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Heraclitusstudent says

It is quite funny to see the US and UK criticize the 'illegal' invasion of a sovereign country.

Isn't that exactly what they did in Iraq?

Yeah we lost a lot of credibility on the topic as a nation.

Heraclitusstudent says

It is quite funny to see the US and UK criticize the 'illegal' invasion of a sovereign country.

Isn't that exactly what they did in Iraq?

Um, no. For one, they had UNSC resolution authorizing the invasion. Hello!

Straw Man says

Heraclitusstudent says

It is quite funny to see the US and UK criticize the 'illegal' invasion of a sovereign country.

Isn't that exactly what they did in Iraq?

Um, no. For one, they had UNSC resolution authorizing the invasion. Hello!

No it didn't, you ignorant state department shill.
http://www.hrcr.org/hottopics/Iraq.html

It was done weeks after the fact.

bob2356 says

bgamall4 says

How many of you guys know that the Russian Oligarchs, or many of them had duel citizenship in Israel, just like our neocons.

Why don't you tell us exactly how many Russian Oligarchs(?) and neocons have Israeli passports and who they are. I'll still be waiting when the next extinction happens.

Start here, shithead.
http://911justicecampaign.org/suspected-9-11-criminal-coconspirators/

Facebooksux says

No it didn't, you ignorant state department shill.

Fuck you very much, you little Putin's bitch.

It was done weeks after the fact.

They had Resolution 1441. Iraq failed to comply and got "serious consequences", as promised. Russia has nothing at all. Zero, zilch, nada.

Straw Man says

They had Resolution 1441. Russia has nothing at all. Zero, zilch, nada.

Dude, is having a UN resolution that was based on a bunch of lies and fabrications better than nothing? I'd say it is WORSE than nothing, because it shows the coalition really had nothing of significance in the first place.

Straw Man says

They had Resolution 1441.

At the time it was signed, France and Russia specifically said this resolution didn't authorize the use of force.

The best "legal" argument (more like a legal rationalization) the US had was that the previous war never ended.

Has Russia created an Abu Ghraib in the Ukraine? No.

Has Russia killed 100,000 women and children in the invasion of Crimea? No.

Has Putin callously laughed at the bogus rationale for invading the Crimea and killing thousands? No.

PBS Newshour finally got their act together and found someone that would provide a more balanced view of the Ukraine crisis.

He is Prof Stephen Cohen of NYU and Prinecton. Here is the video:

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/debating-moscows-military-moves-crimea/

Cohen starts at about time 4:53. Before that time, the warmongering point of view is presented by Michael McFaul, former Ambassador to Russia and now, it appears from the background, at Stanford U. Cohen really schooled anchorwoman Gwen Ifill, who seemed either angry, embarassed or both at the end.

Cohen makes many good points, not the least of which is that current US policy does not acknowledge Russia any legitimate security interest EVEN AT ITS OWN BORDERS. It's like telling the US that a revolution in Canada and Mexico is none of the USs business. Can you imagine Washington accepting that? I cannot.

Personally, I might add that the US certainly has taken the stance that the revolution on Cuba very much was our business. Anyway, watch the video. The Cohen part is good stuff.

Diagnosis: Obama is afraid to look weak, and Kerry has become a blithering warmongering idiot. I say, enough with the evil and moronic double standards, where we, the US, can do whatever we want, "because we are the good guys". As has been proven over and over again since 1945, we are NOT the good guys.

Facebooksux says

bob2356 says

bgamall4 says

How many of you guys know that the Russian Oligarchs, or many of them had duel citizenship in Israel, just like our neocons.

Why don't you tell us exactly how many Russian Oligarchs(?) and neocons have Israeli passports and who they are. I'll still be waiting when the next extinction happens.

Start here, shithead.

http://911justicecampaign.org/suspected-9-11-criminal-coconspirators/

I looked the first 6 people on your list with "dual citizenship". All were born, raised, and educated in the US. None never worked outside of the US. None were listed as having Israeli citizenship, not that they could get it without living in Israel. You are as big an idiot as bgmal. If I set up a web page saying martians had landed in mid town LA I guess that would make it true. After all if there's a web page then it's proven.

I've always wondered, is it hard walking around with your head up your ass? How do you avoid bumping into people?

Trying to embed the video I referred to, two posts above this one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=x-8avsNcDPI

Well. that didn't work. Anyone know how to do it?

Heraclitusstudent says

At the time it was signed, France and Russia specifically said this resolution didn't authorize the use of force.

So we will send Hans Brix and a strongly worded letter?

Wikipedia shows different numbers than your article. As in much higher % Ukrainians living in the Ukraine, except in Crimea.

They won't. Dollar is a world reserve currency, Euro isn't

bgamall4 says

Even though NeoNazis share power in the Ukraine, now. We are giving a billion dollars in aid to NeoNazis.

SO much for our "Founding Principles" right?

It's not Putin envy, it's embarrassing, we have to keep reminding our selves. That HE'S the commie.

The online right wingers are having a regular Putinanny right now. In some quarters, a Putin Bromance is not strong enough to describe what I'm seeing.

The Jews stole some of my socks and now I don't have a matching pair anywhere. Goddamn Jews!

Que the home builders!

This guy wants to out do FDR. The quintessence of incompetence...

jojo says

I don't think you understand history correctly. Read a bit about FDR and come back when you have something to offer.

What am I missing ?

indigenous says

What am I missing ?

Everything?

tatupu70 says

What am I missing ?

Everything?

and the quintessence of projecting...

bgamall4 says

Moderate Infidel says

The Jews stole some of my socks and now I don't have a matching pair anywhere. Goddamn Jews!

I am not talking about Jews. I am talking about Zionists. Zionism is not a race. You continue to be an idiot in the way that you think.

We see through your racists code word shenanigans Jew hater.

bgamall4 says

Arseniy Yatsenyuk is a Zionist. His parents are Jewish,

bgamall4 says

I am not talking about Jews. I am talking about Zionists.

Then why mention his parents are Jewish? Lying scumbag racists loony.

jojo says

Allowing the government to negotiate with healthcare providers will LOWER federal spending and in turn LOWER our deficit.

That has never worked and never will. This is crony capitalism at its finest and will either increase costs or begin rationing or both. This is economics 101. jojo says

Removing this will work to DELEVERAGE our economy:

'President Bill Clinton signed into law the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997'

http://www.bob-taylor.com/tax1.htm

Apparently we should just abandon private property from the country?
The very reason this country has prospered over communist countries is private property.

jojo says

Making banks smaller will work to DELEVERAGE our economy:

And we need to reinstate the Glass-Steagall Act.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass%E2%80%93Steagall_Legislation

Glass Steagall would have done nothing to prevent the meltdown because it did not regulate derivatives.

The elegant answer would have been not to bail out the banks. Ok course this would have inconvenienced Buffet, Immelt, GS, MS, GM, GE, and others but so fucking what?

Ivy league education huh? No you got Ivy league schooling.

I recommend that you read David Stockman's book The Great Deformation and Thomas Sowell's book Basic Economics and take a course in basic logic.

indigenous says

Glass Steagall would have done nothing to prevent the meltdown because it did
not regulate derivatives.

You keep saying that but you're still wrong. Read up on Glass Steagall and learn what it DID regulate and why that would have gone a long way towards preventing the bubble and subsequent collapse.

indigenous says

The elegant answer would have been not to bail out the banks. Ok course this
would have inconvenienced Buffet, Immelt, GS, MS, GM, GE, and others but so
fucking what?

lol--so fucking what?? Are you kidding me?? Here's a pro tip for you. You would most likely be unemployed too. Would you care at that point?

Why is there such a large number of liars in real estate? What attracts them to the profession? Is it the profession that attracts the unscrupulous, or does being part of the National Real Estate Association change their morals? It seems to me that the association acts a little like a cult, so is it unfair to assume some are mislead, just like members of a cult? There seems to be a lot of the same symptoms of cult manipulation in many real estate professionals I know. My own cousin is starting to show signs.

Price. Ridiculously high prices no matter now normal someone claims them to be. Prices are so extreme I can't imagine why anyone would be interested in buying until the housing market goes way down. If it doesn't go down for a long time? Oh well, then intelligent people will not be interested for a long time. It's really rather simple.

control point says

Its high time for all of us to stop arguing with retards. This horse has been beaten to dust.

Right back at ya

indigenous says

The graph stayed down from the early 30s to the late 30s

What is your definition of "stayed down"??? Are you looking at the same graph as I am?

I've got a hypothetical math problem I need help with.

My GDP is ~$1.7 Trillion & my debt is ~ $17 Trillion.

Can I pay it off in ten years if I do without everything that it takes to survive or should I just print money because it has no effect on the money in my pocket.

I really need suggestions on an alternative business models.

You may want to replace the chart for Silicon Valley.

The truth hurts....

I meant there is nothing for sale in the zip code /area I have been tracking for years.

The difference between FDR and Obama, was FDR gave an honest fuck about the little man.

Not the minority to parade around to get agendas passed then kicked to the curb, not just special interest lobbies.
He cared about the Little guy, so much so, the little guy loved him.
There was a lot of FDR era shit, that was disastrous and every one knew it and as problems arose, the big difference in then and now is. As those problems arose, and both parties saw it didn't work. They removed them. There wasn't this defend at all cost, mentality.
Today each party holds on to their pet projects, and own up to them to the bitter end, except when Scandal erupts then nobody owns it.

FDR wasn't afraid to try, and he wasn't afraid to be wrong.

Most of all the little people thought he genuinely cared, so History has cut him a lot of slack. I mean it's not until the recent crises that we now find out that he implemented a unified wage, that ultimately ended up lost jobs, and lost talent. It was repealed but not before the damage to American employment had been done. During the time that it was in effect, employers only option to attract talent was offering benefits.

That is how we ended up with employer based healthcare and employer based retirement. We could continue owing our souls to the company store. Rather than just being paid a decent living wage, which meant also being able to save and provide for ones own future. This also created the profit center that Employer based healthcare became. A benefit, is the last thing it is. It's a fucking albatross around the working class American's neck.

And the January Redfin summary for Contra Costa County shows inventory up by 16% (year-to-year). Good news, but not really moving the market as inventory is still pretty tight. To understand how insane is was last year, Jan. price per square foot (sold) is up 36.2% from last year. February summaries should be showing up some time this week.

hrhjuliet says

Why is there such a large number of liarsnin real estate? What attracts them to the profession?

Perhaps the honest ones quit early on, leaving only the liars left.