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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (53154)8/5/2009 6:25:56 AM
From: TobagoJack6 Recommendations  Respond to of 218449
 
hello maurice, just highlighting what i read today

(i) it is good that the cold war was won; cannot imagine what losing would entail ... i am guessing that all the fuss is so that russia can face one less troubled spot courtesy of the americans just as iran is facing one less troubling saddam, and also so that china can better get at the iron ore in afganistan, oil from iraq, etc etc

true altruism


nytimes.com

"... MOSCOW (AP) -- A top Russian general says two nuclear-powered Russian attack submarines that have been spotted off the U.S. East Coast are part of regular patrols ..."

(ii) and at the same time the russians appear to be helping the americans to stay longer in afghanistan to waste time in a thankless war, and to gain both commercially as well as geo-strategically, and to allow the russian to hold american dangly bits for as long as russian help remains a dire imperative

nytimes.com

"TASHKENT, UZBEKISTAN — Russian agreement to allow U.S. military over-flight rights to ferry lethal goods ... allow for overland transit of nonlethal goods through Russian territory and on to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan (with Kazakh and Uzbek agreement, of course) ... Russian commercial cargo carriers have been shipping non-lethal goods out of the Middle East aboard massive Antonov 124 “Ruslan” cargo planes to Afghanistan for more than a year ... this heavy lift service was one of the few areas of U.S.-Russian cooperation that did not fall victim to the breakdown in the relationship last year over the Georgia war."

(iii) africa, so civilized by the british public school tradition, appears to be doing well by themselves
nytimes.com

"New Symbol of Unhealed Congo: Male Rape Victims"

(iv) supposed mob-crowd electorate dictated japan that is actually mob ruled, is about to 'democratically' bribe the supposed elecorates with their own money, per mob tradition

nytimes.com

"... TOKYO — In a recent YouTube video posted by Japan’s governing party, a smooth talker with an uncanny resemblance to the country’s main opposition leader, woos his date with sweet promises: a life without worries about child care costs or retirement, if only she will marry him.

Haruyoshi Yamaguchi/Bloomberg News; Kimimasa Mayama, via Bloomberg News

The Liberal Democratic Party of Prime Minister Taro Aso, top, backs investing in strategic industries. The Democratic Party of Japan, led by Katsuya Okada, seeks to give the people more cash.

The wide-eyed woman asks how he will pay for such a carefree lifestyle.

“Just choose me,” the suitor snaps. “I’ll sort out the details after we’re married.”

The not-so-subtle message from the governing Liberal Democratic Party is that the opposition Democratic Party of Japan is offering voters much the same kinds of promises. The voters have seemed ready to be wooed ..."


(v) devolution happening due to direness impacting, however consumers, per cnbc, more confident than ever, but, in line with detroit reverting to farm land, ...

"... As Americans struggle through a dismal recession, many are trying to safeguard themselves from what they fear will be even worse times ahead. They eat out less often. They take vacations closer to home. They put off buying new cars.

And some raise chickens. Lloyd Romriell, a married father of four in Annis, Idaho, recently received seven grown chickens and a coop from a relative. The hens lay a total of about two dozen eggs a week.

...

Commercial hatcheries, which typically ship baby chicks around the country by airmail, say they are having one of their best years, on top of exceptionally strong sales last year...."


(vi) and obama said something about not to raise taxes on the as yet to be defined middle class even as he promises new benefits that must originate from new borrowing, printing, lying, and ... oops, fees

nytimes.com

"... WASHINGTON — The White House tried Monday to douse speculation that it might raise taxes on the middle class in violation of President Obama’s campaign promise, just a day after two of his top economic advisers left the door open to such a move to rein in spiraling deficits ..."

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