This link tells the real tale of the drop in oil prices and the BS flowing about the Ukraine conflict.
Previously others have blamed the sudden drop in oil prices simply do to over supply, I have doubted this because the overproduction has been around for a few years, true it suddenly got worse. Normally in over supply problems Saudi would reduce production to keep prices up. That makes sense to me and is the reason I doubted supply to be the problem. The link above goes into detail what really happened.
While putting the hurt on oil producing nation we have put the hurt on the US fracking industry that is not likely to survive. It was dieing on it's own by falling production and low gas prices , to be around not much more than ten more years if at all. The collapse of those companies financed by funny money loan that they will not be able to pay, collapsing the stock market with their fall.
It is no secret that the neocons have been champing at the bit to go to war somewhere , somewhere we could actually win one, something that has been missing in our last adventures. The nations of choice seem to be Iran, Russia and Venezuela, and what dear reader do these three have in common, they all are big producers of oil. Most need a high price of oil to manage their budgets, so rigging oil prices can get all three at once.
When the US decided to get the elected President of Ukraine run out of the country because he favored an alliance with Russia and installed an administration riddled with Nazi tendencies who promptly started killing people in opposition to them. With their toadies in power who were aligning with EU and US interests the pressure was put on the Crimean s to toe the Nazi line. Of course they rebelled , held an election to return to Russian alliance , thwarting the US taking control of Russia's only warm water port.
Now the real bullshit starts to flow. Starting with the shoot down of MH17 with Russian missiles being blamed later proven with hard facts that it was shot down by a Ukrainian fighter (US media still claims the rebels shot it down. Meanwhile the fighting on the ground continues and at this writing it looks like the rebels are winning. They are probably going to gain control in just days.
Watching the Sunday talk shows , I sat with mouth wide open listening from so called experts tell lie after lie. On a panel on GPS only one out of four told the truth about Ukraine sighting that the others simply didn't know what they were talking about. I have stood where the one guest stood today , it is what only makes sense.
Most of the talking heads were for giving President Obama blanket authority to go to war any damn place he chooses. Along with that jewel they are also for sending offensive arms to the Ukraine government . A government that probably won't exist much longer.
That the advisers to the President actually believe they can win a ground war with Russia is so absurd they should be laughed out of the country. They even go so far as to think they can win a nuclear exchange with Russia , a totally stupid idea not based on facts. Most of those that know aren't sure the world would survive such an exchange, much less a country.
Folks I have been around this planet for 78 years and thought that nothing my government did would surprise me, I stand corrected. I was not terrified after 911, I did not think we should attack Iraq and I thought we should have taken the Taliban offer of give us Osama, instead of invading that country that recent history told us we could not win.
But the powers to be know better, and believe the sheep will follow their command of charge. If I were them I wouldn't count on them rushing into the fight. Stupid eventually shines and it sure damn bright out at this moment.
So are these events a Concerted Conspiracy seems so to me. The US wants to control Asian waters and the flow of energy products. They need to weaken Russia and China to enable them that control. They intend to surround Russia with anti missile batteries to lessen to threat of a Russian counterattack should we launch. If Ukraine remains in Nazi control we will pick another country on Russia's border till we reduce Russia to a non threat position.
Instead the moves Russia and China have made together along with Brazil and India make our success not in the card. In my opinion we will loose big , our dream of world hegemony will fade to fairy tale status and we will be left with few friends with our power limited to making us mind our own business..
Sunday, February 8, 2015
AN ADVANCE PEEK AT POTENTIAL REPUBLICANS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT
This first clip is of Sarah Palin at the Freedom Summit. I'll bet you can't make it to the end of this speech and have any hair left. But hell do it anyway.
The Daily Show highlights other Republican candidates speaking at the Freedom Summit. Oh what a bunch you have to choose from. Good luck picking one.
The Daily Show highlights other Republican candidates speaking at the Freedom Summit. Oh what a bunch you have to choose from. Good luck picking one.
Thursday, February 5, 2015
WAR AND THE RUMOR OF WAR
You can hear the drums a beating, the neocons are champing at their bits to start a war with Russia. Yeah they are bat shit crazy and they are the people supposing to be the advisers to the President. The propaganda is flowing freely and not very good propaganda at that.. So much of what they put out is so easy to fact check.
By now readers should have figured out that the US instigated the whole Ukrainian by backing the overthrow of the elected leader and back a flat out fascist regime. So what on earth have we set in place, a regime that openly they want to eradicate selected individuals, sound familiar the DEFENDERS OF STALINGRAD think so in their letter to Merkel of Germany. Here's a small quote from their letter.
Before us there stand familiar pictures: torchlight parades, thugs in nazi-emblemed uniforms, upraised right hands in the Nazi salute, fascist processions with police protection through the center of Kiev, and the imposition, on certain people, of second-class status.
This group of survivors saw the atrocities they visited on the Russian people by Nazi troops in WW2 and they see the beginnings of the same happening around Europe and are concerned enough to be sure Merkel sees the threat.
Now the US is considering giving 3 billion bucks of heavy war machinery to the Nazi government.
All is a not to veiled attempt to goad Russia in a shooting war.
NATO is forming small groups in the countries around Russia to act as guide for a 5000 fast attack division. They are gaming a nuclear war against Russia. If that doesn't get your attention then I don't know what to say.
The planners of this fiasco actually believe Putin will back down if they just keep applying more and more sanctions till Putin caves. To believe that you have to believe that Putin will be willing to have all those NATO missiles sitting on Russian boarders. So what if all the planners are wrong their track record on predicting outcome isn't to shiny. DO THEY HAVE A PLAN IF HE DON'T CAVE. The links in this piece are worth your attention. See what you think.
By now readers should have figured out that the US instigated the whole Ukrainian by backing the overthrow of the elected leader and back a flat out fascist regime. So what on earth have we set in place, a regime that openly they want to eradicate selected individuals, sound familiar the DEFENDERS OF STALINGRAD think so in their letter to Merkel of Germany. Here's a small quote from their letter.
Before us there stand familiar pictures: torchlight parades, thugs in nazi-emblemed uniforms, upraised right hands in the Nazi salute, fascist processions with police protection through the center of Kiev, and the imposition, on certain people, of second-class status.
This group of survivors saw the atrocities they visited on the Russian people by Nazi troops in WW2 and they see the beginnings of the same happening around Europe and are concerned enough to be sure Merkel sees the threat.
Now the US is considering giving 3 billion bucks of heavy war machinery to the Nazi government.
All is a not to veiled attempt to goad Russia in a shooting war.
NATO is forming small groups in the countries around Russia to act as guide for a 5000 fast attack division. They are gaming a nuclear war against Russia. If that doesn't get your attention then I don't know what to say.
The planners of this fiasco actually believe Putin will back down if they just keep applying more and more sanctions till Putin caves. To believe that you have to believe that Putin will be willing to have all those NATO missiles sitting on Russian boarders. So what if all the planners are wrong their track record on predicting outcome isn't to shiny. DO THEY HAVE A PLAN IF HE DON'T CAVE. The links in this piece are worth your attention. See what you think.
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
YOU GOTTA WONDER
That damn JR. is stealing my thunder today in posting all those stories on our involvement Ukraine. Showing that we were involved in the coup and funded the operations, then spreading propaganda against Russian involvement. Hiding the fact that we are backing a Nazi like organization. Yep he beat me to all those stories but I got one he didn't post (I think)
Ukraine admits to ethic cleansing entire cites . For example : Donetsk has 1.5 million people who are supercilious and should be eliminated or run out of the country. Aren't you proud to see your tax dollars in action. The pictures of the Donetsk airport proves they are being used to good purpose.
Ukraine admits to ethic cleansing entire cites . For example : Donetsk has 1.5 million people who are supercilious and should be eliminated or run out of the country. Aren't you proud to see your tax dollars in action. The pictures of the Donetsk airport proves they are being used to good purpose.
THIS WACKO WANTS TO BE YOUR PRESIDENT
(OH WHAT THE HELL ANOTHER WACKO AMONG A SEA OF WACKO'S)Gov Walker, yeah that nut job , thinks he is going to be your president. This is the guy that damn near got recalled (why he wasn't still amazes me) He slashed and burned his way through the state workers cutting and slashing them.
NOW HE WANTS TO BE YOUR PRESIDENT. Stunningly he is polling fairly well but that is probably because not many know much about him. He is just another austerity seeking republican that wants to skin your ass alive. If you are considering him you deserve what you get.
NOW HE WANTS TO BE YOUR PRESIDENT. Stunningly he is polling fairly well but that is probably because not many know much about him. He is just another austerity seeking republican that wants to skin your ass alive. If you are considering him you deserve what you get.
CUTTING VETERANS THROATS
Make no mistake about this plan to cut veterans benefits is an ill disguised attempt to make a military career unattractive. Bullshit you say. Well I'm here to tell you that they never wanted you to stay beyond about 10 years. My last job in the navy was as Force Career Counselor , Submarines Atlantic. At a meeting in late 67 or early 68 at a meeting in DC with the mucky muks of the Navy we were pushing for more to offer 2nd reenlistment's . It was felt by all of us Force Counselors that we were getting nowhere, so we kept pushing and finally managed to anger the Admiral running the show when he made this statement "We are not going to offer them anything , because we want them to get out at the 10 year mark". We were stunned.
Now I see not much has changed except how they are going to go about it. This select panel has come up with a plan. Here is what they are proposing.
Putting vets into a 401K retirement plan instead of getting 50% of your pay after 20 years you would get about 40% of that amount. I can see the troops jumping for joy over this bene. On top of that they want to put the vets into a private health care system similar to Fed employees, this would do away with Tricare the current health care plan. They argue that this plan is so good that us vets abuse it, which is another case of bullshit. If these two items are not enough, they also suggest cutting funds to commissary stores, cutting military food stamp programs and other sleezy cuts that will remain unmentioned. I believe we need to focus on the big items named above.
A little disclosure is in order here, I am a retired Chief Petty Officer USNR-R , which means I am retired reserve.. I did 11.5 years active and 16 in the reserves.. Therefore I do draw a pension and I also am Tricare eligible , but I only use Tricare to pick up my co-pay on drugs.
As mentioned above the military has never wanted to many to stay for a career , they wanted your services when you were young, dumb and productive. They are missing something that is very important to a youngster entering in a service, most will or are already married , placing more burdens on a married troop will decrease the effectiveness of that troop. During long patrols at sea on a sub , the underlying thought in your mind at all times "How is my family doing" In my case there were no communications with home for 70 days or so. If we had to worry that our families have enough to eat, or are they getting the health care they need. A preoccupied mind does not perform at his peak, the changes proposed would accomplish the exact opposite of what they want.
PAY ATTENTION TO SEE IF THIS COMES UP AS A BILL THEN FIGHT LIKE HELL TO DEFEAT IT.
Now I see not much has changed except how they are going to go about it. This select panel has come up with a plan. Here is what they are proposing.
Putting vets into a 401K retirement plan instead of getting 50% of your pay after 20 years you would get about 40% of that amount. I can see the troops jumping for joy over this bene. On top of that they want to put the vets into a private health care system similar to Fed employees, this would do away with Tricare the current health care plan. They argue that this plan is so good that us vets abuse it, which is another case of bullshit. If these two items are not enough, they also suggest cutting funds to commissary stores, cutting military food stamp programs and other sleezy cuts that will remain unmentioned. I believe we need to focus on the big items named above.
A little disclosure is in order here, I am a retired Chief Petty Officer USNR-R , which means I am retired reserve.. I did 11.5 years active and 16 in the reserves.. Therefore I do draw a pension and I also am Tricare eligible , but I only use Tricare to pick up my co-pay on drugs.
As mentioned above the military has never wanted to many to stay for a career , they wanted your services when you were young, dumb and productive. They are missing something that is very important to a youngster entering in a service, most will or are already married , placing more burdens on a married troop will decrease the effectiveness of that troop. During long patrols at sea on a sub , the underlying thought in your mind at all times "How is my family doing" In my case there were no communications with home for 70 days or so. If we had to worry that our families have enough to eat, or are they getting the health care they need. A preoccupied mind does not perform at his peak, the changes proposed would accomplish the exact opposite of what they want.
PAY ATTENTION TO SEE IF THIS COMES UP AS A BILL THEN FIGHT LIKE HELL TO DEFEAT IT.
Monday, February 2, 2015
STAND WITH THE HERD OR IN THE BREADLINE?
That is the choice facing scholars in all professions. Tout the company line or loose your job, your grant, or your influence. Ask any journalist why he is on the bread line, most will tell you they wouldn't or couldn't spout the propaganda posing as news.
For starters lets talk about my favorite whipping boy, government economic statistics, 5% unemployment , think again.
Unemployment has hung in the hig 20's since 2008, rising from 20% to a 3 year high of 23% . A lot of the leading economists and the government spout the 5% number while anybody paying attention knows they are lying.
Worse than that myth , the one on we have replace all the jobs lost during the downturn, that may be so but what they don't tell you most were low wage, or part time, and damn few have benefits.
From time to time you find some brave soul to state the truth and they will tell you it cost them dearly. Richard Wolff is one who sheds light on the truth, but of course he is a socialist so he is not taken seriously by his peers, shame on them.
The theory applies to lots of areas that the MSM airs as truth when just a little research shows you they are just spouting propaganda. The best current example of this is the mess in Ukraine, we are led to believe that it is Russian aggression at work. Lie after lie has been exposed on this blog in the last month or so, proving that the whole Ukraine thing was instigated by the US to starT the campaign to weaken Russia and force it to splinter into manageable small states. We forced the ouster a elected president and backed a Nazi to be president.
Being outmaneuvered by Putin placing the US in the difficult position of having more EU countries considering joining the Bric alliance and using their economic union to finance their needs beating the stranglehold the IMF has placed on them. Many EU countries have not placed the sanctions on Russia that the US has put in place.
Greece is the first to give the IMF the finger refusing to pay the thieves holding their derivative laden debt. The IMF is playing hard ball but Greece might have a good fast ball and turn to the BRIC alliance to finance them. Others have not placed sanctions and some others are considering dropping out of the EU and the IMF, getting rid of the austerity blanket .
This blog is getting way too long ,sorry , but their is so much propaganda out there it's hard to know when to stop. I implore you to start fact checking the MSM throws your way. Just perhaps if we are all better informed we can stop this nonsense. Please remember the bullshit that got us in to the war with Iraq, pure lies.
We are being fed the same kind of crap about Russia and the Ukraine.
For more info: here and from the BBC, more from BBC. and one more HERE
For starters lets talk about my favorite whipping boy, government economic statistics, 5% unemployment , think again.
Worse than that myth , the one on we have replace all the jobs lost during the downturn, that may be so but what they don't tell you most were low wage, or part time, and damn few have benefits.
From time to time you find some brave soul to state the truth and they will tell you it cost them dearly. Richard Wolff is one who sheds light on the truth, but of course he is a socialist so he is not taken seriously by his peers, shame on them.
The theory applies to lots of areas that the MSM airs as truth when just a little research shows you they are just spouting propaganda. The best current example of this is the mess in Ukraine, we are led to believe that it is Russian aggression at work. Lie after lie has been exposed on this blog in the last month or so, proving that the whole Ukraine thing was instigated by the US to starT the campaign to weaken Russia and force it to splinter into manageable small states. We forced the ouster a elected president and backed a Nazi to be president.
Being outmaneuvered by Putin placing the US in the difficult position of having more EU countries considering joining the Bric alliance and using their economic union to finance their needs beating the stranglehold the IMF has placed on them. Many EU countries have not placed the sanctions on Russia that the US has put in place.
Greece is the first to give the IMF the finger refusing to pay the thieves holding their derivative laden debt. The IMF is playing hard ball but Greece might have a good fast ball and turn to the BRIC alliance to finance them. Others have not placed sanctions and some others are considering dropping out of the EU and the IMF, getting rid of the austerity blanket .
This blog is getting way too long ,sorry , but their is so much propaganda out there it's hard to know when to stop. I implore you to start fact checking the MSM throws your way. Just perhaps if we are all better informed we can stop this nonsense. Please remember the bullshit that got us in to the war with Iraq, pure lies.
We are being fed the same kind of crap about Russia and the Ukraine.
For more info: here and from the BBC, more from BBC. and one more HERE
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