tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post3946749115639501107..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Jim Rogers Says: Buy Russia!Stuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-91981186707657449922014-05-27T10:56:07.656-07:002014-05-27T10:56:07.656-07:00Fairly bizarre statement by Rogers: "Just rec...Fairly bizarre statement by Rogers: "Just recently, the space people said “every country in the world has eventually collapsed” and the way America is going, we might collapse too. This is not me, this is the Defense Department of America, and this is the Space Agency of America saying these things."<br /><br />Not clear what expertise either NASA or DoD has in analyzing the rise and fall of civilizations. Indeed, the study to which he is referring was NOT a NASA-directed study: it used some software tools that NASA had developed, and they supplied partial funding for it, but explicitly stated that the study : ""was not solicited, directed or reviewed by Nasa. It is an independent study by the university researchers utilizing research tools developed for a separate Nasa activity. As is the case with all independent research, the views and conclusions in the paper are those of the authors alone. Nasa does not endorse the paper or its conclusions.""David Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-84103100850969245932014-05-26T18:12:00.692-07:002014-05-26T18:12:00.692-07:00The last competent committed Pres. was GHW Bush. C...The last competent committed Pres. was GHW Bush. Clinton was/is a genius, but it's all about Bill.<br /><br />I was astounded at the ignorance, incompetence, sheer folly, and recklessness of our leaders post 9/11. I still am.<br /><br />Putin is a shrewd Bismarkian. We're sentimental utopians.<br /><br />"Most (many?) WW 2 service people didn't add value". D. Rumsfeld (he apologized next day, of course) -- Rich LaraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-8678124672301913932014-05-26T14:25:30.482-07:002014-05-26T14:25:30.482-07:00I think that the idea the US was "engineering...I think that the idea the US was "engineering a coup" in Ukraine is somewhat wide of the mark. It also underplays the serious, long-term ethno-linguistic divisions in Ukraine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-23672578404316155952014-05-26T13:51:08.313-07:002014-05-26T13:51:08.313-07:00Washington has been stonewalling LNG ports for dec...Washington has been stonewalling LNG ports for decades. First it blocked ports for importing gas, and now it blocks ports for exporting gas.<br /><br />Fracking has advanced because it is largely under state jurisdiction. Coastal ports, however, are under the feds.Lastangonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-38922118599046618102014-05-26T10:08:51.454-07:002014-05-26T10:08:51.454-07:00Yup, Barry & His Posse bungled the gig. Putin...Yup, Barry & His Posse bungled the gig. Putin is smarter than them, and has actual real-world experience. <br /><br />Gas: B&HP don't like gas, oil, coal; don't want it extracted; don't want it sold. No nukes, neither.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.com