tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post1283475318649451624..comments2024-03-28T14:53:38.827-04:00Comments on BLCKDGRD: Your Reputation for Saying Things of Interest Will Not Be Marred if You Hasten to Other TopicsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-22473102075358955362014-03-02T16:11:16.525-05:002014-03-02T16:11:16.525-05:00I like the saucermen gif.
~I like the saucermen gif.<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-27951443043991981082014-03-02T14:07:40.719-05:002014-03-02T14:07:40.719-05:00another report on the situation regarding obama an...another report on the situation regarding obama and putin and ukraine is from jim parry, who justifiably heaps scorn on the washpost and the neocons<br /><br />http://consortiumnews.com/2014/03/02/what-neocons-want-from-ukraine-crisis/<br /><br />it looks plausible to me<br /><br />the nyrb report is quite partisan and heavy on sentiment of the noble multicultural freedom-loving regime changers - that doesn't mean it isn't true or mostly true<br /><br />orlov's realpolitik analysis also may be true or mostly true, although his is the first account i've seen that blamed the shooting deaths of demonstrators on a false flag operation - if true this is quite despicable, but many despicable things happen, of course<br /><br />be that as it may, in my opinion russia is in a position to keep control of crimea and the fewer people that are killed while this is nominally in dispute, the better - as the russkis can accurately claim, 'all your base are belong to us'mistah charley, ph.d.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06303695341246058680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-52277579125176835562014-03-02T12:59:12.860-05:002014-03-02T12:59:12.860-05:00Make no mistake about it, no matter what else you ...Make no mistake about it, no matter what else you read the current unrest in the Ukraine/Russia conflict is, at root, about water. The Russian Black Sea fleet has been stationed in Sevastopol on the Crimean peninsula for centuries. Russian military and (oil) trade access to the Black Sea and, hence, Southern Europe, the Mediterranean, the Southern Atlantic, Africa, and, importantly, its Middle East allies (e.g., Syria) is absolutely dependent on its having control of Yalta and the Crimean port Sevastopol.Jim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02088100982761595050noreply@blogger.com