news.yahoo.com - 3/5/2009
—
MOSCOW Russia is working to develop anti-satellite weapons to match efforts by other nations, a deputy defense minister was quoted as saying Thursday. Gen. Valentin Popovkin said Russia continues to oppose a space arms race but will respond to moves made by other countries, according to Russian ...
scrappleface.com - 3/5/2009
—
scrappleface.com —
(2009-03-05) — President Barack Obama has reportedly written
another private note to his Russian counterpart offering to...
halt deployment of a defensive nuclear missile shield in Europe, this time in exchange for Russia’s help in dealing ...
(more)
Obama to Drop Shield if Russia Helps with Limbaugh
foxnews.com - 3/4/2009
—
foxnews.com —
Wednesday, March 04, 2009 MOSCOW If you're inclined
to believe Igor Panarin, and the Kremlin wouldn't mind...
if you did, then President Barack Obama will order martial law this year, the U.S. will split into six rump-states before 2011, and Russia and ...
(more)
Russian Scholar Says U.S. Will Collapse Next Year - ...
conservativepunk.com - 3/4/2009
Comments
Blog Reactions
Ivan Building New ASAT Assets
Weekly Standard Blog —
The AP reports:
Russia is working to develop anti-satellite weapons to match efforts by other nations, a deputy defense minister was quoted as saying Thursday.
Gen. Valentin Popovkin said Russia continues to oppose a space arms race but will respond to moves made by other countries, according to Russian news reports.
"We can't sit back and quietly watch others doing that, such work is being conducted in Russia," Popovkin was quoted as saying.
Popovkin plays the classic Russian game here, in that he publicly ...
Links for 2009-03-05 [del.icio.us]
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog —
... he has only three solid "yes" votes from committee members Thad Cochran, R-Miss., and Richard Shelby, R-Ala., along with Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, who is not on the committee.
Concern is high enough that the leadership team canceled a weekly background briefing with reporters in order to shore up the vote.
Among the targeted committee Republicans: Sens. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., Bob Bennett, R-Utah, Lisa Murkowski, R-Ark, and Kit Bond, R-Mo.
Shocker: Russia building anti-satellite weapons
Russia is working to develop ...
links for 2009-03-06
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog —
... (tags: Iran Israel)
Shocker: Russia building anti-satellite weapons
Russia is working to develop anti-satellite weapons to match efforts by other nations, a deputy defense minister was quoted as saying Thursday.
Gen. Valentin ...
Related Content
Clinton's 'reset' button: 'Overcharge'
swamppolitics.com 3/16/2009 — by Mark Silva
What's a little humor between Doomsday players?
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton went for a little joke today about resetting relations with the Russians, but it turned out the joke was on her.
Clinton, presenting ...
The Russia Crouch
politics.theatlantic.com 4/1/2009 — The Obama administration, which zealously polices the policy making corpus for leaks like a plastic surgeon, was surprised -- but not really surprised -- to read about a secret letter that President Obama sent to Russian President Dmitry Medvevev ...
Mullah Russia
corner.nationalreview.com 3/4/2009 — I've mentioned the Islamification of Russia in America Alone and NR, but it seems to be getting a wee bit more attention, even from governments. Eeva Nikkilä-Kiipula reports for the Finnish paper Aamulehti:
Muslimit saattavat tulevaisuudessa muuttaa ...
The North Worth Saving
gatesofvienna.blogspot.com 2/17/2009 — “We need a paradigm shift in the West that would pave the way for a genuine Northern Alliance of Russia, Europe, and North America, as all three face similar existential threats in the decades ahead. In an uncertain and ever more brutal world, the ...
From Russia with Love
reason.com 4/1/2009 — Another ally-turned-enemy of the Kremlin is offed, this time in Dubai. The New York Times has details : A former general in Chechnya and foe of the republic's Kremlin-backed president was shot over the weekend in the Persian Gulf emirate of Dubai, ...
Russia’s Muslim Future
gatesofvienna.blogspot.com 3/4/2009 — Mark Steyn has repeatedly drawn attention to Russia’s disastrous demographic trajectory, and this report drawn from Finnish sources supports his contentions. According to Ashley Mote : Russia Will be a Muslim Country A Finnish national newspaper ...
Just Go To Russia Already
openleft.com 3/16/2009 — Memo to all you right-wingers talking about "Going Galt" by quitting your jobs and leaving the country: just friggin' do it already.
Give Russia a try. It is just the sort of right-wing, pro-private sector country with lots of wide open spaces that ...
Russia's In A Hurry - Here's Why
redstate.com 11/9/2008 — A Journey Into The Mind Of Vladimir Putin....
On Tuesday night, as we all discussed the consequences of what
had just happened, your humble correspondent staked out what seemed
to be a minority position - that is, that the next 2 - 4 years ...
World Bank: Russia may need help if oil falls more
breitbart.com 12/19/2008 — MOSCOW (AP) - Russia would come under crippling financial pressure and may need to raise money externally if oil languishes at an average of $30 a barrel over the next two years, the World Bank predicted Friday. The bleak scenario would mark a rapid ...
P. D. Ouspensky and the Nightmare of Revolution
brusselsjournal.com 2/11/2009 — The death last year of Alexander Solzhenitsyn reminded westerners of the ideological disturbances that wracked the just completed century, the greatest of which Solzhenitsyn himself had documented in The Gulag Archipelago and in his novelistic cycle ...
Follow BeltwayBlips on Twitter
