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On January 29, the U.S. Treasury Department published its “Kremlin List” of senior political figures, oligarchs, and “parastatal entities” in Russia. The “detailed report,” which was required by the 2017 “Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act,” was written in consultation with the National Intelligence director and the head of the State Department. The list names 114 high-ranking state officials and 96 so-called oligarchs in Russia. Treasury officials listed virtually every member of the presidential cabinet, every official in the presidential administration, the head of every state corporation, and nearly every major entrepreneur. Meduza collects some of the first reactions from Russian officials appearing in the news and on social media.
I call them TV dinners. This is something I have found before, but plain hand wrapped and they are put together locally and by a local person. Like within the store itself…
But we now have five or six types of factory packaged TV dinners. When I see one or something like this, I have to buy and try. I want to know what Russia is up to and at 49 rubles it is a deal…
49 rubles is about .87 cents American dollars…
Just to let you know what is happening in Russia. It is amazing what they are making, Russians have found an internal market that is growing and growing. This is what the sanctions have done to Russia. The Sanctions do not hurt, they are allowing Russians to expand away from the laziness that had over taken them, when they allowed the west to dump products everywhere and dump anything such as Bush’s Chicken…
Thank God that America is the hooligans what they are. For years now Sveta and I have eaten the best chicken that you can buy. GMO free. antibiotic free and chlorine free. Russia has started to export chicken…
https://www.rbth.com/business/2017/01/27/why-did-the-russian-chicken-cross-the-border_689956
Thank you America Europe thanks you as Russia exports chicken to the EU, slowly but steadily..
WtR
PS: It has help America also. No market for the Bush Legs and prices dropped on chicken in much of the USA. One of the only things to drop is chicken, but when one of your largest markets tells you to go away, guess what. Market is over saturated and price has to drop…
Halupki, also known as stuffed cabbage in the Russian/Ukrainian world, is a dish made of rice, beef, even grains of several types and even pork wrapped in cabbage. My grandma Opal Stroud (German name of course said the horse,) taught me how to make this delicious food for the poor people we were. Every family has their own version of this traditional/cultural dish (all over the world.) I hope you enjoy these with mashed potatoes, corn and or even green beans, just as we always did in my family and the family I have now! Wrap it in cabbage leaves and call it Halupki…
Ingredients
1 head cabbage…
enough water to cover cabbage cut up…
1/4 teaspoon salt/pepper…
3 pounds lean ground beef, pork, and or whatever…
1 1/2 cups cooked white rice, even buckwheat (In Russia гречиха (grechikha))…
1/4 cup finely chopped onion a little bit of chopped garlic if desired and or leave this out completely…
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley (Who cares really for this?)
2 complete eggs, shelled and slightly beaten…
salt to boil with…
1 (28 ounce) can tomato sauce or even tomato paste will do…
2 2/3 tablespoons white sugar (Really could do without…)
Directions
Place the cabbage in a stockpot with enough water to cover. Add 1/4 teaspoon salt to the water and cabbage. Bring water to a boil over medium-high heat. Turn cabbage every 2-3 minutes and remove leaves that separate from cabbage and place in a strainer to cool. Boil until all the leaves have cooked, about 15 minutes. they start to become translucent and flexible….Reserve aside 16 oz. of cabbage water…
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). While waiting to cook cabbage…
Trim thickest bottom vein off of bottom of each cabbage leaf. Before using…
In a large bowl thoroughly mix together, ground beef, ground pork, rice, chopped onion, fresh parsley, egg lightly whipped, garlic powder and or real garlic, salt, and pepper…
Lightly pack a small amount of meat mixture and place in the center of the cabbage leaf. on a board…
Fold sides over the filling and start at the stem and roll the cabbage up until the meat is covered with the whole leaf….Repeat with remaining leaves and filling…
Toss the leftover leaves that are pieces and place into the bottom of a nonstick roasting pan.
Layer the stuffed cabbage rolls over the cut/chopped/broken cabbage leaves.
In a bowl, mix the tomato sauce, reserved cabbage water, and white sugar…
Pour the tomato sauce mixture over the cabbage rolls…
Cover roasting pan with aluminum foil. Or a lid that fits if oven proof…
Bake in preheated oven until the ground beef mixture is no longer pink in the center, about 2 hours.
Baste stuffed cabbage rolls every half hour or better…
I like to cut baking time into half, by cooking the mixture first. Your choice…
In a large bowl thoroughly mix together, ground beef, ground pork, rice, chopped onion, fresh parsley, egg lightly whipped, garlic powder and or real garlic, salt, and pepper…
Take above and fry in skillet until done and browned and use to roll up in the leaves of the cabbage…
Can’t tell the difference in taste and definitely saves time. You also just adjust flavors in your mind to what tastes good to you. More salt, more pepper and tons of garlic. Yummy!
Add a can of corn, green beans and or what ever and cook at the same time. Just use your imagination and go for it. I will say this, “It is easy to make, cheap to make and leftovers are never a problem.”
Make a huge batch and freeze half of it for next week…
Now you know what to do with that giant head of cabbage?
WtR
PS: Variations in the world:
Grandma called them Kohlrouladens and used a brown gravy to smother them in… but they are called many things and eaten to the last many places around the world…
Balandėliai (little pigeons) – Lithuania
Галубцы[Halubcy] – Belarus
Голубцы[Golubtsy] (little pigeons) – Russia
Gołąbki (little pigeons) – Poland
Голубці[Holubtsi] – (little pigeons) – Ukraine
Tīteņi – Latvia
Holubky – Czech Republic and Slovakia
Holishkes – Ashkenazi Jewish
Prakas – Ashkenazi Jewish
Krouv Memula – Israel
Kåldolmar – Sweden
Kaalikääryle – Finland
Kapsarull – Estonia
Töltött káposzta – Hungary
Japrak or Sarma (Sarma me lakër të bardhë) – Albania
Сарма (sarma) – Republic of Macedonia
Сарма (sarma) – Serbia
Sarma/Сарма – Bosnia and Herzegovina
Punjeni kupus or Arambašići – Croatia
Сарми (Sarma) – Bulgaria
Sarmale – Romania, Moldova
Sarma – the Balkans and Turkey
Lahana dolması – Turkey
Lahanodolmades (Λαχανοντολμάδες) – Greece
Kələm dolması – Azerbaijan
Kaghambi tolma (կաղամբի տոլմա) – Armenia
Tolma (ტოლმა) – Georgia
Dolmeye Kalam (cabbage dolma) – Iran
Malfoof mahshi (محشي ملفوف) – the Levant
Mahshi kuronb (محشي كرنب) – Egypt and Sudan
Kohlroulade[Kohlroulade] and Krautwickel – Germany and Austria
Chou farci[Chou farci] – France
Cigares au chou – Quebec
Involtini di cavolo – Italy
Capuns – Graubunden, Switzerland and Lombardy, Italy
Bragioli – Malta
Niños Envueltos – Argentina, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico and Chile
Charuto de Repolho – Brazil
Aluske – Paraná, Santa Catarina, and Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
Bai Cai Juan (白菜卷) – China
Rōru kyabetsu (ロールキャベツ) – Japan
Cải bắp cuốn[Bắp cải cuốn thịt] – Vietnam
Another recipe to use from WtR
West’s Fatal Intellectual Poverty
The United States and its NATO allies are facing an existential threat. But the threat has nothing to do with Russia, China, or any other external “enemy” for that matter.
Source: West’s Fatal Intellectual Poverty
You should read t6his article and start thinking, for it is happening and is not propaganda. Maybe you feel better calling it propaganda, but I have talked about this for ten years now on this blog…
Did I insult someone, Good! You need to think for yourself and that my friend is exactly what is wrong. We have lost the ability to be independent… – Kyle Keeton
WtR
Tanker Carrying 1st Batch of Russian LNG Arrives in Boston
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Tanker Gaselys, carrying the first shipment of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) reached a port near the city of Boston in the east of the United States, the United States Coast Guard told Sputnik.
Source: Tanker Carrying 1st Batch of Russian LNG Arrives in Boston
What can you say? It does not matter why! It just matters that we are and we need it. So walk and talk your lies…
America has to buy Russian Gas…
WtR
Other words; quit sleeping while Rome Burns…
America
Dagong Global Credit Rating Co., Ltd.
January 16, 2018
Dagong Global Credit Rating Co., Ltd. (“Dagong”) has decided to downgrade both the local and foreign currency sovereign credit ratings of the United States of America (hereinafter referred to as “the United States” or “the US”) from A- to BBB +, and each with a negative outlook. The perennial negative impact of the superstructure on the economic base has continued to deteriorate the debt repayment sources of the federal government, and this trend will be further exacerbated by the government’s massive tax cuts. The increasing reliance on the debt-driven mode of economic development will continue to erode the solvency of the federal government.
The main reasons for downgrading the sovereign credit ratings of the United States are as follows:
1. Deficiencies in the current US political ecology make it difficult for the efficient administration of the federal government, so the national economic development derails from the right track. Under the political ecology which is built by the factional rivalries, factional interests are prioritized, and it is hard for the government to focus on the management of the national economy and social development. Therefore, the national economy is highly debt-driven. Nevertheless, the government did not discover from the financial crises that it is the debt-driven mode of economic development that has hindered the country from making ends meet. Instead, it continues to seek credit expansion through direct issuance of the US dollars, therefore serves as the “track walker” on the wrong track that departs from logic.
2. The distorted credit ecology that violates the law of value leads to the abnormal solvency of the federal government. Capital’s desire for profits makes the financial sectors of the United States strive for more profits through continuous expansion of the chain of credit transactions by designing capital products and trading structures, and the virtual value-added model of capital self-circulation that runs out of the real economy provides living space for the ever-blooming debt bubble of the federal government. The government has formed a virtual solvency by increasing new debts in the name of the United States through abusing the right of issuance the US dollar as the international reserve currency. Therefore, the distorted credit ecology has made the federal government’s abnormal solvency become its derivative product.
3. Massive tax cuts directly reduce the federal government’s sources of debt repayment, therefore further weakens the base of government’s debt repayment. The tax cuts act implemented from 2018 did not attack the root cause of the unsustainable debt-driven economy of the US, so it is projected that the US economy growths only 2.3% in 2018, and would grow even more slowly in the years after. Besides, fiscal revenue of the federal government will keep declining due to the tax cuts, so it is projected that the fiscal revenue to GDP ratio will fall to 14.0% in 2022, a 3.3 percentage points down from that of 2017. The rising demand for national defense, infrastructure and rigid spending will made it hard for the federal government to reduce fiscal expenditure effectively, thus it is estimated that the fiscal deficit of the federal government in 2018 and 2019 will rise to 3.9% and 4.1% respectively.
4. Using the rising debt to make up for the fiscal gap brought by the tax cuts will inevitably increase the credit risk of the federal government. The financial gap and the pressure to repay maturing debts raise the financing needs of the federal government. It is estimated that ratio of fiscal revenue-to-debt of the federal government will be 14.9% and 14.2% in 2018 and 2019 respectively, and the ratio will deteriorate to 12.1% in 2022. The government will then have to raise the debt ceiling frequently. In addition, the government’s realizable assets-to-debt ratio is merely 7.3% in 2017. That is to say, the government cannot stay solvent relying solely on its realizable assets and it has to resort to debt monetization to maintain the balance between repayment sources and debt. However, interest rate increase and balance sheet reduction of the Federal Reserve raise the cost of finance through debt roll-over. Thus to roll over debts is unsustainable.
5. The virtual solvency of the federal government would be likely to become the detonator of the next financial crisis. The serious imbalance between the sources of debt repayment and liabilities makes the federal government the weakest link in the US debt chain. Taking the advantage of its right to print money, the US strives to maintain its solvency by purchasing treasuries with newly-printed dollars, which, in itself, is a debt crisis. The market’s reversing recognition of the value of US treasury bonds and US dollar will be a powerful force in destroying the fragile debt chain of the federal government.
Debt economy model determined by US political system, strategy and economic base will not change; tax cuts have increasingly adverse effects on the government’s repayment sources; continuous reduction of fiscal revenue and increase of debts show that the government’s repayment ability is weakening. Hence, Dagong holds a negative outlook for both the local and foreign currency sovereign credit.
【Dagong Downgrades the Sovereign Credit Ratings of the United States of America】
Hmm…. No wonder the US is crying about China!
WtR
Some British politicians bear no responsibility for their words. pic.twitter.com/MdzsFBKBr4
— Russian Embassy, UK (@RussianEmbassy) January 26, 2018
It Must Be True…..
The Kremlin is assessing how attacks on British infrastructure can cause chaos and kills millions, according to Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson.
Source: Russia is ready to ‘kill thousands and thousands’ of British people
Run “Chicken Little” Run
WtR
The most horrifying interesting ignorant thing I read: is this article below. California is full of crazy people…
A nonprofit group wants coffee manufacturers, distributors and retailers to post ominous warnings about a cancer-causing chemical stewing in every brew.
Source: Coffee sold in California could carry cancer warning labels
But then I found this article below and I see a mindset of crazies…
Source: The Feminist Seduction of Western Society
Devastatingly low birth rates, high divorce rates, relationship dysfunction, and a war against the biological basis of male-female roles have resulted in the collapse of traditional society. And it can be traced back, in a variety of ways, to the feminist ideologues of the 20th century and the Marxist intellectual environment they emerged from. Like the ‘bearded schizoids’ of the 19th century, feminist ideologues have poisoned the well of traditional society in order to provoke revolution from within.
and…
U.S. stocks closed sharply higher on Friday as quarterly earnings top estimates, while the economy continues to grow.
Source: Dow pops 224 points, stocks notch record close on strong earnings
and…
Opioid Epidemic: US Pays Dearly for Painkiller Revolution
New York City has filed a lawsuit against seven pharmaceutical companies and three prescription drugs distributors, seeking to hold them accountable for igniting the deadly opioid epidemic that has swept the country, not sparing the Big Apple. The city demands a compensation of $500 million to cover addiction-related expenses.
Source: Opioid Epidemic: US Pays Dearly for Painkiller Revolution
The US got ‘hooked’ on opioid use during the Vietnam War and it has only grown in use since…
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The Opioid Epidemic in America – Killing One Million Workers: The Triumph of Capital
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MOSCOW, January 26. /TASS/. The US Administration extended the list of companies and individuals in Russia and other countries covered by unilateral sanctions introduced in connection with developments in Ukraine. The relevant notice was posted on Friday on the website of the US Treasury Department. Twenty one individuals were added to the sanction list, mainly citizens of Russia and Ukraine.The list of legal entities falling under sanctions now includes Russian power machine-building company Power Machines, which is among top ten global industry leaders by capacity of installed equipment. The US also introduced sanctions against Technopromexport, an affiliate of the Russian state-owned corporation Rostec, together with its general director Sergei Topor-Gilka. Ukraine-related sanctions affect seven other Russian companies also. Twelve affiliates of Russian oil producer Surgutneftegaz were included this time into the list of US sectoral sanctions against Russia.
And it is the stupidity of actions by the USA as per the article above, that causes what is happening in the article below…
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Two Minutes to Midnight!
In 2017, world leaders failed to respond effectively to the looming threats of nuclear war and climate change, making the world security situation more dangerous than it was a year ago—and as dangerous as it has been since World War II.
I call it digging our own grave…
WtR