Meanwhile In Real News That Isn't Be Reported...

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http://defconwarningsystem.com/

This is the DEFCON Warning System. Alert status for 8 P.M. Sunday, March 2nd, 2014. Condition Green. DEFCON 5. Condition Green. DEFCON 5. Condition Green. DEFCON 5.

There are currently no imminent nuclear threats against the United States at this time.

Russia invades Ukraine in an attempt to hold onto the Crimea region and its warm water port there. The United States, meanwhile, shows absolutely no intent to involve itself militarily. While NATO discusses the matter, there is very little chance that NATO or the EU intend to go beyond some kind of sanctions, if that. This conflict appears to remain localised with no potential to escalate. Russia, meanwhile, looks to expand port access to additional countries, including three near the United States, and has docked a spy ship at Cuba.

In a show of strength, Iran has sent warships close to U.S. maritime borders for a three month mission. Iran has also claimed to have successfully test-fired a long range ballistic missile, and has also claimed a new generation of centrifuges 15 times more powerful than those currently being used. Iran has also resumed work at a suspected nuclear base. U.N. inspectors are not permitted to inspect this site under the recent agreement with Iran. The United States is sending signals that it is now open to the idea of Iran having a “small, discreet, limited” nuclear programme.

China has said it is to work toward the denuclearization of North Korea, promising unspecified steps to ensure this policy. The United States, meanwhile, has vowed that it would defend Japan against Chinese attack, including attacks over disputed islands. The United States has successfully lab tested its next generation nuclear weapon, which is designed to replace it’s aging tactical nuclear arsenal.

A small amount of radiation has been detected at a New Mexico site. While the government has sent investigators there to determine the actual amount, information has not been quickly forthcoming. However, samples that we know about indicate such a small amount of radiation has escaped the facility that it represents no health hazard whatsoever. We will continue to monitor and report as necessary.

The DEFCON Warning System is a private enterprise which monitors world events and assesses nuclear threats against the United States by national entities. It is not affiliated with any government agency and does not represent the alert status of any military branch. The public should make their own evaluations and not rely on the DEFCON Warning System for any strategic planning. At all times, citizens are urged to learn what steps to take in the event of a nuclear attack.

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But - but - but - but - but - but - over 4 million people (a whopping 0.0114285714285714 % of the country) have signed up for the greatest panacea ever! ObamaKare!!!

All is WELL, no? :no:

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It baffles me what isn’t on NBC nightly news.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/28/russia-spy-ship-docks-havana-cuba

Arrival of Viktor Leonov SSV-175 warship follows announcement by Russia that it plans to increase military presence worldwide.

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The world isn’t just ours.

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This isn’t frightening at all…and Russia can’t really project jack other than with aging and outdated submarine fleet. They have something like a GRAND TOTAL of 19 warships other than their little corvettes that they crank out on the cheap. Half of their submarine fleet(which in total is still smaller than ours) is still diesel. They have ONE aircraft carrier. One.

The US Navy has something along the lines of 12 aircraft carriers, 22 cruisers, 62 destroyers, and 70 submarines(14 of which are ready to end the world at the turn of a key.) Many more being built or planned.

Russia doesn’t actually want to play dangerous games…it ends poorly for everyone and unless they go nuclear(destroying themselves) it ends far worse for them. They’ll be decades away from catching up to us if we were to just totally stop building anything new.

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Your decimal point is in the wrong place. There aren’t 35 billion Americans.

Not saying Obamacare is right. Just saying your arithmetic isn’t.

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I’m not saying the spyship is phase one for Red Dawn.

What I’m frustrated about is that it’s not reported at all. There was a time something like this would have led the news for days. Putting obviously parked it there to see if he could catch any traffic before his incursion into Crimea. But nobody is even talking about the fact that it happened. But let Justin Bieber crash a rented car under the influence.

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Funny thing is, China has leaped far over what we thought they might get to by a certain decade in regards to their technological attributes. Thank Clinton for that, of course. Russia’s problem is lack of money. Give them a cause (new arms race) that could change, especially with economic espionage, and people with certain political motivations in high secured areas, but got clearance anyways (Snowden ring a bell).

Never thought I would be living under the fear of M.A.D. in my adult life. Bad enough when I was younger until age seven with the Soviet Union collapsed. What scares that shit out of me more is the head-in-the-sand generation sucking on the MSM tit, and the growing isolationism in this country. Right now, there are very few countries I would trust to take the mantel of leading World Super Power, and they are either broke, or weakened by socialistic programs. Russia and China are it, and that frightens me in regards to keeping the free world “free.”

Just this week, Russia shut-down more anti-putin websites, and have been churning out the propaganda to the Soviet…I mean Russian masses, and they are eating it up. What is different from us versus them is that they aren’t afraid to use force to achieve their means. Between Obama and the growing isolationist movement is the U.S., brought on mostly by libertarians, we are ceding power to our enemies willfully.

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Double-tap.

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What is that ship going to do sitting in port that can’t be done from land, and what exactly are they going to intercept that would be of benefit to their operations in Crimea?

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Not to start a debate about it, but many libertarians are not isolationist. They’re just pickier about what to do with America’s military power.

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You can be sure the Pentagon is paying plenty of attention. What is to gain from stirring the nation up with anti-Russian sentiment? I’d rather we not start that again, myself.

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Why, if the shoe fits? i.e. if the Russians are indeed showing their ass why should we shrink from the thought of anti-Russian sentiment? Are they someone special or omnipotent that we dare not get pissed at them?

Look, the Crimea thing is not as clear-cut a case of blatant Russian aggression. Given the history of the place and it’s ethnic makeup one could make the argument that indeed they “want” to be part of Mother Russia. Meh…so be it.

HOWEVER…

If the Russians have designs on other sovereign countries in a nostalgic attempt to re-create the Soviet Union it must be stopped (or at least legitimately challenged) or the Bear will force a return to the Cold War. We will have no choice at that point, so a little “Russia hate” right now isn’t unhealthy----it may steel us for what lies ahead.

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Hold it there cowboy. Most regular Libertarians don’t want total isolationism, we just want to tend to the needs of the US before we tend to the needs of spending aid money in Afghanistan. Sure there are some radicals, but there are radicals in the GOP who think women should be jailed for having abortions. And I suggest those radicals are giving us Democratic victories more than Libertarian isolationist radicals.

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You missed it, it was in place end of February before the Crimea stuff even began. I’m sure you can figure out why it was there under those circumstances.

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What is to be gained by giving them half of a slightly accurate picture of world events? Maybe if people knew what was actually going on they might contact their representatives and say “We don’t want this” just like the firearm community does when Congress considers some anti gun bullshit.

And it’s not a case of creating anti Russian sentiment, it’s a case of knowing what is brewing and the fact that Russia supports Syria so there is nothing to be gained by stating their will be “significant consequences” if Syria uses chemical weapons and then discovering they did just that and not being able to do a damn thing about it.

If you don’t think Putin was watching what the US response would be over Syrian use of chemical weapons then you weren’t paying attention. He saw the US did nothing and that meant he could do almost anything he wanted.

The key difference is Putin knew all of this, Obama should have known all of this and the average American didn’t have a clue about any of it. Most of them would be mystified to try and even understand how one situation is directly related to the other.

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And those would be the same idiots who put him into office…TWICE!

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http://www.businessinsider.com/robert-evans-moscow-concerned-over-russians-in-estonia-2014-3#ixzz2wTiyh5l0

Moscow is eyeballing Estonia now.

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Funny how it’s under the same guise as Crimea: protecting ethnic Russians (which are in the minority in Estonia, unlike Crimea).

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The problem I see here, is that it is becoming increasingly difficult to find the truth. There is so much crap put out by the media on all sides. So much misinformation. I don’t trust anything our media puts out, and I don’t trust anything that foreign media puts out.

One thing that came up in my memory just recently was back when Obama told putting that he would have more flexibility after the election. Who knows, both sides could be using this “conflict” for their own interest.

But at this point, I really do not care what happens with Crimea. It seems the people want to be with Russia and if that is what they want then let them have it.