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2014-02-28 Europe

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Posted by Omavising Ebbemp9815 2014-02-28 08:26|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 They are there to insure the press can come and go as they please. Putin has promised to uphold freedom of speech as agreed on with Sec State, I went to Vietnam, Kerry. In return Kerry promised Putin all the ketchup he can carry...

Posted by 49 Pan 2014-02-28 14:24|| 2014-02-28 14:24|| Front Page Top

#2 E Ukraine and Crimea are being carved off for ~~Soviet~~ ~~Tsarist~~ Russian occupation. Convenient use of "fascists" by truly fascist Russians.

Posted by OldSpook 2014-02-28 14:36|| 2014-02-28 14:36|| Front Page Top

#3 Ole Doc. Kissingbug averred the Russ have averaged one Belgium a year for 200 years.

(pretty soon you got yourself a big ass country)
Also: Is averred right in this context?

Posted by Shipman 2014-02-28 16:09|| 2014-02-28 16:09|| Front Page Top

#4 Yes.

Posted by Pappy 2014-02-28 17:49|| 2014-02-28 17:49|| Front Page Top

#5 Note over at Atimes
Pepe Escobar is blaming Victoria Nuland for the whole mess.
If he is even partially right ... it is long past time to purge the idiots like Victoria from the State Dept.
Asia Time's Article: Carnival in Crimea
By Pepe Escobar

Posted by 3dc 2014-02-28 20:33|| 2014-02-28 20:33|| Front Page Top

#6 Well, it looks like standard neo-soviet propaganda if you ask me; if ya wanna believe the guy who shut down the Gulf of Mexico for a year and continues to nickel-and-dime it to death (not to mention all the 'banning coal' and other stuff) to the extent he can would be fighting a war over Syria for a pipeline of stuff he fights to keep us from extracting here.

I have a deal I want to get you in on. I've just been hired to represent a group of chinese investors out of Chongqing, they used to be part of Bo Xilai's clique, but after he got arrested, their cash flow dried up and they're having to liquidate everything. Including a couple bridges they bought to turn into toll roads.

You don't hear about this in the news because a) they don't want to cause an economic panic, b) the original deal was made without public knowledge, c) if word got out that it was a distressed sale they probably wouldn't get very much for it.... but imagine being able to collect tolls on traffic going from Manhattan to Brooklyn. Imagine what a finger in the de Blablah's eye that would be!

And plus, it includes mineral rights!

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2014-02-28 23:10|| 2014-02-28 23:10|| Front Page Top

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