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 to a poetry contest.
I heard the term “Cold War 2.0”. We lived through “Cold War 1.0” and it ended – exactly when?
Radioactive ashes sounds pretty hot to me.
So where does China stand in this? They clearly have mastered building infrastructure and organizing factories to create very high quality products, something Russia was never able to do in its almost 100 year history as a Communist country.
While Russia is begging its citizens to have children, China is limiting its children to 1 per couple. Russia has resources, China needs resources.
Who are Russia’s friends at this point? Syria… Cuba…
The nuclear threat (and importantly the newsreader has not been punished) goes up if Russia feels threatened. If we sink the Russian fleet and send cruise missiles into Red Square…
“Mr Obama – NORAD has picked up incoming missiles that will arrive in 5 minutes – we need your decision now”
His response will be…?
Israel?
http://www.timesofisrael.com/jerusalem-remains-mum-on-crimea-referendum/
TAIWAN is feeling anxious.
Putin and Co are playing Chess.
Obama and Co are playing checkers.
China is brushing up on Sun Tzu’s book…
China was essentially invited to loot Western technology, funded by Walmart USA; while Russia has been kept at arms length.
Maybe Taiwan should hold a referendum!
Scotland may secede from Britian.
Hell yeah, Taiwan and Japan are both on high alert!
Japan will call Godzirrah !
Philippines and South Korea are probably on high alert too. Hilliary’s reset with russia and ‘Horseface’ Kerry, actin the fool, have done us no good. And someone should stuff a sock in mcCain’s mouth and lock him in a port-o-Jon somewhere. You Know Poland is saying , you screwed us on the missile defense shield Biden, take your shotgun with Moose & Squirrel and go back home.
It’s like a bad dream. what the hell is G-7 gonna do?
All hell is gonna break loose right after I pay my car off next week !
parrott
Here is my favorite flashback, Parrott. Funny how the American press has amnesia
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2573557/Flashback-Senator-Obama-pushed-destruction-15-000-TONS-ammunition-400-000-small-arms-1-000-anti-aircraft-missiles-Ukraine.html
In a nutshell for those who don’t want to wade thru the whole article, here is a concise summary:
Years after the Gorbachav-led almighty soviet, communist nation (USSR) fell apart, President George W. Bush signed into law a proposal authored by former Sen. rino-Lugar, that was drafted soon after Ukraine President Viktor Yushchenko warmly received Lugar and then Sen al-Obama in 2006, who had traveled to Kiev to oversee the destruction of Soviet-era artillery shells, and of course the senators were accompanied by some cute, little presstitutes who wrote a ‘story’ about it.
Isn’t that the truth CC .
American press is in the back pocket of the Admin.
parrott
This was the residue of M.A.D.
Some of the Soviet Union’s nuclear arsenal was in Ukraine (a lot of it). When the CCCP fell apart, we were concerned that Russia keep control of the nukes. At least from the American perspective, MAD was about not having to have huge arsenals of conventional weapons in Europe.
Well, time’s they are a changin’ We’re nothing but dust blowing in the wind… or will be soon.
Here is horseface now
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-w6d2Y3EE_tI/U0dx8aT2D9I/AAAAAAAAM3U/3X6N7wwVyH0/s1600/RAMclr-041114-poof-IBD-FINAL-COLOR.gif.cms.gif
Parrott – I was just thinking of you when I read someone talking about Joe Biden. The author called him “Joe “Horse Teeth” Biden. lol
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QaU0ZHKox1Q/UHnx9oQi6nI/AAAAAAAAAyc/VttPS-guqWg/s1600/biden-teeth.jpg
Looks like not all horses will be running in the Kentucky Derby this weekend. This one is on the run in DC
http://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2014-05-02-DEI-to-Kerry-DOS-Benghazi-subpoena-cover-letter.pdf
It’s 3:00 AM, the phone rings……
Quick – Hit the “Overcharged” button, HPaws!
It’s 3:00 AM, the
phone ringsBlackberry vibrateshttp://freebeacon.com/the-ron-paul-institute-for-putins-priorities/
“Numerous members of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity have spent years as professional spin-doctors for Russian President Vladimir Putin and other leaders of oppressive regimes, according to an analysis by the Washington Free Beacon.”
From my point of view the Western Establishment Media is doing a pretty good job of supporting those “other leaders of oppressive regime(s)”.
So here comes the Pentagon surrogates to destroy the Libertarian threat to the military establishment. The Washington Free Becaon is a web site primary operating to provide a forum for Bill Gertz.
Yeah, you’re on to something with the assertion about the Free Beacon and Bill Gertz. From your Times of Israel link above there is more evidence the US is in real danger of becoming isolated buried within that story.
“Israel’s silence on the Crimean crisis can be understood as an effort not to hurt bilateral ties with Moscow. Some Jerusalem officials believe that with American influence waning in the Middle East, it is in Israel’s best interest to maintain good relations with other major powers, such as China and Russia.”
Oh, that was the main point point. Israel buys its oil from Russia and a large portion of its citizens came from Russia. Crimea might make a useful plan B if you had to flee the Middle East unexpectedly. It’s a good thing Israel doesn’t have access to our military technology and its secrets.
Discovered Check. Your move, Barsck. Choose wisely.
Yeah, gotta have energy to run a country and when your next neighbor is willing to slit your throat it’s not a good idea to hand over your destiny to them.
Oh, and that ain’t all a person needs to worry over in ‘today’s world’.
See post below.
One scenario for Nidster:
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-03-18/fact-or-fiction-us-freezes-putins-netflix-account
The Criminally Insane Regime cuts Putin’s movie channel (if he actually had it to begin with), meanwhile Vlad continues to stay ahead in the game and moves more chess pieces in preparation for his next move….
From Mark Nestmann: I realize this is a long post and I hope no one here ever gets caught up in the circumstances described below, even if all you are doing is within existing law, because you still need to go to trial to prove your innocent.
Supreme Court Confirms: You Really Are Guilty Until Proven Innocent
Imagine for a moment that you and your wife operate a successful business refurbishing and selling used medical equipment.
One day, you receive a letter from a federal prosecutor informing you that the business is the target of a criminal investigation. The prosecutor demands that you turn over virtually all business records to the court within seven days.
Naturally, you’re a little worried. The first thing you want to do is hire an attorney. But you don’t have cash on hand to pay the attorney, so you take out a home equity loan.
A few weeks later, there’s a knock on the door. You answer it, and two men identifying themselves as FBI agents handcuff you and place you under arrest. Two more agents barge into your home and arrest your wife. They charge you with running a money laundering operation.
After you’re carted off to jail, you ask to meet with your attorney. When he finally arrives, he has bad news. The feds think the used equipment you purchased, fixed up, and resold at a profit was stolen. They also say you were aware that it was stolen. Because you banked the profits, they’re accusing you not only of trafficking in stolen goods, but also money laundering.
That’s just the beginning. Your lawyer also tells you that he can’t work for you anymore. The FBI has confiscated all the legal fees you’ve paid him. They’ve also confiscated the balance of the home equity loan you took out to aid in your criminal defense. All your other assets are frozen, too.
He informs you that he has made arrangements with the prosecutor to have a public defender appointed for you. And that money you paid for bail? It’s tainted, too.
US Marshals escort you to a federal detention facility. When you arrive, two FBI agents are waiting. They have a “plea agreement” with them. If you agree to plead guilty to one count of money laundering, they’ll go easy on you. Yes, you’ll lose your business, your home, and every dollar you ever earned in the business. But you won’t go to jail. Otherwise, you can work with your court-appointed attorney and hope for the best.
This scenario might seem extreme and like something out of a John Grisham novel. But believe it or not, thanks to a recent Supreme Court decision (Kaley vs. US), it’s about to become much more common. It’s a result of “criminal forfeiture” laws, which give prosecutors the right to seize any assets you own that they believe are somehow connected to a criminal offense. This occurs before any trial, much less a conviction.
Kerri Kaley, a sales rep for Ethicon, a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary, received outmoded or surplus devices from staff members at the medical facilities she served. With her husband Brian’s assistance, she sold the unwanted devices.
Prosecutors apparently believed the Kaleys weren’t entitled to sell the devices, although a co-defendant was acquitted after the government failed to find a single hospital that claimed to own the supposedly stolen goods.
In 2007, a federal grand jury indicted the Kaleys with conspiracy to transport stolen property and transportation of stolen property. The feds tried to seize all of the Kaleys’ assets, but they couldn’t prove the frozen funds had any connection to their alleged criminal conspiracy.
Their solution? Prosecutors added a money laundering charge, which allows the pre-trial confiscation of any asset that might have “facilitated” the criminal conduct. This gave the feds the right to seize the $500,000 the Kaleys had received in a home equity loan to pay their attorneys.
The case wound its way through the legal system until 2013, when the Supreme Court announced it would consider the case. And on February 25, it announced the result: Once you’re indicted by a grand jury, you have no right to challenge the prosecutor’s pre-trial confiscation of your assets allegedly linked to or facilitating the supposed crime.
Of course, the government doesn’t actually own the money until you’re found guilty of a crime – or you cop a plea in exchange for a reduced prison sentence. But the result is the same. You can’t use your own money to hire the best lawyer you can afford. You must accept a court-appointed lawyer who may well have never defended a forfeiture case.
Until this decision, there was one very minor exception that existed in some parts of the country. If the government wanted to seize the assets you wanted to use to hire an attorney, it had to hold a pretrial hearing on the question of the legitimacy of those funds.
But no longer. A grand jury indictment is now sufficient for the feds to throw you in prison and seize virtually everything you own.
Sure, the assets are supposed to be tainted in order for prosecutors to seize them. A grand jury must believe there is probable cause that you’re guilty of a crime, and that the assets in question were derived from that crime. But, as an old judge in Tennessee once told me, “A grand jury in the hands of a skilled prosecutor could indict a ham sandwich.”
Is this just? What happened to innocent-until-proven-guilty and the right to due process?
Big Brother would like you to believe that a grand jury indictment is enough to deprive you of everything you own. And yes, it’s nice to think that grand juries are jealous guardians of civil liberties. But if you’ve ever served on a grand jury, you know that’s not true. The prosecutor is in complete control. Hearsay evidence is permissible, and the defendant has no right to be heard.
Sure, you’ll get your day in court, but with a court-appointed lawyer. Are you ready to take your chances before a jury, or will you sign the plea agreement? That’s a stark choice you don’t want to face, but unfortunately, thanks to the Supreme Court, many more defendants will soon face this dilemma.
Mark Nestmann
It all started under Bush 41…. and the Democrats jumped onto the money train too to line their pockets. It all started against people who were alleged to have sold drugs… but I didn’t sell drugs, so I didn’t object…. 🙂
Yeah, the age-old story of, first they came after the _____ and I didn’t say anything, then they came after the…….until one day they came after me and there was no one left to protest.
Anyway, lots more to say but I need to get back to work sooner or later.
They’re coming after Herbalife
And Republicans who dared to ask the EPA a question on behalf of someone in their district.
I once interviewed a guy who revealed the under-belly of the EPA. It was gross, sickening, and at the same time, scary.