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2014-03-17 Europe

Putin Tells Obama Crimea Vote Fully Legal

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Posted by Fred 2014-03-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Obama tells Putin, American presidential elections fully legal as well.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-03-17 10:51|| 2014-03-17 10:51|| Front Page Top

#2 Putin also notes..."I promised my voters I would grow the Russian economy, and I just did. How is yours coming along? Big plans for expansion in Q2 as well. I would give myself an A".

Posted by Capsu78 2014-03-17 11:35|| 2014-03-17 11:35|| Front Page Top

#3 Obama, hoist by his own Wilsonian/progressive petard.

Posted by OldSpook 2014-03-17 11:40|| 2014-03-17 11:40|| Front Page Top

#4 petard, no ..... more like leotard.

Posted by Rupert Threque8473 2014-03-17 11:57|| 2014-03-17 11:57|| Front Page Top

#5 Putin Tells Obama ~~Crimea Vote Fully Legal~~ We Won - Get Over It

..fify..

Posted by Uncle Phester 2014-03-17 12:42|| 2014-03-17 12:42|| Front Page Top

#6 Putin Tells Obama "Last month Crimea, next month Brighton Beach!"

** Brighton Beach is an oceanside neighborhood in the southern parts of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. As of 2007, it has a population of 75,692 with a total of 31,228 households. It is known for its high population of Russian-speaking immigrants and as a summer destination for New York City residents due to its beaches along the Atlantic Ocean and its proximity to the amusement parks in Coney Island.

Posted by Albemarle Jeamble9962 2014-03-17 13:51|| 2014-03-17 13:51|| Front Page Top

#7 Putin Tells Obama ~~Crimea Vote Fully Legal~~ To Go Shit In His Bike Helmet

Posted by tu3031 2014-03-17 14:23|| 2014-03-17 14:23|| Front Page Top

#8 John Bolton: Sending John Kerry To Negotiate With Russians Is Like Having A Cupcake Negotiate With A Steakknife

Posted by 3dc 2014-03-17 14:32|| 2014-03-17 14:32|| Front Page Top

#9 I've long felt that the EU would end up leading to the dismemberment of the states within. Why should Scotland have a subserivant position to England when they can get their payouts directly from the EU? Why should Bavaria pay taxes to both the EU and Germany? Tuscany, Basques, etc. etc.

I'm sure many in the EU see this and are starting to fear it and having an outside broker like Russia actively dismembering a nation might give hope and funny ideas to some of the little splitters.

Posted by rjschwarz 2014-03-17 15:30|| 2014-03-17 15:30|| Front Page Top

#10 rjs, you are, of course, correct. This has always been the plan of the EU, devolve the states into provinces in the "new" sovereignty. There have been maps shown with cross border provinces such as south England and Brittany, Northern France + parts of Belgium, etc.

Think of how the Crimea wound up in the Ukraine.

Posted by AlanC 2014-03-17 17:00|| 2014-03-17 17:00|| Front Page Top

#11 Then its a damn good thing we have a constitutional lawyer in charge, who believes in nothing but the note of law, and he's going to pick up that undersecretary's report just as soon as he gets done filling out his bracket at the 19th hole.

Posted by swksvolFF 2014-03-17 17:33|| 2014-03-17 17:33|| Front Page Top

#12 Putin recognises independent Crimea as west imposes sanctions

Vladimir Putin on Monday night recognised Crimea as an independent state in defiance of sanctions imposed just hours earlier on senior Russian officials by the US and EU.

The Russian presidents move threatened to escalate the crisis in Ukraine after Sundays overwhelming vote by Crimeans in a referendum to secede from Ukraine and join Russia.

Posted by Elmaque Huputch7332 2014-03-17 18:22|| 2014-03-17 18:22|| Front Page Top

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