Koko78 Posted April 10, 2014 Posted April 10, 2014 "Even the one on Delaware and Hertel!" You damn well know they're serious when they're banning him from that location!
Koko78 Posted April 16, 2014 Posted April 16, 2014 Did Putin miscalculate? Russia’s invasion of Crimea ignited a wave of anti-Moscow feeling that had been latent before 2014. Poll numbers illustrate this; a survey by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology shows that the majority of Ukrainians, no matter what part of the country there are from, strongly oppose Russia’s invasion of Crimea. Even Russian speakers within Ukraine are against Russia’s recent actions. A study by the International Republican Institute shows that 67 percent of Russian-speaking Ukrainians in the south and 61 percent of Russian speakers in the east are not experiencing infringements to their rights, and are against Russian troops being sent to protect them. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-putin-adventure-ukraine-doomed-183800324.html
John Adams Posted April 16, 2014 Posted April 16, 2014 Did Putin miscalculate? http://finance.yahoo...-183800324.html Putin is hugely worried about the Ukranian polls.
3rdnlng Posted April 16, 2014 Posted April 16, 2014 I think if anyone should be worried, it's the Poles.
Koko78 Posted April 16, 2014 Posted April 16, 2014 (edited) Putin is hugely worried about the Ukranian polls. He should be if he thinks he's going to have popular support for annexation in the occupied areas after another military invasion. It also refutes his all-too-common pretext for invasion; the oppression of ethnic Russians. Edited April 16, 2014 by Koko78
Deranged Rhino Posted April 21, 2014 Posted April 21, 2014 Never fear, Biden has landed: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/04/21/305634031/biden-visits-ukraine-to-offer-energy-economic-aid
Koko78 Posted April 21, 2014 Posted April 21, 2014 Never fear, Biden has landed: http://www.npr.org/b...gy-economic-aid There goes the neighborhood...
keepthefaith Posted April 21, 2014 Posted April 21, 2014 Never fear, Biden has landed: http://www.npr.org/b...gy-economic-aid The picture is aptly captioned "in a show of US support".
meazza Posted April 21, 2014 Author Posted April 21, 2014 Seems like only on tv is the VP remotely important (24, homeland, house of cards?
DC Tom Posted April 21, 2014 Posted April 21, 2014 The picture is aptly captioned "in a show of US support". The picture would be more accurately captioned "A Big !@#$ing Deal."
B-Man Posted April 22, 2014 Posted April 22, 2014 Krauthammer’s Take: Obama ‘Clueless’ To Putin’s Geopolitics Charles Krauthammer said President Obama’s approach to foreign policy shows that his view of human nature is lacking. “He has trouble understanding that other countries have national interests,” he said. “And they do want to dominate other countries. He said that’s not how people act in this century. It is how people act in this century, and every century back to the Stone Age.” Last weekend Obama said Putin is not acting in Russia’s interests. “Does he not understand that he’s actually instructing the Russians on what’s in their national interest?” Krauthammer asked. He went on to point out that in capturing Crimea, Russia will dominate the region for “a couple of hundred years, never [have to] ask the Ukrainians for another lease agreement” for their navy on the Black Sea. Krauthammer said Putin is winning “on a geopolitical level that Obama does not even seem to understand.”
DC Tom Posted April 22, 2014 Posted April 22, 2014 Krauthammer said Putin is winning “on a geopolitical level that Obama does not even seem to understand.” How many Nobel Peace Prizes does Krauthammer have? It just struck me: what a great name. Krauthammer. "Kraut hammer." I wonder what his ancestors did in the Middle Ages...
Deranged Rhino Posted April 22, 2014 Posted April 22, 2014 How many Nobel Peace Prizes does Krauthammer have? It just struck me: what a great name. Krauthammer. "Kraut hammer." I wonder what his ancestors did in the Middle Ages... Don't worry, help is on the way: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2609569/Could-American-Russian-combat-dolphins-clash-Black-Sea-Ukraine-crisis.html (the Krauthammer observation is hysterical btw)
Koko78 Posted April 22, 2014 Posted April 22, 2014 It just struck me: what a great name. Krauthammer. "Kraut hammer." I wonder what his ancestors did in the Middle Ages... Germans, I would wager.
DC Tom Posted April 22, 2014 Posted April 22, 2014 Don't worry, help is on the way: http://www.dailymail...ine-crisis.html (the Krauthammer observation is hysterical btw) The cetaceapocalypse is upon us!
Deranged Rhino Posted April 22, 2014 Posted April 22, 2014 The cetaceapocalypse is upon us! The random part is, I was just speaking with one of the naval sea lion trainers not too long ago. I thought she was joking when she told me about her rating.
3rdnlng Posted April 23, 2014 Posted April 23, 2014 http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303725404579460183854574284?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop&mg=reno64-wsj By ROBERT M. GATES Russian President Vladimir Putin has a long-festering grudge: He deeply resents the West for winning the Cold War. He blames the United States in particular for the collapse of his beloved Soviet Union, an event he has called the "worst geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century." His list of grievances is long and was on full display in his March 18 speech announcing the annexation of Crimea by Russia. He is bitter about what he sees as Russia's humiliations in the 1990s—economic collapse; the expansion of NATO to include members of the U.S.S.R.'s own "alliance," the Warsaw Pact; Russia's agreement to the treaty limiting conventional forces in Europe, or as he calls it, "the colonial treaty"; the West's perceived dismissal of Russian interests in Serbia and elsewhere; attempts to bring Ukraine and Georgia into NATO and the European Union; and Western governments, businessmen and scholars all telling Russia how to conduct its affairs at home and abroad. Mr. Putin aspires to restore Russia's global power and influence and to bring the now-independent states that were once part of the Soviet Union back into Moscow's orbit. While he has no apparent desire to recreate the Soviet Union (which would include responsibility for a number of economic basket cases), he is determined to create a Russian sphere of influence—political, economic and security—and dominance. There is no grand plan or strategy to do this, just opportunistic and ruthless aspiration. And patience
Deranged Rhino Posted April 24, 2014 Posted April 24, 2014 According to Putin, Al Gore was in CIA. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_RUSSIA_PUTIN_INTERNET?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
Azalin Posted April 24, 2014 Posted April 24, 2014 According to Putin, Al Gore was in CIA. http://hosted.ap.org...EMPLATE=DEFAULT good lord....Gore is one of a large number of Washington politicians of either party that I can never see being involved in anything having to do with intelligence. I'll never forget his response to Frank Zappa at the PMRC/hearings for putting warning labels on records for lyrical content.
Deranged Rhino Posted April 26, 2014 Posted April 26, 2014 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27155509
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