The Western Endgame of the Global Financial Crisis of 2008-09 has begun: By Dan Steinbock…

The endgame of the global financial crisis of 2008-09 has begun. The West seeks to inflate away its massive debt – by exporting inflation to the emerging East. The World Bank recently warned developing countries to prepare for the risk of the world going into a slump like the global downturn in 2008-09 owing toContinue reading The Western Endgame of the Global Financial Crisis of 2008-09 has begun: By Dan Steinbock…

Murmansk, Russia Two Months of Polar Nights ended – Time to Celebrate…

The sun poked its head out for the first time in Murmansk, Russia on this Sunday (Jan. 30th, 2012) after nearly two months of polar nights. They have celebrations of the sun’s return that are rooted in a centuries-old tradition of the Sami indigenous people on the Kola Peninsula. Murmansk today marked the event withContinue reading Murmansk, Russia Two Months of Polar Nights ended – Time to Celebrate…

Attacked and crashed by the gate computers located at the US Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command…

Attacked and crashed by the gate computers located at the US Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command. Alternating attacks between the computers until our server crashed. They almost fully fill a 1000 site log page with an occasional other site that squeezed in between the onslaught. Look at the picture above and you can seeContinue reading Attacked and crashed by the gate computers located at the US Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command…

Russia’s Roscomos: Official proposal to the US to investigate Phobos Grunt – BIG NO!

This is interesting: Roscomos the Russian Federal Space Agency requested the help and expertise of the United States to take part in the investigation of the Phobos Grunt automatic interplanetary apparatus. This request was after a rebuke by the US over one of the versions of failure was that the Russian interplanetary station might haveContinue reading Russia’s Roscomos: Official proposal to the US to investigate Phobos Grunt – BIG NO!

McFaul May Remember that he needs to Present his Credentials First…

Soon after his arrival in Moscow, McFaul met with a number of opposition figures at the U.S. Embassy last Tuesday, irking the Kremlin. (Link) “In all likelihood, he [McFaul] will soon bring me his credentials,” Medvedev said, adding that “these credentials will naturally be accepted.” U.S. President Barack Obama had informally agreed McFaul’s candidacy withContinue reading McFaul May Remember that he needs to Present his Credentials First…