[elhombrelibre]

Also from today's WSJ:

Russian Ruble Under Pressure Despite Rate Rise

http://www.wsj.com/articles/russian-ruble-rallies-after-interest-rate-rise-1418715476

Read 'em and weep, Putinistas and pro-Putin punks supporting President for Life Putin in Putinstan.

[elhombrelibre]

More bad news for Putin fans today.

https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/ruble-plumbs-low-despite-emergency-093725086.html

[Abathar]

Huh - Look at all the mice quietly scurrying back to the $ that were so adamant that a new world order was upon us and that we were not the stable rock they could rely on.

[Rodamala]

Curses! We're #2, again?

</sarc>

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

Well, a limited war should fix that right up!

[Sirius Lee]

You don’t hear too much from the Wall Street wags lately about how America is passe and how it’s all about the BRICs now?

[left that other site]

Wiemar Republic-ish.

fasten your seat belts, folks. It’s going to be a bumpy Century.

[uglybiker]

So does this mean I can get me a Russian mail-order bride at a discount if I pay in dollars?

[RetiredArmy]

I smell Gog and Magog coming down the road!!! Russia and her Persian pals are going to be in bad shape. Then to get out of that hole they are going to attack Israel for those oil and gas reserves.

[arderkrag]

But but but Putin’s supposed to help engineer the one world government! ::snort::

[freedomtrail]

Who cares.