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ARAB GULF STATES TO FUND A U.S. MILITARY CAMPAIGN IN SYRIA?

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<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPX3aePLd63hH6FdL2BJtoeP0IBbAHhXs77aj4WpMYnF7i1O8CcKo8PbCfUJPXLHN72kkJ1fv-YJxf-8bIGSXqUifWl1XyO_-jHP9fAUz3AxZP1aAzCrW6fBoIPJwxX8h_O0rnmHSUEX4R/s1600/Arab-Gulf-States.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPX3aePLd63hH6FdL2BJtoeP0IBbAHhXs77aj4WpMYnF7i1O8CcKo8PbCfUJPXLHN72kkJ1fv-YJxf-8bIGSXqUifWl1XyO_-jHP9fAUz3AxZP1aAzCrW6fBoIPJwxX8h_O0rnmHSUEX4R/s320/Arab-Gulf-States.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ARAB GULF STATES</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">ENERGY CHESS GAME: THE REAL REASON SYRIAN INTERVENTION? </span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Is the reported willingness of ARAB GULF states to fund a U.S. military campaign in SYRIA really about major oil and gas interests that run through the country?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The potential for trillions of dollars of energy revenue in deals that snake through SYRIAN territory may be a motivating factor for the U.S., RUSSIA, TURKEY and ARAB states in the current SYRIA crisis.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">SYRIA is a key energy transit route to EUROPE and a number of countries appear to be seeking dominance of the energy market that runs through SYRIA. In a hearing, Secretary of State John Kerry said ARAB counties have offered to pay for any U.S. military intervention in SYRIA.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“With respect to ARAB countries offering to bear costs and to assess, the answer is profoundly yes,” Kerry said. “They have. That offer is on the table.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., asked for an estimated amount the ARABS might contribute. Kerry replied that they offered to pay for a full invasion.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“In fact, some of them have said that if the UNITED STATES is prepared to go do the whole thing the way we’ve done it previously in other places, they’ll carry that cost,” Kerry said. “That’s how dedicated they are at this. That’s not in the cards, and nobody’s talking about it, but they’re talking in serious ways about getting this done.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">SYRIA: KEY ENERGY TRANSIT ROUTE TO EUROPE</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Unmentioned are major gas and oil deals that could impact the economies of QATAR, TURKEY and SAUDI ARABIA enormously.</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In 2011, SYRIA announced it had discovered a promising gas field in the city of Homs, which would later see some of the fiercest battles between SYRIAN President Bashar al-Assad’s forces and the rebels. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Oil Minister Sufian Allawi told the state-run SANA news agency that the first wells “were in the Homs governorate and the flow rate is 400,000 cubic meters per day.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“The discovery opens new perspectives in the region of Qalamun, and the SYRIAN company will continue its drilling,” said Allawi.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">BESIDE THE PROSPECT OF ITS OWN GAS FIELD, SYRIA IS ALSO ONE OF THE MOST STRATEGIC LOCATIONS FOR NATURAL GAS PIPELINES TO FLOW TO EUROPE</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">QATAR, home to the world’s largest gas field along with IRAN, has proposed a gas pipeline from the GULF to TURKEY that would traverse SYRIA to the MEDITERRANEAN, with the gas then being shipped to Europe.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">However, Assad in 2009 refused to go along with the plan, instead inking deals with RUSSIA and IRAN.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Background Information:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2013/07/qatar-and-muslim-brotherhood.html">http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2013/07/qatar-and-muslim-brotherhood.html</a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2013/07/crisis-qatars-transition.html">http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2013/07/crisis-qatars-transition.html</a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2013/04/qatars-great-power-games.html">http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2013/04/qatars-great-power-games.html</a></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">SYRIA IS SITE OF THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF A MASSIVE UNDERGROUND GAS PIPELINE,</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">that, if completed, could drastically undercut the strategic energy power of U.S. ally QATAR and also would cut TURKEY out of the pipeline flow.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dubbed the “Islamic pipeline,” the project may ultimately favor RUSSIA and IRAN against WESTERN energy interests.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Set to open in 2016, IRAN, IRAQ and SYRIA signed a deal in 2010 to construct the 3,480-mile natural gas pipeline connecting IRAN’S South Pars field to EUROPEAN customers.</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqpLl29iw70RxTi5UHgiZel4pLlAYMwaXa4zegk6qlv9TLebMW9rxYKuqIixM_0Gk6dmA3JYer8dXnlmdEn35vU5nyS1kpr9023S-xM9aOMxakVd-_xzyIvnD9U4dpSiPhGF-ewIzH09LZ/s1600/casp11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqpLl29iw70RxTi5UHgiZel4pLlAYMwaXa4zegk6qlv9TLebMW9rxYKuqIixM_0Gk6dmA3JYer8dXnlmdEn35vU5nyS1kpr9023S-xM9aOMxakVd-_xzyIvnD9U4dpSiPhGF-ewIzH09LZ/s320/casp11.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">IRAN announced the pipeline would ultimately have the capacity to pump 3.9 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day. The route is planned to pass through IRAN, IRAQ, SYRIA, the southern LEBANON territories and also through the MEDITERRANEAN basin with a refinery and infrastructure to be built in Damascus. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">IRAN IRAQ AND SYRIAN GAS PIPELINE PROPOSAL A MAJOR ECONOMIC THREAT TO TURKEY</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A key portion of the pipeline is concentrated on the SYRIAN ports, which would export directly to EUROPE out of the EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The “Islamic” pipeline is viewed as a major threat to TURKEY, which has long desired to become the main bridge for natural gas and oil between the East and the West.</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">TURKEY, however, is a key player in the Nabucco and other natural gas pipeline projects, which are being constructed or in process to be constructed in order to transit natural gas to EUROPE from the CENTRAL ASIA and CASPIAN regions. The pipeline is set to traverse AZERBAIJAN, GEORGIA, TURKEY, BULGARIA, ROMANIA and HUNGARY, and end in AUSTRIA. TURKEY has been a key supporter of the rebels fighting Assad’s regime, while QATAR has reportedly been supplied arms and training to the rebels.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If Assad can be deposed, TURKEY and QATAR would like the Nabucco pipeline to run through SYRIA.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Background Information</span></b><span lang="EN" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">: </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2013/09/europe-and-caucasus-europe-fails-to-tap.html">http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2013/09/europe-and-caucasus-europe-fails-to-tap.html</a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2013/09/the-caspian-region-future-war-zone.html">http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2013/09/the-caspian-region-future-war-zone.html</a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2013/08/syrian-oil-and-gas-findings-propaganda.html">http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2013/08/syrian-oil-and-gas-findings-propaganda.html</a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2013/05/pipelineistan.html">http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2013/05/pipelineistan.html</a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/12/syria-cause-and-effect.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/12/syria-cause-and-effect.html</a></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">SYRIA WILL BE IN SAUDI HANDS </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Perhaps in a bid to wean RUSSIA off of the “Islamic” pipeline, SAUDI ARABIA last month presented a plan to Moscow in which RUSSIA would reject SYRIA’S president in return for a huge arms deal and a pledge to boost RUSSIAN influence in the ARAB world.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Agence France-Presse reported President Vladimir Putin refused the plan in a meeting with SAUDI ARABIA’S intelligence chief, Prince Bandar bin Sultan.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Background Information:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2013/08/russia-and-saudi-arabia.html">http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2013/08/russia-and-saudi-arabia.html</a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2013/09/syria-is-pawn-in-tough-economic.html">http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2013/09/syria-is-pawn-in-tough-economic.html</a></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtFyxUps_U7mLegM5Da-MNL8GpfeYHRNc9H0R8IZInZ6Vp80dy80e7CMZcEOB5jvN2IJTOXdHlSiCqNNBQo1TvcL1brrnqOTrSf9qTEBcd17k3Odmz6-E7BxSZN4BN9ziaK5hYo7NDqJzk/s1600/Leaders+of+the+Gulf+Arab+States+pose+before+their+Gulf+Cooperation+Council+(GCC)+summit+-+Reuters.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtFyxUps_U7mLegM5Da-MNL8GpfeYHRNc9H0R8IZInZ6Vp80dy80e7CMZcEOB5jvN2IJTOXdHlSiCqNNBQo1TvcL1brrnqOTrSf9qTEBcd17k3Odmz6-E7BxSZN4BN9ziaK5hYo7NDqJzk/s1600/Leaders+of+the+Gulf+Arab+States+pose+before+their+Gulf+Cooperation+Council+(GCC)+summit+-+Reuters.gif" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gulf States Council </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bandar reportedly proposed that SAUDI ARABIA buy $15 billion of weapons from RUSSIA and invest “considerably in the country,” according to AFP.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Demonstrating that oil interests are clearly at play, AFP reported: “The Saudi prince also reassured Putin that ‘whatever regime comes after’ Assad, it will be ‘completely’ in the SAUDIS’ hands and will not sign any agreement allowing any GULF country to transport its gas across SYRIA to EUROPE and compete with RUSSIAN gas exports.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>

ARAB GULF STATES TO FUND A U.S. MILITARY CAMPAIGN IN SYRIA?

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Sunday Independent Shoot

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<b>April 19, 2010</b><br /><a href="http://www.circleofblue.org/waternews/2010/world/u-s-urban-residents-cut-water-usage-utilities-are-forced-to-raise-prices/">U.S. Urban Residents Cut Water Usage; Utilities are Forced to Raise Prices</a><br /><br /><div style="color: #666666;"><i>The unintended consequence of using less in most cities is that ratepayers pay more. The Cleveland region has increased water rates 45 percent to 80 percent since 2007. Cleveland Water Commissioner Chris Nielson explained to the The Plain Dealer last week that “revenue was $25 million below projections last year because of a decrease in consumption.”<br /><br />...<br /><br />“It’s funny, in the sense that it’s a double-edged sword,” Lamb told the Kane County Chronicle. “We tell people all the time to conserve water, conserve water. But then we, as the municipality providing the water, suffer because there’s less money coming in to maintain that system.”<br /><br />...<br /><br /><span style="color: red;">Despite the perils of the death spiral, the argument for conservation is strong.</span></i></div><br />Let us use this same theory for gasoline stations and see what happens.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzqVN6DlcnxhkNDztcmRHaugNf0PD3DEA0ePq3a2O_oRJzV3BxY8ns6C9XS5PuC9w4-FkY7rZ6b761OBEqlrj1IUkJDPbGc8dCj8iaqf8W4rEC2ItlV1xFkt0GXJIZxma8giHEIPXgl5Y/s1600/Gasoline+Station+Sales.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzqVN6DlcnxhkNDztcmRHaugNf0PD3DEA0ePq3a2O_oRJzV3BxY8ns6C9XS5PuC9w4-FkY7rZ6b761OBEqlrj1IUkJDPbGc8dCj8iaqf8W4rEC2ItlV1xFkt0GXJIZxma8giHEIPXgl5Y/s320/Gasoline+Station+Sales.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br />Since 2011, each gasoline station employee is selling less and less gasoline (by volume). This is unprecedented during an economic expansion. I wonder <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-illusion-of-auto-industry-recovery.html">what could explain it</a>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixXxYRyr8YeTckNVyo8M0vHEeZOZdXAsVhF4dVUM4jvWNN4PmDbZS9dPCsso3af3HEY2VLEubaE7F_fu6nuNBMle2bNjvmFoJcVDpx-dv-TNwAQ9ol89aDts7G6UoFMp0-4IGFaesd1bo/s1600/Gasoline+Station+Employees.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixXxYRyr8YeTckNVyo8M0vHEeZOZdXAsVhF4dVUM4jvWNN4PmDbZS9dPCsso3af3HEY2VLEubaE7F_fu6nuNBMle2bNjvmFoJcVDpx-dv-TNwAQ9ol89aDts7G6UoFMp0-4IGFaesd1bo/s320/Gasoline+Station+Employees.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br />Why has there been so much gasoline station hiring since 2010? Perhaps gasoline station owners have been getting drunk on the free money Kool-Aid? <a href="http://thediplomat.com/pacific-money/2013/07/24/worlds-tallest-building-capital-misallocation/">Capital misallocation</a> for the win?<br /><br />The "recovery" is strong! It can only get better from here! No <a href="http://dollardeathspiral.blogspot.com/">"death spirals"</a> possible! Blah, blah, blah.<br /><br />This post inspired by fried in the comments found <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/09/charting-mental-health-of-recovery.html">here</a>.<br /><br /><b>Source Data:</b><br /><a href="http://www.eia.gov/petroleum/data.cfm#consumption">EIA: Petroleum Product Supplied</a><br /><a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=mcM">St. Louis Fed: All Employees: Retail Trade: Gasoline Stations</a>

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SYRIA IS THE PAWN IN A TOUGH ECONOMIC CONFLICT IN THE GLOBAL ENERGY MARKET.

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<br /> <br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="hps"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br /></span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span class="hps"></span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb0qO-emcQyyYXgoQVdam7x58_YcSVR81a5ZxNh56bNvMexxtQNMZ0regqVDbR5LXHBf5S4_jsJEEpAFW3up9zlS3SbDYte73N4Q3auFS0iX0THeX9T4ZlB4OTwClmdDyfSg26yk5iRedS/s1600/britannica+7+20+10+great+game+Central+Europe.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb0qO-emcQyyYXgoQVdam7x58_YcSVR81a5ZxNh56bNvMexxtQNMZ0regqVDbR5LXHBf5S4_jsJEEpAFW3up9zlS3SbDYte73N4Q3auFS0iX0THeX9T4ZlB4OTwClmdDyfSg26yk5iRedS/s400/britannica+7+20+10+great+game+Central+Europe.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="hps"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;">WAR</span></b></span><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;"> <span class="hps">IN</span> <span class="hps">SYRIA</span> <span class="hps">IS ALL ABOUT</span><span class="hps">GLOBAL AND</span> <span class="hps">IMPERIAL INTERESTS</span></span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">It's about</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">access to</span> <span class="hps">oil and gas</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">the currency</span> <span class="hps">in which these</span> <span class="hps">resources are</span> <span class="hps">paid.</span><span class="hps">The U.S. has</span> <span class="hps">much to lose</span>, <span class="hps">the RUSSIANS</span> <span class="hps">also</span>. <span class="hps">The</span><span class="hps">puppet masters</span> <span class="hps">in the background</span> <span class="hps">come</span> <span class="hps">from SAUDI</span> <span class="hps">ARABIA and</span> <span class="hps">QATAR</span>.</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The U.S. wants to</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">overthrow</span> <span class="hps">Assad, not</span> <span class="hps">for moral reasons</span>, <span class="hps">because</span>he allegedly used chemical weapons, <span class="hps">but</span> <span class="hps">for Geo and Eco -strategic</span> <span class="hps">interests.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The SYRIAN conflict is about the switch point in the international energy</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">market, for </span>wars are mostly fought over energy <span class="hps">market access</span><span class="hps">and</span> global <span class="hps">politics.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The SYRIAN </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">conflict became clearer from notes taken during the meeting <span class="hps">between</span> <span class="hps">RUSSIAN President Vladimir</span> <span class="hps">Putin and</span> <span class="hps">the SAUDI</span> <span class="hps">intelligence chief</span> <span class="hps">Prince Bandar bin Sultan</span>. <span class="hps">The question of who</span> used <span class="hps">poison gas</span> in <span class="hps">August</span> is <span class="hps">still unclear</span> <span class="hps">–</span> though the USA seems to be certain it was the<span class="hps"> Assad</span> regimes responsibility, real legitimate evidence is still outstanding<span class="hps">.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It would appear that two renowned reporters working for the Associated Press have conducted a rather different research in SYRIA regarding the chemical attack and came up with a different version. They claim that SAUDI intelligence was responsible for the poison gas used. This apparently becomes clear after numerous interviews that they have conducted on-site. Accordingly, the SAUDIS have brought weapons to SYRIA. Due to improper handling an explosion occurred which subsequently caused considerable number of casualties, including 12 terrorists.<br />If true, the U.S. would have to take action also against SAUDI ARABIA.</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">But</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">that won’t happen. SAUDI ARABIA is</span> <span class="hps">next to ISRAEL the USAs </span>closest ally <span class="hps">in</span> <span class="hps">the GULF region</span>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">RUSSIAN, SAUDI GEO- STRATEGIC CHESS GAME </span><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /><span class="hps"></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">In addition, more</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">than</span> <span class="hps">a dozen of the</span> <span class="hps">rebels interviewed, allegedly </span>claimed<span class="hps"> that</span> <span class="hps">they are on the payroll of</span> <span class="hps">the SAUDI government</span>.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That SAUDI ARABIA supports the rebels is a known fact and was confirmed by interview notes obtained during a closed door session in a country house of RUSSIAN President Putin in August and SAUDI intelligence chief Bandar bin Sultan, according to the Telegraph and the LEBANESE newspaper As Safir, referring to diplomatic sources.<br />Furthermore Bandar bin Sultan apparently told Putin also that: <br />"I can guarantee to protect the Olympic Games next year. The CHECHEN groups that threaten the security of the games are controlled by us. "</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">But the</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> SAUDI <span class="hps">intelligence chief</span> <span class="hps">is said to have</span><span class="hps">not only have control over the</span> <span class="hps">CHECHEN</span><span class="hps">rebel</span>s but could also <span class="hps">guarantee</span> <span class="hps">the security of</span> <span class="hps">the RUSSIAN</span> <span class="hps">naval</span> <span class="hps">base in</span> <span class="hps">SYRIA,</span>once the <span class="hps">government</span> <span class="hps">of</span> <span class="hps">Bashar al</span>-Assad <span class="hps">is</span> <span class="hps">overthrown.</span><span class="hps">He could</span> “turn on and turn off” <span class="hps">CHECHEN</span><span class="hps">rebels</span> fighting <span class="hps">in SYRIA</span> as deemed necessary.<br /><span class="hps">"</span>These groups <span class="hps">do</span> <span class="hps">not scare us</span>. <span class="hps">We use them</span> <span class="hps">to put pressure</span> <span class="hps">on the SYRIAN government</span>, but they will <span class="hps">play</span> <span class="hps">no role in</span> <span class="hps">SYRIA'S</span> <span class="hps">future. "</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="hps"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">IT’S ALL ABOUT ENERGY DEALS </span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">For the RUSSIANS,</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">SYRIA is</span> <span class="hps">of enormous strategic</span> <span class="hps">importance because the</span> <span class="hps">RUSSIANS want to</span> <span class="hps">prevent</span> <span class="hps">QATAR</span> becoming <span class="hps">EUROPE’S alternative</span> <span class="hps">energy (gas) market</span>. <span class="hps">If</span> <span class="hps">RUSSIA loses</span> <span class="hps">its influence in</span> <span class="hps">SYRIA,</span> <span class="hps">this would mean</span> <span class="hps">that</span><span class="hps">the RUSSIAN energy</span> <span class="hps">giant Gazprom</span> faces <span class="hps">serious competitive disadvantage over the</span> <span class="hps">GULF region</span>. <span class="hps">Currently,</span> <span class="hps">EUROPE is dependent</span> heavily <span class="hps">on RUSSIAN</span> <span class="hps">gas monopoly</span> <span class="hps">-</span> <span class="hps">especially in winter</span>.<br /><span class="hps">Interesting to note is that one of the</span> <span class="hps">most important political</span> <span class="hps">advisors to</span> <span class="hps">Gazprom</span>is <span class="hps">former GERMAN Chancellor</span> <span class="hps">Gerhard Schröder.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="hps"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Background Information</span></b></span><span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">: </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><a href="http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2013/09/europe-and-caucasus-europe-fails-to-tap.html">http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2013/09/europe-and-caucasus-europe-fails-to-tap.html</a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><a href="http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2013/09/the-caspian-region-future-war-zone.html">http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2013/09/the-caspian-region-future-war-zone.html</a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><a href="http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2013/08/syrian-oil-and-gas-findings-propaganda.html">http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2013/08/syrian-oil-and-gas-findings-propaganda.html</a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><a href="http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2013/05/pipelineistan.html">http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2013/05/pipelineistan.html</a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/12/syria-cause-and-effect.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/12/syria-cause-and-effect.html</a></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The SAUDIS</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">are aware of </span>Moscow’s <span class="hps">economic interests</span>, and thus <span class="hps">offer them an end to the civil war scenario in SYRIA which would also be beneficial for the RUSSIANS. Thus the SAUDI</span><span class="hps">intelligence chief</span> suggested <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">RUSSIANS</span>:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">"Let</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">us evaluate how to set up a</span> <span class="hps">joint RUSSIAN</span><span class="atn">-</span>SAUDI oil and energy <span class="hps">strategy.</span> <span class="hps">The goal</span> <span class="hps">is to</span> <span class="hps">reach an agreement on</span> oil price and <span class="hps">flow rates</span> in order to<span class="hps"> keep global markets</span> and prices <span class="hps">stable.</span><span class="hps">(...) We</span> understand <span class="hps">RUSSIA’S interest in </span>recent oil and gas findings <span class="hps">in the EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN</span>Sea ranging <span class="hps">from ISRAEL, CYPRUS to the offshore of SYRIA and LEBANON.</span>We also <span class="hps">understand the importance</span> <span class="hps">of the RUSSIAN</span> <span class="hps">natural gas pipeline</span> <span class="hps">to EUROPE.</span><span class="hps">(...) We</span> <span class="hps">could collaborate in this area.</span><span class="hps">"</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="hps"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Background Information:</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><a href="http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2013/08/russia-and-saudi-arabia.html">http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2013/08/russia-and-saudi-arabia.html</a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><a href="http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2012/10/israel-azerbaijan-and-kazakhstan_6.html">http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2012/10/israel-azerbaijan-and-kazakhstan_6.html</a></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">OPEC MEMBERSHIP: INCENTIVE FOR RUSSIA?</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Bandar</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> emphasized that the offer comes not only from his country but is also seconded by the USA<span class="hps">.</span> <span class="hps">SAUDI</span> <span class="hps">ARABIA</span> went even as far as apparently offering RUSSIA an<span class="hps"> alliance with</span><span class="hps">the Organization of Petroleum</span> <span class="hps">Exporting Countries (</span>OPEC). <span class="hps">RUSSIA</span> <span class="hps">and OPEC</span>provide <span class="hps">45 percent of the</span> <span class="hps">world's oil</span>.<br /><span class="hps">Putin for some time now has perused such an agreement.</span> <span class="hps">If</span> <span class="hps">SAUDI</span> <span class="hps">ARABIA</span> <span class="hps">reduced its</span> oil production,<span class="hps"> oil price</span> <span class="hps">would</span> <span class="hps">rise and the</span> <span class="hps">RUSSIA'S</span><span class="hps">government</span> <span class="hps">could</span> <span class="hps">generate additional</span> <span class="hps">revenue.</span> <span class="hps">Putin</span>, however, <span class="hps">declined the offer</span> <span class="hps">of the SAUDIS, allegedly stating that:</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"Our stance on Assad will never change. We believe that the SYRIAN government is the best representative of the SYRIAN people and not these cannibals."Putin allegedly responded, referring to a video that shows a rebel who is said to have eaten the heart and liver of SYRIAN soldiers.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Putin is gambling, because he is confident that the West will not be able to win a war in SYRIA. The FT wrote: The more the AMERICANS get caught up in SYRIA, the better for RUSSIA.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But the SAUDIS have a strong argument on their side: they plan together with QATAR a pipeline, which will run from the GULF to TURKEY. Thus Gazprom would face a strong competitor - especially in the important EUROPEAN market.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Pipeline project between IRAN, SYRIA and IRAQ, the trigger for US – French intervention? <a href="http://pipelinesinternational.com/news/iran_iraq_and_syria_sign_on_for_pipeline_to_europe/062853/">http://pipelinesinternational.com/news/iran_iraq_and_syria_sign_on_for_pipeline_to_europe/062853/</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: yellow; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-highlight: yellow;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxkHgjIDcUFjk_WQiA6RJufHvhr_pDvtwKKvgy56PnWAP9nyYWYFecwPBWith_A2cIPdt9gusAdyhMZmohes3UnKcrZXSKhxrsnqK_2ssrTLMGRJoCYeijw_nyI_wCJXj6P32rdA-LtDel/s1600/casp11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxkHgjIDcUFjk_WQiA6RJufHvhr_pDvtwKKvgy56PnWAP9nyYWYFecwPBWith_A2cIPdt9gusAdyhMZmohes3UnKcrZXSKhxrsnqK_2ssrTLMGRJoCYeijw_nyI_wCJXj6P32rdA-LtDel/s400/casp11.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: yellow; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-highlight: yellow;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">QATAR, which</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">has supported</span> <span class="hps">SYRIAN</span> <span class="hps">Rebels</span> <span class="hps">with</span> <span class="hps">$ 3 billion</span><span class="hps">want</span> <span class="hps">to supply</span> <span class="hps">EUROPE</span><span class="hps">with</span> <span class="hps">natural gas</span> <span class="hps">through the pipeline</span>. <span class="hps">But as long as</span> <span class="hps">there is</span> <span class="hps">Assad</span> <span class="hps">in SYRIA</span>, <span class="hps">this pipeline</span> <span class="hps">will not be</span> <span class="hps">built because</span> <span class="hps">RUSSIA wants to</span> <span class="hps">prevent</span> <span class="hps">this competitive challenge by all means.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="hps"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Background Information:</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><a href="http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2013/07/qatar-and-muslim-brotherhood.html">http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2013/07/qatar-and-muslim-brotherhood.html</a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><a href="http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2013/07/crisis-qatars-transition.html">http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2013/07/crisis-qatars-transition.html</a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><a href="http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2013/04/qatars-great-power-games.html">http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2013/04/qatars-great-power-games.html</a></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">In addition of controlling the</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">EUROPEAN energy market</span>, there is also a new currency war emerging in order to eliminate the petro dollar and find an alternative currency to trade<span class="hps"> petroleum</span> <span class="hps">and natural gas with.</span> <span class="hps">The dollar, it is argued by some,</span> <span class="hps">is</span> <span class="hps">coming under increasing pressure</span> <span class="hps">to lose</span> <span class="hps">its status</span> <span class="hps">as the world reserve</span> and <span class="hps">oil</span><span class="hps">currency.</span> <span class="hps">SAUDI</span> <span class="hps">ARABIA</span><span class="hps">a loyal</span> <span class="hps">ally of the U.S.</span> <span class="hps">will</span> <span class="hps">hold onto the dollar as a trading currency</span>. <span class="hps">In the case</span> <span class="hps">of</span> <span class="hps">RUSSIA and to some extend CHINA, </span>however, <span class="hps">this is</span> <span class="hps">not such a clear cut case.</span><br /><span class="hps">Since</span> <span class="hps">the meeting failure between</span><span class="hps">Putin and</span> <span class="hps">Bandar,</span> US and FRENCH<span class="hps"> pressure</span> <span class="hps">has increased steadily</span> towards a<span class="hps"> military strike</span> <span class="hps">against SYRIA.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">After the</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span class="hps">BRITISH</span> <span class="hps">rejected to participate in a military action the USA indicated it would, if need be, strike</span> <span class="hps">alone. The FRENCH however suddenly showed eager support for a military strike in SYRIA. Why the sudden enthusiasm of France to become involved in military action against a Syria? Could it be colonial ambitions – dreams, or simply a diversion from Frances precarious economic situation and the fear that oil prices are controlled by one cartel? On its own France would not be able to finance its participation in a military strike which leaves only one option, the French and the USA must brokered a lucrative eco – financial deal that could levitate France out of its current economic doldrums and secure the not so popular President Hollande another term in office.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="hps"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Background Information: </span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><a href="http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2013/08/france-eager-to-engage-in-syra-why.html">http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2013/08/france-eager-to-engage-in-syra-why.html</a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><a href="http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2012/12/frances-colonial-ambitions-in-syria.html">http://geopoliticsrst.blogspot.co.at/2012/12/frances-colonial-ambitions-in-syria.html</a></span></span></div></div>

SYRIA IS THE PAWN IN A TOUGH ECONOMIC CONFLICT IN THE GLOBAL ENERGY MARKET.

WAR IN SYRIA IS ALL ABOUT GLOBAL AND IMPERIAL INTERESTS It's about access to oil and gas and the currency in which these reso...

You Have Got To Be Shitting Me,107-year-old man killed in police shootout in Arkansas

12:13 PM Tukiyooo 0

This is so far off the charts there isn't even a horizon anymore.<br />What, ya couldn't just wait for the old fucker to nod off?<br /><br />Beyond asinine, these fucking assholes should be afraid to show their faces in public.<br /><br /><blockquote><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/08/justice/arkansas-107-year-old-man-death/index.html?hpt=hp_t2">  <b>107-year-old man killed in police shootout in Arkansas </b></a><br />(CNN) -- A man who police said was 107 years old was killed in a confrontation with SWAT officers Saturday night.<br /><br />Police were called to a home in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, where suspect Monroe Isadore was.<br /><br />"When they arrived, they were able to determine that an aggravated assault had occurred against two people at the residence," Lt. David E. Price, a Pine Bluff police spokesman, said in a statement.<br /><br />The two victims were led out of the house.<br /><br />It was not clear what role the suspect had in the aggravated assaults or what they were.<br /><br />When officers approached a bedroom where Isadore was hiding, he fired through the door, authorities said.<br /><br />None of the police officers was hit by the gunfire. They retreated to a safer area and called for additional help, including SWAT officers who started negotiations with the suspect.<br /><br />SWAT officers slipped a camera into the room where Isadore was holed up and saw he was armed with a handgun, Price said.<br /><br />After unsuccessful negotiations, officers slipped gas into the room through a window, he said, and Isadore fired rounds at them.<br /><br />The officers broke the bedroom door and hurled in a distraction device, and Isadore fired at them again, according to the spokesman's statement.<br /><br />Officers returned fire, killing him.</blockquote><br />A hundred and seven.<br /><br />Can you fucking <i>BELIEVE </i>this shit?<br /><br />Jesus Christ.<br /><br />I'm sure to listen to these Hut Hut Hut idiots when they peeked in this is what they saw.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimt0gl4mKsTkFcsLoit4ygGzVmVvAQHj23-jLGiCO7do5Kh1bihnAub8x7yEXrcNbHdC2Pkxr82rsLK5VMq2kDip_l2I_xAqfupzUPOgn4DM5jMMG8HSoKlnTYa8NL8Csl80UPX7H91WuB/s1600/12.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimt0gl4mKsTkFcsLoit4ygGzVmVvAQHj23-jLGiCO7do5Kh1bihnAub8x7yEXrcNbHdC2Pkxr82rsLK5VMq2kDip_l2I_xAqfupzUPOgn4DM5jMMG8HSoKlnTYa8NL8Csl80UPX7H91WuB/s640/12.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Then they had to go change their underwear.<br /><br />I don't give a rusty fuck what these punk assed bitches say, a hundred and seven year old man is going to take a fucking nap after a bit and all they had to do was order in a fucking pizza and sit down and wait.<br /><br />Shame on you sonsabitches.

You Have Got To Be Shitting Me,107-year-old man killed in police shootout in Arkansas

This is so far off the charts there isn't even a horizon anymore. What, ya couldn't just wait for the old fucker to nod off? Beyond ...

Today's Teamster News 09.08.13

5:02 AM Tukiyooo 0

<a href="http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2013-09-06/story/first-coast-gears-pontiac-muscle-comes-strong-teamsters-show" rel="nofollow">First Coast Gears: Pontiac muscle comes on strong at Teamsters show</a>  Florida Times Union ...Harris and Boito brought their Pontiacs to the annual Labor Day weekend car show at Teamsters Local 512 on Lane Avenue last Saturday...<br /><a href="http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/a-920971.html" rel="nofollow">Privacy Scandal: NSA Can Spy on Smart Phone Data</a>  Der Spiegel   ...The United States' National Security Agency intelligence-gathering operation is capable of accessing user data from smart phones from all leading manufacturers...<br /><a href="http://taxjustice.blogspot.com/2013/09/naked-tax-protest-in-front-of-german.html" rel="nofollow">Naked tax protest in front of German Chancellor's office</a>  Tax Justice Network   ...a naked tax protest by Attac-Germany, with calls for unitary taxation and country by country reporting...<br /><a href="http://billmoyers.com/2013/09/04/low-wage-employers-have-fought-hard-to-keep-their-workers-poor-now-workers-are-fighting-back/" rel="nofollow">Low-Wage Employers Have Fought Hard to Keep Their Workers Poor — Now Workers are Fighting Back</a>  Moyers & Co.   ...After decades of seeing their incomes shrink, those at the bottom of the economic ladder are starting to band together and fight back — and it’s one of the most important economic stories of our time...<br /><a href="http://www.economicpopulist.org/content/free-markets-are-fraudulent-markets-5360" rel="nofollow">Free Markets are Fraudulent Markets</a> (opinion)  Economic Populist   ...Historically, competitive market economies are a relatively new economic system, and while very productive, they are not self-sustaining, are unstable and require significant state support and regulation to function properly...<br /><a href="http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/18675-the-political-calculations-behind-growing-inequality" rel="nofollow">The Political Calculations behind Growing Inequality</a>  truthout   ...In the 1980s, campaign contributions from the top 0.01 percent roughly equaled the campaign contributions from all of organized labor. In 2012, America’s top 0.01 percent all by themselves outspent labor by more than four-to-one...<br /><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/09/want-to-move-kids-out-of-poverty-then-protect-the-middle-class/279387/" rel="nofollow">Want to Move Kids Out of Poverty? Then Protect the Middle Class</a>  The Atlantic   ...in parts of the country that are more heavily middle class, there also tends to be more upward mobility for the poor...<br /><a href="http://economyincrisis.org/content/an-american-bridge-made-of-chinese-steel-demonstrates-the-need-for-a-rational-trade-policy" rel="nofollow">An American Bridge Made of Chinese Steel Demonstrates the Need for a Rational Trade Policy</a>  Economy In Crisis   ...The <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324049504578545431938331880.html">prices for Chinese-made steel are about 25% lower than for domestic steel</a>, but this does not represent a victory won on an open and level playing field...<br /><a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/labor/318801-detroit-labor-day-and-a-hard-days-night#ixzz2dDhGpssI" rel="nofollow">Detroit, Labor Day and a Hard Day’s Night</a> (opinion)  The Hill   ...A competitive nation needs a strong safety net for its citizens, one that neither depends on fickle global employers nor burdens workers’ democratic institutions with a redistributive role best played by the government.    In addition, the U.S. should take a cue from the European Union and allocate more funds to help hard hit areas transition their economies...<br /><a href="http://bangordailynews.com/slideshow/burlesque-performers-occupiers-protest-possible-sale-of-portland-park/" rel="nofollow">Burlesque performers, occupiers protest possible sale of Portland park</a>  Bangor Daily News   ...Tension over whether a large section of Portland’s Congress Square Park should be sold to private developers escalated late Friday night, as burlesque performers and members of the occupy movement demonstrated at the site, attracting police warnings...<br /><a href="http://www.thenews.coop/blog/occupy-sandy-builds-worker-power-far-rockaway" rel="nofollow">Occupy Sandy builds worker power in Far Rockaway</a>  Co-operative News   ...One of those bigger projects is a worker-run cooperative initiative, organized by Occupy Sandy and supported by the Working World, an organization that specializes in incubating collectively owned businesses...

First Coast Gears: Pontiac muscle comes on strong at Teamsters show Florida Times Union ...Harris and Boito brought their Pontiacs to the ...

Tapas time

4:03 AM Tukiyooo 0

<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">So after a great night in Fade Street Social a few weeks ago, we returned last night.  Having ate in the main restaurant on our last visit we ate in the Tapas bar this time.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">I love Tapas.  I enjoy the ease and familiarity of ordering a pile of food and having it arrive at the table at different times.  It makes for sociable eating as everyone digs in and shares the food.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here's a few pics of some of the food we ordered:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">Potatoes cooked in beef dripping</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Pdsp6Nl-AiooNz6dmLAkryALkzrgnykX2U1evFImjs4XRJOkY9CpY14PqUsqPIZg-c017yOCQJK2dnVv1DBCH3LFJg15S5WcKjJ1n9jrfL3jGiosNwEDDEWPjiOhUQQIShlGLYCaYcCx/s640/blogger-image-1171744023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Pdsp6Nl-AiooNz6dmLAkryALkzrgnykX2U1evFImjs4XRJOkY9CpY14PqUsqPIZg-c017yOCQJK2dnVv1DBCH3LFJg15S5WcKjJ1n9jrfL3jGiosNwEDDEWPjiOhUQQIShlGLYCaYcCx/s640/blogger-image-1171744023.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mini burger which tastes awesome but is grossly overpriced, there should be 3 of these on the plate to make them better value</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibbshUgEBiR2_2OvyMp7RyAY3wu692O4B6-raU3Htbf_W1Ngb0Jnk9_0RGsFtPPahAWNdXwtnCxG0VYQbb3CYDvfR9oIs0tnZ4DiX10T0JKnS_TjgP4TzMrjx0eSlmG0Z_F8_KWLp1CfIB/s640/blogger-image--1879954653.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibbshUgEBiR2_2OvyMp7RyAY3wu692O4B6-raU3Htbf_W1Ngb0Jnk9_0RGsFtPPahAWNdXwtnCxG0VYQbb3CYDvfR9oIs0tnZ4DiX10T0JKnS_TjgP4TzMrjx0eSlmG0Z_F8_KWLp1CfIB/s640/blogger-image--1879954653.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Large portion of beef cooked medium rare: divine!</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-GPkxEbudzj0AbhC8f2QivZhY-2jD8DojTFG4XdDM0vpqLCuMB32IJTpQr_YDP6qkYyuK1ldOpn7cPzdJbqQ6VqIno0vWq99tkZ86LkfLSXL6YG0nnNRsbo6JJUVbquIf8N_SgkQth4cP/s640/blogger-image-2114225332.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-GPkxEbudzj0AbhC8f2QivZhY-2jD8DojTFG4XdDM0vpqLCuMB32IJTpQr_YDP6qkYyuK1ldOpn7cPzdJbqQ6VqIno0vWq99tkZ86LkfLSXL6YG0nnNRsbo6JJUVbquIf8N_SgkQth4cP/s640/blogger-image-2114225332.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Mini lobster roll - cute, adorable, tasty and not seen on many Irish menus</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhngdLlUZNoDfbWjpJ7SXEIcaNe4mWVehgYqaIKHksaut7PXOVJOZq83ZbPlxgWom8N5kXY7UBl34hJso3Obb2tEbbsURUIhyAWhFYN_2gBHUcuNnLpeyKGo44IVW0OG_1QOgJ91UnpXfW-/s640/blogger-image-1389444579.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhngdLlUZNoDfbWjpJ7SXEIcaNe4mWVehgYqaIKHksaut7PXOVJOZq83ZbPlxgWom8N5kXY7UBl34hJso3Obb2tEbbsURUIhyAWhFYN_2gBHUcuNnLpeyKGo44IVW0OG_1QOgJ91UnpXfW-/s640/blogger-image-1389444579.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">A mini chicken covered in caramelized onions and some type of cured meat</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWi23DWDxl1a_6BF78UkbGNxJjUsUbcthAeAd5IfvlpNVhLYNL2bN5lgs7o7m5ThWj7sZqROyyKbw77bjNi1pXRdyjUcTSFmutyqw8n3qcwU2H8TtCKAE7raT10ikCKNWo08Mntm_CaWPR/s640/blogger-image-334922985.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWi23DWDxl1a_6BF78UkbGNxJjUsUbcthAeAd5IfvlpNVhLYNL2bN5lgs7o7m5ThWj7sZqROyyKbw77bjNi1pXRdyjUcTSFmutyqw8n3qcwU2H8TtCKAE7raT10ikCKNWo08Mntm_CaWPR/s640/blogger-image-334922985.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dessert of chocolate mousse with hazelnut ice cream - this was very good!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWPLc1BNL30irppCvupiD8pCxjZG0fEs85U8_Y6nBxgRTqqlnURDWegvlG59x5G4EJ8a-_LinLCaKYs4RqTfRgbpvIswxmZHzPZojmOw5om_gF5EhrDwrlWwZp-ocE0WkGZ5tD6oqp2Z71/s640/blogger-image-768021550.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWPLc1BNL30irppCvupiD8pCxjZG0fEs85U8_Y6nBxgRTqqlnURDWegvlG59x5G4EJ8a-_LinLCaKYs4RqTfRgbpvIswxmZHzPZojmOw5om_gF5EhrDwrlWwZp-ocE0WkGZ5tD6oqp2Z71/s640/blogger-image-768021550.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">Individual banoffee (my favourite dessert)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb-HDSWu2ehIHG4KyTR1Tm4YzfqZd66g2e1Id72Bz2QbdjU0WdVLJVJjH8atXgIUN-ejT7ZuhZWNdtYYvfoPmSZtlAMXVku85fdvpvYJGyDG2hIek4y_H_39y85Rl3VR_s3wSFh6lplxnO/s640/blogger-image-1284943379.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb-HDSWu2ehIHG4KyTR1Tm4YzfqZd66g2e1Id72Bz2QbdjU0WdVLJVJjH8atXgIUN-ejT7ZuhZWNdtYYvfoPmSZtlAMXVku85fdvpvYJGyDG2hIek4y_H_39y85Rl3VR_s3wSFh6lplxnO/s640/blogger-image-1284943379.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Overall I love the food and atmosphere in Fade Street Social it is such a buzzy place.  However, I do think the tapas menu is overpriced and there is just not enough food on the plate for certain dishes to justify the price (I'm looking at you lobster roll & mini burger).  </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">In comparison, have a look at our dinner in <a href="http://renovatinglpa.blogspot.ie/2013/06/santiago-bodega.html">Santiago's Bodega</a> - we generally spend about 100 dollars here (including wine & tip) and leave absolutely stuffed having eaten about 8 dishes between us.   In Fade Street we dropped 105 euro, had about 6 dishes between the two of us and were not full at all.  I think Fade Street could knock about 30% off the tapas prices which would allow for guests to order a few more dishes.  They could also double or triple the portion size of some of the more teeny weeny dishes.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">BTW, I should mention we ordered a bottle of malbec which was delicious at dinner but today has given me the typical malbec headache - tannins!!!</span><br /><br />

Tapas time

So after a great night in Fade Street Social a few weeks ago, we returned last night. Having ate in the main restaurant on our last visit w...

I Got Nothin'

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I Got Nothin'

12 hour day last night. When I got off at two this morning I had sixty two hours in so far this week. Today is Sunday and I have to go in ag...

Ranelagh Speakeay

2:30 AM Tukiyooo 0

<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">Before meeting friends in Fade Street Social we went for a cocktail in the Speakeasy in Kinara Kitchen in Ranelagh.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">Getting to the bar is complicated with you being led through a maze of areas before hitting the stairs to the speakeasy.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">I wondered why was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_8">Ward 8</a> printed on the stairs!!  I never heard of this cocktail before in my life......</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq6rSuFX0Lo95MvZQO5HPxkKKAhkB8DMpwXCbgtPpbykV3q8BdRbxVLJ3p6T8m6HV6OVwq0CkdeooJDWpLY-d95XYuY4VPdFuDcAO03EyDHS-PuAJRYwesEiZYWC3DoyV2J_7IjQ8YX24b/s640/blogger-image-1793365298.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq6rSuFX0Lo95MvZQO5HPxkKKAhkB8DMpwXCbgtPpbykV3q8BdRbxVLJ3p6T8m6HV6OVwq0CkdeooJDWpLY-d95XYuY4VPdFuDcAO03EyDHS-PuAJRYwesEiZYWC3DoyV2J_7IjQ8YX24b/s640/blogger-image-1793365298.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">But I recognised an "Old Fashioned"......</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg5TBelQQuC3la2zYzMO5bm_A-5vRabMFK0tj5B456dcdQFqn6eoNx29kIOO2y5S-x8BCOSddxeVwkiVLMmHAYAk5eL_xMOHIE3dP9OsGhc3Fwj9QdbkqYMvkXEGrLQS8-6ygiGKYxmJ_W/s640/blogger-image--1252851673.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg5TBelQQuC3la2zYzMO5bm_A-5vRabMFK0tj5B456dcdQFqn6eoNx29kIOO2y5S-x8BCOSddxeVwkiVLMmHAYAk5eL_xMOHIE3dP9OsGhc3Fwj9QdbkqYMvkXEGrLQS8-6ygiGKYxmJ_W/s640/blogger-image--1252851673.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ciaran chose a rye based cocktail - a Whiskey Highball</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiARIqXzKY-Ydg48kV3zuDgE5Q1Iy4NttLeLWET86GR_o37RPxQbTwiBxyQxQxipwRKg7HOWiadpkk5rfZd_cJBcqgwuNlzHX3xdGZHle9SConCufITNip0DNqbfS214phkjnyxMnbXd6iF/s640/blogger-image--1586879024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiARIqXzKY-Ydg48kV3zuDgE5Q1Iy4NttLeLWET86GR_o37RPxQbTwiBxyQxQxipwRKg7HOWiadpkk5rfZd_cJBcqgwuNlzHX3xdGZHle9SConCufITNip0DNqbfS214phkjnyxMnbXd6iF/s640/blogger-image--1586879024.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">I chose a Falling Water again.  Surprisingly it tasted different to the last time I had it.  It had been made with plain vodka the last time (in error, I think) while this time it was made with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feijoa">Feijoa </a>flavour Level 42.  It was quite a unique flavour and I think I had finally got used to it by the end of the drink!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdb5XgjXmH8_ziHpTdqXgM2WIwAVbJuXDPciXoAjRdo36C6Djma3vrZc-8BaFaQ1ehX4kDvnQzX_Na3HLS__Lo3qumIzO_WXIfINEDQ2BS1cLov8EwD2Qliy0TbtFwqf5yz3G7RXxoQrGq/s640/blogger-image-310197940.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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John McCain: Person of the Week!

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal">IWS Radio is PROUD to announce that our Person of the Week is none other than the great Maverick Senator from Arizona …. John McCain!! <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Senator McCain is a truly great American from his service in Vietnam where he was a POW in the infamous Hanoi Hilton (you DID know he was a POW right? He almost never mentions it) to his looooooooooooong distinguished service in the US Senate, he has been a fixture in American politics and culture for nearly half a century.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJtGF7Uiv9LWOqol57wSxnig-71Vrn5mxeFUlNcjudUDZOLz1PrOIpX3mpAO1-hz9p-Rwf4hLNfOYIEOi0M_MgIa_YVo5Mv3KKMfMdl6Kz4OvDUbXwxNxx7SLVlNZKEGJ2xMLO0rb6jiOt/s1600/John+McCain+Maverick.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJtGF7Uiv9LWOqol57wSxnig-71Vrn5mxeFUlNcjudUDZOLz1PrOIpX3mpAO1-hz9p-Rwf4hLNfOYIEOi0M_MgIa_YVo5Mv3KKMfMdl6Kz4OvDUbXwxNxx7SLVlNZKEGJ2xMLO0rb6jiOt/s320/John+McCain+Maverick.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">In addition to his mavericky mavrickness where he’s “bucked his party” many times (although never in any meaningful way that would actually stop his party from doing what they want to do) he’s also a true American celebrity. McCain’s IMDB page has more entries than some Emmy and Academy Award winning actors and actresses. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglPzQSzWy3z_A0i2kro8735-DLcplkbFaApwQclGvPPdrijOxzzYaHq5dsvJf1MgdezPiaM9_Q9X5mhXHKZJf1-lYm-um39JLwrutebAVsadb20IPPL-h41tG5Gueiwd5OsrH22OBA0yTW/s1600/John+McCain+Angry.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglPzQSzWy3z_A0i2kro8735-DLcplkbFaApwQclGvPPdrijOxzzYaHq5dsvJf1MgdezPiaM9_Q9X5mhXHKZJf1-lYm-um39JLwrutebAVsadb20IPPL-h41tG5Gueiwd5OsrH22OBA0yTW/s320/John+McCain+Angry.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">This week has been an especially great week for McCain. It started with him saying that it would be “catastrophic” for congress to fail to support the mission in Syria. Then, a day or so later, he voted “no” on the proposal in the Foreign Relations Committee. Then, he said he would vote for it if they would add language expanding the scope of the mission and setting the stage for all-out war. Then, on top of everything else on Friday he said that “maybe Marijuana should be legalized.”  Damn, what a true American Maverick he is! <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJT7dfmeFSzYeCgdUTd7Mxmx5fWlsqFQRYAzOinGkaT5Bd8XGy1e4MjuZu8-LDNKoKvewTGgKrACj-GC3LHzXdcigIC6wrhqZeipB1b1kydx1JcClvVvPMnE4MHsHbkvkfhspcYBjCzQ-k/s1600/John+McCain+Funny.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJT7dfmeFSzYeCgdUTd7Mxmx5fWlsqFQRYAzOinGkaT5Bd8XGy1e4MjuZu8-LDNKoKvewTGgKrACj-GC3LHzXdcigIC6wrhqZeipB1b1kydx1JcClvVvPMnE4MHsHbkvkfhspcYBjCzQ-k/s320/John+McCain+Funny.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">I will say that there is ONE THING that McCain has done over the years that we can all agree on. He father the lovely and talented Meghan McCain! Like her father, Meghan is a very serious person focused on policy and big national issues, when she’s not starring in her own <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2013/07/27/meghan-mccain-tv-politics/2591831/">reality show</a>, of course. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMTGDffSwIc6x6dY1RDzthcS_RWK32OMwO3vOAQk0mCCcFGUt5-VYR1OWRG7uiCX-SjsMjLZvL8VNc6Brz44eIzco7vVHV3C0hks2KwmrVd_9hkhKZei-DY2nVM-CxGvgjKpUDaOclN8mz/s1600/Meghan-McCain-Boobs-Cleavage-Hot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMTGDffSwIc6x6dY1RDzthcS_RWK32OMwO3vOAQk0mCCcFGUt5-VYR1OWRG7uiCX-SjsMjLZvL8VNc6Brz44eIzco7vVHV3C0hks2KwmrVd_9hkhKZei-DY2nVM-CxGvgjKpUDaOclN8mz/s320/Meghan-McCain-Boobs-Cleavage-Hot.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">Anyway, congrats to Senator John McCain, a Great American, on being named the IWS “Person of the Week!” <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal">Also, don’t forget to catch IWS Radio’s “<a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/im-with-stupid/2013/09/08/ground-game-and-aerial-attacks" target="_blank">Ground Game andAerial Attacks</a>” show Sunday at 12 Noon ET!!! <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div></div>

John McCain: Person of the Week!

IWS Radio is PROUD to announce that our Person of the Week is none other than the great Maverick Senator from Arizona …. John McCain!! Senat...

2013 voters won't let go of Bolling

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There it was again in Saturday's <i>Richmond Times-Dispatch</i> ... another letter to the editor urging voters to write in Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling for Governor. At a time when you would expect the write-in talk to die down, it isn't. Tonight yet another person told me they were writing in the LG. It's something I hear on a regular basis.<br /><br />On August 29, a <a href="http://www.timesdispatch.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor-for-august/article_a7ea5edd-e906-5435-98cf-72663a94a094.html">letter writer to the RTD</a> wrote:<br /><blockquote>Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has no one to blame for his  lackluster polling numbers but himself. When he became greedy and  unceremoniously pushed Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling out the front door, he  immediately lost the moderate support.<br /><br />If Cuccinelli had run again for attorney general  or lieutenant governor supporting Bolling (with his moderate force) for  governor, polling data would probably be very different. If the current  trend continues, it is likely that Virginia will have a second-rate  governor with little or no elective or governing experience.<br /><br />Joseph Childress. Palmyra.</blockquote>Saturday's <a href="http://www.timesdispatch.com/opinion/your-opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letters-to-the-editor-for-sept/article_6d23208d-220f-5ba7-b916-85453b026531.html">letter writer responded</a>:<br /><blockquote>I agree 100 percent with letter-writer Joseph  Childress (“Cuccinelli has only himself to blame”). Attorney General Ken  Cuccinelli did push Bill Bolling out the front door, as Childress  wrote.<br /><br />I know Bolling is not seeking a write-in, but I  shall write his name in on Election Day, and I hope whoever reads this  will agree and do the same.<br /><br />Bolling is a fine politician, a Virginia gentleman and a true friend.<br /><br />Grace T. Seat. South Boston.</blockquote>There's a quiet defiance rolling through Virginia. Will it grow as Election Day approaches?

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There it was again in Saturday's Richmond Times-Dispatch ... another letter to the editor urging voters to write in Lieutenant Governor...

Signs of fall in RVA

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Signs of fall in RVA

Picturesque. Fall is on its way in RVA. Photo by Lynn R. Mitchell September 7, 2013