Pudding Putin in his place by eating our own bullshit

[alice malice]

And the P-List, once a leading indicator of all things possible in the
digital humanities is, once again, leading from behind...Pitin has
been tamed and has retreated. The Market kicked his ass. It's over.

On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 12:18 PM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
> If vile interests are always at stake, how does one make substantively
> moral decisions?
>
> If we are all owned by the Banks, which is owned by the various Feds,
> what changes with different actions? Change for the better
> or worse?
>
> Yes, Europe is worried about its gas dependence. Russia "must be"
> worried about its dependence.
>
> On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 10:57 AM, Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/05/world/europe/gazprom-seen-stanching-flow-of-gas-to-ukraine.html?hp&_r=1
>>
>> "Nearly all the gas Washington and Brussels would like to get moving into
>> Ukraine from Europe originally came from Russia, which pumps gas westward
>> across Ukraine, into Slovakia and then on to customers in Germany and
>> elsewhere. Once the gas is sold, however, Gazprom ceases to be its owner and
>> loses its power to set the terms of its sale."  NYT
>>
>>
>>  The article says Ukraine is something like 3.5 billion in arrears on gas
>> payments to Gazprom, so Russia is doubling the price until they pay up. But
>> those crafty europeans plan to buy the gas FROM RUSSIA at their regular
>> lower price and sell it to Ukraine at the standard rate. Only thing is all
>> the needed pipes are controlled by Gazprom. Maybe they could just pipe in
>> the gas coming out of the state departments rear-end and save the day for
>> Ukraine so they too can enjoy the eternal bliss of being owned by the Banks
>> which are owned by the Fed.
>>
>> Suppose Russia raises the rates on gas for Europe enough to cover any loss
>> from sanctions?   There is a scene in the Grand Budapest Hotel where during
>> a prison escape, an escapee with a knife takes on a group of guards and
>> kills them all but is himself stabbed. The concierge says I guess you'd call
>> that a draw.  Could be this is a similar type of win-win situation.
>>
>> Hey our vile interests are at snake. Soze evrybody Elsa's two. Russia's got
>> vile interests, POTUS gotem, SCOTUS gotem, I gotem an U2. Everbuddy waitin
>> at the pump to get gassy. All hopin to get outa town 'for the shit gets too
>> deep to drive through.
>>
>>  Meantime Mama Earth got nothin but the blues.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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