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vlani
Trad climber
mountain view, ca
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Mar 23, 2014 - 06:57pm PT
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Weren't the EU as well as UN officials blocked from monitoring the vote? They were invited as it would obviously add legitimacy to the vote, and by the same obvious reason refused to come, calling the referendum illegal. As expected, I believe. But they were invited. The game was played.
When your play is so predictable you tend to loose.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Pretty funny that China would reject GMO 'laced' corn. Like they wouldn't have known that
when they signed the contract? And they're all gonna die from pollution long before that corn
would do them any harm. Not to mention that one out of three Chinese smoke.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 14, 2014 - 08:29pm PT
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majid, that tripe has been going on for 60 years, boys just horsing around.
Besides, why are we being so provocative as to send warships into the
Black Sea? Not only is it provocative it is pretty damn stoopid. Obama is
in over his head on this. It would be like the Rooskies sending ships into
the Bering Sea or the northern Gulf of Mexico; we would come unglued!
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couchmaster
climber
pdx
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Apr 14, 2014 - 11:09pm PT
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Thanks for the posts from those who have their heads together or have personal connections there. I don't have an opinion here as I'm game for letting the experts working through this.
Liked this from Sketch and wanted to say thanks for the laugh.
Still laughing:-)
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 15, 2014 - 12:13am PT
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I just read up on the 'incident'. It seems like it was a classic poke and
prod exercise. Ivan sends in a supposedly unarmed obsolete POS Su-24 for the
close-in 'encounter' while his mate stands off at altitude to moniter and
record any ELINT info - SOP.
I still say it was irresponsible of us to send the DDG into the Russians' 'lake'.
What good can come of it? Unless we're looking for another Gulf of Tonkin.
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Apr 15, 2014 - 05:53pm PT
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The Ukranian crisis affects me personally. We have to save the Ukraine. It's one of the main sources of armor for western fighters. If the Ukraine falls into Russian hands, I'll have to pay American prices for Americans to make my armor. Think of all of the Ukrainians who will go out of business as a result.
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Majid_S
Mountain climber
Karkoekstan
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 16, 2014 - 12:18pm PT
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The Birth of NEW Soviet Union is coming and this is how east and west separates
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 16, 2014 - 01:02pm PT
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More like the birth of the Fourth Reich - right wing anti-semitic oligarchy.
Make that anti-everything, basically the Hell's Angels with oil revenues.
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Studly
Trad climber
WA
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Apr 16, 2014 - 03:36pm PT
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I know whenever I play the game Risk, Ukraine is a tough one to defend.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 25, 2014 - 12:13am PT
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I must say I was a bit mortified listening to Kerry speak today like some third-grader.
Somebody needs to tell him that diplomacy doesn't reap great results via name-calling.
And if your homies are a bunch of weak-kneed wishy-washy Euros then don't get into a
knife fight if you aren't packing! They're the ones that need to step up to the plate on this
but, as usual, they want us to do the heavy lifting.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 25, 2014 - 12:20am PT
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Hey, I actually like Kerry but his plate coverage on this is sorely wanting - he's not gonna get
anything to hit down the middle of the plate so he should quit swinging at the sliders in the dirt!
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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Apr 25, 2014 - 12:40am PT
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Wake the f*#k up! This is being instigated by what some would call the NWO. The power-brokers.
WE started this thing. John McCain, Susan rice, Suasn Powers, the EU, etc...
The Russians will not tolerate this bullsh#t. I side with the russkies on this.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 25, 2014 - 12:44am PT
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What's the NWO - New Woosies Order?
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Risk
Mountain climber
Olympia, WA
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Apr 25, 2014 - 12:56am PT
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Yet again, I side with Bluey! The russkies are on the right side of history.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 25, 2014 - 01:03am PT
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Bluey, how are 'they' gonna start WWIII? By sending one USN destroyer into
the Black Sea? That is school yard taunting. My only fear is that Kerry
will delude the Ukrainians into thinking we have their back so they poke
Putin too hard and he swings back. Then the Ukrainians will turn around
and - we're gone! Sanctions are the only weapon we have and it isn't
even ours - only the Euros can meaningfully do it and we know what that most
likely means. I predict Putin will take the Donbas to much wailing, but little else.
We will come out of it looking stoopid and silly and in five years it will be forgotten.
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