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Post by sigurdur on Apr 14, 2018 15:48:05 GMT
If I wanted America to fail I would bomb Syria so ISIS can succeed. John Bolton's bullshit is all over this one. I would not lose any sleep over this. Syria has been expecting a strike and moved anything they did not want to get destroyed days ago. This is all bluster with little or no military purpose. Russia's claims to have the ability to shoot down our missiles has clearly been overstated. www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-09-25/natural-gas-war-burning-under-syria
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Post by sigurdur on Apr 14, 2018 16:00:11 GMT
If I wanted America to fail I would bomb Syria so ISIS can succeed. John Bolton's bullshit is all over this one. I would not lose any sleep over this. Syria has been expecting a strike and moved anything they did not want to get destroyed days ago. This is all bluster with little or no military purpose. Russia's claims to have the ability to shoot down our missiles has clearly been overstated. The targets were "soft targets". Russia today has the ability to make US drones worthless. Many a year ago, we used to sit patiently for North Vietnam to "turn on the lights". That phrase refers to targeting mechanisms of anti-aircraft missiles etc. We recorded every burst we could. Reason being, to build counter measures. Last night, the USA "turned on the lights". Notice that Syria/Russia didn't do so. The intel gathered about flight information etc is invaluable to Russia. You don't have to be scared of a guided missile if you can screw up the flight path of one. Ever heard of an en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_E-2_HawkeyeWhile it can direct traffic, its primary function is a passive listening platform. I am 100% confident that Russia recorded every burst of electronic intel last night.
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Post by nautonnier on Apr 14, 2018 20:30:27 GMT
I would not lose any sleep over this. Syria has been expecting a strike and moved anything they did not want to get destroyed days ago. This is all bluster with little or no military purpose. Russia's claims to have the ability to shoot down our missiles has clearly been overstated. The targets were "soft targets". Russia today has the ability to make US drones worthless. Many a year ago, we used to sit patiently for North Vietnam to "turn on the lights". That phrase refers to targeting mechanisms of anti-aircraft missiles etc. We recorded every burst we could. Reason being, to build counter measures. Last night, the USA "turned on the lights". Notice that Syria/Russia didn't do so. The intel gathered about flight information etc is invaluable to Russia. You don't have to be scared of a guided missile if you can screw up the flight path of one. Ever heard of an en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_E-2_HawkeyeWhile it can direct traffic, its primary function is a passive listening platform. I am 100% confident that Russia recorded every burst of electronic intel last night. So what does the US do with old missiles that cannot be retrofitted with 'new' avionics? Use them on a target that the other side has abandoned and lull the mentor of the other side into false security - everyone is 'playing' and posturing it is a game.
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Post by sigurdur on Apr 15, 2018 0:35:40 GMT
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Post by sigurdur on Apr 15, 2018 1:19:57 GMT
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Post by sigurdur on Apr 15, 2018 1:36:22 GMT
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Post by glennkoks on Apr 15, 2018 4:30:09 GMT
This story has smelled fishy from day one. If the Russians wanted to assassinate Skripal it would have been done this way. This was clearly an attempt to stir up public sentiment via fear. Who wants us to be afraid of the Kremlin and why?
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Post by nautonnier on Apr 15, 2018 15:14:30 GMT
This story has smelled fishy from day one. If the Russians wanted to assassinate Skripal it would have been done this way. This was clearly an attempt to stir up public sentiment via fear. Who wants us to be afraid of the Kremlin and why? It may well be non-governmental. Remember the story of the 'little tailor and the two giants'
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Post by sigurdur on Apr 17, 2018 0:03:47 GMT
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Post by glennkoks on Apr 17, 2018 2:43:21 GMT
A couple of "gut hunches" I have based on nothing but observation. The Russians were not behind the Skripal nerve agent attack. If they wanted him dead it would have been in their best interests to do it in a low key way and make it look like an accident. Using a deadly nerve agent in a crowded UK city? It's a good way to make a monster out of Russia and build public sentiment against our old foe. I have doubts Syria used gas on it's people. First and foremost they do not need to. By all accounts they are doing okay against the Rebellion. In addition gas is a terrible weapon. It's unpredictable and you are one wind change away from backfiring. Smells fishy. Once again a great way to build public sentiment. I would guess our broadly telegraphed missile attack did not achieve much. We did not show our full hand and Russia was probably in "turn on the lights mode". Moves on a chess match with a much bigger picture in play. I think it has everything to do with our position as the worlds reserve currency. Originally termed Exorbitant Privilege by the French Minister of Finance after WWII. Long story short every other nation in the world has to put up goods or services for something we can simply print. The good old Greenback. You want a 100 dollar bill you have to offer almost 2 barrels of oil. Russia and China have been pushing for a petro based unit of currency that would threaten our position as the worlds reserve currency. www.rt.com/business/423461-petro-yuan-us-dollar-oil/What would happen to the dollar if nations worldwide started dumping it in favor or a petro-yuan? It would certainly make it hard to pay off our 21 trillion dollar debt or even the cost of servicing that debt. Spending 5 trillion on ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq over the last 17 years has played right into our enemies hands. Ongoing wars will only increase our debt to GDP ratio and cause a loss in confidence in our dollar. Speeding up our demise.
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Post by nautonnier on Apr 17, 2018 11:59:15 GMT
A couple of "gut hunches" I have based on nothing but observation. The Russians were not behind the Skripal nerve agent attack. If they wanted him dead it would have been in their best interests to do it in a low key way and make it look like an accident. Using a deadly nerve agent in a crowded UK city? It's a good way to make a monster out of Russia and build public sentiment against our old foe. I have doubts Syria used gas on it's people. First and foremost they do not need to. By all accounts they are doing okay against the Rebellion. In addition gas is a terrible weapon. It's unpredictable and you are one wind change away from backfiring. Smells fishy. Once again a great way to build public sentiment. I would guess our broadly telegraphed missile attack did not achieve much. We did not show our full hand and Russia was probably in "turn on the lights mode". Moves on a chess match with a much bigger picture in play. I think it has everything to do with our position as the worlds reserve currency. Originally termed Exorbitant Privilege by the French Minister of Finance after WWII. Long story short every other nation in the world has to put up goods or services for something we can simply print. The good old Greenback. You want a 100 dollar bill you have to offer almost 2 barrels of oil. Russia and China have been pushing for a petro based unit of currency that would threaten our position as the worlds reserve currency. www.rt.com/business/423461-petro-yuan-us-dollar-oil/What would happen to the dollar if nations worldwide started dumping it in favor or a petro-yuan? It would certainly make it hard to pay off our 21 trillion dollar debt or even the cost of servicing that debt. Spending 5 trillion on ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq over the last 17 years has played right into our enemies hands. Ongoing wars will only increase our debt to GDP ratio and cause a loss in confidence in our dollar. Speeding up our demise. First of all blaming 'the Russians' or not - is a little inexact. They have corporations and 'oligarchs' now who have just as much sometimes more capability and reasons to dislike RUssian ex-spies. It may be a Russian crime syndicate of which there are many. Imagine a US criminal enterprise resulting in sanctions against the USA. You can see why Putin might become upset if it was not a 'state' initiated exercise I am sure you are right about the Dollar and the antipathy from the rest of the world. Not sure I would quote the French Finance minister from the late 40's the French politicians largely deserved all they got. THe Bretton Woods economic plan for the world was built around every country depending on every other country so that all succeeded or failed together. However, two fatal assumptions were made one dependent on the other. First the Dollar would be on the gold standard and second everyone would behave ethically. Dumping the gold standard (both UK and US) was unethical as it allowed bankers to invent money as you describe, that lack of ethics is what drives everything now. I do not believe that China wants a new international currency that it cannot fiddle. It certainly does not want one that is run by Russia or Europe. Yes a chinese petro-yuan effectively replacing the dollar would be very welcome - then they could do just what the US financiers have been doing and invent money. A petro-rouble not so much and even worse a Petro-Euro. The globalist bureaucrats envisage a totally non-country based UN currency to supplant the major countries and give them power and money. That is what the IMF is currently doing trying to provide 'paper' securities to replace the countries. It is both Trump and BREXIT that are threats to these machinations. Soros is funding the anti-Trump exercises in the US including several RINOs he has aleo just shelled out money to the remainer protesters in the UK to try to prevent BREXIT. As with the Rothschilds in the First World War - there are financiers eyeing a potential war as a source of huge gains for themselves.
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Post by Ratty on Apr 17, 2018 12:08:34 GMT
Going forward, I see a Turbo-yuan and Solar-ruble, no Petro- anything. Brave new world?
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Post by glennkoks on Apr 17, 2018 12:41:04 GMT
The French Minister of Finance was first to coin the term "Exorbitant Privilege". Describing our advantage as the "gold standard of currencies". And yes after WWII they were not in a position to change that. No matter who coined the term it is a huge economic advantage and the Chinese want it. Their end goal is to have the Yuan as the gold standard. Russia and China are closer petro partners than ever. www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-01-13/surging-russian-chinese-trade-pressures-petrodollarNew gas reserves in the Middle East threatens Russian market share in Europe. So current events around the globe are just moves on the chess board as China, Russia and others attempt to topple the dollar.
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Post by missouriboy on Apr 17, 2018 13:43:30 GMT
Going forward, I see a Turbo-yuan and Solar-ruble, no Petro- anything. Brave new world? The "No-Rial" or "Nyet-Rial".
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Post by Ratty on Apr 19, 2018 13:01:27 GMT
Colorado legalised marijuana in 2014 and it's beginning to show in reduced IQ levels. Latest legal fight accusing oil companies of climate change launched in ColoradoThree Colorado communities filed a lawsuit against oil companies on Tuesday, launching the latest legal battle seeking damages for what they claim are the costs of adapting to climate change.
The lawsuit, filed in Colorado by the city of Boulder and the counties of San Miguel and Boulder, accuses Suncor and Exxon Mobil Corp of creating a public nuisance by producing and selling fossil fuels that cause climate change.
Scientific consensus holds that carbon dioxide pollution from burning fossil fuels such as oil, gas and coal is the main cause of climate change.
Suncor and Exxon “sold and promoted fossil fuels knowing that climate impacts were substantially certain to occur if unchecked fossil fuel use continued,” the communities said in the complaint.
Exxon spokesman Scott Silvestri called the lawsuit part of a misplaced effort to pin the global phenomenon of climate change on oil producers alone. Exxon is the world’s largest publicly traded oil producer.
“Reducing greenhouse gas emissions is a global issue and requires global participation and actions,” he said in emailed comments.
A spokeswoman for Suncor, one of Canada’s biggest oil producers, said the company could not comment because it had not yet seen a copy of the lawsuit.
Both Exxon and Suncor have operations in Colorado, the complaint said.
THINKS: Perhaps fossil fuel companies should stop selling their products in places where those products are no longer welcome?
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