for what it is currently doing to the people in east Ukraine: people are being bombed, innocent civilians have been killed, there have been blockades, people are suffering in east Ukraine and dying. Why is there no condemnation of the crimes being carried out by the Kiev regime, the unelected regime that was forced on the people of the Ukraine by efforts of the US? There is no moral condemnation for their crimes, only a lot of propaganda for Russia. And it is still need to be proven that Russia is even involved in Ukraine. I haven’t seen the proof, no proof has surfaced, and they seem to continue to tolerate the crimes of the Ukrainian government. This moral hypocrisy is just astounding.
RT: So why is Europe, or why are European countries, or certainly some of them doing that…if it goes against their interests, as you describe it?
CM: Because they have very much become forced to be obedient servants of the United States. If you look at many of these countries – Germany, Poland – they have US military bases in their countries. Their economies are under the control of the United States and even though it’s hurting their own interests they’re basically being forced to go along with the US. And we’ve seen many revelations, in Germany and elsewhere, that there are many high-ranking government officials who are tired of this. They’re tired of the fact that they have this relationship with the United States that simply doesn’t seem to be to the benefit of their people. They’re not really gaining anything from their relationship with the United States. The United States and Britain are really the only people that are really gaining from it, and it’s not the people of the United States that are gaining. There’s foreclosed homes all throughout the Midwest of the United States. The economy in the US, they say there’s a recovery, but it’s very bad. The working people of the United States, the working people of Britain are suffering right now. The only people who are benefiting from this campaign of Russophobia and hatred, hatred for Russia; the only people who are benefiting are a small group of wealthy bankers.
http://rt.com/op-edge/265666-summit-west-ukraine-sanctions-russia/
There is lots of "hired actors" in congress as well. Any govt is a puppet.
"they have US military bases in their countries. Their economies are under the control of the United States"
I dont understand either of these statements. The military bases could be overrrun in an afternoon whout firing a shot - Germans given the word would export the US Military to the border. The US would never fire a shot.
as to control of the economy - what?
the German industrialists are made up of largely Engineers not marketing or finance guys like in the USA - they are serious people from my personal experience - they built their respective businesses on their own back and that of their people not wall street - the export machine isnt controlled by Bankers - the world over german products are bought for their qualitative "integrity" NOT politics or you buy this weapon as in the USA - in many cases they are more expensive than the competition - who would buy an american manufacturing system?
The Germans will revolt sooner or later - they know the USA is a psycho drama waiting to explode in their face - they will bolt
Merkel is not and never will the German Leader !
The Germans are owned.
You cannot question the holohoax without committing a felony. And they will prosecute.
The Germans gave Israel subs for FREE. Yep, Free.
The Germans spit upon their bravest who gave their lives for their country in WW2. The Germans cannot even debate the roll of the jews between WW1 and WW2. The Germans never shout about their brave soldiers who surrendered, gave up their arms and then were shot in cold blood by the allies (US). The Germans never mention the brave soldiers who were marched into Russia and starved while being worked to death. The Germans cannot even find it within themselves to talk about the mass rape of their women. Nor can the Germans find the guts to bring up how the Russians committed mass torture and murder of their women prior to the end of the war. A woman from Brazil (I think) wrote one first hand account - it is horrible what she saw done.
Why would any German man risk fighting for his country considering how the German people have spat upon those who did so in the past? They are a broken people, who are industrious and hard working. But slaves to the jmafia.
Has Germany ever asked for war crime tribunals against the torture of "defendents" during the kangaroo court trails after the war? NO.
Ain't cheap to kiss Uncle's ass.
Since the Neocon "Bully" policy has failed, this is the way to save face as we pivot to normalization ... to retract from the harm we've caused Europe (as if we really cared).
And as usual, as with all such failed policies, a day late and a dollar short.
Obama the sociopath: I feel YOUR pain
That's how you win a Peace Prize "folks"!
Jew Bankers must have there pound of Gentile flesh. These assholes will lose Europe to Russia.
The Zionists must love kibitzing around the circle drinking baby's blood cocktails:
"We got a schvartze and a Muslim to do all this for us!"
Hope & Change? No hopeless chains
Caption contest:
Obama to Merkel: I'd like to fondle your giant balls with these two hands.
What I would like to know: Did the Cookie Monster order the hit on Kerry?
Nuland is now our Sec'y of War while Lurch recovers at Churchill Downs
This begs the rhetorical question - whom do the E.U. bureaucrats really represent, the peoples of Europe or MIC, GS and the likes?
What is 9 times larger than the Great Pyramid of Giza, which stood for 43 Centuries as the tallest building in the world?
The answer is the bagged nuclear waste of Japan / Fukushima
ttp://nukeprofessional.blogspot.com/2015/06/nuke-waste-in-japan-is-10-times-larger.html
Link doesn't work.
You just have to add a missing 'h' at the beginning...
Thanks
If they gave an award for the most dangerous and concise lie ever told, this would have to be one of my top picks:
"Ultimately, this is going to be an issue for Mr. Putin," Obama said. "He's got to make a decision: Does he continue to wreck his country's economy and continue Russia's isolation in pursuit of a wrong-headed desire to recreate the glories of the Soviet empire? Or does he recognize that Russia's greatness does not depend on violating the territorial integrity and sovereignty of other countries?"
Substitute "Soviet" and "Russia" with "America" and suddenly he's reflecting on exceptionalism.
It's not a lie. It's bullshit v
Daaah We knew that would happen.
It has nothing to do with the Russians and everything to do with the banks and the technocrats. It is an outright lie that Russians have done anything to Europe.
It is directed against Germany.
Germany was the major investor in Russia pre-1914 until war destroyed that. 1919-1933 Russia worked closely with Germany with secret factories in the USSR until the deals were stopped by Adolf Hitler put there by Anglo-Saxon finance as an anti-Soviet bulwark. Now Germany has integrated again with Russia and the prospect of Germany plus Russian raw materials and markets dominatng Eurasia is too big a threat to Oceania in the form of UK and US.
As Goldstein wrote in Orwell's 1984 "The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism" it was the similarities of oligarchical regime that divided them
Putin is playing this very well. Europe will eventually be forced to fold or fall. Either way it's a win for Russia and a loss for the US.
The US is incapable of patience. The Russians, and particularly the Chinese, shine in this environment. They will allow the West to destroy itself.
Already done...
And Fukuyama will have to rewrite his book again (v4)... .
In the 70s someone asked one of the leaders of China their thoughts on the legacy of the 1792 French Revolution.
Response: It's too early to tell
The other thing that Obunghole hasn't factored in: Russia and China are much more equipped to live on a little. Unlike the gluttons of the West.
They will do much better in lean times than we will. Especially when EMPs knock out all our gadgets when the missiles start flying
AND RU won't have to pay $$$$$$ for World Cup!
Here is the conclusion.
If your country has:
then nobody can attack you.
And just to rub in the point about having nukes, Ghaddafi gave up the pursuit of WMDs and started helping the US fight Islamic terrorists after Bush II invaded Iraq. So what happens? Along come the current klutz in the WH and his sob sisters (Power, Jarret, Clinton, etc) and they bomb Libya to support the terrorists to overthrow Ghaddafi.
Isn't Obumbler keen on "teachable moments"? So what lesson has been taught through US intervention in Libya?
Let's them raise the prices for the Merc's, BMW's,Audi's, Gucci's, Dom Perignon, etc. etc. to recoup the losses!!
...and europe just eats this shit and goes along with these madmen.
unbelievable absolutely unbelievable.
what is europe going to do when that nudelhead nuland decides to pull the trigger on RU?
At that point, they will realize their mistake ... in a blinding flash of light.
The U.S. population is no different and, what's worse, Nuland and Goldman Sachs are ours. Woe is us too mate.
If he's not talking out of his ass, then he's shitting from the mouth. Cannot bear to listen to this fool. Terribly embarrassing for real Americans and informed humans everywhere.
Ditto...
What a hypocrite!! "violating the territorial integrity and sovereignty of other countries" ??? You mean like the USA bombing Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, Yemen, and others??? You mean like that Mr. President? What a first class fool!
I thought it was just Bush tard-Cheney who figured their lies and misdirections wouldn't catch up to them for 10 or 15 years. Then I heard that the Obama administration was so tech-savvy and filled with clever young people. Unprecedented transparency, we were told. And then he prosecuted whistleblowers with the intensity of the Politburo, was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize, and continued the middle east wars for israel where his predecessor left off. It's hard to argue that he doesn't hate AmeriKa and white people very deeply.
Maybe they forgot too that more than a few people have something called the internet and easily can figure out their hypocritical bullshit a few minutes later.
vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince.
"The danger to America is not Barack Obama, but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the Presidency. It will be far easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to a depraved electorate willing to have such a man for their president. The problem is much deeper and far more serious than Mr. Obama, who is a mere symptom of what ails America . Blaming the prince of fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince. The Republic can survive a Barack Obama, who is, after all, merely a fool. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools, such as those who made him their President."
Read more at http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/pragerzeitungon.asp#JRZMJ0II5mj5U...
We crippled some folks
'But for a king dethroned in the bosom of a revolution, which is as yet cemented only by laws; a king whose name attracts the scourge of war upon a troubled nation; neither prison, nor exile can render his existence inconsequential to public happiness; this cruel exception to the ordinary laws avowed by justice can be imputed only to the nature of his crimes. With regret I pronounce this fatal truth: Louis must die so that the nation may live.'
—Maximilien Robespierre, 1792[44]IS it a part from Nuland "FUCK EUROPE"?
Very true, they had no choice because they are not sovereign countries. They are colonies, or to use common expression: our bitches.
Wouldn't it be easier to arrest the Rothschilds?
Morgenthau Plan Reincarnated
I'm sorry, was someone under the impression that sanctions were going to be good for economies? I'm pretty sure that wasn't the point...
Victoria Nuland said it best, Fuck the EU!
Nudelman = Tailor
I won't be surpise if Putin is giggling of what Obama said, it's pretty funny. Who is really wrecking who's economy.
It is called cause and effect, something Obama seems to know very little about.
Obama may be good at "playing" the role of president. But when hard decisions need to be made, Obama always seems to take the wrong course.
Every time Obama opens his mouth . . is it too late to bring in a new script writer?
Watching the Blind lead the Blind is painful and not a day passes when i don't feel like i'm on the set of a bad movie.
That teleprompter of his is connected to his ass.
The EU has only three weeks left to kiss up and make nice to Greece so Greece doesn't veto the August renewal of EU sanctions against Russia.
They are not doing too well being nice to Greece so far.
The EU is going to have to do more than kiss and make up with Greece. They'll have to give Greece as good as or a better deal than Russia
I suppose the EU could always organize a Maidan or Greek Spring and overthrow the government. It worked so well for Libya and Ukraine, after all . . .
A new saying joins the legions of old ones:
And now
So the Greeks grexit the euro and are left with a worthless drachma to buy the necessities of life, e.g.food, oil, that stuff.
Russia:
China
Russia
One of the best, well written, concise articles that I have read of the Tylers.
Thank you.
This was predicted here as far back as December, 2014...
http://www.globaldeflationnews.com/u-s-led-sanctions-against-putins-hand...
and here in January...
http://www.globaldeflationnews.com/european-union-continues-to-suffer-fr...
Is Kerry until on coma?
Great!, bring that already dearest Obama....the sooner the EU economically collapses, the sooner the countries can leave this stupid group of fools and go their own way. And the sooner the people in EU are in real hard depression, the sooner they will start kicking back, I assure you. We are waking up, but too slowly, we need another hard kick from the USA to wake up more.
There are up and coming nationalist and populist political leaders in various European countries, whose fortunes could improve greatly, if Europe's cuurent leadership continue to sacrifice their own economies. In France and Italy they come from the right. In Germany and Spain they come from the left. I can't imagine voters in these countries would support candidates who openly support sanctions over economic progress.
"When I said we're here to support you I meant I will personnally hold your sagging Hitlerian boobies up so you can sign the TPP ... nothing more!"
Nice take on the photo -- and she doesn't look impressed with the idea.
Mortified. They all think they're in like Flint, until they're not.
... und wenn du Groß bist, Angela, dann vernichtest du Europa! https://eulenfurz.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/merkel-hitler-vernichtung.jpg
... and when your grown up, Angela, you will destroy Europe!
Obama said Europe and the United States stand ready to impose new sanctions if violence increases.
Violence is going to increase but not where you expect.
Fraudulent western bankers is not Russian.
Libor manipulations was not Russian.
FOREX manipulation was not Russian.
Carry on with the list, Russia is not the enemy ... go look who is.
Russia adapts to the events it experiences like 80 billion MOM.
B4 nebody says commie., FU philosophically humanity needs exterminating in full (includes me)because of the parasitcal psychotic tendencies. We are not the final step just an intermediate one.
What will it take for Germany to shut down Ramstein and forge its own foreign policy...?
Ramstein is down the road from me,. I worked on Ramstein in mid 90s contracting on G-3'. Its craphole and what is yet to be reported it and Incirlik are where the heroin from Afghanistan is being flown to.
http://images.zeit.de/digital/2015-06/g7-merkel-obama-meme/g7-merkel-oba...
And yet Russia itself now has growth, we are told...
Brilliant German Zionists shifted sub-prime debt to Greece before realizing Greeks aren't good investments, now they've reverted to invading Russia to rid themselves of their excess Muslim male population and perhaps steal some not already owned assets.
EU Draft emminent / Civil war mass civil unrest, the French Car-B-Ques were just the beginning, try & draft Muslims to kill Russians or Muslims, the EU cannot even get them to pay taxes.
Bullish for US citizenship for a while at least.
Angela Merkel looks like she's finally regretting that Bush 2 is no longer president.
One can assume that sanctions on the Russian Federation are supported in whole by the War Planning Dept. USARMY. This makes the top down decision making of central bankers to be guided by anything other than the overall economy apart from a strategic point in the architecture of a contemporary war theater that is controlled by multinationals that are USA based.
"Cant we all get along......while we plot to steal all your assets and replace your population with Muslims like in the EU?"
I am sure if Russia helps Greece with its current funding problems, Greece in turn will oppose renewal of sanctions.
- Reason why Eurozone will fold #4
The CabalPuppeteers of Obamma :
"We will destroy Europe same way as we are doin to middle east,
becuz they ousted us once(and also profit from the venture)"
She looks like a MILF unimpressed by O'bozo's promise to use heavy duty lubricated condoms that won't make skid starts and burn rubber in the next session.
I laugh to myself everytime I read the words Russia and isolation in the same sentence.