It’s pretty sad when the Russian news media is more honest and open than our own when it comes to some subjects–particularly banking and money.
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Could Russia “go gold”?
Posted on September 24, 2008 by Lance
An opinion editorial argues that Russia should make its rouble be backed by gold! Genius.
Not only will Russia be unable to finance wars and grow an Empire (unlike the US), if it lifts restrictions on business it would quickly outpace China and even the United States as the world’s foremost economic power.
Gold is power in [...]
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The Russian Stock Market
Posted on September 16, 2008 by Lance
The Russian stock market crashed today. It might have some interesting results on our stock market tomorrow.
I’m glad ours is finally falling to where it belongs instead of this mega-hyper inflated DOW number we see today.
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The Russian-Georgian conflict
Posted on August 10, 2008 by Lance
I’m not condoning this war, but the Georgians, NATO, and the US should butt out and let Russia get their Russian-speaking territory back. Headlines like this disgust me (from Drudge Report):
RUSSIA WIDENS ATTACKS AS WORLD PLEADS FOR PEACE…
World wants peace? For who? If Russia had waited until Georgia had become part of NATO (which the [...]
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Russia sends 700 tanks to Georgian border
Posted on July 21, 2008 by Lance
Perhaps my World War III predictions are lining up.
This fact, as well as the fact that the Russian troops have been dispatched to the Abkhazian borders, and that Russian Black Sea Fleet, air defenses and Air Force are involved in the “exercise” point out that Georgia is the target. Over 700 tanks and other armored [...]
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World War III Predictions
Posted on July 10, 2008 by Lance
I still believe that the world is ripe for a third world war. Some disagree and say that we will probably never have another one. I’m not so sure. Oil supplies are crucial as far as governments go. Some people in high places have certain (bad) principles that they refuse to turn from. This is [...]
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The US is pushing Russia to its limits
Posted on July 8, 2008 by Lance
The United States’s determination to build an unneeded missile shield in Eastern Europe is showing a repeat of the diplomatic mistakes made in the late 1930s by Great Britain. Russia sees these missile shields as a threat and they are determined to do something about it–even taking military action, the London Times reports. Sure, the [...]
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Georgia “very close” to war with Russia
Posted on May 11, 2008 by Lance
This news isn’t being thrown around in the main stream so I think it is necessary to put it out to folks.
Reuters
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Russia’s deployment of extra troops in the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia has brought the prospect of war “very close”, a minister of ex-Soviet Georgia said on Tuesday.
Separately, in comments certain [...]
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Bush and Putin at odds (at the end of their terms)
Posted on April 4, 2008 by Lance
Despite starting off the new millennium as “friends” and “partners”, Bush and Putin are at odds near the end of both of their terms. This AP report points out some of the rising tensions between the Kremlin and the White House:
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) – President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin, short-time leaders in a [...]
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NATO endorses the U.S. missile shield
Posted on April 3, 2008 by Lance
Reuters reports that the U.S. missile shield in Central/Southern Europe is going to have the approval of NATO. With the former anti-Russian alliance approving the plan, the Russian government is sure to get a little upset. Russian-US relations have disintegrated a lot under Putin and Bush, I hope it does not lead to another proxy [...]
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Putin assassination attempt foiled
Posted on March 15, 2008 by Lance
London Telegraph
Will Stewart in Moscow
Russian secret services have foiled an attack on President Vladimir Putin close to Red Square, it has been claimed.
A man with a sniper rifle and Kalashnikov assault gun was found and detained in a rented apartment overlooking Moscow’s St Basil’s Cathedral, on March 2, the day of the Presidential election in [...]
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Israel’s events – World War III in the making?
Posted on March 7, 2008 by Lance
The latest attacks in Israel are wrecking havoc. With Hamas claiming responsibility, I think we are about to see Israeli retaliation like we haven’t seen in a long time.
If the Israelis start excessive retaliation against Palestinians, I think we might see the Bush administration make a link to Iran in some fashion. Rush Limbaugh himself [...]
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Where’s Franz Ferdinand When You Need Him?
Posted on February 25, 2008 by Ryan
If the Archduke hadn’t kicked it by now, he’d have an ear-full for us. It was the assassination of the archduke that sparked World War 1 – an assassination by Serbia nationalists during a time when international relations were strained and tensions were high. Today new threats have arisen: terrorist attacks, environmental disasters, [...]
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Ranking national debts
Posted on February 25, 2008 by Lance
Take a look at this list of countries by account balance. Then look at the countries at the bottom of the list (especially the last place spot).
159
Australia
$ -50,960,000,000
2007 est.
160
Italy
$ -57,940,000,000
2007 est.
161
United Kingdom
$ -111,000,000,000
2007 est.
162
Spain
$ -126,300,000,000
2007 est.
163
United States
$ -747,100,000,000
2007 [...]
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Another ‘Gray Zone’ Scenario; Post-Election
Posted on February 25, 2008 by Mike O
Before I lay this one out, I want to make this clear: in writing this, I have NO desire for this to influence who someone votes for, one way or another. Our votes should be cast on the basis of American interests, and nothing else. But this is a concern that needs to be [...]
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News: Serbs invading Kosovo?
Posted on February 21, 2008 by Lance
It’s possible that the Serbian Security Forces are invading Kosovo, if this is true.
Up to 1,000 men, some suspected of being members of the Serbian Ministry of Interior police, crossed into northern Kosovo yesterday amid rising fears that minority Serbs living in the new state’s north would attempt effectively to partition Kosovo along the Ibar [...]
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Guns in space
Posted on February 15, 2008 by Lance
A former NASA engineer is calling for a weapons-free International Space Station.
Right now Russian Cosmonauts carry a gun on their Soyuz space capsule, which is attached to the space station.
Did anyone else know the Russians carried guns in space?
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Internet fiberoptic cables cut in the Middle East
Posted on February 4, 2008 by Lance
If you haven’t noticed, undersea cables taking the Internet to various places in the Middle East (Iran in particular) have been damaged or broken in the past few days. Another was hurt today.
Egypt announced that no ships were present in the area when the fiber optic cables were damaged, adding speculation to the idea of [...]
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Thoughts on George W. Bush
The past eight years have been interesting ones. We have seen an attack on the United States by radicalized Muslims, we have seen one large recession and the beginning of what could be a major depression, we have seen our military send troops to two different countries in large numbers and we have seen China [...]
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