Men Will be Boys: Tit for Tat; Honor is the Paramount Concern; Honor for Honor
Ohh.. Ahhh.. Oh … Obama trumped up his response to the Russia takeover of Crimea with actions and threats of further actions.
The New York Times posted Obama’s Statement on New Sanctions Against Russia.
I will spare you the sap of Obama’s address. But interested parties can see US sanction fact sheet here: Ukraine-Related Sanctions.
Are Sanctions Enough?
Fox News asks Is it enough? Obama imposes sanctions on Russian officials over Crimea.
Faced with calls for a swift and stern reaction to Russia’s threatened annexation of Crimea, President Obama wielded his executive pen Monday morning, slapping seven in Vladimir Putin’s inner circle — but not the Russian president himself — with sanctions freezing their U.S. assets.
But almost immediately, some criticized Obama’s response as not being enough to change Putin’s course.
“The crisis in Ukraine calls for a far more significant response from the United States. Today’s Executive Order could be an important part of that response, but sanctioning only seven Russian officials is wholly inadequate at this stage,” Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said in a statement.
McCain also took to Twitter to urge military aid for Ukraine. “Incredibly Pres Obama’s stmt didn’t mention military assistance to #Ukraine, a sovereign nation that’s been invaded by #Russia,” he wrote.
Whenever you are looking for war-mongering sap, rest assured McCain is the number one place to look. Short of launching an all-out military attack on Russia, nothing could appease McCain.
Russian Deputy PM Laughs at Obama’s Sanctions
In response to sanctions a Russian Deputy PM Laughs at Obama’s Sanctions.
Russia’s deputy prime minister laughed off President Obama’s sanction against him today asking “Comrade @BarackObama” if “some prankster” came up with the list.
The Obama administration hit 11 Russian and Ukrainian officials with sanctions today as punishment for Russia’s support of Crimea’s referendum. Among them: aides to President Vladimir Putin, a top government official, senior lawmakers, Crimean officials, the ousted president of Ukraine, and a Ukrainian politician and businessman allegedly tied to violence against protesters in Kiev.
Rogozin, a friend of actor Steven Seagal, took to Twitter to tweak Obama, tweeting he thinks “some prankster” came up with the sanctions list
In a later tweet addressed to “Comrade @BarackObama,” he asked, “what should do those who have neither accounts nor property abroad? Or U didn’t think about it?”
Another Russian on the sanctions list, Vladislav Surkov, also seemed unconcerned.
Surkov, a top Putin ideologue often called the Kremlin’s grey cardinal, reportedly told a Russian newspaper, “It’s a big honor for me. I don’t have accounts abroad. The only things that interest me in the U.S. are Tupac Shakur, Allen Ginsberg, and Jackson Pollock. I don’t need a visa to access their work. I lose nothing.”
Honor for Honor
This is a rare case of US-Russia “honor for honor”. Not only is Vladislav Surkov honored, so is senator John McCain.
McCain Honored
Please consider the Daily Beast report Russia Will Sanction U.S. Senators
Putin is set to respond to Obama’s sanctions of Russian officials with his own list. Several U.S. Senators and officials will be banned from visiting Russia, including Sen. Dick Durbin.
Putin is expected to release his retaliation list as early as Tuesday and while the final list is still being crafted, it will include top Obama administration officials and high profile U.S. senators, in an effort to roughly mirror the U.S. sanctions against Russian officials and lawmakers, according to diplomatic sources. At the top of the list in Congress is Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, who recently co-authored a resolution criticizing Russia’s invasion of Crimea.
Durbin’s inclusion on Putin’s list would mirror Obama’s naming of Valentina Matvienko, the head of the upper chamber of the Russian Duma. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell are not expected to be on the Russian sanctions list.
UPDATE: Durbin told The Daily Beast in a statement Monday: “My Lithuanian-born mother would be proud her son made Vladimir Putin’s American enemies list.”
Sen. John McCain, who traveled to Kiev last weekend to meet with Ukrainian leaders, told The Daily Beast that he expects to be on the list and is happy about it.
“You think I’m not going to be on it?” McCain said. “I would be honored to be on that list.”
There you have it. McCain is honored and so is Vladislav Surkov.
Will Sanction Stupidity End Now?
Will the stupidity end with “honor for honor”?
Let’s hope so, but I doubt it. McCain and his war-mongering consortium will pressure Obama for more sanctions. If Obama obliges, Russia will respond “tit for tat”.
Freeze Russian assets in the US and Russia will freeze US assets in Russia. Hmmm. What country do you think will fare worse in that trade?
But what if Russia cuts off Europe’s supply of natural gas?
Men Will be Boys
Clearly we cannot concern ourselves with such things as a European gas shutoff. After all, it’s Europe at risk, not the US. More importantly, we all know “honor is the paramount concern”.
The saying goes “boys will be boys”. I propose “men will be boys”.
After reading several ‘news’ articles about this story, I’ve found that not one of them actually discuss what the sanctions actually are. They all use the same wording, which matched Obama’s press conference wording, but nothing I’ve found actually tells me the details of these sanctions.
Do the sanctions freeze U.S. assets? That is what I think they mean. I like it how Obama says he did this act under the power granted to him by himself when he signed an Executive Order last week. With that type of circular logic, the man has unlimited powers. All he has to do is write it down, sign it, then proclaim it to the press and say it was authorized by an E.O.
bb
March 18, 2014 8:40 am
Sanctions are foolish and destructive to America business interests.There’s not a damn thing America can do in the Ukraine except started another war it will lose.The Russians are never going to give up their warm water ports or their oil and gas pipelines.
Stucky
March 18, 2014 10:23 am
Putin’s reaction to HNIC Oreo’s sanctions …
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HNIC Oreo’s reaction to his own sanctions …
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card802
March 18, 2014 11:10 am
Agreed, these sanctions are nothing more than a show for a dumbed down american audience. We are supposed to be proud at the resolve and strengths of obama.
A buddy just sent me this, they train in Russia using live ammo with live humans down range, fuckers are crazy over there.
MuckAbout
March 18, 2014 11:16 am
The whole thing is an obscene theater of the absurd.
I have not heard so many say so much with less content and no meaning in a long time. Since we have no dogs in this fight, the most we can possibly do is lean around the corner and yell, “Na-na-ne-na-na!” .
Everything the airheads do in D.C. makes our whole country look dumber than a stump.
I don’t know, maybe it’s getting to be that way.
The titular head of a declining global power (what we used to be) should never run in circles, scream and shout threats, knowing in advance (if he’d had any advisors that are capable to pulling their head out of their asses) there was and is nothing he can or should do about it.
What he needs to do is write yet another Executive Order that forces Russia out of the Crimea! Yeah, that’ll do it..
MA
Nonanonymous
March 18, 2014 11:18 am
What, exactly is the national interest of the US in Crimea, besides global hegemony of the US dollar?
And, exactly how many lives is that worth?
Scroll down for answers……
None, and exactly the number of lives which have been lost in US wars of aggression, and not one more.
Stucky
March 18, 2014 11:43 am
This IS related.
This is a UKRAINIAN woman, who has transformed herself via countless surgeries — some even speculate she had ribs removed — into “Barbie”.
Actual photo. Really. Search for “Ukrainian Barbie” on youtube. Fuckin’ unreal.
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Nonanonymous
March 18, 2014 1:09 pm
Actual, photoshopped photo, really!
I knew I was getting old when the playboy playmates were younger than me. Stucky never truly grasped that reality, and will be 14 for eva, yea!
Thinker
March 18, 2014 2:56 pm
She’s been in the news for a few years, Stucky. But now there are others doing that to themselves because of how much notoriety she’s gained. There’s another famous one who goes by “Anime.”
Men Will be Boys: Tit for Tat; Honor is the Paramount Concern; Honor for Honor
Ohh.. Ahhh.. Oh … Obama trumped up his response to the Russia takeover of Crimea with actions and threats of further actions.
The New York Times posted Obama’s Statement on New Sanctions Against Russia.
I will spare you the sap of Obama’s address. But interested parties can see US sanction fact sheet here: Ukraine-Related Sanctions.
Are Sanctions Enough?
Fox News asks Is it enough? Obama imposes sanctions on Russian officials over Crimea.
Faced with calls for a swift and stern reaction to Russia’s threatened annexation of Crimea, President Obama wielded his executive pen Monday morning, slapping seven in Vladimir Putin’s inner circle — but not the Russian president himself — with sanctions freezing their U.S. assets.
But almost immediately, some criticized Obama’s response as not being enough to change Putin’s course.
“The crisis in Ukraine calls for a far more significant response from the United States. Today’s Executive Order could be an important part of that response, but sanctioning only seven Russian officials is wholly inadequate at this stage,” Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said in a statement.
McCain also took to Twitter to urge military aid for Ukraine. “Incredibly Pres Obama’s stmt didn’t mention military assistance to #Ukraine, a sovereign nation that’s been invaded by #Russia,” he wrote.
Whenever you are looking for war-mongering sap, rest assured McCain is the number one place to look. Short of launching an all-out military attack on Russia, nothing could appease McCain.
Russian Deputy PM Laughs at Obama’s Sanctions
In response to sanctions a Russian Deputy PM Laughs at Obama’s Sanctions.
Russia’s deputy prime minister laughed off President Obama’s sanction against him today asking “Comrade @BarackObama” if “some prankster” came up with the list.
The Obama administration hit 11 Russian and Ukrainian officials with sanctions today as punishment for Russia’s support of Crimea’s referendum. Among them: aides to President Vladimir Putin, a top government official, senior lawmakers, Crimean officials, the ousted president of Ukraine, and a Ukrainian politician and businessman allegedly tied to violence against protesters in Kiev.
Rogozin, a friend of actor Steven Seagal, took to Twitter to tweak Obama, tweeting he thinks “some prankster” came up with the sanctions list
In a later tweet addressed to “Comrade @BarackObama,” he asked, “what should do those who have neither accounts nor property abroad? Or U didn’t think about it?”
Another Russian on the sanctions list, Vladislav Surkov, also seemed unconcerned.
Surkov, a top Putin ideologue often called the Kremlin’s grey cardinal, reportedly told a Russian newspaper, “It’s a big honor for me. I don’t have accounts abroad. The only things that interest me in the U.S. are Tupac Shakur, Allen Ginsberg, and Jackson Pollock. I don’t need a visa to access their work. I lose nothing.”
Honor for Honor
This is a rare case of US-Russia “honor for honor”. Not only is Vladislav Surkov honored, so is senator John McCain.
McCain Honored
Please consider the Daily Beast report Russia Will Sanction U.S. Senators
Putin is set to respond to Obama’s sanctions of Russian officials with his own list. Several U.S. Senators and officials will be banned from visiting Russia, including Sen. Dick Durbin.
Putin is expected to release his retaliation list as early as Tuesday and while the final list is still being crafted, it will include top Obama administration officials and high profile U.S. senators, in an effort to roughly mirror the U.S. sanctions against Russian officials and lawmakers, according to diplomatic sources. At the top of the list in Congress is Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, who recently co-authored a resolution criticizing Russia’s invasion of Crimea.
Durbin’s inclusion on Putin’s list would mirror Obama’s naming of Valentina Matvienko, the head of the upper chamber of the Russian Duma. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell are not expected to be on the Russian sanctions list.
UPDATE: Durbin told The Daily Beast in a statement Monday: “My Lithuanian-born mother would be proud her son made Vladimir Putin’s American enemies list.”
Sen. John McCain, who traveled to Kiev last weekend to meet with Ukrainian leaders, told The Daily Beast that he expects to be on the list and is happy about it.
“You think I’m not going to be on it?” McCain said. “I would be honored to be on that list.”
There you have it. McCain is honored and so is Vladislav Surkov.
Will Sanction Stupidity End Now?
Will the stupidity end with “honor for honor”?
Let’s hope so, but I doubt it. McCain and his war-mongering consortium will pressure Obama for more sanctions. If Obama obliges, Russia will respond “tit for tat”.
Freeze Russian assets in the US and Russia will freeze US assets in Russia. Hmmm. What country do you think will fare worse in that trade?
But what if Russia cuts off Europe’s supply of natural gas?
Men Will be Boys
Clearly we cannot concern ourselves with such things as a European gas shutoff. After all, it’s Europe at risk, not the US. More importantly, we all know “honor is the paramount concern”.
The saying goes “boys will be boys”. I propose “men will be boys”.
It’s a matter of honor.
Mike “Mish” Shedlock
http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com
After reading several ‘news’ articles about this story, I’ve found that not one of them actually discuss what the sanctions actually are. They all use the same wording, which matched Obama’s press conference wording, but nothing I’ve found actually tells me the details of these sanctions.
Do the sanctions freeze U.S. assets? That is what I think they mean. I like it how Obama says he did this act under the power granted to him by himself when he signed an Executive Order last week. With that type of circular logic, the man has unlimited powers. All he has to do is write it down, sign it, then proclaim it to the press and say it was authorized by an E.O.
Sanctions are foolish and destructive to America business interests.There’s not a damn thing America can do in the Ukraine except started another war it will lose.The Russians are never going to give up their warm water ports or their oil and gas pipelines.
Putin’s reaction to HNIC Oreo’s sanctions …
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HNIC Oreo’s reaction to his own sanctions …
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Agreed, these sanctions are nothing more than a show for a dumbed down american audience. We are supposed to be proud at the resolve and strengths of obama.
A buddy just sent me this, they train in Russia using live ammo with live humans down range, fuckers are crazy over there.
The whole thing is an obscene theater of the absurd.
I have not heard so many say so much with less content and no meaning in a long time. Since we have no dogs in this fight, the most we can possibly do is lean around the corner and yell, “Na-na-ne-na-na!” .
Everything the airheads do in D.C. makes our whole country look dumber than a stump.
I don’t know, maybe it’s getting to be that way.
The titular head of a declining global power (what we used to be) should never run in circles, scream and shout threats, knowing in advance (if he’d had any advisors that are capable to pulling their head out of their asses) there was and is nothing he can or should do about it.
What he needs to do is write yet another Executive Order that forces Russia out of the Crimea! Yeah, that’ll do it..
MA
What, exactly is the national interest of the US in Crimea, besides global hegemony of the US dollar?
And, exactly how many lives is that worth?
Scroll down for answers……
None, and exactly the number of lives which have been lost in US wars of aggression, and not one more.
This IS related.
This is a UKRAINIAN woman, who has transformed herself via countless surgeries — some even speculate she had ribs removed — into “Barbie”.
Actual photo. Really. Search for “Ukrainian Barbie” on youtube. Fuckin’ unreal.
?itok=H41coqF8[/img]
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Actual, photoshopped photo, really!
I knew I was getting old when the playboy playmates were younger than me. Stucky never truly grasped that reality, and will be 14 for eva, yea!
She’s been in the news for a few years, Stucky. But now there are others doing that to themselves because of how much notoriety she’s gained. There’s another famous one who goes by “Anime.”
http://www.forbes.com/sites/katyasoldak/2012/10/17/barbie-flu-spreading-in-ukraine/
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Try this again…
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I’d do her.
Damn I thought this thread was something about triple S
The real McCains.