Category: Eastern Europe

  • WE THE PEOPLE……..

    WE THE PEOPLE……..

    WE THE PEOPLE…

    CHAPTER 15

    IT CAN NOT HAPPEN TO ME.  GUESS WHAT? IT WILL!!!

    The following message is for every citizen of every country that has the right to choose their own elected officials.

    Come July 1, 2012 the world is in financial agony. A tsunami of easy credit has flooded our shores. The blame game has erupted with all its fury as nations pockmark each other with vicious language to placate their voters.

    The real culprit is us – the voter. We voted them into office. We are to blame. There have been and will be many important elections this year and WE THE PEOPLE must take control of our destinies. Elected officials fear us and have been buying us off with various entitlements for decades. If it did not work, then they just, made it larger. So today, as our bankers joyfully watch and estimate their future net worth, we are slowly falling into an abyss with a stench of sulfur.

    Considering these elections, one’s party affiliations do not matter, because it is the candidate’s beliefs that are of the utmost importance now.

    Which candidate favors reinstating the USURY LAW where the maximum interest rate should be limited to 8%. The Rule of 72 is what bankers live by. All one has to do is to take 72 and divide it by 8 the answer is how many years it will take the bank to double its investment in you. The Usury law was dropped in the mid 1970’s because interest rates were 14% and everyone was maxing out their credit cards (that is borrowing the most they could) and buying a US Government bond at 14%. Then they would pay of the credit card and net 6%. This is called disintermediation and not very healthy long term. So congress was forced to drop the law. But they also failed to reinstate it when the danger expired. It is my suspicion that some members on key committees received special favors.

    If you have a 30 year mortgage on your home and you are paying 8% to the bank; the bank will make 3.33 times on helping you on your mortgage by providing the necessary funds. This is where they provide an important function in your community. The higher rate you pay the quicker they double their money. This is why past legislators legalized as max rate – to protect you from unscrupulous bankers. Remember bankers have the moral obligation to protect our deposits for our advantage not theirs.  Dividends should come from earnings before bonuses are distributed.  Public trust comes before employees looting.

    Credit cards are a bastard. They are figured in months not years.  This is legalized extortion.  Pure and simple.

    Enacting or reinstating the USURY LAW will benefit the individual and corporations while reducing the bankers’ bonuses.

    A candidate must be willing to petition the Federal Reserve to raise margin rates across the board to 100% for 3 to 6 months worldwide. This will stop all the abuses going on in the market place and make it safe for honest investors. This will halt high frequency trades that are computer driven and benefit a few while harming millions. Hedge funds that use easy credit to skirt regulations will be halted. Best of all derivatives and collateralized debt instruments will go the way of the dinosaur.

    Stop Quantitative Easing (QE) dead in its tracks. Go for Quantitative Giving (QG). QE goes to the largest corporation and unions where the money trickles down through the officers and union leaders before long term good is completed.

    With QG the Fed must raise fed funds to the 1-2% range so banks restart increasing their savings account rates. This will encourage investors to increase their debt from short term to longer term because they have more confidence in the future.

    QG is giving a large stipend to everyUScitizen over the age of 21($50,000 -$100,000) to use as he or she sees fit. Pay down debts etc. with the proviso that at least 10% should be used to purchase a new product. This will getAmericagoing again create jobs and new businesses.  The public knows best- not bureaucrats inWashingtonD.C.

     

  • Air Defence Missile/Gun System which shot down the Turkish Jet

    Air Defence Missile/Gun System which shot down the Turkish Jet

    Pantsir-S1
    Air Defense Missile/Gun System

    The 2A38M Air Defence Automatic Gun

    The 57E6-E Surface-to-Air Missile

     

    Basic Characteristics
    Armament missile/gun
    Ammunition load, pcs
       ready-to-fire missiles 12
       30mm rounds 1400
    Control system multiple-band
    radar-optical
    Aircraft engagement zone, m:
       by missiles:
          range
    1200-20000
          altitude 5-10000
       by guns:
          range 200-4000
          altitude
    0-3000
    Reaction time, s 4-6
    Number of targets simultaneously fired at 4
    Fire on the move by SAMs and guns provided
    (for CV on tracked chassis)
    Crew 3
    Is designed for AD of small-size military and industrial objects and areas against aircraft, helicopters, cruise missiles and high-precision weapons, as well as AD groups coverage while repelling mass air threats.

    System Distinctive Features:

    • Combined armament;
    • Effective engagement of all target types (foremost high-precision weapons and aviation means of their delivery) within the whole range of their combat application environments and counteraction capabilities, taking into account the prospects of their development till 2020–2025;
    • Use of sophisticated multi-mode adaptive radar-optical control system, functioning in several wave bands. This provides high jamming immunity and performance reliability;
    • Use of high-velocity and maneuverability SAM featuring high kill probability (0.7–0.95) against all target types;
    • Automatic combat operation mode – both autonomously and as a part of joint units;
    • Independent combat actions due to inherent target detection, tracking and engagement systems;
    • Modular design of the combat vehicle, enabling its versions on different carriers-wheeled, tracked and shelter variants.
    System Components:

    • Combat vehicle (up to 6 CVs in a battery);
    • Battery command post;
    • SAMs;
    • 30mm rounds;
    • Transloader vehicles (1 vehicle for 2 CVs);
    • Training facilities;
    • Maintenance facilities;
    • Common SPTA kit.

    Platforms for the Pantsir-S1 AD System

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  • Russia won’t boycott Chess Olympiad in Istanbul

    Russia won’t boycott Chess Olympiad in Istanbul

    PanARMENIAN.Net – The Head of the Management Board of the Russian Chess Federation said that boycotting Olympiad in Istanbul isn’t a right method for solving problems.

    113642As Ilya Levitov said in an interview to Chess-News, “it’s necessary to achieve the right solution in a constructive way, rather than by boycotting the Olympiad. To write a letter and meet with Yazic; talk to him, understand his motivation and position, and try to change his stance”.

    Earlier, Turkish Chess Federation President Ali Nihat Yazici banned the arbiters from seven chess federations from working at the Olympiad. According to some reports, the affected federations may fully boycott the main team event of the year, which will be held in Istanbul from the end of August until the beginning of September.

    On June 25, the main organizer of the Olympiad and the President of the Turkish Chess Federation announced a decision to resign FIDE Vice-President’s post, Chess-News said.

    via Russia won’t boycott Chess Olympiad in Istanbul – PanARMENIAN.Net.

  • Russia urges Syria, Turkey against clash

    Russia urges Syria, Turkey against clash

    Moscow, June 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The downing of a Turkish jet by Syrian forces should not be considered a provocation or allowed to further destabilise the situation in the region, the Russian foreign ministry has said.

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    “The escalation of politics and propaganda, including on the international level, is especially dangerous when efforts are being undertaken to mobilize all major outside players to channel the situation in Syria in a political direction,” ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said.

    Russia is concerned with the situation, and urges both Ankara and Damascus to cooperate in the investigation of the incident, Lukashevich said in a statement.

    Syria shot down a Turkish F-4 fighter jet over the Mediterranean Sea last Friday.

    Syrian officials said the jet invaded the country’s air space, while Turkey insisted it was attacked over international waters.

    The attack prompted fears that Turkey may use the incident as a pretext to launch a military operation in Syria, torn by a civil war that has killed at least 12,000 people since March 2011, according to the UN.

    A NATO meeting called Tuesday at Turkey’s request denounced the attack on the jet, but said the incident would not be viewed as aggression against the alliance, which could have given NATO a valid pretext to attack Syria.

    Turkish President Abdullah Gul said Tuesday the incident has exposed “the paranoia that has gripped the Syrian Army”.

    –IANS/RIA Novosti

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    via Russia urges Syria, Turkey against clash – NY Daily News.

  • Turkey wants to buy Russian defense system: Voice of Russia

    Turkey wants to buy Russian defense system: Voice of Russia

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    Turkey is considering the purchase Russia’s S-400 Triumf anti-aircraft weapon system amid growing tensions in the region. According to local media, Turkey’s government is choosing between Russia’s S-400, US Patriot missile defense system, China’s FD 2000 system and French-Italian Eurosam SAMP/T.

    Russia’s system is capable of combating all existing types of strategic offensive weapons, including missiles with the ground speed of 5,000 m/s, AWACS planes and reconnaissance-strike systems.

    Interfax

    via Turkey wants to buy Russian defense system: Voice of Russia.

  • Russian ex-spy Anna Chapman takes a turn on catwalk in Turkey

    By Associated Press

    Posted: 06/13/2012 10:41:05 AM PDT
    Updated: 06/13/2012 10:52:31 AM PDT

    ANKARA, Turkey — Russian ex-spy Anna Chapman has walked a Turkish catwalk in a long red dress at a fashion show, flanked by two men posing as secret service agents in black suit and sunglasses.

    Hikmet Eraslan said Wednesday his Dosso Dossi clothing company donated to Chapman’s charity foundation for children with poor eyesight in Volgograd in return for her appearance last Friday.

    The 30-year-old Chapman was deported from the United States in 2010 along with nine other Russian sleeper agents. She appeared on the runway in the Mediterranean city of Antalya, a top Turkish vacation destination.

    Chapman has been keeping a high profile since her deportation to Russia, modeling, editing a magazine, giving lectures and running the foundation.

     

    via Russian ex-spy Anna Chapman takes a turn on catwalk in Turkey – San Jose Mercury News.