Vladimir Putin said he sees no immediate need to invade eastern Ukraine as the Obama administration prepares $1 billion in loan guarantees for the cash-strapped nation and threatens sanctions against Russia.
There is a temporary sigh of relief. Temporary.
The situation is still one in which anything can and may happen.
I listened to Clyde Lewis last night.. He titled his show "Foreign Horrorspondence" and focused on the newest world crisis in Crimea, Ukraine, and Russia. As usual, it wasn’t the typical approach you’d find from other sources.. Lewis detailed some old Nostradamus quatrains about the ‘ring of steel’ and the new world war coming after the games of slaughter. Lewis believed the games of slaughter were the 2008 Olympics—they began the same day that Russia invaded Georgia—and thinks we are heading towards a new world slaughter because of recent actions. While it wasn’t anything to do with ghosts and goblins, there show shook me.
I have always had a special place in my heart for Nostradamus, even though I believe much of the whole ‘prophecy’ business to be mostly nonsense. But something about a radio show host like Lewis bringing all of these strange facts together compels me to start believing..
If you haven’t noticed lately, it’s been feeling like ‘war’ for a while now across this planet.
And we begin there today..
Vladimir Putin is calling the actions in Ukraine a ‘coup’ ..
The nation of Ukraine is filled with a vast amount of religious people. In Crimea, one of those, a bishop, is urging calm. However, a Ukrainian Catholic leader says people must be ready to sacrifice lives..
While the nation of Russia is basically ignoring anything coming from the Obama Administration, the White House and the US continue to look at a ‘broad range of sanctions’ against Russia.. That may be difficult since the European Union relies heavily on natural gas coming from Russia. This could be the straw that breaks the camel’s back of the world economy. Some actually believe that, due to the crisis in Ukraine, a world economic crisis is brewing..
Russia and China are happily joining hands on the matter—which is bad news for the United States..
Timing is key, on all events.. including Crimea. While the world watches turmoil and conflict, the earth wanted to be heard, too. Either HAARP is operational again or natural events led to this, but Crimea had a 4.1 earthquake yesterday..
While Sarah Palin may not be the world’s finest expert on Russian affairs—thought she could see Russia from her house—she did have this snappy one liner about how the Obama Administration is dealing with Pootie Poot: " People are looking at Putin as one who wrestles bears and drills for oil. They look at our president as one who wears mom jeans and equivocates and bloviates"
Perhaps the new faced-shiny Sarah is talking about this now famous photo released by the White House of Obama ‘calling’ Putin over the weekend:
How can you hate Rob Ford?
Now … THIS .. is scary.
Sure, America worships celebrity.. but will we eat them? Serious.. A company named BiteLabs has a novel and disgusting idea: Growing meat from celebrity tissue samples. I suppose it’s the closest thing to cannibalism that can be sold legally. The product is salami. It will be 30% celebrity and 40% animal meat, the rest will be fats and spices. And you can enjoy a nice glass of Chianti with your cannibal celebrity sammich..
There are multiple weather models showing the storm this weekend moving north.. and south.. and no where.. and here. And there. My area is bracing for 1 to 25 inches of snow. That’s an old joke, of course, but this go around it’s actually quite accurate. The weatherman knows a storm is brewing—they are getting better at timing—but they sure aren’t sure yet as to what path it takes…
The sun shines.. but so many nations see war planes on bright and blue days. I worry about war today.. This world has seen way too much of it in modern life. But so much more seems to be coming..
Some Saturday morning news to use or lose this bright and shiny sunny morning:
The world is watching—and some are holding collective breath—as Russia and Crimea continue to embroil themselves in an inevitable war.. A few days ago, theBBC ran a good article explaining what was so dangerous about the situation in Crimea..
The other facts as they are known at this hour. It may change by next hour:
Russia extends its reach in Crimea with calls for troops in Ukrainian region..
President Obama is warning Vladimir Putin that there will be ‘costs’ for Ukraine action..
But… Putin is holding the cards and dictating the timetable..
This is the dogs of war floating at sea.. WE should all be watching these provocations closely: Russia is seeking access in eight countries for its ships and bombers. There is already a mysterious ‘spy ship’ docked in Havana.. But now they also want to be set to fire in Cuba, Venezuela, Singapore.. and more..
As expected.. the United States is scrambling for intelligence on the developing crisis..
Some history: Crimea was a gift to Ukraine. It happened in 1954 and, in between Nikita Khruschchev famous using his shoes as weapons during speeches, he gifted the beautiful Crimea to Ukraine.. that was back in happier days when mother Russia claimed Ukraine for the Soviets..
There are also some other reports worth contemplating. Back in 1994, President Bill Clinton, John Major, Boris Yelstin, and Leonid Kuchma signed a treaty. That treaty, now it’s said, may actual embroil the United States and Britain into a war with Russia if Russia invades Ukraine!! The agreement signed back in the roaring 90s had world leaders vowing to protect Ukraine’s border. Things were happier then.
And lest we forget… a month ago media outlets quietly reported that Iran was sending warships close to the United States East Coast border..
So you see how this could could quickly get out of hand, right?
Just as the Archduke Franz Ferdinand..
I have really never liked horror movies based on true stories.. they seem a little over the top, often. And in this matter, perhaps insensitive and tacky..Sony has just bought the rights to a horror movie based on the death of Elisa Lam in Los Angeles in 2013..
You may remember recent stories about Lam in the news. She was the student who was found dead in the water tank of then famed and cursed Cecil Hotel—for two weeks hotel visitors were complaining of a smell and taste in the water, later they found Lam’s body.
In recent months, a surveillance video from the elevator in the hotel was made famous because it seemed to show Lam acting odd moments before she supposedly entered the roof area and somehow got into a high and secured water tank..
The coroner ruled the death to be accidental.
Not an accident is SONY making profits off of the death of the innocent young woman.
Horror movie controversy in Australia.. two famed movie critics from down under refused to review a horror flick WOLF CREEK 2.. And now as a result, star from the movie John Jarratt took aim at the ‘elitist’ critics for their refusal to acknowledge the movie..
I am actually somewhat laughing at the image of the critics, Margaret Pomeranz and David Stratton. Stratton looks identical to the man who does my taxes every year.. I hope I don’t take this movie review refusal out on him in 2015..
Navy sailors suffering pain and ailments after Fukushima response..
But nothing to fear, Navy sailors.. Apparently smoking is worse than the radiation, so says a FORBES editorial about the disaster.. I am sure the author means well. Right? I’d be interesting how tied in with nuclear energy he is.. Nonetheless, the NOT DANGEROUS radiation will be making it to the West Coast by April.. Also the not dangerous scenario playing out at Fukushima is getting a little less dangerous as warnings sound that clean up pumps stopped working. Nothing to see here. The FORBES science author said so..
My favorite Facebook weather source, the Weatherboy Weather posted an “OMG” over top of today’s snowstorm forecast.. This is beginning to look like a long duration snow storm set to drop up to 20 inches or more in spots.. prepare now because by Monday all travel may be temporarily grounded.. The other concern may be ice if enough warmth spreads into the storm.. It’s a March storm after all—and March storms typically produce heavy snow. In like a lion.. a cold, cold lion in winter.
A dark horse minus some darkness…
Katy Perry edits DARK HORSE video after accusations of blasphemy. A petition was signed by thousands saying that the video was offensive to Muslims. The name of Allah has been removed from the footage.. For those keeping track of the footage removal: The Illuminati messages are still in it..
This beautiful image comes from CBS 21 in Harrisburg .. it’s the Susquehanna River, obviously iced over from a long winter..
More snow and ice coming Sunday into Monday. The scene may get even colder looking..
I am extremely exited about this.. too cool.
