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legendary
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April 05, 2014, 04:34:26 AM
True enough although it just extends into the larger argument about China fighting for a lot of islands and stuff think they fight with Taiwan Russia and South Korea as well

China has fought with almost all of its neighbors over land. That includes Philippines, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Vietnam.etc.

You forgot Soviet Union in that list. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Soviet_border_conflict
It does not mean that you can't have trade and alliance with them later on.
(What most populists forget to bring to the public nowadays, is that alliances shifted many many times even throughout the last 200 years.)
legendary
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April 04, 2014, 11:13:46 PM
True enough although it just extends into the larger argument about China fighting for a lot of islands and stuff think they fight with Taiwan Russia and South Korea as well

China has fought with almost all of its neighbors over land. That includes Philippines, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Vietnam.etc.
legendary
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April 04, 2014, 06:01:53 PM
Just read this little gem (translated from Russian):

When the West complains about insubordinate behaviour of Russia, I am always reminded of a letter from a German soldier's wife, found on the dead body of a German soldier in 1942: "We are all here in Hamburg deeply angered by stubbornness and unscrupulousness of Russians who still don't agree to stop their stupid and pointless resistance."

 Grin

And an aphorism:
"Western democracy: An absolute power of an absolute minority over an absolute majority. Absolutely."

 Grin

- Timoshenoko: We intend to return Crimea!
- Putin: You've already returned Crimea. Now return the South-East.

 Grin

White House. Early morning. Minister of defence enters the Oval Office.
- Mister President, there are two news items. One good and one bad. Which do you want to hear first?
- Let's start with the bad.
- Alaska joined Russia.
- And the good?
- We successfully managed to ban Medvedev in Twitter...

 Grin
legendary
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April 04, 2014, 04:17:23 PM
That said solving Japans energy problem really is nuclear or a lot more money unless they find offshore oil why they are fighting for the Senkaku/Daiymo islands tiny Atolls etc to extend their geological shelf

Well.. Senkaku is under de facto Japanese occupation. They don't have to worry much, as long as the NATO is supporting them.

True enough although it just extends into the larger argument about China fighting for a lot of islands and stuff think they fight with Taiwan Russia and South Korea as well
legendary
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April 04, 2014, 02:39:39 PM
Russia appraises losses from the sanctions, losses sustained by EU, that is Cheesy
http://ria.ru/world/20140404/1002584828.html

Short summary:
EU can loose up to 1 trillion Euro because of the sanctions. Germany can lose up to 200 billion €, while the countries hit hardest will be the Baltic countries, where loses will be almost equal to their GBPs. Ironically, Ukraine, whose best interests US seemingly has at heart will also suffer the hardest of the non-EU countries.
legendary
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April 04, 2014, 01:43:04 PM
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http://www.novinite.com/articles/159543/Ukrainian+Darth+Vader's+Presidency+Bid+Rejected

Darth Vader registration is nullified. In addition, a criminal case has been started. Ehh... It was the best candidate. Angry

legendary
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April 04, 2014, 09:11:51 AM
This is one powerful article:
http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/03/31/obamas-sleepwalk-toward-war/

Author:
Paul Craig Roberts is a former Assistant Secretary of the US Treasury and Associate Editor of the Wall Street Journal. Roberts’ How the Economy Was Lost is now available from CounterPunch in electronic format. His latest book is How America Was Lost.

In other news:
http://rt.com/politics/ukrainian-military-russian-citizenship-381/
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At the beginning of 2014, the strength of the Ukrainian military contingent in Crimea was estimated at between 14,000 and 15,000 personnel. After the Crimean Autonomous Republic initiated its succession from Ukraine, most of these servicemen, including chief commander of the Ukrainian Naval Forces Rear Admiral Denis Berezovsky, announced that they preferred to remain on the peninsula.
legendary
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April 04, 2014, 08:00:40 AM

Actually it will affect the NASA more. Russian space technology is much more advanced than that of the NASA. NASA even depends on Roscosmos to ship their astronauts to the ISS.
legendary
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April 04, 2014, 03:50:28 AM

Yes, completely agree that it's a sure sign of stupidity reigning the world when science gets used a bargaining tool for politics.

An interesting analysis by security analyst Charles Shoebridge on NATO's escalation of military power:
http://rt.com/op-edge/nato-crimea-speculation-on-threat-093/

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... And even yesterday announcing that there would be some form of NATO presence now in countries such as Armenia, Azerbaijan and Moldova, all of which, of course, if Russia was doing the same would be called in the Western media ‘escalation’ and ‘provocation’.

Oi, another interesting read, regarding the supposed 1M "loan" from US. As analysed by geopolitical analyst William Engdahl:
http://rt.com/op-edge/us-ukraine-loan-ngo-945/

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RT: Washington is offering Ukraine a one billion dollar loan. Is it a good deal for Ukraine?

William Engdahl: If you look at the details of what they’re offering, they’re not offering a loan of even one billion dollars. They are offering a loan guarantee and the cost of that loan guarantee is that Ukraine submits to IMF austerity like Greece did, and that will simply open up their economy to the final rape and plunder from the West.
But the other point about this is that the debt of Ukraine that comes due this year is a staggering amount. I believe it is some 25 billion dollars that has to be rolled over. And a one billion dollar loan guarantee… it’s hard to know who is more stupid in this piece of legislation: the United States congressmen, who voted for this, or the non-elected government of Ukraine, if they accept this – because it is simply a no brainer on all sides.


http://rt.com/news/nato-anniversary-bombings-death-125/

Some food for thought in this blog post:
http://earthli.com/news/view_article.php?id=2981
legendary
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legendary
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April 04, 2014, 02:18:46 AM
That said solving Japans energy problem really is nuclear or a lot more money unless they find offshore oil why they are fighting for the Senkaku/Daiymo islands tiny Atolls etc to extend their geological shelf

Well.. Senkaku is under de facto Japanese occupation. They don't have to worry much, as long as the NATO is supporting them.
legendary
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April 04, 2014, 01:24:01 AM
Well after that reactors collapse can't blame them for wanting to diversify their industries of course it costs them a lot more to do so happy they are putting them online again

Japan doesn't have too many options. They don't have any gas and they don't have any oil. And their densely populated islands don't have any coal as well. So they have to import all their fuel from the outside. Crude is getting more and more expensive. LNG was never cheap. So the only option left is nuclear energy.  Huh

No that's about right they don't really have much choice Japan is a very resource poor nation the reason they entered into Nuclear in the first place is because it was part of their movements to alternative energy sources after the OPEC Crisis in the 1970s it also helped build a significant part of their industries after they switched from a coal based economy to a oil based one

Energy wise the best resources they have are efficiencies the third fuel although they are highly dependnant on imports of raw inputs
Such as rare earths for their magnets from China etc.
That said solving Japans energy problem really is nuclear or a lot more money unless they find offshore oil why they are fighting for the Senkaku/Daiymo islands tiny Atolls etc to extend their geological shelf

If anything Japan might be able to get power from new tech or innovating industries since their tech base is strong but otherwise finding energy efficiencies and securing their supplys remains a constant challenge.

http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFL4N0MT0D020140401
legendary
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April 04, 2014, 01:16:59 AM
Well after that reactors collapse can't blame them for wanting to diversify their industries of course it costs them a lot more to do so happy they are putting them online again

Japan doesn't have too many options. They don't have any gas and they don't have any oil. And their densely populated islands don't have any coal as well. So they have to import all their fuel from the outside. Crude is getting more and more expensive. LNG was never cheap. So the only option left is nuclear energy.  Huh
legendary
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April 04, 2014, 01:10:11 AM
Here is good news for Russia:

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-04-03/japan-readies-to-turn-back-on-some-of-its-nukes

Nuclear fuel is Russia's 3rd most important source of Forex, after crude and gas. Last year, they exported almost 40b USD worth of nuclear fuel. If this news is true, that amount will increase.  Grin

Well after that reactors collapse can't blame them for wanting to diversify their industries of course it costs them a lot more to do so happy they are putting them online again

That’s progress, albeit tiny: Three years after the earthquake, 98,000 people remain living in temporary shelters.

I think they call that a house by now lol.
legendary
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April 04, 2014, 12:25:13 AM
Here is good news for Russia:

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-04-03/japan-readies-to-turn-back-on-some-of-its-nukes

Nuclear fuel is Russia's 3rd most important source of Forex, after crude and gas. Last year, they exported almost 40b USD worth of nuclear fuel. If this news is true, that amount will increase.  Grin
legendary
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April 03, 2014, 04:24:31 AM


My $.02.

Wink

^ that is exactly how my grandpa fought against nazis, protecting the motherland.

I can relate to that as well in that context.



http://rt.com/news/nasa-suspends-relations-roscosmos-961/

Well... That's a shame, no more plutonium-238 for NASA. Roll Eyes


This is starting to get ridiculous. Some comments from RT:

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Who is in charge in U.S politics, a 8 year old? Because this is way childish. Pick someone else who is a real man, not a boy.

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So people that visit RT needs to open their eyes and see things the way they Are.. Obama and its allies are provoking Russia into a world war to do the first attack.Trying to Isolate Russia (or any other country) is an act of War. Even if they could not fully achieve because Russia have many strong economy allies ,still is an act of war. And it will be a matter of time ,a provocation will be too much and Missiles will start flying from both sides. Only raising awareness and pressuring the western Governments to stop their Economy sabotage to other nations can help avoid a major conflict.


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The west is pathetic, NO Cooperation, but keep sending our astronauts to ISS, and allow us to use your airspace to transport equipment to Afghanistan, and even though we sanctioned the head of your Anti-Narcotics force, do continue cooperation - this is all in YOUR best interest....really?

Sounds like normal Americans (i.e. not politicians) are starting to get pissed with their government's handling of foreign affairs.

And another rather potent comment:

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US government will not permit bilateral meetings, email, and teleconferences or videoconferences? Communication between people ??
This is really shocking for the country that claims that is so democratic.
Will they put US citizens in the jail if they exchange emails ?

Is it slow way of imposing dictatorship inside US ?

Newsflash: Looks like North-Atlantic Terrorist Organisation is gearing up for invasion:
http://rt.com/news/lavrov-ukraine-nato-convention-069/

Oh, and the oft-forgotten fact:
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According to Lavrov, it is necessary to remind the Ukrainian authorities that constitutional reform was written in the February-21 agreement on the crisis settlement, which was signed by ousted president Yanukovich and opposition leaders, including Arseny Yatsenyuk and Vladimir Klitschko, on ending the political crisis in the country. The agreement was witnessed by EU foreign ministers from Germany and Poland.
legendary
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April 02, 2014, 09:22:31 PM
I've seen quite a few comments on other Serbian Youtube videos, where Russians ask for forgiveness from the Serbian people for not being able to come to their aid back then.

What can the Russians do when you people elect an anti-Serb like Boris Tadić as your president?
legendary
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April 02, 2014, 08:44:54 PM
legendary
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April 02, 2014, 08:22:30 PM
^ that is exactly how my grandpa fought against nazis protecting the motherland.
sr. member
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April 02, 2014, 07:51:45 PM




My $.02.

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