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Flirting With Disaster
…Speeding down the fast lane, honey Playin’ from town to town; The boys and I have been burnin’ it up, can’t seem to slow it down. I’ve got the pedal to the floor, our lives are runnin’ faster, Got our … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Europe, Government, Investment, Politics, Russia, Strategy, Trade, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin
Tagged economy, GAZPROM, government, Politics, Russia, Trade, Ukraine
953 Comments
When I Fight Reality, Reality Always Wins.
When I hear the phrase, “American rocker”, I frequently think of John Mellencamp. He started out in the 1970’s, professionally, as ‘John Cougar’ because his manager said nobody would ever buy a record by someone named John Mellencamp. Eventually, when … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Europe, Government, Investment, Politics, Russia, Strategy, Trade, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin
Tagged economy, GAZPROM, government, Politics, Russia, Trade, Ukraine
1,750 Comments
Seeing More of the Big Picture in Ukraine
They whisper still, the injured stones, the blunted mountains weep As he died to make men holy, let us die to make things cheap And say the Mea Culpa, which you’ve gradually forgot Year by year Month by month Day … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, Economy, Europe, Government, Investment, Law and Order, Politics, Russia, Trade, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin, Yulia Tymoshenko
Tagged economy, government, Politics, Rule of Law, Russia, Trade, Ukraine, War, Yulia Tymoshenko
1,213 Comments
Who Needs Luck When Your Enemies Are Stupid?
“People always call it luck when you have acted more sensibly than they have.” -Anne Tyler “Luck is a word the bitter teach the ignorant” -Steve Maraboli; “Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience” Perhaps this would be … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, Economy, Europe, Government, Investment, Politics, Russia, Strategy, Trade, Vladimir Putin
Tagged economy, government, Politics, Russia, Trade
714 Comments
The Madness of Anders Aslund; Economic Advice for Ideologues With Too Much Money
Unwrap yourself for a starving man Come drown your thoughts if they bite you Turn off the world if it makes you hurt I’m just a clown but I like you… Max Webster, from “Let Go the Line” What follows … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, Economy, Europe, Government, Investment, Law and Order, Russia, Trade, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin
Tagged corporation, economy, government, greed, Politics, Rule of Law, Russia, Trade, Ukraine
1,887 Comments
Ask Not What Lithuania can do for You…
But you can’t make people listen. They have to come round in their own time, wondering what happened and why the world blew up around them. Ray Bradbury; Fahrenheit 451 Hey, remember that annoying nineties phrase, “Don’t go there”? It … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, Economy, Europe, Government, Investment, Politics, Rule of Law, Russia, Trade
Tagged economy, GAZPROM, government, Politics, Rule of Law, Russia, Trade
1,250 Comments
Having Failed to Achieve Any of Its Goals in Crimea, the West Resorts to Lying
NATO once had such plans for Crimea. It was all going to come together so beautifully. Once Ukraine had been wrenched from Russia’s orbit into that of Europe, Sevastopol would make a dandy NATO naval base on the Black Sea, … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, Economy, Europe, Government, Investment, Law and Order, Politics, Russia, Strategy, Trade, Vladimir Putin
Tagged economy, government, Politics, Rule of Law, Russia, Trade, Ukraine
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