Russia currently is invading the Ukraine after the ouster of it's pro-Russian president.
Obama tells Putin 'back off or else'
Putin retorts "HAHAHAHAHAHAHA"
Looks like we are going to dick over another one of our allies.
"Approval ratings go up and down for various reasons... An example is the high post 911 support for GWB even though he could be said to be responsible for the event." --- Box A Rox '9/11 Truther'
Melania is a bimbo... she is there to look at, not to listen to. --- Box A Rox and his 'War on Women'
Not surprised - this "leader" hasn't got the cajones to even put out a sincere, stern warning - or follow up on it.
We are advised NOT to judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but we are encouraged to judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics. Funny how that works.
Americans aren't scared of the "terrorists" anymore...Time to resurrect the Cold War enemy...nuclear war really scares the sh*t out of Americans, that should rekindle a sense of nationalism in America. The state always needs a boogeyman, enter stage right, RUSSIA!
ahhhhhhhhhh....what a difference 2 years makes, eh?
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
Russia warns could 'reduce to zero' economic dependency on US . AFP 3 hours ago
Moscow (AFP) - Russia could reduce to zero its economic dependency on the United States if Washington agreed sanctions against Moscow over Ukraine, a Kremlin aide said on Tuesday, warning that the American financial system faced a "crash" if this happened.
"We would find a way not just to reduce our dependency on the United States to zero but to emerge from those sanctions with great benefits for ourselves," said Kremlin economic aide Sergei Glazyev.
He told the RIA Novosti news agency Russia could stop using dollars for international transactions and create its own payment system using its "wonderful trade and economic relations with our partners in the East and South."
Russian firms and banks would also not return loans from American financial institutions, he said.
"An attempt to announce sanctions would end in a crash for the financial system of the United States, which would cause the end of the domination of the United States in the global financial system," he added.
He said that economic sanctions imposed by the European Union would be a "catastrophe" for Europe, saying that Russia could halt gas supplies "which would be beneficial for the Americans" and give the Russian economy a useful "impulse".
Glazyev has long been seen as among the most hawkish of the advisors to President Vladimir Putin but many observers have seen his hand in the apparent radicalisation of policy on Ukraine since the overthrow of president Viktor Yanukovych.
Economists have long mocked his apocalyptic and confrontational vision of global economics but also expressed concern that he appears to have grown in authority in recent months.
A high ranking Kremlin source told RIA Novosti that Glazyev was speaking in the capacity of an "academic" and his personal opinion did not reflect the official Kremlin policy.
Glazyev descrived the new Ukrainian authorities as "illegitimate and Russophobic", saying some members of the government were on lists of "terrorist organisations, they are criminals".
"If the authorities remain criminal then I think the people of Ukraine will get rid of them soon," he added.
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
Thought this was a thread about the current weather, or maybe a new cold remedy. I should have known better. My bad.
As an aside though, whenever I hear or read about the Ukraine, I always think of the board game Risk, and the free online version that comes complete with an ominous voice saying "Ukraine" every time it comes into play.
"One undeniable truth: Iraq weakened the U.S. more than anything done since. Maybe Obama overlearned its lessons; maybe we all have. But nothing empowered Vladimir Putin more than America's squandering of moral standing in the early part of this century."
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
America never settled for being the wall flower at the ball......not when the taste of global $$ is on our palate like a good caviar
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....makes one wonder if this is just another smoke and mirror/dog and pony show..........and that obuma and pitin are in cahoots.
nothing is ever as it seems.
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
America never settled for being the wall flower at the ball......not when the taste of global $$ is on our palate like a good caviar
It's all about economics now. Countries are hell bent on coming off the u.s. dollar. the dollar is so week that the u.s. government is still flooding the stock market with money just to keep it afloat. the u.s. is VERY vulnerable and just may end up being that 'wall flower' at the ball.
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....makes one wonder if this is just another smoke and mirror/dog and pony show..........and that obuma and pitin are in cahoots.
nothing is ever as it seems.
Yea... Obama must be "in on this somehow"!!!
OMG! Some people will occasionally get taken... but there are some people who always get taken for a ride!!! They almost beg for it!
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
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