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it's what happens when you dont diversify- belzabubba333 Dec 2014 #1
Obama: "They rely on oil. We rely on oil and iPads and movies and you name it." jakeXT Dec 2014 #3
that's why the irish had their potato troubles they only grew the one crop when disease swept in belzabubba333 Dec 2014 #4
Well, the British "helped" 1step Dec 2014 #5
Precisely Sherman A1 Dec 2014 #6
legalize pot and hemp. librechik Dec 2014 #2
No way the Vodka-lobby would allow that. DetlefK Dec 2014 #7
Yep... IthinkThereforeIAM Dec 2014 #16
Choked by military spending. Wouldn't you think they would have learned? Overstretch pulled the jwirr Dec 2014 #8
+1 uhnope Dec 2014 #9
+2 Duckhunter935 Dec 2014 #15
+3 Tarheel_Dem Dec 2014 #25
But what do you know about the "revolution" in the Ukraine that displaced ... onwardsand upwards Dec 2014 #32
I have been watching what is going on. They have a choice. Go down again because of overstretch jwirr Dec 2014 #36
Not seizing territory from a sovereign country by force? Posteritatis Dec 2014 #40
The US doesn't need to seize Canada or Mexico ... onwardsand upwards Jan 2015 #43
*facepalm* (nt) Posteritatis Jan 2015 #44
The oil coup florida08 Dec 2014 #10
The word "coup" has almost lost all meaning. joshcryer Dec 2014 #23
That piece was full of hyperbole. ISIS gets hurt by oil prices, likely. Fossil fuels suck, anyway. freshwest Dec 2014 #33
The Western sanctions are hurting much less than OPEC. Igel Dec 2014 #11
The sanctions hurt the russian 1%ers. could always double the price on military gear putin sells to Sunlei Dec 2014 #12
So, the neoliberal plan to destroy Russia is working nichomachus Dec 2014 #13
Yes... Poor little Russia... Adrahil Dec 2014 #21
???!!!??? Tarheel_Dem Dec 2014 #26
Its not going to work. nilesobek Dec 2014 #35
A ha ha ha !!! vkkv Dec 2014 #14
Propaganda DeSwiss Dec 2014 #17
Agree and thanks for posting this. Nt newfie11 Dec 2014 #24
Yup. Exactly what we need, more straight talk from non-government controlled outlets like "RT". Tarheel_Dem Dec 2014 #27
Lets see how about our pillar of information newfie11 Dec 2014 #30
Who here defends Fox News? Try again. Tarheel_Dem Dec 2014 #37
Did you read past Fox News? Nt newfie11 Dec 2014 #38
Did you read past "non-government controlled"? Tarheel_Dem Dec 2014 #39
Post removed Post removed Jan 2015 #41
Owning homes is good, but it could affect upward mobility. joshcryer Dec 2014 #28
They've thrown open the old gold mines nilesobek Dec 2014 #34
He who controls the spice, controls the universe! Baclava Dec 2014 #18
With Exxon-Mobil as CHOAM 1step Dec 2014 #19
Well done! 'Many Houses depend on CHOAM profits' Baclava Dec 2014 #20
It's enough to make ya fall off the wagon 1step Dec 2014 #22
Control the coinage and the courts - Babel_17 Dec 2014 #31
pumping oil... easy to tax ... quadrature Dec 2014 #29
Russia's military spending is 10 times what it was before Putin came to power. pampango Jan 2015 #42
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