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PULL THE FLEET BACK FROM THE

NCD — Thu, 12 Jul 2018 14:36:01 +0000

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PULL THE FLEET BACK FROM THE MOOCHERS LAKE..!!!!!!!!

Keep America safe!! American ships in American water, off American soil, where Americans can see it..!!!!

Richard, how about a nuclear aircraft carrier battle group (16 warships) in Lake Superior ( or Lake Winnibigoshish?) to protect you northerners from "disgraceful, terrible" Canadians? A great deal..?

Trump said that he convinced

rmrd0000 — Thu, 12 Jul 2018 12:56:57 +0000

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Trump said that he convinced NATO countries to pay up.

French President Macron called Trump a liar.

https://mobile.twitter.com/AP/status/1017367754096115713

One thing that comes to mind

Richard Day — Thu, 12 Jul 2018 11:31:16 +0000

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One thing that comes to mind involves the Spaniards in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Spain would deplete all the gold and silver they had stolen from the New World.

They would steal it all and then spend it?

Then I would remind myself of the more current history of Venezuela. If I recall correctly this country was just high on oil and then misplayed its hand?

Russians of course do not represent one country.

The oligarchy just takes advantage of the situation and then launders their monies in banks like Deutchebank and then....

And then there is Trump who is funded by this oligarchy and...

What do I know?

Ducky, hello!

Richard Day — Thu, 12 Jul 2018 10:23:27 +0000

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Ducky, hello!

Nobody was reading this thing. hahahha

It is going to take some time to review your fine detailed essays, but...

I did call 'them' Euros. hahahahhahahh

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Now you have given me something to do today.

Nothin was happening here so I added a comment with Sam Seder's take on NATO and such...

Then I came upon this history of yours.

I will be back.

Check out Sam Seder's take on

Richard Day — Thu, 12 Jul 2018 10:15:23 +0000

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Check out Sam Seder's take on US and NATO.

I was probably being to cryptic, but I like being cryptic since I aint Roman Catholic anymore, what?

Hi Dick... wayback machine

oldenGoldenDecoy — Thu, 12 Jul 2018 09:16:28 +0000

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Hi Dick... wayback machine

My postings from the TPM Hive over 4 years ago (sub,reqd,) ...

Putin Has a Bad Case of Gas - Foreign Policy and Affairs

oldengoldendecoy

Mar 5, 2014

Posted as a stand alone . . .

Putin Has a Bad Case of Gas

Using the excuse of "...reserving the right to protect the 'Russian-speaking population' of Ukraine..." is only a poor cover for Putin's actions.

It's been proven over and over and over -- follow the money!

To follow the money in the Ukraine one must follow the gas and oil transit lines.

enlarge the view

Russia's footprint in Crimea is three-fold: Control their Naval base, protect the shipping lanes to and through the Bosphorus Strait, and have a southern launch point for troops to move north if need be to protect the pipelines and keep them in Russian control.

U.S. Hopes Boom in Natural Gas Can Curb Putin - NYT March 5, 2013

...The crisis has accelerated a State Department initiative to export
American natural gas to Europe as a lever against Russia, which
supplies 60 percent of Ukraine’s natural gas and has a history of
cutting off the supply during conflicts. This week, Gazprom, Russia’s
state-run natural gas company, said it would no longer provide gas at
a discount rate to Ukraine, a move reminiscent of more serious Russian
cutoffs of natural gas to Ukraine and elsewhere in Europe in 2006,
2008 and 2009...

~OGD~

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oldengoldendecoy

Mar '14

Simply updating . . .

14 hours ago - VOA News March 07, 2014

White House Downplays Role of Natural Gas in Ukraine Crisis

The White House on Friday appeared to downplay the possibility of
changing U.S. policy on exporting natural gas to address the situation
in Ukraine.

12 hours ago - Telegraph UK - 07 Mar 2014

Putin mocks the West and threatens to turn off gas supplies

Russian leader says does not want 'new cold war' but threatens to
disrupt European gas supplies

Thrust... and parry . . .

~OGD~

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9 months later

oldengoldendecoy

Dec '14

Simply another update...

Now... Putin has much more than just a bad case of gas.

Mother Jones - ‎Dec 15, 2014‎

The Russian Ruble Is Now Entering Free Fall

~OGD~

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oldengoldendecoy

Dec '14

And . . .

Bloomberg News - December 17, 2014

Putin’s Secret Gamble on Reserves Backfires Into Currency Crisis

As President Putin exulted at the Winter Olympics in Sochi 10 months ago, aides assured him Russia was rich enough to withstand the financial repercussions from a possible incursion into Ukraine, according to two officials involved in the talks.

That conclusion now looks like a grave miscalculation. Russia has driven interest rates to punishing levels and spent at least $87 billion, or 17 percent, of its foreign-exchange reserves trying to prevent a collapse in the ruble from spiraling into a panic. So far, nothing has worked.

~OGD~