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2008-10-03 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

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Posted by Fred 2008-10-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top

#1 She also said it was "too early" for Georgia and Ukraine to be given a roadmap for NATO membership.

Translation: Vlad and Company passed word to "Gazprom Gerhard" Schroeder to jerk Merkel's chain. And jerk it real hard.

Posted by Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2008-10-03 01:08|| 2008-10-03 01:08|| Front Page Top

#2 I think the history books are gonna look back at this as the clear sign that government meddling can have really bad unforseen circumstances and I also think the pundits and politicians are intentionally avoiding pointing fingers at what happened and blaming "wall street" for their own reasons.

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-10-03 01:12|| 2008-10-03 01:12|| Front Page Top

#3 PRAVDA/TOPIX [paraph] > RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES BLAME INTERNET FOR CAUSING ETHNIC, CULTURAL, AND RELIGIOUS STRIFES IN NATION.

Despite everything, Muscovites love their Net.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-10-03 02:14|| 2008-10-03 02:14|| Front Page Top

#4 Rapallo.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-10-03 07:25|| 2008-10-03 07:25|| Front Page Top

#5 Yup.

Posted by lotp 2008-10-03 09:20|| 2008-10-03 09:20|| Front Page Top

#6 I'm beginning to think that if you want to know what's going to happen tomorrow, subtract 70-80 from the current year and read This Day in History. The faces seem to change, but not much else.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-10-03 09:40|| 2008-10-03 09:40|| Front Page Top

#7 I'm afraid these two countries killed so many of each other's and their own people in the last century that they will never recover.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2008-10-03 12:35|| 2008-10-03 12:35|| Front Page Top

#8 I'm beginning to think that if you want to know what's going to happen tomorrow, subtract 70-80 from the current year and read This Day in History.

You know what that makes Obambi.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2008-10-03 14:25|| 2008-10-03 14:25|| Front Page Top

#9 Hey Dim, checked your stock portfolio lately?

Oops, sorry - can't do that until you open the market again....

Posted by Slineling de Medici2683 2008-10-03 14:29|| 2008-10-03 14:29|| Front Page Top

#10 It's still closed?

Posted by Tranquil Mechanical Yeti 2008-10-03 15:29|| 2008-10-03 15:29|| Front Page Top

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