Monday Open Thread: Putin Edition
Surprise! Vladimir Putin would like to be President of Russia again. There was a time that Russia seemed on the cusp of unprecedented opportunity. That time has passed.
Surprise! Vladimir Putin would like to be President of Russia again. There was a time that Russia seemed on the cusp of unprecedented opportunity. That time has passed.
“What we dream of is–Jews strong enough and honest enough to hate their killers …” –Ben Hecht Bin Laden’s One Mistake Osama bin Laden violated the golden rule: In addition to killing just Jews, he also killed non-Jews. By Manhigut
Russia’a Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the current plan for Britain and France to send military advisers to Libya was going beyond the UN Security Council mandate, and was dragging the world into a ground war of indefinite duration.
Does Buck Rogers have a Russian accent? “By the end of the current year, Russia is expected to finish the establishment of air and space defense troops. According to General Lieutenant Oleg Ostapenko, the commander of space troops of the
If you’re a guy looking for a wife, you might wish to consider a trip to Russia. Preliminary results of the 2010 census show that Russia’s population is 142.9 million, 2.2 million less than in 2002. Furthermore, only 46.3% are
Everyone of any political stripe knows that North Korea is one of the worst – if not the worst – dictatorship on the planet. For even as we have plenty of other hostile nations to choose from, extending from the
Georgians are infuriated by the accusation by Alexander Torshin, a senior senator in Russia’s government, that the “ruling regime” of Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili perpetrated the suicide terrorist bombing at Moscow’s Domodedovo airport on January 24, killing 37 people, according
Proving that once again nothing pays better than government corruption, The Moscow Times reports: New documents confirm that the Kremlin property chief approved construction of a posh seaside palace rumored to be a residence for Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, despite
Former spy Anna Chapman has publicly reaffirmed her allegiance to Russia and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin by joining the youth wing of his United Russia party.
According to the German daily Die Welt, Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez has agreed to grant Iran a “military base manned by Iranian missile officers, soldiers of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard [Corps] and Venezuelan missile officers.” The paper goes on to
President Obama made clear yesterday that he is determined to get Senate approval on the New START Treaty before Christmas. His press spokesman actually predicted that it would happen – thanks, in part, to forward-leaning comments made in recent days
Having spent much of the past 24 hours going through the State Department documents released by Wikileaks I can honestly say the most amazing revelation is the lack of revelations in the documents. Not that it isn’t shocking to see
Yes, because this sure wasn’t doing the trick: Leave it to NPR to pick up the tingles where Chris Matthews left off: It took 12 stitches to close The First Fat Lip, if you please. I’m not sure that Joe
As the Obama administration becomes increasingly desperate to get its New START Treaty ratified, it has enlisted the help of assorted people thought to be influential with a handful of Republican Senators who will determine whether this accord is rammed
MOSCOW (AP) – Vladimir Putin just cannot stay away from manly pursuits. The Russian prime minister took a Formula One race car out for a spin on Sunday, reaching speeds of almost 150 mph (240 kph). Putin signed a deal
A very dramatic scene is underway in the obscure republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, a province in southern Russia, part of the North Caucasus. On October 20, gun fighting broke out between rebel forces and police, in which people on both sides
When Russian census taker Anastasia Fedotova came to the door of President Dmitry Medvedev, the president noticed the scarf the census takers were given. “What else do they give you,” Medvedev asked. “A flashlight and a whistle,” Fedotova responded. “Why
Russians were shocked on Tuesday morning by the news of a successful large-scale terrorist attack on Chechnya’s very well protected Parliament building in Grozny. Chechnya (Discovery Corp) The attack began when vehicles containing rebel militants made their way into parliamentary
One of the most famous words regarding the Obama presidency thus far is “reset”–the administration’s term for a fresh start with Russia’s governing tandem of President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. The strategy behind the “reset” has been
On Tuesday, Mozambique’s government announced that it will begin to subsidize bread prices, after bread prices had risen 22% in the previous month. The move was forced by massive food riots and looting that occurred in the last few days,
With Dr. Evil: …and his Mini-Me’s: …plus their Russian Wolfhound: George Soros now rules over half of the Earth: Eurasia, North America and, with his foot in Brazil, a large hunk of South America. With a Sorosian Barack Obama running
News that Vladimir Putin’s regime will proceed to fueling Iran’s Bushehr nuclear reactor on August 21st is the strategic equivalent of a high-Richter-scale tectonic shift. It is likely to trigger the most far-reaching shockwaves with incalculable repercussions. For starters, this
Political Correctness 2010: Reflexive Loathing of the United States It is not likely that any of the ComIntern covert influence operators realized that they were creating a monster that would grow for decades. They likely believed that after a few
The Obama administration is getting kudos for its quick action in the Russian spy case. Ten Russian spies were apprehended, allowed to plead guilty to a reduced charge of failing to register as agents of a foreign government, and put
So, Team Obama has pulled another Christmas Day bomber hash-up. Recall how, in the case of Umar Farouq Abdulmuttalab, after a grand total of fifty minutes of interrogation by the law enforcement folks who could be scared up in Detroit
