Another Putin Disaster

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THGRRI

Wednesday, April 22, 2015 4:20 AM

EU's Antitrust Charge Against Gazprom: Another Putin Disaster

"The trashing of Russia’s most valuable economic asset adds to Putin’s growing list of major policy disasters. By attacking Ukraine, he has alienated the Ukrainian people for generations to come. By saber rattling beyond the borders of Ukraine, he has rejuvenated NATO and given it new purpose. Putin has succeeded in pushing traditional sympathizers in the European community, such as Germany’s foreign minister; they’ve decided that the danger he poses trumps their business interests. Instead of raising Russia’s prestige and national pride, he has turned the country into a pariah state with a tottering economy and declining living standards."

http://www.forbes.com/sites/paulroderickgregory/2015/04/20/eus-antitru
st-charge-against-gazprom-another-putin-disaster/

THGRRI

Wednesday, April 22, 2015 5:42 AM

THGRRI

Friday, April 24, 2015 4:57 AM

'Pro-Russia' Chechen leader threatens to kill Russian cops on his turf

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2015/0423/Pro-Russia-Chechen-lea
der-threatens-to-kill-Russian-cops-on-his-turf

THGRRI

Friday, April 24, 2015 8:32 AM

THGRRI

Friday, April 24, 2015 8:46 PM

“The boom years are over,” says Chris Weafer, a senior partner at consulting firm Macro Advisory in Moscow. “The old model based on trickle-down oil revenue has come to an end.”

http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/putin’s-miracle-dissolves-as-ru
ssian-middle-class-faces-crunch/ar-AAbAyI4?srcref=rss

THGRRI

Saturday, April 25, 2015 8:59 PM

Cutthroats And Bandits': Volunteer's Stint With Ukraine Rebels Turns To Nightmare

When he joined the separatist insurgency in eastern Ukraine, Russian businessman Bondo Dorovskikh thought he would be fighting hordes of fascists bent on victimizing the local population.

The reality on the ground turned out to be quite different.

Instead of defending eastern Ukraine, Dorovskikh says he found himself stranded in the town of Alchevsk, where pro-Russian rebels controlling the area spent their days looting and drinking.

"In the morning the commander would get up and line up the insurgents for the roll-call, and in the evening there were another roll-call," he told RFE/RL. "The rest of the time the militants roamed around Alchevsk, pillaging, stealing scrap metal, removing metal gates and selling them to buy alcohol and cigarettes. Some of them would get drunk and fire at each other."

http://www.rferl.org/content/ukraine-war-russian-volunteer-interview/2
6976499.html

THGRRI

Saturday, May 2, 2015 9:24 PM

We have another case of history repeating itself in Russia today. Genocidal Russian leader Josef Stalin at first used the May 9th Victory Day celebrations of the defeat of Nazi Germany to create solidarity and patriotism, but after two years he decided the celebrations had served their purpose so he cancelled them. Current Russian president Vladimir Putin seems to be taking a page from his historical mentor Stalin as he is using Victory Day to whip up nationalist fervor as he attempts to rewrite history and paint a false picture that Russia is still fighting fascism, but this time it’s Europe and the U.S. who are out to subjugate Mother Russia.

THGRRI

Saturday, May 2, 2015 9:47 PM

Western leaders not attending Russia’s 70th anniversary Victory Day celebrations

U.S., other Western leaders snub Russia's Victory Day parade

A decade ago, when Russian President Vladimir Putin celebrated the 60th anniversary of defeating the Nazis in World War II, leaders of the United States, France and Germany attended the victory parade in Red Square.

As Putin prepares to mark the 70th anniversary, President Obama and other Western leaders are snubbing the event because of Russia's incursion into eastern Ukraine and its annexation of Crimea last year

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/05/01/russia-victory-da
y-parade-putin/25889185/

THGRRI

Sunday, May 3, 2015 12:23 AM

http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2015/05/02/highest-ranking-
cold-war-defector-the-kgb-invented-liberation-theology/

In a startling new interview, a 3-star general and former head of Communist Romania’s secret police who defected to the United States in 1978, claims that the Theology of Liberation was the creation of the KGB, who exported it to Latin America as a way of introducing Marxism into the continent.

THGRRI

Saturday, May 9, 2015 4:25 AM

70th Anniversary Of End Of World War II Marked By Fascism In Russia

"Reggie Yates is clearly fearless. The black British reporter traveled to Russia for the BBC to understand the recent rise of fascism. In addition to discovering a mini Comic-Con glorifying Putin, he was also harassed for being black at a nationalist march founded by the president and was calmly informed in one interview that the mixing of races is impure and leads to mutations. (Yates is mixed race.) The charming and buoyant reporter at first smiles through the absurdity, but the bigotry gets to be too much for him. His emotions begin to show on his face. Twice we see Yates abruptly end an interview and rush for the exit.

Xenophobia has been an upward trend in Russia even before recent tensions with the West. Yates gives us a stomach-turning glimpse of a montage of YouTube videos celebrating vicious attacks on immigrants, including a man sitting on a bench who is suddenly kicked in the face. He also interviews an immigrant who was randomly stabbed on the street only to have the doctor refuse to treat him because he was an immigrant."

http://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2015/05/07/70th-anniversary-of-wo
rld-war-ii-marked-by-fascism-in-russia/

THGRRI

Saturday, May 16, 2015 12:38 AM

Russian labor camp memorial group faces heavy pressure

"This is a way to pressure us and destroy us," he told The Associated Press by telephone.

A surge in state-sanctioned patriotism in Russia has been paired with an official effort to downplay any unsavory passages of Russia's recent past. Positive attitudes toward the Soviet Union's former repressive communist regime, and Soviet dictator Josef Stalin in particular, have increased under President Vladimir Putin's rule.

Historians say Soviet authorities sent about 15 million people to forced-labor camps, known as Gulags, between the 1930s and the 1950s.

http://www.dfw.com/2015/05/15/995978/russian-labor-camp-memorial-group
.html

THGRRI

Wednesday, May 20, 2015 6:39 AM

Killer Flower Found in Dead Russian Whistleblower’s Stomach

Police in Britain thought Alexander Perepilichnyy, a whistleblower who fled Russia in fear of the Kremlin, had died of natural causes. Shock toxicology tests now reveal traces of an extremely rare poison.

Perepilichnyy was said to be one of the most crucial witnesses in a $200 million fraud case against Russian officials, police officers and the Russian mafia. American executive Bill Browder, head of the investment firm Hermitage Capital, employed lawyer Sergei Magnitsky to investigate how the Russian officials had targeted his company. Magnitsky, 37, was arrested in Russia and subsequently died in police custody.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/05/19/killer-flower-found-i
n-dead-russian-whistleblower-s-stomach.html

THGRRI

Wednesday, May 20, 2015 6:46 AM

Russian cancer patients keep killing themselves

government critics, researchers and advocates point to Russia's underdeveloped health care system, which they say lacks a comprehensive approach to caring for victims in advanced stages of the disease.

They also blame bureaucracy for preventing patients and their relatives from getting the painkillers they need to cope. A local investigative report recently detailed that exhausting process, which includes a series of tedious medical visits to several different locations.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/05/19/russian-cancer-pat
ients/27571013/

THGRRI

Wednesday, May 20, 2015 6:51 AM

Russians wounded and captured in Ukraine send messages to family back home as dispute brews

The men say they are Russian soldiers who were captured and wounded while on active duty in the rebellious east, Ukrainian authorities say they are definitive proof that Russia is at war in Ukraine, and Moscow hotly denies the claims.

Representatives of Amnesty International and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, which has shepherded a shaky cease-fire in eastern Ukraine, visited the men Tuesday and found them apparently in reasonable condition.

"I got professional medical aid, surgery. To my relatives, I want to say everything is fine with me, I'm alive and well," said one, who identified himself as Yevgeny Yerofeyev, a captain in the Russian army.

"I'm missing my family and relatives so much," the other, Sgt. Alexander Alexandrov, told reporters who accompanied the international representatives.

http://www.newser.com/article/060f4999e41c45bdb3d84a29bf8c4442/russian
s-wounded-and-captured-in-ukraine-send-messages-to-family-back-home-as-dispute-brews.html

THGRRI

Thursday, May 21, 2015 3:54 AM

Chechnya's Leader Kadyrov Urges Men To Lock Up Their Wives, Ban Women From WhatsApp

Russia's child rights ombudsman Pavel Astakhov provoked outrage last week by supporting the right of older men to marry teenage brides, telling a local radio station that some women were "shriveled" by the age of 27.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/20/kadyrov-whatsapp-ban-women_n_
7341916.html

THGRRI

Thursday, May 21, 2015 10:51 PM

THGRRI

Monday, May 25, 2015 10:59 PM

$1.8 billion disappears in Russian space program

"To add to the misery, Russia has lost two spacecraft in the last month. A crewless cargo space ship burned up in the Earth's atmosphere after a communication failure, and a Proton-M carrier rocket carrying a Mexican satellite crashed in Siberia.

Russia's deputy prime minister, Dmitry Rogozin, blamed the accident on chronic corruption in the space industry.

"With such a level of moral decay, one should not be surprised at the high accident rate," Rogozin, who is in charge of the aerospace sector, said in a statement."

http://www.wtae.com/money/18-billion-disappears-in-russian-space-progr
am/33204660

THGRRI

Thursday, May 28, 2015 12:58 AM

Russia moves to silence civil society and its 'undesirable' contacts

"Under a new law, Russian NGOs could face prosecution for communication with 'undesirable' groups based abroad – groups like Transparency International, Human Rights Watch, and Amnesty International."

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2015/0527/Russia-moves-to-silenc
e-civil-society-and-its-undesirable-contacts

THGRRI

Thursday, May 28, 2015 1:01 AM

Prominent Kremlin Critic Hospitalized In Moscow

"Vadim Prokhorov, a lawyer for RPR-Parnas, was quoted by the Russian newspaper Kommersant as saying on that doctors initially believed he may have been poisoned, though no formal diagnosis had been announced."

http://www.rferl.org/content/russia-opposition-activist-hospitalized/2
7039892.html

THGRRI

Thursday, May 28, 2015 1:04 AM

Russia Using Mobile Crematoriums To Incinerate Dead Troops And Hide Involvement In Ukraine, Say U.S. Lawmakers

"The Russians are trying to hide their casualties by taking mobile crematoriums with them," House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry told Bloomberg. "They are trying to hide not only from the world but from the Russian people their involvement."

http://www.hngn.com/articles/95821/20150527/russia-using-mobile-cremat
oriums-to-incinerate-dead-troops-and-hide-involvement-in-ukraine-say-u-s-lawmakers.htm

THGRRI

Thursday, May 28, 2015 10:25 PM

Putin Classifies Information on Deaths of Russian Troops on 'Special Missions'

MOSCOW—
President Vladimir Putin on Thursday declared all deaths of Russian soldiers during special operations to be classified as a state secret, a move that comes as Moscow stands accused of sending soldiers to fight in eastern Ukraine.

http://www.voanews.com/content/reu-putin-classifies-information-on-dea
ths-pf-russian-troops-on-special-mission/2794024.html

THGRRI

Thursday, May 28, 2015 10:30 PM

Scathing Report Says Russia At War With Ukraine, Putin Lying

A
Washington-based think tank on international affairs has released a scathing report on Russia's "direct military intervention" in eastern Ukraine, concluding that President Vladimir Putin has led his country into war and has lied about it.

The report by the Atlantic Council also charges that Putin is using the decrease in hostilities that has followed a February cease-fire deal to reinforce Russian-backed rebels with troops and weaponry in order "to prepare for the next stage of fighting."

At the same time, the Atlantic Council researchers say "the Kremlin is building its case that forces engaged in any future outbreaks of fighting are indigenous, legitimate Ukrainian forces rather than Moscow's creation."

http://www.rferl.org/content/report-russia-military-intervention-ukrai
ne/27041692.html

THGRRI

Saturday, May 30, 2015 7:39 PM

Ukraine president appoints ex-Georgia leader Saakashvili governor

"During his time at the helm in Georgia, reformist Saakashvili, 47, became an arch-nemesis of the Russian leadership as he dragged his tiny ex-Soviet homeland out of Moscow's orbit and closer to the West after taking power in a popular revolution in 2003."

"Saakashvili -- who left power in 2013 -- ruffled a lot of feathers with his radical reforms and clampdown on corruption in Georgia and is a deeply divisive figure there."

http://news.yahoo.com/ukraine-president-appoints-ex-georgia-leader-saa
kashvili-governor-131316539.html

THGRRI

Saturday, May 30, 2015 7:56 PM

Ukraine’s Bloggers Hunt Down Russian Soldiers In War-Torn East

"Despite Moscow's insistence it has no troops in Ukraine, evidence of Russian involvement is mounting.

In March, NATO Deputy Secretary-General Alexander Vershbow told a conference in Latvia that "Russian leaders are less and less able to conceal the fact that Russian soldiers are fighting, and dying, in large numbers in eastern Ukraine."

This week, a Bloomberg report quoted U.S. lawmakers claiming that Russia was operating mobile crematoriums to secretly dispose of soldiers killed in eastern Ukraine.

And Washington think tank Atlantic Council this week issued a report citing"irrefutable evidence" that the conflict in eastern Ukraine is "a Kremlin-manufactured war -- fueled by Russian-made military equipment, fought by Russian soldiers, and supported by Mr. Putin."

http://www.valuewalk.com/2015/05/ukraine-bloggers-russian-soldiers/

THGRRI

Sunday, August 9, 2015 6:54 AM

Calls grow for UK to investigate alleged Russian meddling in 2016 Brexit vote

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/11/16/calls-grow-uk-inv
estigate-alleged-russian-meddling-2016-brexit-vote/870548001/

1KIKI

Sunday, August 9, 2015 9:04 AM

Articles devoid of evidence and a clip of a cartoon dog snickering.

I think you've hit your stride.

SAGAN: We are releasing vast quantities of carbon dioxide, increasing the greenhouse effect. It may not take much to destabilize the Earth's climate, to convert this heaven, our only home in the cosmos, into a kind of hell.

THGRRI

Sunday, August 9, 2015 10:06 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by 1kiki:
Articles devoid of evidence and a clip of a cartoon dog snickering.

I think you've hit your stride.

SIGNYM

Sunday, August 9, 2015 9:19 PM

Oh dear. THUGR ran out of anything credible to say.

Soon, he will be posting picture of pigs.

HAHAHAHA!

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You can't build a nation with bombs. You can't create a society with guns.

THGRRI

Monday, August 10, 2015 1:58 AM

I think in this case I'll post something more appropriate sig.

1KIKI

Monday, August 10, 2015 2:20 AM

Signy
I see. Indeed, the troll STILL has nothing to say.

SAGAN: We are releasing vast quantities of carbon dioxide, increasing the greenhouse effect. It may not take much to destabilize the Earth's climate, to convert this heaven, our only home in the cosmos, into a kind of hell.

THGRRI

Friday, December 11, 2015 9:40 AM

Food fraud: Russian-style

Peter Hobson of The Moscow Times cites watchdogs as saying dairy producers routinely added starch, chalk and soap to their milk. One-fifth of caviar brands contained bacteria linked to E. coli. Bread bakers were discovered to use “fifth-grade” wheat, the sort usually intended for cattle. More than half the sliced salmon on shop shelves has been judged unsafe.

http://barfblog.com/2016/07/food-fraud-russian-style/

THGRRI

Tuesday, July 26, 2016 3:08 AM

Well???

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THGRRI

Thursday, November 16, 2017 3:35 AM

SIGNYM

Thursday, November 16, 2017 3:38 AM

Wow, you really do keep up with events in your home country (Russia), don't you?

But I noticed that your habit of yakking up a gif and bailing from a thread when you've had your ass handed to you is a habit of longstanding, because you did it even in 2015.

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

THGRRI

Thursday, November 16, 2017 3:41 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Wow, you really do keep up with events in your home country (Russia), don't you?

But I noticed that your habit of yakking up a gif and bailing from a thread when you've had your ass handed to you is a habit of longstanding, because you did it even in 2015.

Enough to know when we're being trolled by Russians.

THGRRI

Friday, November 17, 2017 3:54 AM

British parliament’s powerful intelligence committee is set to gather evidence on Russian meddling in Brexit

British parliament's powerful Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) is set to hear evidence on the possibility that Russia interfered in the EU referendum, according to a letter seen by Business Insider.

http://www.businessinsider.com/intelligence-and-security-committee-to-
probe-russian-meddling-in-brexit-2017-11

THGRRI

Friday, November 17, 2017 4:04 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by 1kiki:
Signy
I see. Indeed, the troll STILL has nothing to say.

JO753

Wednesday, November 22, 2017 2:00 PM

Odd.

Took forever for Sig and Kiki to show up and wherez 6string?

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DUZ XaT SEM RiT TQ YQ? - Jubal Early

http://www.7532020.com

JO753

Wednesday, November 22, 2017 2:13 PM

Wuts going to happen to Russia over the next decade az the demand for oil evaporates?

Tesla just premiered an electric semi tractor truck that will make deezal trucks obsolete. Therez another new company, Nikola (hahaha!) getting in on that and an existing truck manufacturer will beat both uv them to market with an electric truck.

Then therez carz.

The new Tesla Roadster due out in 2019 beats EVERYTHING* that runz on fuel. Therez a Tesla imitator company running TV commercialz now. All the established manufacturerz are tranzitioning to electric.

*every production automobile,regardless uv prise. Top fuel dragsterz still hold the 1/4 mile recordz and the land speed record iz still held by jets.

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DUZ XaT SEM RiT TQ YQ? - Jubal Early

http://www.7532020.com

6IXSTRINGJACK

Wednesday, November 22, 2017 5:50 PM

I'm currently driving a 22 year old car. My "newest" car at any point in my life was 7 years old.

Hell... These days, my newest computer is around 6 years old and my newest TV is a rear projection screen 52".

I'm all about the new tech and getting off of gasoline, and the sooner the better. But I think the ween off of oil is going to be slow and painful for those of us in the bottom income brackets.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

JO753

Wednesday, November 22, 2017 9:01 PM

Vespa seez the prezent.

I dont know about now, but the quickest production motorsycle last yir wuz electric. There are a bunch uv brandz competing, so I dont expect gas to be able to keep up any more.

On the other end uv the spectrum, there are the 'hoverboardz' and bunchez uv cheap toy scooterz. Theyve been out for yirz.

Putin iznt a complete idiot, so maybe he will let sumwun else win the next election so he can escape with hiz loot befor the entire mess collapsez.

But with hiz puppet Trump having sumthing to do with the shake up in Saudi Arabia, maybe he iz plotting to boost oil prisez agen - skweeez a few trillion rublez out uv us befor gasoline iz ded az the dinosaurz.

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DUZ XaT SEM RiT TQ YQ? - Jubal Early

http://www.7532020.com

6IXSTRINGJACK

Thursday, November 23, 2017 1:41 AM

lol... you really believe we're all going to be driving electric cars in 4 to 8 years, don't you?

Hey KPO. Put that in the predictions thread.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

1KIKI

Thursday, November 23, 2017 2:49 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by THGRRI:
Quote:
Originally posted by 1kiki:
Signy
I see. Indeed, the troll STILL has nothing to say.

HAS IT NOT OCCURRED TO YOU BY NOW THAT IF YOU HAVE TO RESORT TO LOGICAL FALLACIES AND TROLLING YOUR SO-CALLED ARGUMENTS ARE LIES?

THGRRI

Wednesday, November 29, 2017 2:35 AM

Uzbekistan incident raises suspicions of Russian involvement in Cuba attacks

A newly revealed incident reported by a USAID officer who is based at the American embassy in Uzbekistan is raising suspicions Russia may have been involved and could have had a hand in bizarre attacks targeting U.S. diplomats in Cuba, according to American sources.

In September, the officer and his wife reported, according to one source familiar with the incident, what may have been at least one acoustic attack similar to those experienced by the diplomats in Havana.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/uzbekistan-incident-raises-suspicions-of-
russian-involvement-in-cuba-attacks/

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JO753

Wednesday, November 29, 2017 8:42 AM

Russia haz alwayz been my #1 suspect.

6string - no, I think gas carz will be around forever, but not new wunz. I beleev I alredy hav a post in the Predictionz thred about gas not getting over 3$ per gallon due to electrics taking over that includez a forcast about the demize timeline.

I think the last production passenjer carz powered by gas or deizal will be around 2025, 2030 the latest.

There will be a thriving industry for converting older carz to electric. Its alredy a relatively eazy project for peepl like me and it gets eazier all the time.

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DUZ XaT SEM RiT TQ YQ? - Jubal Early

http://www.7532020.com

THGRRI

Friday, December 1, 2017 7:56 PM

Russian parliament to discuss ban on access for U.S. media: RIA

"It's a ban on journalists who represent American media, all American media, visiting the State Duma," RIA quoted Savastyanova as saying. She represents the ruling United Russia party, which holds a majority of the seats in the chamber.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russian-parliament-to-discuss-ban
-on-access-for-us-media-ria/ar-BBFZMLG?li=AA4Zpp&ocid=spartanntp

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THGRRI

Sunday, December 24, 2017 6:52 PM

Putin critic Navalny clears first hurdle in bid for Russia presidency

Navalny has been jailed three times this year on charges of repeatedly organizing public meetings and rallies in violation of existing laws. He says the Kremlin is deliberately trying to thwart his political ambitions.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-election-navalny/putin-criti
c-navalny-clears-first-hurdle-in-bid-for-russia-presidency-idUSKBN1EI0AT

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THGRRI

Thursday, December 28, 2017 9:17 PM

Blast rips through supermarket in Russia's St Petersburg, 10 hurt

The explosion was caused by a homemade bomb packed with pieces of metal with a force equivalent to 200 grammes of TNT, they said. They have opened a criminal case on the grounds of attempted murder.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-blast/blast-rips-through-sup
ermarket-in-russias-st-petersburg-10-hurt-idUSKBN1EL1DF

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THGRRI

Thursday, December 28, 2017 9:40 PM

Russian experts looking into nation's recent space failures

Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said Wednesday that the Meteor-M weather satellite, which was launched Nov. 28 from the new Vostochny cosmodrome in Russia's Far East, was lost because it was programmed with the bearings for takeoff from Baikonur, Russia's main launch pad that it leases in Kazakhstan.

The loss of the satellite and the corruption scandals around the construction of Vostochny have put pressure on Rogozin, who oversees the space industry.

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/russian-experts-nations-rec
ent-space-failures-52023822

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THGRRI

Thursday, December 28, 2017 9:43 PM

NASA is planning the first interstellar mission, a trip to the Alpha Centauri system

Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory are making preliminary plans for an interstellar mission, the agency's first. The team wants to send a probe to look for sings of life on the exoplanets surrounding Alpha Centauri, the closest star system to Earth.

According to New Scientist, which first revealed the news, the proposed launch is set for 2069 -- a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.

With a 44-year-long flight, the probe wouldn't reach its target until the next century.

https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2017/12/28/NASA-is-planning-the-first
-interstellar-mission-a-trip-to-the-Alpha-Centauri-system/1931514473538/

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THGRRI

Thursday, December 28, 2017 11:11 PM

Blue-tinged snow seen in St. Petersburg, Russia

A St. Petersburg resident shared a photo on social media of blue-colored snow in his neighborhood. Some are now concerned that the snow has been contaminated with metal and toxins.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/blue-tinged-snow-st-petersburg-rus
sia/story?id=52010253

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THGRRI

Saturday, December 30, 2017 8:35 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by 1kiki:
Articles devoid of evidence and a clip of a cartoon dog snickering.

I think you've hit your stride.

Thanks, and thanks for the bump.

T

THGRRI

Tuesday, January 2, 2018 11:06 PM

Back in 1983, Ronald Reagan labeled the Soviet Union an "evil empire" during remarks before evangelical Christians in Florida. The president was warning about a buildup of Soviet strength and global menace, and the need to confront it.

History is now repeating itself. Today's Russia is a pale version of the communist regime that finally dissolved in 1991. But Russian President Vladimir Putin, famously embittered by that collapse, is bent on reacquiring some of that former glory.

Putin's Make Russia Great Again strategy is a font of international mayhem.
Russia invaded neighboring Georgia in 2008 and Ukraine in 2014, where fighting rages on and 10,000 have died. Its illegal annexation of Crimea was the first effort to alter European borders by force since World War II. The Russian military, dispatched to Syria, shored up the regime of Bashar Assad and committed atrocities, bombing a United Nations aid convoy and targeting hospitals.

High-confidence findings by the CIA, FBI and National Security Agency concluded that Putin ordered a cyber and propaganda attack to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election and undermine public faith in the American democratic process. Russian "trolls" posted false stories on Facebook that reached 140 million Americans, and Russian hackers stole thousands of emails from Democratic leaders and leaked them. Similar attacks have since occurred in Germany, France and the Netherlands.

Other Russian aggression includes selling weapons to the Taliban in Afghanistan and oil to North Korea. The Kremlin also provides sanctuary to a rogue's gallery of cyber criminals,dispatches fighter aircraft that harass U.S. military jets in Syria and NATO aircraft over the Baltic, and sends submarines to prowl suspiciously close to crucial Atlantic undersea cables carrying 97% of global communications. All the while, Putin works to rig upcoming Russian elections in his favor.

The Trump administration's response to this mounting threat has been schizophrenic. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson writes in The New York Times that the Trump administration has "no illusions" about a resurgent Russia. And a suddenly tougher line emerged last month with the welcome announcement that anti-tank weapons would be sold to the Ukrainian government for defense against Russian-backed rebels.

Even so, these steps run contrary to President Trump's tendency toward appeasing Putin. The administration has slow-walked implementation of tough, new sanctions against Russia passed overwhelmingly by Congress last summer. The sanctions are to finally go into effect this month.

And Trump has not convened a Cabinet-level meeting on Russian interference in the presidential campaign. "When will all the haters and fools out there realize that having a good relationship with Russia is a good thing," Trump tweeted in November.

Reagan famously urged listeners in 1983 "to beware the temptation ... to ignore the facts of history and the aggressive impulses of an evil empire." Thirty-five years later, those words are again worth heeding.

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6IXSTRINGJACK

Wednesday, January 3, 2018 2:06 AM

Meh.

I'm much more concerned with the Communists that call themselves American citizens.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

THGRRI

Monday, January 8, 2018 3:22 AM

The Russia Left Behind

A journey through a heartland on the slow road to ruin.

A Modern Train, a Rotting City
A few times every day, the high-speed train between St. Petersburg and Moscow barrels through the threadbare town of Lyuban. When word gets out that the head of Russia’s state railway company — a close friend of President Vladimir V. Putin — is aboard, the station’s employees line up on the platform standing at attention, saluting Russia’s modernization for the seconds it takes the train to fly through. Whoosh.

But Vladimir G. Naperkovsky is not one of them. He watched with a cold, blue-eyed stare as the train passed the town where he was born, with its pitted roads and crumbling buildings. At 52, having shut down his small computer repair business, Mr. Naperkovsky is leaving for another region in Russia, hoping it is not too late to start a new life in a more prosperous place. The reasons are many, but his view boils down to this: “Gradually,” he said, explaining his view of Lyuban, “everything is rotting.”

http://www.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2013/10/13/russia/

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THGRRI

Tuesday, January 9, 2018 8:22 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Meh.

I'm much more concerned with the Communists that call themselves American citizens.

You're talking about sig and 1kiki, I agree.

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THGRRI

Thursday, January 11, 2018 11:20 PM

U.S. Destroyer Docks in Ukraine Amid Rift With Russia

Trump sold $35M in real estate in 2017, mostly to secretive buyers
The U.S. Navy’s guided-missile destroyer Carney sailed into Ukrainian waters Monday in the third visit by a vessel of its kind to the tense Black Sea region since August.

The Arleigh Burke-class U.S.S. Carney docked in the port city of Odessa as part of an ongoing commitment by the U.S. military to show support for Ukraine, particularly in the face of Russian aggression. The former Soviet country has been locked into a prolonged standoff with Russia in its east and south.
Read More: Russia will pay a “huge price” for backing Iran, Trump’s top security adviser said

In 2014, masked Russian troops seized Ukraine's southern Crimea peninsula shortly after protesters had ousted the pro-Russian government of Viktor Yanukovych in Kiev. Russian-armed forces in Ukraine’s eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk have also fought against Ukrainian government forces for over three years.

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THGRRI

Wednesday, January 17, 2018 3:36 AM

The U.S. Treasury Department is finishing its first official list of “oligarchs” close to President Vladimir Putin’s government, setting off a flurry of moves by wealthy Russians to shield their fortunes and reputations.

Some people who think they’re likely to land on the list have stress-tested the potential impact on their investments, two people with knowledge of the matter said. Others are liquidating holdings, according to their U.S. advisers.

Russian businessmen have approached former Treasury and State Department officials with experience in sanctions for help staying off the list, said Dan Fried, who previously worked at the State Department and said he turned down such offers. Some Russians sent proxies to Washington in an attempt to avoid lobbying disclosures, according to one person that was contacted.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/mnuchin-list-of-putin-oligarch
s-jolts-russias-elite-class/ar-AAuKcld?li=AA5a8k&ocid=spartanntp

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6IXSTRINGJACK

Wednesday, January 17, 2018 6:47 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by THGRRI:
Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Meh.

I'm much more concerned with the Communists that call themselves American citizens.

You're talking about sig and 1kiki, I agree.

In light of recent events, I think it's pretty obvious who I'm really talking about.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

THGRRI

Sunday, January 21, 2018 4:13 AM

Russia concerned by Turkish military operation in Syria, calls for restraint

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow received the news about Turkish military engagement in Syria’s Afrin region with concern, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday, calling on the sides to exercise restraint.

It said Russia was sticking to its position on solving the Syrian crisis which is based on safeguarding Syria’s territorial integrity and respecting its sovereignty.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday a military operation in Syria’s Kurdish-controlled Afrin region had begun after cross-border shelling by the Turkish army.

https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-mideast-crisis-syria-russia-afrin/r
ussia-concerned-by-turkish-military-operation-in-syria-calls-for-restraint-idUKKBN1F90R4

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THGRRI

Friday, February 16, 2018 2:49 AM

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THGRRI

Friday, February 16, 2018 2:52 AM

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THGRRI

Friday, February 16, 2018 2:53 AM

Russia blocks Alexei Navalny's website over investigation of oligarch linked to Trump aide

Russia has blocked the popular website of opposition leader Alexei Navalny over his investigation of an oligarch connected to former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/15/russia-blocks-alexei-navaln
ys-website-investigation-oligarch/

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THGRRI

Friday, February 16, 2018 3:06 AM

Question, does sig and 1kiki realize in firefly, Russia no longer exists. Ain't that a kick in the head.

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THGRRI

Friday, February 16, 2018 3:25 AM

Full List of Russian Twitter Bots Banned In Election Meddling Probe, it's 65 pages long.

Hey rappy, hellooooo

https://democrats-intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/exhibit_b.pdf

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THGRRI

Sunday, February 18, 2018 8:29 AM

Putin: Grand deal now, or Syrian bust. Putin has to act now or Russia will implode.

In December 2017, Putin proudly stated to Russian servicemen in the western Syrian Hmeimim Air Base, “In just over two years, Russia’s armed forces and the Syrian army have defeated the most battle-hardened group of international terrorists.” It’s three months later, and Putin’s all-too-rosy December 2017 “mission accomplished” has melted in the February 2018 reality that the “mission has just started.” What’s worse is that when it comes to Iran, Putin has realized he created an Islamic Frankenstan that now threatens the very elements that brought Russia into the Syria war to begin with: To control Syria. Putin needs to cut a Grand Deal with Trump immediately, before Russian's Syria venture explodes in his face.

In the current state of Russian-American meltdown, how can such a Grand Deal be made? There is the Mueller probe, the Ukraine, sanctions, aggressive Russian military moves, NATO expansion. Where to start?

Putin has dug himself into a deep economic and strategic catastrophe. A recent article related that while an average salary in in Russia is now roughly $670 a month, Russia is paying its unofficial mercenaries in Syria $4,600 a month. The $670 Russian domestic wage in comparison with the $4,600 paid for being in the Syrian death warrant chasm is the ultimate indictment of Putin as a total failure, in domestic as well as international affairs. It is a symptom of the approaching total collapse and implosion of Russia. Putin is paying $4,600 a month to soldiers who will ignominiously and anonymously die in an undeclared international war with no real Russian strategic goal and domestically, Putin’s citizens can’t find a job in Mother-Russia for an eighth of the Syrian salary. This is a symptom of total system failure that Putin ignores at his own peril.

Where to start? Russia must take the first step and cede all of eastern Syria to the United States' Syrian allies. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Larov recently attacked the US for recent steps that he claimed "look more and more like a part of a course to create a quasi-state of sorts on a large chunk of Syrian territory. Autonomous, independent from Damascus governing bodies are being created in this territory, money keeps flowing there to keep them functional. Law enforcement, created there, is receiving weaponry.”

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/21723

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THGRRI

Tuesday, March 6, 2018 1:25 AM

Former Russian spy critically ill in Britain after exposure to unidentified substance- source

Police said two people had been found unconscious on a bench on Sunday in the city of Salisbury. They were being treated for "suspected exposure to an unknown substance" and they remained critically ill, police said.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/former-russian-spy-critically-ill
-in-britain-after-exposure-to-unidentified-substance-source/ar-BBJTTJA?li=AA4Zpp&ocid=spartanntp

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THGRRI

Tuesday, March 6, 2018 10:45 PM

Sweden plans to build more bunkers amid fears of Russian aggression

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/sweden-plans-build-more-bunkers-ami
d-fears-russian-aggression-n849821

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THGRRI

Wednesday, March 7, 2018 12:59 AM

The F-35 could dismantle Russia's Su-57 'stealth' jet program without even firing a shot

Russia is struggling to fund its new Su-57 fifth-generation fighter jet, and have only ordered 12 of the jets while the US ramps up its sales and production of the F-35 — a direct competitor.

Specifically, the US and India have engaged in some preliminary talks about selling the F-35, when India was initially a key investor in the Su-57 project.

Russia's Su-57 is still in a theoretical stage with few airframes built and new engines and weapons integration sorely lacking, but the F-35 is ready to sell

http://www.businessinsider.com/f-35-sales-russia-threat-su-57-stealth-
jet-2018-3

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THGRRI

Wednesday, March 7, 2018 1:04 AM

U.N. Panel Links Russia to Potential War Crime in Syria

GENEVA — United Nations investigators have linked Russian forces to a possible war crime in Syria for the first time, reporting on Tuesday that a Russian plane was responsible for airstrikes on a market last year that killed scores of civilians.

The plane carried out a series of attacks in November on the town of Al Atarib, west of Aleppo, killing at least 84 people and injuring more than 150, the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Syria said.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/06/world/middleeast/syria-russia-un-wa
r-crimes.html

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THGRRI

Wednesday, March 7, 2018 1:06 AM

Britain vows response if Russia is behind ex-spy's collapse

ALISBURY, England (AP) — Britain's counterterrorism police took over an investigation Tuesday into the mysterious collapse of a former spy and his daughter, now fighting for their lives. The government pledged a "robust" response if suspicions of Russian state involvement are proven.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/kremlin-ready-cooperate-over-former-0814217
03.html

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THGRRI

Wednesday, March 7, 2018 1:11 AM

Russia How long until the economy cracks?

Now everyone is wondering when the ice will crack.

As things stand, Russian GDP is expected to shrink by 5% (or more) this year, inflation has soared to 15%, the ruble is trading near record lows, consumer and business sentiment is on the slide, and its companies are shut out of financial markets in the U.S. and Europe.
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Escalating violence in Ukraine could lead to new international sanctions, and there's little sign of a significant rebound in world oil prices.

http://money.cnn.com/2015/02/08/news/economy/russia-economy/index.html

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THGRRI

Monday, April 2, 2018 12:16 AM

Putin Has Overplayed His Hand

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/31/opinion/sunday/putin-trump-overplay
ed.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region®ion=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region

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JJ

Friday, April 13, 2018 2:18 AM

Anyone care to guess what Trump is going to do regarding Syria?

JJ

CAPTAINCRUNCH

Friday, April 13, 2018 7:31 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by JJ:
Anyone care to guess what Trump is going to do regarding Syria?

My guess is he doesn't even know - I think that's his default strategy.

JJ

Monday, April 16, 2018 5:13 AM

Haley says U.S. preparing new sanctions against Russia, rules out talks with Assad

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/u-n-ambassador-nikki-haley-rules-out-talk
s-with-assad-says-goal-of-syria-strike-was-not-to-start-war-face-the-nation-2018-04-15/

JJ

JJ

Friday, June 15, 2018 10:57 PM

Mattis slams Russia, says Putin 'attempts to undermine America's moral authority'

Secretary of Defense James Mattis slammed Russia on Friday, saying Russian President Vladimir Putin "attempts to undermine America's moral authority" and "seeks to shatter NATO."

"He aims to diminish the appeal of the western democratic model and attempts to undermine America's moral authority, his actions are designed not to challenge our arms at this point but to undercut and compromise our belief in our ideals," Mattis said at a graduation ceremony for the US Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island.

Mattis also alluded to Moscow's military actions in Crimea and eastern Ukraine, saying Russia has "proven willing to use conventional and irregular power in violation of international norms."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/mattis-slams-russia-says-putin-attem
pts-to-undermine-americas-moral-authority/ar-AAyHApa
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6IXSTRINGJACK

Saturday, June 16, 2018 7:06 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by JJ:
Mattis slams Russia, says Putin 'attempts to undermine America's moral authority'

Secretary of Defense James Mattis slammed Russia on Friday, saying Russian President Vladimir Putin "attempts to undermine America's moral authority" and "seeks to shatter NATO."

"He aims to diminish the appeal of the western democratic model and attempts to undermine America's moral authority, his actions are designed not to challenge our arms at this point but to undercut and compromise our belief in our ideals," Mattis said at a graduation ceremony for the US Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island.

Mattis also alluded to Moscow's military actions in Crimea and eastern Ukraine, saying Russia has "proven willing to use conventional and irregular power in violation of international norms."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/mattis-slams-russia-says-putin-attem
pts-to-undermine-americas-moral-authority/ar-AAyHApa
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America's "Moral Authority"?

What does Mathis even mean by that?

Better yet, what do you believe that our "Moral Authority" is?

Seems to me that everywhere you turn, especially in American Politics on BOTH sides, Morality seems pretty bankrupt.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

JJ

Sunday, July 15, 2018 6:14 PM

Russian women who have dated the soccer fans have been shamed by some Russian commentators, denounced for allegedly undermining the country's morals and gene pool.

The widespread, vehement criticism has shown the dominance of patriarchal and sexist views in Russia, where the concept of gender equality is a generation behind that of the West's.

https://www.sootoday.com/national-sports/russian-women-push-back-at-sh
aming-over-world-cup-dating-985529

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REAVERFAN

Sunday, July 15, 2018 6:22 PM

""This is an era of sluts!" wrote Platon Besedin, a columnist for the Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper. "Russian women are bringing shame to themselves and their country."

A popular forum on the VKontakte social media service has posted hundreds of videos of Russian women dancing and kissing foreign soccer fans, prompting vehement condemnations of those alleged to be "ruining the country's gene pool."

In the first week of the global soccer tournament, Russian lawmaker Tamara Pletnyova warned Russian women against becoming romantically involved with foreigners, lest they should end up raising their children alone. She added it was even more of a problem if the men were from a different race."

Wow. They've got racist incels over there, too. Poor, miserable losers. They hate women, then wonder why women want nothing to do with them.

https://www.reddit.com/r/IncelTears/

JJ

Sunday, July 15, 2018 6:40 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by reaverfan:
""This is an era of sluts!" wrote Platon Besedin, a columnist for the Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper. "Russian women are bringing shame to themselves and their country."

A popular forum on the VKontakte social media service has posted hundreds of videos of Russian women dancing and kissing foreign soccer fans, prompting vehement condemnations of those alleged to be "ruining the country's gene pool."

In the first week of the global soccer tournament, Russian lawmaker Tamara Pletnyova warned Russian women against becoming romantically involved with foreigners, lest they should end up raising their children alone. She added it was even more of a problem if the men were from a different race."

Wow. They've got racist incels over there, too. Poor, miserable losers. They hate women, then wonder why women want nothing to do with them.

https://www.reddit.com/r/IncelTears/]

Russia is a hateful place at the moment. I blame Putin. America is displaying some of the same behaviors. I blame Trump. Both men have encouraged this and all the ugly heads are rearing. Off with their heads I say.

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6IXSTRINGJACK

Sunday, July 15, 2018 6:43 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by JJ:
Russia is a hateful place at the moment. I blame Putin. America is displaying some of the same behaviors. I blame Trump. Both men have encouraged this and all the ugly heads are rearing. Off with their heads I say.

lol irony

Do Right, Be Right. :)

JJ

Sunday, July 15, 2018 7:17 PM

Someone needs to look up what irony means.

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6IXSTRINGJACK

Sunday, July 15, 2018 9:45 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by JJ:
Someone needs to look up what irony means.

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I know what it means and I used it right.

You look it up.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

JJ

Sunday, July 15, 2018 10:08 PM

A metaphor is a figure of speech that directly refers to one thing by mentioning another for rhetorical effect. It may provide clarity or identify hidden similarities between two ideas.

What I said means, as they become emboldened and come out of the shadows because Trump and Putin are bigots, we need to call them out for their bigotry and racism. We need to drive them back under the rocks from whence them came.

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6IXSTRINGJACK

Monday, July 16, 2018 2:47 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by JJ:
A metaphor is a figure of speech that directly refers to one thing by mentioning another for rhetorical effect. It may provide clarity or identify hidden similarities between two ideas.

What I said means, as they become emboldened and come out of the shadows because Trump and Putin are bigots, we need to call them out for their bigotry and racism. We need to drive them back under the rocks from whence them came.

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Off with their heads, you said.

Quote:
Russia is a hateful place at the moment. I blame Putin. America is displaying some of the same behaviors. I blame Trump. Both men have encouraged this and all the ugly heads are rearing. Off with their heads I say.

I could have just gone with hypocrisy again, but that's getting just as boring as having to call you guys out on it all the time.

You're right though. It wasn't really irony at all considering the source. At this point we fully expect you to post things like this. If it were anybody else off the street though, the last sentence is ironic compared to the rest of the statement.

Quote:
2. Literature.

a technique of indicating, as through character or plot development, an intention or attitude opposite to that which is actually or ostensibly stated.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

JJ

Monday, July 16, 2018 3:22 AM

dummy

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REAVERFAN

Monday, July 16, 2018 3:47 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by JJ:
dummy

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Seriously...

1KIKI

Monday, July 16, 2018 5:02 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by JJ:
dummy

Quote:
Originally posted by reaverfan:
Seriously...

And, you are both down to personal insults for lack of anything intelligent to say.

SECOND is a troll because it constantly misrepresents what people post, fails to address their actual positions, and resorts to personal attacks when its brain isn't working (which is most of the time).

REAVERFAN

Monday, July 16, 2018 8:49 AM

Au contraire, mon frère.

You are simply wrong.

1KIKI

Monday, July 16, 2018 9:26 AM

Hey there RF

I was doing some stats on your posting history and noticed some interesting gaps:

REAL WORLD EVENT DISCUSSIONS
Monday, March 12, 2018 10:18:17 AM
NRA Video - Scare Tactic from "Saigon Sally"

REAL WORLD EVENT DISCUSSIONS
Friday, October 27, 2017 7:39:11 AM
WaPo: Hillary Clinton Paid For "Trump Dossier"

and this one:

REAL WORLD EVENT DISCUSSIONS
Monday, May 8, 2017 1:17:15 PM
TrumpCare - the enema you didn't ask for

FIREFLY AND SERENITY GUERILLA MARKETING
Monday, April 10, 2017 2:07:51 PM
Firefly Cast Before and After

What was going on? And I think if you spent half as much time looking for a real job as you do obsessively patrolling fffans all hours of the day and days of the week, you might manage to find one.

SECOND is a troll because it constantly misrepresents what people post, fails to address their actual positions, and resorts to personal attacks when its brain isn't working (which is most of the time).

6IXSTRINGJACK

Monday, July 16, 2018 9:55 AM

wow... dummy, huh?

Not a Russian dummy or a Nazi dummy today?

lol

I'm not worried. I know that one of them will be attached to me by one of you in a day or two. Whichever "big bad" we're supposed to fear tomorrow is the one you guys are going to call me.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

THG

Wednesday, August 1, 2018 9:14 PM

Russian journalists killed in Africa were investigating shadowy Wagner mercenary group linked to 'Putin's cook'

Three Russian journalists who were murdered while on assignment in the Central African Republic were probing the activities of a mercenary group linked to an ally of President Vladimir Putin, according to the exiled oil tycoon who funded their trip.

https://calgaryherald.com/news/russian-journalists-killed-in-africa-we
re-investigating-shadowy-wagner-mercenary-group-linked-to-putins-cook/wcm/1ce1fba6-5ae4-4e89-9c3f-93a152752172

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THG

Thursday, August 2, 2018 4:06 AM

Putin’s Secret Police Prevent 2 Million From Leaving Russia

MOSCOW — Russia’s Federal Security Service, the FSB, is preventing millions of Russians from going abroad. Its own officers have been told “nevyezdnye” (no foreign travel), and earlier this year it announced stricter border controls for those who want to leave the country, citing the “changed geopolitical situation.”

Several million Russians currently are banned, specifically, from travel to the United States, and more than two million cannot leave the country at all. The number of Russian citizens on so-called “stop lists” and state employees obliged to stay put after signing secrecy agreements ia growing rapidly.
So is concern among Russian elite that a new Iron Curtain, reminiscent of travel restrictions during Soviet times, has begun to descend.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/putin’s-secret-police-prevent-2-m
illion-from-leaving-russia/ar-BBLlxAU?ocid=spartanntp

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THG

Saturday, August 4, 2018 12:26 AM

U.S. senators introduce Russia sanctions 'bill from hell'

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-russia-sanctions/u-s-senators-i
ntroduce-bill-with-new-russia-sanctions-idUSKBN1KN22Q

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THG

Friday, August 10, 2018 10:45 PM

Washington Post

A solid decision on Russia — for a change

The Trump administration said Wednesday it would impose new sanctions against Russia as punishment for its use of a nerve agent in an attempt in March to assassinate British citizen and ex-Russian intelligence officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter.

The sanctions again highlighted the gap between President Trump’s conciliatory language toward Russia and the tough position taken by many in Congress and within the administration itself.

Trump, who has resisted congressional insistence on additional sanctions on Russia for election interference and other activities, appeared to have had little choice in the matter, however. Under a 1991 law, he was required to act once the administration determined Russian responsibility for a chemical or biological weapons attack.

A release from the State Department said that such determination had now been made by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo over the attack this spring in Salisbury, England — following a British government conclusion that the administration had said months ago it accepted.

One is tempted to see this as damage control after President Trump’s Helsinki performance and criticism over his lack of personal involvement in preventing midterm election interference. Alternatively, cynics might say this is an attempt to show special counsel Robert S. Mueller III that he’s really not in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s pocket.

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THG

Friday, August 10, 2018 11:30 PM

Russian Federation warns of 'horrible conflict' if Georgia joins North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

Once again we call on Russian Federation to comply with the August 2008 ceasefire agreement and pull its forces out of Georgia, ' said Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway Ine Eriksen Soreide. Ten years ago, on their journey to Georgia, our leaders had stopped in Crimea, Ukraine. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia expressed concern over the security situation in the occupied territories and the deterioration of the human rights situation there. The two Baltic nations and Poland stressed that they are striving to make Georgia and Ukraine members of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. Medvedev added that NATO's expansion is a threat to Russian Federation.

http://calcionewstime.com/2018/08/russian-federation-warns-of-horrible
-conflict-if-georgia/

Think about it folks. This is happening because these countries are afraid of Russia, because Russia is a threat to them, and because russia has killed their citizens and stolen their land.

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THG

Saturday, September 22, 2018 6:21 PM

Anyone but Putin: Russians are starting to look for an alternative

It’s hard to lose an election when you control ballot access, the government bureaucracy, the courts, the media, and the votes of vast swathes of the population dependent on state support – and when you are personally endorsed by the supposedly admired national leader. Yet Vladimir Putin’s ruling United Russia party still managed to come out on the wrong end of last week’s gubernatorial election in Primorye region, Russia’s far eastern territory. With 98 percent of the ballots counted, the Kremlin-appointed incumbent was trailing the Communist Party candidate by 47 percent of the vote to 50 percent. The only trick left to the authorities was old-fashioned ballot-stuffing: the incumbent, Acting Gov. Andrei Tarasenko, was declared the winner after several dozen precincts gave him 100 percent of the vote on a 100-percent turnout in the final two hours of counting.

The real winner, a 37-year-old construction executive and regional legislator by the name of Andrei Ishchenko, has no major political achievements, no charisma and no proposals worthy of note. His personality, his politics and his party affiliation did not matter. He had only one advantage in the eyes of voters: He was running against the candidate Putin endorsed.

“Russians are slowly coming to the idea of ‘Anyone but United Russia,’” noted Boris Vishnevsky, an opposition lawmaker in the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly. “This is very similar to 1990, when it was ‘Anyone but the Communists.’ The mole of history digs slowly, but irrevocably.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/democracy-post/wp/2018/09/20/anyon
e-but-putin-russians-are-starting-to-look-for-an-alternative/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.aacc3f2999d8

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6IXSTRINGJACK

Saturday, September 22, 2018 7:11 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by THG:
Anyone but Putin: Russians are starting to look for an alternative

It’s hard to lose an election when you control ballot access, the government bureaucracy, the courts, the media, and the votes of vast swathes of the population dependent on state support – and when you are personally endorsed by the supposedly admired national leader. Yet Vladimir Putin’s ruling United Russia party still managed to come out on the wrong end of last week’s gubernatorial election in Primorye region, Russia’s far eastern territory. With 98 percent of the ballots counted, the Kremlin-appointed incumbent was trailing the Communist Party candidate by 47 percent of the vote to 50 percent. The only trick left to the authorities was old-fashioned ballot-stuffing: the incumbent, Acting Gov. Andrei Tarasenko, was declared the winner after several dozen precincts gave him 100 percent of the vote on a 100-percent turnout in the final two hours of counting.

The real winner, a 37-year-old construction executive and regional legislator by the name of Andrei Ishchenko, has no major political achievements, no charisma and no proposals worthy of note. His personality, his politics and his party affiliation did not matter. He had only one advantage in the eyes of voters: He was running against the candidate Putin endorsed.

“Russians are slowly coming to the idea of ‘Anyone but United Russia,’” noted Boris Vishnevsky, an opposition lawmaker in the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly. “This is very similar to 1990, when it was ‘Anyone but the Communists.’ The mole of history digs slowly, but irrevocably.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/democracy-post/wp/2018/09/20/anyon
e-but-putin-russians-are-starting-to-look-for-an-alternative/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.aacc3f2999d8

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That sounds exactly how Trump won the presidency.

I'd urge the Russians to be careful what they wish for.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

THG

Monday, October 1, 2018 5:17 AM

Russian State TV Tries to Fix Putin's Image

Despite Vladimir Putin’s 18-year grip on power, the Russian president and his United Russia political party are facing increasing opposition and criticism at home, despite continued propaganda efforts to show him as a superman and supreme leader, according to The Economist.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russian-state-tv-tries-to-fix-put
ins-image/ar-BBNKsUk

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