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Layoffs at Sikorsky
Sikorsky Aircraft makes helicopters. Very Expensive Helicopters for folks who don’t look at the price tag – the US Government in particular. They were the major industrial employer still left in the area of Connecticut where I used to live. … Continue reading
Crimea nationalizes Oil & Gas, Ukranian Navy, Railroads
http://en.itar-tass.com/economy/723249?utm_medium=rss20 I was looking to see the nature of the railroads in Ukraine. Railroad geeks like me know that Russia does not use standard gauge tracks. That makes commerce more problematic, but protects Russia from invasion by rail by other … Continue reading
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A Ukranian Anecdote
I’ve had a few conversations with my former coworker who lives in Skokie. His mother was a Russian Jew who fled Ukraine and came to America. He was born here shortly after the end of WW2. His family still owns … Continue reading
Russia TV: Russia could turn the US into radioactive ashes
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/russia-could-turn-us-into-radioactive-ashes-state-tv-anchor-says/496253.html Russia will announce sanctions tomorrow against US Senators. john McCain laughs. Putin moves his chess piece and Displays discovered check. Barack Obama challenges Putin to a game of HORSE on the White House basketball court. John Boehner challenges Putin … Continue reading
Crimea votes to add Russia Ruble as 2nd official currency
Since Ukraine is not part of the EU, it still maintains their own fiat currency. Expecting that Ukraine will impose economic sanctions on the autonomous Republic of Crimea, Russia is rolling in the ATM machines to handle the transition to … Continue reading
Posted in Global Instability, War in Europe
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“Conservative” radio roll call on Crimea
We’re a few days now into the issue in Crimea and Ukraine. I haven’t been able to listen to every show, so help me fill in the list of who says what – in order of SRGuide “popularity” (Work in … Continue reading
Posted in Talk Radio, War and not War, War in Europe
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Geography of Crimea
Ukraine has been dominated by Russia for much of its history, especially the last hundred years where Stalin tried to wipe out the ethic Ukrainian population through deliberate starvation. Ukraine had been part of the Soviet Union until it broke … Continue reading
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The Montreaux Convention
A caller to a local radio show (it may have been a guest) expressed the idea that the US Gould prove we are going to uphold Internstional Law and not allow Russia to destroy Deoicracy of our friends in Ukraine … Continue reading
Nobel Peace Prize winner warns Russia
A primer on the Crimean war and the various histories of the powers in Europe. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/crimea_01.shtml What’s changed, of course is that Europe is now one monolithic Union with a common set of political, financial and military goals and vision … Continue reading
Neo-Ottoman Empire
Back when Egypt and Libya suddenly erupted and Turkey broke its military cooperation with Israel, I wondered aloud if we were seeing the rise of a new Ottoman Empire. Turkey is a member of NATO and receives significant military assistance … Continue reading