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CincyDem

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4. Yep - I've always heard 60 bucks/bbl is Russia's BE. Compared to something like 12/bbl for Saudi...

Tue Dec 19, 2017, 01:38 PM

Dec 2017

I'm not a big fan of Condi Rice but I saw her speak at a conference and she had what I think is the greatest description of Russia today.

She said "Russia is, in effect, a mob with a gas station. Once you internalize that, everything they do everywhere in the world will make sense".

Off topic: The other great quote from that talk was about the difference between Russia and the US. "Both countries have Presidents but only the US has a Presidency - the peaceful transition of government that provides confidence to the rest of the world".

I wonder how much presidency we're going to have after DJT.

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Yep - I've always heard 60 bucks/bbl is Russia's BE. Compared to something like 12/bbl for Saudi... CincyDem Dec 2017 #4

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Orin Hatch is a real Piece of Garbage. Wellstone ruled Dec 2017 #7

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