Just had a look at the Globe and Mail and the head line reads Putin backs away from Assad:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/putin-backs-away-from-assad-regime/article2355956/
He's too busy to deal w/ Assad right now
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is he playing . the biscuit game
Man! That's a Ritz cracker! 8)
Quote from: bayonetbrant on March 02, 2012, 09:49:21 AM
He's too busy to deal w/ Assad right now
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If you're blue and you don't know...
Quote from: Centurion40 on March 02, 2012, 10:18:07 AM
Man! That's a Ritz cracker! 8)
I know. As if he wasn't cool enough just with his shirt off. Now he rides magical Ritz crackers, too.
That man is amazing! There's no way he can lose this election. I don't even think he'll have to stuff the ballots.
Much.
Yeah man! Although he may stuff a few opponents into the trunks of stolen cars, and burn them.
Remember guys - only the monkey knows !!!!!!!!!!
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^That monkey...again. I would vote for the monkey.
He'll be the Russian Vice President, you know.
The monkey appears to know what's what. I like him.
I think it would be cool if we could have an Official Groghead Monkey. I wonder what they cost ?
Quote from: MIGMaster on March 02, 2012, 11:53:59 AM
I think it would be cool if we could have an Official Groghead Monkey. I wonder what they cost ?
I dunno. Gus, how much do you cost?
Quote from: bayonetbrant on March 02, 2012, 11:58:55 AM
Quote from: MIGMaster on March 02, 2012, 11:53:59 AM
I think it would be cool if we could have an Official Groghead Monkey. I wonder what they cost ?
I dunno. Gus, how much do you cost?
Amazingly, I immediately thought of Gus, too.
Steelie is probably harrier, though.
Do you want me with the organ grinder or without? That really didn't come out right.
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Quote from: Gusington on March 02, 2012, 12:04:03 PM
Do you want me with the organ grinder or without? That really didn't come out right.
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No, that came out perfectly.
The entire staff should be equipped with organ grinders. Possibly two.
I had no idea Gus could turn conversations into monkey porn ! Now that's talent !
That and the little dances I do during staff meetings is why I'm still here. Oh and content writing as well :)
Quote from: MIGMaster on March 02, 2012, 12:10:19 PM
I had no idea Gus could turn conversations into monkey porn ! Now that's talent !
Gusington is our very own Chekhov's Gun.
two news updates on Syria:
Russian "anti-terror" troops heading to Syria
http://grognews.blogspot.com/2012/03/russian-troops-to-syria.html
Syrian state TV accuses a soccer team of passing iso to the rebels in the way they play on the field
http://grognews.blogspot.com/2012/03/syrian-tv-says-soccer-team-is-acting.html
Quote from: bayonetbrant on March 20, 2012, 06:42:53 AM
two news updates on Syria:
Russian "anti-terror" troops heading to Syria
http://grognews.blogspot.com/2012/03/russian-troops-to-syria.html
Syrian state TV accuses a soccer team of passing iso to the rebels in the way they play on the field
http://grognews.blogspot.com/2012/03/syrian-tv-says-soccer-team-is-acting.html
Wow. First story is not good news. :-\
The second is hysterical! ;D
It will be interesting to see how the rest of the world especially the US responds to this move by the Russians.
Quote from: TheCommandTent on March 20, 2012, 07:34:08 AM
It will be interesting to see how the rest of the world especially the US responds to this move by the Russians.
Everyone and their dog seems to want in on this fight.
Except us.
Quote from: LongBlade on March 20, 2012, 07:57:03 AMEveryone and their dog seems to want in on this fight.
Except us.
http://grognews.blogspot.com/2012/03/questions-to-answer-before-going-to-war.html
Good points.
1. HOW IS THIS OUR FIGHT? Depriving the Iranians of a client shuts down yet another avenue to export terror. If we prevail we have the opportunity to shape that region and further stabilize it.
2. AT WHAT COST? So far no full-blown forces have intervened; it's more like a classic Cold-War style proxy war.
3. OR WHAT? Cede the results to players hostile to our interests.
4. AND WHO ELSE? Everyone is already in the game. Except us.
5. THEN WHAT? Then we return to classic Mid-East tensions, but this time with a Syria that is less hostile to Israel and more hostile to Iran. Lebanon stabilizes. Iraq is relatively stable. We can then turn our attention to Egypt to help it stabilize, and to the Straights where Iran now has to calculate how it will act up with one significantly less puppet state to wreck havoc and complicate the issue.
Hmm Russians in Syria...very 1983. This cannot be good in the short term. The Mideast gets more like Europe in the 1930s or the 1910s every day.
Norway has just closed its embassy there.
QuoteThe Norwegian Foreign Ministry says it has decided to close down its embassy in Damascus due to security concerns.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/03/26/norway-closes-embassy-in-syria/?test=latestnews#ixzz1qEjARhAe
the ruskkies want a look at the nuke program....
the ruskkies want a tripwire in the region....
the ruskkies do not want their chinese buddies to have all the fun in the region (like they have in Africa)
The Turks also pulled out their diplomats: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hZgzmwsad8cWvxCPJVjWIOMhrE2w?docId=0f039ad08ee940b896dfd7cf2f9995a9
Do NOT get a monkey! They're like pure evil mixed with yellow dye #5.
I was dating a nurse in ajapan and she had a pet monkey. Every time I went over to her place, the thing would start freaking out and screeching. She'd have to put it in another room and throw a blanket over its cage to shut it up, but even that wouldn't last. If we started getting busy, the thing would go nuts and shake its cage until it would fall off it's stand. That's right, I was repeatedly cock blocked by another species.
Pet my monkey, SDR.
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Retort of the week! Well played yet again SDR, well played indeed.
That was a good round.
Anyone have any more info on Russians in Syria?
Russia better pray the nuclear tech they sold Iran dosnt come back to bite them in the arse down the road if nothing happens to halt the program. I frankly wouldnt discount the Chechens "somehow" getting thier hands on a dirty bomb and detonating it in the Moscow metro if the Iranians are allowed to do as they please.
That...really would be ironic.
Good point - I never thought of that.
Quote from: Seytan on March 31, 2012, 02:53:00 AM
Russia better pray the nuclear tech they sold Iran dosnt come back to bite them in the arse down the road if nothing happens to halt the program. I frankly wouldnt discount the Chechens "somehow" getting thier hands on a dirty bomb and detonating it in the Moscow metro if the Iranians are allowed to do as they please.
That...really would be ironic.
I would call that karmic justice.
Quote from: Martok on March 31, 2012, 11:50:29 AM
Quote from: Seytan on March 31, 2012, 02:53:00 AM
Russia better pray the nuclear tech they sold Iran dosnt come back to bite them in the arse down the road if nothing happens to halt the program. I frankly wouldnt discount the Chechens "somehow" getting thier hands on a dirty bomb and detonating it in the Moscow metro if the Iranians are allowed to do as they please.
That...really would be ironic.
I would call that karmic justice.
I would call it a really bad move by the chechins who would be pogromed into the history books
^ That too.