Tag: putin
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#MorningMonarchy: April 4, 2016
Panama Papers, mass graves and a massive recession + this day in history w/MLK killed and our song of the day by Kevin Morby on your Morning Monarchy for April 4, 2016.
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#NewWorldNextWeek: OKC Judge Rewarded With Supreme Court Nomination (Video)
Putin surprises again with sudden withdrawal from Syria; Obama surprises no one by nominating an OKC Bombing judge to SCOTUS; and the war machine sends missiles to Portlandia, almost.
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Russia Leaves Syria, OKC To SCOTUS, Portland Missiles (Audio)
Putin surprises again with sudden withdrawal from Syria; Obama surprises no one by nominating an OKC Bombing judge to SCOTUS; and the war machine sends missiles to Portlandia, almost.
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#MorningMonarchy: January 21, 2016
Jihadi John, Jimmy Saville and occult fascinations + this day in history w/the Delorean and our song of the day by Luke Top on your Morning Monarchy for January 21, 2016.
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Episode249 – Putin on Paris, Endangered Encryption, Shengen Ending
Putin calls out G20 nations for creating ISIS; France enjoys martial law as encryption’s in the crosshairs; And the end is near…for the EU.
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#PutinMissing? Russia’s President AWOL for Nearly Two Weeks
from independent.co.uk: Dmitry Peskov’s patience finally ran out. “We’ve already said this a hundred times, this isn’t funny any more.” Vladimir Putin, Russia’s strongman leader, ever-present across the past 15 years, was missing. And Mr Peskov, his mustachioed mouthpiece, was struggling to contain the story. Apparently in sound health, Mr Putin had not been seen…
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Episode194 – Belgium Buyer, Royal Nazi, GMO Ban
NewWorldNextWeek.com: Episode194 – Belgium Buyer, Royal Nazi, GMO Ban Welcome to New World Next Week – the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week: Story #1: Did the Fed Launder $141B Through Belgium to Hide Massive Increase In QE?…
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Russian History Is On Our Side: Putin Will Surely Screw Himself
from thedailybeast.com: So the international sanctions aren’t working—don’t worry! If 1,000 years of Russian screw-ups are anything to go by, it won’t be long before Vladimir Putin brings himself down. Now that we’ve failed to use Russia’s corrupt and degenerating economy, subservience to the international banking system, and vulnerability to falling energy prices to pop…
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US Announces More Sanctions Against Russia
from nytimes.com: The United States added new sanctions against Russia on Monday, expanding the list of targets but concentrating on the myriad holdings of four billionaires viewed as part of President Vladimir V. Putin’s financial circle.
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What #Putin Gets About Soft Power
from washingtonpost.com: Much of the commentary on Russia’s recent annexation of the Crimea has focused on Russia’s hard power—its geo-political designs in the so-called near abroad, ostensible security vulnerabilities to NATO’s eastward expansion, strategic objectives, and military capabilities. These questions are not moot and have a strong sense of urgency for leaders in Ukraine, Moldova,…
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Back to the USSR: Putin Schools Obama in Geopolitics
from dailyinterlake.com: “Russia as I indicated is a geopolitical foe… time and time again I have clear eyes on this. I’m not going to wear rose-colored glasses when it comes to Russia or Mr. Putin…” —Mitt Romney, 2012. Remember that presidential debate when Mitt Romney was (snicker) ridiculed for his position on Russia? Obama quickly…
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Denial of Reality As Ukraine Heats Up
from thenews.com.pk: The crisis over Ukraine has provided a fresh opportunity to President Barack Obama’s domestic detractors to assail him for ‘failing to lead’ and to deploy American power to force the Russian president to retreat. Much of this criticism shows willful ignorance of the limits of US power in a transformed international environment where no single state…
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FYI: Putin=Gog, Crimea=Magog
from haaretz.com: Not only Christian fans of Armageddon are buzzing: According to one rabbi, the Vilna Gaon himself predicted that when the Russians take Crimea, the steps of the Messiah will be heard.
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Interview w/ Nile Bowie on Flight 370, Crimea, China and more
As Malaysia is reluctantly thrust into the world spotlight, what better time to talk again to our friend Nile Bowie, “a Malaysia-based political analyst and columnist with Russia Today”. Is the country being unfairly maligned for their handling of the mystery of the missing Flight 370? Plus, we discuss the latest machinations going on over…
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Threats Did Not Sway Putin, Now US Tries Pain
from @afp: US President Barack Obama’s threats of “costs” did not sway Vladimir Putin’s calculations on Crimea. Now he must see if the pain he plans to escalate on Russia will be sufficiently acute to do any better. The White House’s initial strategy of seeking to defuse the crisis, offering Russia an “off-ramp” and warning…