Several months ago I bought a new phone that is really indestructible. It is called the Texet tm-511r. It goes one month on a battery charge and it is waterproof, shockproof, and bear proof. Though, it is the most boring phone I have ever owned. Once a month, I have to give it some care and other than that it just works and works and works…
Need a phone with great reception, battery life, and tough to boot?
Then get a Texet tm-511r…
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In our big store called Magnet Magazine; bread is 9 rubles a loaf, whole chicken is 78 rubles a kilo, and my favorite coffee is 95 rubles a 100 grams. There is no foreign chicken in the store and I noticed that the last few packs of foreign pork and beef are gone. From my understanding on the Russian presidents website, chicken is now 100% Russian in all stores and 85 to 90% Russian pork and beef in all stores. I can vouch for that in our store…
This has been the best thing to happen to Russia and we have stores now filled with Russians goods, not foreign-made items. I understand that Poland is still cheating like crazy and illegally doing everything it can to get apples across the Russian border. That figures and Russia is catching them…
Oh, Russia has indefinitely banned American Chicken and that is a subject true to my heart. Please never let that antibiotic infused chicken, pumped full of fluids and chemicals, back into Russia. Thank you please…
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Tra la la boom de ay; Ukraine is spending hundred of millions of dollars to build the great wall of protection, between Russia and themselves. I would say it will take billions of dollars and make Ukraine look mighty stupid…
Who gave them the money to build a wall and they are not able to pay their bills?
Sad state of affairs…
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That crashing McDonald’s finances a combination of Russian crushing, China smashing, and Americans flat broke. China and Russia have been giving McDonald’s the one two punch for months and with a sinking economy in the US, McDonald’s is going to need some government bailout in the way of food stamp usage… LOL…
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The third Borei-class (Project 955 ) ballistic missile nuclear submarine, the Vladimir Monomakh, has been handed over to the Russian Navy. This is in the last few months…
Russia has been turning out these subs like a pregnant mouse having babies. Blink and the waters will be full of these subs, for every sub that is commissioned, another hull is started…
Start thinking people! Russia is getting ready for war after the finance war fails by the west…
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Getting ready for Christmas and New Year. Sveta has to make a trip to the village and I have been told to stay home and care for the dog. 🙁 Sveta worries about me and she needs to just go quickly, sign paper work for the village home and new land acquirement? (we hope!,) then she will run back within a day. It is too hard on me for such a trip and now I am grouchy. I want to see the village… sob…
She is correct and a two-day trip would be hard on me, but I just do not like to admit it, but I will, now that I have complained about it. Boza will be happy though to have me watch him, instead of some neighbor… 🙂
Oh, weather is too bad to drive. So Sveta will take the train…
Trust that Russia remains faithful to Turkey and never manufactures the South Stream pipeline. Now is the right time for Russia to comprehend the * “non compos mentis” West, which will dependably attempt to screw them over permanently, with no ability to accept their part in the whole equation…
As opposed to the predominating thought around the Western Empire, I myself think Putin is somewhat delicate in the matter of Russia’s relations with the West. Without a doubt, he has been exceptionally quiet in light of the West constantly treating him and Russia like a poor stepchild on basically all and any occasions…
Therefore, Russia should not flip-flounder on this issue. It’s absolutely impossible to save face, if Russia switches to a new course again, by forsaking the arrangement with Turkey, and put billions in a circulation within the framework of the EU, which could without much of a stretch, have seized the pipeline guarantee, for monetary endorses later on…
When fabricated and working, gas can stream to Europe through Turk Stream by interfacing it to pipelines inherent within Greece, Macedonia, Serbia, Hungary, and to Austria later. The EU can even delightfully force its will on the pipeline administrators in Europe; yet that won’t be Gazprom’s/Russia’s issue, since they won’t be included in building the European segments of said pipeline…
Bulgaria got screwed. Anyway it is their own particular flaw for being so close to the devil called Germany, financially talking, and desiring to be near to Russia overall. Both Hungary and Serbia are refusing to bend over against the EU/US mandates…
Bulgaria ought to have gone along with them and the fairytale would have a better ending for Europe…
It’s starting to get a bit depressing to say you’re from America, when people in Russia ask you. I almost always have to qualify the “yes,” in the past it was, “I too think George Bush is an idiot,” but now we have moved on to a president of parallelism, “I too think Obama is an idiot!” Then with added assurance, “We got what we voted for and that is the state of affairs in the U.S!”
What’s most depressing about America these days is that folks are either too scared to stand-up for the beliefs (e.g. Liberals) or they are so strident and fundamentalist as to sound almost crazy (e.g. Dick Cheney and the whole Conservative neocon movement). It’s gotten so scary in America that the neocons would say that this blog post is anti-American…
Sorry, but I’m not anti-American, I’m just anti-neocon America (i.e. the ideology that America is “the best” and that it’s the job of the American government to pursue its interests regardless of the cost)…
If you are silent and hiding behind your door, you condone all that is happening and as the saying goes, “If you are not a part of the solution, you are a part of the problem…”
What the hell happened to my America that I once knew and loved? That America that the whole world loved and admired is gone. America is falling apart at the seams…
I write one of these posts about twice a year and so far you seem to be listening. The issue is that you either forget easily or you are very confused as to the workings of the American government. Therefore I will help you out and you can use this list to make future plans as you try to understand the American way…
1. Never, never ever, never ever never, trust the US for any reason. – No one who has trusted America has ever been safe and all have been sorry…
2. No one is in charge of the government! Remember this as, no one is in charge in America…
3. Religion is a tool of mass manipulation…
4. Greed comes before family, friends and partners… (we have a saying about – selling your soul to the devil!)
5. Fear is rampant in America; fear of everything…
6. Corruption; corruption in America is much worse than in Russia and the corruption is at a whole different level and type..
7. We are raised on war, we are raised on death, and our religions promote that aspect…
8. We want Putin subdued and preferably dead! If Russians die by the millions to kill Putin, Oh well says the Little Birdie…
9. America is at war with Russia and soon will be at war with China and you need to accept that and gear up for it…
10. The saying, “We’re number one!” is part of indoctrination in America. Ra Ra Ra and all that zippy do da…
11. We lie, we cheat, we kill, we hate, we flim-flam, we talk from two sides of our mouths, and we hate anyone in our way…
I can post a hundred more, but I will not, instead I will give you (Russia) some things not to do…
1. Do not build the South Stream; see number one above list. The world is happy for you not to build South Steam and let Turkey sell the gas to Europe. Repeat; do not build South Stream…
2. Get the money back on the French Mistral ships. Cut the bow off the ship you made, get your money back and let France deal with the repercussions. Bow-less ships do not float well and are worth less than scrap. Repeat; do not accept those pieces of crap called, Mistral Warships…
3. Stop the speculating… (Crush it with/to death if need be!)
4. Cut all but the very basic ties with America and Britain, bring your ambassadors home from those countries and send the ambassadors packing back to America and Britain. Get “Tefft” out of Russia – Now! You have to become the aggressor, they paint you that way anyway, therefore you must really become the aggressor and they will back pedal. It is one thing to act like someone is something, but to confront in reality is another thing…
5. Financially Kill American McDonald’s, kill Coke-Cola, and kill any American/Europe company that does not build a factory or warehouse within Russia. My suggestion is to turn McDonald’s into McRussia and reap the profits. all production is here anyway and nothing will change, except as “coup de grâce” on American McDonald’s. Russians are turning on the company(s) now as you read this…
6. Hire westerners who know what it is all about in the west. Use their knowledge to help you to understand the complexities of the system in America. Chaos is the norm in the USA government…
7. Sell and do business with what you can, to the west, but remember they will never be reliable and trustworthy…
8. Last but not least; Do not trust the Western Empire. Unless you desire to die, do not ever let them back into the home gain. They will stab you in the back, in a heart beat…
Look what I found; thank God for Ron Paul and speaking out…
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Today the US House passed what I consider to be one of the worst pieces of legislation ever. H. Res. 758 was billed as a resolution “strongly condemning the actions of the Russian Federation, under President Vladimir Putin, which has carried out a policy of aggression against neighboring countries aimed at political and economic domination.”
In fact, the bill was 16 pages of war propaganda that should have made even neocons blush, if they were capable of such a thing.
These are the kinds of resolutions I have always watched closely in Congress, as what are billed as “harmless” statements of opinion often lead to sanctions and war. I remember in 1998 arguing strongly against the Iraq Liberation Act because, as I said at the time, I knew it would lead to war. I did not oppose the Act because I was an admirer of Saddam Hussein – just as now I am not an admirer of Putin or any foreign political leader – but rather because I knew then that another war against Iraq would not solve the problems and would probably make things worse. We all know what happened next.
That is why I can hardly believe they are getting away with it again, and this time with even higher stakes: provoking a war with Russia that could result in total destruction!
If anyone thinks I am exaggerating about how bad this resolution really is, let me just offer a few examples from the legislation itself:
The resolution (paragraph 3) accuses Russia of an invasion of Ukraine and condemns Russia’s violation of Ukrainian sovereignty. The statement is offered without any proof of such a thing. Surely with our sophisticated satellites that can read a license plate from space we should have video and pictures of this Russian invasion. None have been offered. As to Russia’s violation of Ukrainian sovereignty, why isn’t it a violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty for the US to participate in the overthrow of that country’s elected government as it did in February? We have all heard the tapes of State Department officials plotting with the US Ambassador in Ukraine to overthrow the government. We heard US Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland bragging that the US spent $5 billion on regime change in Ukraine. Why is that OK?
The resolution (paragraph 11) accuses the people in east Ukraine of holding “fraudulent and illegal elections” in November. Why is it that every time elections do not produce the results desired by the US government they are called “illegal” and “fraudulent”? Aren’t the people of eastern Ukraine allowed self-determination? Isn’t that a basic human right?
The resolution (paragraph 13) demands a withdrawal of Russia forces from Ukraine even though the US government has provided no evidence the Russian army was ever in Ukraine. This paragraph also urges the government in Kiev to resume military operations against the eastern regions seeking independence.
The resolution (paragraph 14) states with certainty that the Malaysia Airlines flight 17 that crashed in Ukraine was brought down by a missile “fired by Russian-backed separatist forces in eastern Ukraine.” This is simply incorrect, as the final report on the investigation of this tragedy will not even be released until next year and the preliminary report did not state that a missile brought down the plane. Neither did the preliminary report – conducted with the participation of all countries involved – assign blame to any side.
Paragraph 16 of the resolution condemns Russia for selling arms to the Assad government in Syria. It does not mention, of course, that those weapons are going to fight ISIS – which we claim is the enemy — while the US weapons supplied to the rebels in Syria have actually found their way into the hands of ISIS!
Paragraph 17 of the resolution condemns Russia for what the US claims are economic sanctions (“coercive economic measures”) against Ukraine. This even though the US has repeatedly hit Russia with economic sanctions and is considering even more!
The resolution (paragraph 22) states that Russia invaded the Republic of Georgia in 2008. This is simply untrue. Even the European Union – no friend of Russia – concluded in its investigation of the events in 2008 that it was Georgia that “started an unjustified war” against Russia not the other way around! How does Congress get away with such blatant falsehoods? Do Members not even bother to read these resolutions before voting?
In paragraph 34 the resolution begins to even become comical, condemning the Russians for what it claims are attacks on computer networks of the United States and “illicitly acquiring information” about the US government. In the aftermath of the Snowden revelations about the level of US spying on the rest of the world, how can the US claim the moral authority to condemn such actions in others?
Chillingly, the resolution singles out Russian state-funded media outlets for attack, claiming that they “distort public opinion.” The US government, of course, spends billions of dollars worldwide to finance and sponsor media outlets including Voice of America and RFE/RL, as well as to subsidize “independent” media in countless counties overseas. How long before alternative information sources like RT are banned in the United States? This legislation brings us closer to that unhappy day when the government decides the kind of programming we can and cannot consume – and calls such a violation “freedom.”
The resolution gives the green light (paragraph 45) to Ukrainian President Poroshenko to re-start his military assault on the independence-seeking eastern provinces, urging the “disarming of separatist and paramilitary forces in eastern Ukraine.” Such a move will mean many more thousands of dead civilians.
To that end, the resolution directly involves the US government in the conflict by calling on the US president to “provide the government of Ukraine with lethal and non-lethal defense articles, services, and training required to effectively defend its territory and sovereignty.” This means US weapons in the hands of US-trained military forces engaged in a hot war on the border with Russia. Does that sound at all like a good idea?
There are too many more ridiculous and horrific statements in this legislation to completely discuss. Probably the single most troubling part of this resolution, however, is the statement that “military intervention” by the Russian Federation in Ukraine “poses a threat to international peace and security.” Such terminology is not an accident: this phrase is the poison pill planted in this legislation from which future, more aggressive resolutions will follow. After all, if we accept that Russia is posing a “threat” to international peace how can such a thing be ignored? These are the slippery slopes that lead to war.
This dangerous legislation passed today, December 4, with only ten (!) votes against! Only ten legislators are concerned over the use of blatant propaganda and falsehoods to push such reckless saber-rattling toward Russia.
Here are the Members who voted “NO” on this legislation. If you do not see your own Representative on this list call and ask why they are voting to bring us closer to war with Russia! If you do see your Representative on the below list, call and thank him or her for standing up to the warmongers.
1) Justin Amash (R-MI) 2) John Duncan (R-TN) 3) Alan Grayson, (D-FL) 4) Alcee Hastings (D-FL) 5) Walter Jones (R-NC) 6) Thomas Massie (R-KY) 7) Jim McDermott (D-WA) 8 George Miller (D-CA) 9) Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) 10 Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA)
Reprinted with permission from author’s Facebook page.
TROTSKYISM : the political, economic, and social principles advocated by Trotsky; especially : the theory and practice of communism developed by or associated with Trotsky and usually including adherence to the concept of worldwide revolution as opposed to socialism in one country
Marxist ideology based on the theory of permanent revolution first expounded by Leon Trotsky. Trotsky believed that because all national economic development was affected by the laws of the world market, a revolution depended on revolutions in other countries for permanent success, a position that put him at odds with Joseph Stalin’s “socialism in one country.”
Is the idea of what is driving America and her cronies, related to Trotskyism?
I see a serious comparison and no matter what you think, worldwide revolution is in full swing and spread of socialism is vastly more predominant than democracy. In fact socialism, intermingled with communism is ranking as the cats meow all over the world. With what we call democracy being a whitewash over socialism and communism…
People need to think and people need to study…
The USA is doling out the permanent revolution scenario, and the idea by force that claims there is but one universal political system (ours,) one universal civilization (ours) which should be spread all over the world, regardless of the local desires, of other nations. This is quite the way the Americans do their international politics by death, fire, and brimstone for many years. This looks to be a permanent style of dealing with the world by America. – kKEETON…
Our country which has disrupted more countries and killed more innocent people than any other country in modern history, has declared war upon a nuclear power that exceeds our own capacities. We have ignorantly or intentional, either way; it is only to appease sick individuals that play Hitler and Napoleon within the ranks of our chaotic government that runs the US…
It is not even a discussed situation that arose from a declaration of war on Russia. The US unanimously approved such a bill that could send us all into the early grave. Russia is now for the first time discussing in the Duma at what to do, to deal with such a declaration. This is not to be taken lightly, for in anyone’s book,
“The United States of America has declared war upon Russia on December, 4th, 2014!”
H.RES.758 — Whereas upon entering office in 2009, President Barack Obama announced his intention to `reset’ relations with the Russian Federation, which was described by former United States Ambassador… (Introduced in House – IH)
HRES 758 IH
113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. RES. 758
Strongly condemning the actions of the Russian Federation, under President Vladimir Putin, which has carried out a policy of aggression against neighboring countries aimed at political and economic domination.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 18, 2014
Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
RESOLUTION
Strongly condemning the actions of the Russian Federation, under President Vladimir Putin, which has carried out a policy of aggression against neighboring countries aimed at political and economic domination.
Whereas upon entering office in 2009, President Barack Obama announced his intention to `reset’ relations with the Russian Federation, which was described by former United States Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul as a policy to `engage with Russia to seek agreement on common interests’, which included the negotiation of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) in which the United States agreed to major reductions in its nuclear forces;
Whereas the Russian Federation has responded to this policy with openly anti-American rhetoric and actions and with armed aggression against United States allies and partner countries, including Ukraine and the Republic of Georgia;
Whereas the Russian Federation has subjected Ukraine to a campaign of political, economic, and military aggression for the purpose of establishing its domination over the country and progressively erasing its independence;
Whereas the Russian Federation’s invasion of, and military operations on, Ukrainian territory represent gross violations of Ukraine’s sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity and a violation of international law, including the Russian Federation’s obligations under the United Nations Charter;
Whereas the Russian Federation’s forcible occupation and illegal annexation of Crimea and its continuing support for separatist and paramilitary forces in eastern Ukraine are violations of its obligations under the 1994 Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances, in which it pledged to respect the independence and sovereignty and the existing borders of Ukraine and to refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of Ukraine;
Whereas the Russian Federation has provided military equipment, training, and other assistance to separatist and paramilitary forces in eastern Ukraine that has resulted in over 4,000 civilian deaths, hundreds of thousands of civilian refugees, and widespread destruction;
Whereas the Ukrainian military remains at a significant disadvantage compared to the armed forces of the Russian Federation in terms of size and technological sophistication;
Whereas the United States strongly supports efforts to assist Ukraine to defend its territory and sovereignty against military aggression by the Russian Federation and by separatist forces;
Whereas the terms of the ceasefire specified in the Minsk Protocol that was signed on September 5, 2014, by representatives of the Government of Ukraine, the Russian Federation, and the Russian-backed separatists in the eastern area of the Ukraine have been repeatedly violated by the Russian Federation and the separatist forces it supports;
Whereas separatist forces in areas they controlled in eastern Ukraine prevented the holding of elections on May 25, 2014, for a new President of Ukraine and on October 26, 2014, for a new Rada, thereby preventing the people of eastern Ukraine from exercising their democratic right to select their candidates for office in free and fair elections;
Whereas, on November 2, 2014, separatist forces in eastern Ukraine held fraudulent and illegal elections in areas they controlled for the supposed purpose of choosing leaders of the illegitimate local political entities they have declared;
Whereas the Russian Federation has recognized the results of the illegal elections and continues to provide the military, political, and economic support without which the separatist forces could not continue to maintain their areas of control;
Whereas the reestablishment of peace and security in Ukraine requires the full withdrawal of Russian forces from Ukrainian territory, the resumption of the government’s control over all of the country’s international borders, the disarming of the separatist and paramilitary forces in the east, an end to Russia’s use of its energy exports and trade barriers to apply economic and political pressure, and an end to Russian interference in Ukraine’s internal affairs;
Whereas Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, a civilian airliner, was destroyed by a Russian-made missile provided by the Russian Federation to separatist forces in eastern Ukraine, resulting in the loss of 298 innocent lives;
Whereas the Russian Federation has used and is continuing to use coercive economic measures, including the manipulation of energy prices and supplies, as well as trade restrictions, to place political and economic pressure on Ukraine;
Whereas military forces of the Russian Federation and of the separatists it controls have repeatedly violated the terms of the ceasefire agreement announced on September 5, 2014;
Whereas the Russian Federation invaded the Republic of Georgia in August 2008, continues to station military forces in the regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, and is implementing measures intended to progressively integrate these regions into the Russian Federation;
Whereas the Russian Federation continues to subject the Republic of Georgia to political and military intimidation, economic coercion, and other forms of aggression in an effort to establish its control of the country and to prevent Georgia from establishing closer relations with the European Union and the United States;
Whereas the Russian Federation continues to station military forces in the Transniestria region of Moldova;
Whereas the Russian Federation continues to provide support to the illegal separatist regime in the Transniestria region of Moldova;
Whereas the Russian Federation continues to subject Moldova to political and military intimidation, economic coercion, and other forms of aggression in an effort to establish its control of the countries and to prevent efforts by Moldova to establish closer relations with the European Union and the United States;
Whereas under the terms of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF), a flight-test or deployment of any INF-banned weapon delivery vehicle by the Russian Federation constitutes a violation of the INF Treaty;
Whereas, on July 29, 2014, the United States Department of State released its report on the Adherence to and Compliance with Arms Control, Nonproliferation, and Disarmament Agreements and Commitments, as required by Section 403 of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act, for calendar year 2013, which found that, `[t]he United States has determined that the Russian Federation is in violation of its obligations under the INF Treaty not to possess, produce, or flight-test a ground-launched cruise missile (GLCM) with a range capability of 500 km to 5,500 km, or to possess or produce launchers of such missiles’;
Whereas according to reports, the Government of the Russian Federation has repeatedly engaged in the infiltration of, and attacks on, computer networks of the United States Government, as well as individuals and private entities, for the purpose of illicitly acquiring information and disrupting operations, including by supporting Russian individuals and entities engaged in these actions;
Whereas the political, military, and economic aggression against Ukraine and other countries by the Russian Federation underscores the enduring importance of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as the cornerstone of collective Euro-Atlantic defense;
Whereas the United States reaffirms its obligations under the North Atlantic Treaty, especially Article 5 which states that `an armed attack against one or more’ of the treaty signatories `shall be considered an attack against them all’;
Whereas the Russian Federation is continuing to use its supply of energy as a means of political and economic coercion against Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, and other European countries;
Whereas the United States strongly supports energy diversification initiatives in Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, and other European countries to reduce the ability of the Russian Federation to use its supply of energy for political and economic coercion, including the development of domestic sources of energy, increased efficiency, and substituting Russian energy resources with imports from other countries;
Whereas the Russian Federation continues to conduct an aggressive propaganda effort in Ukraine in which false information is used to subvert the authority of the legitimate national government, undermine stability, promote ethnic dissension, and incite violence;
Whereas the Russian Federation has expanded the presence of its state-sponsored media in national languages across central and western Europe with the intent of using news and information to distort public opinion and obscure Russian political and economic influence in Europe;
Whereas expanded efforts by United States international broadcasting across all media in the Russian and Ukrainian languages are needed to counter Russian propaganda and to provide the people of Ukraine and the surrounding regions with access to credible and balanced information;
Whereas the Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), Incorporated continue to represent a minority market share in Ukraine and other regional states with significant ethno-linguistic Russian populations who increasingly obtain their local and international news from Russian state-sponsored media outlets;
Whereas the United States International Programming to Ukraine and Neighboring Regions Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-96) requires the Voice of America and RFE/RL, Incorporated to provide programming content to target populations in Ukraine and Moldova 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including at least 8 weekly hours of total original video and television content and 14 weekly hours of total audio content while expanding cooperation with local media outlets and deploying greater content through multimedia platforms and mobile devices; and
Whereas Vladimir Putin has established an increasingly authoritarian regime in the Russian Federation through fraudulent elections, the persecution and jailing of political opponents, the elimination of independent media, the seizure of key sectors of the economy and enabling supporters to enrich themselves through widespread corruption, and implementing a strident propaganda campaign to justify Russian aggression against other countries and repression in Russia, among other actions: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved,
That the House of Representatives–
(1) strongly supports the efforts by President Poroshenko and the people of Ukraine to establish a lasting peace in their country that includes the full withdrawal of Russian forces from its territory, full control of its international borders, the disarming of separatist and paramilitary forces eastern Ukraine, the adoption of policies to reduce the ability of the Russian Federation to use energy exports and trade barriers as weapons to apply economic and political pressure, and an end to interference by the Russian Federation in the internal affairs of Ukraine;
(2) affirms the right of Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, and all countries to exercise their sovereign rights within their internationally recognized borders free from outside intervention and to conduct their foreign policy in accordance with their determination of the best interests of their peoples;
(3) condemns the continuing political, economic, and military aggression by the Russian Federation against Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova and the continuing violation of their sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity;
(4) states that the military intervention by the Russian Federation in Ukraine–
(A) is in breach of its obligations under the United Nations Charter;
(B) is in violation of the 1994 Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances in which it pledged to respect the independence, sovereignty, and existing borders of Ukraine and to refrain from the threat of the use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of Ukraine; and
(C) poses a threat to international peace and security;
(5) calls on the Russian Federation to reverse its illegal annexation of the Crimean peninsula, to end its support of the separatist forces in Crimea, and to remove its military forces from that region other than those operating in strict accordance with its 1997 agreement on the Status and Conditions of the Black Sea Fleet Stationing on the Territory of Ukraine;
(6) calls on the President to cooperate with United States allies and partners in Europe and other countries around the world to refuse to recognize the illegal annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation;
(7) calls on the Russian Federation to remove its military forces and military equipment from the territory of Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova, and to end its political, military, and economic support of separatist forces;
(8) calls on the Russian Federation and the separatist forces it controls in Ukraine to end their violations of the ceasefire announced in Minsk on September 5, 2014;
(9) calls on the President to cooperate with United States allies and partners in Europe and other countries around the world to impose visa bans, targeted asset freezes, sectoral sanctions, and other measures on the Russian Federation and its leadership with the goal of compelling it to end its violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, to remove its military forces and equipment from Ukrainian territory, and to end its support of separatist and paramilitary forces;
(10) calls on the President to provide the Government of Ukraine with defense articles, services, and training required to effectively defend its territory and sovereignty;
(11) calls on the President to provide the Government of Ukraine with appropriate intelligence and other relevant information to assist the Government of Ukraine to defend its territory and sovereignty;
(12) calls on North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies and United States partners in Europe and other nations around the world to suspend all military cooperation with Russia, including prohibiting the sale to the Russian Government of lethal and non-lethal military equipment;
(13) reaffirms the commitment of the United States to its obligations under the North Atlantic Treaty, especially Article 5, and calls on all Alliance member states to provide their full share of the resources needed to ensure their collective defense;
(14) urges the President, in consultation with Congress, to conduct a review of the force posture, readiness, and responsibilities of United States Armed Forces and the forces of other members of NATO to determine if the contributions and actions of each are sufficient to meet the obligations of collective self-defense under Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty and to specify the measures needed to remedy any deficiencies;
(15) urges the President to hold the Russian Federation accountable for violations of its obligations under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty and to take action to bring the Russian Federation back into compliance with the Treaty;
(16) urges the President to conduct a review of the utility of the INF Treaty in securing United States interests and the consequences for the United States of withdrawing from the Treaty if the Russian Federation does not return to compliance with its provisions;
(17) calls on Ukraine, the European Union, and other countries in Europe to support energy diversification initiatives to reduce the ability of the Russian Federation to use its supply of energy as a means of applying political and economic pressure on other countries, including by promoting increased natural gas and other energy exports from the United States and other countries;
(18) urges the President to expedite the United States Department of Energy’s approval of liquefied natural gas exports to Ukraine and other European countries;
(19) calls on the President and the United States Department of State to develop a strategy for multilateral coordination to produce or otherwise procure and distribute news and information in the Russian language to countries with significant Russian-speaking populations which maximizes the use of existing platforms for content delivery such as the Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), Incorporated, leverages indigenous public-private partnerships for content production, and seeks in-kind contributions from regional state governments;
(20) calls on the United States Department of State to identify positions at key diplomatic posts in Europe to evaluate the political, economic, and cultural influence of Russia and Russian state-sponsored media and to coordinate with host governments on appropriate responses;
(21) calls upon the Russian Federation to seek a mutually beneficial relationship with the United States that is based on respect for the independence and sovereignty of all countries and their right to freely determine their future, including their relationship with other nations and international organizations, without interference, intimidation, or coercion by other countries; and
(22) calls for the reestablishment of a close and cooperative relationship between the people of the United States and the Russian people based on the shared pursuit of democracy, human rights, and peace among all nations.-
Now that was a whole lot of “Horse Dung” and it is official; schizophrenia has taken over American politics and we will pay dearly for allowing it to happen…
Is that it? Is that what is wrong? Are we not capable of looking at multiples of aspects at the same time? Are you able to chew gum and walk at the same time? Do you realize that there is a whole world out there and it is waiting to be explored? Do you know that the world is full of good people?
Why are we killing them? Yes, you! Yes, I! Yes, me! Yes, us! Why are we so complacent and allow our government to kill people daily all over the world? Are we so much better than those people?
They (political, moral, warmongers, haters, hobnobbed, and corporate entities) have you where they want you! You work 12 hours a day (or on welfare and that means you are owned) which includes getting to and from work. You see the family, tend the yard, watch TV, and sleep. All the while being bombarded with tidbits of information about how wonderful life in the US is and how terrible it is outside the walls of the prison…
That info (propaganda against the world) is there, you just lost the ability to see, as it permeates your life, much like a soak hose left on 24 hours in the garden…
If you are not able or not allowed to see both sides, then we have what is all too common in America, be it physical, mental, moral and or spiritual, we have divorce from existence. Instead of divorce we need divergence of existence…
Can you see your demise? Can you see the real underlining that is beneath the layer of lies being presented? Can you see through the twisting of the real facts, into tainted bites of lies?
Are you capable of looking at multiple aspects?
We use to be more affable, but we are regressing nowadays, instead of the meliorative so common in the quondam…
Vladimir Putin made his Annual Address to the Federal Assembly. As is tradition, the Address took place at the Kremlin’s St George Hall before an audience of more than 1,000 people.
In his Address, the President set out his views on the situation in Ukraine and outlined Russia’s position with regard to events taking place there. In the foreign policy section of the Address, Mr Putin also spoke about international security issues and the integration processes taking place in the world.
On the subject of Russia’s economic strategy, the President said that Russia is open to the world, to investment and to carrying out projects together, but ultimately, Russia’s development depends above all on the country’s own efforts. Mr Putin named development of new technology and competitive goods, giving the country’s industry and financial sector a more solid foundation, and training the needed personnel as priority tasks.
The President also talked about relations between the state and business, in particular the need to free up the environment for doing business as much as possible and the concrete steps that can be taken to achieve this. Mr Putin proposed that no changes be made to the current tax rules for the next four years, and also proposed an amnesty for capital returning to Russia.
The President set the goal of reaching growth rates above the world average within the next 3-4 years.
Mr Putin also set objectives in the financial sector, agribusiness, and the banking sector, and declared the need to free Russia from dependence on foreign technology. Import substitution is a long term strategy, the President said, and is a goal for Russia regardless of the situation with sanctions. Mr Putin also gave the main target figures for Russian exports and investment levels.
The President proposed implementing a national technology initiative that will involve forecasting the technology needs required to guarantee Russia’s national security and ensure high living standards and economic development over the coming 10-15 years.
The President also spoke about demography, healthcare and education.
In his concluding section, Mr Putin focused on the dialogue between the state authorities and the public and the need to raise civic activeness and Russia’s civil society potential.
Those present for the Address included members of the Federation Council, State Duma deputies, members of the Government, heads of the Constitutional and Supreme Courts, regional governors, heads of regional legislative assemblies, heads of Russia’s traditional religious faiths, public figures, including heads of regional public chambers, and the heads of Russia’s biggest media outlets.
“The most effectual engines for pacifying a nation are the public papers… A despotic government always keeps a kind of standing army of news-writers who, without any regard to truth or to what should be like truth, invent and put into the papers whatever might serve the ministers. This suffices with the mass of the people who have no means of distinguishing the false from the true paragraphs of a newspaper.” Thomas Jefferson
“Freedom of the press is another of the principal slogans of pure democracy…The capitalists have always use the term freedom to mean freedom for the rich to get richer and for the workers to starve to death. In capitalist usage freedom of the press means freedom of the rich to bribe the press and freedom to use their wealth to shape and fabricate so-called public opinion. In this respect, too, the defenders of pure democracy prove to be defenders of an utterly foul and venal system that gives the rich control over the mass media. They prove to be deceivers of the people, who, with the aid of plausible, fine-sounding, but thoroughly false phrases, divert them from the concrete historical task of liberating the press from capitalist enslavement…”V.I. Lenin
According to Stars & Stripes, United States Air Force Captain William Dubois—30 years old–was killed when the F-16 he was piloting on a mission against the Islamic State crashed. Marine Lance Cpl. Sean Neal, 19, of Riverside, California died in Iraq from a noncombat related injury. Marine Cpl. Jordan Spears, 21, of Memphis, Ind., was lost at sea while conducting flight operations in the North Arabian Gulf.
Several months ago I bought a new phone that is really indestructible. It is called the Texet tm-511r. It goes one month on a battery charge and it is waterproof, shockproof, and bear proof. Though, it is the most boring phone I have ever owned. Once a month, I have to give it some care and other than that it just works and works and works…
In our big store called Magnet Magazine; bread is 9 rubles a loaf, whole chicken is 78 rubles a kilo, and my favorite coffee is 95 rubles a 100 grams. There is no foreign chicken in the store and I noticed that the last few packs of foreign pork and beef are gone. From my understanding on the Russian presidents website, chicken is now 100% Russian in all stores and 85 to 90% Russian pork and beef in all stores. I can vouch for that in our store…
Tra la la boom de ay; Ukraine is spending hundred of millions of dollars to build the great wall of protection, between Russia and themselves. I would say it will take billions of dollars and make Ukraine look mighty stupid…
The third Borei-class (Project 955 ) ballistic missile nuclear submarine, the Vladimir Monomakh, has been handed over to the Russian Navy. This is in the last few months…
