8/28/8
Elaine Meinel Supkis
Obama is elevated on a magic number day of some significance. The media is just ROARING with propaganda aimed at Russia and China. We see clearly the naked fear of the foolish debtor nations of England and the US, trying to intimidate the combined financial powers of Russia and super-giant creditor nation, China. Iran, Israel and a host of smaller nations are riding this firestorm looking out for themselves. As is normal. But the US wants to see the world as good and evil and not as a conglomeration of self-interested nations seeking advantages! Looks like Europe is egging Russia into retaliating by cutting off all energy to Europe. Oil will SHOOT UP if this happens. Ditto, gold. WWIII, here we come.
Fly's brain 'senses swat threat'
Researchers in the US say that they have solved the mystery of why flies are so hard to swat.They think the fly's ability to dodge being hit is due to its fast acting brain and an ability to plan ahead.
High speed, high resolution video recordings revealed the insects quickly work out where a threat is coming from and prepare an escape route.The research suggests that the best way of swatting a fly is to creep up slowly and aim ahead of its location.
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Flies put their bodies into pre-flight mode very rapidly - Within 100 milliseconds of spotting the swatter they can position their centre of mass in the right way so that a simple extension of their legs propels them away from any threat.The scientists found that flies were able to put themselves into this rapid reaction position no matter whether they were grooming, feeding or simply walking.
Flies are obvious smarter than the host of US political classes, the neo cons, the many warmongering media owners, the warmongering US candidates for President: all seem to be able to react to a fly swatter by jumping to it rather than away from it! The deft fly is in stark contrast to the predictable flight pattern of the US political fly. These flies buzz about one's face and are hard to swat away. But if you turn on a blue-light in Russia or China, these flies zip right over and get zapped.
Maybe if they were to merge with a fly like in the movie, The Fly, and have a fly's brain, they might improve their survivability somewhat? Until the Chinese manufacture a giant flyswatter.
Russia may cut off oil flow to the West
Fears are mounting that Russia may restrict oil deliveries to Western Europe over coming days, in response to the threat of EU sanctions and Nato naval actions in the Black Sea.Any such move would be a dramatic escalation of the Georgia crisis and play havoc with the oil markets.
Reports have begun to circulate in Moscow that Russian oil companies are under orders from the Kremlin to prepare for a supply cut to Germany and Poland through the Druzhba (Friendship) pipeline. It is believed that executives from lead-producer LUKoil have been put on weekend alert.
"They have been told to be ready to cut off supplies as soon as Monday," claimed a high-level business source, speaking to The Daily Telegraph. Any move would be timed to coincide with an emergency EU summit in Brussels, where possible sanctions against Russia are on the agenda.
OK: the EU, UK and US have a huge embargo on Iran and Cuba. Next: Russia. How about China, while we are at it? Indeed, why not boycott much of the third world, too? If we engineer a boycott of China, they will engineer not only a boycott of the G7 West by all their many allies across the planet, they and Russia can also dump trillions of dollars onto global currency markets. Whoo hoo. $500 a barrel oil, here we come!
I am betting this is all just a bunch of people with brains somewhat less responsive to danger than fly brains. They think this way: 'We are collectively the world's biggest empire! We have ruled the earth for 500 years. We are the Ruling Elites of the New World Order! We can command all those stupid people in Russia and China to obey our imperial edicts! HAHAHA. Hey, let's do another sneak attack on Russia like we did so often in the past? HAHAHA. Moscow, here we come! It is only September, after all! We will make it to Moscow by November!'
At this point, some grizzled, old Europeans should wake up from their slumber to remind everyone the stupidity of even talking about this. Europe has lived so long under the US nuclear umbrella, they have forgotten important lessons in life. One is, the nation which one menaces must be weak if one wishes to push them around. Russia emphatically is NOT in this category. Also, wishful thinking is stupid if a huge flyswatter's shadow is right overhead.
Europe can't go to Iran for energy if Russia cuts off Europe. They can't demand the US supply them with fuel. The US is already deep in debt over fuel imports. Indeed, the central banks of the G7 have just moved heaven and hell to strengthen the dying dollar so they can resume the status quo of them exporting to the US much more than the US can export to them. Today, the news boasts about how we have increased exports. But that is OVER now.
The US is trying hysterically to project power on Russia and this is causing Russia to smash Europe to smithereens. Europe could have courted Russia but the reflexes there over the last 500 years has been to defy and be-bother the Russians. Even when alliances are made like the ones during the Napoleonic wars, the allies of Russia would surrender to Napoleon after just one or two battles while leaving the Russian army totally alone and exposed to the united forces of France and its new allies, former allies of Russia!
Each time, Russia had to run away, fast. Then Napoleon and all of Russia's former allies turned on Russia and invaded. This led to the total destruction of Napoleon's Grande Armee and the end of his rule in Europe. Russia knows this history. This makes them very touchy. Russia never surrenders, they retreat. Europe has no where to retreat. So these people must be very careful not to start WWIII. Europe started WWI and WWII. Now, will they want WWIII? One wonders about the sanity of the leaders of Europe. Flies are smarter.
Such action would be seen as economic warfare but Russia has been infuriated by Nato meddling in its "backyard" and threats of punitive measures by the EU. Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov yesterday accused EU diplomats of a "sick imagination".Armed with $580bn of foreign reserves (the world's third largest), Russia appears willing to risk its reputation as a reliable actor on the international stage in order to pursue geo-strategic ambitions.
"We are not afraid of anything, including the prospect of a Cold War," said President Dmitry Medvedev.
Da, this is Pravda. Russia has little to fear. If the US, EU and UK all want to terminate all trade with Russia, fine, says the Bear. The Bear knows that the World Trade Organization is about as popular as spiders in a jar of flies. They know that the third world will applaud them defying the Flat Earth society of the New World Order G7. The G7 central bankers spend most of last year, berating China about China's banking system and monetary policies before shutting up when the entire banking system of the G7 went under the red ink waters and drowned. Now, sans a working banking system, the G7 nations want economic war with a huge hunk of the world. A hunk that has a huge nuclear arsenal.
Security Group Refuses to Back Russia’s Actions
Russia suffered a significant setback here on Thursday, as members of a regional security group in which the Kremlin plays an important role offered little support for Moscow’s military action in Georgia.Dmitri A. Medvedev, the Russian president, came to this Central Asian capital for the annual summit meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, or S.C.O., with the hopes that the six-member group would provide the strong international backing the Kremlin has so far lacked after its incursion into Georgia. Russia has urged other nations to follow its lead and recognize Georgia’s breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states.
Instead, the Shanghai organization, which also includes China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, took a neutral stance, urging Russia and Georgia to resolve their differences peacefully.
“The S.C.O. states express grave concern in connection with the recent tensions around the South Ossetia issue and urge the sides to solve existing problems peacefully, through dialogue, and to make efforts facilitating reconciliation and talks,” the summit meeting’s final joint declaration said.
The media in the G7 nations is hilarious. It won't understand what Russia and China are doing. China doesn't have to be belligerent like the US or UK, for example. China is doing the 'good cop' to Russia's 'bad bear cop.' Russia growls and China sighs and says, 'We must resolve this peacefully and I will be very happy to do this for you guys, hahaha.'
China LOVES diplomacy. Without shooting off either their mouths or their guns, they get far more bank for their diplomatic bucks than the G7 gets for their bluster and fury coupled with demands for money, energy supplies and cheap manufactured goods. China is very delighted to be able to call upon the US to be peaceful and NOT go to war all the time. Got that? HAHAHA again. This is so dumb. China stands on the world stage, the guarantor of peace and prosperity while the US squares off with Russia, trying to start WWIII. So who wins this round? NOT THE US.
The Shanghai organization’s leaders did endorse an aspect of Russia’s involvement in the Caucasus, saying it approved of “the active role of Russia in assisting in peace and cooperation in the region.” However, it also underscored the importance of territorial integrity — a statement that could be applied to Georgia’s struggle with its breakaway regions.
HAHAHA. Um, hey! I recall that even in most of my lifetime, Georgia was PART OF RUSSIA! And China didn't make it clear that Georgia was a separate state. They did say that we should use diplomacy and respect spheres of influence. China is very annoyed with the US trying to split up China and also trying to ring both Russia and China with hostile military forces. The Chinese are not endorsing the US Pax system.
Now, let's go to China for the real news. Unlike the propagandists in the West, China cheerfully let us see the actual agreements and proclamations from this Shanghai summit:
Chinese president makes proposal on regional peace, common prosperity among SCO members
(Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao, in a keynote speech Thursday at the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Tajik capital Dushanbe, made a five-point proposal for joint efforts to develop lasting peace, common prosperity and regional harmony.
STRENGTHENING STRATEGIC CONSULTATION AND POLITICAL MUTUAL TRUSTEfforts should be made to promote mutual support on important issues concerning security and development of member nations in keeping with the SCO Charter and the Treaty on Long-term Good-neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation, Hu said.
SCO members should make full use of the mechanisms of the Council of Foreign Ministers and the Council of National Coordinators in boosting strategic consultations on vital and sensitive issues that affect the security, stability and development of the member nations and the region, he said.
DEVELOPMENT OF CLOSER SECURITY COOPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF REGIONAL PEACE
The Chinese president praised the effective cooperation by SCO members on security during the Beijing Olympics and called for continuous cooperation in this regard for similar events to be hosted by the member nations in the future.
Efforts should be made to develop and deepen the various meeting mechanisms such as meetings of Secretaries of Security Councils, Ministers of Defence, Heads of Supreme Courts and Prosecutors General, which have played an important role in safeguarding peace and stability in the region, Hu said.
He called for deepened cooperation among SCO member nations in arresting members of the "three evil forces" (terrorism, separatism and extremism) and criminals involved in other organized transnational crimes such as drug trafficking.
The president also proposed that SCO member nations make joint anti-terror maneuvers a mechanism, and fully implement the anti-drug agreement and the action plan on ensuring international information security.
DEEPENING ECONOMIC COOPERATION, AND REALIZING A MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL AND ALL-WIN SITUATION
Noting the advantages of the SCO in fending off impacts from world economic turbulences as its members include major economies, big food and energy producers as well as huge markets, Hu urged SCO members to make effective use of such advantages, continue efforts to facilitate easy flow of trade and investment, continue to select and implement new model projects in transportation, energy and communication, and to enhance financial and agricultural cooperation.
He expressed the hope that SCO members would implement the agreements on customs mutual assistance and strengthen cooperation in customs supervision and personnel training.
The Chinese president pledged credit support on a larger scale to fellow SCO members, saying China, as a responsible partner, will continue consultation with relevant countries in selecting projects and provide the credits it has promised.
PROMOTING HUMANITARIAN COOPERATION AND ESTABLISHING LINKS OF FRIENDSHIP
Hu said efforts should be made to boost the cooperation among SCO member countries in culture, education, science and technology, sports and tourism, and to promote academic exchanges and exchanges among the young people.
The president called for strengthened cooperation in disaster prevention and relief within the organization, as natural disasters hit the region from time to time, and called for the establishment of a disaster relief center for the organization.
With serious epidemic diseases becoming new threats to the world, Hu said, cooperation among SCO members should be strengthened in the prevention and control of epidemics, transnational medical services, coordination in dealing with public health emergencies, traditional medicine and personnel training.
IMPLEMENTING PRINCIPLE OF OPENING UP AND JOINTLY STRIVING FOR REGIONAL HARMONY
The president noted that it has been a keystone in the SCO's external affairs in recent years to conduct practical cooperation with its observers.
He said China suggests closer cooperation between the organization and its observers, and inviting the observers to participate in inter-departmental cooperation in fields like security, economy and trade, energy, transportation, customs and culture.
China highly evaluates the regulations on the dialogue partnership to be approved by the SCO, and welcomes relevant countries and international organizations, through the dialogue partnership platform, to join efforts with the SCO to promote stability and development in the region.
Sounds like the UN! Sounds...reasonable. When we compare this with the howls from the G-7 powers, it is mild and careful. But behind all this is a strong message: the Shanghai group is consolidating power inside itself. It is a stronger and stronger organization as the US and Europe weakens. It is interested in securing each other's borders. And not one iota of this is from the Europeans or Americans. The G7 nations don't respect borders. They recognized Kosovo in the teeth of disapproval of the entire Shanghai organization. NATO wants to expand and doesn't care if this conflicts with the other nations. To hell with them, sneers Europe and America!
Well, this 'My NATO way or the highway' ideology is very nasty and is totally in the wrong. And the Shanghai proclamation makes this pretty clear. China, unlike the US, doesn't need to bluster. They know they have a firm grip on the economic neck of the US. They are being actually rather kind to us. If we imagine this is a green light to attack Russia, well.....History makes this very clear: many a delusional dictator or hysterical nation has thought this same thing. And ended up dead.
Now for a photo from China, one that has NOT appeared in ANY western propaganda war media reports:
Hey! Who are these dudes?
Why look here: Iran Kitty himself, grinning like the Cheshire cat. And the guy who runs Bagdad. And the President of a tiny part of Afghanistan! HAHAHA. Um, I see some real problems here. Are they in America standing shoulder to shoulder with us as we bark like demented dogs at Russia? Or were they having vodka and tea with Russia and China this week? My god, what does it take to wake people up?
A giant fly swatter?
Xinhua News in China: SCO leaders say no int'l problems can be solved by merely using force
DUSHANBE, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- Top leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) agreed Thursday that any attempt to solve problems by merely resorting to force could not work and would only hinder a comprehensive settlement of local conflicts.
A comprehensive solution to existing problems can be found only by taking into account the interests of all parties involved and including them all in the negotiation process rather than isolating any of them, said the leaders in a joint declaration issued at the conclusion of their summit in the Tajik capital.
OK: this is the Chinese summary. Do NOT isolate Russia. Cooperate with Russia. Negotiate with Russia. This didn't displease the Russians at all, by the way. They could turn around and snarl at Europe but note they are not going to war, they are merely telling Europe very curtly, any cessation in commerce will involve the cutting of all energy systems. Simple enough. Europe can ask China to negotiate a peace just like Japan and South Korea ended up asking China to negotiate with North Korea. The US can't negotiate anything anymore because we are stupider than flies.
Now for a word from Iran Kitty:
Ahmadinejad lauds Shanghai pact and Iran’s determining role
TEHRAN – President Mahmud Ahmadinejad on Sunday called the Shanghai Cooperation Organization a very important regional and international bloc and said Iran plays a determining role in international developments in its interaction with other countries.Iran’s participation in the conference at this juncture that the world is “undergoing major changes is very important,” Ahmadinejad told reporters upon his departure for the SCO summit in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
He expressed hope that the talks in the summit will lead to “useful and expected results for member states, region, and international community.”
The president will hold talks with some summiteers on the sidelines of the conference. “In these meetings bilateral subjects, regional issues and the current situation of world will be reviewed.”
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is an intergovernmental international organization founded in Shanghai on 15 June 2001 by six countries, China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Its member states cover an area of about three fifths of Eurasia, with a population of 1.455 billion. Its working languages are Chinese and Russian.
Ahmadinejad called the SCO a very important regional pact which is speedily finding its place in the region and the world.
“The domain of the cooperation between these countries in economic, political fields is expanding,” the Iranian president explained.
Oh to be a fly on the wall at these meetings between Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq and Russia! With the Chinese dragon lounging on its golden throne, sharpening its claws with a file. The cat purrs as it rubs against fellow Shi'as, 'Meow, we will win the war with the Infidels!' The bear rolls its eyes.
Israel unlikely to berate Russia
As the US and Russia sent military vessels to dock at different Georgian ports on Wednesday, Israel continued to tread carefully, issuing no statement regarding Russia's recognition of the breakaway Georgian provinces and - in an apparent show of balance - is planning to send humanitarian aid not only to Georgia, but to North Ossetia as well.
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Anatoly Yurkov, the charge d'affaires at Russia's embassy in Tel Aviv, told The Jerusalem Post in an interview that Moscow appreciated the balanced position Israel had taken throughout the crisis, as well as its "low profile."A first meeting was held in the Foreign Ministry on Wednesday to discuss Russia's recognition a day earlier of the breakaway republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The Post has learned that while Israel would most likely decide to continue to recognize Georgia's "territorial integrity," it was unlikely to join the chorus of condemnations of Russia coming from the US, Germany and Britain. It would also certainly not recognize the breakaway republics.
HAHAHA. Back pedal time! Israel is NOT bellowing at Russia. Israel looks after its own needs and affairs. Too bad, Israel won't let us do this. Nope. We have to do what they want. They will TRIANGULATE. All nations do this! This is normal. The US should be doing this with Israel but instead, all our politicians swear fealty to Israel while Israel doesn't swear the slightest fealty to the US. Some ally. Very similar to Japan, by the way. Japan ran off to have a secret meeting with China last fall when the yen suddenly become very strong against the dollar. After this meeting, the yen weakened again and not once has Japan joined the other G7 yapping puppies barking at China about the value of the yuan.
Joe Biden: Russia, China, India: "The Real War"
Obama's running mate presents the strategic plan for the next administration
On Aug 27 2008 at the Democratic Convention in Denver, Vice-presidential candidate Sen. Joseph Biden presented the plan for the real war, the war against China, Russia. He repeated the key points pushed by Zbigniew Brzezinski in his obsessive determination to go to the final clash with Russia and Asia.For Biden, The greates mistake of the Bush administration was its failure "to face the biggest forces shaping this century. The emergence of Russia, China and India's great powers".
What was the "consequence of this neglect"? "Russia challenging… Georgia's freedom." The Obama-Biden administration will repair those criminal mistakes... Barack and I will end that neglect. We will hold Russia accountable."
The wars of the Bush administration were, so to speak the wrong ones.
The new administration will unchain the real war. The war to confront the emergence of Russia, China, India.
The war, the real war will have to be waged in Afghanistan/Pakistan - exactly the area where it will be more disruptive for the feared Russia, China India challenge.
The previous administration was not warmonger enough, according to Biden. The new Democratic administration will increase the number of troops sent in central Asia.
Fools come in many stripes. The GOP has no armlock on stupidity. The DNC is pure New World Order. Americans will troop to Denver Stadium to cheer a bright future. Only it is no future. It is the past. And the past is dead, I say. No one wants to recognize this. The US cannot menace Russia. Russia owns us. Russia owns a hunk of Europe. And China owns everyone. Zbigniew Brzezinski is Polish. He wants Russia reduced to serf status. Poor, weak and helpless so Poland can strut and fret and feel powerful. This is stupid. Poland always gets run over by Russia whenever European leaders do sneak attacks on Russia. So Poland should be playing nice with Russia, not egging on yet another world war.
England is equally insane this week, by the way:
LONDON: Miliband says "no question" of war with Russia
(Reuters) - There is no question of launching "all-out war" against Russia, Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Thursday, while condemning Moscow's "invasion" of Georgia.Miliband, asked whether NATO would go to war against Moscow if it were to attack a neighbouring country or ally again, said: "We don't want all-out war with Russia ... There's no question of launching an all-out war against Russia."
NATO is committed to the principle that an attack against one or several members would be considered an attack against all, and to defending its members against aggression. Georgia is not a NATO member but it has ambitions to join.
NATO was not an "offensive" alliance, Miliband told BBC Radio.
Lord, that last statement is pure insanity. NATO has invaded several countries, one of which was disarmed by the United Nations so the US attack could proceed without incident. The UN is dead. Saddam is dead. But Putin and Hu are very much alive and kicking our asses. NATO doesn't want an all-out war with Russia. They just want a PARTIAL war with Russia!
Alas, History is very stern: all wars do what they do. Small wars can swiftly turn into massive World Wars. When Saddam was induced into attacking a corner of Iran so he could steal Iran's oil wells, this turned into a major war between the two countries. This, in turn, cause world oil prices to shoot to the heavens. This, in turn, destroyed the US economy, fueled hyper-inflation and gave us all great, great grief. If we knew it would send oil to over $150 a barrel in today's inflationary dollars, we would have begged Saddam to NOT invade Iran!
But we did the opposite. China has made it very clear: the West can negotiation and stop the violent threats and rhetoric or they will be facing a huge coalition in the UN led by China, the third world, South America, a host of nations condemning the war the G7 seem stupidly to launch.
Brezinski reminds me of a demented old dog eating cow pies
and howling at the moon. The "Olde Colde War" resurrected ?
Bloody Hell...How bat shit can our elite batboys get ?
We won Dubya Dubya Two because of the Permian Basin, Kansas,
Oklahoma, Bakersfield, and East Texas oil fields. England would've folded up and gone back to making flat beer and Hillmans with Lucas Electronics without our once vast oil fields.
Now how the hell are we going to do this with an almost empty
tank of gas ? How are we going to fight simultaneous wars with
most of the Middle East, Russia, and Venezuela ? We'll burn up
the rest of the worlds reserves fighting this endless war--even if it doesnt end with the literal Armageddon we will have the Peak
Oil-with-Pants-Down-Armegeddon.
Posted by: G. | August 28, 2008 at 11:55 PM
Thanks Elaine for the humorous and informative article. Who knew politics can be this much fun to read!
Posted by: WG | August 29, 2008 at 02:10 AM
I add my thanks as well, Elaine. I put you on our blogroll and I'm a regular reader now. Keep up the good work.
Posted by: Copeland | August 29, 2008 at 03:04 AM
elaine why our leaders? cannot be as astute as you i dont know.the uk is finished as america is why people cannot see this is beyond me.i read your blog every day .i look forward to it
Posted by: geoffery batttams | August 29, 2008 at 04:57 AM
Why, Geoffrey? Because the "leaders" you CAN see are political puppets reading from a script written by an invisible bunch of inbreds whose mindsets are a cross between Nero and Caligula. It's really that simple.
Posted by: carli | August 29, 2008 at 08:16 AM
I come from old 'nobility' stock. My mom looked like a clone of Queen Elizabeth and talked in the exact same funny way complete with the stiff upper lip. Since my ancestors spent their free time killing people or each other, we are a bloody lot.
There is no one who can compete on the grounds of generations of desperate attempts at controlling things via the sword than the Normans. Then there are older tribes: in the Middle East, we see this at work.
The Middle East seems to be a magnet for this sort of people. To earn Jesus' blessings, my ancestors rode off to the Crusades and slaughtered the civilians in an orgy of blood, just for example.
When one looks at the mirror, we can either see the truth or go to the carnival mirror. The truth is, we are like 'Mother Nature, red in tooth and claw.' The British royals [old enemies of my family, by the way] hides this by pretending to be civilized. But the grandchildren really wanted to go to war in Afghanistan and kill someone, anyone!
The princes have blood in their eyes. They would happily chop up the press, too. Just give them a sword!
The old royals of Europe who survived WWI and WWII are still around within the Bilderberger conspiracy, for example. To this day, everyone defers to these descendants of killers.
The rich come and go but the smart rich marry into nobility so they can become part of this system. The sale of sons and daughters of the old nobility to the highest bidders is common and a major source of income for this crew.
For this crew has one major tool: SEX. So long as one member in the marriage bed has this hot ribbon of murder flowing in the veins, the family tradition continues. If it is coupled with economic mercenaries seeking the keys to inherited power, we get some rather troubling coupliings. Like the Medici.
The Real Rulers are a strange bunch, that is certain. Many, many black sheep lurk within this coterie. The black sheep are hated by the rulers with a passion which is truly ancient. The names of those who defied the Thrones are known by the people sitting on these fancy chairs.
Occasionally minor nobility like the very minor Napoleon clan manages to claw their way to the top. But if the marriage bed is infertile, this can fail. Queen Victoria was immensely fertile. Her offspring all ended at war with each other in a massive fratricidal snit we now call WWI.
Posted by: Elaine Meinel Supkis | August 29, 2008 at 09:14 AM
Georgians may solve the Caucasus crisis by themselves, since now amongst them there is brewing a backlash againsh Saakashvili.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/georgians-stuck-in-limbo-begin-to-lash-out-at-saakashvili-911778.html
Tkviavi is the closest town inside Georgia "proper" to the border with South Ossetia and its capital, Tskhinvali. Its residents watched as Georgian troops poured up the road three weeks ago in their ill-fated push to regain South Ossetia, and they watched as the army fled, leaving their village undefended....
Now, its people are stuck in limbo. The Russians have established a checkpoint further down the road at Karaleti, preventing those who fled from returning to help their elderly relatives.
But while there was initial fury among the residents at the "Ossetian dogs" who had robbed and trashed their homes, now the target of the anger in Tkviavi seems to be changing. There is a corresponding backlash against President Mikheil Saakashvili, for bring misfortune upon them.
"Please tell everyone in Russia, in the world, that we want to be with Russia, we don't want Saakashvili. He has brought us nothing but trouble," implored Karaman Goguashvili, 77. "We don't need Nato, we don't need America, we need to be friends with Russia."
Posted by: Ed-M | August 29, 2008 at 10:03 AM
My understanding is that the British Monarchy was taken over by German power elite sometime before WWI (yah, like 1714!)
And Marie Antoinette was from Austria.
And the Bushes have a long history of relations with German industrial might.
http://www.hyw.com/Books/History/Vikings_.htm
"Having depended on professional Roman soldiers for centuries, the Britions were unable to deal with these raids and in desperation called in Germans (Saxons, Jutes, and Angles, for the most part) from northwestern Germany and Denmark (areas still known as Saxony and Jutland, the Angles living in the '"angle" between the two) to help them out. This turned out to be a big mistake, because the Germans were so impressed by the place that they went back for their families (and more warriors) and came back to take Britain for their own."
http://www.centreforcitizenship.org/monarchy/mon1.html
"The monarchs' family is known as the House of Windsor, a name chosen for its supremely southern English and royal associations. In fact the House of Windsor was created in 1917 to give an English colour to the family. Since 1714 the monarch had been German. The first member of this line to speak English without a German accent was George 5, who became king in 1915. He gave British aristocratic titles to many of his relatives so that they would not seem German. "
Posted by: GK | August 29, 2008 at 10:41 AM
German Media is reporting today that Russia is preparing to shot down a major oil pipeline to Germany that also supplies oil to Poland (source in German):
http://www.focus.de/politik/ausland/kaukasus/tid-11650/russland-oel-als-druckmittel-gegen-westen_aid_328483.html
The article says it is a reaction to EU threats against Russia - it does not put it in relation to the US Military presence in Poland.
Incidentally this source says that the Russian reduction of oil supply may occur as soon as this coming Monday (!). Let's see - when is 'Gustav' due to hit?
May I suggest that we may just be a few trading hours away from $ 200+ a barrel?
Posted by: PhD | August 29, 2008 at 10:52 AM
"The wars of the Bush administration were,...
The new administration will unchain the real war. The war to confront the emergence of Russia, China, India." Biden
What a horse's ass. Hey Joe, can you say Walmart? How about NAFTA & WTO (Bubba's revered there), and CAFTA? Treasonous corporations that avoided US taxes, unions, living wages, and profited from foreign slave labor in offshoring of American Industry. China and India's economic bonanza is the end result. The USA is a dilapidated McMansion. Americans have two choices; 1. gut the interior (politicians), rid the structure of cockroach infestation (AIPAC,corporate lobbyists, etc...), and painstakingly renovate and adhere to codes and regulations. The restoration could be magnificent! Or Biden's way, ignore reality and blame the creditors and threaten them until we are all evicted.
Hey Joe, you seem to be articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy.... too bad when god was handing out intelligence you ran to the back of the line.
Posted by: rockpaperscizzors | August 29, 2008 at 10:59 AM
The German factor: Germany was very weak since the collapse of the First Holy Roman Empire. Germany split into tiny principalities and didn't reunite until after Napoleon changed Europe's royal maps.
Once united again, influence grew. I am half German. Went to school there, by the way.
When I look at pictures of our soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, I wince. Talk about looking like mud, looking lousy. This irritates me. If one is going to occupy a nation and rule it, one better look the part, not try desperately to blend into the mud walls of the slums.
Posted by: Elaine Meinel Supkis | August 29, 2008 at 11:41 AM
I am unsure about who to vote for in this upcoming election. I am not a fan of Biden, I am certainly not a fan of McCain and his unheard-of running mate! I don't think any of them will be able to deal with Russia and China. I think America is quickly changing and trapped in a downward spiral. I think it is safe to say that China will be calling the shots from now on.
Posted by: Jeremy | August 29, 2008 at 12:07 PM
I come from two races of fighting swamp
dwellers----Frisian and Louisiana French.
The Frisians were so well protected by
their tidal swamps that even the Romans
left them alone. The Frisians originally
lived on built up mud and reed island humps.
We were also the last European race to be
Christianized and to this day, Boniface is
a saint because he was burnt at the stake by the pagan Frisians. Friesland was also well known as a hotbed of Anarchism and Socialism during the turn of the last century.Today its a tourist area well known for good boating recreation.
Its little known that the Cajuns tried to
rebel when Louisana was sold to America by the French. The Cajuns rightly thought that,
once again, the Anglos were going to devastate them like they did in Nova Scotia.
Belezaire led a short lived rebellion against the new rulers that was surpressed but put enough fear in the Anglos that the French were left alone in their bayous.
The culture finally died out when the I-10 Atchafalya Bridge was built and the gas and oil production was ramped up out of Morgan City. Only the old timers speak French today.
They try, like the Irish, to bring the language back through the schools but it seems to be a losing proposition.
Posted by: G. | August 29, 2008 at 12:08 PM
I thought the House of Saxe Coburg-Gotha (Albert) /Hanover (Victoria) was changed to the House of Windsor during World War I to hide its German heritage.
Fun facts: When he would become King, William will be the first monarch to descend from King Charles II since Queen Anne. His royal bloodline will be traced up not on the Windsors but on the Spencers because the Stuarts preceded the Hanovers. The Hanovers, Queen Elizabeth II's direct bloodline, mounted the British throne when the last Stuart monarch, Queen Anne died without a direct successor
http://europeanroyalty.blogspot.com/2008/01/prince-williams-royal-noble-lineage.html
Elaine, I stumbled upon questionable internet babble about the Kind David bloodline passed thru jesus and his lineage, holy grail blah blah, or rather yaddha yaddha, and british royal lineage via the Stuart bloodline Mary Queen of Scots, James VI(Scotland)/James I(England),Charles I, and Charles II.... The House of Windsor/Hanover/Saxe Coburg-Gotha are the imposters of royal bloodline and the Stuarts are the true King David heirs. Princess Diana was descended from the Stewarts (Stuarts), and hence had the Sangreal (Blood Royal) and hence Princes William and Harry.
"The Knights Templar were and are the guardians of the Sangreal-Holy Grail(Blood Royal)....the Knights Templars became "the most influential body the world has ever known" and established "the first international banking network." True or false?
the monarchy strongly maintained their rules of succession not to include Roman Catholics in the line of succession. True or false?
Link:
http://www.theconspiracy.us/vol11/cn11-69.html
Posted by: rockpaperscizzors | August 29, 2008 at 12:41 PM
Elaine, I'm curious as to whether the above fun facts are valid. Is your bloodline sangreal or instead advisors to sangreal royalty or imposter royalty (the Germans), or neither?
Posted by: rockpaperscizzors | August 29, 2008 at 12:51 PM
To 'G.': Do you know of Theodor Storm's: 'Der Schimmelreiter' (The Dykemaster)? It is a classic German tale about a Frisian dyke lord, who goes new ways in building more profound and sustainable dykes to protect the land and the people of flash floods. I wonder what all can be learned from this story for the American Louisiana of today?
On the matter of faith, this dyke lord lived his own religion, he did not comply with Christianity - he does however seem to be a faithful person.
If you don't know the book or if you haven't read it in a while this may be a handy lecture for this coming weekend.
Posted by: PhD | August 29, 2008 at 12:58 PM
The Bayous are eroding due to the constraining of the Miss Riv in near
constant levees--along with the channelizing that goes with the oil and gas biz.The mud doesnt get a chance to replenish the bayou
so it shoots straight into the deep water
of the gulf. The old timer cajuns,the fishermen, and naturalists know this but the younger ones
depend on oil and gas for employment and the river traffic depends on keeping the river in its present straightjacket.This will eventually fail. They almost lost the "Old Man" Atchafalaya Red River control structure up by Angola about 15 ys ago and spent 2ys pumping grout into the base of the thing.
At least the Dutch and Frisians have coped
better and have raised their dikes tremendously in the past few years--along with building huge sea gates at river mouths.
I dont think the dikes will cope with Greenland melting but they have done far
more than Louisana,the Army Corpse of Engineers, and the US Gummint.
I guess the moral is that people who live
in swamps must stay bouyant rather than building too many levees.
The money boyz thru CDS' and Hedge Funds
built way too many of their own financial
"levees" and did nothing but make the money
river run faster.
Posted by: G. | August 29, 2008 at 02:17 PM
Ach! Der Schimmelreiter!
A book about money and the Cave of Death and the 'Flucht' which is also a word used to describe monetary melt downs. It also is a side throw towards Dr. Faustus.
I read that in German in the fateful year of 1967 when I found out about all this stuff the hard way. It was most suitable.
I said to my professor, 'Der Schimmel ist Pegasus.'
Posted by: Elaine Meinel Supkis | August 29, 2008 at 02:18 PM
To PhD.....I will check out that little
tale. Thanks
Posted by: G. | August 29, 2008 at 02:19 PM
In Dr. Faustus by Goethe, part II, the old wizard tells the Devil, he has found a good thing to do: to dredge out the Frisian swamplands. As the devil's minions dig and dig, the devil hovers ever closer to his victim.
Suddenly, the very tired old man says, 'Ah! This is the most beautiful day in my life' and falls into the ditch which was really his grave.
The many references and echoes in different literatures put a different color on a culture. Just like reading Japanese literature helps me enjoy Japanese anime. Also, I go to a Japanese nun to bang on drums and chant stuff. This gives many clues to what is going on in Japan's cultural matrix.
The foundation story for Germany is the Medieval singer/knights and then Goethe's works. All other things swell out of these two rivers.
Posted by: Elaine Meinel Supkis | August 29, 2008 at 02:23 PM
Ha ha..
The Frisians should've stayed living on their
raised mounds and boats rather than imitating the solid land dwellers.
And the Cajuns should've stayed on their
houseboats and houses built on pilings rather
than building levees and channels.
Life needs to be very portable in those kind
of places.
Posted by: G. | August 29, 2008 at 02:31 PM
hi elaine/it is most strange that you should mention Nero and Caligula..several days ago i recieved a message telepathicaly some people were talking in the ?and they were saying well we have tried to reason with him he is as evil as caligula and as mad as nero for our sakes and the american people he will have to go he is so mentally unhinged he could cause ww3 at any time friends romans countrymen ?
Posted by: geoffery battams | August 29, 2008 at 03:41 PM
Remember when the good Doctor Hunter Thompson called
Nixon's Cabinet, "Caligula and the Seven Dwarfs" ?
Posted by: G. | August 29, 2008 at 08:19 PM
G: HAHAHA. Yes, with Bush as Little Boots.
Geoffery, please watch out when channeling nut cases. They are very demonic.
Posted by: Elaine Meinel Supkis | August 29, 2008 at 08:28 PM
You think like Chinese...... Very impressive.....
Posted by: Dragon | August 29, 2008 at 09:27 PM