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Catherina

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15. That too is laughable. That's less than a year's worth of gas bills
Sun Mar 9, 2014, 04:24 PM
Mar 2014

And then the EU promises to provide gas... A great game for sure! If Ukraine couldn't pay for discounted Russian gas, what makes anyone think they can pay for Russian gas coming in the long route from the west? Besides that's not even possible right now because the lines weren't built for 2-way transport. The EU citizens are already squealing about being robbed by their governments for the 1%'s profit. I don't see this going over too well. Occupy2 will be angrier than Occupy1

4/14/14 https://waveofaction.org/





Found this in a comment somewhere:

The West imposes sanctions on Russia and at the same time gives billions in cash and loan guarantees to Ukraine so they can pay last month's utility bills to Russia so their gas isn't turned off.

It makes as much sense as the CIA trying to decide what Putin does next by carefully studying how he walks. One of the US TV networks had an example of this on their main evening news, with a body-language expert commenting on Putin walking down a long hallway. They were serious because it came half-way through the program, well before the last 5 minutes usually devoted to old YouTubes of funny cats.

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k&r Starry Messenger Mar 2014 #1
K&R for "nuance" and critical deals of how and why things happened newthinking Mar 2014 #2
Most ProSense Mar 2014 #3
Well okay, then, Svoboda is groovy because it is no longer "overtly anti-Semitic." Comrade Grumpy Mar 2014 #4
No one fucking said that. n/t ProSense Mar 2014 #5
Maybe not "groovy," but not "so extreme." Comrade Grumpy Mar 2014 #12
Well, not in those exact words, but someone certainly did offer a 'nuanced' endorsement of them, sabrina 1 Mar 2014 #17
Neo-Nazi groups now have PR specialists- Seriously newthinking Mar 2014 #9
Pure BS, and hilarious coming from someone fear mongering in Putin's defense. ProSense Mar 2014 #10
I am not "in defense of Putin" newthinking Mar 2014 #25
Distraction. Igel Mar 2014 #6
The military-industrial-media complex lives. They will always push the jingoistic line. reformist2 Mar 2014 #7
Which is another, of many, good reasons for the US to stay the hell away from that mess. K&R Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2014 #8
Do you want to laugh? $1 Billion isn't even enough to pay for 3 weeks of gas Catherina Mar 2014 #13
EU planning 11 billion in "aid" BelgianMadCow Mar 2014 #14
That too is laughable. That's less than a year's worth of gas bills Catherina Mar 2014 #15
The IMF will cough up the reminder BelgianMadCow Mar 2014 #16
They're going to have to cough up enough to pretend though (at first at least) Catherina Mar 2014 #24
Russia has ProSense Mar 2014 #26
That's exactly what it is 'a "troika" package to save the banks and strangle the people, paid for by sabrina 1 Mar 2014 #19
you're thinking of Papademos, I believe BelgianMadCow Mar 2014 #20
Yes, you are correct, I forgot about Italy too. sabrina 1 Mar 2014 #22
That's bullshit. Far right has been acknowledged since beginning Pretzel_Warrior Mar 2014 #11
It could've been Putin ... brett_jv Mar 2014 #18
FAIR G_j Mar 2014 #21
For a minute there I thought my ignore list failed Catherina Mar 2014 #27
I've been following them for years G_j Mar 2014 #28
recommend frwrfpos Mar 2014 #23
kick. Thanks for posting Catherina. +1 eom Purveyor Mar 2014 #29
Must Read malaise Mar 2014 #30
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