The commander in thief decided going on a comedy website yesterday wasn’t enough. The Ukraine crisis deepens by the hour, but this Tool decides a photo-op at The Gap will turn the tide in his idiotic effort to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour. This pitiful excuse for a leader has done polling and sees this is an issue supported by the millions of brain dead drone Obama voters. He pretends to shop at The Gap in an effort to push this agenda item. The compliant MSM mouthpieces will all run video of the tool tonight. They won’t mention that if Obama succeeds, The Gap and thousands of other retailers will fire hundreds of thousands of workers. Forward Amurika!!!
I bet that red top will go perfectly with his pink biking shorts.
Unless Russia marches into East Ukraine, I don’t see the crisis deepening by the hour. Crimea will soon belong to Russia (again) as voted by Crimean people. Done deal. Not a shot was fired (except warning shots.)
Only two events in the entire fucking world are newsworthy today; The Airplane and two collapsed buildings in NYC.
I like that Oreo pic, especially the neon “1969” sign …. “69” …. a PsyOps -Jedi suggestion that Oreo should go suck his own dick.
Stuck
This seems to be a little deepening.
Chairman Of Joint Chiefs: US Ready For “Military Response” In Ukraine
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/12/2014 10:31 -0400
With diplomacy having failed miserably to resolve the Russian annexation of Crimea, and soon East Ukraine (and with John Kerry in charge of it, was there ever any doubt), the US is moving to the heavy artillery. First, moments ago, the US DOE announced in a shocking announcement that it would proceed with the first draw down and sale of crude from the US strategic petroleum reserve, the first since June 2011, in what it said was a “test sale to check the operational capabilities of system infrastructure”, but is really just a shot across the bow at Putin for whom high commodity prices are orders of magnitude more important than how the Russian stock market performs. And now, as Bloomberg just reported, the US has escalated even further, citing the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey, who “has claimed that in the case of an escalation of unrest in Crimea, the U.S. Army is ready to back up Ukraine and its allies in Europe with military actions.”
So much for those peaceful hour long phone calls between Obama and Putin.
From Bloomberg:
According to the Web site of the Atlantic Council, Dempsey said that “he’s been talking to his military counterparts in Russia, but he’s also sending a clear message to Ukraine and members of NATO that the U.S. military will respond militarily if necessary.”
“We’re trying to tell [Russia] not to escalate this thing further into Eastern Ukraine, and allow the conditions to be set for some kind of resolution in Crimea. We do have treaty obligations with our NATO allies. And I have assured them that if that treaty obligation is triggered [in Europe], we would respond,” Dempsey said.
According to the General, the incursion of Russian troops into the Crimea creates risks for all the countries of Europe and NATO allies.
“If Russia is allowed to do this, which is to say move into a sovereign country under the guise of protecting ethnic Russians in Ukraine, it exposes Eastern Europe to some significant risk, because there are ethnic enclaves all over Eastern Europe and the Balkans,” Dempsey said.
And with that, the USDJPY ramp takes the pair to overnight highs, and futures are set to go green. BTFWWIIID!
More seriously, the real question is how Putin will react to this quantum escalation in verbal hostilities: wild guess here, but somehow we doubt he will pick up and leave.
The Gap? Wasn’t that cool back in the 90’s? They’re still around?
Well he does need to look nice for his nuclear holocaust.
You think this fucker is a tool? Wait ’til Hillary and Rahmbo take over in ’16!
That does APPEAR to be a deepening crisis.
But the State Whore Asshole General (SWAG) said — “We’re trying to tell [Russia] not to escalate this thing further into Eastern Ukraine,” As I said, IF Russia stays out of Eastern Ukraine, then there is no crisis.
SWAG also said — “and allow the conditions to be set for some kind of resolution in Crimea”. There is a resolution. On Sunday Crimea will elect to become part of Russia. Done deal. There isn’t a fucking thing the USA can or will do about it.
SWAGs don’t make policy. A US military response? He’s completely full or sabre-rattling horseshit. When he’s done vomiting diarrhea from his mouth, maybe he can look at a map and realize Russia is not Iraq or Libya.
After Annexing Crimea, Russian Troops Are Piling Up By The East Ukraine Border
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/12/2014 15:26 -0400
Despite the relentless protests of Kiev, and of course the G7 group of world’s most indebted nations, in the past two weeks Vladimir Putin once again succeeded in outplaying the west and annexed the Crimea peninsula without firing a single shot (granted there is still potential for material situational deterioration, one which would involve military participation by NATO whose outcome is not exactly clear). The market has “priced in” as much, with prevailing consensus now dictating that Russia will preserve its foothold in the Crimea however without additional attempts for annexation: certainly Poland is hoping and praying as much.
However, as the following photos taken on the Russian side of East Ukraine, one next to Belgorod, and one in the proximity of Rostov, the Russian tanks are now piling up, only not in Crimea, which needs no further Russian military presence, but ostensibly to prepare for the next part of the annexation: that of Russian-speaking east Ukraine.
And after East Ukraine, they will annex Western Ukraine while the USA and the EU run in circles, scream and shout.
Personally, I don’t give a chit. Russian has, for hundreds years, more or less guarded their borders by making sure the border countries are under Soviet control. They have no natural barriers between them and those who have run over them time and time again.
The mind-set is bred into the Russian people. Where we have the Atlantic protecting our Eastern border, Russia has Ukraine, Poland, Estonia, Lithuania and whom ever they can get control of to guard their Western border.
More to follow…
MA
If only Putin would drop his drawers so Obama could have his way with him. Maybe a military intervention by the USSA and the EU would finally cause people to rise up and demand Obama’s impeachment since the dipshit politicians and supreme court don’t seem willing to do it.
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John McCain Is Going To Ukraine
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/12/2014 18:11 -0400
Three weeks ago, John Kerry came, saw, and launched a blitz-diplomatic campaign which promptly resulted in, well, Russia annexing Crimea.
Now it is the turn of that other foreign policy titan, neo-con John McCain, to complete Kerry’s job and finally launch the GDP-boosting World War III. He may have the chance to do that as soon as Thursday, when he, along with other senators, is slated to travel to Ukraine to “show support for the government there.” Or, said otherwise, to show support for the government that is in power thanks to an illegitimate and deadly coup that took place just over two weeks ago, despite the formal signing of a memorandum, endorsed by all Western powers, that stipulated a peaceful transition as well as presidential elections in the coming months. When presented like that, one almost thinks back to the roaring success that was the US endorsement of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood regime (where the US too had zero involvement, repeat zero involvement) that also took over following a violent coup. As well as the largely predictable countercoup that overthrew said regime.
The Hill explains:
The meeting comes ahead of a planned referendum in Crimea on Sunday to secede from Ukraine and join Russia — something the U.S. has said would violate the country’s constitution.
McCain’s office said the group would be meeting with members of the interim government and other stakeholders Thursday through Sunday.
The delegation will be made up of a group of eight senators from both parties. Aside from McCain, those traveling to Ukraine are Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.).
McCain and Murphy also visited the country in December as protests flared in Ukraine. In February, President Viktor Yanukovych fled the country and Russian troops invaded the Crimea peninsula.
Curious for more? Don’t be. Not even McCain’s office knows much:
McCain’s office said it did not have specifics on the agenda when asked which parts of the country the delegation would be visiting.
It is of course possible the McCain simply doesn’t know where Ukraine is to begin with, but all that does matter is to show support for the US military industrial complex, and to show solidarity with US allies in Europe who after last year’s botched attempt to get Qatar nat gas, will get some resource self reliance damn it, even if it means killing millions of innocent Ukrainians on both sides of the soon to be east-west split border.
And just in case McCain isn’t senile enough to provoke the start of another world war, moments ago the Senate Foreign Relations Committee did its best to further antagonize Russia when it approved legislation granting aid to Ukraine and authorizing sanctions on Russia in a 14-3 vote. Four Republicans voted for the bill despite International Monetary Reform provisions opposed by some conservatives. Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), the panel’s ranking member, and Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.), Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) joined the panel’s Democrats in backing the bill. “I believe we are at a defining moment right now,” said Corker, who negotiated the final draft. “Our friends and allies in the region are watching.”
Sadly, like everything else in Congress, this vote too was just for show, especially since it would involve actual work to enact it into law:
It will be difficult, however, for Congress to complete its work on the bill before lawmakers leave for a recess on Friday.
Legislation passed by the House does not include the IMF provisions, and the pace of action in the Senate will be slowed if conservatives, as expected, refuse to agree to move the bill forward by unanimous consent.
That means there would be no action by Congress on aid to Ukraine before Sunday, when a referendum in Crimea will be held on whether that region should divorce Ukraine for Russia.
By then Crimea will be officially a part of Russia, at which point our best wishes to Congress in legislating away just how Putin should promptly hand over the keys to what he quickly annexed without making more than a couple public statements and in the process once again made the US foreign policy wizards look like the proverbial pigeon playing chess.
mccain is a top crotch scumbag. he belongs in the photo above with the rest of the dummies (i count six of them). these are our “leaders”. what a joke. we’re doomed.
They’re sending fuckin MCCAIN to “solve” things?
Aw man… we’re doomed.
Respect to his service, but come ON! They guy took one too many blows to the head… his answer to everything is to bomb the shit out of it…
Even I know that that is the stupidest, and last, resort…
McCain is a hammer looking for a nail.
He lives in a target rich delusion.
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Economic collapse? Check.
Pension funds collapsing? Check.
No way to fix the unemployment problem? Check.
Police state here, need a false flag to put all the pieces in place? Coming. The nuke in Carolina didn’t work out, Boston Bombing so-so, fake Connecticut shooting so-so. 9/11 scare stories losing their luster…
Enemies to demonize to take people’s minds off being totally fucked? Let’s see. We got Russia, China, the whole Middle East, the poor here, North Korea, … Check.
WW3 here we come, doo da, doo da.
It sure calms down, some random finding below:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.fr/2014/03/us-drones-shot-down-in-crimea.html
http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_03_11/UK-to-send-surveillance-drone-to-Poland-and-Romania-monitor-situation-in-Ukraine-8781/
http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_03_03/Maidan-activists-attempted-to-bring-explosives-into-Crimea-source-8158/
http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_03_13/US-drafted-Ukraine-coup-scenario-for-2015-presidential-vote-Ukrainian-ex-security-chief-3197/
potato chips and bier. getting ready for the show
A tool is useful. You can make things, fix things, be productive with it.
Obomber is neither useful, makes only shit, & cannot fix anything. Please do not insult tools.
Hillary and Rahmbo take over in ’16? Holy shit.
If those 2 win, Americans’ll be wishing for the good old days of Bush & Obomber.
The EU has said, if Russia continues to advance on Kiev, they will hit Russian soldiers with their man purses.
The French have said they will protest by painting rude pictures of the Russians & will stop drinking Stolachnya.
Obomber says he will get on the phone with Vlad again & sound even tougher, then go play golf.
“When he’s (Gen. Martin Dempsey) done vomiting diarrhea from his mouth, maybe he can look at a map and realize Russia is not Iraq or Libya.”
—-Stucky
Stucky is basically correct. Take a look at a map.
Focus on not only Russia, but Ukraine. Treaty aside, the entire USG and the rest of the NATO nations are helpless. That’s what you get when you do stupid shit like morph NATO into something it was never intended to be.
Maybe, after we get our ass handed to us once again by Putin, we’ll blow up a useless and outdated treaty. No wait, that’s asking WAY too much.
Billy says:
“They’re sending fuckin MCCAIN to “solve” things?”
Finally, something me and Billy can agree on. I still recall Nancy Reagan’s warm endorsement of the guy: This, then, is the candidate…
my boss said, drinking beer will not make you smarter, but it made Budweiser.
in the future it will be said, expanding NATO and putting nukes in Poland was not smart, but it made Hillary Clinton.